My World

pinch and a punch!

OK - I know I know I'm a day early - but hey you know me - do you REALLY think I'll get back here tomorrow????? naaaaah!

Sian is off at Guide camp this weekend so we had the drive down to Burleigh Heads this morning thorugh all the rain and mud LOL - nice to have the rain around before our dry. It does seem to have cleared up, probably that vicious wind driving it away! So Declan and I are having mum son time this weekend - although sssssh he's just taken himself off to his room and is throwing rubbish and old stuff out - has made his bed neatly and is having  a massive clean - out - all on his own no nagging! Now I like that!

Not much more to report than that this week. so here's a few more NZ LO's. I've just odered my cardstock from Remember When for the next album - bad bad bazill though have you heard they are discontinuing all the chatterbox and Places we Love cardstocks Arghhhhhh my favourites - Lets hope that means that there will be some wonderful new choices to be made though.

TTFN

Lisa

school fetes, holidays and more NZ

 I hope everyone had a great weekend! we had the 2 yearly school fete and all went well - Sian bemoaned the fact that it was only every 2 years and I had to explain how much effort goes into these things and how it always seems to be the same people doing the organising and that it's not really fair to ask them to do it every year! now I don't really come into that category myself but seeing as Bruce had the kids for the weekend this year I made sure I was there helping at the stalls, it was lots of fun chatting to other parents and seeing the smiles on the kids faces. I'll bet they were exhausted by the end of it all - and they did stay for the fireworks so it must have been a looooong day!

It's getting very close to time for us to head over to the UK again - I've been all nostalgic and looking at some of the old photos from the 04 trip and there are some great pics!  Declan still looked like a little cherub he was so young! and you can really see how much Sian has matured as well. Now while I did scrap some pages of that trip I never realy did an album of the whole holiday, so it might just be my next project a matched album similar to my last 2 but on the UK holiday - hmmm then I'll have the 08 UK trip to do in a few months as well ROFL. Sadly Sian got all misty eyed as she saw the happy family faces and Dad in there too, of course there are no more photos like that and she misses it understandably, I still hope that one day she will come to terms with it all.

So a little share - some more of the NZ LO's

BFn

Lisa

resuming normal transmission

here we go again - I had a mammoth effort last night and completed the New Zealand album - so now onto yet another holiday that I haven't completed scrapping (:-)

so choose a colour scheme and LO - pick an album and I'll be away again! although I do have a few other projects to work on now that I have been so busy with these few travel albums!

Of course there is the other childrens projects I need to help with this afternoon! - Declan needs to make a hat from recycled materials - planning on using an old jumper of his for this - it does involve some sewing so I think I might be the master of that part!

It's one of those nice cruisy weekends at home, the silverside is smelling delish - cooking away in the crock pot, a cake is in the oven and the car has at last been washed - possibly something to do with the kids having written "wash me" all over it in the last few weeks - VERY FUNNY - NOT!. Possibly partly to do with the overwhelming amount of water we got last night that I need to get rid of as well - nice to see so much pour down, just hope it went into the dams too, although I did notice it pouring out to sea late last night still - what a waste!

so here are a few more pages form NZ - but don't despair there are still heaps more here that I need to share!

BFN

Lisa

A break from usual transmission

yes a break from the travel albums LOL

recently I was invited, along with lots of other talented australian and new zealand girls to participate in a Fiskars project, which was loads of fun if a bit challenging at times (:-)  I'll share a coupe here tonite and some more later in the week. I'm sure all the other ladies will share too - some AWESOME work was done.

A big thankyou to Fiskars for asking me to take part!

   

A break from usual transmission

yes a break from the travel albums LOL

recently I was invited, along with lots of other talented australian and new zealand girls to participate in a Fiskars project, which was loads of fun if a bit challenging at times (:-)  I'll share a coupe here tonite and some more later in the week. I'm sure all the other ladies will share too - some AWESOME work was done.

A big thankyou to Fiskars for asking me to take part!

   

Mothers Day

ahh a long absence yet again. - how was mothers day for you? Sadly due to disorganisation on the ex's part I missed out on seeing the ten tenors at Sirromet. However I did have a lovely afternoon with the kids instead. To see the excitement in their eyes and how proud they were to have me as a Mum warmed the heart and soul.

Declan spent his pocket money on a cute little snow dome pen holder - well oil dome if that makes sense. Someone suggested to him that it wasn't appropriate and not to buy it, but his big sister stood up for him and said that I would love it, so he had his way.

So - appropriate soaps or chocolates (which I don't really need)? or snow dome chosen with love and thoughtfulness, which do I prefer - snow dome honey all the way!

It reminds me of when I was in grade 3 - we didn't really get pocket money so I begged and begged Mum for some money (not that I told her what it was for but I'll bet she knew) so I could buy her something at the stall at school. So with my few coins the cutest thing I could buy was a little cushion for buffing up shoes with. - Now it did get used more for us to clean our school shoes with than any of mum's shoes. But it's still there with the other shoe cleaning gear and we look at it and smile.

I look at them and wish that I could wrap them up and save them from all the nastiness of life, but I know I can't forever.

So - to share some more of our adventures together, the children and I! Onwards to New Zealand again!

NEW ZEALAND!

So! onto the next travel album! the kids will love this one - photos from our trip to New Zealand last year.

It seems so long ago now, Declan with his broken arm and gappy teeth LOL - perfect photography subject.

It's an almost wintery ANZAC day here today - blowing a gale which is quite cold hmmmm that reminds me - this sort of weather almost always means that it is snowing down south - I hope so that would make a wonderful start to the ski season! Although it is still way too early probably.

I spent a lazy morning preparing to scrap more photos from NZ and sat out on the grass with my laptop, seeing as Declan is at his dad's for the weekend it is my job to look after baby bluetongue. He doesn't really have a name yet - baby bluey, lizzie then Callum (which was confusing seeing as Declan's best mate is Callum) Then he was Bob for a while (to which we all sang - Bob the Bluetongue, can he eat it, Bob the Bluetongue can he eat it YES HE CAN!) right now it's Ben though - we'll see if this one sticks. So he and I sat on teh grass sunbaking and then he ate a lot of porridge! (they eat anything honestly!) A few F111's flew over to mark the day, then it was time to scrap!

So here are a few LO's from teh album - a very simple but stylish setout again so teh photos are the predominant feature and of course simple enough to mean I can scrap them very quickly!

I Hope you're all having a great long weekend as well.

BFN

Lisa

the very last

Well seeing as I finally made a start on the NZ album today I thought it was high time I shared the last of the swiss pics with you all.

time is flying, one lot of school holidays are already past for the year, Sian sits her scholarship exams very soon and next week Declan heads off on his very first school camp! They will be sleeping under the water at Underwater World for the night! how cool! bet there isn't much sleeping going on though LOL!

So maybe tomorrow you'll see some of the NZ pics if I get myself organised!

I have to add that I truly love the photos I have here from Ruth and Jacobs farm - these ornaments hanging are hundreds of years old used in gathering the hay!

BFN

Lisa

I've been forgetful again!

Well not really forgetful - can we squeeze another few hours in a day please??? very busy around here, so much going on at the school for the end of term and so much to organise!

My gorgeous boy truend 8 on Monday - he's almost grown up! lucky for me he still tells me every morning that he loves me! Mind you I think that hs affections lie elsewhere right now! Most of you would know about Declan's affinity with any wildlife, well finally he's convinced me to get a recreational wildlife license so he can keep certain pets - ie blue tongues, dragons and SNAKES!!!! I convinced him to start small and easy so we are now the proud owners of a baby bluetongue - he is soooooo cute! I'll take some photos of him over the weekend - but this afternoon he was sitting on Declan's shoulder watching TV and then sat on the bench besdie him while we did homework!

OK - nearing the end of the trip but still about 6 pages to share so here goes!

BFN

Lisa

it's done!

Yes I finally finished my Swiss album - I still have a few to share over the next few days, but I have in fact done every last photo that I wanted to use - now onto the next one! I think the kids would like me to tackle New Zealand, seeing as they share those memories. While they browsed through this album - you could see that the memories weren't theirs and so the excitement just wasn't quite there - next time they will be there with us, all our friend so want to show the kids the farms and castles and all their history.

Have a great easter everyone - hope you don't get taken over by the chocholate!

BFN

Lisa