It was supposed to be a quick one....

Well I suppose it's officially the end of the school holidays today... Julieanne goes back to school on Monday, and I'm a little sad about it, it was nice having her home. We didn't really do a lot, but it was nice just having the time together.. although we both seemed to spend most of it on different computers ;).

We did manage to go to the movies on Wednesday with mum. We ended up seeing Garfield 2.. not the movie I really wanted to see (monster house would have been a little to much for her I think lol) but she wanted to see it... probably because her best friend had seen it the previous week. Nothing to rave about, and even Julieanne wanted to go home halfway though.. but we sat through it, and she said that she did like it at the end. As soon as we got home she had to tell daddy that Billy Connolly was in it. "I'm not joking, I'm serious" is one of her new statements, and that came out... I should mention that Wayne is a HUGE Billy fan, lol, I think he's pretty good too, and for a person that doesn't swear (I really don't!;)), don't even mind his potty mouth roflol!
We then went to the shops and Julieanne HAD to go to the toy shop.... mum always gets her something when we go out, so she ended up with a new Barbie... like she hasn't got enough already!! Oh well, at least she plays with them.

I also *finally* managed to get this done for MACdigi member Karen (the photo guru!), for our photo challenge.. not sure if I'm really happy with it... the original photo is just stunning, and I think I might have overworked it.

Credits: fonts: chocolate box decorative, asenine. Brushes by Jason Gaylor (seriously you HAVE to check out his brushes!!!!). Texture by Nancie Rowe Janitz.

Also managed to get this done last night while dh was away, lol.. I can play all I like when he's out, without him making me feel guilty ;)... I don't know what it is, but even if we are sitting on the same couch watching the same tv show, I can't have my laptop with me... it's *unsocial* he says.. I'm right there!!.... grrr men lol!

This is just a few photos of Stewart the Sk8terboy lol... not that he does it that much. The big photo on the side is actually one we had done professionally back in 2003.... That long ago?! and the others were taken in 2004... all scanned in so the quality is pretty bad, not that you can tell with my grunging.... is it too much?

Credits: Sk8terDude papers and Brushes by Anna Aspnes. Edge brush by Jason Gaylor Fonts: Misproject, undecapped vinyl, helvetica.

Well, that turned out longer than I thought... apologies to you all ;)

TTFN

Thank you Miss Lee :)

Like my new look blog? I LOVE it!! Thanks to the VERY talented Lee for whipping this up for me... you are one SUPER talent girl! Not only do your layouts rock.. your photography is stunning, and now your blog work is sensational!!

THANK YOU :)

Credits: Lee used a brush by Denise Docherty, and a frame and paper from Sue Jones DSD free crop kit (recoloured) :)

Pictures from last post

Oh WOW it worked!! I am truly amazed it only took 3 tries ;P.

Anyway, I think I'm blogged out for the day lol.

TFV and TTFN

Being a real party pooper and breaking rules..

Alright I've been tagged by Karin (thanks Karin ;) ), but I'm going to break the rules a little :). I'm supposed to list 5 weird things about myself state the rules, tag 5 friends they list 5 things on their blogs and the cycle continues.... But I've never been big on the whole chain mail, "send this to 7 other people" email thing. So here's the drill: If you want to be tagged, consider it done and list 5 weird things on your blog.. if you don't... don't lol ;). Sorry if I've offended anyone, I really just don't like enforcing things on people ;).

Since writing this yesterday (I got interrupted and had to go out grrr), I was tagged again! By Missy Lee..... so.... rinse and repeat :).

Anyway here's the first one:

5 Weird things about me

I used to get picked on at school and get called "redfaces" lol, because I blush REALLY well.

I have REALLY ugly feet (ok, I know everyone says that but mine are truly bad :) )

I hate public speaking, but loved performing in plays at school (don't think I'd do it now though lol)

I sing along to ABBA ;)

When I get angry I clean the house... as I rarely get angry the house is a total wreck! lol.

Ok next one

If you could build a house anywhere, where would it be?
Hmmm... tricky. I suppose it would have to be local because of family commitments and all so I'll pick Toolangi (near Healesville) where we used to live... .loved the area, just not the house we had.

What's your favorite article of clothing?
This big long cardigan... just LOVE it :)!

Favorite physical feature of the opposite sex?
Has to be the eyes! I think that is what drew me to Wayne... not that they look as good now roflol!

What's the last CD that you bought?
I can't remember..... The last song I bought was Red Right Hand by Nick Cave.

Where's your favorite place to be?
Home :)

Where is your least favorite place to be?
Anywhere crowded.

What's your favorite place to be massaged?
Shoulders... but anywhere is good!

Strong in mind or strong in body?
lol...neither, but the mind would be stronger than the body.

What time do you wake up in the morning?
When dh gets up for work.. ranging from 5.30 to 7... I do go back to sleep sometimes ;)

What is your favorite kitchen appliance?
lol, wish I could say slowcooker here ;)... umm....my kettle, it's a stove top one (got to save that power lol), and I'm lost without my cuppa tea.

What makes you really angry?
Grrrr... Disrespectful children. Not the small stuff, all kids go through it, but those ones you see on the tv!

If you could play any instrument, what would it be?
Well I used to play guitar when I was a primary school,lol, can't remember any of it (sorry Mrs Miskan ;) ) I always love the piano though.. and the harp, now that would be nice :), oh and the banjo that sounds fun...

Favorite color?
lol, blue.

Which do you prefer...sports car or SUV?
SUV

Do you believe in an afterlife?
I actually do believe there is something :)

Favorite children's book?
At the moment it's Julieannes book "Felicity wishes" (I think that's what it's called), just a gorgeous book. But when growing up I loved anything really.... still do :)

What is your favorite season?
Autumn... just love the colours, and the weather.

What is your least favorite household chore?
cleaning the floor.. doesn't matter how often it gets done, there will be someone walking in with their boots and wrecking it!! That means YOU Wayne!!!

If you could have one super power, what would it be?
I'd love to be able to fly.

If you have a tattoo, what is it?
Dont' have one, but if I had to it would be something like a small (tiny lol) celtic design or something.

Can you juggle?
no... I can throw and catch through ;)

The one person from your past that you wish you could go back and talk to?
Wayne's grandad.

What's your favorite day?
Friday. It's the start of the weekend.

What's in the boot of your car?
Julieanne's bike.

Which do you prefer, sushi or hamburger?
Hamburger.

Phewww.....

Ok, on to other things :).

I finally managed to get this card done for Wayne's cousin. CC most welcome, but it's too late as it's already gone. I used Denise Docherty's Connections Kit, recoloured. Fonts chocolate box, and al sandra. Stock photo from stock.xchng. Quote was from 2 peas by April Hardwick, I just edited it a little to fit a boy.

It also looks like Tuesday was my last day of work for this season :). Nice, except the money did come in handy. Thanks to Lis for reminding me it is tulip season... I went to works farm and got these shots. I was a litte disappointed as it turns out that they only had about 2 acres here. They are growing the rest (I think about 28 acres) of them in Tasmania. Now that would be nice to see.....

I took the kids to the pool on Thursday. Only stayed for 2 hours as it was packed! and ended up giving me a headache... I dont' think Stewart wanted to leave, he was too busy picking up all the little chickies.... lol, I think he was having a fair bit of success as well... ah to be young again ;).

Well it looks like blogger is going to be a pain and not let me upload my pics!! Will have to do a new post.....

A fantastically uneventful week...

I think that I like uneventful... compared to the tragic week we had last week, with the death of Steve Irwin and then Peter Brock (an Australian racing legend for you overseaies) last Friday... ironically both doing what they loved best..

There was a tribute to Peter in the newspaper on Sunday with his quote on life: bite off more than you can chew and chew like hell. I found this so fitting to Wayne, that I had to do a layout of it. As you may or may not know we own this truck, and it cost A LOT of money that we REALLY didn't have as we were in the middle of building our last house... but he thought it was a good idea to get it and go into business and me believing in him (having nothing to do with being the agreeable person that I am) agreed.. . ;). Thankfully it's turned out good... with a few small issues along the way... but I won't bore you with them ;).


Oh, credits: fonts: ck gutenberg, dirty ego. Brushes: graphic brushes by veronica ponce, gridstrips by unknown sorry( if you know please let me know :) ), and a paper by Denise Docherty used an an overlay.

I've been feeling pretty miserable this week too. I've got (getting over hopefully) a shocking headcold... I was sure it was going to explode yesterday, my head that is ;). I went and got some cold and flu tablets yesterday, a first as I generally don't take anything, and I had the worst nights sleep ever! Re-read the instructions this morning and it said that it may cause sleeplessness roflol... that'll teach me to read ALL the fine print next time!

Still need to make a card for Wayne's cousin that had a baby on Sunday, and now the inlaws have asked me to *attempt* to design a backdrop for the 4x4 show next month... the thing needs to be 6x3 metres!!! how do you do something that big!?!?

Oh well, I'll *attempt* something.... wasn't making any promises...

Ok, think that might be it. Once again, thanks for sitting through my boring ramblings... but it could be worse.... it could be tragic...

TTFN

Wow 2 Layouts :)

The first one was done for my Yahoo group (macdigiscrap). We all take it in turns to submit a photo to scrap... it's great seeing the different ways everyone does it. Thanks Lis, for providing the wonderful photo :).
Papers by Sue Jones, from her Love Notes kit, fonts: Asenine, al afternoon delight, brushes by Anna Aspnes and Vered (sorry if that is wrong, that's what they are named)

This next one is a little different to my usual blendy style, so CC is VERY welcome. Fonts: Asenine (love using this font at the moment) and al singsong (love those al fonts too ;) ). Swirly Brushes by Anna Aspnes. I wanted to do a Layout about how Julieanne still wants to hold my hand whenever we walk together, it's still so cute, and I love it :). I'm sure that it will stop shortly though... They really do grow up WAY to fast don't they ::sigh::.

On another note, I forgot to mention Fathers day in my last post. I got DH a telescope! Very left field for him, but he seems to love it (thankfully ;) ) Julieanne also got him a mouse pad and a little windchime thingy from the school fatherday stall. Stewart forgot to bring his ;), but apparently it's some car seat covers... shhhhh Wayne doesn't know yet lol.

I ended up going the cheats way and getting both my dad and the FIL a dads bag from Darrell Lea (sp?). I really shouldn't have though as I found out later!

I went to work on Wednesday, after running around having to drop something off that Wayne forgot, and then drop Julieanne off at Mums, as I didn't want her to go to school with conjuctivitis. Turns out that Dad had broken his teeth on the chocolates on Monday night!! Ok they were false teeth but still... I felt soooo bad! I hope that it's not going to cost them too much to get them fixed (or replaced, they were fairly old).. good thing he has a moustache to hide it....

Well on that note, I think I'll leave you... lol, with that image of my dad and his missing teeth ;)

TFV :)

not a lot to say, but here goes...

Ok this will be the second attempt to upload this lO... stupid me accidentally deleted the first one grrr ;) and with those blogger issues, it's always a gamble whether it will allow a second attempt lol.

Never comfortable doing a layout of myself, but Sue was holding a chat at DigiscrapDiva's with this kit, so I had to make an attempt. Beautiful isn't it? Really didn't do it justice with this LO.. oh well, the joy of digi is it can always be fixed :). Kit: Bella by Sue Jones, fonts: ITC avant garde, artistamp medium, and porcelain. Oh and I have to be honest here (sorry miss L :) ), I did whiten my teeth a little ... lol I'm so vain.

On another note, I've spend the first part of this week home with Julieanne. She's picked up conjuctivtis from school I think. We got some drops yesterday, but it's gone to the other eye now, which looks a little worse than the first :(. Hopefully it'll be better tomorrow... she's missing school, but I don't want to send her in case she passes it on to the other kids. I doctor visit might be in order tomorrow, if it doesn't look any better.

Wayne also had the day off today, so we went to see the Mortgage broker to see if we can work out how to fix our nightmare of a mortgage... I'm not even going to go into the details of that! Julieanne had lunch with her grandma at the church (where Wayne's mum works), which she loved, she got to draw on the white board.. lol the simple things that amuse children :).

Think that's it for now ;)... "pheewww" I bet you're all saying lol..

TFV

TTFN

What a wonderful

week we have had here in sunny Victoria :)... the weather has been gorgeous! hard as it may be to believe lol ;). It got to 24 on Thursday, and not sure, but I think yesterday wasn't that far off that either... bit windy though (not enough to dry Julieannes doona grrr... ;) she had to sleep with a sleeping bag, but loved it).

Did this

But as per usual I'm not sure.. so CC is REALLY welcome :). Papers from Denises Docherty's Henna Kit (recoloured), brushes by Rhonna Farrer, Fonts al sandra, itc avant garde, ashby book. This is Julieanne having one of her frequent mood changes, as much as I love her I do have to say that she is the Master of it lol. I should put her in acting classes as most of it is so put on lol. Wayne's grandma called her Sarah Bernhard last night.. I go "who"? shows how ingnorant I am, I just know that name as a Paeony Rose lol.

Julieanne had grandparents day at the school yesterday, so Waynes mum and grandma went along. My mum had to cancel at the last minute as she had a fluey thing (not sure as she has had her flu shot), which she was pretty disappointed about. I think they all had a lovely time. Then we had them all her for tea.. did my famous (NOT) lasagna (sp), which Wayne's mum loves for some reason...

Fathers day tomorrow, so I'd better get onto making a card I suppose :)

TFL again :)

TTFN