yes I see you

 

Hello there I see you!

I'm making up some sunglasses cases for Christmas presents

and hopefully a few extra for my shop so I thought I'd pop

in and ask you a few questions about The Creative Challenge.

 

Did you know about it?

Did you play?

Would you like to play next time?

Would you like there to be a next time?

 

 

The creative challenge is not a competition

it is just for fun!

Follow the links in the post below I know you'll

 be amazed at the creativity.

 

If you have any questions please just ask

because the crafters that played had a great time.

 

 

In other very important news my son finished

the first stage of his training in the Navy.

The whole family went to see him marching at his graduation

and there was not a dry eye in the place.

 

When the heck did he get so much taller than me?

 

a bit of housekeeping

 

I've been a bit preoccupied lately

with stuff happening around here.

 

Most importantly the time has come when I

get to see my son graduate from The Royal Australian Navy.

 

To say I am excited to see him after three months

is a huge understatement.

 

We will be able to spend the weekend with him

before he goes back for more training and then

he will be sent to another base and hopefully

we will see him again at Christmas.

 

On the crafty side Monday the 1st of September

will be the day you will get to see the wonderful

creations that have been made for

The Creative Challenge.

 

I can't wait to see what everyone has done!

 

Please join us on Monday for the big reveals.

 

 

 

last one .....for a while

 

For someone who doesn't really blog personal stuff

I seem to be doing a lot of it lately.

 

As some of you may know my son has been dreaming

of joining the Australian Navy for years.

He has planned and worked for this for a long time.

He has had many assessments and interviews

and finally the time has come.

 

The family piled into my old car and took

ourselves off to Melbourne.

 

 

On the morning he was to leave my son asked me to

leave the motel and have a walk with him.

He took me to the State Library where I stood in awe

of this beautiful building.

My boy apologised that it wasn't open but knew I

would still like to at least see it.

 

Not long after we watched him take his oath

and finish his life as a civilian .

 

He has been nervous for weeks but when it was done

I think he may have been relieved.

 

We won't be able to speak to him for a while.

We won't be able to see him for a while.

We will be missing him very much for a while.

 

 

He hopped on that bus and took a huge  piece

of my heart with him.

a sailor went to sea sea sea

 

Things have been a little quiet on my blog lately

as I have been helping my son get organised

for his new life in the Navy.

 

There have been many , many interviews over 2 years

and lots of planning to be done.

 

I had a surprise send off for him on the weekend with

over 80 people , we had such fun!

 

Can you imagine some of these being able to keep a secret?

 

They did and it is because my boy is such a well liked

kid they wanted it to be fantastic for him.

 

 

I could not be more proud of my son Jack

and so sad but happy for him at the same time.

 

The family are all going to send him off at Melbourne

on the weekend so if you don't hear from

me it's because I'm sobbing or cleaning his room

or probably sobbing at the state of his room.

 

Either way I know I'll be sobbing.

 

Yep sobbing now.

 

Gosh I love this kid and I'm going to miss him so much.