Life is a Journey not a Destination

Sat 4th July

Flight to Broome

4 nights : Palm Grove Holiday Resort

Wed 8th July Depart Broome

Overnight : Pardoo Roadhouse

Thurs 9th July Drive to Port Headland

Overnight : Cooke Point Holiday Park

Fri 10th July : Drive to Karratha

Overnight : Pilbara Holiday Park

Sat 11th July : Exmouth

4 nights : Exmouth Cape Holiday Park

Snorkel with the Whale Sharks

Wed 15th July : Carnarvon

Overnight : Plantation Caravan Park

Thurs 16th July : Monkey Mia

2 nights Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort (staying in a beachside villa)

Sat 18th July : Geraldton

Overnight : Drummond Cove Holiday Park

Sun 19th July : Cervantes

Overnight : Pinnacles Caravan Park

Mon 20th July : Perth

5 nights Discovery Holiday Park

Sat 25th July : Flight home

Quite frankly I have to say June 2009 was probably one of the worst months ever. I’m so glad it’s over. There was not one day that I felt 100% well, and only yesterday that I returned to the land of the living. I’ve had Amy home sick for 2 weeks, and both Christy and Kevin were sick for 5 days. I’ve watched lots of TV – mainly lifestyle and home shows – which has been quite motivating – as I was too ill many days to use the computer.

I had planned to do a series of travel posts but they will have to the wait until we get back from our next trip – which we leave for on Saturday. So I have to say I’m glad to see the backside of June and am looking forward to a much happier, and healthier July.

I had a wonderful weekend away with my girlfriends.

There was time to scrapbook…

time to eat…

time to play…

time to enjoy the view…

time to learn new skills….

time to catch up on one another lives…

and, on the way home, even time to shop at this great eco store we found…

Thanks girls for a great weekend. Can’t wait till next year.

… a weekend away with the girls…scrapbooking, knitting, chatting, eating, and generally relaxing. Here’s hoping I return fully recovered from this virus I’ve been battling for nearly 3 weeks.

Well, with most of the family being sick during the week it was easy meals all around, and no new recipes.

MONDAY: Muffin Tin Dinner (made by Amy) – Amy & Kevin had fish, I had a veggie burger.

TUESDAY:Home-made Pizza

WEDNESDAY Falafel Wrap

THURSDAY: Vegetable Schnitzel

FRIDAY: Sweet Potato Frittata

SATURDAY: Christy requested pancakes.

I had a salad

SUNDAY: Sweet Bean Burrito for me, Kevin had a scrambled egg wrap.

Not too sure what’s on the menu for the coming week (and I’m away for the weekend) but be sure to check out the Organising Junkie for more menu ideas.

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Okay, with myself, and then the kids, being sick I’ve been managing to do some scrapbooking of late. After doing lots of blue/red layouts it seems I’ve entered the phase of COLOUR….

Most layouts have been scraplifted (copied) but with my muddled brain I’m having trouble remembering where from.

This first was from Jennifers guest post on Ali Edwards’ blog, though I didn’t do any stamping – just used patterned paper.

This was from a Becky Higgins sketch in Creating Keepsakes March 08.

Another sketch from Creating Keepsakes.

Just as I recover from my cold, both the kids and Kevin have gotten sick. So there has been a whole of lot of this…

and this…

and this….

On the plus side I’ve been getting LOTS of exercise getting up and down to cater to their every need . On the downside they are very disappointed to miss their friends birthday party for the second year in a row .

Not too sure how this not menu planning is working out but we’ve not resorted to take-away so it must be going okay. Having said that last week was a very strange one with me being unwell for the whole week, so easy dinners were definitely on the cards.

MONDAY: New recipe : Macaroni Bake – was OKAY

TUESDAY: TVP Wraps

WEDNESDAY: Take-away pizza for my birthday

THURSDAY: Pasta & Veggies (from freezer) – was quite nice and certainly VERY easy

FRIDAY: Sweet Bean Burrios

SATURDAY: TVP Nachos

SUNDAY: Homemade Pizza at the Powells – similar to this one.

And for Muffin Tin Monday this week, Amy was kind enough to make us dinner.

Be sure to visit the Organising Junkie and Her Cup Overfloweth.

I’d absolutely love to go to this weekend Scrapbooking retreat at Port Stephens in November. Now I don’t mind going to these things on my own but I’m not too sure about sharing a room with a TOTAL stranger. So if anyone would like to join me, please let me know.