feel like being GREEEEDY

ok...so I feel a little greedy...I want I want I want...but I know I can't have !


take a look... ( I couldn't upload the pic...I didn't have permission)

you could always have a look at the pinkpaislee site and view their catalogue..they have some lovely papers too


http://www.aussiescrapsource.com/largeimage.cfm?product=21583
http://www.aussiescrapsource.com/largeimage.cfm?product=21585
http://www.aussiescrapsource.com/largeimage.cfm?product=21595
http://www.aussiescrapsource.com/largeimage.cfm?product=21612

some new doodlebug stamps (well the kitty ones are anyways)

Tim Holtz hammer....how cool is it !!

oooh and Lusi Austin has a cool RAK going at the moment...check it out.

Day 2 of out challenge...all going well so far..lol.. except for the 2 litres of water.. just can't quite manage it yet.

booze brain

* groan* the feeling that alcohol gives you the day after a fun night.. I spent most of yesterday in bed with the room spinning endlessly around me, making me want to barf everytime I moved.
I haven't drank so much in such a long time...I don't actually think that I have drank that much...I'm saying noo never again will I drink that much..but hey...next year I'm 40 and I intend to hit the top of that hill with a bang ... I don't really want to do that much suffering again in a hurry if I can help it.

Today is the first day of our 70 day weight loss challenge... I've weighed in and measured up...I need to go down and use Karens treadmill...for awhile..and make a start on my water intake..that's gong to be hard..

Marks b'day on Saturday and we have both our families coming over...not sure what we are doing food wise as yet...better get my ass into gear I spose.

It's been chilly the last few mornings..but then sort of warming up during the day..but it's sooo much better than heat...

There was something else I was gong to blog about but can't remember ATM..

I'm lovin' this song at the moment and this one (sounds not great on this clip)

I've been redoing some old layouts...may take pics of some and put them on here..and some pics of cards I've been making too.

Got a party to go to tonight at a friends...I've made her a chocolate penis...shhh don't tell! ..... I've put it in a cellophone bag and then in a patterned paper bag that I just made and tied it with ribbon...she's gonna die..lol

I just made pizza in my non stick pan.. but I should have added a little salt to the base.. otherwise it wasn't bad....I put ham, salami, tomato, feta, baby spinach and mushrooms on it.

Woke up this morning with a sore throat and swollen glands..seems to have eased off a bit now..Mark felt a bit bleah too..so may be a viral thing..oh joy.

I'm thinking I might need to go and have a nanna nap before the party..

can you tell I'm not thinking straight..I'm all over the place

my alcoholic intake

was 2 drinks.... (cruisers) then I stuck to lemonade and coffee...I was the designated driver last night ...we went to Marks nieces 18th...she was plastered...lol..she would have fallen face first into her cake had Marks sister not have been holding her back..

Mark had quite a bit to drink and thankfully fell asleep on the drive home...cos boy was he painful..we got home and then more or less decided to go to bed...Mark was still in the car sleeping.. so I thought I'd do the right thing and go and say something like ...'are you coming inside we are all going to bed'.. his reply was ' no fuck off' and he shut the door and went back to sleep.. so off I trotted..to my comfy warm bed and left him to his car. when I woke up this morning I wondered if he managed to get inside ...he had.. he was asleep on the couch.
Needless to say he's been suffering all day...and has recieved no sympathy from me.

Em and I just made a huge batch of sausage rolls of which I forgot about the last lot... that I just got out of the oven... they're not burnt ..but brown...

Today would have been Mums 80th birthday .
hard to believe she's been gone almost 2 years.


There is a photo challenge on BB (just for fun)
with 26 topics..

Earth
Movement
Urban
Reflection
Geometric
Everyday
cruves
pattern
fences
tilted
music
minimalism
unity
rustic
travel
prickly
jungle
diversity
humou
sisterhood
wisdom
black and white
blur
texture
fear
lost

so if you have a camera...have a play.. and take some shots and pop in to blue bazaar..you'll get some great ideas from the others too....

poodles ....eww

I hadn't bought any mags for ages, but bought 2 mags the other day an English one 'card makers year book' (might get some ideas for cards from here) and 'scrapbooks etc'.

Yesterday I went to Marks nieces to a Flaschengeist party, where you sample different liqueurs and spirits. they also had some wines (we didn't' sample these) and some oils and vinegars there was one that was very nice but it's not on the list I have...it was something caramelised...mmm.. and on a sheet of paper mark the ones you like as you try them, then at the end you choose which one/s you want to buy and then you have to choose what type of bottle you want it in.
Some of the samples were not great..but then everyones tastes differ..huh !!

I thought the strawberry schnapps was ok...but might get a little sickly as milk drinks do.
Vodka lemon lime daiquri was ok
I didn't try the Blackcurrant vodka, Fig & vodka liqueur, chocolate tawny port nor the lychee liqueur (after watching the faces of the girls sitting opposite us...lol..they said it tasted like flowers)

Mango liqueur and the melon liqueur (which was like Midori) were nice

Wasn't keen on Limoncello, cognac and walnut liqueur (sort of tasted like nutella), turkish delight liqueur, tiramisu liqueur, coffee nut whip liqueur and chocolate vodka. (very fake choc taste IYKWIM)

You are probably going to say 'eww' when I tell you what I've ordered...I thought the same thing till I tasted them... whisky liqueur with a double shot of caramel (got this in a heart shaped bottle 250 ml) and honey brandy (the bottle is called 'sonata' 110ml) which you can see here. I'm not a brandy drinker normally...it usually makes me go...'hurgggg' but this was very smooth.

If I don't drink them myself ...I will look very smart anyway when I offer you a drink of whisky with a double shot of caramel or a honey brandy !!!...they are dearer than a normal bottle shop... and not as much in quantity..but you have to kind of expect that at a party plan I think....I only spent $40.

ooh I did love the round 'O' shaped bottle called 'odyse' but it was out of stock.


Week 271
I say ... and you think ... ?

Silence :: shhhh
Wall :: of china
Killed :: da wabbit
Wishful :: thinking
Poodle :: ewww (but labradoodles are cute)
Sullen :: gloomy?
Do not disturb :: go away
Philadelphia :: cheese
Anticipation :: antici ---pation (rocky horror)
Sidewalk :: sally crawling down the alley (lyrics from a rose tattoo song)


ooh I've been invited to join a group run by a friend for a 70 day challenge.
I think we are taking before and after shots and will do meaurements and weights. I'm not dieting as such... because I know I won't stick to it...so I will go back to the plan of picking 5 -6 things and sticking to it.

wish me luck.

music.....ah sweet music...

Was just flicking around on youtube and found this. couldn't find 'grey cortina' on here...ohhh I remember listening to TRB alot...in my teens....I used my brothers stencil from an album, on a jumper...that I think I wore all the time....I wonder what ever happened to that jumper???....

Daves been listening to Iggy Pop lately....this and this (not the video clip on 2nd but the song.itself.)were faves of mine in the 80's......ohh and this and this by the Celibate Rifles and who could forget the Sunnyboys with this song or this one *sigh*
loved loved loved Spy v Spy...here and here I loved Craigs voice


From the 70's...(I think) but loved it -->this

using one of the camping photos


pages for my journal

Party's party's party's

I hosted a Stampin Up workshop on Friday night thanks Melissa for coming all the way over here...thanks to the ladies that attended ...I think everyone had a nice time..anyways this is what we made..(the scans are dodgy again )



I stuck mine down differently than eveyone else... of course !!


This is a bonus thing we made..it's a little bookmark.. which I also did differently than everyone else..

Golly...there are party plans everywhere at the moment... I went to another chefs toolbox party...ordered the timer (cos our oven one is busted) and the utensils for my pot.....they cooked a pizza in the saute pan...and it was yummo..maybe the base was a little thick..but it was still nice.. not too keen on the jam doughnuts cooked in the muffin tray. ...they looked like scones with jam in the centre..

The same day I went to a jewellery party (Emma page) at Debs place and bought (a little regretfully) a silver neclace with a heart on it.....yes I'm sometimes a sucker at partys...

my niece Sarah

a page for my BoM


I think Em took this shot of herself..but I think it's great ....and to my family if you are looking at this....don't you think she looks like a certain older sister of mine (not that I have any younger sisters)

a card for a friend

Ems fish

winners are grinners

Em and I went off to our LSS on Saturday morning and made these little clip boards.. they had a free make and take as part of their birthday celebrations....the folding was quite fiddly and at one point I completely screwed mine up and had to get a new piece of paper. (once it was folded it was too short to fit on the clipboard)

excuse the bad scans

mine

ems

After the make and takes raffle tickets were given out and mine was the first drawn out....whoo hooo...then you wouldn't believe it...Em's was drawn out...whoo hoo again... we both won some 'Fancy Pants Design' felt shape packs

I got the book written by Mark Seymour....very good read so far.

We have our table booked for his gig down our way ...which isn't for a few more months yet....we got front and centre ...yessssssssssssss.!! A friend thinks I'm a bit obsessed, but mind you she's coming to the gig too..lol

hooray

Finally I can put these up...these are from a competition I entered here for Crafty Originals... I had to come up with a single and a double page ...and they are on display at Paperific in Melb and on Chandon craft blog.

In the pic you can't really see what I've done with the bubble bath corner piece... it's covered in kindy glitz and has dimensional magic in the centers of the bubbles. On the word 'bubble bath' I've used a stamp that was supplied

On the cheeky monkey page...I've painted the word and monkeys...but covered the word in dimensional magic..

all Items were supplied by Chandon Craft and Crafty Originals

Just spent some of the day at a friends house...she's bought her twins a 16' round trampoline...it's bloody huge...it took 4 of us about 2.5 hours to put it together...with a short coffee break inbtween...It came with the padding and net and ladder...her kids are going to love it.

Heading to the club tonight...how cool would that cash be right about now....must be up around $1700 by now..

more boring stuff

Here's a pic I snapped while we were camping..it sort of looks like Daves breathing fire...huh..

Just went shopping with Mark...to get ourselves some new clothes to wear to a funeral tomorrow.. I hope it doesn't rain till later in the day.

We had about 7 mls of rain up to yesterday morning. not sure how much today....

Week 268
I say ... and you think ... ?

Money :: cash
Unhappy :: sad
Joking :: ha ha
Chipmunk :: dale
Date :: cake
Slideshow :: night
Chicago :: illinois
Lifetime :: it'll last you
Skid row :: broke
Edward :: my Dad

Feast One Hundred & Eighty Four

Appetizer
Given the choice, would you prefer to live in the country or in the city?

country

Soup
Who is the cutest kid you know?

the cutest kid...now..would be Callum

Salad
Fill in the blank: I couldn’t believe it when I heard __that Heath Ledger died (a few months ago now)_

Main Course
If you could star in a commercial for one of your favorite products, which one would you want to advertise?

some sort of chocolate

Dessert
What type(s) of vitamins and/or supplements do you take on a regular basis?

none...but I should take calcium

campin'

We went camping at Torrumbarry on the Murray over Easter with some friends, Torrumbarry is about a 15-20 minute drive from Echuca. The weaterh was hot..and dry...and there were sooooooo many freakin' flies.

Everything was covered in dust and smelt of smoke...so I've lots of washing to do. Eric got bit by 3 bull ants ...he was standing on a chip that they were snacking on..lucky we had some ice and tea tree oil with us.

The mud looked a green colour when it was smeared all over the kids faces...and it actually stained their skin ...it sort of looks like a fake tan...lol..some of their clothes are stained from it too.

This is where we were camping....there's me in the red top...sitting on my arse..

this is where the kids were swimming...there were steps cut out...in the dirt all the way down to the water..

Billie formally known as Bilbo...laid 2 eggs in 3 days...this is the 2nd one... how tiny is it !!.... the next day I was out shopping and found some candy coated eggs...(they were brownish) but the same size...and decided to trick David...he was somewhere else in the house and I yelled out to him...oh look another egg...and he came to look and I said to him I wonder what would happen if I did this....and threw the egg into my mouth...the look on Davids face was priceless.....it was like eww what the heck are you doing you stupid old woman.

some chilli I made the other week.....in my new pan from 'chef's toolbox' (pictured with out the lid)... (this is about a kilo of mince)

I'm thinking I need the utensils to go with this..

I just don't get it

all this html, xhtml and xml *groan*..but I will keep trying to find out how to make a 3 column blog.


Dave's bird Bilbo who we were told was a male....has laid 2 eggs in the last 3 days...they are soooooo tiny and cute


This heat is too much isn't it !! I just wish it would stop...25 is nice..!!!.not 40 !!...40 is yuck....it just turns me into miss cranky pants


I thought my LO would be up on here by now..I got a pic of the double page but that can't go up yet as the product isn't released...but didn't get a pic of this one so I can't even put it on here.


We're getting ready to head off for a few days camping...with K and M and their kids...fingers crossed that it won't be too hot.





I say ... and you think ... ?

Paranormal :: spooky
Alarm :: loud
Operative :: surgery
Changing :: altering
Framed :: set up
Beer :: yuck
Referral :: recommendation
Unmasked :: a KISS record 'KISS unmasked'
Movie star :: Humphrey Bogart
Handbook :: manual










Appetizer
On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 as highest), how much do you like your own handwriting?
3
Soup
Do you prefer baths or showers?
showers
Salad
What was the last bad movie you watched?
umm it was about an Irish guy that fell in love with this girl and they ended up singing and making a cd together...umm what's the name of it..
the film itself was dull but the music was ok.

Main Course
Name something you are addicted to and describe how it affects your life
the internet...I sit here looking at this that and the other..and most of the day is gone
Dessert
Which instrument is your favorite to listen to?
guitar (love acoustic)

alterations

incase you pop in and wonder what's going on...I'm doing some alterations....I'm learning about html and I'm trying to make my blog have 3 columns, instead of 2...just gotta figure out how to get the left hand side one in....

The heat is awful isn't it !!

Almost finished my layouts that will be on display at paperific

Dave got his learners permint today...

not alot happening

Music for today...Timberland- The way I are

It doesn't go for long enough though.

Here's a photo of Emily I came across yesterday while searching though the photo boxes....this was taken in May 2001 (age 4.5)...she was so cute.

lmao....found this link on a forum. Poof drops

ooohh listen here

lol...love the red one. handsigns

Feast One Hundred & Eighty Two

Appetizer

If you could be any current celebrity for one whole week, who would you want to be?

Drew Barrymore

Soup
On a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest), how much do you enjoy talking on the phone?

4

Salad
Name a charitable organization to which you have donated (or would like to).

anti cancer council

Main Course
What is a food you like so much you could eat it every single day for a month?

I'd like to say chocolate...or maybe chicken...but I think I'd get tired of them after a month of eating them.. so I'm going to go with a cereal... 'corn flakes'

Dessert
Have you or anyone in your family had the flu this year?
no

brat camp

I've done it.... I got the scanner and the camera working ...yay...!!!!

We've been watching a show on ABC, Tuesdays at 8.30pm called Brat Camp

it's great.. it's about some british teenage girls who were adicted to drugs and/or alcohol, and were getting themselves into trouble with the law or boys.

Their parents sent them to this camp in the USA where they are taken out into the wilderness and have to complete set tasks and detox at the same time, they learn to work as a team and talk about their feelings to the camp leaders.

The camp has a 85% success rate...what a great job they are doing.

Bookmarks for SYS (Ngaire's challenge)

Naughty or nice

Bam

a card for a friend in hospital

music and mutterings

Music up the top is an ol' fave ' Toni Childs- The dead are dancing'

want to have a bit of a cry.... click here ---> listen

I've done a little more scrapping...can't upload it at the moment as I've uninstalled the camera..and am about to reinstall the scanner...then will try to reinstall the camera..(fingers crossed that they will want to play together this time)

Feast One Hundred & Eighty One

Appetizer
Who was the last person you hugged?

Mark

Soup
Share a beauty or grooming trick or tip with us.

lmao....um ok... always wear sunblock...even if it's in tinted moisteriser.

Salad
What does the color yellow make you think of?

a canary

Main Course
If you were to make your living as a photographer, what subject would your pictures revolve around?

scenery /beach

Dessert
What was the longest book you ever read?

gee..it could be the one I"m reading now...'pants on fire' haven't read for a few days now

Mutterings

Week 265
I say ... and you think ... ?

Chemical :: reaction
Poker :: face
Federal :: government
Mattress :: protector
Who am I? :: I don' t know
Investigation :: report
In good hands :: taken care of
8:30 :: time to take the kids to school
Creditors:: claim
Resource :: items

Not a great deal happening...I'm rewriting my resume ...this week..got some helpful paperwork and books the other day.

feast

FRiDAys FeaSt

Week 264
I say ... and you think ... ?

Protocol :: rule
Girlfriends :: someone to have voffee/wine with
Shoulders :: knees and toes
Coming home :: movie
Let it in :: the sunshine?
Honor :: and cherish (not obey)
Tyler :: Bonnie Tyler
Thriller :: I'm not going to say Micheal Jackson...nah ah...
Angela:: hi Ange
The winner is :: not me...but hopefully on Friday I will be









Feast One Hundred & Eighty


Appetizer
Have you ever played a practical joke on anyone? If so, what did you do and who was your victim?
hmm I can't really think... does hiding their pressie inside a totaly different box count..?..if so then yes.. years ago, we bought a friend one of those lady shaver things... and hid it in a box that had bbq things in it...the look on her face when she unwrapped it...was priceless...I took a photo too..lol

Soup
What do your salt and pepper shakers look like?
I did have cute little blue and green tupperware ones... but now we just have the replaceable grinders from the supermarket.

Salad
Where is the next place you plan to visit (on vacation or business)?
I'm actually looking at camping places now...to go camping over easter with friends...not sure where...but it'll be somewhere in Victoria

Main Course
What kind of lotion or cream do you use to keep your hands from getting too dry?
cream...what cream...lol no sometimes..when I remember I'll use some sorbolene with vitamin E

Dessert
Make up a dessert, tell us its ingredients, and give it a name.
a small meringue with cream on top and grated hazelnut chocolate...I have no idea of a name for it...but thats what I'd like now

mmm food

Emily, David and I went to the Pako Festa today...the weather was a bit crazy..one minute it was nice and sunny...then it'd get all windy and it'd start spitting...then the sun would come out again..and so on and so on.

There was some great music... and 'Stringybark McDowell' (see clip above) was there right down near one of the pubs...so you could go and get a nice bevvy and come and sit outside and listen..one guy was enjoying himself so much he got up to dance around... I could have sat there awhile, but the kids thought it was quite boring...so it was time to move on.

Em and I had some Nasi Goreng for lunch at $6.50 in a cardboard noodle box...it was very filling and very yummy.. it was cooked in a huge wok see picture below... funny thing...2 years ago...in the very same place...probably the very same wok...we had a dish called paella with exactly the same ingredients in ... must have a google to see what the differnce is apart from them being spanish and indonesian.

Dave wasn't feeling very hungry and was complaining of a sore back...

Later we bought a big pretzel with cinnamon on it. for $4.. we weren't that wrapt in it...it was just like a thin twisty bread with cinnamon on it.. won't be buying another one....Also tried some Greek donuts... bleah... crunchy balls of dough dripping in grease (and honey ) I think

There was so many different foods to try and some of it free... like fruit and nuts...mmmmm

ohh and we also saw some of the actors from Home and Away....Emily was going to get in the queue until she saw the size of it.....later it was announced that the queue was really small and that if you got in it now...you'd still get to have your pic taken and get an auitograph.. so we raced down to the stage but by the time we got there...security had shut the gate..

We stood at the front ... Em and I took some pics..and later Jessica gave Em an autographed pic..

look it's pretty

Paul , Jessica, Charlotte and Lyn

Nasi Goreng

\

a big pretzel

and go and go and go with milo

Buttermilk pancakes

We've been having buttermilk pancakes for breakfast the last few Sundays...mmm...but oh so bad for you

ohh why did I tell them

I was looking @ the HIM website and saw that they are touring and coming to Australia in March...and I told Dave and Matt didn't I !!! stoooopid. !!

My fave song of theirs ATM is sweet pandemonium see youtube link above.

It needs to be played LOUD and if it's in the car...press repeat...press repeat....press repeat...but remember it has to be LOUD

The back room is looking good (see photo below) Mark and Mark have been very busy... I can hear Mark (grumpy) out there now sanding...he's got the night off.

oohh I went to a chefs toolbox party yesterday...and OMG I spent $220 on a saucepan...lol..but it is a good saucepan...well it's actually called a saute pan

At the party we had paela cooked in it...and it was fantastic.. it did not stick at all...and the food was yum too....lol....Grumpys and Marks reactions yesterday were priceless when I told them when I'd bought.

I'm sorty of thinking of maybe having a party.. ya wanna come??...

The boys had their school swimming carnival on Friday... I didn't even think about sunscreen...poor Eric now has a sunburned face...it looked like it was going to blister but it hasn't thankfully.

Em made cupcakes today and forgot to put sugar in them...but taste ok now with icing on them...but I did nick a few uniced ones to crumble over the top of the stew that I made with the left over roast lamb...mmmm yummo.

ol' button eye (Bailey)

my sisters dog

our back room

who's that girl

(insert smiley face here) -------> chandon craft



Week 263
I say ... and you think ... ?

Passport :: photo
small world :: after all
Radio :: DJ
Marine :: biology
Wall :: street
Wanna be :: singstar
Pigtails :: girly
Hyphen :: grammar
9.99 :: 10 bucks
Unrated :: no reviews?



FEAST 179



Appetizer
Name one thing that is unique about you.
geez I dunno ??

Soup
Fill in the blank: My favorite __desert__ is _chocolate self saucing pudding_ but I like __sticky date pudding__ too.

Salad
What type of wood do you have for your home’s furnishings?
alot of laminate..lol..the only wood we have ATM is the dining table and chairs ohh and bookshelves. it's all stained pine.


Main Course
Who do you talk to most often on the phone?
Karen


Dessert
What level of responsibility do you have in your job?
hmm





what a week it's been !

something about scrapping and mutterings

sofi and her santa

an album I made for KSK challenges
it measures 6x12 inches

Mark and Mark were very busy over the weekend and our back room is nearly finished...it's looking more like a room now..whooo hoo..

UNCONSCIOUS MUTTERINGS:

Week 262
I say ... and you think ... ?

Score :: point
Luxurious :: appartment
Party :: time
Limited edition :: special
Security :: guard
Betty :: boop
Under construction :: building
Pest :: ants
Director :: in charge
Express :: describe