forgot day 11

This was Thursdays visit to the hospital.. Eric got this plaster removed and another one put on.. the new one has to stay on for 6 weeks.. as his arm isn't healing..so there goes footy season..

kitchen reno's and pressies

photo 13 - pressies for mothers day (my mum and MIL) and birthday pressies for Marks sister and nephew. Emily and I decorated the brown paper a little..

photo 12- this is what my stove top now sits on..!

birdies..

photo 10- a Wattle bird at Mums place... I went out to feed the family of magpies as we do...(shhh) today there were no maggies...but a heap of wattle birds.

photo 9- Screeeetch.. (pay attention to me...!!) Bilbo comes up close to say Hello

wet washing..

hanging on the line.... drying very quickly when the weather's fine..

photo 8- washing on my undercover line..which is really handy when its rainy..

more photo of the day

photo 7- habit #2 THE INTERNET... what would we do with out it...!!!


photo 6- sausage sizzle ..for our secondary school.. where we raised $107. ...in 2 hours...pretty good huh.


photo 5- my niece, she shaved her head for 'the worlds greatest shave'


photo 4- habit # 1 COFFEE ...white with one.

photo a day challange

photo 3- my small but growing stamp collection..still have a few to mount on blocks.

photo 2- Eric and his broken wrist,
he's broken his growth plate..so it needs xraying again on Thursday, just to make sure it hasn't moved.










photo 1- toadstools in our front garden
cool huh..

Kitchen reno's

I have my pantry's in..so much space...it's great..
Mark has cut part of the bench away and moved it..so it's like an island bench...I've always wanted an island bench... I was a bit worried that it would take up too much room but it looks great and is very workable.. the dishwasher will be moved and we have ordered a new stainless upright oven... it took a few days to find the right one ..We are getting an Allenzi 139litre gas oven.. it's got cast iron trivets and a wok burner and inside the oven is a rotisserie..not sure how often this will get used...it depends on how much mess it makes..lol.. but its a nice looking oven and the top on it is one piece which will be easy to clean..some of the ovens have little creavices which will make for harder cleaning I think.. this won't be available 'til the end of the month.. they still have to arrive in Australia..

looks very similar to this... with out the glass lid.. with cast iron trivets you can't get the glass lid as they hold they heat longer..and the glass will crack..
http://www.allenzi.com.au/products/allenzi.php3?code=verona


The bench tops are on order and now we have to go tile shopping.. but we are getting there.. will also be taking a trip to IKEA for some shelving etc..

Wedding

Mark and I went to a wedding on Saturday in Ballarat. The couple were married on their property (gum trees all around) it was lovely...they had a handfasting and we were all given bottles of bubble s to blow...it looked great... back at the reception the tables were covered in gum leavves...the smell that kept wafting up ... was amazing.

The bride and her mother cleaned and painted all the little ceramic wombats... (80 of them) and little hats for the guys and shoes for the girls...which took them over 8 months to complete.

The bridesmaids wore blue and silver. the chairs had either a blue or silver ribbon around them... the whole reception looked beautiful.

The food was yummo...we had either vegie or chicken and corn soup, turkey or lamb, cheesecake or chocolate mousse.

don't ya just love a wedding..

Broken Arm

While at footy training yesterday Eric was tackled which is to be expected and as he fell to the ground he put his arm out and snap..

We spent hours in the hospital yesterday... and had it xrayed...and the orthepedic (sp) surgeon looked at it...they were uncertain of what to do with it.. as it is only a small break but it looks as though it is bent.. so we were sent home with a back slab on his arm and have to go back in today to the fracture centre... to have it reset..so we were up at 6.30 so he could eat breakfast...

Picked up a copy of the new scrapbooks etc.. to read while I"m waiting...better grab some lollies too me thinks....

I've started my May ATC's I'm having fun with these ones..and should be finished with them soon..

April ATC's

Just finished my April ATC's ... I think the orange A looks ok.. ..

ok.. one cj and one lot of ATCs down..... 2 cj's to go..

wedding card & Belindas cj

I am getting my butt into gear, I've made a wedding card for Marks 2nd cousins wedding on 29th April.. I'm guessing it's going to be freezing in Ballarat...it's an outdoor wedding...brrrrr.. We're staying down there the night in a motel across from where the reception is... so we can stagger across the road ..hee hee..doubting that we'll make it back in time for Erics footy match at 11am on the Sunday..sorry Ezza.

Also I've done my page in Belindas cj the theme is 'scrapbooking defined'

The photos are of my kids and one of their cousins when we took a day trip down to Apollo Bay and of the fires at the Brisbane Ranges in January..not too far from our place..it's as close to a bush fire as I ever want to get..



the photos are around the wrong way..and I can't cut and paste here...grrr

cj's and more cj's

I finished this in Alisons cj a few days ago..but have only just scanned it ..slack slack slack.. the topic is 'life changing moments' and will be posting this to Raylene today..

I still have Belindas cj to do, and yesterday Kathryns and Sallys turned up...what a great idea Sallys is... fantastic.. I"m not going to say what it is ...incase anyone that hasn't had it reads this..

I so have to pull my finger out... and do something with Belindas cj and this months ATCs with the theme Woman...(see stamp used above) I'll be using this... as far as I know ... I'm the only other person with this stamp appart from the woman that made it... cool huh.. she (the stamp) doesn't have a name... I"ll have to ask Dani what it is called...next time I'm in there.

Hope everyone had a lovely easter break ... ours was busy.. Friday night we had a friend/ex SIL and her kids s tay over... went through a few bottles of pink and started on Marks scotch... big mistake for me...I felt like crap the next day... woke up at 5am with the spins and feeling very very sick... later that morning all the girls jumped into Caz's car and headed to the market, where we bought some last minute cheap but quality easter eggs so the kids could have an egg hunt..I never think to take photos at easter time...why?

Saturday night we caught up with other friends we all aggreed it wouldn't be a late one... but we were still sitting there at 1am ..lol ....we decided to go to a sale that was on in Torquay on the Sunday..what a great sale it was.. jeans $10, skirts , shirts and bags$10, $5 wallets, guys watches $10 girls watches $5 and jackets $30.... came out with a garbage bag full.. they were seconds though I don't think there were many... or samples...no biggie..

Monday we went to Melb for Marks nieces 16th birthday...we were 1 1/2 hours late...lol.. 'cos we stopped at Werribee plaza to get Dave a new phone that he HAD TO HAVE THAT DAY.

what kind of soul are you?

saw this on Elizabeths blog..and had a go

You Are a Visionary Soul

You are a curious person, always in a state of awareness.Connected to all things spiritual, you are very connected to your soul.You are wise and bright: able to reason and be reasonable.Occasionally, you get quite depressed and have dark feelings. You have great vision and can be very insightful.In fact, you are often profound in a way that surprises yourself.Visionary souls like you can be the best type of friend.You are intuitive, understanding, sympathetic, and a good healer. Souls you are most compatible with: Old Soul and Peacemaker Soul

What Kind of Soul Are You?

Happy Easter

stamping class

Well I went off to a stamping class with Sam the other day... gee it was great we learnt a background technique... I think it was called 'credit card technique'... I've seen this in mags and thought it looked great... and now I can do it yay !!! the class went for 2 hours for $25 and she provided everything so that was good..the stamp shop also has a sale on till the end of May so that is cool.

Erics been sick since Saturday.. sore throat, non stop sleeping (the boy hates to sleep) not eating and a temp...footy registration is tomorrow.. looks like I"ll be going by myself !!

I still can't find that bloody magazine that I have been after and yay the lovely Sam found it for me ..just have to catch up with her to get it off her..lol..

ATC theme for this month is 'women' chosen by Melissa.. hmm I have an idea already but I bet I won't be able to get the thing that I want .. lol..its always the way isn't it.

It seems that people have been popping in... but no comments left?? hello out there in blog scanning land..
come on say g'day..

poppets and glasses

Gave poppets a try...it was a bit of fun...not really my thing as you can see I can't draw...lol... poor Emily has arms bigger than the boys and no neck..lmao

Eric and I went to have our eyes checked yesterday as Eric has been complaining of headaches when he reads... so off we go...almost an hour later we are standing picking out frames....Eric picked out a nice black pair metal framed pair with non reflective glass $350 ..... phew... thankfully we got a 2nd pair free... I am only going to get new lenses for mine..nothing wrong with the frames.. He doesn't have any vision problems it's just eye strain...which means his headaches will continue if he reads with out the glasses but thats all...so he's better off with them.

Mark painted one wall in our bedroom yesterday.. we were going to go blue...but then after looking at all the colour swatches we went a shade of brown...called 'burlap' gee it looks nice...so much better than the crappy burgandy colour that looked like it had been slapped up in 30 minutes...I think it needs a bit more colour...on the other walls now..lol..

We got one quote on the kitchen.... scary stuff...$7000... wow...thats alot of cash dont' ya think??? it s not a huge kitchen I don't think... no over head cupboards ...we are still waiting on hearing back from one guy..

Colour ATC, Karens cj

Today would have been my Dads birthday he'd be 79 today...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD

Getting there

For some reason I am having trouble uploading pics...grrr.. was going to upload Karens (KazTaz's ) cj and this months ATC...which I have nearly finished..trying to get hold of 2 little embellishments to complete the last 2 cards...do you think I can find the colour that I need...!!!
Also have finished some cards for a card swap on KSK.

I haven't done any scrapping of LO's for ages...and ATM I'm not too fussed about it..

Eric has started footy training...in his size 10 (mens) footy boots..lol he is growing toooo fast that kid..

oooh LOST is on tonight...I love that show..but I've been invited to a tupperware party...so might have to get the kids to tape it for me....might have to take the broken lid off the cereal keeper.. I don't need anymore containeers.and if I did ..I think I'd get them from Kmart...so much cheaper..and just as good I think.

Mark is wanting to go looking at new kitchens...we are getting sick of looking at the orangey coloured bench tops...and the laminex wood grain cupboards..lol..
sooo noice.. I'd love a new stove too...one that has grill that works properly...and you can light it with out getting blown halfway across the room..

More Salad Fingers

I've watched all 7 episodes of Salad Fingers.... and I gotta say I love it.. it's weird but it's cool...

Spoons
Friends
Nettles
Cage
Picnic
Present
Shore Leave

Let me know what you think... I know.. I"m warped... I liked Bad Boy Bubby too..

I've been tagged

by Ngaire

What scrapbook lines/products etc do you dislike ?
probably Jolees little cutsie stickers

What is the hardest thing you have ever had to scrap?
hmm I think some photos I took while playing mini golf...and like Ngaire I haven't done my wedding photos yet..

What technique do you use more than anything else.?
inking.... gee that sounds so boring doesn't it

What is the smallest scrap of paper you save?
anything that I think might get used.

Have you ever had any scrappoing related injuries?
Nope

Finish this sentence "If I wasn't a scrapbooker/stamper, I would spend my money on...."......clothes, cds , dvds

Give your best storage or organizational idea
I keep my foam stamps in little hard plastic cases that you can find in Safeway in the stationary part...they are about $2..

You just won a weeklong scrapbooking cruise for 5...who is going with you?
hmm.. I'd have to say Melissa, Coby, & Wendy...who else wants to come?

When you received your first publication notification who did you tell?
my family and a few scrapping buddies.

I'm tagging
Melissa

Really Really Weird

My niece showed me this last night.....gotta say it's totally weird...take a look here ---> SALAD FINGERS your mind may never be the same again after watching this...lol.... this one is even weirder..-->present

Do you like Lord of the Rings ???... take a look here

If you watch this one...turn the volume down a tad...

week 5

This week on Zinas blog

This weeks Challenge is to write an "Absolute YES list"Grab your journal and give yourself some quiet time to really focus on this with. She says..."this is what i call a list of the top 5 priorities that need your attention for the next 3-6 months. Unlike goals thefirst place to focus your time and energy when building a strong foundation for your life is on those things that need your attention NOW. .... while in a relaxed state, ask yourself the following 2 questions , giving yourself ample time for each one:What needs my attention at this time in my life?What do i need to let go of?don't censor your answers. Instead, just notice what occurs to you as you ponder each of these questions seperatley and write down yhe answers in your journal...choose the top 5 answers and put them into order of priority." She suggests writing them on index cards and placing them around the hoyuse so you are continually looking at them. This is to help you remember what you have made a desicion to spend your time on, and to say NO to the things that you don't have time for.

found this on Jaimies blog...how cute is it..

I"ve been sorting out my mags...getting rid of a heap of SM and SC mags that I no longer want... I put a little post on BB asking if anyone wants them for the cost of postage, but so far no takers..will see if a niece wasnts some when they call in tomorrow... it seems a shame to just dump them into the recycle..iykwim.. I really need to get my butt into gear as now I've put my name down for a card swap...lol..I have an idea in my head..just got to try it..

not much..

Not alot happening here... I've been writing 3 pages in my diary every day this week.... good huh...

I'm not too sure that I'll be going to ISC in Melb now...I was umming and arring about it to begiin with...but now there is a price increase.... it's put me off even more.. plus last night at the P&F meeting we've decided that we will be doing a Trivia night and the date chose was that weekend.... so I'll be saving myself money which can go towards my new camera !! and at the same time I'll be involved in raising money for the school so thats good right .!

Catching up with Sam today to give her Angies cj finally... ;)

I've started my ATC's (well I've got the cs cut anyway)....just got to work out what else I'm doing to them ..

kids and cake

Heres Eric and Emily eating Davids birthday cake in 2004... classy kids huh..!!..thanks Sam for the hearts...and I have something for you... will give it to you when I give the the cj...that I meant to give you ....

Well I think I hear my bed calling me...

Norty Samantha

look what she did...lmao... isn't she cheeky !!!

week 4 challenge

this weeks challenge is to commit to writing 3 pages in your journal every morning. I know this will be hard at first for some, so don't worry if you can't fill three pages. Write about your life, your thoughts, your fears, your dreams, even about the fact that you are having trouble writnig or filing three pages. You WILL get better at it the more you do it.

this shouldn't be too hard... I love writing in my diary... plus I write fairly big and messy...and my diary isn't that big... I know I'm cheating..lol.. but it has to be done daily ...

Also just found out that I along with about 5 others have just won a little pack of something or other from a challenge on BB..yay for us...!!!

Feb ATC's

The theme was 'numbers'.. heaps of things went through my mind...I was playing around with text boxes in MS Word but it didn't eventuate...so in the end I came up with 5...as there are 5 of us..so took it from there.. 5 petals on the flower using 5 different pp's.., take 5, V =Roman numeral for 5, 5 pointed star...

I think I need alot more stamps to get into these ATCs a bit better..iykwim..

I'm feeling down down down at the moment...but it has been months and I mean months since I have felt like this...just trying to keep my self busy..so I don't dwell on it..

Yeah I know I'm behind...but hey... I'm not trendy as you may have read from my page on Kims cj (post below)...anyways... isn't the new BG line yummy... I lurve 'HANG TEN' and 'URBAN COUTURE'..mmmm need these pp's..

Ohh and I got a lovely RAK from Rachel Greig..with some lovely ribbons and a card with a cat on it (one of her pics)..

I've posted Kims cj off to Raylene, I've finished Angies cj (see below) and will give this to Sam on Friday...

Up next is KazTaz's cj and Alison's cj ...plus the theme for the ATC's this month is colour... and it's been extended from 5 to 10...so many ideas run through my head...but ...I just can't seem to get them done... (thats me feeling sorry for myself)

catch ya

angies cj

the theme was 'Traditions'

Angies cj page 2

Don't you wish that sometimes you could rewind time... I do at the moment..

apart from that I'm working on my ATCs..yay about time huh..

Kims cj

Theme: Fashion Faux Pas

I should have taken the photos of it before I put it back into the plastic sleeves.. silly me..

2nd pg

life make over week 2

week 2 on Zinas blog

Starting this weeks challenge by setting ourselves a weekly goal.
One that focuses on how you'll develop yourself personally or strengthen your character during the next year. Chose a quality you'd like to focus on write an affirmation in the present tense, that relates to this goal, print the affirmation on paper and hang it somewhere you will see it. Then choose 3 actions you can take during the next week to begin developing this quality right away.

My goal is :
to neaten up the house regulally !

affimation :
I have enough time, to keep things tidy & organized but I spend to much time online.

Actions:
1. write a schedule/roster for the weekly chours (sp)
2. check schedule daily
3.throw things out that aren't being used... declutter

Band names

I'm sure I saw this on Jaimies blog...

this picture contains 74 Bands... I've been looking at it on and off and have found 22 so far... try it for yourself..

Life Make Over Challenge

After following a link on Melissa's Blog to Zina Wright's blog where she is posting on a weekly basis ...challenges from a book called Life Makeovers


WEEK ONE:

This weeks Challenge is to write a list of 25 (25?!?! LOL) things that you are most proud of accomplishing over the last year.

ok well I have done a list... it's not 25 but ..it's a list..

1. Started taking photos of myself after realizing there are hardly any of me !
2.Moving away from my best friend and realizing I'd become dependant on her to make new friends.
3.Payed off my store card
4. Started blogging
5. Stopped buying scrap stuff for the sake of buying it.
6. Started speaking up at the P&F meetings
7. Have made new friends by myself !!
8. Pay more attention to the scenery in a photo
9. I've been published..be it only once..but it's there :)
10. A particular teacher has said continually that I must be doing something right 'cos my kids are doing great.
11. I drove along the Great Ocean Road...I was on the inside but I did it..
12. I'm learning not to let depression beat me... with out medication.
13. I haven't had a smoke for 9 months
14. I've taken all the photos out of those norty photo albums and have sorted them in photo boxes

I've been playing around on this site.. it's got some neat little games...lurve the clothes...if only they made them on fat mumma sizes..

Melbourne get together

Went to Melbourne yesterday...on one of the fast trains...I personally think they are not all that great.. the seats are crampy and I don't think it cut off that much time at all..as it got to Yarraville station it had to slow down anyway because of the electric trains... I had to get off at 'Southern Cross station' formally 'spencer st station' catch another to Flinders st station and walked over to southbank to meet up with Melissa, Sarah, Carolyn, Angie, Kass and Sam...where we had lunch....the salads all looked and smelt yummo.. lol...Kass had a cheese pizza...which I think had the waitress in a bit of a spin...'oh you can't change the pizza' lol...
It was lovely to catch up with the girls and meet Carolyn.

I'm sure we left there about 4ish... well I didn't get home till 6... had to wait 40 minutes for the train home.


I can never get these link things working..but I did this quiz
and here is what it came up with.


Lost Emily

Which Emily Strange are you?
brought to you by

girl scouts

On Wednesday Emily went to Girl Scouts... she's going for the next few weeks...to see if she likes it, she has a few friends that go so she won't be alone ..plus it gives her something to do... Don't have to get a uniform just yet..
Will post a pic of her in her uniform if and when she decides she'll keep going.

Heading in to Harvey Normans today... the machines were all down the other day when I went... hopefully they'll be up and working today..

Need to get a new sleeping bag for David to use ...he's going on an over night hike with school, so it has to be light weight..so looks like I'll be heading into Rays also...this is part of their 'connections' program ...he's done raft building at Torquay and will also be doing mountain bike riding and rock climbing..
how good is that !!

I've been pulling photos out of those crappy photo albums.. OMG some of them have curled... :( I'm hoping that while they are sitting in the photo box...that they will straighten up a little... if not..can you iron them do you think???

Valentines day

Happy Valentines day !

Were you lucky enough to get a card ??.. not me.. AGAIN..

I did make one for Mark.. and gave it to him with a box of Ferrero chocolates.. I was going to make a mini album but the time just flew..and I still haven't got photos copied ..

speaking of photos.. Harvey Norman has a special on at the moment... I'm assuming its all HN Stores... it goes for 15 days... it's 15c per photo... (6x4').. I need to get copies done of our Qld trip for the kids.. so now is a good time. .. huh.. might have to scan some old photos ... save them onto disc.. and get them done too

Rachel Greig did a random challange on her blog the other day...today I got an email from her...saying to expect a rak..I got two guesses right...lol..along with 3 other girls..

global assault and tradtions

Ok sigh of relief David decided he was ok about not going to Global assault...yay..so I saved some $$$ and travel time.. he's gone rabbiting instead..

oh and looking at Angies cj... wow.. I thought it would be dead easy but..its proving more difficult..
I've looked up tradtions.. it comes up with christmas, easter , halloween tradtions... same ol' same ol..but everyone celebrates christmas, and easter in similar ways I would imagine...so was looking for something a bit different...still searching.... my mum used to traditionally eat fish ...every friday... I don't do this... roast every sunday... I don't do this either.. do I have any traditions ????

I'd love to celebrate Halloween..but here in Aus our Autumn isn't in October the same as other countries that celebrate it....we'd have to have our Halloween in April/May ?

ohh and Emilys friend doesn't have to get her kidney removed... just unblocked.. the surgeon said...she's better off leaving it in... even though it's only working at about 28%...So she'll be going into hospital for about a week..then she'll have a few weeks at home I'd imagine...recovering...so now...I better get busy to make her a journal...

circle journal swap

caught up with Angie and Sam yesterday at Sams place...I'd met one of Sams children before but this time got to see the other two...and met Angies two...lol...little Georgia is on the go all the time... so cute.. :)

I now have Angies lovely circle journal ...now to get stuck into it.. her theme is 'traditions'

David is wanting to go to Global Assault on Saturday... not even sure if I can get a ticket still and yes ok you can laugh now... I don't know how to get to the Rod Laver Arena... I get lost easy.. lol.. I can just imagine Coby and Wendy laughing if they are reading this..but hey... when you get lost..you discover new things don't you !!!!
So I have arranged to have a navigator for Saturday morning incase I can get a ticket...lol...but shhh David doesn't know that I'm being sneaky.

I've been downloading some brushes for photoshop..some of them look so cool.. found some new sites today ...will post them once I'm done..

Dave's hair cut

I got around to doing this photo finally... this BG skate pp is perfect.. as Dave is a skater...

Layout

Ok so the pic is a bit wonky....and I'm not sure if it needs more up the top half or not... what do you think...?

ohh and I forgot to rub out the greylead lines...lol..

Now I'm collecting things to alter a journal for Emilys friend who more than likely will have to go into hospital to have a kidney removed...lots of glitter and stickers and some pockets to go on some pages tied together with ribbons... hopefully it will give her something to do while she's in hospital... poor little girl.

Do boys like Pink?

Caught Dave napping...it was soo hot and he had this on ..it's Emilys fluffy hat.

I can see that there is at least one comment here but for some reason I can't view it via here..but was able to read it through my email... hence the edited post.. to say that it is a hat :)
Pretty in pink would have been good Wendz... I'll have to add that on somewhere maybe..

stuff

well the tree felling went well as you can see I'm still here...lol..


I popped into look at Dawn Stans new blog and she had link to here

I'm mexican food

spicy yet dependable
you pull punches but people still love you.

Please Lord

please protect my house....lol.. Mark is out the front cutting down the pine tree...and I'm scared that it will fall onto the house... and if it does... there goes my scrap room ...and me cos it's where I am right now..lol.. It's making me feel a little more nauseous than I have been feeling... with this stupid inner ear infection ...

I'll have to go and take some pics of the tree coming down... I think.

If I don't return you know I've had a tree fall on me..lol..

January ATC's

Finally finished these too.. didn't do them exactly as I wanted to.. I couldn't find my photo paper..so they are just on white card.

Not another circle journal

Here is another circle journal I'm in..just waiting on an address so I can post this one off..

sign in

My page

Fires

I have heard that ALOT of animals have died, 24 houses and sheds through 67 farms in the bushfires at the Grampians... with approx 1000 fire fighters and air craft..

Today thanks to the freaking hot northly wind ... we (Lara) and other surounding towns have been put on high fire alert....from the fire at the Brisbane Ranges..

KSK cj

still have to drill holes in here.. hopefully I won't stuff up the cover anymore than what I have already..!!

and I think the bottom bit will be fixed up..it's too plain..that will be a last minute thing....

intro page

it's a bit blury...

my pages

Sunburn

freaking hurts....

alot...

The Sun

another pic ... this is what is giving everything an eerie glow...


oh learnt today... not to go to the beach when its 40+ degrees... I did put sunblock on.. but got burnt..also got a bit of sunstoke.. feeling a bit dry and dizzy at the moment...

another pic

fires.

This is a pic taken of the fires at Steigletz ..it's a bit smoky here and we according to the CFA report could expect embers too...

Roads have been closed leading to Ballarat/Steigletz and Anakie in under threat. Anakie is only a short distance from here.

HOT HOT HOT

eerrgh don't you hate this heat ... it's been sooo hot here.. I wish I had a themometre to see how hot it is.. we are just gonna have some breakfast and try to beat some of the tourists down to the beach.. I can say 'tourists' now that I live down this way..

Friday was great down at Torquay... there was hardly anyone at the beach... while we were there it started raining... ouch... it felt a little like hail stones..but we hung around until it got a bit dark and started thundering and we could see lightening in the distance..the storm by passed Torquay and Ocean Grove.. Lara and Geelong got a nice down pour..

Yesterday Angie had invited me to Donnas open house...she sells scrap supplies... got to meet Angie and Kass again... met Donna and Jenni (read about Jenni on Angies blog)..and finally got my hands on some of those yummy fancy pants flowers...we don't have them down this end of the world.

anyways..I better get moving ..and I'm going to go the back way..just to avoid some of the tourists....

water, sunblock, towels, togs, body boards.... swim anyone ?

Sewing Machine

Yay I finally have a sewing machine... but have to get my sister around to show me how to fix the tension on it... the thread from the bobbin keeps getting all tangled and jamming....grrrrrr
The best part is ...it was FREE..

I've still not finished my first cj..still have to do the cover.. soooo norty , bad me . Must do this today ..
I've figured out what I"m doing with my ATCs and just have to find the right pic and print it out.. easy.
Then I will start on my other cj..

The kids have been sleeping outside in the tent for the past 3 nights... it's really odd going to sleep...it feels like the kids are all sleeping over at someones house..it feels empty..

{Tagged again}

by Sam this time

4 jobs you've had in your life:
1. Nanny
2. Sandwich hand (lasted one day, it was terrible) lol
3.Wife
4.Mother (do they count)

4 movies you would watch over and over
1.Elizabeth
2.White chicks
3.Rocky Horror Picture show
4.Monsters Inc

4 places you have lived.
1. Braybrook ,Melbourne
2.Sunshine, Melbourne
3.Deer Park, Melbourne
4, Lara, Victoria

4 tv shows you love to watch
1.Lost
2.Everybody loves Raymond
3. Desperate House wives
4.

4 places you have been on vacation
1.Sydney
2.Adelaide
3.Gold Coast
4.Kingston .S.A (nothing too exciting huh)

4 websites you visit daily
1.Blue Bazaar
2. Karens Scrappin Kupboard
3.numerous blog sites
4. hotmail

4 of your favourite foods
1.chocolate
2.pasta
3 chocolate
4.bbq shapes mmmm

4 places you would rather be right now
1. at the beach
2. on holiday in Tassie (but maybe later in the year)
3. on holiday in the UK

Tag 2 people

Wendy & Sally D ( I have no idea whether Sally even looks at my blog) lol..

Anniversaries..

what do they mean to you?
Today is our 15th wedding anniversary... I made Mark a card last night fair enough I didn't buy him a pressie...but he didn't even get me a card as usual

We would have gone out for lunch.. (my idea) if I hadn't have had to go to my Mums to do lunch.. but a card would have made my day..

I would like to say sorry to Angie for a comment I wrote on her blog....RE: all the crap that has just gone on, online...
Angie I am truely sorry .. please forgive me.
I just wanted it to be known that I was not the Libby that made the unsavoury comments.
Libby M if you are reading this it was me that wrote it not Angie.

Today we picked up the cockateil (sp) he's 8 weeks old .. trying to figure out a name for him... Mark and I thought Neil...lol... Dave wanted to call it Bam after his favourite skater... so we are going to look on a pet name site after to find something that suits...

Edited to say .. Mark left here last night to go to work... 5 minutes later he was back... with a bunch of flowers...I think he knew how upset I was when I showed him my blog....lol..Men are soooo silly.

Ngaire tagged me !

A is for age: 37 this year :(
B is for booze:mmm at the moment I'm loving Pink champagne
C is for career: of which I don't have so sad too bad
D is for your Dads name: Joe
E is for essential items you bring to a party: drinkies and munchies
F is for favourite song at the moment: Goodbye my lover -James Blunt...love it.
G is for favourite game: connct four or uno with the kids.
H is for Hometown: Lara
I is for intruments you play: none.. would love learn the violin though.
J is for jam or jelly you like: raspberry or strawberry
K is for kids: 3 ages, 9,10 and 14
L is for living arrangements: there are 5 of us, plus 1 budgie, soon a cockateil (spelling) and maybe soon a little puppy.. fingers crossed..
M is for mums name: Primrose but no one calls her that..she's known as Peg
N is for name of your crush: ? I used to fhave a crush on one of Marks mates Russel....mmm so cute
O is for over night hospital stays: hmm apart from when I had the kids..it would be when I had my gallbladder removed and another time at 30 wks preg with a temp of 40+
P is for phobias: spiders eww can I say green beans ..lol
Q is for quotes you like: I'll have to think about this one and come back..
R is for relationship that lasted the longest: Mark
S is for sexual preference: hmm what should I write here...lol..
T is for there is no T in this: ohh why not ?
U is for underwear: Bras from the bra shop.. underwear Kmart (bonds/holeproof)
V is for vegetables you love: brocolli, brussel sprouts, carrots, potatoes,
W is for weekend plans: not too sure at this stage
X is for xrays you 've had: Head for unknown reasons for headaches,
Neck for degenerative discs, wrists for gangleons (sp) abdomen for stomache pains chest for same reason, knee for tendon problems, ankle too.
Y is for yummy food you make: lasagne, christmas pudding, stew, spag boll, roast chicken.
Z is for zodiac sign: Cancer

I tag Angie and Melissa (sorry can't link to you Mel)

Shocked

I read on BB today that someone we'd been chatting too has passed away !! wow ...what a shock...I don't remember reading that she was sick even.. I've never met the woman but after chatting to someone for nearly 2 years you kind of get used to them being there..huh..

Blessings to Nell and her family.

just goes to show you don't know what is around the corner, and I'd like to take this opportunity to say I love you guys.

playing around

This is one I kind of played around on..just by colouring bits in and writing on..
It's a bit blury huh.

Oh and I think I've just chosen a topic for my cj that is gonna make my head spin... 'soul collage' !!!! I can't do collage !! lol..

I saw this theme in Full Circle thought it sounded ok..it might be good to do a topic that will push me..?

Need to go and get my hair cut today and buy some dye... I am soooo grey at the moment..it's terrible..then tonight we are going to Melbourne...its Matthews first birthday already

Happy 1st birthday Matthew..

Big Brother