Boxing Day

 
Will's parents came for Boxing Day this year.  It was a mild, cool summer day so I was able to set a table outside the back patio for our lunch.  

I finally had a chance to use this huge platter my sister-in-law Iris gave us a few Christmas' ago (I did have to put the entire three dish meal on there to fill it- its HUGE!) and also a set of Christmas dishes.  FUN.  We rarely entertain, so it was a novelty.  I roasted pumpkin and potatoes all day in the crockpot (no hot oven steaming up the house!), grilled up some lamb cutlets and made a big green salad with a medley of tomatoes.  (The green speckled were my favourite...)

It was nice to have another morning off before getting back to work tomorrow...

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas!

CHRISTMAS 2012

 

So, this year I wanted to get this new cabinet desk sorted --so I could conquer my several year office problem - the problem being that I get buried under all the school, business, kid's school and assorted papers, never mind books I have read, am planning to read, mail I have kept, and then there is my scrapbooking paraphernalia (particularly sad as law school has halted my scrapbooking, but not the invasion of the paraphernalia!)  

Anyway, I bought this awesome solid wood cabinet desk on ebay for SO CHEAP to help me deal with the problem - and allow me to close the doors on the mess!  With a second super cool CHEAP one for the scrapbooking things...  Only the job of sorting and restoring everything is so immense, and so time consuming - and has to be done in one fell swoop - WELL, it just hasn't happened!  BUT, I needed to do the office so I could move the desk out of the front room so I could put up my tree in the front room... and I kept thinking I would get it done... 

BUT, in the end, I wrapped the gifts on Christmas Eve and stored them in the cabinet desk that is still in my front room...  That's right, it was the Christmas cabinet this year... 

Sad, but true...  Actually, it looked pretty in the end!

 The boys and the toys - this was a nerf Christmas.

 HOPE YOU ENJOYED A LOVELY HOLIDAY WITH THOSE YOU LOVED FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE SEASON!

THE JUST LOAF HOLIDAY DINNER

Christmas Dinner 2012

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

This year we had our holiday dinner at Augustine's in The Mansions at the Brisbane CBD.  Its a lovely spot, and other than a shock with the chocolate tart, it was a great night. 

However, it was also the night I found out I was allergic to the gorgeous new hair colour I got, so after dinner we went to the emergency room to confirm that the two softballs and slew of swollen lymphnodes on the back of my head were indeed from the recent change...

Maybe blondes really do have more fun.  Two days as a brunette and I am doped up on antihistamines and steroids!  Whoo hoo...

GRADUATION...

See that little angel?  
She just finished pre-prep! 
(At the same pre-prep that Justice attended!)

We were lucky enough to be able to see her end of year performance ~ I love living in a place where the school can do a Christmas program!  It was even more fun this time around, without that desperate to get a good photo and hoping your kid doesn't fall off the riser feeling...

It was also the last night with students for Mrs. Leahy, who is retiring.  Both kids have ben so lucky to have her as their first teacher.

And yes, that is a Big Bang Theory shirt.  I know, not child appropriate viewing.  

He loves it, and he ensures me he still doesn't get the "S-E-X" jokes, so its okay... It is, right?

I LOVE my new camera!

 So I just wanted to point out how 

AWESOME 

my birthday present camera is!!!

 

Justice has been drinking vegetable juice every day - spinach, celery & cucumber - look at those muscles!!!

 This is the smile I get if he knows I am taking a blog picture!

 Whereas this is his natural cuteness!

And do you see how clear and gorgeous these photos turned out, even in my underlit front room?!  
I LOVE THIS CAMERA! Its not a little point and shoot, so I will still have my purse camera for impromptu shots - but when planning ahead- I get to use this one!!!