Ee Moo

Today we went on a road trip and came across this creature. Affectionately known as Ee Moo.


Just out of town on the way to Tamworth is a paddock that Matt always spots this Emu in. Today he happened to be right at the fence closest to the highway. Not content on taking this shot from across the road I crossed the highway, armed with a few slices of bread. He ate right out of our hands! Yes, my finger is still sore!









Just because I was so close I took a close up shot of the beautiful feathers. In his excitement to take the bread out of my hands some feathers got caught in the barbs of the fence... Shawn now wants to start a feather collection!

I will have fun playing with this images later when I have more time.

While at Tamworth we had an early birthday lunch for Matt. His birthday is on the 3rd and weekdays are busy...
We hit a few shops and much to my disappointment Spartys party shop is now in the Spotlight main shop... I am a bit slow...this may have happened months ago, it has been awhile since I have hung out in Tamworth.

Last night Amanda and Roy came for dinner. It has been awhile since we have had a catch up with them so it was lovely to do so!

Well I better go and get dinner for tonight... last thing I want to do is eat after a BIG lunch.... kids my need feeding though!
Thanks for stopping by and reading my Ee Moo ramblings :)

Marcus

I just discovered via email that I won the Scrapbook Divas sketch challenge for May with this LO of my Godson, Marcus. Woo Hoo!! I am goin shoppin! lol

Today one of my Goddaughters (I am popular as a Godmother, lol) Jess came to play. Amanda and Roy had a funeral to attend so Jess got to hang out with us.

Matt had a busy day, he started helping Ian with 'car stuff' that I don't understand. Then he spent an hour over at the school doing basketball with some of the kids. Apparently a boy asked why Matt wasn't tired yet, so Matt replied that he could run all day and not get tired..... What a silly thing to say!! Matt is now very tired :)

Shawn had a birthday party after school complete with a bonfire, true to form it started to sprinkle rain.

Well I am going to go and see what I can spend my money on at Divas, night!

Julies Scrapping Jewels

Just a quick post to let you know that ScrappingJewels is having unexpected trouble with the web server. Last night we threw together a blog so that customers can still be informed of what is going on until a more permanent site can be arranged. Julie had new stock that was ready to be listed and is expecting a HUGE order from Canada. This one I am very excited about!! ;)

The link to the blog is HERE.

It is very new so please leave us a comment so we can see who has dropped by! Thanks so much!

GO GO GO!

Today over at the school for education week we had Go Go Go! It is a day full of activities for the primary kids. As an example Shawn made Lanterns, Rocky Road (without chocolate!!!! funny story that), Gift bags, French knitting. There are lots of things the children can choose to do. I helped Rach with bookmarks. I really didn't help so much as kept Liberty and Molly entertained with paper and glue. I pinned Molly's to her mothers pin board at school but I think in my rush to get home I tossed Liberty's...

This page is my entry for Scrap Therapy's MBM comp. You had to think outside the square. It is not all that original but it was all my stuffy head could come up with! lol

Well I better keep moving. Nothing has been done in this house today and I am heading out again later... It will all still be here when I get back! lol

Speed Scrapping

This is the page I did last night during the Divas speed crop. Not my quickest page. This one took about 30 mins. Speed crops are a great way to use photos that you have in piles and want to use but aren't sure how....

These photos were from my birthday last November. I remember think I should take photos of the old shark net. I think it has since been removed! Not a very safe feeling while you are swimming and there is a broken net to keep sharks out...

Liberty is down for her nap and hopefully I will finish off the page I am working on. I also need to get some things ready for Go Go Go at the school tomorrow. Byeeee :)

Finally a page to share.

This page seemed to take hours to do... I did it Friday night at a crop. I think it was a mix of it not being my normal style, feeling miserable with this cold and too much chatting! I do like how it turned out though.
Not much else to share with the world really. Liberty and I both have a cold, Matt has hurt is thumb and Shawn has mouth ulcers! I live in the house of crappy health! Keep away!!! lol

Tonight over at DIVAS they are doing a speed challenge...I really enjoy speed scrapping...I think last time they did one I finished a full LO in 20mins and I like the result!!! :) It starts at 8pm so if you can come over and have a look!

UPDATE - While I was blog surfing I came across some major talent...Lillian
I am sure she would be thrilled if you dropped by her blog! :)

Friday

Hello! Well another week is over.

I really have not taken any interesting photos recently so I am raiding the archives again. This pic is at the UN head quarters in New York City. It was one of my favourite places to tour. We went through not long after the movie 'The Interpretor' was made so the interior was the same then as it is in the movie. Each room is decorated by different countries and changed each year. This image really does prove to me that blogger strips the colour out of pictures. This is usually a vibrant image... oh well...

Liberty had her appointment today and I was very happy with the lady we spoke to, in my books that is a plus. It is going to be a long few months to get her bowels working right but hopefully the pain will ease quickly.

This afternoon Matt had his first 'teaching gig' at Shawn's school. He is going to do basketball with some kids as the Friday sport. I don't think they have had basketball for a few years so that will be a bit of variety for them. The group was a bit large to do much with and not enough balls to go around, but he will work something out. He is pretty good my Matt...

Tomorrow night there is a crop night in town...woo hoo!! I better go and see what I can do...

Have a wonderful weekend. :)

Dust Bunnies Beware!

Today I went through a book shelf that had fewer books and more junk than it should have! It is the shelf between my scrap desk and computer so you can imagine what gets 'dumped' on it. Well it now looks like it is a bookshelf again.

I was going to do my scrap table tonight but Bones is on telly tonight... not that I am looking for an excuse...really I'm not...

So apart from the shelf I did some jobs down town and some P&C things as well. It was the P&C jobs that lead me to do the shelf. Being secretary I sure have collected some paper work!

I spoke to my Mum today and she was delayed longer in Sydney. I think the baggage handlers had a strike. So that caused her to miss a connecting flight and sent her to Frankfurt for a few hours then into Paris. Oh the joys of international travel... what a buzz!!

The photo is of Miss Combi. I have printed this in an 8x12 to scrap. It has been awhile since I have scrapped with such a big photo. Hopefully Saturday night....

YAY!

I found out yesterday that my little angel has an appointment with the new continence specialist on Friday!! That is great news for us, I really hope she can help...
Well today my Mum left for Ireland, via London and Paris. She is hoping to be able to look at my blog to check up on me :) and see pictures of her 2 grandchildren. So I may ramble for the next few weeks... Shawn and his Grandma are very close, it is really wonderful. Friday night they go out for fish and chips and then have a board game night. I think that is great...Shawn is very lucky to have her live only a block away. I guess that compensates for his Grandfather who is on the other side of the world!
So today Shawn had soccer training. Matt was home so that was good for him to make it to a training. Tomorrow is a teachers strike. Shawn was to be singing at the Armidale Eisteddfod but his group has pulled out due to sickness...bummer! So he will now get to spent the day with his Dad! Tomorrow Matt goes out 'west' on a road trip so it will be good company for both of them.
I am off to be with the new Scrapbooking Memories that came today, my electric blanket and Hugh Laurie! Night x
PS Mum...Hugh Laurie is the actor in House, don't panic! x

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Bedtime story

It has been awhile since I have scrapped and this is what I came up with! I followed a sketch from Aussie Pub Calls Roadmaps for the monthly comp. It was just the sketch I needed to get me going again...

My Grandmother has been away for about a month and tonight she arrives home. Her and Mum are having dinner with us tonight as a welcome back and a bon voyage for my mum as she is going OS on Wednesday. I have had lamb in the slow cooker since 7am and gee it smells good. It makes for a long, hungry day :)

Liberty decided not to have a nap today.... The naps seem to be dwindling...

It did snow...

It did snow...but then it rained.

About 11.30 last night I looked and there was a good cover of snow. Matt look at about 1am and said it was falling well. About 4am I heard the rain... No snow for us to play in.

This photo of Shawn was taken when he was 4 1/2 on the same trip as the photo below. I love this photo of him.

Weather outlook.

A few days ago I heard that snow has been predicted for Sunday...Tomorrow! I love snow. I guess it feels like home in some way. I have spent a few of my school summer vacations with my Dad in Pennsylvania, USA. So even though I lost our hot summer, I was lucky to experience some amazing snow. One time my cousin Sara and I made this massive snowball in a corn field. It was almost as high as us...I think we were 7..maybe 10. I will have to hunt down those photos.
This photo was taken on my last northern winter trip in Dec 2004. Unfortunately Matt and Shawn didn't get to see alot of snow as it was a mild winter, and not even the right snow to make a snow man! That was disappointing!
Well now that I have had my little walk down memory lane I think it is time to make a long distance phone call. Sara if you read this, I love you x

Making Memories

This is my bundle of Making Memories goodies that I won from Blue Bazaar. I was stoked! It is a nice collection of things that I would not have purchased normally. If I can keep of Facebook long enough I may even use it!

My last post mentioned that Liberty was not well...today has been a good day!!

Well my little man should be home soon so I will go and wait for him on the verandah. Have a great weekend! x

My Pirates...

How cute are my lil' Captain Jacks? Well I think they are! This is the wig that I asked Rach to hunt down at Disneyland. We had a quick play this afternoon but gee I can see it bringing us a lot of laughs.... and me some scrap pages :) Thanks Rach!! x
As you can see in the pick my littlest pirate has been so unwell this afternoon. She didn't nap. She had 30 mins in bed then it was all down hill from there. She is sleeping now, poor little girl. I hope the specialist calls soon! I can not cope when my kids are in pain, sick, yes to a degree, but pain, no.
I am exhausted myself. I really need to make a birthday card to send tomorrow...

Another good weekend gone.

Hello! Hope all of you Mothers had a wonderful Mothers Day!

Shawn has soccer on Saturday while I was at work. Matt said they had a great game and played as a team! The score was 6-1. Shawn was goalie for the first half and stopped 3 goals.... I didn't ask if the 1 point was scored on his watch. I am so glad they played as a team...it will all come to them with practice.

About 4pm Shawn and I went up to the football oval to work in the canteen... and see the Dorans. I have known Rachel a very long time, without putting too much thought into it maybe 25 years. Now in America she got herself, of all things, a Victoria's Secret Hoodie.... green... the colour of my eyes!!! Jealousy is a curse!! LOL Sounds like they had a wonderful time. Up until the moment she told me about the hoodie, I was happy for her :)

Mothers day saw us off to Armidale to see Matt's Mum, then off to Wool Expo. (A huge expo about the wool industry, products etc) I treated myself to an $8 potato with butter for my lunch! I love the potato man potatoes...not worth $8.... but still.... In the afternoon we played a few games of Rummy while there was a blackout. My mum came down for dinner. After I ate I could hardly stay awake. This sore throat has really worn me down!

Well I am rambling on so I will go. The pic is for the 52 week challenge at Scrapping Jewels.

Thanks for stopping by! x

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It has finally happened!

I am now a Facebook Poker addict... I have fought it off for a few weeks while the girls have talked about it... I caved last night. I have had a Facebook profile for awhile now but hardly ever logged in.... Oh well, no turning back now lol

At school today Shawn joined in for the Jump Rope For Heart skip. He completed his 3 minutes to hopefully be in the Guinness world records! How cool for the kids to be apart of that!!

I did this 8x8 page last weekend of Miss Jess. It is a pic I have used before on a 12x12.

Hope you all have a great weekend! x

COOL!

Well it is a lovely sunny day here. This morning I had the Mothers Day Stall at school and it was a great success! Thanks Pam and Courtney... I appreciate you :) Can't wait to see what Shawn purchased for me..... lol
So Liberty is in bed and should wake up any minute now. I have done nothing! Sat in the sun in my computer room. I have replied to some email and read some that I had neglected. Then I played on facebook. What a time waster that is.... I did 22 quizzes. The site must have been busy it was very slow. At least I will sleep better knowing what type of flirt I am! lol
I also had an email from Blue Bazaar informing me that I won a $50 Making Memories pack from the weekend cyber crop they had. It was for the page below of Liberty. I am pretty chuffed about that! I also had a RAK arrive today from the Divas cc a few weekends back.
Well I really should go and do something productive....should! lol................ ;)

PS, Not sure why the rating things have appeared on the blog...must be a blogger thing!

EDIT: I just added the animated "Julie"...how nice to actually look like her! LOL

Bad day turned good!

I have been fighting a sore throat for a good few days now and today has been the worst! So after running around for the P&C then Soccer stuff I had a fantastic meeting with the Uralla Events Management Committee. We organize the Thunderbolt Festival here in our little metropolis. We had some big things happen tonight that will see the Festival moved to October 25th. I can't say much yet, but I am really excited now!!

Well I better get moving on some more P&C stuff. We have a mothers day stall tomorrow for the kiddies to get gifts for there mum's. So Shawn and I are heading off to school nice and early to set up.

Night all x

PAM, PAM, PAM!!!

If I hear the name PAM one more time tonight I may scream!!! Liberty has been (pretending) to talk to her on the phone all afternoon. First word out of her mouth when she woke up from her nap. She wouldn't go to sleep tonight...Pam, Pam, Pam!

Anyway.... Today I did a lot of computer stuff for P&C. We are having a fete in September and are looking for ideas. If anyone has some thoughts I would love to know!

I did this page late last week. I love how it turned out, the tones of it. I don't think I had inked chipboard before.... This photo was taken at Easter time on the Macleay River. Liberty woke up early so we went exploring so everyone else could stay sleeping.

Did I mention that Liberty is very lucky to have a Pam. Pam lets Liberty call her at 8pm to say goodnight. Makes my heart happy x

The weekend!

What a busy weekend! I will start at the top pic and work around. On Thursday Matt came home from work with this Pepsi bottle. He stopped for a drink at a small town in the middle of no where and this is what he found! Cute! The next pic is Casseys wedding invitation that is so elegant. Saturday was Shawns first soccer game. I took the day off work, I couldn't miss this! He did well and had lots of fun... they did loose 1-0. They played a team of girls that have been together for 2 years, this their 3rd. They played very well.
Today we went down to they park for some photo opps (hehehehe) The weather was beautiful today. I think we were at the park almost 2 hours... As we were heading back to the car we saw a duck. As we walked closer we could tell it wasn't well, then realised it had a broken wing and couldn't fly. So we caught it pretty easily in my hoodie and took him home. When we had a closer look we could see that the bone was actually through the skin. Matt called WIRES (wildlife rescue) and they directed us too the vet. Unfortunately the vet wasn't hopefully..... Shawn was upset, I was too. I know what ever happened at the vets was much better than a cat or dog finding him.... I will call tomorrow and find out what happened.
So in between all of this I scrapped. Lots was happening this weekend in the scrapping world. I will show you bits through the week. x

Hi Rach!

What a surprise I got when I read the comments from yesterday! In a million years did I not expect Rachel to look at my blog in LA... bit clever on her behalf!! :) She must have felt her ears burning. lol Morning tea was at Pams this morning. Meg asked if I knew how Rach was.... now we know!

This is an image I took almost 12 months ago when we were at Disneyland. I like this shot (it could do with a good crop) I used no tripod and just my little fuji digital. The lighting must have been just enough.

Matt and Shawn went off to basketball tonight and as always had a good time.

I received a wedding invitation in the mail today for Cassey and Andys wedding in Canberra. It is a beautiful invitation, Case made them herself. I will take a pic tomorrow and post. The 'dress code' is "elegant"..... I am hoping that means velour trackies and not fleece ones.... When i was younger and slimmer I could do elegant (just) but doubt I can now.... I see a trip to spotlight in my future! Hey Rach pick me up a frock on your shopping trips!

Told you it was cold!

Well these pictures were taken at 7am this morning on our deck. This is the first place to see sunshine. Liberty had a great time. She put on her gumboots and made tracks in the frost. This is her artwork. Directly after I took this image Combi came and licked the frost away. Guess she was thirsty, her water bowl was frozen solid! Yes I know the image is off center...it was cold and I was in no way prepared to spend anymore time outside! :)

This afternoon Shawn had Soccer training. A long, boring story short, I am now coach. I know nothing about Soccer! Guess I will learn!

Matt is away tonight. I was going to scrap but not totally in the mood.... night x

Gonna be cold tonight.

I just stepped out the door to get some wood for the fire...There will be a frost tonight!

Shawn and I just played Rummy. I had forgotten we had that game so I pulled it out and taught him how to play. Matt joined in on the second round.... I won both games...was there ever a doubt :)

Liberty got to play with her beloved Molly today. They had 2 weeks apart over the holidays. Both girls are learning the fine art of the 'potty'... Oh so much fun! :) Actually Liberty is doing pretty good... so far....

This page is for Scrapping Jewels. It is my sample for the 52 week challenge. Scrap lift a shape, I went with rectangle. The pic is my Cousin, his wife and there baby boy, Nicholas.

Thanks for stopping by...I haven't been blog hopping much lately, but I will try to stop by soon if I have neglected you :)

Last day of school holidays.

Back to school tomorrow! These holidays have been so bad... Liberty has been unwell, rain on days we could have done things, blah, blah, blah... I love having Shawn home and I feel that 2 weeks was wasted, but it was mostly out of my control. Better luck next holidays! :)

So today we hung out at home, cleared off his desk ready for homework. I sorted through Libertys clothes, with what was only in her cupboard I gave a full garbage bag to charity. I still have boxes and bags of hand-me-downs to sort. Usually I keep the good stuff and try and sell it on EBAY. I have done well selling the kids clothes in the past.

When Matt finished work we went up to Armidale to see his Dad for his Birthday. On our way home we stopped in at the airport and collected the Doran Mobile. It is now safely back at there house while they go exploring. I also picked up some tapes to record Dean's shows.....hope I don't forget... :)

Well I am going to do an online class tonight at Scrapbook Divas. The picture is from the weekend cyber crop they had. You had to use a CD. It was Matts idea to turn it into a record. It is a bit cute :)

Saw Ed!

I have a shocking headache! Think tomorrow I need to find, clean and wear my glasses!!

It has been a successful scrapping weekend over at Divas. I have complete 3 LO's and 1 OTP.

This page had the criteria of B&W, Music notes and paint. I do like this page... I always tend to like my simple pages best!

Today Matt did some mechanical work for a mate. Shawn and Liberty went and helped Grandma rake leaves (not a successful project in this wind) lol

This afternoon we went out and said goodbye to the Doran's. Tomorrow they leave for America for 2 weeks. LA, Omaha, San Fran..... Rach has my shopping list with the essential items Cherry Chap-stick and a Jack Sparrow wig from Disneyland that I regret not getting when we were there. The list could have been very long.

Well I am tired and pretty much ready for bed and the telly. Night x

12345

How yuck is the colour of this photo! It is so hard to look at...sorry! I finished this page late today and missed the best light. I am joining in at the DIVAS weekend crop. It has been great, really getting into scrap mood again! 2 pages this afternoon and hopefully another too come.

Yesterday was a wet ANZAC day. Shawn marched with the school. We were feeling the need to get out and about in the afternoon so we drove! We went to the driveway and flipped a coin. Heads Left, Tails Right. On our way home from playing that we played car cricket.... yes we were very tired and lost for entertainment! lol

This morning I worked. They have cut staff down to 3 on Saturdays and today I was in charge... we were flat out!! I should sleep well tonight. Must admit it was nice to be managing again :)

A new toy!

Look at my new scrappy treat. I won this cool "Craft Notebook" from Memories 2 Remember There is a full range of storage and totes in this design. My photography is shocking, sorry...and upside down :) I had never seen this range anywhere Creative Options it is called and it is lovely quality...

Today Grandma and Liberty hung out while I took Shawn to Kidzworld for the morning. (An indoor play centre) Liberty is just at the wrong age to big for the baby area and too little for the big stuff!

Well just a quick post... Bye for now! x

My Plan...

My scrappy page plan is to record each day, like a calendar of Shawns school holidays. Since I am so bad at keeping a diary, my blog is it! When i am ready to do the page I will look back through and see what we did each day... Method to my madness! :)

Yesterday. Shawn and I went and saw The Spiderwick Chronicles at the cinema, shopping then on to see baby Lachlan.

Nothing like bargain shopping to lift you (just momentarily) out of a depression. As we walked into Big W they were reducing the last of the summer stock down to 10 cents a piece! That's right shoppers 10 cents!!! I got 2 pairs of shorts and a bonds T for Lachlan, shorts for me, hat for each of us. Matts and mine are big straw hats that I will leave at Green Oak for fishing. 2 Swimmer tops for me... 10 items at 10 cents totals $1.... I added up the tags when I got home and it was around $140 for the lot!

So far today the kids have played beautifully with the playdoh. Liberty made me a yummy dinner! Then down to the park for a leaf fight and exploration. This afternoon Shawn has soccer training and we are having Pizza for dinner with the Baldwin ladies (remember Pam!! :)

I am hoping that I will post again today with a pic of what is coming in the mail x

Pops Princess

This is Liberty and Matts Dad. She just loves her Pop so much! I took the photo of the page in a hurry as my battery was getting low. This is my week 8 page for the JSJ 52 week challenge. I made this weeks challenge to use a journal tag... pretty basic. This LO is Kaiser paper and bling word (thanks for my treat Pam, see I did use it quickly!) Grungeboard key, I have heat embossed the border in bronze and added some Kindy Glitz. Scenic Route Alphas and not sure of the tag...

Matt and Shawn had a blast fishing. It was raining most of the time but I don't think they noticed much.

I had Liberty back to the Dr today....again! Poor little girl, hope she is better soon.... so I can get some zzzzzzzzz's :)

Oh, almost forgot! For those of you who asked about my bacon stir-fry. Cut your bacon into inch wide pieces and throw into wok. Remove. Throw in onion then any vegies you like. For me it is Beans, Carrot, Zuchinni, Brocolli. Stir then add bacon back in. I usually use BBQ sauce, honey and a splash of Soy. Put this with some rice and yum! Matt is not a vegie man so this is my treat! :)

Gostwyck church

I love this image! Liberty and I had cabin fever yesterday and just had to drive! So I turned the adventure into a photographic opportunity and we went out to Gostwyck Church. Gostwyck Station, many years ago was it's own village and this was the church. I was to take photos of a wedding out there once, but bad weather sent everything inside. I believe the homestead is pretty impressive with many wings and quarters. I even think royalty have stayed there, some Earl.... I will post some other pick another time, I was just downloading and spotted this one! Had to share....:)

Saturday...

Saturday. Saturdays are pretty repetitive for me. Get up, go to work, get groceries, go home! That seems to be the day over. Today I had been in the door 5 minutes and Amanda called so she came over for a chat. Mum and Liberty went to the cafe so I was able to have an uninterrupted adult conversation, packed with all the good stuff!

Tonight Mum had dinner with us as the boys are still away. Thanks very much Mum for watching your favourite Granddaughter while I went to work! :) I made a bacon stir-fry....yummmmmm.

Well I want to try and get another page done tonight! I did do one last night but forgot to take a pic so I raided the archives. This LO was my design template for the JSJ Crop a few weeks ago. If you want to see how others interpreted my design and instructions look HERE.

Gone Fishin'

Well my boys have left to go fish at Green Oak. This photo is where they are, taken at Easter. Matt managed to get some phone service so I have not long found out that Shawn so far has the biggest fish. Now I really do have the perfect husband...he took a photo so I can scrap it!! :)

I am so happy they have gone away. For Shawn it means he is spending quality 'male' time with his Dad, his Pop and Uncle Andy.

Shawn has had a pretty cool day. His Grandma took him to the local Library this morning to see Cartoon Dave and learn some cartooning tips. Cartoon Dave is on kids shows and does a cartoon for the Sunday Telegraph. Shawn loves making little comic books so I am sure when not fishing he will be drawing!

Well my quality 'female' time means Liberty is in bed and I might scrap! lol x

Just playing.

I have been admiring the talent on this blog. So I was inspired to 'play'. My playing is not even close to the quality of work that is on 'A Passion 'n Frames', but I did enjoying learning a little more about photo shop. The top image has no alterations, the next two I have tinkered with :)
Not that I had much time to play, being school holidays (silly me!) Shawn went to the dentist yesterday and he now has a mouth guard thing to wear while he sleeps. He is so good about it! I admire him for that. Liberty had yet another rush trip back to the Dr... at least I can see results now... Matt changed his travel plan with work to be home last night with us. unfortunately we now have 3 nights without him... Lucky for him, he is going fishing for 2 of them!
Today we went to the park and collected a box of pine cones for the fire. That is where I found this lonely leaf, exactly as it is.
We had a busy day doing things, running about, but it was a smooth day! I like those days! x

Pay Day!!!

Today is the 15th...my favourite day of every month! :) Shawn had a hair appointment so we went up to Armidale for groceries. (I even cleaned out the pantry today in preparation!) I had a voucher at a shoe store to use by today so Liberty now has a sweet pair of black shoes for winter. Finally I found a hoodie that I like! I walked Armidale to find a hoodie that had some warmth in it... Big W, men's department, $14.98!! How good is that? It is soooo snugly warm. I may even go and get another one for that price. It is red with the word "athletic" embroidered on it. I am thinking I may stitch the word "Not" above it! :)
Matt is away tomorrow night so I might clean off my scrap desk and get it all nice and tidy!

This page I came up with for the 52 Week challenge at JSJ. Make your own patterned paper. I used an onion bag (mesh) and inked over the top of it. The light wasn't very good when I took this photo, sorry!

Dress downs!

Well today the dress-up boxes came out! Shawn with his Star Wars and Pirates. Liberty with her fairies and Groucho mask. They had a great time together. I love it!
Liberty had a rough night. She has a runny nose. (that's why I love that mask, it covers the yuck!) LOL So the vapouriser is out and humming.
I think I must have done 6 loads of washing today. So I may have to install the wearing of the same set of clothes all school holidays! Maybe not....
The weather was perfect today! 300 days a year of this would be lovely. I really need to get down to the park and get some shots of the leaves before it is really too late.
Being Monday, I have posted this weeks challenge for the 52 week challenge at Julies Scrapping Jewels. I like this weeks page...

Friday 2 Sunday in photos

Starting at the top left. Friday we went and met Lachlan in the hospital. Then off to Grafton. Saturday the boys had a ski then moved furniture around Amanda and Roy's home with the help of 3 of Roy's mates...heavy stuff!
Sunday the kids had a nice time together, and Matt had a ride on Roy's new bike to see where the trouble was before we left to come home. Going home is always such a loooong trip, no matter where you are! About an hour from home is a Trout Hatchery near Ebor. I had been years ago and thought Shawn would enjoy it. So for under $10 the 4 of us spent over an hour wandering around the fish ponds and tanks. They had a movie and displays to look at. We also got 2 bags of fish food to distribute as we went. Both kids thought this place was fantastic, running around and learning about fish. I was very surprised by the size of a 3 year old rainbow trout...wow, big suckers!
I have had my hot shower and am pretty much ready to catch up with Earl. Then I need to see what Derick and Meridith have been up to and my Brothers and Sisters. Better get another Pepsi for the night ahead! x

Heading North!

We are heading north for the weekend. I just wanted to say byeeee...

This photo is the view from my front door at the moment. The leaves a so vibrant! Gotta love street signs and power poles :) Have a great weekend everyone! x

Welcome

Welcome furry little moth. This little moth hung out on our deck chair all day. Tucked away from the wind and rain. Liberty just loves him and is very curious as to why it is on the computer! lol

Well this moth is not really who I want to welcome. Today I became a 4th cousin...again. That is if there is such a thing as a 4th cousin! :)

2 of my favourite people, Garth and Mandy, welcomed their first son into the world today. Lachlan was 17 days early. He gets that from his parents. Every time I have a party here Mandy is the first at the door with food treats and helpful hands. I grew up living in the same street as Garth and I have watched him become a fantastic person, I am so happy for them!
So tomorrow if you are looking for me I will be out visiting.... That is if Liberty is better.....

I better get Miss into bed she has been "cleaning" and I haven't wanted to interrupt her. :)
Hopefully I can get some scrapping and perhaps a baby card made tonight. x

Let the games begin!

Today was soccer training. Shawn loved it! It will be a great experience for him this year. Unfortunately it looks like training may clash with basketball. That is a bit disappointing as he really does enjoy and do well at it.

This page of Miss Liberty I did over the weekend. My lovely little girl gave me a health scare yesterday so off we went to the doctor. I realised that I have been so busy lately and it really is time for me to slow down and play in the Autumn leaves... If you know what I mean. You forget about the simple, fun things and get so caught up in other things. The school P&C is taking up much more time than I thought it would. So that will be where I stand firm and remember the word no. I will add a sorry with it, because that is who I am...

Any who! I am going to go and get my beautiful soccer star into bed! Night all x

I am back!

...still tired but back!

This is my favourite page for the weekends cyber crop. It was a scrap lift challenge, I lifted Cindy's wonderful work.

It was such a wonderfully, flat out weekend! My blind crop (that we called Stash Challenge) went so well I did another one on Sunday.

Sunday was Eileen's birthday so we spent the morning in Armidale. Liberty went for a walk around on one of the horses. Before we came home we stopped and got Shawn his first pair of Soccer boots! The first training session is this Wednesday... he is very excited! Shawn did a card challenge and 2 page challenges at our crop weekend! He is such a good kid...

Well I need to get some things done, then go and keep my electric blanket company! x

I just can't!

...I am way to tired to blog...sorry.
We have had a great weekend over at Scrapping Jewels with our Cyber Crop.
Sorry I am even to tired to link......Need sleep....must get sleep.....

One more sleep!

This is a page I did a few weeks ago that I don't think I posted! It was for JSJ DT work. Using the Making Memories 5th avenue papers I also threw in some other bits. :) I love this image of Matt and Liberty. Taken at Stockton beach last November.

Well it is only 1 more sleep until I get do do my 'stash challenge' for Scrapping Jewels as part of the "Bring on the Bling" crop weekend. I hope it works.... :) Yesterday I also got to do a page for another challenge and hopefully tonight I can make the time to do some.......... opps sorry can't share...LOL

Matt was in New Castle Tuesday night, home yesterday and had to go to Tenterfield today, up and back. Each trip is 3 or 4 hours from home... Tomorrow he is off again out woop woop.

Well I better go see how the crock pot is going with my lamb roast dinner!

Thanks for stopping by! :)

April Fools

Well I made it to 12 without being a fool! I love this day...it brings back so many fond memories.... hey Moo? LOL
I made this card today because I was forced too! LOL Not really. Sharon is doing a card a day on her blog. I love her Birthday card...so I sort of copied it! So all of you card makers go and have a look and join in her fun! This card will be for my FIL.

Liberty has had a wonderful day. She has kept very busy with crayons, paper and scissors. So I was able to get some things done. Now her and Shawn are playing Star Wars in the lounge room.

I also got a page scrapped today...but I can't show you :) It is for the "Stash Challenge" I am going to run on Friday night... It is my take on a 'Blind Challenge"... I think it will work... I hope it will work!!! I could use the moral support if anyone has some time to spare. The crop will run Friday noon through to Monday uploads. You can register HERE There will be comps for scrappers and card makers. I think the prizes are $$$ to spend in the shop and kits...will have to wait for more on that. I am told the kit has stacks in it!! Shame I can't win!! LOL