Well time is just flying by....

I seem to loose track of blogging..naughty blogger i am...

School year is coming to an end, tests for my class and end of year formal for middle son....racing around paying money here there and everywhere...and of course the usual christmas shopping..but one thing i dont have to worry about is food..Our chrisco order arrives very soon and once again the cupboards will be stocked for a couple of weeks over the christmas holidays..yay for chrisco!!!

Now on the scrapping front........
Everytime i post id like to put up an interesting blog that ive come across, here is one i know you will love...
I came across this most devine scrapper whilst out and about on the net...

Inglvid...

Go take a look! i think her work is gorgeous!!!

As for my scrapping , im happy to say my mojo is slowly comming out to play and ive been happily doing some layouts...

Ive been entered into two comps..one is at

3ANGELS SCRAPPING

Which i cant show just yet but you can pop over to the gallery and look at all the amazing entries..

Also over at SCRAPPING AROUND im in their colour comp, here are a few to share...

And so here is my just scrapping share..

Well thats about it..

Oh and this is one of my fav layouts this week.Its an entry over at The scraplounge monthly comp...

It makes me smile.....

cheers...

Well ive had a shocker of a time..since my last post..soooo long ago....

my computer died, and all my photos and class work with it.

Jack has been very sick, with temps of 38.8 for a couple of days.

now craig is very sick, he cant see too well as he has some allergy affecting his eyes.

So im hoping to stay out of the sick zone myself.

This was my last weekend, before school started this week:

after two weeks of holidays i decided to leave until sunday, my ironing of work clothes, my sorting of first weeks lessons, dying my hair(damn greys) and finishing off some challenges...

but noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Jack had been off colour all week and last night the temp started to rise...

so nurofen and cool drinks he finally fell asleep in bed with me at 3.30am this morning he was up at 8am and feeling warm so more nurofen and he lay in my bed whilst i started on school work. he slumbered on and off till about 1pm when he woke uop with red cheeks and very hot,

temp of 38.9... tried to put him in shower, nope....tried a cool bath....

nope..then he started throwing up and was getting all floppy...

so into hot car we get and off to doctors with air con on full...

his temp dropped in the cool doctors to 38.3..doc says looks like a viral infection going around...

nurofen and panadol will do...

he looks at old flustered me and he asks... is this your first?

hahahahahahahahahahaha give me the panadol i feel a headache coming on..

okay i admit i panicked a bit.

in the reception..

wanting my son looked at before the old man and the pregnant woman..

they can wait, my son is nearly passing out!!!!!

so no doctor this is not my first...

hmphhhhhhh at least he didnt ask if i was baby sitting my grandson which craig and i have encountered before

any who as im in the surgery the phone rings..

ex husband from sydney informs me boys will be home at airport at 6pm//

what the!!!!!!! its 3.30 now...

ring eldest son, he is on the coast and traffic is bumper to bumper....

get home make jack comfortable and leave for airport...

rush,,,rush rush,

get in terminal,

dying of thirst and hunger..

no time for coffee plane due to land....soon...

OMG!!!! which plane is he on???

qantas, jetstar and virgin all have planes in from sydney at 6pm...

ring ex husband...

no one answering..

ring craig...no idea

ring eldest son....dont know.....

ring alex on plane..phone turned off...

hmmmmmm eeenny meeny miny moe....

virgin..

yes i should have stayed a virgin and i wouldnt have had such a day!!!!!

can you tell me if my sons are on this flight..

nope cant give out that information..

great..will head up to arrivals and hope ex was mean and chose cheap virgin..

excuse me miss, man in uniform stops me...

thinking thinkiing,,

nope no knives in handbag that i know off, only drugs are panadol...

you have been selected for a random explosives check

do i look like im gonna explode!!!!!!

hmm dont answer that....

read this please..what the......

i havnt got my glassess,

he says netither does he but if i dont agree to it i cant go upstairs...

great..

as long as i dont have to strip off (didnt wera sexy undies) and as long as i dont have to be probed..

he looks at me...

im not joking..

he smiles i will only be touching you with this..

he pulls out a thing that looks like a gun with a cotton swab on the end..

only thing your gonna get is baby puke and shitty nappy particles..

he smiles..

i dont..

great run up escalator...hehehehehehe yeh ok get on escalotor and ride to the top..

gate 58..

yep right down there................

closer..closer....closer...

hmmmm like some movie where the corridor never ends...

beeeeep...beeeeppppp..beeepppp..

what the!!!

what now..loud peircing beeps..

oh no a terrorist...

no one else cares, or seems to notice..

why is everyone looking so sad milling around something..

looking up at somthing...

i cant get through...let me through..

i must find my sons before the airport blows up....

finally reach the middle of the crowd...

i follow everyones mournfull stares..i dont want to look..the beeping stops..

i look.. football..

the airport stops for football..

damn that manly!!!!

fianlly make it to the gate. puffed , red faced and disheveled...

my boys..

has the p[lane landed..

pleasse be on this flight..

oh madam its 30 minutes late due in about twn minutes!!!!!!

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!

all that panic for nothing..

still no answer from any one..

getting dark outside..

is that a plane pulling in?

wait wait..everyone getting off...

still waiting...

stewadess looks down the long aisle..

noone else??

where are my boys!!!!

of course thay wanted to be last off!!!!!!!!!!

ive never been so excited and releived to see the two scally wags..

whats wrong mum...

you look upset...........................

no baby boys im fine.......

now lets go......

am happy now....

till i get outside and see the long line of bumper to bumper traffic......

oh well, i dont need ironed clothes for work...

do i?

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA can laugh now.....

Oh big congrats too to Jolene, on my side bar,---------------->

who is having another baby..yay!!!! She just does the most gorgeous girl layouts im hoping she has a boy so i can drool over boy layouts as well...Go check out her blog, its full of inspiration....

I have scrapped some things but lost a lot of photos with layouts , so illll share the few i have taken in the last week or two..

Ive also been wanting to do a clear album for so long so im going to try and do our mid year trip to Coffs harbour as one as i have quite a few photos. I have been looking everywhere for inspiration and found it here..Ali Edwards

Ali Edwards, who always has soo many fabulous things to create and do...

Also Melanie also on my side bar-------------------------------------------->

had made a gorgeous one a while back...

go check that out as well.....

So im off next week to hunt down some transparencies...

till then..happy scrapping......

My entry into the scraptacular competition, "so you think you can scrap?"
The requirements were listed as:
- Hand cutting of PP designs
- Edge Distressing
- Layering
- Use of 'white/negative' space
- Texture
- Non Standard size photos (eg not 4x6 or 5x7 or 6x8)
- Clustering

Just follow the blinkie over on the side bar to find out more and see all the great layouts in the gallery...!
Thats all to share today!
cheers!!!!!

Hmmm well never a dull moment in my house is there...

Craigs new job means he leaves home at 11.pm every night and ive been staying up to make sure he leaves on time as he sleeps through the afternoon and evening. So im usually crawling into bed about midnight, most nights lately...

Now Craig has been driving my car as he realised his is out of rego...how you forget something like that i dont know, so over the weekend he took mine to work as i didnt need it...

Well Sunday night i get a phone call at just after midnight from an unknown number...Just dozing off, cant really read the number, deciding if i should answer..well its late and that usually means an emergency..

"Hello"

Craigs ex wife is on the other end telling me that Craigs wallet, keys and phone have been stolen at work...only number he recalled, can i bring spare car keys.. yeh see you ..hang up..

bum poo crap..what the....... i dont have spares for my car.....arghhhhhhhhhhhh

whack on slippers, pull on trackie dacks...oh what a look, no bra..who cares...hope cops dont pull me over..cause i have to drive craigs car to his work...just fabulous!!!!!!!!!!

oh by the way where does he work....???..well i have really no idea..i know he works at a large shopping complex, but ive never been there..well 40 minutes later it looms before me...but where is he?...five story carpark, where the hell could he be? drive around for 20 minutes, up down, dead ends, pitch black car parks, finally i spy a police station, park car run across road..oh yeh did i mention my great look, well the look on the police faces was to remind me of how i must look, forgot to brush hair as well..and was busting to use the toilet...after a quick show and tell used their toilet and let them know how dirty it was and needed cleqaning...so once again in to car, look around, still no idea..crying..cursing...praying..petrol dwindling, speech becoming incoherent, babbling , cursing..i spy an icecream milk truck..parking..yay..but by the time i get there..he is gone..will wait..then i see security guard, screech car to stop, jump out, running, screaming, dont go, he looks at me and for one moment visions of horror movies run through my mind, yoiu know the kind where the girl is being chased by a psycho and finally sees help only to have the security guard chopped in half or stabbed to death right before her eyes,,well that was my vision, but i made it to him, he took me to craig, and $200.00 later new keys and on way home..4am get in bed..and 6am alarm goes off to go to work...yay!!

oh and the best thing was, no one had stolen his keys and wallet and phone, another worker who was leaving, saw them and locked them in the utilities room, for safe keeping...oh yeh!

never a dull moment!!!!!!!!

on the scrapping front!

Well some scrapping happening, as SO YOU THINK YOU CAN SCRAP ,,,has started and also Battle of the scrappers at 3 angels scrapping......Im very excited to say that i won the first round of battle of the scrappers!!! Woohooo and a lovely prize pack of their design team kit..very excited..But i cant show my layout here so here is the link...3 angels scrapping

And here are some layouts i have completed...

Well till next time
cheers!!!!!

Well some things in this world we just take for granted...like washing machines, dishwashers, showers, baths, hot water, running water, or in my case any water...

Our hot water service died last weekend, i didnt realise when i hoped in the bath saturday night that the lack of hot water wasnt due to five teenagers in the house..No..But when sunday night came and everyone was complaining of no hot water i thought something was up..So a phone call late Sunday let us know that due to ekka show day on monday noone could get out to look at it..So darling man of the house thought he could fix the leak....Yay!!! Well we thought the handy man had fixed the problem till we had no water!!!! Yes his fix it up job on the hot water system had caused a small explosion in the side causing all the hot water, in fact any water to pour out into the garden. So water was turned off at the mains...No water sunday , now no water monday..Tuesday morning turn on water for one hour, no hot water but at least running water..Daughter is disgusted and stays at boyfriends, eldest boys also stay at friends. Guy who was to deliver water system doesnt turn up on tuesday...so no hot water tuesday.. Mean while washing is pilling up, dishes are too, jack is using the sink with kettle to boil water...lol takeaway is looking good just use the wraping it comes in..Wednesday, cant contact the guy delivering said already paid for hot water system...Thursday, starting to feel like perhaps we all smell, talcum powder and deodorant not cutting it,,havnt seen teenage kids in days, jack hates the tiny sink and ive lost the laundry and kitchen sink....Finally hot water system arrives with many appologies....yeh right mate just hook it up...

Friday morning very early still no hot water grrrrrrrr!!!!!!!! what now..Call an electrician, arrange to come out around lunch...

cold morning head into shower, outside temperature 6 degrees shower temp...bloody freezing..wash hair very quickly go to work , pray for a miracle. come home

HOT WATER!!!!!!!!

i will never take it for granted again, as i plow into the laundry taking deep breathes as i dive under in search of washing machine.

And here is some scrapping ive been doing whilst having no showers...

Well that it for now!
Oh and ive joined up over at Scraptacular and am hoping to take part in their competition so you think you can scrap...
check it out!

well here is my entry for the white with 1 blog challenge this month..

white, flowers and yellow..i quite enjoyed this challenge..i really had been waiting to make those little flowers after seeing them on numerous layouts,,and i love em!

cheers....

Well its been a while..life is just speeding by....where do the days go?
On the home front.....Recently my darling daughter had us all wondering how she will survive once she leaves home..One morning last week i heard her scream from the laundry...
"Mum come quick! Jack has just put a glass of water in the washing machine"....
Hmmm i thought...."Well just pick out the cup"...
No she yells back he just tipped the water in"...
Ok no problem.."Are there any clothes in there to be washed i yell back?"
Yes comes the reply,,,but he poured water in the machine, and its not on! came her reply.. "tHATS OK JUST TURN ON THE MACHINE, A BIT OF WATER WANT HURT"..I YELL BACK AS I GET UP TO GO AND SEE WHATS THE Problem...
And from the depths of the laundry comes a scared voice.."but what if it blows up?...
" What i laugh as i catch her peering into the machine..
"It might blow up now, he put water in it and its not on."
...Ummm sweetheart i answer as serious as i can be..its a washing machine, you put water in it to wash clothes, thats what it does, uses water...she stood staring at me....then on came the light..oh yeh..hahahaha, silly me....
Hmmmmmm watch out world, here comes my daughter..lol
In my scrapping world, not a lot of scrapping happening...
I had a fabulous time at the retreat..with all my great friends and new ones...great food, scrapbooking..what more could a girl want?.
Look at the views from Mount Tambourine,,stunning...
See those red trees?...how gorgeous are they!!!!!!!!!




Oh i sooooo want a new camera..i have the funds i just dont know what i want..an SLR is top on my list but what type?..any one have any ideas on good cameras that dont need a degree in special languages,,id love some input...
Have some sharing to do , some from the retreat and some ive forgotten where from..lol..






Well i also forgot my second layout for idol so im out...but im enjoyibg all the layouts that have been created over there... Well till next time..
cheers

Well its begun!!!!

What you say?

Embellished idol of course..FOLLOW THIS LINK...

Here is my first entry, lets hoping its not my last: but there is sooo much talent in the competition...i did really enjoy the sketch from Ali..fantastic, got to use up the holiday photos..

Ok so im all packed and ready to roll.IM OFF ON RETREAT TOMMORROW!!!!

Off to mount tambourine, its sooo lovely there. Have so many kits packed so hopefully will have lots to share when i get back...So till then..cheers Fran...

Wow its all too exciting!!!!! Ive just started the embellished idol journey.. Oh and what a corker for the first challenge..A double sketch with heaps of photos.. So ive been and got photos, some more much needed(ahem) papers and goodies.. Now i have an idea, but where to start??

Well the comp this year is so much bigger and better and soooo different to the last few years. This year the public get to vote in an open forum on the embellished blog.. So if you follow this link...EMBELLISHED BLOG.... and have nothing to do..... go and have a look and whilst your there, on the weekends is voting!!!!!.. And id love to stay in a while longer, (hint hint, shameless plug). oH AND aLI HAS SOME GREAT PARTICIPATION PRIZES JUST FOR VISITING THE BLOG..sO GO ON WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR..GO LOOK..

And i have a few more layouts to share...

So now im off to try and get my layout for idol done..wish me luck!!!

Embellished idol....
ooohhh forgot to say that id joined up once again for the embellished idol, it always gets me scrapping outside my zone..i love it...


go here to check it out....
cheers!!!

Wow its been a long time i know!!!

I started full time work as a teacher and have been flat out !

I also resigned from all my design teams as it wasnt fair as i had no time to scrap for the first few weeks till i settled in.and it was time for some new designers to have a go...

But now im organised and itching to scrap!!!

Its the holidays and time to scrap..i also have a retreat coming up which should help the mojo...

I have done some scrapping here and there..

So ill just do a quick catch up and share...

Its been so long i cant remember what they were for..lol..
well ill catch up again in a few days..i need to go and blog surf for a while and catch up on other blogs...