The Delightful Insanity {Of My Life}

to my gorgeous friend....

HaPpY BiRt hDaY !!!!!!

To a kind, generous, funny, inspirational, motivating, sweet, and beautiful friend.... i am truly lucky to have you in my life. I hope your birthday is filled with wonderful moments and sweet surprises. Hears to a new year of fun. laughter, achievments, and whatever eles you may hope for!

























Thanks for being such a great friend :)
xoxo
Z

Happy Birthday Abby!!!!

So todays was Abbys Birthday Party hosted by her amazing mother Bec. Truly, this woman never ceases to amaze me when it comes to her talent for organizing partys of all sorts, and today she outdid herself again....

She hand made these gorgeous little bags for each of the kids and filled them with goodies (and they weren't even the party favours!)

She had them make thier own lollie bracelets (loved that idea....will definitely have to steal that one!). Tatiana was excited to get to hang out with Abbys cousin Charlette.

But my fave pics from the day where of tatiana and George playing with the balloons...

Funnily enough, although it was Abbys party i didnt get any good pics of her at all! She was just to excited to ever look at the camera for me, lol. But i am sure Bec will have some cute posts and when she updates her blog *ahem, hellloooo Bec!* I'll post a link to it :) . LOOK HERE :)

xo
Z

Happy Birthday Jamil!!!!!!

Yes, my little brother is getting older :)

Jamil, you have achieved alot in your 31 years, and I hope your as proud as your self, as i am of you. Your a great father, and excellent fisherman, a good boss (from what i hear anyway ;). Oh and as a brother you do alright too, hee hee. So have a wonderful birthday today and may this next year bring you less stress, more time , and of course...much more fishing!

So if you are ever in Brisbane....and you happen to drop by Montezumas Mexican Restaraunt in Mt. Gravatt... (which if you like Mexican, you MUST try it...Mmmmm mmmm mmmm!) make sure you say HI! to my brother!

Love you little bro!
xoxo
Z

Happy Birthday Tashie!!!!!

I would sing "Happy Birthday" to you, but i know how much you hate that,lol.
So instead i'll just tell you how much i love you and that your the best (and my only) sister in the whole freakin world and that i'm so proud of you for following through in all your dreams, and that this is only just the beginning and that you should be proud of all you've achieved this year....and it's only just the beginning. You have great things ahead of you.

Oh, and i'd fight lions for you ;)

So.......heres some pics for the world to see (sorry, cant let you slip by this Bday without embarrassing you somehow) of my big little sister rockin it on her bday.

Note for tash:   beer + bag = disaster

the wristband i made her as part of her Bday pressie

Happy Birthday little sis.
xoxo
Z

Catching Up.......

So, life get busier every years as we all know, and this year is shaping up to be no exception. We are only in Feb and already i have celebrated 4 family Birthdays (including my own). Jan - April are crazy around here for birthdays.We manage to cram every single family member (of mine AND Adams) into these 3 months, and believe me, we have alot of family! My SIL is due to her her little bub tomorrow....or Monday at the latest, so theres yet another one to add to all the craziness. And i haven't even yet recovered from Xmas! *Sigh* looks like there will be lots of hand-made gifts this year!

My birthday, however, was fantastic! The "Festival of Zina" as it is now been named in our family, (because i like to drag it out for as long as possible) was a great success. On my actual Bday Tash, Bec and I went out to lunch at a gorgeous little deli i only just discovered and had way to much YUMMY food.

And then afterward we had coffee at Starbucks (love their coffee). Bec spoiled me with a BEAUTIFUL WedgeWood tea-cup to start off my collection (i have been saying for awhile now that i want to start collecting tea-cups and saucers...all different ones). I dont have a photo yet, as i put it away until i get my shelves in the kitchen up . I would just die if it broke . And if i didnt die, Bec would surely kill me ;)

And yes....the painter is STILL not done.

Then tash took me out for dinner at Itoshin....my all time favourite japanese restaurant (possible just my fave place to eat in general), and we blissfully stuffed ourselves silly.

The next night Adam took me out for Dinner at Murasaki (hope i spelled that right) a new tepanyaki bar in Broadie with OMG some awesome food! Afterwards we went and saw that new Johnny Depp movie (the name escapes me right now). It was a musical, and you just have to wonder....is there anything that beautiful man cant do? Definitely worth seeing....unless you have a thing about blood. Its very bloody. But good.

So that was my idea of a perfect birthday. Good food, good friends, good movie, more good food.....and more good food again :)

And last week my cousin Hala come for a visit. She is such a beautiful soul and it was so go to catch up with her again. The kids just loved her, especially Kody.

Mum 'read' everyones coffee cup after breakfast and the Robyn read her Tarot cards...

(thats my mum, Hala and me)

So before i go i'll just leave you with some cute pics of Abby and Tatiana and a NOTE to check out my Messy art Blog for lots of LOVEly things to inspire you for Valentines Day :)

xo

Z

Its been a busy weekend so far...

and we still have another 2 days of it left (long weekend). So Happy Australia day to everyone. Did you notice how they organised the sun to be out all day just for the occasion? Cause what would Aussie day be with out BBQ's by the beach and beer. But in saying that we did neither of those things to celebrate. Friday night we spent celebrating the beginning of the "Festival of Zina" (as nick-named by my dear sister)...which is like a standing joke about how my birthday celebrations go on for usually about a week. If your an aqaurian you'll probably get this. We did this by going out to dinner at a yummy Meditteranean Restaraunt called Pash's .

This is the best $$$$ i've spent in a long time! The portable DVD player....if you have kids, you need one of these!

They have a belly dancer that comes out and dose a pretty amazing performance. She even does a bit with a sword.

Then she got me up to try and do some dance moves with her. Not easy people, let me tell you! You think all you need to do is shake your hips, but theres really quite an art to it. Tatiana even got up with me and had a go too, which i loved watching her do. So cute.

This is me trying out my belly dancing technique (hahahahah)

After dinner Tash, Bec, George and I went for coffee. Then Bec and george went home and Tash and i stayed on for a few (ahem) drinks. We went to a place called Howl At The Moon where they always put on a god performance. They had some country western theme going and even did a pretty funny Drag Show number. Many a many Vodka's and tequilla later...we headed of to another club again.

And i got drunk.

Doesnt sound like a big deal, but anyone who knows me knows i never get drunk. Ask most of my friends if they have ever seen me drunk and they will most likely just laugh at the idea.

But i got drunk. And danced my butt off and stayed out till 5am. Bec will be sorry she missed seeing that....or not ;)

Heres some pics from the night. I look sober, but trust me, i'm not.

Suffice to say the heels didnt last long (i am just not a heel kinda gal, although i keep giving it a go. Luckily i had thongs in the car and yes Bec, i did go back and get them ;)

I was serious when i said we got home at 5am. This is us feeling tired yet amazingly NOT hungover the next morn.

We spent most of Australia Day lazing about which was bliss, before heading out for sushi and caffine.
Afterwards i met up with Adam and the kids and we went for a swim in mums pool (we were supposed to be having a BBQ at the beach, but it was just way to crowded) and then had a yummy dinner with everyone at my place (amidst all the kids furniture, which is still in the kitchen because the painter is still not finished).

Unfortunately this is the only pics i have from the rest of the day as my camera eventually died on me....

And thats my weekend so far. And it's not even over yet. Unfortunately, the rest of my weekend will not be as exciting as the beginning of it, lol. Hope your all having a good one!

PS. Check out HERE to see some of the new canvas's in my ETSY shop.

xoxo
Z