Earth Hour

Last night was Earth Hour from 8pm to 9pm, so off went the TV, Lights & Computers.
i am sorry to say that no one in my street participated.
Later on my BIL rang up & when asked did they turn out their Lights said "Me turning off my lights & TV for an hour isnt going to do any good" upon hearing this i made a new page for my "Go Green" book. {His statement made me sad}.
So today i made a canvas for my wall to remind anyone who sees it that

1 Person can make a Difference

Easter Show

We went to the Easter Show on friday, left the house at 8am & got back at 12.30. it was a super long day. we had heaps of fun. my high lights were the Rodeo {dont ya just lov Cowboys} & the Sideshow Freaks{Psycho Sideshow}, Betty Brawn {strong Woman}, Ruby Rubber {contortionist}, Space Cowboy {sword Swaller}, Shep {Traps & battery lifter} [It will make your eyes water], The Great Gondos {clown}. The Coca-Cola freestyle trials was awesome as well, those 2 boys were amazing. I think the Boys liked the Xtreme Korruption the best with the Toyota V6 HiLux Utes & extreme motocross team & not to forget the Bouncin' Bobcats. DS #2's high light was the show bags LOL
The wood Chop was as great as always but we only stayed for 2 as it was really hot in the Chop stadium. Last but by no means least the fireworks & lazer light show was fantastic.
It truly was a great day out & well worth the $107 to get in. I think Bull Riding is my Favorite Sport :o)

New Desks

My long awaited desks are now stained, varnished & put back together. Now they are just waiting for me to move out the old desk. each one has a shelf & a draw {love the sleek handles} they will sit back to back. all i need now is a stool if i want to sit down.

Go Green

im a little obsessed about the way we live & our impact on the big blue marble we call home, & why shouldn't we be. we are killing our planet & once its gone so are we. so im trying to live a better life, teach my children a better way of doing things, in a hope that's its not too late. here is a little book that i made last wednesday & one i hope to add to.

Good Bye Summer

its the first day of Autumn, a top of 17 here today so it feels like Autumn.
*A & J fixing J's bike lots of new parts.
* S on his computer playing 'Half Life' on his friends server {on line playing}
*as for me im about to go & stain my new desk
pics to come :o)

Random pages

just a few pages, i have a lot more but these were the first 3 in the folder
*the Apricots from the 'Harvest' page were sooo sweet
*the 'Train' photos were taken in 2005 at Linden station, we have a crappy ticket machine, it only takes coins & is limited to 14 different tickets that you can purchase.
*the 'Wash Day' photos were taken at the beginning of last year, now i have about 30 different coloured singlets & i pretty much wear them every day.

been busy doing nothing

wow its been nearly a year since i have updated this......
but you know how it goes running around, getting stuff done. people say what have you been up to & i always say,' nothing much'. by the end of the day im slowing down & getting tired & what did i do all day, a million little things & nothing to show for it, so its always the same ' nothing much'

*still nothing on the job front Grrrrrrr

*A & i went to see The Rocky Horror Picture Show last week, it was Awesome. the Guy who played Frankinfurter was fantastic

*DS #1 finished year 10 last year & started work on valentines day

* A came home yesterday with one of my new desks, lov lov lov it & the other one should be finished next week sometime, too exciting

*on the weight loss front, i now wear size 10 jeans

*i started a thankful journal this year, im really likeing it. some days it lots of things & others its just one

*my first class this year is a card class, should be heaps of fun

*well thats it, ill see about posting some pics later on

busy once again :o)

A & I went on a date on saturday, went to the movies & saw 'Wild Hogs' too funny well worth the admission price. after we went down to High street there was a festival on with a parade "dont ya just love parades"
HUGE day on Sunday, left at 8am to catch the 8.24 train to the city for the Harbour Bridge Walk. it was a great day, it was overcast & not too hot. Lime Green hats all round. there were huge speakers all the way along each playing different things. News headlines from 1932, the opening speech & Australian Rock. Old Planes flying over head & heaps of news helicopters.
it was just soo cool i am really glad i made the boys come.
after the crossing we went to the Historical Society Building, had some Japanese Pancakes filled with Chocolate, Cheese & custard YUM, also purchased a certificate of the 75th Anniversary Bridge Walk "that will be going on the wall". went into the Rocks listened to some Jazz & then watched a street performer, juggling flaming torches he was really excellent. the whole show went for about 40 mins. well worth the $10. lined up to get the news paper just for the $1 coins {way too many people pushing & shoving NOT fun i can tell ya}
wondered around the Rocks Markets for a bit but there were just soo many people you couldnt even see anything, so we walked down to Circular Quay then over to the Opera House. walked around town for a while got some great Architectural photos, there really are some beautiful buildings in the city. it was about 3.30 when we got to Central, the boys had some lunch & then we got on the train. got home about 10 past 5.
AWESOME day.

comp

havent entered any comps for quite a long time, but decided to enter the feb comp at scrapbook savvy, it was pretty last minuite.
got an email this morning saying i won.
just what i needed :o)
here is the page>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

For the last week we have spent way too many hours waiting for doctors & there is no end in sight.
sorry about that bummer of a first line
so whats been going on besides {refer to top line} well not much room for anything else, except for maybe a bit of scrappin. i entered the FUNK IT UP comp over at scrapforums.com finished week ones challenge in 30 mins {woo hoo} lov it when it goes together quick. its been a long time since i entered any challenges or comps so hopfully i can keep my inspiration going till the end of it.
popped over to my online home scrapwitch.com.au lots of things have changed but it looks great & its nice to see some of those old faces again.
just about time for my walk so ill put up a couple of pics before i go


Scrapbook page Goal 150
8 down 142 to go

start date Saturday 21st October
Kilos lost 20.5

so where have i been, what have i been up too

you know how it goes,
1# super busy over the christmas new years

2# my birthday {cant believe im 35} where did the years go

3# Australia Day, went to Zig Zag then to an old air strip so the boys could run their cars {petrol remote control cars} that night to my nieces B'day {heaps of fun had a western themed party}

4# wednesday 31st Jan, my Boys go back to school {year 8 & year 10}

5# little sisters B'day

6# Valentines week , yes i said week we celebrated for a week from wednesday 7th Feb, till wednesday 14th Feb. heart shaped cakes, cookies, bread, pasta, potatoes. poems & messages in lunches, heart shaped chocolates on pillows every day, Kisses & Hugs

7# quite a few trips to the beach in the last few months, as well as picnics & days to car race

8# things started to get on top of me in December & slowly got worst over January & into February, even tho we were busy with everything that goes on over the holidays & all the things we have done since i was feeling
sad, over whelmed, stuck, no way out, mad & even pissed off. i think it started with way to much to do & then all the bitchiness, back stabbing & emails on some of the scrap sites it just got too much. so i ditched all the sites stopped logging in, & only checked my email once a fortnight if i was lucky.
the last week or so has finally started to get back to normal, well my kind of normal anyway

9# went to the stitches & craft show on saturday, had a great time & came home with some fabulous stuff

10# on sunday Andrew & i went on our first date in more than 10 years, went to the movies to see Pursuit of Happyness. excellent movie definitely worth seeing

11# on monday Andrew came home with 3 bunches of flowers for me, he is soo sweet i love him like crazy

12# still cant believe its me when i walk past a mirror or window {20.5 kg lost}

13# been looking for a job, thought it was time i went back to work. it has been really hard, have sent out way too many resumes have only gotten one interview, they gave me a call back for a second interview but declined the job cause it was 3 nights a week & as i dont drive & i wont catch the train at night it was not the job for me. it is difficult because i have not worked in over 15 years, so lots of places wont even give me a go. but fingers XXed something will turn up soon

14# i want to say a HUGE HAPPY B'DAY to Karen, sorry i missed it sweety but look out for something in the post.

15# listen to music every day its good for the soul or maybe it just makes you feel good, even put a smile on your face, maybe go one step further & dace around like crazy. its FUN so go ahead & try it. {everyone needs some FUN everyday}

17# Ail E has a challenge, to find yourself a word for the year & until just now i didnt know what i was going to choose
FUN is my word & im also including SMILE & LAUGH, these 3 things im going to try very hard to do everyday {then maybe the SAD wont come back}

18# someone asked me the other day 'what makes me Smile' you dont always think about those things so im going to start a list {& im sure it will become a page one day} in no particular order

Spots & Dots
Andrews touch
Red Anything
Holding Hands
How thin im looking
Beach Days
My Boys being nice to each other
all the RAIN we have had
my Ikea draws
MUSIC


Scrapbook page Goal 150
6 down 144 to go

start date Saturday 21st October
Kilos lost 20.5

a little while

so its been a while, busy with christmas stuff, classes, markets & a huge amount of exercising.
we had 2 weeks with the house full of smoke with the bushfire's, didnt come close to our house thank goodness, but i still sent all our photos down to my FIL's just in case. we had a pretty good view of the helicopters picking up water & dropping it, they really do, do a very good job.
still have most of my photos to put back on the walls, just keep getting side tracked.
we put the christmas tree up last week & i finished all the inside decorations on saturday, just have all the outside lights to do, we were going to do them on the weekend but we had a bit of rain {water and electricity dont like to play}
i have the last market of the year on saturday, fingers Xed we get a lot of people through.

how cute are those glass christmas balls, i bought the balls 3 years ago intending to fill them & decorate them & i finally got around to doing them a couple of weeks ago. i did 2 pink sets, a blue & silver set & 2 maroon & green sets.





start date Saturday 21st October
Kilos lost 11.2

took this photo from my front veranda,
lov how the suns rays are coming through a break in the clouds,
bummer about the power lines.





start date Saturday 21st October
Kilos lost 7.3 :o)

getaway pics

ok a couple of pics from our getaway


low tide at Currarong

honey moon bay

the light house at piont perpendicular

one of the many pelicans at Currarong beach, this is one let me get 5 feet from it, did you know that they growl if you get too close & that they have blue feet :o) very cool



















start date Saturday 21st October
Kilos lost 5.5 :o)

mini holiday

we had a great time away, the weather was grey & a little rainy at times but that was ok with me cause i hate the hot weather. we stayed in a holiday house in Currarong, 150 metres to the beach very cool.
we went to lots of different beaches, the boys fished, & went on heaps of rides. nearly all my time i spent wondering the beaches, lov it when you can be there at high tide & then again at low tide, its amazing all the things that are hidden by the ocean.
Saturday we went to Point Perpendicular Light House, to get there you have to pass through a gate & get your rego plates written down & tell them where you are going. the gate has been there since 9/11 & as there is military land running along side they are on the look out for terrorists, pretty unlikely but hey i guess its the times we now live in. we could not turn off onto any of the roads on the left as thats all military land. it was really windy at the light house & the views were awesome.
on the way back we stopped at honeymoon bay beach very cute, & then the next beach along {cant remember the name} we played Boccie for an hour or so & then headed into Nowra for lunch.

oh and went to an Awesome scrapbooking store, cant remember the name {it might have been a scrapbook super store but im not real sure} it was in this old barn like building with a sandstone floor. there were other buildings there as well that sold pottery, sweets & Christmas stuff. picked up 4 new rubber stamps :o) & a heap of other goodies, great prices. they have another store in Batemans bay as well but didnt get a chance to go down there. bummer they dont have an internet site.

will put up some pics when i get DH to put them on my computer :o)


i go in to see the dietitian on friday for my weigh in, im pretty excited as it will be 2 weeks since my last one so fingers XXed

start date Saturday 21st October
week ending 28th October 3.3 kilos lost :o)

stuff

*havent scrapped in a while but managed a page on monday

*our 10th anniversary on thursday & we are off to the beach for 4 days {cant wait}

*also like to say a big Happy B'Day to CLARE & ROSE their birthdays are on saturday
hope you both have a wonderful day :o)


start date saturday 21st October
week ending 28th October 3.3 kilos lost :o)
feelin great

Foundation for a Better Life

today i came across a site that has changed me. it made me smile, cry & think about what i can do to make my world, our world a better place. take some time to have a look, read the stories & billboards & watch the tv spots. i think that every country in our big beautiful world should run tv adds like these. adds that inspire forgiveness, gratitude, hard work, friendship, courtesy, courage, respect & a hundred other things. things that seem to have been lost from our society.
this site will have a permanent link on my blog :o)




THE VALUES WE LIVE BY ARE WORTH MORE WHEN WE PASS THEM ON

i am issuing a challenge to all those who read my blog, to use the above statement on a scrapbook page. email me a link to your finished page & ill put it on my blog.

Smiley day

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS goes out to my friend Karen, hubby Shane & their son Bailey on their new family member TYLER HARLING
their little man was born on Tuesday at 7.39am and weighed 8lb 4oz.

Diet

on saturday i started a diet, have never been on a diet before. its called the Tony Ferguson Weightloss Program. get to have shakes twice a day plus one light meal. there is a huge list of foods i cant have but only one or two i will miss as nearly all of them i had already cut out after i had my op last year. you have to drink at lease two Lt's of water everyday, & lets just say im sick of all the bathroom time already LOL. i go to see the dietitian on fridays for a chat & a checkup. im also doing my hour & a half on my bike & a half hour walk everyday. they say the more i exercise the quicker the weight will drop so i think ill step it up a bit this week :o) oh & for anyone who has a set of dial scales they are crap, mine said i weighed 4 kg more than i did & they were a brand new set.

mmmm strawberries & cream shake........

Grrrrr

Firefox had a spaz attack yesterday & lost all of my links 'Not Happy Jan' also lost my email for a while as well. so 4 hours later & its as fixed as its gonna be. so now i am putting all my links in a book so if it happens again i wont have to search for them all again.
yesterday morning while i was cleaning up i came accross a stack of mail that had fallen down the back of the table. was ment to be posted out when all the swaps went out. there is a circle journal, half a dozen B'day cards & a couple of puzzle pieces. im sorry to all those who were waiting on them, ill make sure they go in the post on friday.

lov this page :o)

Random stuff

*last day of school holidays, just lazing around *today the weather is just the way i like it, nice & cool. friday & saturday was horrid i really hate hot weather & it was extreme.
*i have noticed lately at some of the sites i visit, they are all about their "design team", & im sick of seeing the same people on more than one team, also why ive stopped buy the magazines. we need new faces, new ideas, & new photos being scrapped.
*DH surprised me when he came home on friday with a drop saw for me, very exciting have not had a chance to use it yet, need a trip to the hardware store :o) {my fav place to shop} lov the smell of timber.
*goin to a stampin' up demo in a couple of weeks should be heaps of fun, already know what im going to buy :o)
*yesterday i purchased this gorgeous trifle bowel, ive wanted one for a while , guess what im doing this afternoon :o)
*for the last week i have been lost in christmas card land, designing a whole heap of cards, dont ya just lov christmas :o)

* this page was one of the ones i did when my SIL came over to play, i lov all the colours & the cute thong brads :o)

summer is on its way

havent scrapped in ages but finally felt like it on thursday & completed a page in 30 mins
my SIL came over to play on saturday & i did 2 more pages.
we have had all this warm weather so i put the summer sheets on the bed & put away most of the winter woollies. no idea what happened to the last post, must be lost in cyber land.
my boys go on holidays at the end of this week :o) lov holidays, we have a couple of days planned & at least one day trip to the beach.

todays pic is my thursday LO i did

very excited

so yesterday afternoon i got an email from SC they want one of my pages for "scrapbooking for beginners volume 4 special edition book" too cool :o) this will be my first page published so im a bit excited. well thats it got to go & get lunches ready & stuff

this & that

been busy doin this & that trying to catch up on all the stuff i have half finished & start a few new things. DH moved his computer down to the lounge room last week, it took me a few days but i have now taken over his desk, well just until he wants to move back up here with me again, that is. so now its full of cards & stamps, been stampin up a storm. lov my new stampin up stamps & have even been playin with some old ones ive not used in years. as for scrappin mmmm not much, i started an 8x8 holiday album 2 weeks ago & have completed 12 pages so far, i lov the small format cause its quick but i dont like it cause i can only fit a limited number of pics. i have decided to do a 6x6 album just on the War Memorial i think it needs its own story.
i spent 3 hours yesterday sorting out swaps for a couple of different sites, will be very glad to get them all in the post this week i can tell ya.
its been raining for days & days, i lov it everything is soo green & the smell in the air from all the blossom is just so sweet, makes you want to be out there all day long. the only draw back with all the rain is my laundry has become 'Washing Hill' its like we have been on holidays for 2 weeks & have empted out all our bags.

so todays pic is sunrise from my front verandah

Pegs

i found these pegs & they made me smile, & also think about how many different sorts of pegs i have here at home :o)

good time

ive had a great last couple of days, went to the stitches & craft show on friday with my SIL, came home with some excellent stuff only 8 stamps made it home with me LOL
saturday i had a stampin up party it was very cool, learnt some new techniques & ordered 2 stamp sets plus some other have to have things.
some people have asked my why ive not been around much chatting & stuff well there is a reason, for the last couple of years ive had this psycho woman stalking me, she follows me from site to site. when ever i post a pic or make a comment she sends me nasty emails & even when i dont post anything shes sending me stuff. i have no idea who this woman is, as for how she got my email addy she must be on one of the RAK lists i first signed up on, its not an email i use much as i opened a couple of new ones. some times it gets too much & i just need a break from it all. i dont read the emails just trash them but the fact that she keeps finding me & still continues to send them is just.......
so im sorry to anyone who thinks ive been rude to them for not chatting or being around
i havent felt like doing much at all, not even scrappin. some days i dont even turn my computer on cause i dont want to see the pop up saying i have 100 emails in my in box.
feeling good after the last few days so im off to try & catch up on all thats been goin on.
hope everyone has a great sunday :o)

Laugh

just thought id put a quick one up before i get ready for class
i did this page wednesday, my son took the photo of me :o)
i really like it

Avast ye scurvy dogs

Arrr thar it be me pirate page for all ta see
i be a sea-farin wench, der pirates life for me

wednesdays

wednesdays always seem to be the days i dont want to do anything, maybe because its the middle of the week & we still have to more days till the weekend. anyway not much goin on well i say that like i have nothing to do but ive got a stack of things to get started & finished by friday, just have not done any of them. i really need to stop leaving stuff till the last minute.
i have scrapped so thats always good, did a 20 min page on monday & yesterday i did my pirate page. had a heap of fun posing like a pirate my boys all thought it was funny. took longer to take the photos than it did to do the page, i lov how it turned out & the flag pic is way too cool. ill post a pic tomorrow.
ill leave you today with my monday page :o)

bonfire night

Saturday night was AWESOME {33 people}
family, friends, laughs, good food who could ask for more
the kids started the fire at 5pm & it was put out at 2.30am
beautiful night, clear sky with thousands of stars, warmish night with a slight breeze
all the kids going exploring in the bush with torches
sitting by the fire reimanising, telling stories, laughing, having fun
toasting marshmallows, writing names with sparklers
second annual bonfire night was a success, even better than last year

sunset

went shopping today picked up a couple of spotlights, a whole lot of food & 2 huge cooking pots.
been cooking since lunch time for our bonfire night tomorrow. set up all our spotlights after tea
all we need to do tomorrow its build the fire, set up all the straw bales & planks, bring the stereo speakers up stairs to hook the to the computer & finish off the last of the cooking.
should be a great night.
leaving you with the pic i took out the back last night, how cool are those colours

Superjesus

for the last couple of months i have been hooked on the Aussie band Superjesus been listening to all 3 albums & i have to say there is not one song i dont like
give em a listen you might like them :o) if you do let me now what you think

new look

this morning i decided to change my blog & go for a different colour
was sick of the pink & its amazing how many other people use the barbie pink.
so now its all about the Green. anyway i changed the colour but did not realize that by changing it i would loose all my links :o/ 2 hours later & a lot of surfing i managed to find most of them.
wont be changing again in a hurry i can tell ya
pick up my new dryer tomorrow WOOO HOOO soooo sick of drying washing in front of the fire
had a great time at the show on saturday, purchased 29 rubber stamps :o) a few ink cubes, game pieces, pockets, library cards & these huge paper clips plus lots of other bits & pieces. i went with a list & did not get anything on it LOL its always the way.

Tagged

got tagged by the lovely suse

1. How old are you? 34

2. How many kids do you have if any? 2 teen boys

3. Are you married, single, divorced, widow? Married to my bestest friend

4. What is your occupation? SAHM & SB teacher

5. What are your passions? My family, scrapbooking & my friends

6. Are you a dreamer or a dream seeker? Both

7. Are you happy with the way you life has turned out? yes, but i do wish we had purchased a home a long time ago

8. Are you a scrapper and if so how many hours a week do you scrap? mmmm am i a scrapper mmmm thats a hard one YES im a scrapper as for how many hours tooo many to count :o)

9. What do you want to do before you die? i want to see my children grow up & have their own families, also want to travel around Australia with my best friend :o)

10. What is your favorite food? dont have one

11. What is the food you hate the most? anything with fat

12. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you? dont know too early to think about that

13. What is the happiest day of your life thus far? having my boys & marring my lov

14. Are you a neat freak? Or a dirty house cleaner? i usually clean once a week, not because i want to but because if i dont people complain. the dust does not bother me but apparently it bothers my DH LOL

who do I tag??

Karen, Ali, Julie & Lisa

a while

been a while since ive been in. boys back to school this week so back into the exercise, cause ive not rode for 2 weeks i started out with just 15km should be up to 20 by next week.
off to the paperific show on saturday very exciting been waiting all year for this :o) cant wait. saved up all my pennys, hope to get some new stuff & get some ideas for class.
i won $50 worth of yummy Heidi Swap goodies at EMM, came in the post last week, one of the things is the newsprint alphabet mask, just itching to give them a go i can tell ya
the mystery items for embellished will go out in fridays post, cant wait to see what everyone comes up with.
im entering the friends comp & will submit to For keeps, have decided not to go for a page but to do something a little different. well its in my head so will just have to wait & see how it turns out, going to wait till i come back from the show before i start it so i can use some new goodies :o)
classes are going great, i have 3 new girls signed up & they will start next month.

we have our second annual bonfire night on the 29th, we sooooo wanted to get fireworks this year but it didnt work out, but next year it will be a sure thing. however all the kids {& big kids} will get to have sparklers, oh & cant forget the marshmallow toasting. i cant wait im soooo excited i lov hosting parties {i think its all the prep work, you know the planning the menu, writing the invites} tooo much FUN. all our family & friends will be there & the best part is... my bestest friend Jill from high school will be coming, i have not seen her in more than 16 years WOW when you say it out loud, that is a long time. it will be great to catch up & cant wait to meet her hubby & kids.

ok thats it for now :o) i really want to get some scrappin done

busy busy busy

been busy busy busy with circle journals, puzzle pieces, challenge items & all my class work, i was feeling like i was drowning but luckily im now at the other side of the river and all is great again.
pictured is the challenge item that Julie sent out, i really lov how it turned out, all the papers came from Ali {such a sweety} lov them especially the spotty paper LOL
i purchased my challenge items last week but will wait till Julies items are finished before i put it up on the site.
my scrappin goal was 100 pages this year & its going great, im up to 55 pages & counting.
we are just starting the second week of school holidays, & i can tell ya i have really needed to sleep ins i was really worn out {mind & body tired} all the exercising has been put on hold till my boys go back to school then ill be back into it big time.
DH's sister & hubby came up today with their new car a 1948 chev ute, Awesome car
the only things i think it needs is white wall tires & a chrome grill. very cool car with bouncy seats.