I have been chosen!!!!

2 of my layouts have been showcased on scrap the pets AND I am the first person to have a layout shown on scrap the stuff. A new blog that i found that is for all the other sort of scrapping we do, AND also on inspire me a blog to inspire you to scrap! (never thought I would inspire anyone to scrap but there you go!) go check them out, submit even!!! Scrap the stuff is offering 2 prizes, one for comment and one for submitters!!!

Trouble Oh NO!

Gary has just taken Bonnie and the babies up to the vet. The twins haven't been feeding at all today and i've been trying to manually put them on and squeeze milk etc, etc. Rang the vet who said I'm doing all the right things BUT, to take them up for a check and she will see if they need bitchmilk suppliment .... Just after we hung up the phone I had a right shock because one of the twins, made a very loud squeak and went stiff in my hands, . I made Gary take them all to the vets just incase... Poor Aaryn has been crying up a storm since they left AND NOW, Gary has just rung from the vets, to let us know that, SHE IS ALIVE!!! well for the time being, the vet is getting her warm and getting some milk into her, apparently, had we left it she would have died for sure but she only had some sort of little seizure PHEW, not out of the woods yet, but it's reasuring that she's in good hands.

have you??

I have LOL i got brave and emailed a couple of layouts to the new blog they are uploading first lot of layouts on Saturday 1st. As requested I'm linking! lol

WHAT DO YOU THINK???

of my new look blogger template??

WHAT A MANIC 24 hours!!

BE WARNED......VERY LONG POST.......YOU MAY NEED REFRESHMENTS ..........LOL

• Well, where to begin! started at midnight finished at 3.30 this afternoon LOL i am knackered!! really need a nanna nap but that isn't going to happen, so thought i'd update blog now while boys are watching Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix...yup lucky us got a copy and it's still at the pictures (thanks V).
• Hmm what else has happened WELL...this....

• how bloody cute...5 of them...one set of identical twins..NOW it's not common for dogs to have twins but it's not rare (work that out lol) i guess more are born twins but unless witnessed you cant prove it. I however saw the last 3 pups being born, I thought BLIMEY when i saw the last one come out, it's bloody huge! when the sac burst, there were 2 tiny little girl puppies in it, WOWZERS!! and they are identical! I want to keep them..I also want to call them Molly and Milly, I also want to call one Mika, and Obah (after darren obah) and I also want to call one Kostas...after all, they are boxers, they should have a boxers name like their daddy Tyson LOL..Bonnie our beautiful girl is their mummy so it's 100% profit for us LOL anyone want to buy one?? will get better pics when they are a bit bigger, but one boy looks just like his dad and the other 4 have their mother's looks and colouring! anyway, getting back to names, Gary said, I have to call them 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, because it's up to their new owners to name them, he reminded me just how i hated it when the breeder named Tyson (i wanted to call him Obah or Kostas but he was already used to Tyson, didn't want to play with his head lol)..BUT blah blah blah, that was different, these babies are MINE lol anyway Milly and Molly are cute names for twins dont you think..maybe i'll just name them in my head! I'm afraid they are going to be 5 very spoilt fur babies!! We didn't tell the girls, when Hayley arrived at 8.15 i took Emily to the laundry to show her, She screamed (as you do when confronted with cuteness) and ran screaming PUPPIES through the house, the neighbours now know we have puppies!! Big surprise for that little family. Tina wasn't coming over until 10 so i rang her and said, check your emails..NOW! something you NEED to see, i wouldn't tell her what it was...she screamed (proved that theory about cuteness, thank god you don't do that in maternity hospitals or while out shopping!! or when confronted with that ever so hunky doctor in emergency dept at hospital....OOPS I digress LOL)
• RIGHT so after the excitement of the night and after just 2 hours sleep, i had my Stampin-up Party..What a great day we had! Kimberley arrived at 9.30, house was clean, lunch prepared, morning tea ready, everything spic and span but i just knew i had forgotten something..Her and Hayley laughed ah yes...i should get showered and dressed perhaps??. I had 9 ladies turn up...Debbie Y, Monika, Audrey, Heather, Heather (my mommy) Miss Maree (aka farting lady! dont ask LOL), Tina, Hayley oh and MOI. We made 3 cute little things, will share later!
• I did try very hard to alert, but bare in mind I WAS TIRED! no sleep (my excuse i'm sticking to it) was it my fault, that when Kimberley said, 'score here' i did, oh yes, i stuffed up the totally foolproof card..not once but TWICE lol, the 2nd time i scored i did it in the right place BUT used the blade instead of scorer and totally cut off the corner LOL..that caused quite a giggle around the table! (ust as well i am thick skinned otherwise i would have thought they were laughing at MOI lol)..
• we had a yummy lunch, caesar salad and quiche (my secret recipe dead easy lol) and sandwiches, and cheese platter, followed by MUD CAKE...OOOOOPS...ever so sorry ladies, LOL after just about everyone had gone home, Mum remembered the cake so Tina, Monika, Maree, Kimberley, and Hayley ate it..UNFORTUNATELY someone (NOT ME!) gave the kids a piece and OMG they went hyper, (well more hyper lol) i couldn't hear myself think and i needed to think, it was FREEBIE TIME lol...
• I ended up with 3 sets of stamps, and 2 jumbo roller stamps for FREEEEEEEE dont you just love that (oh Debbie, i got the Scribble roller and stamp set FREEEE, get ready for Mondays LOL)..
• OK..i think that is all for today's news...CONGRATULATIONS on getting this far...and if you did, leave a comment (waving to those i know are here, but dont leave footprints LOL) so i know you've been!!!! yes, YOU know who YOU are lol...

Lots of things!

Can't think of a specific title so lots of things will do!

• Firstly....BIG THANK YOU to the ever so lovely LIS for my little pay it forward RAK that arrived in mail today. A gorgeous pincushion. I am always looking for pins, now i have no excuse! Thanks Lisa LOVE IT!!!
• Secondly.....another BIG THANK YOU, to the gorgeous Heike for the lovely autumn leaves stamps that I was lucky enough to win on her blog! LOVE THEM heaps and have used them already!!!!! (see layout below! wedding present one)
• And Thirdly ...yet another BIG THANK YOU, to Nicole, for my lovely Secret Santa gift, a fold out album, and lots of bits and pieces!!!
• I will take a pic of all my little pressies later
• Lovely Lee has asked her blogging friends (stalked perhaps?? ROFL only joking !!) to advertise her new little venture, so here I am, doing as I'm told LOL..ok..exerpt from her email:
• I have been asked to be on the team of a new challenge blog called Category Stories (to say I am beside myself with excitement is a total understatement!!). The blog address is: http://categorystories.blogspot.com/ and there is not much there at the moment but there will be on September 1st USA time (so 2nd September NZ / Aussie time) when the first challenge goes up. The blog is an international one, and each fortnight (or so) we will post a category for people to do a layout/creation on. It hopefully will be a bit fun and different with some prompts for pages/journals that people may not have thought of before. We are just issuing Categories every fortnight or so for people who might like to play along, and there will be a prize for a layout chosen from each category..
• Sounds like it might be fun hey!! so come on, go take a squizz on Sunday!! I think I will!!!
• Another couple of new blogs i have found scrap the pets (i've had 2 layouts on there!!) and also whilst running through blogland i found this new site that is yelling out for submissions (so i got brave and emailed them too LOL) SCRAP THE STUFF looks like everything is covered now, boys, girls, teenz, pets and stuff LOL...
• HMM what else.....I have posted the RAKS to Leanne, Chrissy and Deb, you should get them soon!!!
• I'm having a stampin-up party/workshop on Thursday, should be fun! I have about 10 lovely ladies coming (MUD CAKE!! amazing how that word brings people out of hibernation LOL), really looking forward to the day.
• I'm bored! LOL i have nothing exciting to write about. The kids haven't been obliging by coming out with funny things, I've not fallen down, or done anything strange (surprised aren't you lol)....went shopping...bought Wild Hogs, but wont let the kids watch it, it's for Father's day!! lol...so they are watching Norbet in the bedroom, it must be funny, all I can hear is Aaryn in fits of laughter. I've not seen it or Wild Hogs before (i hate going to the cinema, i always fall asleep when the movie starts lol), but Gary and the boys assure me that I will laugh...We'll see, their sense of humor and mine are totally different...but then again..I have laughed watching the previews!
• I had Master Keiran (he's nearly 5 wowzers!) in the car with me today, Tina told him to put his seatbelt on and he sighed very loudly and said..."I can't, it's way too IMPOSSIBLE" i nearly run into a pole with laughter!...he also had me in fits in Kmart, Tina told him off for being silly, he grabbed my hand and took me to one side and whispered "she's cranky Nanna, she is always cranky, we better stay away from her ok"..When we were at the park, he gave a big sigh, looked at me and said.."Did you hear that Nanna, that was me, my body made that noise" I told him it was called a sigh, so we both sighed and sighed, just to get the hang of it. He sighed really loud and said " I love to sigh Nanna" and then went on to say "My mum, WELLLLLLLL she sighs at Daddy all the time, when daddy just doesn't listen to her" I sighed and said "oh dear, Mummy's do that I guess"...his answer..."yes, nanna's do it to poppy's too!!" oopps!!! best not sigh anymore!
• Right...I'm off now! congrats on staying this far! LOL..i'll leave you with a couple of layouts I've only got 2 to do before 31st and i'll have finished the monthly challenges on Aussies!! YEEHAH...wonder if i'll get them done LOL...
• WOW......the moon is turning RED, off to take some pics of the Lunar Eclipse, it's a beautiful night out, i hope my camera behaves LOL
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• just took this pic, it's not the best but it's the best my camera can do tonight, because i dont remember how to put it on slow speed blah blah blah LOL...
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• THE LUNAR ECLIPSE.... OK..so i went back outside after putting the last pic up, played around with the settings on my camera and lo and behold, i am clever after all!! it took me ages to get the right picture though and guess what?? TODAY i cant remember how i did it, i guess i should practise some more
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who would believe

After all the wild weather we've had this week, wind, rain, floods etc, that today would be a beautiful Queensland day, no sign of rain, flooding all but subsided (a few areas still damp). it's gorgeous!! We took the boys for a picnic at Wappa Dam, what a site to behold. The noise of water running over the dam was deafening but oh so worth it. We didn't end up going to the falls as the path there was too muddy and far to treacherous for a little old lady who tends to fall over just by saying the word fall LOL...no, I mean ME lol, i tripped up 3 times at the dam, Heaven only knows what damage i could have done to myself at the falls!! (oh LOL i just realized..falls...LOL see, i would have fallen for sure). Nothing to exciting happened on our excursion, the boys were well behaved and even asked me to take their photo near some very impressive golden bamboo. Naturally, being the loving mother I am (choke) I obliged, Even Gary obliged by not looking gormless in some photo's and to top it all off Cameron offered to take a photo of Gary, Aaryn and Me, i had to check it before he took off though as the terror usually pretends to take a photo and you stand there looking like a plonker as he takes a photo of a tree or something like that, but today he took a not to bad photo!...

Wappa dam, How impressive!!!

Under the bamboo

flood pics

Blogger wouldn't let me upload all the pics so i had to collage them, but you get the idea!! the 2nd last row is not a lake BUT the football grounds at Palmwoods. Just about every road that leads into Maroochydore was closed at one stage today, Hayley and I braved the rain for the sake of scrapbooking to get some pics, The river apparently completely broke the banks at high tide approx 6pm tonight but it was too dark to go get pics plus the fact that on the news they told people to stay inside unless really necessary, i dont think the police would class my scrapbooking as necessary (well I know one who would, but i dont think she's on duty tonight LOL)..things are quite soggy here, but dams are filling..IF it stops as promised tomorrow, I've promised to take the boys to Wappa dam on Sunday as it's filled to capacity and roaring (should get some good pics!!) also have promised them a hike to Buderim Falls, we've only ever seen them running once (lived her near 20 years!) and as they are just up the road from us (and round the corner!) it's not to far to go and once again..great photo's to be had!!!

I hear thunder!!

• It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring!! oh yes, i think the drought has broken!! well it feels like it. Steady, hard rain since Tuesday night, and earlier on Thunder and lightening..the park across the road is totally underwater, you can just see the skatebowl. It looks like a nice little lake..talking of lakes, the lake around the corner has flooded too!! and not to mention the back yard, it's well above our ankles and the dogs will be needing little rafts soon LOL..Apparently Baroon Pocket dam (our main water supply) is full and has enough water in it to last SC 2 years (so they said on the news tonight). Hopefully Wivenhoe is getting filled up too!! Mr You Know Who, might keep his mitts off Traveston if this rain keeps up!!!...ok enough about wet, rain,(give us a few more day's we'll be praying for sunshine again LOL)..
• I SCRAPPED...indeed I did, i started off by just organising all my scrapping gear the last couple of days in preparation for the new dining suite, I have no desk so had to scrap at the dining table BUT it felt good!! Probably because i knew exactly where everything was! I didn't mean to scrap, I was just going to put packs together ready for the crop at TSH on Saturday, needless to say, no packs were put together but i did throw this layout. It's the Adorable Aussle pack and have to say, LOVED THE PAPERS!!! I also used one of Nicole's sketches.
• It's a bit of a tribute to my Dad, it wasn't going to be, but then the journalling kind of took over. It was hard to write down, but very therapeutic! it says:
• Since Dad died, I often wonder where he is now and is there really such a place as Heaven. Sitting on the beach late one afternoon, I was thinking about dad, when the sun came out from behind a dark storm cloud. In that moment I knew Dad was telling me he is ok. I didn’t have my camera so I used my phone to capture a photo, so I could never forget the day I had a glimpse of HEAVEN....
• It was a clever woman who invented the phone with built in camera dont you think LOL

another calendar page!

making 12 pages exactly the same, sounds easy but GAWD it's dead boring after about 4 LOL..i've finally finished all the pages for the calendar swap now, January and July...+ the actual page with the calendar on it!! so 48 pages soon winging their way to SA to Nicole!!! Here's my effort for July page..

Back later to blog properly

what do you think

OF the clip LOL my boys found it on youtube and have giggled all evening...They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard,!!!!...ever so clever!!!

Pay it forward Ladies

3 lovely ladies to receive a RAK...TD, Leanne and miss Chrissy!!! I have TD and Chrissy's addresses. Leanne could you be a love and email me your snail mail i cant seem to find it and I know I had it LOL.. NOW LADIES, dont forget, you now need to pay it forward on your blog, just copy and paste the bit from previous post..ta muchly...

BIG THANKS & pay it forward.......

To my friend across the ditch Michelle aka mrs frizz for these absolutely beautiful creations that she did for me in a recent photo swap!! Mind you, we had a few small heart-attacks in thinking that the postie may have decided to keep them for himself, but after a little detour, the parcel arrived this morning!! Absolutely amazed at all the little beads, patiently stuck down and perfectly placed by Michelle. I surely would have thrown the beads with temper! what patience she has!!

• Thanks heaps Michelle, i really love them to bits!!!

and while i'm handing out thanks, i would like to thank

Heike for being so generous with her EDM win!!! I was lucky enough to win the Autumn leaves stamps...

and also Lis for a RAK on her blog for the Pay it Forward thingy on her blog!!!

So now it's my turn to pay it forward.The first 3 people to comment on this post will recieve a handmade gift from me! But you have to keep it going forward, so you will need to post it on your blog too! (that is if you want a gift from me lol you might not!!!)

RGB....that's me! lol

Nicole thinks I'm a Rocking Girl Blogger, Bless her little heart..so now i have to choose 5 of you my friends to be one too HMMMMM....but first the rules...

• Apparently the rules are: place the badge on your blog -give credit to Roberta (She started the rockin’ blogger awards) -check out the latest list she has on her site -pick 5 rockin’ girls of your choice and tag em’
• ok....so now i choose

• Debbie
• Tina
• Sharryn
• Bev
• Susan C

There now go forth and nominate!!!!! LOL..... (will be back later with an update etc)

just a sneak peak

I have been working on these calendar pages all afternoon! I had to make 12 identical pages for a swap I am in for one of my yahoo groups :). I have no idea why I decided stamping and cutting all those flowers would be a good idea, but I'm glad I did it now (with callouses on fingers too lol). I have also put a little glass bead in the middle of each flower and also the A.s I wanted to use pearl beads but i didn't have any

I used the Robo to make the January title and will use the word on the actual calendar side (so double use!!). All in all I stamped and cut 72 large flowers and 96 small ones. I love this stamp set from Stampin-up it was a special earlier this year. Delight in life..

I used pink bazzil and java bazzil but somehow my scanner decided it would look better bright pink (i assure you it is a very nice pink!). I do hope it will be ok..It's my first big swap with this group and for some unknown reason, i put my name down for 2 pages so now I have to do July's page (but I do have an idea so will get to them tomorrow!!)

better day today

Having a better day today after my little vent yesterday, although Cam is still out of sorts apparently he doesn't like cleaning and it's all my fault that his room is too clean! oh well, you get that! We've had a huge clean up today! I've had my carpets cleaned, lounge suite, even my computer chair. It's so much easier when you have your own carpet cleaning machine. Floors are all mopped, house smells ever so clean!! I've even dyed my hair as a bit of a reward. I usually spend a fortune and never really happy with the colour i get, so this time i just bought a do it yourself job and have to admit I love the colour!! (and there is no grey!) Had a huge shock about 10 minutes ago, well not so much as a shock but a sort of OMG my babies are growing up far to fast and I should really pay attention to the songs they listen too! Music Max is on, I told Cam that Black Eyed Peas were on and his fave song was playing, Him and Aaryn sat and sang along to it..My Humps, My Humps..they knew every single word. I was impressed until i started to really listen. I mean, I hear this song nearly every day, I even sing My Humps along with it and then lalalala the words I don't know BUT NOT ANYMORE!!!!..OMG (i have to admit that Gary is in fits of laughter, because he knew the words of the song and what it was about) Watching the clip, all the bits fell into place..OMG they are NOT singing about speed humps or camel humps,..but lady lumps!! (i must admit, i do find it a little amusing that I've been singing a song about my lovely lady lumps and not knowing it)..so..in future, I'm going to Google any song, get the right lyrics and start to veto what they listen too, although I'm beginning to think it's a little late for that LOL..that's what happens when you have Older children and then younger children..YES i blame the 3 older ones ROFL...

just FED up today!

Today has been just 'one of those days'. You know the ones, that seem to go on and on and nothing is achieved?? SO if you dont want to hear me vent, just dont read on any further!!!

Cam spent the night at Hayley's, he sat up for most of the night playing the XBox, then was up well before 6.30am to play it again. They rocked home about 9 and he's been in fine bloody form all day. I hate it when he has what I call 'true Asperger days'. These are the days, I so wish he was back on his medication. He doesn't listen, is extremely rude and cheeky, eats everything in sight (which is a good thing not a bad thing so something good comes of these days) and is just so damn tiring, that I dont know which way is up. He's finally managed to calm down a bit and I have relented and let him watch cartoons until bedtime WHICH if i have my way will be 7pm!! lol.. He gets a sort of glazed look on days like today, i feel sorry for him but yet I also feel sorry for anyone who gets in his way. I told him earlier, it is like having a perpetual 2 yr old in the house, he doesn't seem to accept reason and does the silliest of things, like tipping all of the dogs water over the top of the dogs and then playing in the mud it makes (just like a 2yr old!!). Very Tiring day indeed!!! I'm tired of cleaning up after him today!

I also had a menopausel moment, which really hasn't helped my mood much at all, in fact, since having it, i've been downright depressed. I felt i needed to talk to my dad today after all, it's saturday, i used to ring him on Saturdays, only thing was. I sort of forgot that my Dad had died, I rang the nursing home and felt a right absolute idiot, when the nurse informed me that he was no longer with us, she must be used to it though, because i just stammered and she said, it happens a lot. I cried for ages after that. I feel I'm not allowed to be depressed or upset about my dad's passing because when i do, if I'm asked what's wrong, i get eye rolling and oh is that all, when i say what's up with me. It seem's it is not acceptable for ME to grieve but it's ok for others. This comes from friends as well as family. Sometimes i just want to yell at them and tell them that believe it or not, I am human too. (surprise!!!!)

On days like today, I feel totally alone, no friends, nothing (*SIGH* insert Mr Lonely song here!!! Lonely, I'm so lonely, I have no-body...to call....myyyyy owwwwnnnnn).

Husband has gone to play poker AGAIN..seem's he has found his calling LOL...so I'm home alone with 2 naughty boys who if i have to speak to them to stop hitting each other with my new cushions just one more time, will be going to bed with very red bottoms!!! NOW where did I hide that vodka bottle??? LOL....think I might try to get a few calendars finished for the calendar swap I'm in. REMIND ME?? why do I do these things?? not drink LOL but do swaps?? I might learn to say no one day!!!

Curls, curls and more curls!

This cheeky monkey came for dinner tonight and a bath too! just love how her curls go into ringlets after a wash and condition!! shame they dont stay that tidy though!! I asked her to smile nicely for Nanna, so she did! she mucked up a bit too! I was lucky enough to get some new scrapping material LOL.check out those curls, hard to believe I used to have hair just like that and so did her mother (hayley)......

she watched the wiggles with me this arvie, red wiggle was making a spell, "what is that magic word?" he said..."why yes, it's abracadabra, thank you for telling me"...

THEN cheeky little miss says..."stupid murray, i never even said a word, did i nanna"

I guess she's growing up LOL...

oh and for the record...I am a good girl!!! I took miss to the toilet (she's in the process of being trained and doing very well) and naturally, nanna had to 'go wee's too!" It's been quite a while since I got a resounding round of applause and jumps and claps and naturally Poppy was told that nanna was a good girl!!! I'm feeling quite proud of myself ROFL.........

Monday!! ahh

I love Mondays, my day off!! i do nothing on Mondays, I get the boys off to school and usually sneak back to bed for an hour, then when I hear Gary come home from work, I jump up, pretend I'm making beds (doesn't everyone??) and then when he goes back to work at 10 I sometimes sneak back to bed OR just veg around the house. BUT not this morning, OMG look at me, I'm dressed and have been out and about (begrudgingly mind you!). I had to drop my car over to the panel beaters by 9am then came home so Gary could eat his breakfast, then back into town to pick up the hire car. What a kaffuffle that turned into, Gary forgot to transfer the $$ onto his other card , so, over to the bank to do so *sigh MEN*, back to the car hire, they upgraded the car for free, (so they said lol) all the did was give me an automatic with 4 doors instead of a 3 door manual,!! but, it's silver who's complaining LOL. Checked the car over, have you driven one of these before?? oh yes I have, I've had a few when i've been in Tassie..so in I get and turn on the car, PMSL it was already turned on, (I promise I have driven one before, only it is so quiet i didn't hear the engine)..OK forgot they are touchy on the accelerator too LOL..nearly run over Gary, (without even trying ROFL) I have also finished one of my challenge layouts and 2 calendar pages. I forgot to scan TD's (sorry) but did scan Danielles. I have decided I like Danielle's page so much I'm going to do 12 the same, for another calendar swap i'm in with a different group! the baby is ME!! i was about 10 months old, it's one of the only pics I have of me with my Nanna!

OOPS

forgot to say YES PLEASE Kathryn..the link would be Fab... thanks also to everyone for leaving comments...it's nice to know whose been in to visit!!!