The half way mark

And this is what it looks like:


There's kicking and or punching and movement at the station. There's also indigestion and a slightly sore back and the verge of no more work clothes that fit.

Haha I look at that photo up there and think I'm just poking my tummy out - you know like you did when you were a kid and pretended to be pregnant.

stitch and bitch - in the real world!!

I watched these ladies in San Sebastian sitting in the hot hot sun mending their husband´s fishing nets with awe......

I, of course, was enjoying a beer and relaxing but was amazed at the way they worked together, telling stories and plowing through the pile of work..... Now THIS is being a starter-finisher!!

I went over and had a "chat" (they speak basque and i speak spanglish, so it was basic) and she said that its only required every few weeks, or when the nets are damaged enough and it takes all day!!! I told her about my crafty chicas at home!!

Hats off to these snb-ers!!!

the coming home options.....

hmmm, its definately time for a visit downunder, it seems and im doing all the necessary research to get a flight...... either in August or December, depending on costs etc...... its really bloddy expensive though - plus ill be paying rent here and there is no pay coming in between july and september........ so need to think carefully about it so i dont bankrupt myself!!

BUT, that means that ill let you know when something is organised and hopefully we can get together while im there...... Aiming for 4-5 weeks at this stage....

Main reasons for aiming for august are beacuse my grandfather is really sick and getting dementia quite badly and id love to see him..... plus James is due to be chrsitened and id like to meet him!!! PLus of course i am really missing my friends and family.... even though Im mostly pretending that all is well (for sanity purposes mainly) its hard and Id love to touch base with some "real" people again!

thanks for being real!!

ok, thats all for his post - one more to come!

proud aunty update #342

well, sadly i have no electronic pics of james willow, but time is a´passin and he can now hold his head straight and sit up - apparently!!! He doesnt look so big in the pics but bigger than JS at this age so I think Ill have body guards for nephews soon enough!

Also Snowy has been doing a bit of crafting himself and is drawing hin family..... aunty kel kel got a look-in too - I was four lines and a dot, but it sounds perfect...... mainly becaue the lines were curvy!!!

thats all.......

ps. can you tell i miss them??

Back to Dear Kel

Shaz, thanks for the kick up the pants I'm here now to attempt a post. I don't have much to say though -I've got a cold and I've got no energy but I'm OK.

Kel I was wondering what you thought about me giving you a few preggers updates via this blog? I don't really want to turn SadieandLance into a baby blog but figured you might like some updates via here seeing as you're always asking us to tell u what we're up to? What do the rest of you think?

While you ponder it here's me and Sam baking. He was very excited to help. He very dilligently sprinkled the crumble on the top of the raspberry yoghurt crumble cake that 'we' made. It was fun and for just a brief few minutes I jumped up the popularity list over Uncle Matt and Gang Gang (Grandpa).


It was of course short lived, but I enjoyed my temporary status!