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Times are a changing.

Well kind of, I just liked the title’, thought it sounded catchy. Nothing much is really changing for me but I do have a few desires of changes…I wish my weight would change, but that would take me being commited to it…I would like the weather to change, our wood store is getting low, but I guess we have a few more weeks, months of cold weather yet. I would like Tobyns attitude to change, for the better…he was doing SO well but now he is a little big headed and mouthy…I am sure it is age stuff, but ARGH, I don’t like it! We have instigated a button jar, one jar has 250 buttons in it. He loses buttons for poor attitude, poor school work, answering back and general poor attitude. He can however gain buttons for postive attitude, good school work, remembering capitals and punctuation etc. If he loses all 250 buttons before the end of the year he will lose a months pocket money, however, if he doubles the buttons he will get an  extra months pocket money. So far it is not working! But it has only been going on for a few days, so I guess I should be patient.

It has been almost a month since my last post so I guess there has been a bit going on in there somewhere? We had a lovely week in Auckland. We stayed with wonderful people, we visited cuddly babies and a museum, we talked A LOT and we visited a couple of cool shops…1 American shop and 1 scrapbook shop! Only spent a small amount, but it was nice to see stuff we  don’t ‘see’ here is dull Palmy.

A couple of photos for your enjoyment, I think.

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Isaac and the girls, 2 of his girl cousins.

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Well I couldn’t find any more that were edited so here is one of my older brother and I!

I have a couple of layouts that I submited to mags…one I have not heard anything about and the deadline has passed, do you think I could assume that it hasn’t been accepted and put it on here. The other was on a short list, but again it has been a couple of weeks and no news. I would love to show you all, I LOVE both if them!!!

Onto some real news of change though…

TANYA OF STAMPIN SCRAP PAPERIE has some very exciting changes happening!!! She is adding a new venture to her store. It will release in September, I hope to have some sneak peaks to share in a couple of weeks. But keep an eye on the store and the blog to see what she has been up to!

That will do for now. I do also wish I was more motivated on here because I have so many stories I would like to share and remember, but alas I don’t do it…sigh…

Here is one though…

Isaac: “What are we doing today Mummy?”

ME: “I have a workshop this afternoon. And you will do something with Daddy.”

Isaac: “Why do you have workshops?”

ME: “To earn a bit of extra money.”

Isaac: “Yes, because you always run out of money!”

LOL!!! TTFN

Look what arrived in our backyard last week…

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I love this photo of my darling with the lamb. He is so gentle and quiet and the lamb just came up to see him.

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And how’s that for a Mamma image. There were 2 little lambs in the paddock, one black and one marbled, just gorgeous. The mamma was very protective of her offspring, understandable. The boys were very interested and really wanted to get close but they were just a bit boisterous. We noticed while down there that the other pregnant sheep looked like she was about to give birth and the next morning there was another little lamb.

These lambs are not ours. One of our neighbours grazes his sheep in our small paddock, but after seeing how the boys were with the lambs we think this is the year to have a lamb of our own. It is T’s last year at the country school so we think a fitting time to to the lamb thing. We don’t have any other pets at the moment and T would like to have something for pet and craft day this year. SO we have been asking around and letting people know that if they have orphan lambs we would be interested, so watch this space for updates on the lambs.

The holidays have been full so far. It is great I do love having the boys here and taking it easy and doing the things we want, BUT, I find the untidiness unbearable. The holidays do see the house get untidy and it really gets too me ARGH. We have had a big tidy tonight as we are heading North for a week and I HATE to come home to a messy house. We are really looking forward to seeing and holding new babies over the next week, staying with dear friends and relaxing.

BIG news for T, he is going to be published!!! He did a layout for the kids gallery in up2scrap and it has been accepted, along with my 13 year old friend Sophie. WOOHOO, so exciting. It was funny really because I sent their layouts plus one I did via e-mail last night. Within a couple of hours Steve came out with a cheeky grin on his face and said ” so how does it feel to have your son published over you?”  Well of course I was very excited for T and half expected a decline for this particular layout, but wait there’s more, it wasn’t a decline it was a ‘shortlist’ so I wait and see. I still don’t expect it to be accepted, it is a little different from my usual and a little different from what Steph usually publishes so we will see.

But on the publishing, have you seen the latest up2scrap? I have layout in there, “Peter Pan”, a layout of Tobyn when he was 3! And in the June issue of innovations on the back page there is a sneak of my layout that will be in issue 3, woohoo, so excited!

Right I have to go and finish washing and folding and packing. Back later, after our week or more…TTFN

I will leave you with this cute image of Isaac, just because i can and he is so adorable…he has been saying “why does my hair keep growing?” It was getting really bad and getting in his eyes…he has since had a haircut and now you really can see his beautiful big eyes!

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And lastly something I has been enjoying doing recently… Darth Tator

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Oh and lastly, for my records, T and I went for our yearly check up to day and we both have a clean bill of health. Me, well I have been on BP meds since being pg with Isaac and I am always worried about it, but it was perfect today, WHEW. So those headaches I have been getting must be tired headaches, thanks to Isaacs’s broken nights! And T’s chest sounded really good. The Dr did suggest flu jabs particularly because T is asthmatic, but he is contraindicated because of the ? over allergy to neomycin and guess what one of the bases is of the flu jab…yep neomycin. T was pretty happy he did NOT want that jab!!! Right I really am off now…

 

But…

 

No REALLY! Ciao

T’s keyboard concert

I have been trying to get videos on here for a while. Well I have managed to figure out how, now I need to figure out how to edit before puting in you tube.

So anyway this is one of the songs T played for his keyboard concert just before the end of the term.

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Tobyn is the one with the yellow stick.

A few weeks back I said Tobyn was going for the local under 11’s boys hockey team. Well I am proud of him because he gave it a go. He didn’t make it to the sqaud but he made it through the 1st cut. The comments are that he is small, and not particularly fast. He has good ball/stick skills and will make a great player with a bit of time. This year he has shown a lot more drive than ever and if he could try out again next year I think he would have made it. BUT, he can’t go for u11’s again. He wants to do well and he has told us that he will work really hard to achieve his goals.

In other proud Mummy comments…he came 3rd in the speech competition. Now there is a story to this…he wasn’t originally in the top 4 and he was really dissapointed!!! His teacher announced the top 4 and apparently said there maybe some changes, but he didn’t hear any of that. He was however teased in the playground by one of the 4 that were in and I picked him up in tears. So I went back to the school after dropping him at keyboard to find out what was going on. I was told that he doesn’t listen and misses a lot and it is a problem…I wasn’t going in to get that feedback, grrr…anyway I was told he would be recognised in the assembly the next day. So I sit in the assembly, they give out awards and he doesn’t get one…can you imagine how I was feeling then? NOT HAPPY! So I had to go to the office anyway and mentioned to the particular person and said “Oh you need to talk to his teacher” to which I am thinking “Oh heck, have I caused a problem going and talking to them yesterday” the teacher saw my face and said “For the better!” WHEW. Tobyn ran up to me in the playground and said “This is the best day of my life, I have got into the finals!” And he proved he deserved to be there. They had 1 external/impartial judge and 1 teacher from the junior school. He was pleased with 3rd, but really wanted to be in the top 2 to get to the clusters. I am thrilled for him with what he did achieve!

Last week he turned 11, ARGH where does every year go? We had a small celebration by taking him and 1 friend to the All Blacks vs France game in Wellington. It was so much fun. We parked in P’ram and got the train right to the stadium. We were not covered but the wind was blowing in the right direction so we didn’t get wet. The kids loved it, we painted their faces, got greasies for dinner, and the 2 older boys got little French rugby balls thrown at them. They thought that was really funny, the balls had Oui, Oui, Oui on, a great souvenier and didn’t cost us anything, LOL.

OK dinner is ready and I best go be back later with more…maybe LOL

Young Love

So those that read my blog regularly know how much I adore my boys! So be prepared over the next few days for a couple of mushy Mummy/Wife posts.

There is quite a large age difference between my boys and yet they get on SO well. I love it, because it could so easily have different. This is how we found them one Saturday morning, snuggled together watching a disney movie. They got up without disturbing us and did this. So sweet.

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So the title of this post is meant to lead into a little about Isaac…

Isaac is so affectionate and it may become a problem for him later in life, but right now it is ADORABLE. He loves on us so much, he is verbally affectionate and physically affectionate. He can’t go to bed without kisses and cuddles and sometimes those kisses are a little on the sloppy side, much to Tobyn’s disgust, he usually cops those ones, LOL. Isaac has already had his first heartbreak…he has a wee friend Ivy, she is a few months older than him but she is tiny like he is and they both have amazing vocabs so just get on so well. One Friday family night at Church they were playing nicely, next minute they were sitting holding hands, giving each other little kisses on sholders and saying Í love you’ so sweet. So Isaac tells Ivy at playgroup a few days later that he is going to marry her. Ivy says “Well I am not going to marry you, you don’t know who I am going to marry, I am going to marry Lachie!”  Well you should have seen Isaacs face, poor darling he was devastated. Later that afternoon I looked around at him in the back seat of the car and he looked so sad. I asked what the matter was and he said “my heart is broken, Ivy won’t marry me.” Oh I could have cried myself, poor honey. But where did learn about broken hearts? That incident was about 4 weeks ago and all is now right with the world, they are snuggle bunnies again and like to play Mummy, Daddy and babies. Christina and I took them out on a supervised ‘date’ LOL. The 4 of us had luch at a nice cafe and the kids thought it was a blast.  BUT, Ivy has competition, Isaac is making sure he has all bases covered…I found him holding Naomi’s hand and telling her he liked her and Naomi turned to her Mum and said Ï love Isaac” SO SWEET. I think we might have our hands full in teenage years with this one.

Isaac has been at kindy for a few months now and he likes it. Most mornings he still doesn’t want me to go and looks very sad when I leave, but every time I pick him up he is happy. He says he doesn’t have any friends yet the teachers say he is a happy, sweet boy who gets on with everyone and is making some really good friendships. I think he just knows how to play the right cards with Mummy.

He wants to be just like his big brother and can’t wait to get out on the hockey field, or run the block with T. And I can see him having a lot of fun, and unlike T he looks like a natural sportsman. Boy can he hit that ball.

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T has been practising for his speech at school. After T has practised his Isaac says “can I do it now?”

And look at this tenderness with our dear friends grand daughter…

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Wee Lucy was born 8 weeks early, weighing 3 1/2 lb. Her Mum went through a very similar experience to me, high blood pressure, close to toximia and baby needing to be delivered to save both mother and baby. I used to baby sit Lucy’s Mum, so makes me feel pretty old that she now has a baby of her own and that my dear friends Robyn and Alan are grand parents (and loving it)

Hmm, got a bit side tracked there, this was meant to be about Isaac.

What else about my wee snuggle bum? He is loving imaginary play right now. His favourite thing is being the Mummy…yes he is the mummy and I have to be the baby or the brother. He also loves pretending to be animals and dinosaurs…yay, another dinosaur lover (note the sarcasm?) And he still has lots of imaginary friends. You may remember me talking about Tiger and George, well Tiger is still around and sometimes gets blamed for naughty things. And now he has porcupine (after our visit to Orana Park) sheepy (after seeing one in a paddock on the way back from school drop off) elephanty and tigery (tigers brother). I do love his imagination and I can’t wait until he starts writing stories!

So I think for now that will do for my wee, charming, sensitive, affectionate, imaginative baby. I love you sweetheart!

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Well it seems a monthly update might be in order…

May was a month I would like to have skipped…no nothing bad happened, unless turning a bigger number than last year counts as something bad? I would be quite happy just to stay what I was before May 27th! I had a lovely day, the boys gave me wonderful presents! I told Steve that all I wanted this year was some candles for the candelabra  they gave me for Christmas. I got 5 beautiful, delicious smelling red candles. Which look amazing against the duck egg blue wall! Tobyn was adamant that he was going to buy me a simmer mat. I had pointed them out  a few times while we were in Christchurch, but they were very expensive in the few places we saw there. Well here at Stevens they were a reasonable price so that is what he got me. It is perfect for the slow cooking on the gas hob! And Steve got me a gorgeous amethyst coloured sweater from Colorado. The fact that it is from Colorado is so exciting to me! I am a full figured lady, I am just 1 size too big for most ‘trendy’ clothes shops, so the fact that I fitted the sweaters at Colorado was a fantastic feeling! The fact that it is a lovely warm top just adds to the thrill of it. I was taken out for lunch by my sister…she insisted on paying, which was very nice. And the boys took me out for dinner to the ‘nice’ pizza restaurant in town, in other words not Dominoes or Pizza Hut. I got some lovely parcels from other friends and family. So all in all I was spoilt and it was lovely.

Other happenings in the Gregory house in May? Tobyn had the school cross country, he came 5th=. I think he is happy with that, though he was hoping to get in the top 3, but the lack of time for training this year impacted his placing I think. He is now preparing for the speech comps. 2 years ago he won his year, last year he didn’t put in much effort and came close to top 3 but not close enough. This year he wants to be in the top 2 so he can go to the cluster competition. His speech is sounding really good, now he just needs to practice, practice, practice! And on top of that he is going to try out for the manawatu under 11 hockey team. In fact Steve and T are out practicing right now. I don’t think he will get in, but it will be a great experience for him. I know I sound like I am putting hm down, but he is not all that physical I think he will excel in the árts’ i.e public speaking, music, dance and drama and maybe sketching/drawing/painting. I will be proud of him just for giving anything physical a go, because it just doesn’t come naturally. T is also very happy at school. Finally he has some great friends and is smiling a lot more than he has for a long time.

Isaac…cute as ever and as determined as ever. I now have in my possession some very cute paintings of his imaginary friends! Tiger is a tiger, but he is a blue snow tiger to be precise. And porcupine is yellow. Tiger is blamed for lots of things, especially when Isaac gets in to trouble. But sometimes Tiger is very useful, like today, we had this conversation…

Steve: Isaac you will be having a sleep after lunch

Isaac: No I am not tired, Tiger doesn’t want a sleep either.

Me: Well if tiger’s Mum says he needs a sleep then he will have one.

I: Tiger isn’t tired. (He proceeds to finish his lunch and Tobyn makes him a hot chocolate just like he has before bed at night)

After the hot chocolate

I: Tiger wants to go to sleep now!

Yay for Tiger. That was at 12.15, it is now 2pm and he is still sleeping, he really was tired!!!

Other than those things the month has been ordinary, I have had SU workshops that have gone well and I have done some DT work. As well as my scrapping I have taken up my cross stitch again. I have a teddy bear/train one I started when T was a baby, need to finish this one for Isaac or else it will end up being for grandchildren. I also have a dragon one for T so I hope to have these finished before summer gets here.

So here is some DTwork, lots of paper pleating going on this month. Tanya at Stampin’Scrap Paperie is now only selling paper, card etc so I wanted to keep the layouts to just papers as much as possible, but me being the embellish-er I am it was HARD!!! Enjoy…

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There was quite a lot of feminine colours in my package so I had to find girl photos. The 1st one is Steve’s niece. I have now got photos from a few friends of their wee girls to use in the future.

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This one I put strips of ribbon behind the photo, glimmermisted some cream flowers and scalloped strips of card. Not as much paper in this one!

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I really like this one, quite simple but I am happy with how it turned out. It IS me, ick, don’t like the photo, but I must get over that. I am about 14/15, definitely 5th form, just not sure whether 1st half or 2nd half of the year. I love the box pleat I made! Here is a close up

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And last but not least…a layout of Steve’s graduation with his post grad diploma, 2003. That is Tobyn with Steve looking ever so cute just before he turned 5.

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I am having trouble getting the colours right in my layout photos at the moment. I have to figure out what is the best time of day and the best place to take the photos in winter!

I hope you are all keeping warm, ços baby it is cold outside!!! We have the fire going way earlier than last year!!!

Oh and my last exciting news…we are hoping to catch up with our American friends in the holidays. Kaila text me today and we are planning for 4th of July celebration…gotta keep the American traditions going, LOL.

TTFN, probably until next month, LOL.

Remember me???

Hey all, remember me? Here’s a reminder…these are my boys…LOL

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Well where have I been? I have spent 5 weeks in Christchurch ‘nursing’ my Mum after her total hip replacement. Isaac and I went for 3 weeks and then Tobyn flew down by himself for the school holidays.

Mum did really well and by the 2nd week we were able to get out and about, with the aid of a wheelchair a couple of times. We were able to attend a couple of crops which was fantastic. I got to meet Tanya, Vicki, Heidi, Belinda and a few others from the Stampin’scrap Paperie forum. It was fun AND I got 2 layouts done…yes that is good for me! Then we went to an all day crop at scrapbook art which was also fun. Now I have to say at both these days Isaac was FANTASTIC!!! At Tanya’s he got on so well with Noah, Tanya’s 3 year old. It was like they had been best buddies forever.  We hardly saw them at all, they were both so good.

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How cute are they? We really couldn’t get a nice one of them, they were just being so silly.

At Scrapbook Art Isaac was the only child. I felt a bit awful because we usually go to a crop to get away from our kids, right? But he was SO good, I was so proud of him! Allana had a room set up with toys and a DVD player. I had made him a lunch box and he had some of his own books and toys as well. He was so happy to just watch a DVD and help himself to his lunchbox. I think the novelty of helping himself was the highlight. Every now and then he would come out to ‘ help’  me with my layout. I took him out for a walk around the block and to get some fresh air and then he lasted another couple of hours. The woman there were all so complimentary of him. BUT I won’t be hurrying to do that again, I didn’t really relax and scrap to my hearts content knowing I needed to watch him and entertain him from time to time. I did however get 3 layouts done and I love 2 of them. I am not going to show any here at the moment because I may well submit some.

On the submitting news, I have had a layout accepted for the 3rd issue of FABULOUS new magazine Innovation scrapbook trends and techniques. this new New Zealand magazine is gorgeous!!! Great size, great layout, great layouts, good articles and a good balance of instructions, information and inspiration. Well done to the editors and publishors.

While in Christchurch I got to catch up with my gorgeous friend Pip and Tobyn got to spend time with his friend Meg, while Isaac and Sam had fun together. I so wish I could be closer to these guys, they make my soul feel good. Thankyou special people. I know Tobyn loves spending time with them too because he kept asking before he arrived “have you seen Sam and Meg yet? Will I see them? More than once?” Well he did…3 times and stayed the night.

I will leave you with a couple of cute things Isaac said tonight…

Tobyn was reading him a story and there was a picture of a dark tree without any leaves. Tobyn asked Isaac what it was. We were all waiting for him to say “A Tree”
Isaac spent a bit of time thinking and then he said…”It is a DECIDUOUS tree”

We have been talking to Isaac about Autumn and what happens to the leaves. It has really appealed to him and there are many conversations at the moment about ever greens, diciduous, autumn, spring etc. So very clever he is.

Then I asked Steve if he was taking Tobyn for a run and he said no I thought we would go for a long run tomorrow night. To which I replied “I was going out tomorrow night to a crop” Isaac burst into tears, sobbing, heartbreaking sobbing “I don’t want you to go out Mummy” Isaac is a mummys boy so we thought it was just that he doesn’t like me going out but we couldn’t console him. Then it came to me…”Did you think we were all going to be out and leave you on your own” his little head nodded and the sobbing continued. With a little giggle I said “No darling, we would not leave you all alone” Eventually the sobbing abated and we had cuddles before he headed off to bed.  

Until next time 🙂

I don’t even want to look at when my last post was! It was far too long ago.

Quite a lot has happened in the past month or so. Busy with Stampin’scrap Chch. Loving working with the stuff Tanya sent me. I will put a sneak peak over the next few days. Stampinúp is going well for me. I have 2 clubs going each month and very successful they are too. But there is a lot of prep work.

Isaac has started kindy. The 1st week was OK, he said he didn’t want me to go. The 2nd week was terrible! He screamed and my heart broke. It was awful having to walk out on my sobbing baby. One day I came back and he must have seen me but I got side tracked talking to a  teacher before I got to him. When I did get inside he was sitting on the toilet with a teacher sobbing his heart out, that real heart wrenching sobbing. It took a good 10 mins for him to calm down. Now after 4 weeks he says “I don’t want to go to kindy, will you read me a story?” I say Yes one story and then Mummy has to go, “OK” he says and it is fine. Whew.

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There has been a bit of sport going on around here too. Isaac had his 1st kindy sports day. He had a bad experience at kindy practice, lost his hat and came last in the jumping race. Then he didn’t want to take part. But he did the running race, tripped picked himself up and pulled up from last to the middle of the pack. Just imagine how well he could do if he hadn’t fallen over? ‘

Tobyn has been doing mini tri’s for 5 weeks. He did the weet bix triathlon and did SO well. We were all so proud of him. Aunty and Grandad came to watch as well as Steve, Isaac and I. He came into the finish with energy to spare!

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Tobyn has also been hot at hockey. He has been putting his all into it and enjoying it until…he got hit in the head by a friends hockey stick. It was half time and they were about to get ready for the 2nd half, his friend swung the stick Tobyn spun and the head of the stick collided with Tobyn’s head. It was so fast, he screamed and dropped to the ground, I saw blood, yelled at Steve who as the coach was talking with some other kids and then I RAN, the adrenaline kicked in and I don’t think I have ever run so fast! Steve had got to him before I did and was carrying him to the side, there was blood all over Steve and all over Tobyn, and there was a hole! It was deep and we were so lucky out Dr next door neighbours boy plays hockey too! He was so fantastic, knew what to do and was able to calm Tobyn down. The ref had phoned 111 and an ambulance was on the way, but Stefan had put a pressure bandage on and phoned the ED warning them we were on the way. So we didn’t need the ambulance. Tobyn needed 9 stitches, 4 internal and 5 external. It was awful seeing him in so much pain. We thought he fainted at one point, but he didn’t. He was so brave really! In true Tobyn style, he was more concerned about Isaac seeing the blood all over him and how his friend would be feeling than himself. I had to call Ricky’s parents when we got home so they could let him know he was OK. The stitches have now been removed and next Wednesday he can play again. The team need him! They are top of the tables and next week play the 2nd best team. Steve is funny, he says I have never coached a team at the top before, LOL.

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We have had visitors from England, and celebrated a couple of birthdays. We all got together for Steve’s Dad’s birthday. Jane was down from Auckland, so all the kids and grandkids were together for the 1st time in a year. We attempted the family photo thing, challenging to say the least!

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On Monday Isaac and I fly down to Christchurch for 5 weeks. OMGosh! My Mum had a total hip replacement on Monday and we are going down to help her out. I was planning on going for 3-4 weeks but I made a muck up and booked 5 weeks out. Tobyn will fly down on his own for the school holidays and poor old Steve will be on his own for 2 weeks. But on the up side, we get to spend time with Mum, my bro, my very special friends and meet some new friends…Vicki, Tanya, Bee, Heidi and anyone else in Chch that wants to risk meeting me.

So I will leave that long post with a couple of cards and a layout. The cards are for the easter challenge happening at stampinscrap .

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The layout I was doing to submit to up2scrap. I had in my head one main colour. I pulled out all my browns and all my blues. One brown had cupcakes and I knew the perfect photo so away I went. Once I had finsihed I went and rechecked the criteria…Colours of the Rainbow, one dominant colour from the rainbow…brown is NOT a colour of the rainbow, DOH!!! So here it is for your enjoyment.

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So there you have it my update in a nutshell. I have still been doing the daily photo thing, just not enough time to edit and post at the moment. But it is fun to have the record on film so to speak.

TTFN mwah.

Well I said I would do an RAK because I was so excited about my new DT position. Well here it is, a couple of weeks later, LOL. I have just been so busy and there is so much news, I will be doing a few posts to catch up. But of course you want to know who WON…

BEVERLEY!!!

So Beverley if you could PM me or e-mail me if you know my e-mail then I will get this little thing in the mail to you

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OK that’s all for this post, Check back later for some photos of T doing his weetbix triathlon…plus a photo of the plaster over his 9 stitches because of the hole the hockey stick made when it collided with his head!!! More soon.

The Queen’s challenge

Over at the Stampin’Scrap Chch forum, there is a challenge set by the lovely Queen Vic herself. I was up for the challenge…pink…hmm, not a usual colour for me to scrap with…bling, a crown and a photo of me. I went to a crop on Friday night with my lovely friend Adele and I did it, I created this layout and I am really happy with it! But the photo of the layout really doesn’t do it justice, it doesn’t quite show all the detail.

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It was actually a lot of fun working with pink! Vicki has made a comment at the gallery that I look too young to be a bride, LOL. Well is 24 too young? Pretty young for today’s standards. But all my life I have had people say I look a lot younger than I actually am. I know I will be very happy to look 60 when i am 80…LOL!!!

There is a free on line class at Stampin’scrap tonight. I think it will be a lot of fun. I need to know how they run because I will be setting/teaching online classes each month for my DT term. Very exciting!

I really need to do a couple of posts to catch up my 365, it is still going strong, just the journalling is a bit slow a=in coming.

So with that I think I will go and edit some more photos. TTFN.