Titles..

Hey - no wonder my kids can't spell - I keep stealing the letters out of their jigsaws for my titles..I love it when you can use "non - scrapbooking" stuff on a layout!

Why do kids get sick in time for holidays??

My beautiful girl...who is currently ill with the famous 24 vomiting bug....she's devastated - last day of school was today and it was pizza and games day!!!

Inspired by..

the very clever Emily Falconbridge.
Her lo's are so free and creative - I have scraplifted this lo from one of hers - have you ever seen a lo and thought - "I have to go and do that" straightaway???
I hope she doesn't mind!!
I just love her idea of painting over everything. I haven't quite pulled it off though...hmmmn.

when??

I love this candid photo of my little boy - so proudly counting to 11. Boy they really grow up so quick!!

nearly on holidays..

finally I really did do a layout about me. you know I'm just NOT photogenic. I look much better cut up!!

same photo, different album

but in colour..

who said pastel was the new black?

..not this little black duck!
I'm having a brights and whites phase I think..

oooh got it

...scrapjacking that is... here is my version of the very talented Erica Glovers layout on the new Aussie scrapjacked site...

nature girl

funny how some kids REALLY love animals - I mean all kids like animals - but my daughter is fanatical for anything from a bird eating spider (yeah mum, why can't we get one?)... preying mantises to the usual puppies.
Five minutes of playing in the back yard and she has always caught some creature or other..
She could be one of a new generation of Wildlife Warriors...go Steve what a great legacy!

scrapjacking???

will check it out....is that where you put a gun to someone's head and steal their half finished layout??
sounds like a lot of effort.
???

bloggin' on

yep - another post...well I have to keep up with the blog Queen Petrina ( yeah right- she's a Super Blogger! I have created a Blogmonster)
Just another week - nothing exciting happening, just going through the motions...have to admit that it pretty good to be alive though! I'm getting very excited about my upcoming scrap weekends - 2 (yes - TWO) IN A ROW!!! YAY>>
First we have the local scrap retreat with the Blogmonster and Crew....great laugh and very dodgy wardrobes... and then The Freestyle Convention in Sydney.
Really
Very
EXCITED.

Oh and 2 weeks hols from work in between. I do love Autumn!!
New LO - a moment of rare peace before the usual sibling thing starts..

how could you live without...

a huge bowl of flowers and a Bambi pencil holder???? - these are my two new treasures from work today...How tacky is Bambi - it's soo revolting that it is gorgeous!!!

Clock Fetish

Okay, I admit it - I have a clock fetish 16 clocks in my house- (all on different times- I really should sort that out) My husband is REALLY not a morning person, and everyday he struggles to remember which one is the right time..

...just keep scrapping....just keep scrapping...

have just spent a lazy weekend with my head underwater off Lady Elliot Island - WOW the reef is truly amazing - I swam with turtles, every type of nemo-esque fish you can imagine - and a huge leopard shark... no...not scared at all..not me..
We had a lovely time - first time in 7 years we have had a night together with no kids!!
hmmn...
anyway - would highly recommend it for any nature lovers - but luxury it is NOT - such a shame that nature in its true form is so SMELLY - huge resident group of Noddys (like black seagulls) -and the birdcrap and smell was overwhelming....
as long as your head is under the water it's great!!!!

guess who forgot her camera?????

OMG!!

okay - I know - how slack am I??? No excuses...just life in the way.
Well it's already a quarter of the year over, and I am still not organised!! I have been scrapping up a STORM though...9 layouts last weekend alone!
I'm having a "TEAL" phase... cardstock, stickers, plates, tops - you name it it's teal in my house at the moment...
Anyway - as Julie Anthony would say: "here are a few of my favourite things"...

layouts, layouts,layouts...

Happy New Year!!

Well another year over and we all get to start again - kind of handy really!! Four days in and I have done 2 layouts. I am on a scrap mission. At least 3 LO's a week - more if possible. I have made a rule that I can only buy goodies after finishing 5 (yes FIVE!) Layouts.
..good for the creativity I think!!
Look at these beautiful flowers.
It's good to be alive....

Ho Ho Ho

So, everything went smoothly this year...delegating out food made it a lot easier..plastic plates and cutlery made it a WHOLE lot easier..tacky- I know- bad for the environment- I know, but sometimes taste and politcal correctness has to make way for sheer exhaustion.
Everyone seems happy with gifts etc,,YAYAYAAY all over for another year...

Except now we have DS's birthday this Saturday. Crappy time for a birthday.
Anyway - 1 minor detail - I did not take one single photo on Christmas day.
Bugger.
I will take some this afternoon - it is still Christmas time isn't it?????
Lucky the tree is till up - I tend to get into a frenzy and tear it all down as soon as Boxing Day is over.
Oh well I will just fake it - I mean who will know???

Jolly Bollocks

Ho Ho Ho - is it over yet???
really - I am very festive, just a bit over it (but in a seasonal way).
I have been erecting Xmas trees at work since end of October....kinda drags it out a bit.
So what do you give to the kid who only wants (quote) "to meet the real Santa, and go for a ride on the sleigh" ?
When asked "but do you want Santa to bring you any toys/"...."no - I just want to meet him"
I think she is suspicious....very crafty that one. It's a bit self destructive though...if only they realized that in their quest for the truth - they destroy the fairytale. (still get the goodies though- except you can complain about them when they are from Mum and Dad and not the big S!!)
Another 2 birthdays this week - why did everyone in family celebrate Easter by Shagging???- the whole family is born in December!!!
Here's Jeff waiting for turtles at Mon Repos.

this time I mean it!!!

yeah - well my intentions are good!!! Still trying to get into the rhythm of working full time - two kids - housework etc and still find ME time.. Hmmm...any suggestions???
December has come and with another birthday.35. That's OK. I feel fine about 35. It's very grown up though!!
I have been considering my news years resolutions. So far I have decided that I need to have more fun...and the kids and hubby need to have more fun.
(remember fun?)
How hard can it be to have fun??? Not the contrived, spend a fortune on a day out fun, but the spontaneous fall about laughing kind of fun???
Well, I'm working on it.
I think I should eat better exercise more..blah blah blah blah spew....
who cares? I WILL NOT join a gym I WILL NOT count bloody calories....and I WILL NOT give up anything with chocolate, sugar or alcohol..I WILL NOT spend my only day off as a slave to housework. (as long as you wear shoes inside so stuff doesn't stick to your feet - you can hardly notice.)
I WILL stay up late, I WILL give the kids Maccas sometimes..and I WILL give myself a break.
Hey - that's new years reso's almost done.
probably need a few more positives in there. I WILL be positive..
OK> that works for me. Maybe this year I will actually KEEP them!!
hahahahahahahaha...(the chocolate and alcohol one is no prob!)

By the way - this is Trevor the Frog. He joins us and watches TV through the window most nights...