its a nice day for...

Lounging in loose fitting flannelette PJs and scrappin... haha.. and... you know what? Im sitting here happily in Matts Angry Monkey PJ bottoms and a T, scrapping... eating chocolate cake and listening to loads of music, tossing messages back and forth with a new friend and having the best time.

It makes me wonder what others are doing.. do they have the pleasantries of their favourite music, the over indulgent flavours of something yummy... are they relaxed & comfy...have they talked to someone they like... and... most importantly... are they happy!?
Anywho... MEA has come out with the chocolate cake and is requesting a slice for herself.. soooo.. you know what? I may very well go have a second slice.. i'll worry about those scales tomorrow! ~L~
This is what i've so far accoplished today...
Its a photo of Kiera and Jamie (my B1&2).. they were upon a huge rock out in the middle of a rock platform at the base of Norah Head light house... Even though Jamie looks smothered and you cant see his face all that well.. it makes me warm... reminds me of how all hugs ought to be!
This other, is of my sweet Jamie D.., my boi child.. It was taken by me at Jerrabombera Duck Pond near the ACT boarder (just across the street from where we were living at the time)... I took one of each of the three kids on a post like this one... love how they turned out. I first envisioned that they would all three be scrapped side by side on the one layout though that has not been the case. oh well.. these things happen.. right!? ~L~

Loving the 6x12's and 11x8.5s!!!

And... lastly.. before i go and watch Manly Kick The Melbourne Storms arses in the 2007 NRL grand Finals... a COOOO-EEEEE to Lyn.
Don't know what your up to.. but i miss you girl. Hope that if you and Dave are still up at the camp that you are having a ball and safe.

Regardless.. Hope your well. Love you girl xxxx

GO THE MIGHTY
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAGLES!!!!!!!
i know.. i know... Bailey looks rediculous and no animal, no matter what it is, should not be subjected to the ludicrest dressing in human clothes.. no matter what the occasion... I'm sorry my sweet Bai-bee, buuuuuuut...in my defence... this one time... when the eagles have made it to the grand finals.. ive not had a little person small enough to put into this gernsy, given to Kiera when she was first born by her Manly Supporting (insert me bowing) Grandfather..

I know.. im going to hell! HAHA.. but when i do, it will be with another premiership under our belts! woooooot wooooot wooooot!
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11 sleeps and counting!!!

a Lil Saturday Share-sy

Scrapping was the last thing i thought i would be doing today though since dinner plans were posponed so i figured what a better way to fill in a saturday afternoon then a little scrap-therapy..

I have been wanting to try a layout using 12x6 for a while and today, i finally did it..
(and used some of my sacred stash of prima rack blossoms - well worth it)
Anyway... here it is..
Hope your saturday is seeing you spending it woth those you love, eating yummy food and perhaps sharing a glass of something as well..

For us... its BBQ ... First one of the season and hopefully, far from the last!!
Yipppeeee!!!!

Spreadin' the love

Not only would i like to stop in for a moment and spread the love with you all, but i will also be adding this wonderful lil find to my pimpin' list!!

Finally, i have got my self the long saught after tool of tools... the Making Memories instant setter.. (insert cheers and excited claps here)... While admittedly it is not in my hot little hands.. yet, it has been committed to and paid for by using the "buy now" option in ebay.

Why is this such a big deal? Well.. simply because this is definately the buy of the century (when not won at rediculously cheap ebay prices)... and including postage is cheaper than wholesale prices.. Anyway, here is the link... Scrap -n- crop check it out.
Obviously, because i cannot vouch for this seller as i have not recieved my goods yet, though from all that i read, and what my gut tells me.. she is above board and the genuine article.. so the old rule of buyer beware must always be forthmost when shoping on ebay as we all konw..

Anyway... thats it for me... too excited to think.. .and other than weeding an entire garden bed today, have nothing of interest to share with you.. sooooooo..

Love n hugs

me.

xxx

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14 sleeps til my scrap-shop-n' be silly with mate arrives..

Hurry up and get here already!!! haha.

xxx

The well of positivity

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Come on.. help make it happen!

:)

err, Houston.. we have a problem..

Ha.. Matt told me i had an obsession with ribbon though i never really believed him, instead laughing and thinking of Alisons ribbon stash and how it would always put me to shame.. *bowing to the almighty Ribbon Stash Master*
although, today, after again running out of the dozens we r memory keepers, american craft and franchville ribbon spools that have been generously donated to me by Al, i have again run out and still have a huge amount of ribbon to roll.

You know what i have discovered!? That.. um.. err.. *cough cough* *whisperin'* perhaps the man is right!!
How many rolls does one actually need to have to be considered a ribbon junkie!?

At a rough count i have 174 spools... (insert pulled face here) omg.. when i actually say that out loud.. its like.. my goodness girl.. that is not an obsession.. that is a serious addiction.. and.. that is not counting what would be rolled if... i had not run out of spools... nor the ribbon i envsiage that i will return from paperific from.. or the ribbon that i have been eyeing off at The Ribbon Palace and the many that i recently saw up close in person after peeking in at the Ribbon Stash Masters new catch and saying "i want i want too".
Have you seen the ribbon that Simone has there!? That place is dangerous.. though... last month i discovered a place at DFO at Essedon which i would happily forever sit on a shelf in an urn, BUT.. now... wrap me in ribbons! hahah.

It has got me to thinking... i wonder how much ribbon every one else has.

Anyway... i got sidetracked ... i actually started this post while i tried to get myself motivated to scrap something. I have been visitng Caths blog tonight and felt oh-so-lazy after seeing all that she has been scrapping.. and figured that i best do something.. though.. this post has only inspired me to count ribbons, look at the basket that houses all the spooless ones that are helplessly looking at me... and totally mind-tracked away from scrapping. ~L~ Oh well.. perhaps its time to go look at more ribbons online!

Night..

21 sleeps til Paperific...

woooohooo!

Hey Hi Hello...

Well... the absent-minded blogger returns again.. haha.

can you believe that with everything else that is happening in my life at the moment that i totally forgot about blogging!? Well... not entirely... but.. it seems that i forgot time somewhere, because there hasn't seemed to be any left over for me to drop in here and leave my mark..

I've been trotting back and forth between Scrappit with classes and home, doctors and even a trip or three to the hospital to visit with my pre-geriatric man who hurt his back and found himself laid up for a few days. I just don't seem to be able to find enough hours in each day.. and to top it all off, B1 & B2 now do rock climbing on monday nights.

They are loving it and i've been told that i have two fair dinkum spiders on my hands with the say that they scale the indoor rock walls. palease, tell me something that i didn't already know. I discovered that atleast about Jamie when he was just walking and decided that the back yard was not enough of an adventure that he had to explore the screen door until he got to the op and then could not figure how to get himself back down.. not long after, i found him attop an 8 foot high wall... Falling from tree's at school, busting lips that required stitches were not even any feat for him as he would find himself falling out of the very same tree the next time he got back to school.

Miss M was even showing a keen interest in wanting to go vertical.. even though she was not hooked to a rope let alone booked into a class she was climbing the first of the walls every time we took our eyes off her for a second.... so, i'm thinking that we will have three kids doing their best spiderman impressions soon.

Anyway... thought i would share my latest Layout with whom ever is bored enough to be prowling at ab-imo-pectore.. (for those that need a translations... that means.. from the heart! ~L~).. even though i think that its rather different for me, Alison picked it a mile away as my work..

I'm thrilled with how it has turned out.. its bohemian, moulin-rouge-i-ness reminds me of a olde french hat box!

(I just need to find the right y-o-u to add beneath the "adore" and it will be totally finished and in the mag in-boxes. Even if it is rejeted all round, i have to say.. this layout is one that i am really.. truely happy with and will love no matter what happens.

Love..

ME :)

PS: Paperific is getting closer... which means... Miss Cath.. Have you started to pack yet!? :D

Sneek Peek

Well... i did it... finally.. though the lighting is not that good, being that it was well after 5pm this afternnon when i got around to it.. i have got a few piccies to show of my reno-in-progress. ~Laughs~
See that horrible busy fabric of the sofa? That is the biggest thing on my reno target list... and the colour that my now oh-so-yummy cream chair in my scrap room WAS. What a transformation huh!?
The long cabinet originated the same colour as the lamp table is (though not for much longer).. so it too has gone through a huge transformation.. I have to say.. i love love LURVE the door handles on it now.. sure beats the timber that they initially were. The small cabinet is a delectable provincial beige.. and the long one with the yummy handles is the same colour, though has the slightest tint of green. (could not help myself! hahaha)
I so can't wait for it to all be done and over now so i can just enjoy it!
:)

Just a quicky..

I know.. i know... im the worst blogger ever lately..
Will saying that i have been flat out busy compensate for anything!? ~L~... Just check out my class schedule... i promise... im telling the truth! hahah.

Just thought i would say hello.. and wish you all a wonderful weekend... (even though its officially now half way over).. and let you know that i have not slipped off the face of the earth...

Ooooh... and guess what!? Finally.. the furniture Renos are coming along nice enough that we have one piece fully finished... (i'll get some piccies to show it off).. and another, almost ready to bring back inside.
There have been tonnes of dramas with the suade that i am using for the sofa and chair in the living room.. though hopefully before long it will be in my hot little hands... though not if Spotlight keeps up the way they have been going.. i swear.. what a bunch of idiots. Grrr..
Well... have had a huge HUGE HUGE day so im gonna call it exactly that and say good night before i crawl off to bed to hybernate.

~hugs n loves~

xxx