Blog Candy

I know.. i know.. two posts from this slack blogger in one day... no.. your not delirious... its for real.. im posting again...

I just stumbled upon this blog candy, via the gorgeous Estivalia's beautiful blog... you should check out the awesome lil pet she has!! A real... live... hedgehog!!! I want one tooo!!!!!!!! :P i do believe that she has just had babies too.. if only i lived closer i may have convinced her that i would be a wonderful foster mama.. ;)

Anyway... everyone loves candy... and if your anything like me... love fonts.. and more so if they are in the form of stamps, rub ons or chipboard... anyway.. these are stamps... check out the blog... link them to your blog and leave a comment... you never know...i could be totally green of you one day very soon.
Good luck!!!

Paradise dreamin'

Man... i cant believe it... last week i was wearing angora wool felted scarves and winter coats to work and nearly running the whole way from the train station, just to keep my blood from freezing in my veins.. and today... what a difference it is... all i need is a beautiful view of an idealic blue green sea, a deck chair in the sand and a daiquiri and i would think i had slipped from this busy crazy world into some Paradise Dream land..

Oh how i wish the beautiful weather would last.. though, alas... the weather man predicts cooler weather again, right through until thursday/friday.... so i guess i should enjoy the thongs (aka flip flops) summer attire and try and get a little sun on these lily white legs before it dissapears.... and make sure that the winter woolies are all prepared for monday again. ~insert pulled face and groan here~

I hope where ever you are... what ever you are doing.. you are smiling and enjoying your day just as much as i have enjoyed mine!!

Lyn... enjoy your campin.... i wanna go campin with the bears too!!!

Lisa... glad to see that you have stopped by...

The gorgeous Cathy... miss you sweety... thank you for making my weeks fly with the lovely, impromptu little messages that you send on my phone.. cant wait til you are down again girl..

and.. to all my other blog lurkers.... ummm... errr..... what can i say but thanks for stopping in... and HI... drop me a note if'n you want to!

Where in the world is she!?

I have no doubt that any that pop by to read my blog have been thinking that for some time, since its been 10 days shy of 3 months since i last posted.
For those that emailed me, worried after me.. thank you for your thoughts and caring.. for those who have simply checked in here and left... well... im here now!

Life ... man, i didnt know that it could move so fast. I cant believe that it has been a little under 3 months since my life altered dramatically and i start working again. It is everything that i expected it to be... and so so so so so so so much more. I cant start to tell you how much i have enjoyed it so far. Though, i do have to admit, it was not all roses... for a little while there i was so asking myself what had i sniffed to make me make such a life altering descision. Though... almost three months on, here i am... Only 9 months and abit left until i have the first of my qualifications under my wing. It has seemed like months more though, that i have been training.. the days have merged to some degree and left me totally oblivious to pretty much everything but work, my family who patiently wait in the wings of my home of a night for my return.. and ... my new found love for sleep..

There is little to no time for anything else... though, i am sure that at some point in the future, that will change.

Other than starting work, i have seen my Boy turn into a teenager... my man add another candle to his cake, my eldest baby turn 15, my pooch turn 5 and passed through another anniversary since i lost my father. I cant beleieve that 15 years has passed... id like to say that it doesnt hurt anymore, though i would be lying. It doesnt hurt in the say way, admittedly, though, its still a pain i would never wish on anyone. I dont go a day without thinking of him.. and missing him like mad. I know, though, he is watching over me.. and that i am making me so proud taking this new path in my life.

Happy birthday to 4 of the 5 that make my days brighter... I love you!!!

I have turned on msn today for the first time in months, fearful that i would be flooded with a truck load of messages, i only found one. I guess i am rather forgettable, huh!? ~L~
Though, the messenger was no surprise to me, since almost without fail she greets my new week with a monday morning SMS message on the way to work.. i know she has not forgotten me. Love ya babe and cant wait for next month!!!

I have found myself sitting at my desk today, cleaned and welcoming me to scrap, thanks to my darling man... whom... i have jokingly called my house bitch since i started work... (um mah.. though, he knows i say it with jest. He is the best house hubby i know... even when he works almost as long hours as i have been, He is my saviour... )...anyway... i have nothing at all to do on my day off and my inspiration and mojo are no where to be found. Im sure that i last saw it sitting on my desk. I wonder if it has been filed!?

I have done something scrap related today though... i made an exciting purchase... a scrap related one at that... i put a Making Memories Slice on layby (with some accessories)! Im hoping to be able to pay for it fully within the next two weeks or so, before it arrives in store.

So... a little about work... i think i have finally found what i was meant to do with my life, besides be a mother and wife.. I love nursing so much. While, some days are totally challenging and i am left asking myself "Why am i there".. the rest of the time, i am totally content. yes, its early days yet, though from all reports, im blowing everyone away with my knack and ability.. I have even had one practitioner who does not work there often, that i had never worked with, or met until the day i worked with her, ask where i had nursed before and how long i had been nursing. When i told her i was 3 months into my training she laughed and didnt believe me. I have had so many fabulous reports from the other practitioners.. on days when i really think i am not cut out for it (generally when i make a boo boo)... it makes life seem so much eaiser again.

I have had reception and steri duties, to both, i have to say, i count down the hours.. and secretly hope that someone calls in sick so i can nurse in their place. ~L~

Anyway... im rambling.. and really should be organising something for dinner since the entire house is due to arrive home in any tick of the clock.

I promise to make every attempt to be a little more regular with my posts here... Im at Uni all next week, so dont expect too much, too soon! ~L~

Thanks for stopping by.

Leppards and Red Coats....

Phew.. what a day... I've been out and done all the grocery shopping for everyone so there is not a worry about what they are going to eat next week while I'm away.. I've written a list + instructions + recipes = Organization so that Matt can just come home from work and just check the list, chuck the stuff for dinner together and not have to stress... The cupboards are nice and stocked... and i even bought the kids sox today so there is not morning stressing about who has what sox or worse still.. NONE.

Perhaps you may think that is a little extreme... though you dont know the sox monsters in our house... they are needing to be put onto a strict diet, i swear... When pairs come out to the wash, they are returned in pairs, though its those socks that get swooped up and gobbled before they get to me that is the concern. At the moment, I could equip atleast one prep/1 school class with sox for making sock puppets.. if not one for each hand...
Besides... a super duper bargain found in Target. I swear the people that mark the items in target are just either stupid or lazy... $5.50 a twin pack of sox = 86c, $7.95 twin packs = 86c, $7.99 three packs = 2.86. If you do the math... that is rediculously cheap for cushioned sole sport crop sox.. Who could resist a bargain... I just wish i could find one again like my 5c a 40 pack of 6x4 photo paper that i found there last year... Like i said... Lazy or just plain stupid! (fyi - i will never have to buy photo paper AGAIN!!) ... I {HEART} Bargains!! :D

Anyway.. once i finished there, i went and treated myself to a haircut before heading to another shopping center where i found my next bargain of the day.. $169 red woolen jacket slashed to $39. Nothing wrong with it.. just one of the many bargains i have ben lucky to pick up at this years end of finacial year sales.
Bargains = savings = One happy mama.

Sooooo... just when i thought my day had been fantastic since i had found a red jacket that i liked... and at an awesome price, when i went to pick Matt up this afternoon he asks me what i think of def leppard. Well.... for me... its a part of my teen years that im not willing to let go of.... and if he truely knows me, he knows that! :D Anyway... the reason he asked was because on the 3rd sept (i think he said) we are going to the Rod Laver Arena to see them in CONCERT!!!!! They have just released an new album... which we have... which is awesome... If you love them.. check out "Songs from the sparkle Lounge"!
I didnt even know they were coming to Melbourne...
but... guess what!? I do now and we are getting the tickets as soon as they go on sale tomorrow...
can you say DEF LEPARD!?

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The dream begins in 4 Sleeps!!!!

A little overdue Share..

Remember the class that I was talking about a few weeks ago that I was teaching? With the plans of that and totally flaking into sleep mode afterwards I forgot to upload a photo of it to share... better late than never.. right?
Arent the colours just divine!? I {HEART} Teresa Collins Papers at the moment. I'm planning a play with her other ranges, very very soon!

I filled the album with all sorts of photos.. from fathers day to mothers day, the childrens first photos through to our wedding anniversary photos... and one very special page has photos of my dad. The first photos i have actually scrapped of him.. Everything in this album brings a special smile to my face with the memories that the photo invokes... The rings are big enough that i can add more pages later if i want to add "memories"...
Ive seen one of the albums that was completed in my class and it looks wonderful.. i get to see a few more next week when i catch up with a few of the girls that were in my class in person while im in Newcastle training. I look forward to it..

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The dream is about to begin.... in Only 5 sleeps!!

A little Apple-Candy

It looks like my desk has been the single victim in a very huge hurricane right at the moment.. there is crap everywhere... and not an inch of my desk is recognisable as a work space... so... what is new right!? ~L~

Well... this is...& the reason for my cyclonic desk state .. (amongst the fact that im trying frantically to organise some stuff to go away with me and tie up the last bits of some things im working on for Scrap Apple... its a layout that I have created for the girls at Scrap Apple although, I am just so excited to have scrapped something that I could not help but share it with y'all.. especially Cathy, the gorgeous girl next to me in this photo.. Im thrilled with how it turned out.. its simple.. though.. i dont think that matters.. hope Cath likes it too.







This is a previous layout that i did a little while ago for the girls...(this pic is a little crappy, though i will endevour to take another picture and re-upload it soon.. Anyway.. It has been showcased this week on the home page of the site... Needless to say, my princess was so thrilled to see herself on the computer screen in someones "SHOP!" Isn't she beautiful? I cant believe that she is 7 now.. and growing up so so quick...





I made this album for her birthday memories from last year and has become one of her most treausred items. While it stays safe in Mammas scrap room on a shelf, she can be found often, tucked up in my plump creme chair looking over the pages and touching all the "touchy feely" i added just for her since she loves to touch stuff to her skin to feel the different textures.

Freaky for some...

Friday the 13th seems to be surrounded by superstitions... you know the kind... dont walk under ladders, avoid black cats crossing your path... etc etc... though ive been a long time believer that friday the 13th is a lucky day.
Miranda was due on Friday the 13th and while the nursing staff were a little concerned that i would be upset with the news, i was thrilled with the prospect of having a little "good luck" baby. Miranda though, had entirely a different view on when her birthday should be and made her way into the world ten days after.

While today, friday the 13th found me sick in bed for the day with an aweful tummy flu that ive had for a few days, spending most of my day asleep, i got woken up at 3pm today to the most wonderful surprise.

I had been waiting on the posty as he was meant to be delivering a "card" for me... though when i snuck out to the mail box in my jammas at noon when he arrived and saw that there was no card i settled to the fact that it must not be arriving today..

So, you cam imagine my surprise when the doorbell rang and the courier guy was at the door with a pink and purple package for me!!!!

Happy mail!!! The best kind too as it came from my Bestie!!!

"just a card...." pfffft... Cathy, you dont do anything in halves and there is never a "just" when your involved. I know you didnt say just, though what else would i think when you said "oh, there is a card in the mail for you!"..
You spoil me.. you made my misserable, sickly day wonderful...
thank you!!

Soo.... for all those of you that are superstitious, hope that you are avoiding the ladders and cats... while, those of you that are like me and see the day as a lucky day.... HAPPY FRIDAY 13th!!!!

:D

News of the century

I come to you today, high up on cloud number nine. The air is fresh up here and there is not sign of bleakness or storms anywhere in sight. While all of you are nicely grounded, I dance on my cloud, hoarse in the throat from screaming and sore in the face from the permanent smile that has affixed itself.

I think a few posts back i mentioned that I had some stuff going on that i could not talk about.. well.. it was not that i couldn't, it was that i wouldn't, in case i jinxed myself..

well.. today, its official.... i cant jinx myself... and I'm just so deliriously happy...

As some would know, Ive had a dream for a very long time now to become a nurse in either the medical field or an associated field. I have looked into veterinary science, medical and dental.. and all three have their ups and downs... my recent realisation that I'm allergic to cats has made it difficult to follow the veterinary side of things and my inability to function around vomit has always been a concern for working with the ailing... SO... that leaves Dental.
I have just been offered a wonderful full time position and opportunity which i would be stupid to refuse, working for one of the leading companies in Australia, & training as one of their dental nurses... I will be leaving my family behind while i head off to start my training in a few weeks time... and then, returning to Melbourne where i will be working full time while studying at RMIT to become fully qualified.

The world is my oyster... and... this is proof that if you dream big enough and dream long enough, anything can be yours!

:)

PS: I will update y'all on my weekends class and give you some blog candy to look at soon... today though.. im celebrating as you can imagine...

Quote of the Day

Our dreams today
are the hope
for tomorrow
~Adele Basheer~

This is a quote that was sent to me yesterday as a RAK.. Although i dont know who the RAKer is, the could not have been more intuitive.
I was having a conversation only the other night with a lady who has become a very dear friend of mine in a very short amount of time. We were talking about our dreams, hopes and hang-ups. Anyway, i recieved a little offline note from her in MSN the other day telling me thank-you for giving her the kick that she needed to follow her own dreams.

The Note that came with the book yesterday reads:
"Thank you for your inspiration."

How uncanny is it that i have touched someone else.. and they picked something so unique though coincidental to things pertaining to such deep conversations.

Im rambling a bit.. i know.. though, you are probably thinking.. "Duh you stupid cow, do you think perhaps it was HER!?"... hahaha.. no.. its not.. i thanked her for it and she had not sent it..

To who ever you are... and you are the only one who knows who you are...
Thank you so very much for touching me so deeply.

xxx

yes I'm breathing...

I have recieved a few emails in the last few days asking weather I am okay and one to the extent of actually asking me if i still had a pulse.
I really didnt realise that it had been so long since i checked in here. Man... time does fly, huh!?

Well... i finished the albums (by Kaiser) for The Brisbane Papercrafts Festival and they are probably now packed up safe and sound and waiting to be unpacked again at the convention.


I had so much fun doing these albums and the feed back from those who have seen them in real life has been amazing. Thank you for your confidence in me and the credit that you have given. :)

Anyway... I will give you a peek of them... Lou... you get to see them VERY SOON.. i know you have been hanging for the chance.

These albums will be on display all weekend at the Scrap Apple stand and I believe that the girls are very prepared with lots of these in their raw state for purchase on the day. :)
As I may have mentioned here (im not too sure), I have been working on a few projects in the time that I have been absent from this poor neglected blog. One of those is the class that i will be teaching this weekend at Allcrafts 4 you. This class is sold out. If further places are opened up, I will post about it here. Keep an eye out if your interested.

The other thing I have been doing is some extensive planning to get classes, run from my home up and running. I am hoping to have these available also for people that would love to do one of my classes though because of time restraints, commitments of distance, are unable to attend a live class.
If you are interested in knowing more about these classes, please drop me a note here and I will get some extra info out to you.
The above albums will be available as classes hopefully in the not to distant future. :)

There are a few other things that I have been working towards, though right at this moment, they are top secret so Im just gonna let you wonder as to what they are. ;)

One down..

I don't know about you but i find the most time consuming bit about mini albums is the adding of photos and embellishments. The cover and the pages for me seem to always come together relatively easy though its the insides... they seem to take for ever. Though, iguess im talking from a production point of view. With work commitments I learnt very quickly that if i was going to get a project finished quickly that i was going to do the cover and the album pages first and then stick the photos and embellishments. Most of the time, as long as there was enough done to enable photographs, it was okay.. then as the pace slowed, i could go back and finish off..
It is a habit that i have fallen into now and desperately have to get out of. I miss the enjoyment of creating each page as i go, giving them each their own individual look and feel..
Anyway.. because if the way i have been doing these albums for Brisbane, I have left all the photo sticking in and embellishing until last.. and boy oh boy has it take some time!!
While i sit here rabbit on about nothing really, the final touches of glitz is drying off..
I know i promised some sneakies guys... though.. im sorry.. Greys Anatomy came on and i got distracted and plum forgot about glitzing.. I had hoped to get atleast one of the albums finished and snapped tonight.. though.. ~dramatic sigh~ im just going to have to wait until tomorrow now.
:(

While i think of it.. i will take a sneaky pic of the DT layout i have done too and some of the other things that i have completed over the last little while. Hopefully tomorrow there will be a bit of eye candy to make up for my huge delay.
For now though.. here is something that is heading over to America to CHA.


I've been working some on mt classes blog though have nothing to show for it.. in working, i mean.. thinking... and lots of it. Now, just to be able to channel all my thoughts into making something pretty and presentable so that i can start this little venture.

I cant believe the weekend is again over... why is it when you have so much to do and so many plans the time goes so quickly, though when you have nothing to do you find youself checking the clock to amke sure the batteries have not gone flat!?

Its been cold here all weekend and i have found that just the right opportunity to just potter away at my desk, hang with the kids and watch some movies and just get things organised here at my desk. Though.. even though i have accomplished everything i wanted to do this weekend (except for two of these books) there was still i wanted to do with the kids.. like play ps2 with Jamie. Play with Playdoh with Miranda and paint toenails with Kiera.
I wanna make some super duper cool critters like the girls made today!!!
(i will add some piccies in the morning)

I am not going to let the weekend pass next weekend without doing every one of the things that i missed out on today..
By then, those books will be in queensland! :)

Quote of the Day

To be all
that is
possible
we must
attempt the
impossible.
to be all
that we
can be
we must
dream of
being more.

Where does the time go!?

Man... time seems to be slipping from my grip before i even have time to make the most of every second. I hate wanting to hit the rewind button just so i can hold onto a little more time. Arrgh. Though, with the time that is slipping, im doing lots.. anyway. Does that make sence? Though, still with that said, i just wish sometimes for a few hours extra in one day. ~L~
Mothers day has been and gone... (I will back blog about that AFTER i upload the pictures from the day from my camera. I know..i know... totally a slack bum! ~L~
Ive been meaning to blog for so long now.. though it seems that the days are gone before i get a chance... someone slow time so i can catch up... please!?

I've been doing lots and lots of exciting stuff for scrap apple.. Over the weekend i will do some sneaky peek tease shots... though, until then, you are just going to have to be patient..

I have also been working on getting my arse into gear and get my classes up and running. I am toying with a few ideas... 1. Doing some from home on a regular basis. 2. Having a website built to be able to sell and teach my classes online.
3. Do both!

I'd love some feedback from anyone on your thoughts...If you were to do an online class, or any class for that matter, what you would like to see available... Feedback peeps.. that is what im looking for at the moment! I have my ideas.. though i'd love to hear what others think too.. ;)

I am also going to be teaching a class online on the 7th of June for Allcraftz for you for their National Scrapbooking day.
All i can say at the moment is Teresa Collins, 7 gyspies and YUM!
In the next week i hope to have more details available and a sneaky of the class to show.
Everyone is welcome... I would totally love to have a jam packed class so if your interested, please pop by the forum and leave your expression of interest!
Anyway... I hope that everyone is having a day and now that the week is over, have wonderful plans for the weekend.

The pure of heart..

I have not only had the pleasure of talking to this wonderfully talented lady but also was lucky enough to be at the Trade show that her gorgeous line of stamps & chipboard range was relased at through buzz & Bloom last year. She is a scrapper that inspires me to believe in my own ability & talent & not be afraid to scrap outside of the ordinary and a blog that i stalk on a regular basis..Anyway, Lusi is offering up a chance for one lucky person to own their very own set of her beautiful stamps. How amazing is that!? All you have to do is go visit her blog and follow her easy prompts! Who knows.. you could own a lil bit of Lusi too.. Good luck! ;)

Thank you.

I'd just like to say thank you to four marvelous people who have become very much a part of my daily life who i may not tell enough how much they really mean to me...

Cathy, what can i say... you are like the other side of me... the part i cant see... the extra limbs i dont have... the smile when i have nothing to give and the laughter in my days when i have lost mine. You are my best friend whether you know it or not.. There is nothing left to say but i love ya honey.. Thank you for being you.

Hannah, when all the time in the world was available to us.. we let it pass to easily... we did not make the most of it... and now... states away, a friendship blooms more and more each day. You make me smile just by being you... You are a friend with no limits... you are the ears when i need to say something.. you are just you... a beautiful human being... and one of my dearest, most treasured friends..

Marilyn, in no uncertain terms.. i love ya babe. Generations mean nothing when friends are concerned... you are a sassy imp just full of mischief... a girl just ready to cause havok on the unsuspecting and take the innocents like me along for the ride. You are one of a kind... a true diamond in all its glory. We will meet one day.. and i cant wait.

and... then.. there was...(last but by no means least)

Richard, YOU ARE are my brother. There is no other way to say it.. We share a bond even stronger than blood. One that i would not give up for the world. What ever has happened in my life for the past 9 or so years, you have been there... What seems like a eternity can pass without a single word spoken between us, though with every breath.. you are right beside me.... It is a bond that i dont think could ever be broken. xxx I love you darlin'.

Between my two besties, Cathy and Hannah & these two beautiful yankies i am totally blessed. For the lack of friends i have had in my lifetime.. these 4 have made up for it ten fold. I truely feel like the most luckiest girl alive. They have all been there for me when ever i have needed a friend... and have opened their arms wide and allowed me to be part of their lives and their families. I could not imagine life without any of them in mine. They say that friends are like the seasons.. they come and go... these 4 are like a perpetual summer... bringing warmth and sun into my life every day. The love they show me, always, is humbling.

That is all...

Feeling the Love...

Marn,

what have you done girl!? (Besides make me cry!) When you said something was arriving on my door, i just figured it was some lovely little token RAK or something as lovely... though... OMG... i would never have in my wildest dreams thought that you would do this.. and have them delivered by a Hunky honey of a guy no less...
~hugs the stuffing out of you~ I have just had the most glorious gorgeous... beautiful hot pink gerbras delivered to my door..
you silly girl... thank you!!! What did i do right to find a friend like you!?
love ya tonnes..
Sandra

PS: I really dont know how i could thank you for making me feel so needed and loved as you have right now.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

Impromptu Proposal - The update!

Well... i think there was a little more to this than my lil innocent girl wants to admit.. Miranda invited Bradley to her party and he sat opposite her at the little tables at macdonalds all morning.
I got to talking to his mother, who filled me in a little more. Isnt it interesting what evolves and is discovered when mothers talk!? I heard that apparently Miranda is going to buy the house and groceries and Bradley is going to buy the cars and furniture when they get Married. You know what it is in Miranda that Bradley sees as marrying material? She taught him all he knows about budgie-boys. Aka Slaters!! Yep.. you know the ones... those lil black bug things that when touched roll into a ball and make great marbles!

There is one worry... he has already been married three times!!! ~LMAO~ Aint lil love grand?

What does ANZAC day mean to me?

I got asked today what Anzac day means to me... I know that for many, it is just another day... a public holiday and a day to drink...

for me.. it is so much more...

Anzac day has always been VERY significant in my life. My father was serving in the army through the second world war and only his appendix played up as he was boarding a ship (and they burst a short while after) he would have been taken a POW on the burmese boarder. His cousin was one of his unit and was one of the very few who ever made it home again, very malnourished and mistreated.. and totally unreckonizable.

It really brings home the cold truth of war when i realise how very lucky my dad was not to be there.. and how lucky (depending on how you look) that my dads cousin came home. If things had been different, i would not be here..

My father was taken from me 15 years ago and up til that point i ventured out to many dawn services with him.. Took part in the parades with him, marching along side him and all his mates and hung out with some of his old mates before they headed off to the RSL for their lunch. It was very much HIS DAY. The day that he looked forward to all year. For years, men from his unit, both that went OS and those who stayed behind got together.. for that one day... Marched together... remembered together. Sadly, last time i was home and spoke to one of the guys, there were very few of them remaining.

Because my father was deeply appart of the RSL and all they did, and i have so many wonderful memories, hearing the bugles now on ANZAC morning.. really rips at my heart. I dont go to the dawn services any more if Matt does not have a duty .. simply because it is "easier"...

The dawn service in 1994, 7 months after he died, I was lucky enough that we lived at the base where dad had been based throughout the war. His name was read from the Honour Roll and guns fired in his honour.

When i can, i love to go to one of the big city parades to watch the parade.. and see the men who still carry the flags of their unit, weather they are able to do it on their own, or be driven.. it makes me so very proud.. to see that proud, undefeated glint in such old eyes.
One day, i plan to walk along side them in honour of my father.

For those men and women who somewhere, today, fight for the freedom that we are accustom... you are in my thoughts..

For those who did not survive the battle they faced bravely.. You are a true hero and will NEVER be forgotten. Thank you.


LEST WE FORGET.

My baby is growing so fast..

I dear friend of mine that i have known for over 9 years, who shared every step of my pregnancy with me and i were only just wondering where the time has gone.
Miranda is our reminder of how fast time moves and and how long we have been friends...Rich, again i will say darlin' ... we ARE getting old!

To the lil girl who makes us feel so old when we realise how fast she is growing,
My divine miss M... my baby girl... I love you so much and just want to wish you the happiest 7th birthday ever!

Blow all those candles out and make the biggest wish ever!

Love
Mummy
xxxx

Another little shares-ey..

I have just been having a sticky beak at a few blogs and saw the most incredible layout on Lynettes blog and figured that since the SIA (Scrapbooking in Australia) Trade event and their designer awards have past there was no harm in giving you a looksy at my entry for it. I entered along with Melissa, Alison and Danielle, the other three girls in the Kaiser Design Team.. I have to say though im in awe of what Lynette did.. She says she is really happy with how hers turned out.. and i cant blame her.. its G.O.R.G.E.O.U.S...
While Kaiser did not get anywhere with our entries, i could not be happier with how mine turned out either..

I dont think we could have done a better job of capturing the real character that Jamie is and always has been.. Isnt he truely something to be proud of!? ~LMAO~