MY GOODNESS!!

I cant believe it has been nearly A WHOLE MONTH since i stepped foot into here!! How slack am I indeed. It has been a dreadfully busy month though so i will forgive myself. What has happened HMMM..let me see...My dearest friend Chris, gave me a huge scare by being admitted into NGH , she had inhaled toxic fumes (probably because her mouth is alway open with her talking LOL) and when examined by paramedics she had a very irregular EEG so was whisked off, She was most indignant when the ambo's refused to just stop in at my house (i live 2 streets away from the childcare centre) to get me, she kept telling them that i would need to know..The childcare centre rang me and i left immediately to go to the hospital, i nearly fainted when i saw her hooked up to all the machines. She has been told never to do that again EVER!!! The funny thing was she made work ring me before her husband and i had to keep ringing Maryborough with updates because Her hubby knew she was in safe hands with me being there! She's fine now, goes for a stress test in 2 weeks (which i've told her hubby HE MUST attend with her!).What else has happened ....Oh i went on Retreat with My LSS . I arrived on the Saturday morning, and sat with the lovely Virginia and her friend Anna, we had a ball, i scrapped 8 layout. Never went to bed at all on the Saturday night, stayed up with my friend Maree!! I was absolutely cactus on the Sunday and managed to stay until 2pm! went home and slept for hours and was woken up with a phone call from Wales from my Aunty T, who had received her present and was in tears of joy over it! (i'm so glad she liked it). I bought a new camera too, it's a Fuji Finepix S7000 and it's just fantastic! Did a class at The new shop at Palmwoods. Always Scrapbooking. T and I were the only 2 there, Bronwyn who owns the shop is a lovely girl and she has heaps of yummy crate papers and is only 8 minutes from my house, needless to say i spend a bit of time (and money) in her shop! We decorated a beautiful wooden box with CBX (my all time fave) and were given rolls of CBX YES ROLLS!! i just love them!. Trying to think what else we've done....oh we bought a new bbq and outdoor setting, we haven't had a new bbq for years, ours was given to us 10 years ago and it was about 10 years old then too LOL, never had a proper outdoor setting either so its lovely to look out the sliding doors onto the patio and see it looking ever so spiffy!!. Have been keeping up with the challenges on Aussies and i'm only 2 behind which for me is a miracle, but will get them done tonight because they are not to hard (yeah right!!)..WELL i think that's it..i think I'm up to date with the blog..will put some photo's on later when i've gone through my discs. i'm in the process of backing up the whole computer ready for my buying a new one WOOOHOOO!!!!

I HAVE BEEN TAGGED!

My turn to be tagged! I have been tagged byBev and Susan What scrapbook products/lines do you like/ dislike? I cant live without Patterned Paper but i also cant live without my Fiskars cutter, double sided tape, heidi swapp letters (get the picture??) Dislikes?? There isn't much that i really dislike but i refuse to make a Poppet unless Christine issues it as a challenge then i'll have to , i'll put it in the bin after i've made it though! I dont like sticker much and i shudder when i see CM techniques (which is weird considering i have 4 albums full of CM techniques lol) What technique do you use more than anything else? DO i have a fave technique, maybe inking? I usually do whatever i feel like at the time, I do go through phases eg: handcutting, ribbons etc What is the smallest scrap of paper you save? Extremely wasteful I have been told I am. I throw everything away when i'm home alone BUT bring my friend Chris into the picture and it's a different story, she is the one who at crops goes around and empties the bins (most embarrassing) she even empties the bins at shops who don't know us! Now even our friends save bits of paper for her. My fave thing to do is to throw a piece of cardstock in the table bin at a crop and watch her face as she 'yells' at me in horror!! lol Have you had any scrapping related injuries? Well i once cut my finger open with scissors, bled all over my layout AND there was no band-aids at the workshop (there is now!) i made my own out of a bit of cotton wool and double sided tape ROFL..then another time i was pushing a brad thingy (the lethal ones with heaps of pointy bits) into a piece of paper and forgot my thumb was under it, I had 4 tiny holes in my thumb that bled all over the place, i was using an overlay, i think my DNA is still on it! Finish this sentence…'If I weren’t a scrapbooker/stamper, I’d spend my money on .....TRAVEL! Give your best storage organisational tool. I adore my MM tote, it's amazing how much stuff i can stuff into it! and i love my Ori Yoki boxes too! You just won a week long scrapping cruise for 5. Who is going with you? Well i guess i had better take Chris, i'd never hear the end of it..the other tickets, i'd auction off to the highest bidders so i could have money to spend!! oh ok then..first 3 to put their names down! When you received your first publication notification, who did you tell? yeah right! OK NOW IT"S MY TURN TO TAG HMMM.. ok i tag Julie and Debbie

just a few daggy pics from today's visit!!

Had a lovely visit from Julie today, She bought her lovely son Corey along and the 3 boys got along famously, it was like they had always been friends. Have promised Corey a sleep-over during the holidays if they are all good!! Photo's say it all really, can tell where the kids get their dagginess from hey..yup,, their father's ROFL..Nearly choked at lunch watching Cam and Julie have a race to see who could eat their chip buttie first! Julie won lol, Cam thinks she is "WAY KEWL" and well poor Gary he just doesn't know what to think!! (He's still in shock from being grabbed and kissed and photographed all at once LOL) . All in all, we had a lovely time together, haven't laughed that much in ages. Poor Julie even had the misfortune of meeting my quite 'eccentric nosey' neighbour, who i wasn't going to introduce because i knew she would tell poor julie her life history..SO Julie introduced herself so it's her fault she got the life history ROFLPIMP!!!!

The Littlest member turns 1!

big big BIRTHDAY HUGS to the littlest member of the family BRAY, turning one whole year old today!!! big cuddles were had from his Adoring Nanna!! Birthday party is tomorrow, where poppy is going to take the boat so all the daddy's can go tubing! Nanna is designated photographer (as usual) Should be a fun day..stay tuned for photo's~~

finally finished!

I have finished my aunty Mary's folder!!! here it is The verse was written by Peter, my cousin, who wrote it for Aunty Theresa's folder, I liked it so much i used it on both!! verse reads:

With thoughts of you from miles away

upon your very special day

Although we're half a world apart

Your always here within my heart.

Isn't it just a beautiful verse, written by a special guy!!