thanks to my F.R.I.E.N.D.S

With the busy week i have just had I really have not had time to THANK my wonderful friends for everything!!!!
Firstly a big thanks to Alison!!!!! Not only did she get my the BEST goodie bag EVER from the US she also helped Darren get me the best 30th birthday present ever!!!! Ok I am going to stop to brag. Just in case you cant see ALL the stash I am going to point out the fiskars drill - toooooo coooollll, Designing with colour (a great book), ALL those sharpie pens, Heidi swapp and 7 G stamps, and everything COOL for boy pages!!!!! I even got a memory trends key chain!!! and Max got the coolest clothes from GAP and other cute US kids shops!!!!

I also want to thank Sally for the effort she went to get me my flowers, they were my favourites (sorry I cant find the pic).
A big thanksto my friends Tina, karen and Ann for helping me organise my party and my sensational dress maker Chris.
Another thanks to Paula for the surprise in the post and all my friends that got me sensational presents. Thanks to Narelle for the invite to IDOL but I had to say no as my week is sooo crazy.
Just a quick page to show you all that I did scrap on Friday night. I love the heidi fuzzy rub ons, they look so COOL IRL!!!! this page is for my 8.5 x 11 month by month album for Max.
Have a great week!!!
chat soon
p.s - thanks for all your emails but I am not the B on Alison's blog - I am fine!!!!

Just a few more photos

Just a few more photos as blogger was playing up last night!

Also needed to add that Max started swimming lessons yesterday and he LOVED it. I used to be a swmming instructor when I was at uni and I really felt he was such a natural. He smiled the whole time - even when i dunked him under. The teacher even commented on his confidence and how he was just loving it! Really showed up the 2 year old who screamed the whole lesson!!!
I really need to go and scrap so I am ducking off!!! enjoy!!!

80s costume for HIRE!!!

I am proud to say I remember everything that happened. I am proud to say that my 30th birthday was the BEST EVER!!!!!! Gee my friends and I can party. We danced, we sang, we laughed, we drank and ate and BOY did we look HOT!!!! We celebrated the decade of NO style, great music and cabbage patch kids. The karaoke machine got such a workout. Tina and Debbie you missed your calling and if there was an 80s idol you girls would have run 1st and 2nd!
I really need to thank my great friends for their wonderful presents and for making my night FANTASTIC!!! Karen you were a fantastic stylus, Chris your dressmaking skills are THE BEST and Alison thanks sooooo much for taking 300 sensational photos. Darren (my darling DH) you ROCK as you cleaned up ALL the mess and got 4 tired and sore girls McDonalds for brekkie.

The costumes were hot!!!! Hayley your ONJ – PHYSICAL costume was sensational and I will not show your wonderful g-string leotard here, I will leave it up to the imagination of the viewers. The PUNKS came and rocked the party, and Kathryn looked great in her GO GO shirt. I also had Madonna, Michael Jackson, Kerry Ann, George Michael and the hot leather look Sandra DEE!!!!! I am sooo sad I did not get a group shot as we really would have looked like a clash of the Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Girls just wanna have fun and Dirty Dancing. The party stopped at 3am and my feet thanked me for stopping I had blisters all over them from my patent leather shoes.
Turning 30 was great fun and I hope my 40th is just as much fun!!!!
I had a 60th on Sunday and I was sooo quiet – and as I had no nail polish remover I looked a bit weird with FLURO PINK nail polish.
Also head over to KSK and register for'the cyber crop on the28th. All for a great cause - the girls night in fundraiser

No longer in my 20's!

Just a quick post to mark my 30th birthday!!LOL! I am sitting here listening to TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART - remembering the "good old days"!!!! I have been busy all morning setting up for my big 80s party.
Darren totally spoilt me! I got a flash for my SLR, some CD's and he tells me Alison is bringing me over some scrapping supplies from him as he did not want to pick them!!! So happy Miss A is doing the picking.
My costume is already to go and let me tell you it contains all the elements of the 80s - big, bright and bold! I will post some pics ASAP!!!
chat soon

Oh what a night!!!!!

WOW what a great night!!!! It was fantastic to hear the idols live and it really made me remember why I loved IDOL - for those spine-tingling moments, and tonight we got some. Dean kicked off the show with THOSE EYES and his song was easy to listen to and I even was huming along by the end. Jessica was just adorable - she sang the song from my all time fav movie MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING and it was gorgeous. Such a pocket rocket. In my opinion it was a touchdown. Damien also sang a great song and it was another one that you could really groove along tooo!!!! I actually had a great night trying to win a prize off the guy who warms up the audience. I kept screaming his name and telling him he was HOT!!!! HOT - yeah right - about 178 kg of HOT and sweaty man but he had the prizes and he was very funny. I think I embrassed him as at one point he refused to look at me. Sadly no prize for me!!!!! but my motto is - if your not in it you can never win it so i gave it a good go!!!!!
Also welcome home to my buddy Alison - I have missed you so much! and I can't wait to catch up and hear about all the fun you have had. Don't you ever go away and leave me that long again!!!!
Goodnight!

Look for me in the crowd!

Tomorrow night I am going to be in the Australian Idol audience so keep your eyes peeled!! I am a little sad the judges wont be commenting as this is my favourite part of the idol experience.

I am flat chat this week as I am working 4 days at school, orgainising my party, sewing a costume and trying my best to get this blog looking as I want. Can you believe I have spent 2 hours on this and my banner still will not fit! It is driving me crazy and if I did not have to go and iron clothes for tomorrow so I am not super late I would sit here to make it look RIGHT!

Happy Birthday to my great mate TOS (SAlly). I am sooo glad our addiction to scrapbooking and KSK has bought about this great friendship. I am sad that you live sooo far away as I would love you to be at my party this Saturday and have a drink with you. Here we are at KIWI SCRAPS - being totally crazy - this made me PIMP as i just could not hold the SLR out and take the photo due to its weight
Wish me luck SEWING my costume - once again I am a last minute wonder.

I have done it!!!

Yes I must be the last scrapper I know to do it!!! Yes I followed the CROWD and got myself a blog!!! I see it as a birthday present to myself. I wanted to document this month and see how things go.
YES i am 30 on the 21st!!!!
very scary!!!!
I make no promises to be witty or interesting - just general banter about my life as Max's mum, Darren's wife, an idol fan and a mad scrapper with a few typos chucked in!!!