Tuesday musings

I was very saddened to hear that Jim Stynes died today, an inspiration to us all and taken from his family way to young at age 45. 

I am off to Hollywood tomorrow, would be nice if it was the 20 hour plane trip one, but its the 45minute car trip one tomorrow where a lovely Surgeon I have had the pleasure of working with before is going to remove the rest of my thyroid and hopefully get me feeling 100% again.  It was a a whirlwind of tests etc following an abnormal blood test and in the space of a few days I was booked in for surgery. I am hoping to convince the theatre staff to take some photos for me - wish me luck!    The best news though came on the same day as the surgery news, I have a new job!  I am going to be working with Breast Cancer Care WA as an admin officer/receptionist. I am beyond Excited - just absolutely stoked to be working with this fantastic group of people - the plus side for me is their corporate colours are purple, you know this group they are the 'purple Bra Day' people that I have had fun scrapping days before when we had the store.  Did I say I was beyond excited?   I got the phone call driving home on the freeway after having an ultrasound for the thyroid, nearly ran off the road with excitement, and was to start tomorrow, but then the following morning the surgeon rings and says I have booked you for surgery next Wednesday - bugger !  Had to call my new boss and say, mmmm, maybe I can't start now, and she was amazing and now I will start next Monday after coming home from hospital on Friday, I know crazy huh? but truly, so exciting, did I mention I was beyond excited to have this great opportunity?

Prince Miller turned 3 last week, and Sunday we had a Disney Cars themed party - my beautiful Lyndall did an exceptional job, and when I can get the sd card to play nicely I will upload some photos.  The Cake she made was fantastic and she is so into creating beautiful parties and memories for her children - can't imagine where she gets that from,lol. Our wee prince was so chuffed that finally we were singing Happy Birthday to him, his little face was full of wonder and joy - days like this make me thank the Lord for the gift of love and family I have been blessed with.   Of course the big UP for me was taking Finn off her hands for a few hours  for about 3 days in a row - oh yeah baby, Nannie heaven!  The other plus? My big sister and her man joined us from Melbourne for a weeks holiday as well, and it was just the best time for me to have family around, especially as James and Nicola came up from down south as well.  A happy Mamma indeed.    

So now I need to go pack a bag for my trip to Hollywood, so see you on the other side.

A new blog needs a new design

So, I am off on the new blog journey, and have enlisted the help of the very talented Karen Valentine to help me. Together we are creating a blog design that reflects the things that make me, well Miss Ruth.  My love of Christmas, and definitely my passion for scrapbooking and craft.  It should be ready to launch March 30th, so I hope you will come back and check it out.  

I have had all the kids home for a few days, that was terrific to have them altogether again for a few days. Hopefully with James only being a few hours away and Julie-anne back from Melbourne we will have lots more days this year to make wonderful memories with.  

James played the the country cup at South Perth Sunday/Monday, they made the final but sadly lost in the last over - he played really well and got some good figures.  As cricket was definitely in the air, an impromptu game of backyard cricket took place early Sunday evening while we waited for dinner to cook on the BBQ.  Poppa and James are teaching Miller the finer points of the game.   I have just got some photos back, so will share a layout with you soon. 

Be kind to yourself this week