123 done! (almost)

Well I have almost finished my page for this months 123 challenge. I feel bad that it wasn't done sooner... Between baby waiting and being sick I am behind in everything...

So I did manage to find the energy to start scrapping today... it felt gooood. It just needs a border and I think it is done. Unfortunately the border needs to be machine stitched and that involves me using the little energy I have let to get the machine out. So I am putting it off until I come up with another idea! :)

Tomorrow is haircut day for Shawn and I. This is a photo of him taken up in Grafton. He likes his hair a bit long, but I can tell it annoys him at times. Tomorrow night is also 123 Challenge Cyber Crop I loved the last one and will be there with bells on tomorrow night... health permitting :(

Drop back tomorrow and I will have a LO to share :)

Cheers x

Happy Birthday Madge!

Today Madonna is 50. I have never been a big Madonna fan... I am sure that I haven't hurt her feelings by saying that. lol

I don't own any of her music, vinyl, tape or CD. I don't dislike her. I just don't like her stuff enough to own it.

Also today is the anniversary of Elvis Presley's death back in 77. I always seem to remember that for some reason...

Well I am heading back to bed. These antibiotics are not working as quickly as I had hoped. Just to let you know how sick I actually am. I missed a scrap night with the girls!!!

night x

Lucas & Jessica

I was in the right place at the right time to capture a great series of images of these 2 new siblings. I am looking forward to scrapping them... at camp!!!

Today I went off to the doctor and I am now on antibiotics for the chest infection that I knew I had... So I am happy with that and hope I am doing better tomorrow, ready for work.

I was a very lucky girl and Carl (postie) delivered 2 pizza boxes to my front door at 9am this morning... I sat propped up in bed playing with my 20 new sets of Doodlebug alpha stickers....bliss! LOL

I am also waiting on another special delivery from Carl... I have been waiting for 15 days now!!!! I want to tell you... but I don't... I will keep this suprise all to me! :)

Tonight over at Charmanes blog she is having a blog party.... A what? Yes I had never heard of a blog party either! So go have a look see HERE.

Also mark in your diary that the 123 CC is on this Monday August 18th at 7.30pm... I am looking forward to it!

Night all x

IT"S A BOY!!!

Lucas John Ferris was born 2 years, 2 hours and 30minutes after his sister!
both of them will celebrate birthdaays on August 12th.
Mother is doing brilliantly well. I am not getting to close to either of them with this 'lovely' cold I have.

I am heading home tomorrow so I will post a pic!
x

My Soccer Superstar!

Well I am home from Grafton.... still no baby news to share!

This morning Shawn had soccer in Armidale. He has come a long way with his game since his first ever soccer game a few months ago. I am very proud of him!

We arrived home from Grafton yesterday after being delayed 45minutes on the mountain from a truck breakdown... I was in bed pretty early, I could feel myself going down, and today I have a fantastic head cold. Super!!!

Our plan at this stage is head back up to Grafton on Monday about lunch time. Amanda is set to be induced in the morning. If things move slowly at least I can be with Jess overnight while Roy & Amanda are at the hospital.

So there is a quick update!

Thanks for stopping by.

still waiting...

Still no baby...
I am now in Grafton with Amanda.

Hopefully next time I post I will hve super baby news!

She's Late!

Amanda was 'due' to have her precious bub last Friday... As of 43 minutes ago Moo was eating her dinner at home...

After I finish this post i am going to go and get some clothes sorted and get ready to pack. First I need to attack Mount Laundry Pile...

That is Ok Criminal Minds is on so I will watch and iron, multi-tasking at it's trickiest! lol

This is a LO of Shawn's Soccer boots the day he wore them home from the store. I plan on taking another photo when the season is over in a few weeks. I have this weekend off so I can see another of his games, it will be the last chance I will have to see one this year.

Alright enough stalling... I am off to tackle Mt Laundry... night!

sorry...

Wow, I haven't posted since Monday!! That has to be a record for me!

Things are just so crazy busy at our place. Nothing exciting happening just everyday stuff, more than normal :)

It has also been so cold and the computer room is at the far end of the house away from the fire!!!

Now for some Scrapbooking housekeeping.

The 123 Challenge for August has been set....

1. Lot of Bling
2. SELF PORTRAIT ....(yikes)

3. lots of colour... more than 5

This weekend over at Scrap Therapy (love that name!) is the monthly Cyber Crop. I am hoping it will help restore my mojo...

Today is the first of August and that means Amanda is due to have her baby arrive today... She has been unwell with all of the colds and coughs going around. A few more days would be great for her...

I have been so busy lately.
Possibly more running around than actual progress...
Today I was able to cross some things off my long list...and it feels good! :)

A Pepsi Can!

This is what was in my suprise tin from Miss Courtney, a can of Pepsi!! How cool is that! I always keep Pam's fridge stocked with Pepsi... saves me taking my own!

Yesterday and today I worked. I did an 11 hour day yesterday. It has been a looong time since I have done a days 'paid employment'.

Tonight I am heading around to Pam's to scrap with the girls. So looking forward to it... so I better go and get dinner done! Byeeee

Dance Party at my place!

Shawn, Liberty and myself just had a rockin good time dancing to the tunes on the radio. Very rarely does the radio play a few good songs in a row. Now I am having a rest :)

This is another LO that I did with my JSJ DT Kit. These pics were of Liberty on her first birthday. So, so cute!

Today was so cold. winter for sure!

This morning Miss Molly came to see 'Bitty'. Then Liberty and I went out for awhile. This afternoon I went over to the school to collect the Wonder Bread bags. We now have a total of 65....we need 1111 to get a sports pack.............. I may have been a bit ambitious. Hopefully we will get at least 1 pack.

After school the kids and I went out to have birthday cake with the beautiful Miss Indi. 6. I can still see her as a little baby on my couch.

Now I have to come up with a page for the JSJ CC that starts tomorrow night.

Straight to the pool room!

How cool am I... that is not a question...no need to answer... lol

The very talented Relsi surprised me with this award.

To pay it forward I am to tag 7 other blogs that I find to be outstanding... I won't be able to come up with 7 now, and I am pretty sure Tim Holtz and Elsie Flannagan don't need this award! lol

1. Has to be Miss Meg, who inspired me to start this blogging journey. (you would think I had just been awarded an Oscar! lol)

2. With out a doubt has to be Kristy, who has become a wonderful blogging friend :)

I am going to stop at 2... I look at so many great blogs, most have already been tagged in some form. I don't really know where to go from here.

Thanks Relsi :)

Thank you!

Look what I had delivered to me today. The lovely Miss Courtney made this for me as a thank you for looking after her dog while she was away. She has done a fantastic job! She rode her bike across the highway to deliver it... I was pretty chuffed! :) I won't tell you just yet what was inside of the tin, I will see if anyone can guess. Let me just say, she knows me well!

So Courtney stayed for most of the morning and the kids played shops. Liberty loves playing shops!

I had a full afternoon of P&C stuff, so I achieved nothing... I love the P&C. I enjoying coming up with ideas to raise money and help the kids and school... I don't like the 'formal' side of things...anyway!

Well I am now off to make a card... bye x

Celebrate the Creative Team Comp

Over at 123 Challenge they are having a new competition to introduce the Creative Team.
It involves no scrapping!!
So if you are keen to win a $25 Voucher to spend on Scrapbooking goodies head on over and enter.

Click HERE


Also keep in mind that the next Julie's Scrapping Jewels Cyber Crop is on the last weekend in July... Next Weekend!!!

Cheaper than therapy!

This is my last entry for the SBM @ Scrap Therapy. The challenge was to scrap about why, how etc you scrap. I had forgotten this was due today, about 2 am I remembered. Thank you Liberty for napping so I could get it done! Any of the photos I post should come up larger if you click on them :)
Matt and Shawn went and got a load of wood today that we were desperate for.
Yesterday I worked and then headed up to the football to help out in the canteen. It was good this week both Rach and Meg were in there so it made for a very entertaining afternoon. :)
I think I will now head over to the school and even out the softfall that was delivered. It has been quite a nice day. Liberty and I did some gardening this morning, lots more needs doing.
Hope you are all having a great weekend! x

123 Creative Team

Today I officially became apart of the 123 Challenge Creative Team!

It means a few things... but mostly it means I will have to up my game and put together some pretty fantastic lay outs for the monthly challenges now... The only major down side I have come across, is that my picture is on the site, no one needs to see that!

I discovered the 123 site in August 07 and think I have only missed 4 months since. I enjoy the challenge and being part of the creative team should be fun! Thanks Charmane :)

Yesterdays post shows the LO I did for this month. The page posted here is the first page I did for the 123 challenge.

On the home front, Matt was away last night and is home now. This morning I took Shawn up to Armidale to Kidzworld so he could have a good run around and I could have a catch up with the girls. Liberty stayed with Grandma. She is just the wrong age to be at Kidzworld, to old for the baby area and not big enough to play on the big stuff.

This afternoon some of my family members went to my Great Aunts house for a cuppa. She has been in hospital with a broken leg for almost 8 weeks and came home for the afternoon. I think she was very happy! After that I thought I would take Liberty around to see her Pam. It had been 2 weeks!! Great idea that was, Liberty fell hitting her head and the bridge of her nose... not pretty...

Anyway this is a long post... thanks for stopping, bye :)

This is my latest page, my entry for the July 123 Challenge. The criteria was to use string as a border, stamping and the colours Pink, orange, red and green.

This morning Shawn went out to his mate Nash's for a few hours. Liberty and I had a few things to do around town and when we got back the new softfall had been delivered to the school playground. So I made the few phone calls that I had to and hopefully the bobcat can come in tomorrow and work it's magic so the kids can have full use on the first day back!

Shawn and Liberty are sleeping in the same room together tonight... The trundle bed Shawn's friend slept on was still up... I hope I don't regret this!! :)

Free to good home.

2 children. 1 male aged 8 and 1 female aged 2 going on 22. These children are in great working order (sort of). They can talk very well and have a great knowledge of all things Star Wars or Pirates. They are currently clean, but I can not guarantee for how long. They can walk perfectly well except when it comes to getting a drink or finding something that they have lost. The girl has a hunger for knowledge and constantly asks 'What is that' even when she knows the answer, no, this is not annoying at all!!!

Anyway.... You get the general flow of my day...

This is a LO I did as part of my Scrapping Jewels DT kit. The papers are DCWV and they were so lovely to work with. Not what I would normally purchase online, but in real life they are yummy and glittery! Everything on that page came in the kit except the alphas. The kit is called Bright & Beautiful, yes named after myself.... lol From it I created 3 single LO's and 3 cards. I think I could even get another card or two from the scraps! All of that for $16.95.

Well I better go and get myself another strong drink... Pepsi, on the rocks!

Hope your day is going smoothly!

Welcome home Pam!

Half way...

It is now the middle of the school holidays. Shawn has a friend sleeping over tonight, Turner. They have just finished on the PS2 and are now in bed... I hear giggles...

This photo of my beautiful children was taken a few days ago, they were dancing.

Matt went and played golf today, first time in awhile. I love it when he plays with Garth, they have a great time and are not gone all day! :)

I have almost finished a new LO, so hopefully I can share tomorrow.

My new fav.

This is my new favourite photo. I had it printed and it has so much depth in it. The snow falling was perfect. The colours are great, with Liberty highlighted. Hummm, how to scrap it so I don't take away from it... I wanted to scrap it tonight but just didn't have the creativity in me!

Long day, I am off to bed.

My New Calendar Base

This is my latest creation for the Scrap Therapy MBM comp. Criteria was to make a calendar for next year. I decided to make a base from a canvas, 18x18, and decorate that to hold a normal everyday calendar, one that you could pick up for free anywhere. It was had to get a good photo of, being black. It will look great in my scrap room, me thinks! :)

This morning I spent a few hours swapping emails with my Dad, it makes the world a little smaller. He lives on the east side of America. I then sorted through some boxes of stuff that I had piled up in the laundry. While I was doing that I thought I would go and meet up with Mum for lunch, Chinese..... After a look around and a stop in at my work to get some snow photos printed, I headed home. Home is where I found my beautiful Miss Liberty with very red, yucky eyes.... can I not have a healthy day in this house? The local doctor must have left early as they were not answering the phone, so I raced to the chemist and have the best that they can give for conjunctivitis without a script. Hope it works!! She must be so blocked up from this cold, poor little girl. She takes her medicines so well... much better than her brother...

I have an early start for work tomorrow so I am off to bed! night

My Daddy!

My Dad has internet at home now!! That, to me is super exciting! I am sure he will love to see his photo up! :)
I love you Dad xxx

Rest of yesterdays photos.

These are the last of the snow pics from yesterday. Shawn being towed through the snow, is in the house block next to us. The others are at the Doran's, and yes Rach... not possible to get a photo of you with your mouth shut! :) But I will keep trying...
This morning I could not get warm... the sun is out now so hopefully the house will warm up a little before it is time to shut the curtains, before the heat gets out.
Shawn has gone to KidsWorld (indoor play place) with a friend so that is great for him, he will have a ball! Liberty decided that she wouldn't nap today, her Grandma heard about this so has taken her for an hour to play. Lucky kids!
Well I better make the most of my time....byeeee....

It got better...much better!

It snowed and sleeted on and off all day. About 2pm the snow came down thick and settled. It snowed like this for maybe 30 mins then the sun came out and it was gone. At about 4 it came again, this time we went for a drive to see how the town looked. We headed for the lookout first, we had a wonderful view of fog, so we headed out to the Dorans on the hill. We arrived there just as they were putting the finishing touches on the snowman. He was fantastic, with his organic nose and eyes. :)
This afternoon I took 114 images... thank goodness for digital! I will share more tomorrow!
Keep warm! :)

A little bit of the white stuff.

Hardly worth taking a photo really, but it may be all we get! It is cold and miserable out today, my fire is burning away...

Yesterday was a great day! Shawn and Liberty went to Grandmas to continue with the cubby building. While they were gone I got so much done, the standard things plus a few extras. I must say it felt good to get things done!

Yesterday afternoon, Shawn and Liberty danced the day away. They are so good to me, I got some lovely photos...

Well I better try and find some of the energy that I had yesterday and get some things done.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Wonder School

Not much happened in our little home today. We all slept in, I cleaned the kitchen, did some washing, had morning tea with Grandma, Liberty napped, Shawn played PS2, both kids went to Grandmas to build cubby's, I did some running around, dinner and done! :)
Wonder Bread has a promotion running for primary schools. Each specially marked bag is worth a point, points are then redeemed for sporting gear. Our school is is desperate need for sporting equipment. Matt has been taking kids for sport and doing basketball, 20 kids and 4 balls...
I have been co-ordinating the collection of these bags and that has kept me busy for the past few weeks, making collection points for the class room, charts, covered boxes for the local supermarkets etc. I really hope we can do well from this.
We also had a few drops of rain today, hopefully tomorrow we might get lots more! night x

Grafton Weekend

We spent the weekend up in Grafton. It will probably be the last time we see the Ferris' as a Family of 3. Amanda is due to have her 2nd baby in 3 weeks.
We had a good weekend of playing in the park. Boys kicked the footy and the 2 little ladies played on the slide. It is a great park! I came away from the weekend with the Rummy Championship. I won 5 games in a row. Pretty good I thought! Roy wouldn't let anyone go to bed until I was defeated, knowing just how tired Amanda was I threw the game, and Roy won :)
Since we have been home I have done all of the washing, cooked dinner, kids are clean, one is in bed and the dog is on the other bed waiting for Shawn. Matt and Shawn are parked in front of the TV, too tired to move. I calculated, that since Wednesday, 5 days, Matt has driven approx 2400 km's. No wonder he is tired. Add a cold to that and he is spent! He will have another big week ahead of him to make up for time lost travelling and being sick.

School holdays begin...

Today is the last day of school for Shawn, then 2 weeks holiday! I like the school holidays. It is nice for Shawn and Liberty to just play together.

Yesterday I had the shock of the year when my Father called me. I can recall maybe 3 times this has happened in 10 years... But anyway....that is ok, I have learned that, that is him, my father. He was calling to let me know some bad news. My Grandmothers sister passed away, she had been ill for many years.

Well I better keep moving we are heading off to Grafton for the weekend. I hear a rumor that there is a new scrapbook shop. So I better go and confirm that! Happy weekend everyone! I would love to see some snow these holidays. These photos were taken over at Dads in America Christmas 05. I have only just scrapped them recently. x

Sneaky Peak!

This is a teeny tiny sneak peak of some of my DT work for JSJ. The paper is so yummy! DCWV. I would not have been drawn to this paper normally, but I loved working with it! Watch this space....

Miss Liberty is doing so much better. Shawn is the only one without a cold. (touch wood)

I have been so super busy with DT work, P&C and the Wonder School promotion and UEMC. I am looking forward to having a little, tiny break. I was thinking yesterday how much time I use to waste. I must say I am enjoying being 'productive'. I would like to be a little less busy, but I am enjoying it all!

Now it is time for me to go to bed and read last Sundays paper! lol

Sick....again!

Saturday night I could tell Liberty would wake up with a cold...and I was right. She spent all of last night coughing. Today she was better than I thought, until 4.15pm when she pushed on her head and screamed. The doctor saw her by 4.45 and she is now on antibiotics.... Ear infection.

I have been so very blessed. Shawn never had an ear infection and this is Liberty's first.

So between needing to do P&C stuff and getting my work together for JSJ's I have had a busy day! Tomorrow won't be any different, Wednesday should be quiet....er :)

Thought I would share this image of the happy family going for a Sunday bike ride.

Actually it is not just the one family, but 2.

Infact, that is my husband riding into the sunset with another woman!

It was the best 15mins peace I had all day!!! LOL

Tomorrow is Sunday!

...and that means it is Sunday paper time :)

Not much to share. I went to work. Came home for 15mins then went up to the footy oval to help the P&C in the canteen. Back up to Armidale. Then we went over to our neighbours for dinner. We are not long home... a late night for Miss L. We had a really lovely evening. Both kids were so well behaved... isn't that great when you are out! :) My neighbour was also my 2nd class teacher, and many other things in my life since... small world.

Matt tells me that Shawn did very well at soccer today and almost scored a goal! I am stoked!

Well my PJ's are by the fire getting warm then I am off to bed.
Thanks for stopping by. x

Blue Awning Flip Book

I am a winner!!

I found out last night that I was the overall winner of the Scrapping Jewels Cyber Crop. I was so thrilled. The K&Co Flip book is my trophy. I was so tempted to order this with my last order but the bank said better not :) It looks beautiful.

My order arrived today. I am now loaded with Doodlebug Loopy Lou. My pizza box of treats also contained my new DT kit for JSJ. It looks like alot of fun. Watch this space lol

On another super note, I found out via PM that I have won 'something' at Scrap Therapy. I don't know what or what for, but hey, I didn't want to argue LOL.

On another great note I had morning tea with the girls at Megs. Miss Liberty had a sleepless night, though she slept more than I did, so she was not in a very social mood. The 2 hour nap fixed that!

Wednesday

Wednesday... tonight is Matt's night away for work. He had room service for dinner... That's where I get jealous! :)

This morning Liberty and I did our jobs at the school and down town. Then while we were out we figured may as well go see Molly. Then home for Liberty's nap, then to Soccer, then home and the day is done. except for Criminal Minds on soon...

I thought I would just post a pic and not share any work, don't really have any too share.

This photo was taken 12 months ago out of a window at LAX. The Californian sun. I was born just over those hills somewhere... By no means is it a great photographic shot but I like to look at it and just wonder...

Subscribed again!

Well I didn't know if I would or not, but I did. I have been getting Scrapbooking Memories for 2 years almost and the subscription finished with the issue that came today. I had a quick flick and noticed that the price went up by $20 so I picked up the phone and used a code from the last issue and also got $90 worth of Kaiser goodies! Poor postie, I will be stalking him again now....lol

Today was the biggest frost so far this year. Usually that means it will be a lovely warm day.... not today. Pam and I perched near the fire this morning then I relocated to the computer room to follow the sun.

I am working tomorrow. I rarely do weekdays but I felt I would benefit from a few hours with the regular staff to keep in the loop. Liberty and her Grandma will have a lovely time!

This page is my entry for the 123 Challenge. 6 photos, doodling and a song title were the criteria.

A lovely day.

We spent the day at Matt's parents place. His sister, Sue was visiting for the week so we went up for lunch. We sorted through years of Christmas cards, birthday, mothers and fathers day as well as the get well wishes from 25 years ago. Some cards from before Matt was born. Some were from Matt when he could just write...

Matt and the kids went off on the motorbikes. Shawn is doing very well. His confidence level is just where I like it :)

I did this LO yesterday for the 123 CC. Criteria was to use 123 in the title, buttons, felt and torn paper. These pics are from Shawns party last week. The colour is yuck...it really does look better than this :)

Well I have a mountain of washing that has been neglected this week so I plan on doing that and watching Greys...yay me!

Athletic Carnival

Today was the athletic carnival at Shawn's school. With the help of some others we packed 95 hot dog lunch orders... I don't want to see a hot dog for a looooong time :)

After I got back from school I quickly threw this LO together for the JSJ CC. I had a list of things to use and had to pick 4. I went with Scallops, White C/S, Stars and circles. Easy! I am really loving the thickers alphas the colours are perfect.

At about 4.30 I was in the mood to grocery shop so I went off and did that....via the women's clothing.... I now have my black cardie to wear to work and it is not to Nanna ish.... lol

Tomorrow after work we are having a 'team bonding' exercise and going to play Ten Pin. It has been 10 years since I have bowled. We are also having lunch there.... hot dogs....

Thursday

Not much has been happening in our home. I have been busy with the JSJ cyber crop. This is the LO I did for the stash challenge.

I am tired. Liberty has discovered she can get out of her bed and walk around at 1am...

Shawn is back at school and feeling better.

Well as I said not much to report... I am off to the school now...byeeeee x

Stash Challenge

Tonight @ 8pm NSW time, I am running a Stash Challenge over at Julie's Scrapping Jewels. I am so excited... I love these :)
In approx one hour you will have a completed page. I did my sample page on the weekend and I like it! This is the list of goodies that you will need from your stash.

2 6x4 photos Landscape OR 1 5x7 or 6x8 Vertical. 1x Cardstock for the base. 2x Co-ordinating PP's must be 12 inches long but half sheets will work. 1x Scalloped circle, Artisan die-cut or similar. If you don't have one, another PP will work fine! Will need half of one of these. Embellishments, flowers, stars, buttons etc. Whatever works! Alphas for the title. Ink, Pens etc

Easy! I will post the step by step instructions HERE tonight.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAM!!!

Today is Pams birthday. This is the card that I made for her.

I also made her Betty Crocker Tripple Choc Brownies but they were yuckky! (my cooking, not Betty)

Shawn has been home sick (hopefully not my brownies) He has had a high temp since Friday. I think he is on the mend now. He has worn out the PS2 though! :)

thanks for stopping by! x

Pirate Pinata

Before is above

After is to the right

This is the Jack Sparrow pinata I made for Shawn's birthday party. The Oscar was on sale at Spotlight for $5. I gave the body and extra layer or 2 of paper and glue for strength. Turned the film reel into a ships steering wheel. The jacket is a brown T-shirt from Vinnies. The wig was the most time consuming. I had the calico so I soaked it in cold tea for a few days to colour it. The hair is wool that I platted and stapled too the hat. I added some beads and then did his face and done! I thought he looked pretty good!

The day after...and before...

Today is the day after Shawn's birthday and the day before his party. I made the cakes first thing this morning and will ice them last thing tonight. I still am not 100% sure what I will make them into yet....

Tonight I have a meeting to go to so that cuts into my icing time. Pretty much everything has to be done today as tomorrow is full. Mum arrives home just after midday. I am not sure what Liberty is more excited about, seeing her Grandma or the airplane!

I did the party bags last night and only have one more thing to do on the pinata. Then it is housework..... the worst part!

After the party tomorrow it is then time for me to start prepping my challenges for the JSJ cyber crop...that starts tomorrow!! I am so not organised but I will be! :)

Pirate Cupcakes

These are the cupcakes I made for Shawn's class to celebrate his birthday today.... if anyone is interested :)

Actually the ones in this photo are the duds... Made just to use up the frosting quickly. I didn't get a very good image of the good ones, but you get the idea.

Shawn I think has had a pretty awesome birthday. Really, with cupcakes like these how could you not! LOL

Happy Birthday My Handsome Boy xxx

Julies Scrapping Jewels Cyber Crop

Winter Warmers Cybercrop is COMING!!!!!!!

Yes you heard right, we will start the Cybercrop this week on Friday 13th June. Scary I know but what fun we're all going to have....and it's going to be over 10 whole days. This isn't a typo!!! So get your Mojo happening and check back again with us this week for more details....Don't forget your sweet treats and hot chocolate to keep you going...and there's even something for the kiddies. Great Prizes too!!!! Every entry gets a ticket into a Bonus Mystery Prize Draw AND if you bring a new friend who joins in or makes an order, make sure you tell us you sent them, and you will get 2 BONUS tickets into the draw for a better chance of winning.

Hello! Well that is JSJ's blurb to advertise the crop that starts this Friday. At this stage I am setting 5 challenges/games... I am very excited!! I really enjoy cyber crops. They are a great way to get pages done!
Having the crop over 10 days should give everyone a chance to get something done.
Tuesday night 8pm, I am doing Stash Challenge... would be great if you could make it! :)

Random Thoughts...

This double layout is for the Scrap Therapy MBM Challenge. You had to scrap your hopes, dreams and goals. I am not good at thinking about myself or my life, let alone record my thoughts! Horror!!! Yesterday I sat for an hour and just typed. When I was done I didn't even proof read as I would have deleted or changed parts. I love the look of the LO and I think I like the wording...

Shawn is VERY excited about his birthday tomorrow. I can see the excitement crawling in him... I remember feeling that way about my birthdays as a kid. His 'girlfriend' called this morning to say she was coming to his party and what would he like for a gift.... soooo cute! Then I got thinking about how long this little romance has been going on for. Over 12 months!!! That is not bad for a boy who is turning 8 tomorrow! All so Innocent, the way it should be!

Well I have a pirate pinata to work on...thanks for dropping in! :)

My Diamond

This is a LO I did for the Cyber Crop over at Scrap Therapy. It really tested me. You had to use 2 types of bling (easy) a diamond shape (bit tricky) and the word 'diamond' (On no!). So I turned to Google and realised the words used to describe a diamond would also work with Miss L.

Also on scrappy news Julies Scrapping Jewels is up and running again! ... watch this space for a Cyber Crop date!!

Yesterday I had a sleep in, they are far and few between. 8.30 I made my way out of bed. Nice cooked breakie followed. At 10.30 Matt helped a mate put an air con unit into his roof. All 4 of us went out to look at there new home. At 11am I started drinking champagne!!! 11 AM....wow a sleep in and a drink of bubbles what a morning! Both not like me! We left there and were home just after midday. Spent some of the afternoon working on a pinata for Shawn's party and scrapping.

Just after 5 we loaded into the car, armed with the Lamb roast I had in the slow cooker all day and headed over to the Baldwin's for dinner. The baked potatoes were soooo good and crunchy. yummmm

Well Matt and Shawn have gone off to watch Indiana Jones and the ridiculously long title at the cinema. Liberty is down for her nap so I should have 90 minutes to myself! Gotta go!! :)

Invitations for a pirate!

Last night I made the invitations for Shawn's birthday party. So simple! A bit of clip art and candle make for pretty cool party invites me thinks! I think they took me an hour while I watched 'How I met your mother'. So this time in a week my mother will be arriving home, it is the school athletics carnival and I will be getting ready for a house full of kids...

Today Liberty had a return visit to the continence nurse. She is so pleased with Liberty's progress, YAY! Still a long way to go, but at least we have progress!

Well this time last year I was in Greensburg, PA going to yard sales with my Dad. Actually on this day I also had portrait photos of Shawn and Liberty taken. They were not ready before we left so Dad picked them up and WAS to send them to me........................................

Happy Birthday Pooh....

Today is Matt's Birthday. I think he had a good day! Started off with the gift opening ceremony. Matt was late getting started for work and was home in time to bring me some lunch. What a sweetie :) Tonight his parents came for dinner and that was lovely! I did one of Matt's favs Lasagna....yummmmo.

I had a busy day doing errands around town. Liberty and I went up to the preschool and she was so excited to be there. So next year on Wednesdays she can go each week! I drove my Grandmother to an appointment this afternoon, then tonight after dinner I snuck over to the schools Values Forum. It was quite interesting. So I am now rather tired and am heading off to bed.

I better explain the photo. This time last year we were at Disneyland and this is my hot pretzel. So, Matt had his last birthday in Disneyland, complete with fireworks!

Night x

Winter has arrived!

These beautiful flowers were at my door when we arrived home from Tamworth Sunday. A thank you from the Ferris family for when I watched Jess Friday. I love the sticks, for lack of a better term. :) Thanks Moo x
Today was a wet and windy winters day. Liberty and I wrapped Matt's birthday gifts ready for tomorrows tradition of gift opening in bed! All 4 of us pile in and watch the birthday person... Anyway Liberty's wrapping skills are not too bad for a 2 year old.
I sat online while she slept and listed some items on Ebay and spent my prize money (and some) at DIVAS. I also did my voting for the Scrap Therapy Make Believe Masters... Do think I have much of a chance the standard is pretty high... I will keep going though. The 2nd challenge is to scrap you hopes and dreams. I really dislike scrapping myself so it sure will be a challenge!

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 :)