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If Husny makes the top 12 I will eat a piece of cardstock!

Make Holden you are a washed up HAS BEEN!!!!!!!

I (heart) Thursdays!!!!

A small sleep in, swimming lessons, lunch with max, Max sleeps, I iron and scrap, Max wakes up and we play then we shop, come home to dinner and sorry the day is OVER!!!!!! I DISLIKE working Friday after such a good thursday!!!!!

Here is my album for Darren this Father's Day over at KSK!!!! I had a lot of fun making this one!

and Karen has the CLIP it UPS in!!! I hit the jackpot when i opened up a bag I have not used since 2005 and there was $100 in the pocket!!!! So I am off to buy a cip it up!!!! Karen also has some great Father's day specials! So go and have a shop too!!!!

hoping to go and scrap but I am yawning my head off!!!!!!

I meant to post on the 18th but.......

time got away!!! It was a year ago on the 18th that I first heard "i wish i was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair", it was a year since my matey Sal flew into to Sydney to stay, it was a since a great class at Scrapabout, it was a year since Kiwi scraps SO THEREFORE it was a year since Ali E changed my scrapping philosophy FOREVER, made me cry and HOOKED me to her work!!!

The final touches are being put on our pool as we speak! 5 more days and it will be DONE!!!! the pavers are being laid and landscaping done this week! YES it was a long process - TOO much needed to be done on our sloping block but OH the rewards! todays weather was GOOD enough for a dip - 26 in Sydney!!!! roll on Summer

I am also admiting to being a very SLACK penfriend! My buddy Kirsten and I have been friends since we were 14 and we wrote letters (remember them!!!!) for many many years! well Kirsten I owe you the biggest biggest biggest hug as I have been slack - I owe you pressies and cards ...just need to let you know I never want to loose you as a friend and I cant wait until you come out here on your holiday!!!!! here is us too in 1999

I have to go and plan an Athletics carnival and a DINOSAUR-cooking-cake-volcano thingy for my classes procedure writing lesson tomorrow. I am crushing biscuits, they will place their natural Confect. Dinosaur on the earth!!!! and then a choc mousse volcano will errupt, kill the dinosurs and turn them into fossils and then we will eat it!!!!!!!!!!! YUMMO!!!!!!!! will take photos of this creation if I can!!!!

Here are some photos of the spunky monkey max - growing way too fast!!!! He was 19 months yesterday! I will do a max catch up soon!!!!!

TOO much fun for one weekend

I packed WAY too much, I ate way too much and I scrapped alot but would have loved MORE!!! thanks for a fantastic weekend girls! I enjoyed it all! The location was fantastic right near the car so no dragging my stuff up a mountain and 10 m from my bed which I crawled into at 4am each morning and was up again at 8 for breakfast. We laughed, we sang, we had a moan bond about hubbies, there was lots of PUSHING AND SHOVING to win the fantastic prize from SCRAPLOOT in a game of musical chairs!!!! GO Lee and Bridget!!!!
I really would love to do it again!!! Merroo was great - peaceful and way up the back so lots of privacy!!!
and YES girls I have started to work through the list!!!!!
So here is what i did! I scrapped Max's 6x8 mini album nearly finished 3 months to go!!!!!!

Ok I need some rest as I have soo much washing to do - thank goodness i get my mid week weekend tomorrow.

1.43am!!!!!

I am HYPED!!!! swimming, cleaning, washing, ironing, playing, talking, shopping, hair dressers, eating, school work then the big thing PACKING!!!!! Just finished!!!! I better get it all scrapped or I might NEVER do another retreat again!!!!!

Veronika if my son turns up at Alex's party without a card I AM SORRY!!!! cant seem to find it!!! Have a great day and take lots of photos for me of Max and Alex (YOU know what a scrapper needs!!!!)

I have the BEST photo of Max asleep this morning...he slept until 9am and I had to wake him for swimming...silly thing wont upload as batteries need charging!

Here is a weekend survey to leave you with......

Do I need to attend Heidi SA (stampers anon)??????

4 were missing as they were in an UNPACKED scraploot bag - added to the little family NOW!!!!

If there is any BREAKING NEWS can someone SMS me!!!! I am SOOOO going to miss my friend the computer.
Here is my cutie (make that Mr Trouble). going to miss him this weekend. He loves the new shutters and peeps at the neighbors!!!

too much to do

Yes I am procrastinating AGAIN!!!! thinking about what i have to do rather than doing! packing for this weekends retreat and KNOWING if I dont pack well i will get nothing done and then I will......PROCRASTINATE!!!!!! I am sooo looking forward to getting away with some GREAT scrapping buddies. I have done the massive shop and all I need is TIME to prepare the millions of things i want to achieve!

Here is a layout I did last night ! At the retreat I am teaching some stamping techniques and water colours! Here is one of the examples! i stamped the title and stars and used my water colours on it! the rest is patterned paper by one of my favs Scenic Route

Today I caught up with David, Christine and Daniel at Lollipops! Max was soooo happy to play and explore and was not the clingy baby he has been over the past months! and yes Max was a gentleman and pushed the pretty little girl on the bike, half an hour earlier she pulled the lawn mower out of his hands and threw a ball at him! GOOD to see he holds no grudges. Then we went to see Dad (or as Max calls him Darren) at work. Max was so in awe of all the cars and tools.

A very busy day tomorrow and then it is OFF for ENDLESS scrapping, eating singing and dancing!!!!! have a great weekend !!!!!

happy 'half' baby boy

Max is 18 months!!!! where has the year GONE????

How do you know your boy is getting older and WISER????? ........HE decides that the Russell photo shoot NEEDS chairs and he sets it up just the way he likes it!!!!!

and here he is waiting for his swimming lesson today!!! He was a little sad as the chill factor was about 3 degrees.

Today we saw karen from KSK after CHA!!!!She had a stop over after a long flight home. she GOT sooooooo much yummy stuff. KSK is gong to be the PLACE to shop!!!! it was a brief hello as she gave me the new Dream street papers (YUMMY)! can't wait until the retreat in October to see the KSK team again!!!! Chill the drinks sal!!!!

OK if you are a LOST fan lets all say a big WOW together!!!! It was sooooooooooooooo good tonight I sooo wish i taped it as the end was SPOOKY!!!! More unanswered questions and we have to wait until 2008!!!!!!

Have a great weekend!!!!

Movies

I have been tagged by a few people but I can't hink of another 7 things!!!! So since I was inspired by last weeks episode of 20 to 1 (funniest movies) and something I saw on Lee's blog, I am going to do a top 12 movie list!!!! not really in any order



Dirty Dancing - I guess it is the song (time of my life) and I just LOVE the dancing!!!
"I CARRIED the WATERMELON!!!!!!!"

Pursuit of Happyness - When i saw this on the big screen I sobbed openly and now I own it I am tooooo scared to watch it again alone. Oh gosh I am teary just thinking about what he went through.

MyBest Friends Wedding- "oh there will be dancing" - love most things Julia does but it was here that I fell in love with Rupert Everett!!!

Parenthood- It soooo summed up the highs and lows of life! and the electrical ear cleaner was BIG!!!!

Stepmom - Oh I cried!!!! this bit just sums it up "My fear is that on her wedding day she is going to say I wish my mom was here" and Susan S says "and my fear is that she WON'T".

Stand by me - As a teenager i watched this about 1000 times, I knew it word for word. Early this year my dad found it in Big W and gave it to me, I watched it and I realised I loved it sooo much as it was about friendship and sticking together. And River and Corey were such SPUNKS!!!!!

Jerry McGuire - No it was not Tom but little Ray that captured my heart!!!! "You had me at Hello .....you had me at hello" loved the track that went with this too by Bruce Springsteen.

Clueless - cracks me up everytime! "my mom died during routine liposuction.
"Cher I want to do something for humanity. Josh How about sterilization?

The Birdcage - loved Robin Williams in this and the gay pool boy! and when the mom said "oh what interesting bowls - it looks like young men playing leap frog!!!"


BOYTOWN - Oh the lyrics just grabbed me and made me chuckle!!!! Loved "Special time of the month"

Suddenly 30- Thirty, flirty and thriving. another good music one

Fatal Attraction - run bunny run!!!!

And YES I will think of another 12 that I have forgotten!

these are the ones that I grew up with and want someone to get out on DVD for me when I am 82.

Coocoon, Ice Castles, The Goonies, ET, Cocktail, Annie, Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, BMX Bandits, Ferris Bueller's Day off, Pretty in Pink, Flying High, Crocodile Dundee, Mrs Doubtfire, A fish called Wanda, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Rainman, Toy Story, Twister, Three Men and a baby, the sound of music.....

Ok I tag the WHOLE KSK design team, Elleni, Karen T and anyone else that want s a walk down movie lane!!!!!

Brrr it is cold!

The coldest day in Sydney in 21 years!!! WOW.

Speaking of Winter!!!! hehehe! Check out the KSK home page, the winter theme is SOOOO HOT!It reads NO CHILDREN were harmed in the process of obtaining gorgeous photos for mummy to scrapbook.

It opens up in the middle to show off some cute photos

Max is not that much better (thanks for all your kind words). WIll be taking him back to the DR tomorrow afternoon as his chest is still rattling and he is not himself!

13 degrees MAXIMUM tomorrow!!!! WOW!!!!

and here comes term 3!!!!!

WOW already!!!!! I have sadly packed away the scrapping stuff and I am MADLY planning my spelling, homework and a Dinosaur unit! Tomorrow night it will be Maths and the playground duty timetable!!!! FUN FUN FUN!!!!

Here is a layout I did last night! It is a bad scan (cut off all my FunKY sewing around the edge) but I can't find the usb cord for the camera??!! MAX where is it?????

The rubons are Hambly and I LOVE them!!! well i had SOOO much planned for the holidays and sickness got in the way!!!! 11 weeks (YES 11)!!!!!!!! until more R n R!!!! I know that is going to fly and it will be October before we know it!

stay warm!!!

SICK!!!

We slept in today until 10 am again! this is Max's third day of feeling under the weather!!! I blame eye teeth and a small cold but when he wakes up i will take him to the doctors as he has had a few high temps!!!! Here he is about 10 minutes ago - he just put himself to sleep. I have now put a blanket over him and he is dead to the world! the cough will wake him up soon !!!!

So these holidays have been the sick holidays!!! First me, then Max!!! I have not done half the things i planned and there is only one day to go before I have to pack up all my scrapping stuff and do about a week of work for school!!!!!

He is a class I did online with KimArcher! I plan to make it into a double and have all the journaling on the other side! I loved this class as she showed us how to EDIT the square so PICASA does not cut the wrong part of the photo in a square!!!! LOVE IT NOW!!! before i was so frustrated as it chopped off myheads. THANKS KIM!!!!





I have also stayed up late for the last 2 nights (while watching BB)! I finished Max's 2006 album! All the layouts were done but I added all the journaling and my picasa images were edited WELL NOW!!!!In this bad photo you can see August LO and journaling and June is behind August as I dropped the ablum and BROKE all the page protectors. So everything was everywhere until i fixed them

Iam going to start a LO as my boy sleeps!!!!

Oh i have to catch up on the finale of Prison Break too as I was out last night!!!!! Oh at least 7 months before I see the GOOD LOOKING Wenworth :(

What I am thinking RIGHT NOW!

What is on my mind right now on the first day of my school holidays

SKIN CHECK
Darren and I found out on the weekend that Matthew B from high school died from skin cancer. HE was 30 and worked indoors! It was such a sad shock. My memory of him and Darren from high school was doing burnouts in the school car park. He drove a cute little Datsun Stanza and had an infectious laugh.
My promise to myself when we put the pool in was to get a skin check!and I am ashamed to say that while i have the referral i have not done a thing about it. PLEASE everyone - check your skin!

THE FLU
Yep i have it bad!!!! I hate it. I hate that it is impacting on my holidays and the things i have to get done. plus i have the WIGGLES concert with max on Wednesday and that is NOT something i want to do with the headache, runny nose and sneezing i have!

MICHELLE from BB!!!
VOTE her off! please people I dont vote I just watch and she is the BIGGEST BOGAN i have ever seen!

The KMART TOY SALE
If i had a blog last year I would have made you laugh with some of the stories from the adventures I had last year at 12.01am at the MASSIVE KAMRT toysale! So this Wednesday night we do it all again! ME, Karen, Tanya, Jannelle and whoever else wants an adventure! So if anyone gets their hands on the catologue in the mail let me know if there is anything good! We NEVER get Kmart junk mail - but thank goodness for online!

I am off to do a little scrapping! that is until i fall into a heap!

When a BAD week turns into an EXCELLENT one!!!

Don't you love it when a bad week ends well! The kind of well where you scream in delight!!! It has been one of those weeks! making you read the whole post to find out why I screamed with joy!!!!

Reports have been killing me! I am working part time but carrying a FULL TIME work load. The new format and the need to comment on every KLA has been a real drag, then once mine were finished the marking of the 3 people I supervise began! I can now see the light at the end of the tunnel and only have one class set to go.

THEN just to make me earn my money it was our schools 25th birthday this week. So there was lots of things to be done - time capsules, photos, food, displays and games! By Thursday the kids were climbling the walls (luckily my day OFF)! Then Firday a staff birthday function and heaps of work to take home this weekend for Semester 2 planning and programming! It is never ending but if i get though it all tomorrow night i can REST in the holidays!

the week was crazy due to Max's eye teeth cutting, MASSIVE piles of washing, massive piles of ironing, lack of sleep, a STY in my EYE (EWWW!!!) and Darren working back as he is SOOO flat out! I have had hardly any sleep as I was staying up late to get reports done and squeeze housework in!

Then came the news that Scrapabout was going to be closing! I nearly cried! I have REALLY enjoyed attending classes there this year! Leanne really catered for advanced scrappers and has some talented teaching staff! It is such a sucessful store and she has worked so hard! I am really going to miss it. All the best Leanne and i sooo respect you for your decision! It would break my heart to close the doors on what you have.

the week started to pick up yesterday! I had the pleasure of doing a guest teaching spot at ALL ABOUT SCRAPBOOKS. Vanessa and Katrina are so funny and it was so nice to teach at their store! It reminded me how much i loved scrapbook teaching. YES i miss it in sooo many ways but not in so many others! They are having a big sale next week so pop in (link in side bar!).

THEN at about 3.50 yesterday the hard week i had turned MUCH better and it made me SQUEAL, it made me sooo HAPPY. I even rang Alison and instead of saying hello i screamed!!!!!

DRUM ROLL

I have been selected to be on the KSK design team! WOW i am soo happy! KSK has been my home for 3 years! I have made life long friends at KSK who make me laugh and giggle every day! We love to challenge each other, teach each other and CHAT!!!!! This has not only made my week it has made my year! So pop on over to see the gallery and be inspired by all the talent KSK has to offer! I can't wait to see everyone in October - have the drinks on ice Sal!!! We are celebrating our birthdays together!

Today I had the pleasure of going to scrapabout to say a farewell to Leanne and do Jen Hall's class. It was a great class and Jen's daily scrapping journal is SOOO cool. It was great to see it and i will do one soon i promise! I love the project I started and will finish it in the holidays.

Oh more news came in today - I have been asked to teach at a retreat in August at Meroo. More details shortly! It is the weekend of the 10th to the 12th and only costs $150 for wonderful food and a cozy location!

I am about to finish a massive pile of school work - I estimate I will finiah about 1am BUT i dont care as I am NOW HAPPPPPPYYYYYYYY!!!!!! and this week could not be worse than last week - COULD IT????

ROLL on holidays!!!!!

Farmer Max

Today I went to see Max and Millie from NEW McDonalds farm and on the long weekend I went to he farm with my mum and dad!

Mummy is STILL going crazy with reports - she still has English to go and then she has to mark 2 WHOLE class sets!!!!!!

Daddy did my hair the other night! Don't i look cool!

Alison J mummy will do your tag soon - promise.

mummy is addicted to Big Brother for the first time in years - read here if you want a sensatonal laugh read here http://relativelyspeaking.typepad.com/relatively_speaking/

and look down 2 posts!!!! Mummy laughed so much i think she nearly wet her pants

Boo!!!

My mummy is really busy writing reports! Poor thing has NO TIME to join in all the great challenges over at KSK . She played with me all morning at poppy's place, then I slept for 3.5 hours. Instead of writing reports she had a nanna nap!!!!!

I am about to go to bed so i hope she uses her time wisely and does not play on the computer! I hope she gets her work done so she can get her scrapping time BACK!!!!!

Happy FIRST birthday to my friend Sophie - i had a great time at your party! thankyou

Lee tagged my mummy. But she has done the 7 random things before and to think of another 7 would waste more rport writing time - so i will tell you 7 random things about me!

1. I throw a tantrum at least one time a day to TRY and get my own way! (not working).

2. I LOVE keys! I carry them around everywhere when i can.

3. I love crawling in my tunnel and hiding from everyone.

4. I am usually a good listener. I can follow directions given by my mum and will go and get what she asks me to get.

5. I have a new swimming teacher and I DISLIKE her! I want Debbie back she was the best swimming teacher, she was sweet and easy! My new one is strict and makes my swim for a metre by myself so i ignore her and NOW i cry at swimming. This makes me swallow lots of water!

6. i can ring my mummy's friends on her mobile! Lucky Aunty Alison gets lots of calls!

7. I sleep in! Yep mummy loves this! On Saturday i woke at 9am! I am POPULAR!!!

I tag my friend Zoe!!

Hi!!!

WOW I was happy and inspired to see what Kim Archer has done!!!!! I have signed up for one of her classes as with a 16 month old it is hard to get out of the house to scrap!!!!! Although I did venture out last night for Alisons FANTASTIC photo editing class at scrapabout Aust!!!! I am really happy with what I leanrt and am about to go and explore the world of brushes and to find more actions!!!!

I had a great Sunday at the Paper Arts Festival at Homebush - I got to demonstrate some great product lines available from Addicted to craft. My fav are the gelitins stamps!!!!! LOVE them!

ok I have scrapped a little! I have used some of my new stamps on this one and CHECKout the great felt buttons from Scraploot Love them

Some of the new Daisy D rub-ons
Journaling reads

This BOY {turned one today!}
these photos remind me how sweet your cheeks are,
how you watch with wonder,how you smile at everything and enjoy life.

Going to sit on the edge of my seat for the last five minutes of prison break!!!!!!

WHO can complain???

Who can complain when you go out on a Sunday afternoon to have a chat with scrapping buddies leaving hubby with Max and you get home to-

a cooked baked dinner
3 clean toilets
dusted furniture
toys all packed up

I cant complain!!!


and look at Maxi, he can't complain at the size of the bone he got after eating ALL his veggies!!!!
Max was 16 months yesterday so it was time for the traditional 26th Russell photo!!!!!


Max at 16 months ......
loves to 'pretend' talk on the phone
He can follow instructions - go and get the book
He can say "mum, dad, up, key and hello.
He LOVES the house and tunnel at Gym
He sleeps in to 7.30 at LEAST!!!
will say hello as soon as he hears a phone ring
Loves to hide behind doors and shut them in mums face!!!
pulls his socks off at ANY chance

Has worked out how to go FORWARDS on his bike and car.
will walk to the TV in the AAMI add when they mention Max and watch and wave!
is starting to run
can turn the TV on and off with the remote

Have a good week everyone! I have school work up to my EYEBALLS. I would SO MUCH prefer to be playing scrapbooks!!!!

Maximum fun

WOW another Sunday night is here!!! I hate Sunday night I never go to bed early and wake up with BAD monday-i-tus!!!!!

So i will be quick so I can SCRAP!!! Oh and I scrapped last night!!!! loving the new daisy D rubons!!!!

important bits from OUR week!

Some of us from Mothers group went to Lollipops!!!! WOW we had sooo much fun!!! I mean the kids had SOOO much fun!!!! Look at me like a big kid on the massive slide!!!! Gotta do this again. Nathan and Zoe - Max and Charlotte want to take you on a date there really SOON!!!

Happy BIRTHDAY Lucas!!!!

WOW has it been a year since Max met you!!! Your party was great!!!!
Today we took Max to the park and I got some good photos!!!! Today he just laughed and laughed all day!!!!! his laugh is SOOOOO funny - it sounds FAKE!!!! a bit put on but it really makes us laugh and then he laughs even harder!!!! must get the video out this week ti tape it!!!

Here is a photo of his laugh!!!!!

AND to my scrapping pals!!!! I was thinking of you all this weekend! If i could find my phone on Saturday night i was going to message you! (it was in the car!!!)
cant wait to hear about all the fun you had! looking forward to a retreat SOON!!!!!