OH so Pretty!! LOL

What a weekend we had, I have never laughed so much, yet got so much done!!

We started at 6pm on Friday night, found our beds, and set up ready for a full weekend of scrapping!!...on our table were Me, Jackie, Jenny and Heather (sister's) Maree and Monika. Heather adopted me, so now i have the lovliest mother a girl could wish for!! (and i mean that!!).. After settling in i managed to do 6 layouts on Friday night, although it was 5.30 when i finally got to sleep and up again at 7.30 LOL..I won a prize for doing the most layouts in one night (no mean feat, with all the laughing that was happening at our table, that Jackie is a distraction ROFL). we had the customary full retreat photo shoot, i'll put that in when i get it! i walked in and started singing "i feel pretty, oh so pretty, i feel pretty and witty and gay",..only to have everyone on the table join in, then poor Jackie couldn't get it out of her head and she kept breaking into song too...after that came my Demis Rousouss Forever and Ever...the Tess version is much better, Ask Jenny, who choked with laughter and had to leave the room in a dreadful hurry..something about toilet, quickly??? i dont know lol..that was the end of us all...we started to sing snippets of all the sound of music songs, i'm sure we drove everyone mental! we then did a a class with Beverly from BumbleBee..the first person to finish their album completley would win a prize...hehehe i won!!!...i'll take a pic later...a 9x9 MM leather album, a pack of MM products, some melissa francis products and some glitter chipboard flower...very nice..After that, it started...By Saturday afternoon i was feeling the pressure of no sleep, had a migraine starting to happen so thought i'd take a couple of mersyndol and have a hot shower to see if that would work...it did!! too much LOL..lesson to be learnt..do not take 3 mersyndol when your overtired and have had not much to eat!!! yes it's sends you hyper!! (my excuse i am sticking to it!!)....About 10.30 Jackie and Jenny decided we all needed chocolate, coke and crisps..(as if!!) so we stood up to head to the chip machine outside..OH NO..i was paralysed...i tried to move but my leg just wouldn't move..jackie and jenny were in fits...monika was staring at me horrified..heather was worried..i was beginning to panic...I kept telling them, i couldn't move..my leg was stuck..it was paralysed...ok...calm down i thought..i'll sit for a sec to see if it would come right...i sat down..to my mortification...i found out why...my um..chair you see had somehow gotten itself onto the heal of my slipper, as i was moving my leg, the chair stopped it from moving...HOW EMBARRASSING...that was the end of us..we all collapsed laughing and now thewhole room KNEW we were all mad!!!! Finally after much laughing and singing and not a lot of scrapping, Jackie left to go home about 12.30 Jenny, Heather, Monika and I snuck off for hot chocolate, refusing to go to bed until we had sung that great classic from Sound of music..'goodnite, goodnite' only in english, we couldn't remember the other words lol, to everyone as they went to bed!! we finally got to bed about 1.45..i dont even remember lying down, just waking up at 8.30 feeling not so pretty, not so witty and definately NOT gay rofl..we had breakfast and before lunch i had done yet another 6 layouts!! in total i ended up doing 16 god knows how!! lol..Chris turned up to say goodbye to us all, she was moving to Maryborough the next day, so outside we went for a photo shoot with her. lots of tears were shed by me and her when the time came to say goodbye, but i swear it was because i was overtired!!..we came back in and got someone to take some photo's of our mad table..we couldn't even behave for that...all in all it was a fantastic weekend i only hope we haven't scared Monika off for life!!!! lol

Birthday's galore

WOW what a month we've had...Luke and Evan shared a birthday on the 21st JUNE wow a month ago!! Aaryn turned 9 on the 9th and Miss Emily turned 2 on Monday!!! Haven't done much scrapping in the last month and haven't kept up with the dc's either BUT i have done this layout that i haven't shared on The scrap heap YET!! I treated myself to the K&co k-ology scrappad peabody and also some of provocraft new flocked lettering.....YUMMOOO...couldn't decide which lettering so bought both boxes. naughty girl LOL but it's been so long since i had a really big spend up so it's justified LOL especially since i dont tell Gary how much the pad cost etc *giggle*.. I'm off now to to the accompanying page to this one, then i can share it on TSH!!!!

TAGGED ARGHH

OMG i cant believe it..i've been tagged!! by Julie none the less LOL....so i had better do it otherwise i'll be in very big trouble What would you do?with 27 millon dollars? Ok I stole this from anotehr blog...hehehe thansk sally. 1. Buy 6 Houses one for each child and one for me and Gary, naturally Cam and Aaryn will have to wait until they are old enough to move out to get their houses, so i'll rent them out until then. 2. Buy a House in UK - so i could go there anytime i wish without the hassle of having to stay with rellies and inconvenience them .3. Buy us all a you beaut car each and a super huge boat for gary, probably one for Zeb too, campervan oh and a car to keep in UK for when we are there.4. World trip for 12 months or more.5. Give my brother a heap of money cos i love him and invest a whole heap too.naturally of course if i ever won that much i wouldn't have to worry about what to do with it because i'd have had a massive heart attack and gary would get the lot LOL???So what do you want - I tag hmmmm TD and Michelle M....... SUFFER!!!!!!!!!

Chrissy's challenge!!

The lovely Chrissie issued us a challenge to update our blogs with a pic of the layout we like the best that we've done for the daily challenges. I couldn't decide between 2 (should have asked for the worst i could have put in that revolting orange or even worse the yellow/green effort!).I love the way my case of Tassie Deb's layout turned out, It turned out better than i thought it would (i simply cant case for the life of me!) and i love love love my blurred challenge. Of course it looks better IRL because you can see the Castle looming out of the tree's, it's a fairytale castle and you half expect to see a knight on horseback racing down to rescue you!

BUSY!!!

I'm in the process of trying to get my layouts into albums YEAH RIGHT too many layouts not near enough albums, looking good in pizza boxes! Thinking I might have to use my Yoki Ori box for the layouts until i get proper albums actually, that's not a bad idea I might use that instead of albums, they'll look good stacked up with the layouts inside them hmmm must go and order some more i'm thinking!! While doing all this i counted up how many layouts etc i've done so far this year TADA ~ ~ ~ 92 layouts 2 RE technique folders with 6 complete pages 10 tins 3 boxes 2 photo swap layouts 15 cards 30 + paperclips 2 clipboards 5 canvases 2 RAK pages, i've also done Bev's classes so really not sure how many little bits and pieces i've made. Also made 2 shop hour signs, 1 for my cousin's hair salon in Wales and one for daisy chain which looks good on their wall LOL. So while i've been sulking and thinking i've done nothing, i've actually done heaps (no wonder i have scrappers block now!) if it wasn't for the daily challenges that we've all been doing for the scrap heap i wouldn't have done half the layouts i have! it's been a good learning curve, looking at everyone's lovely layouts, trying to comment even though i've not really had the time (must remedy that i think i need to comment on about 100 now!) i'm still 5 layouts behind but will catch up eventually, I hope lol..I also have to make 8 cards for the card swap i'm in, (why do i do this to myself?? cos it's fun lol) actually i love the swaps!! I am also in the process of making a secret santa in july present, cant say what it is or who it is from incase she comes in here and see's but after she's received it, i'll put a pic in LOL..gosh i love secret santa's. The lovely Michelle M organises the best swaps! well off to do some more sorting and might make a start on some cards..why did i pick boy birthday?? i wonder if it's too late to change to thank you????? i'll see ;) lol..

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!!

Friday's Frolic!

Had the most lovliest day yesterday (Friday), My dear friend Chris had a half RDO so she picked me up at 11.30 and we toddled off to Landsborough where we had the most delicious counter lunch at the Landsborough Pub (roast beef, with all the veges and gravy, followed by a peach gateau which we shared!), after a leisurely lunch complete with a glass of wine, we headed up the road to Scrappy-Doo, where we did a make-and-take class (for free!) spent nearly 3 hours in the shop, they were so friendly, even asked us if we would like coffee! (is the pope catholic??) We spent up big as they have heaps of stuff that we cant get at our LSS and bought the most Lush boxes to carry our 12 x 12 layouts in and matching box for my ribbons. I bought the pink candy stripe one YUMMO !Very cheap for $15 going back to get more, i think they will be better for storing my layouts instead of the poor pizza boxes i'm using until i can find the right albums for my work! If anyone want's boxes the site is click here for boxes as I'm only 15 minutes away from the store, i'm more than happy to pick them up for anyone (they only had about 8 left but will be getting more in end of May!) UPDATE: they are brand name Ori Yoki! Got home just after the boys, the G too them to archery and tennis while i got ready for my crop night! H arrived an hour early, so we sorted some photo's and I gave her a heap of her 2 babies and of her 2 nephews as she doesn't have many. We then left here at 5.15 because we had to pick up Asian Dinner for Monika, Chris, Al, Me, T and H. was yummy! I had Singapore Fried Bee Hoon cant remember what the others had LOL. Arrived at LSS by 5.45 nice and quiet at that time, set up our stuff and then pigged out on our dinners. Started scrapping about 7 as i had to have a look around shop (like spending bigtime in the afternoon wasn't enough lol). Was very good and only bought a pack of jewels because i needed them for my aunty's birthday present!. FINISHED! the inside of one folder. I worked on Aunty T's (my namesake) did 5 lovely little pages for her. . I also had to make a small folder for Chris for her mother for mother's day. That took me about half hour as i had to measure etc and make a template working out how small she wanted it, I loved the end result! going to make one today for my cousin Sal, who is having a birthday on Wednesday. Making Aunty M's today too so i can post them all off to the UK tomorrow (po is open until 2 on sunday in the plaza!). I left early again, was home by 12.30 Have to admit i am enjoying leaving that little bit early and not feeling so washed out on saturday mornings!. G is at his boating course today, getting his license, so it's just me and the 2 boys, home, they are watching Narnia, lovely movie! We cant go anywhere for the moment because L has my car in Brisbane, he took B, there for the night as it was her 18th Birthday and he wanted to do something special for her! I'm off to scrap now, early as it is, i need to get a card made for B, and the 2 folders finished!! at least the boys are being good for now!

Having FUN!

G bought himself a new boat! It's a little bigger than his other one and this one actually goes! I never went in the other one, i hated it with a passion BUT THIS ONE!! i love it, G took me out on Sunday with C and his little friend J, we went up the back of Petrie Creek into the mangroves and stopped for a little while to fish, I didn't want to go home but J got a bit bored with it all after 2 hours, C however enjoyed himself so much he cant wait to go back out again. BUT next time he wants to take out the Tube again, I wont go when the tube is involved i'm to much of a worrier so G says so he takes the boys out on that! G has also promised me that when he sells his other boat I can have the $$ to buy my new computer and printer! then i'll be a happier chappy!Today i had a spontaneous moment and decided to go to the new spotlight store, invited T and a friend M and we somehow ended up in Landsborough at ScrappyDoo, none of us had been there before so we had a bit of a browse (going back on friday to pick up my goodies that i left under counter) and we then went and ate a pie in the park! it was the first time M had eaten a pie (She's from Poland and T and I are educating her LOL poor girl). We've decided to make Wednesdays our search for scrapshops and pie day! next week we are going to the new Palmwoods store and maybe Cooroy if we have enough time, if not we'll do Cooroy the week after!! Just did a fab online class with Bev, a lovely photo box, i'll decorate it and put a picture of it, in later. G is out fishing again SUPRISE SUPRISE lol..He's going to be chuffed when he gets in, i just managed to buy him, L, B, C and A, good tickets to Crusty Demons (i'd rather stay home and stick needles in my eye!!) the show is on the 20th May, gates open at 3 performance at 5, so a nice peaceful day for me i think. They like that sort of thing. Another thing he's going to be chuffed about is that i used his card to pay for them ROFL..you didn't think i was going to use my card did you???? rofl..I'm off to have a coffee and read a bit more of the new Mary Higgins Clark book that T lent me today, i love her writings and this one is going to have me in tears i just know it!!

HOW RUDE!

Well, how rude are G and daughter T indeed! They have just been talking about me as if i wasn't in the room, talking about my COFFIN and how they are going to start a coffin-swap, send it around australia, get every one of my scrapping friends to add just a little something they are in absolute fits of laughter now, trying to decide which will be the best way to post it, will it fit in a pizza box? what colour and pp would I like? Would i like ribbons and blossoms (ah yes) AND to add insult to injury, they are putting my mobile in with me, buying me a laptop with broadband access AND hoping that i get the error message, sorry you are out of range! OH and my headstone is going to be embellished beautifully, with room for journalling! It's very reasuring to know that I am loved and that they have my best interests at heart, BUT will they please leave room for my tote???? LOL

Dumb or DUMBER??

I asked G to fill a saucepan with water for me, I looked up to see him with a look of horror on his face as all the water poured out of the bottom of the saucepan, he turned it over looking even more horrified when he saw the holes in the bottom..YUP he was trying to fill the steamer! (can you tell he DOESN'T do the cooking at our house LOL

MY FRIENDS

My friends are special to me, i love them all!

LOOK WHO VISITED US TODAY!!

Today we had a visit from

THE EASTER BONNIE

rofl!!!!

OH NO!

Oh dear! DH bought a surround sound system with new DVD player last week so has decided that it HAS to be installed NOW! He's had it all working great, (I know it's going to drive me mad in my shoebox) so why is he now mucking about with the back of the TV?? Why do men feel the need to have more power? WHY do men think they dont need the instruction manual until they have said at least 5 or more swear words?? Is it to do with Testosterone I wonder? All I want to do is finish off my Easter boxes but NO, not going to happen for a little while, I'm just sitting here PMSL at him he keeps asking me if I can hear it..UM YES! I'm not totally deaf, in fact I think the neighbor's hear it! The boys have gone off to bed anticipating the arrival of Easter Bunny, not much sleep going to happen with the noise coming from those wretched speakers, but it's keeping DH quiet (well sort of quiet lol).Now he has informed me that the dvd has a built in radio so can he take the stereo out to his office..YES and if you keep it up you can take your bed out there too LOL. Now he's gone off to the shower and left the music on and i dont know how to turn it off, shall have to 'visit' the instruction manual and learn how this 'new' remote works!! Spoke to soon, now he's back to work out the remote, its going to be 'one of those nights' i can feel it in my water LMAO!

FINALLY! My own scrap space!

FINALLY my very own scrap space. This is my very own little corner in my shoebox house for only ME. I used an old bookcase that A had in his room that was the perfect size for all my prima flower bottles and paint bottles, altered items, bits and bots. In the draws I have labeled boxes with all my bits in, and the paper shelving I bought on sale for $69 a few weeks ago. I'm just as happy as a pig in mud now LOL, as I've not had my own space for ages. AND note I don't even have to have a table lamp as I have my very own spotlight on the wall that I can move around to suit myself!! Just love it. Photo's show 2 angles of my own space, one taken close up and the other taken from the kitchen to show how small our shoebox is. I don't mind cozy, I can watch the plasma TV, use the computer, scrap and cook all at the same time LOL oh and I can see who is at the front door by just turning around and I can also watch the dog chasing the birds out of the windows SO whose a happy girl then?? Not sure how long it will stay as neat as this, probably another half hour or so as I'm about to finish the tin's I'm making for E and J!

My first real post!

Well here we are, Good Friday, DH is at work finishing off a job and I'm home alone with the boys AGAIN! They are being good today so I have relented and let them on the sony's and computers for a little while, C is still not dressed though and is refusing to take his med's so I'm just letting him be, he'll take them when he's ready I guess. (at least he has taken his Lamitcal) I scrapped until 2 last night, got home just before 3, left workshop at 2.45 so that wasn't too bad, except I had to get up at 8 as DH had left and I didn't want the boys running riot! Will feel it later on I reckon. I'm hoping to get a bit of scrapbooking done today, I'm going to go through Cameron's birth photo's and see if i get any inspiration to scrap them! What else is happening.. We are going to H and B's on Sunday for a bbq lunch, that should be nice, It's Bubbies 1st Easter so some good photo opportunities there! I made a tin for E and J (B's little sister) and just bought a rabbit for Bubby. Have bought a rabbit for E and for K i bought him what he asked for A HEN..he said..i want a HEN nanna, a HEN..not a chook A HEN! so i found him a very cute chocolate hen on a nest, seems a shame to eat it! for C and A i bought a v8 supercar filled with small eggs, and i guess i had better buy L something tomorrow (even though he's nearly 20 he still sulks if he doesn't get anything lol). Shall pick up something for Br to i guess! C has just come out and is going to take his pills LOL i just wish he'd get dressed! oh well i guess it's a go slow day. DH is getting the motor off his boat back tomorrow and will probably go out fishing tomorrow night, he's going to help me fix up my scrap corner this afternoon, (well that is the plan!) we'll see! lol. That's it for now! back later perhaps!!

BIG THANK YOU

Before I do anything I want to give a huge Thank you to 2 wonderful ladies from Aussies ~ The queen of Blogs ~ CHRISSY and The princess of Blogs ~ MICHELLE M. Without the help of these 2 wonderful ladies I wouldn't have any music playing (well I would but it would have been in the wrong place and the wrong size). Your bloods worth bottling!