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I wanted to share something with you that was printed in our footy budget last week.  I have no idea why they call them a budget (nothing to do with money - other than you can spend a LOT at the footy) but for those who don’t know what I mean, they’re a kind of program with team members names and a few notices, report/welcome from the president of the home team and a chance to thank/acknowledge sponsors.

Anyway, this was also included.  It made me smile so I hope it does you too.

You Know You Are Living in 2009 When….

1.  You accidentally enter your password on the microwave.

2.  You haven’t played solitaire with real cards in years.

3.  You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3.

4.  You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you.

5.  Your reason for not staying in touch with friends and family is that they don’t have e-mail addresses.

6.  You pull up in your own driveway and use your cell phone to see if anyone is home to help you carry in the groceries.

7.  Every commercial on television has a web site at the bottom of the screen.

8.  Leaving the house without your cell phone, which you didn’t have the first 20 or 30 (0r 60) years of your life, is now a cause for panic and you turn around to go and get it.

10.  You get up in the morning and go online before getting your coffee.

11.  You start tilting your head sideways to smile. 

12.  You’re reading this and nodding and laughing.

13.  Even worse, you know exactly to whom you are going to forward this message.

14.  You are too busy to notice there was no #9 on this list.

15.  You actually scrolled back up to check that there wasn’t a # on this list.

AND NOW YOU ARE LAUGHING at yourself.

I hope you’re all having a Smiley Saturday and a lovely weekend in general. 

My apologies for the problems with Mr Linky last week.  They seem to be having some trouble.  The widget I usually use is currently disabled but please feel free to link to your Smiley Saturday posts in the comments section.

My big Smiley Saturday news this week is that my sister in law had a little baby girl this week.

Sugar and spice and all things nice.

And all things PINK!!!!

I bought this gift some time ago in anticipation.  Pumpkin Patch bibs and blanket on sale.

Lucky for me she had a girl, eh? 

I figured I’d find someone to give it to eventually if she didn’t.

Or tell Farmboy we need to have another baby girl so I can use it.

Guess he’ll be pleased his sister had a girl.  LOL.

Plus of course the gift for my nephew:

I’m totally not above buying my way into “Auntie of the year”.  LOL.  It’s a “congratulations on becoming a big brother” gift. 

They live a couple of hours away so I have to wait until Sunday to go for our first visit. If I remember my camera, I’ll have photo’s to post on Monday.

Hope you can all find something to smile about this Smiley Saturday.

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It’s been a busy week and I’ve done a stint on the tractor most days (yah!!!) but I still managed to get most of my list in the laundry done.

The poor laundry is often a dumping place for anything that has nowhere else to go. So it can get a bit junked up at times.

Now it’s all clean and tidy and it looks HUGE!!!!

It makes me smile every time I go in there.

Plus, of course, my singing washing machine continues to make me smile.

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In other smiley news, I participated in a Secret Mumma Agent swap at Dances to the Beet of Her Own Drum.  I picked up my parcel on Monday.  I do love parcels in the post!!!! 

Look at my lovely parcel:

My agent obviously knew me well!!!!

If you’re reading this, thank you secret mumma agent and thanks Mistress B for organising it.  I had a lot of fun.  Hopefully my recipient enjoyed what I sent.

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I hope you can all find something to smile about this week.  If you’d like to join us, feel free to link to your Smiley Saturday post below. 

That a new washing machine gets me all excited????

It seems like a strange topic to be writing about for Smiley Saturday.

But it’s all shiny and new with fancy buttons and light up display.

It almost makes washing FUN!!!!

Our old one (which wasn’t all that old really), broke last week and we’ve been trying to work out what to do.  Fix it or buy a new one?

The “greeny” in my wanted to fix the old one.  I think it’s awful how much stuff ends up in landfill because it’s not worth fixing.

The “thrifty” in me could see the futility in getting it fixed.  You spend half the money of a new one and something else could go wrong anytime.

Not to mention that the new one is more water and power efficient than the older one.

But, I haven’t gotten to the best bit yet…

It PLAYS ME A TUNE when the load is finished!!!!

That REALLY made me smile.

No BEEEEEEEPPPPPP!!!!!  Just a friendly little tune.

I’m still not sure whether being so excited over a washing machine means I need to get a life….

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AND THE WINNER IS…..

Thank you to those who took the time to enter the Ezibuy voucher giveaway and visit the Perfect Pose website.

Choosing a winner is never easy.

I’ve chosen this one because it’s a simple yet different tip to any I’ve heard of before.

I’m feeling particularly Smiley this week. Plenty to make me smile.  Including a few make-overs happening which are particularly causing me to smile.

MAKEOVER 1 - LAPTOP MAKEOVER

I’ve been wanting a pink laptop for some time now.  Problem is, a lot of them look nice on the outside but I don’t like them on the inside.

Enter…

LAP-RAP

A way to make your lap-top look however you want.

They took one of my own photograph’s from Floriade and made me one of these:

It looks great doesn’t it?

Here’s how it looks on my lap-top:

It’s so much fun having a lap-top that matches my blog!!!  It constantly makes me smile!!!! 

MAKEOVER 2 - GARDENING BLOG MAKE OVER

This week, Lightening’s Garden has also had a make-over.  As part of the Ultimate Blog Party, I won a blog makover from Becky at Busy Mama Blog Designs.

She’s been working hard behind the scenes and Lightening’s Garden is now sporting a whole new look.  And I decided to branch out from my usual pink as well!!!  I was going to take a screenshot to show you but instead I’m going to make you go over there to check it out yourself. 

Now, if I could just get around to making that hairdressers appointment….my makeovers would be complete!  LOL. 

Wishing you all a lovely Smiley Saturday!!!

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Today is the BIG day!!!!

Football and Netball season begins!

Our first game is a home game so my day starts at 8.30am with a stint in the kitchen. It’s going to be a long day I think!!!!

Here are some things this season that are making me smile:

1.  Trailer Boy has started training and looks so cute running around out there.  He won’t play for a year or so yet but they do have mini games at half-time of the A-grade which he LOVES!!!!

2.  Singstar Princess is playing her very first game (well, she did fill in a little last year but this is her first in uniform).

3.  Lleyton has been voted Captain for his team.  He’s quite excited - and well should be!  :)  As he’ll only be there for half the season, the vice-captain will take over from him then and the team has elected a “vice-vice-captain” that will step up to vice-captain when that happens.  I think he’ll make an awesome captain.  He’s a natural leader and does LOVE his footy.

And in Smiley news not related to football or netball….

Singstar Princess won a colouring in competition at our local newsagency:

It’s big but not quite as big as it appears in the photo.  She’s pretty stoked and her entry has now been sent off to be judged in a state competition.

Well, I hope you’re finding a reason to smile on this Smiley Saturday. 

Trailer Boy’s class hosted a school assembly this week.  They hold them twice a term and each class gets a chance to host.  It’s always rather cute watching the Receptions hosting an assembly.

Here he is sitting on stage at the end of their “opening act” which was a dance.  He had to somersault down the aisle (which I missed on the camera from where I was sitting) and then go up on stage and walk along a balance beam before sitting down on stage.

After he came down from the stage, he spotted me sitting up the back:

Kids love seeing their parents at a school function don’t they?  At least at this age.

And to top it all off, he got given an award!

Unfortunately, I had trouble getting a decent shot.  They move so fast and my camera is pretty slow.

Singstar Princess also had an upfront role this assembly.  Her class did an alphabet rap.  She was right in the front row with all the “short ones” (oh boy do I remember how that feels!!!!)

Singstar Princess at Assembly

It was a lovely assembly and not too long (which is always good).  I went from there straight to a Tupperware party so had a lovely morning out.

If you’d like to join us for Smiley Saturday this week, we’d love to have you!  Simply publish your smiley saturday post and then link to it using the Mr Linky below.