HAPPY BIRTHDAY JACOB

A BIG 3 YEAR OLD!

This cute little man (my nephew) 'Jacob' is 3 today!

Gosh how time flies ... and he is very excited about starting Pre-School in a few weeks!

Well the last week and a bit has been a bit of a blur .... very very busy leading up to last weekend getting everything organised for our school's Wild West Trivia Night. It was a great night, lots of fun, loads of laughter, some amazing costumes and a great result with nearly $4000 raised for our school!

Busy this week getting ready to do it all again this weekend ... off to the Hunter Valley to host a soccer club trivia night to help out a friend!

When i'm not busy doing Trivia Nights, i've been busy at work keeping up with the normal routine as well as trying to get my new office set up ... can't wait 'til it's finished ... mmm, will have to take some progress pics and share!

Anyway, that's about it for this post ...

Have a great week everyone,

Be good, Keep smiling :)

JULIE x

DRUM ROLL .....................

Conversation between Blake and I ...

Me: "Blake can you pick one of these pieces of paper out of the basket for me"
Blake: "Why"
Me: "Cause i am going to send someone a little prize"
Blake: "Why"
Me: "For my blog"
Blake: "Why do you want me to do it"
Me: "Cause that's what blog children do"

Why do children make a simple task so difficult ... or is it just a male thing !!!???


And the winner is ...





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CHERIE WALSH ... {and the crowd goes wild} Yeeeaaaah!!!!!

mmm ... i think i'll make it a pink theme RAK so Cherie can do some scrapping for their new precious pink bundle "Velvet"!

[Cherie, can you please email me your address so i can send your little package]

Thank you everyone that left a comment for my blog's 1st birthday!! and it was great to meet some new blogger friends too!

Sorry that i was delayed in posting the result but didn't get to do it until last night 'cause did a last minute trip up to Nambucca on the weekend to see my mum and dad. They left about a week and a half ago for a holiday and mum got really sick the day they arrived and ended up in hospital ... turns out it was septacemia (sp?). We gave her a really big suprise and cheer up when we walked into her ward 'cause i didn't tell her or dad that we were coming. She has had some serious medication etc over the last week and is really 'wrung out' but is on the mend. Mum says the doctors, nurses and staff at the hospital up there have been absolutely amazing and she can't thank them enough for their care and kindness ... you can't beat a little country hospital!!

The 'Wild West' Trivia Night for our school (which i am organising & hosting) is on this Saturday night so i am flat-out getting approx. 180 people and everything in place ... it's gonna be a huge fun night!! Probably won't get a chance to blog for the next few days.

Have a great week everyone.

Cheers, JULIE x

Time to Celebrate !!

This Friday (the 13th July) will be 1 year for my blog ... and ... my counter is not far off reaching 2000 ... such small milestones in the big blogging world but lots of fun all the same!!

So ... to celebrate, i have a RAK to share - all you have to do is leave a comment before midnight, Fri 13th July.



Look forward to hearing from you.

JULIE x

3 POSTS IN 1 WEEK ...

Wow, talk about Blogger overkill!!! LOL!

Just thought i'd pop in and do a quick post and share the 2 LO's i did this afternoon ... yep, found some scrapbooking time (at the expense of washing and housework ... oh well!).


This LO is to join in on the July challenge for SCRAPBOOK'n'BiTS ... Had to be mainly teal/green & pink theme, and using at least 3 flowers ... mmm ... the pink and flowers thing for me is a challenge in itself 'cause i mainly always do boy scrapbooking and don't tend to use pink for this and definately can't get my head around using flowers on a boys LO ... anyway ... not a bad effort for a non pink, non flower scrapbooker! (PS - my main flower quota is the rub-on surround on the koala photo!).




This LO is photos from a short getaway in Canberra back in 05'.

This is the start of my grand scrapbooking plan ... scrapbooking all my old photos and using up a large quantity of the MAJOR stash of pp etc that i have ... I think this is every scrapbooker's mission at some stage ... I'm sure i have promised myself this many times before !! LOL!



Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Cheers,
JULIE C x

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

Tonight i had a night out with the girls - we went to the movies and seen 'Knocked Up' followed by cake & coffee and hours of girl talk! I love these nights out ... just don't get to do them quite as often as we'd like to!

Great movie and very funny but definately for those with a broad sense of humour & thick skin. Lots of swearing (i emphasise lots), other factors which people may find offensive and a bit of shock value in the labour scene ... definately not a movie for the kids !!!

Out for lunch tommorrow with family visiting from Sydney and hopefully a house day on Sunday to catch up the usual routines (washing etc) and perhaps a little spare time for some scrapbooking.

Have a great weekend everyone ...

JULIE x

A BUSY WEEK ...

Another week had flown by ... busy, busy, busy !

Soooo good to reach the school holidays - I looooove school holidays : no routine, no lunches, no uniforms ... time to chill out - Yeah!

I have been very very busy organising our school Trivia Night for 21st July. For the past 5 years this has been a major school fundraiser which i organise and host. It is lots of work but certainly worth all the effort for such a huge fun night. This year is a "Wild West Trivia Night" Yee Hah !!
What started out to be a "give it go" idea for our school 5 years ago has turned into a bit of a sidekick !! After the school Trivia Night i am hosting one for a soccer club, one for our wonderful local pre-school (where Blake used to go) ... and ... i feel very honoured to have been asked to host one in Sydney in August which is in aid of raising funds to help a boy get to the special Olympics !!

Well, now that you know what i do in my spare time ... mmm ... what else have i been doing ....

Currently organising my business and office extensions, fit outs, new furniture etc. etc. Was aiming for this to be complete for 1st July to start the new financial year ... but ... that has come and gone and ...... don't stress Julie, it'll happen!

Saturday we were up bright and early and off to Nelson Bay for soccer. The kids played their little hearts out with no subs (cause some kids away with school hols ... which brings me to the thought that i think it is really wrong that kids sport continues in the school holidays ... but anyway) and we were up against the team coming first in the comp ....

Our kids WON !!!

I thought us parents were going to have a hear attack on the sideline it was such an exciting / close game - both teams played fantastic - well done boys !! {clapping}!!

Saturday night, was a family night at the movies to see 'Pirates of the Caribbean 3' ... not having seen no.2 yet i was a little lost but it was still really good ... and after all - Orlando Bloom makes it pretty easy to sit through a 2.5 hour movie ... mmm!

Now believe it or not ... even with all this going on ... i found some "ME TIME" and scrapped.

I know it is not Christmas ... and Christmas LO's have never really been my thing; but, i done two!



Jessica, Jacob & Blake on Christmas Day ... i love this photo!





This LO is about Blake and "that present" for Christmas last year (as per my post on 17th Dec - sorry, don't know how to do a link).






The deal was ... "Mum, i don't want anything from you and dad; and i don't want anything else from Santa" ....
When he is older i'll be able to do a LO about the "whole" story and how that infamous present came to be!! LOL!

This LO is just a random that i'd had on the go from the last time I sat and scrapped (which is probable a couple of months ago now !??) ...



Well, this is turning into a super long post ... are you still awake !??

Just one more thing ...

I was driving home from work the other day (which takes me about 4 minutes - up the road and round the corner sorta kinda ...) and there is a section of the waterfront that i pass every day, many times a day, including on my way home and i always admire how pretty it is ...

This always make me think of how we take things for granted ... sometimes such simple things (like our local surroundings) ... and this is often 'cause we are in such a hurry to go somewhere, do something etc etc ....

Well ... the other day on my way home as i was passing this specific section of the lake there was a beautiful rainbow, so i took the time to stop and take some photos.

Sorry if this sounds lame or boring but i just thought i would share this pic with you ...

I consider myself lucky that this is part of my everyday ...



Enjoy the rest of your week and take care,

JULIE x

MOVING THE PASHA BULKA ...

We tried ...



LOL ... a bit of photo fun !!!!

We've had a lovely weekend. Great to see the sun shining so i could finally get the unpacking & loads of washing done from our holiday.

Last night we went to the drive-in and seen 2 movies including SHREK 3 ( mmm ... it was pretty good, but not as good as 1 & 2)! It was very cold but we were well organised with sleeping bags in the back of the 4wd for Blake and his 2 friends; and us adults were well decked out with beanies, jackets, blankets etc. We even took along the camp stove & billy for hot chocolate to keep us warm ... yum!

Today, with other friends we headed over to Newcastle to view the infamous 'Pasha Bulka' which run-aground on Nobby's Beach in those terrible storms 2 weeks ago. Approximately 1000 other people had the same idea ... wow, there were people everwhere!






It really was incredible to see ... very surreal ... this massive ship "smack bang" in the middle of a picturesq public beach!



Whilst we were there helicopters were flying back & forward airlifting items onto the ships ... they looked like massive rolls of cable; so we figured that maybe they have something to do with preparing the vessel for the plan to try and float it back out at some stage this week ??!



We also had a bit of fun taking photos that looked like we were holding up the boat and trying to push it back out to sea ... hence, the top photo of Mark!

Hope you all enjoyed your weekend too!

Have a great week!

JULIE x

SOME HOLIDAY PICS

Just a short post tonight to share some of our holiday pics ...









Now i just have to get motivated and do some scrapbooking with my pics.

I actually purchased an album in Noumea (with the idea of scrapping this as our 'Cruise Album') that was very much an "island" theme & appearance with a timber binder, 3d sea turtle on the front cover and the pages were like recycled paper ... it was gorgeous .... but .... because the turtle was made from woven banana palms it wasn't allowed through customs :(

Never mind, i'll have to come up with some other idea.

Hope you are all having a good week and keeping dry!!

JULIE x

HOME CHAOS ... HOLIDAY FUN !!

WE'RE HOME ....

Well, so much for leaving a clue the night before we left for our holiday!

On Friday (the day before we were to leave) everything turned to chaos ... no power - power poles fallen across the road in our street, no hot water, no phones !@#?!!

What are the odds ???? You book a surprise holiday to celebrate your 10th Wedding Anniversary ... a natural disaster hits in the form of flooding, massive seas etc .... and where are we going .... ON A CRUISE !!!!!!!!!!! OMG!



Thank god i had everything washed and dry, but that's about as good as it got!
We had to pack UN-IRONED CLOTHES by candlelight, boiled water on the camp stove to all wash from the sink ... what a sight! and received news that Sydney Harbour had been closed due to massive seas.

We were up at 6.00am and having to make contact with P&O approx every 20-30 mins for an update to find out whether we were still going ??!!

In the meantime our back entertainment area, laundry & garage had flooded (no big deal on the grand scheme of things) and poor 'Soxy' (our little dog) was doing "doggy paddle" around the back yard !

Just after 9am we got word that our cruise was going ahead ... wasn't sure if this was a good thing or bad thing at this stage ... so we left Mum & Dad with the house keys to sort out the chaos and we jumped in the car and headed for Sydney.

Will fill in all the details and pics of our holiday on my next post, but ironically it ended up being a good week to be away 'cause our power was not reinstated until THURSDAY (that would have meant nearly a week without electricity & hot water ... eeek!)

Anyway, we're good, great holiday (in between the first & last night) ... still have a sever case of swaying - haven't got my "land legs" back yet but home safe and sooooooo looking forward to sleeping in my bed tonight!

I hope everyone else has faired ok in all the chaos and started to dry out a bit. Thoughts and prayers to those who lost loved ones (we were keeping track of the events by SKYNEWS on the ship).

JULIE x

TEN YEARS

Today is our 10th Wedding Anniversary !

I have just had 10 red roses delivered ... awwwww, so sweet.
Every anniversary my DH sends me the number of red roses equivalent to the number of years we are married .... gosh, imagine how much it will costs for our 50th Wedding Anniversary!!

Thinking 10 years into the future seems sooooo far away; however, looking back over the past 10 years it has just flown by.

No marriage is perfect ... we've had good times, bad times, great times & sad times ... but most importantly, all these things have contributed to what we are today - i feel that we are very lucky to have each other, good health and a happy little family!

So ... the other exciting thing about our Anniversary is 'THE HOLIDAY'!

Just 2 more sleeps. Mark still doesn't know where we are going and I'm not going to tell him until we get down to Sydney on Saturday - it is soooo hard keeping a secret when you are so excited and can't share! I picked up the tickets from the Travel Agent's yesterday and started packing last night ... ooohhhh I can't wait!!

Mmmmm ... I might leave a little clue here late on Friday Night ...

Have a great day!

JULIE x

A 2 WEEK CATCH UP!

2 Weeks ... OMG ... "Stop the world i want to get off" !!

Life has been exceptionally busy, almost bordering on rediculous ... but it is all good!

Even though i have updated for 2 weeks, i have been popping in and out, catching up on everyone else's Blog but just haven't taken the time to sit and do a post.

Also had some photos which i hadn't bothered to download and i almost feel obliged to have some pics for a post otherwise it seems so boring.

Anyway, enough of the rambling .....

In my last post i mentioned our weekend away at 'the Bay' for the Mother's Day weekend and our trip out to the toboggan park ... here are a few pics




Really love this pic of Blake & my mum ...




The last few weeks have just flown by doing the usual things ... home, school, work etc etc

But the best thing about the days going fast is .....

Only 8 MORE SLEEPS til "The Holiday" !!!

DH still doesn't know where we are going ... can't wait to tell him the suprise!!

I am going to start setting aside our clothes for packing this weekend 'cause the next week will be chaos at work trying to get everything super organised before i go and i don't want to be up til all hours of the morning before we leave trying to finish off the packing (which is what usually happens) ... I am such a "pull it all together at the 11th hour" person .... hehe!!

I am also a little unsure of exactly what & how much to pack ??? but can't really ask for your advice cause you don't know where i am going and i can't tell you cause it is a secret!!

Don't you just hate all these secrets ... was reading a few other blogs tonight and they've got these little teasers about a big thing arriving in the scrapbooking world !!?? OOOOhhhh ... can't wait to find out what it is!!

OK, i think that's about it for tonight ... bit of a "much about nothing' post really ...

but i'll finish with some silly pics of my DS, Blake. He is at that age where 'showing off' is sooo cool (or so he thinks) He is actually amused by his efforts of pulling funny faces to have these photos taken ... mmm ...




... I wonder if he'll find them amusing when he is a teenager and brings home his first girlfriend ........ Oh Mum, you wouldn't !!??

Have a great weekend everyone!

JULIE x

YES ... I AM STILL ALIVE!

Nearly 2 weeks since my last post ... OMG ... just not enough hours in a day or days in a week lately!!

Just doing the usual things ... school, work, home, sport etc. etc.

Last weekend i was very spoiled and we had a Mothers Day Weekend (along with my mum and dad - as part of our present to my mum for M/Day)! We spent the weekend at Shoal Bay (i luv 'The Bay') and the weather was divine! Saturday night we went out for dinner ... had a yummy meal at The Fishing Club ... lovely atmospehere sitting on the outdoor deck looking over the water & boats. Sunday morning i was VERY spoiled with a scrummy cooked brekkie and beautiful gifts ... a gorgeous most fluffiest cuddliest bathrobe ever, new slippers, a gold euroball earrings set (3 different size pairs), a George Forman grill thingy (that i had been wanting since i blew up the other one when i toasted the cord between the 2 hotplates along with the foccacia ... oops!) ... and ... those precious Mother's Day Stall gifts (which a lot of thought was put into) ... a little scrapbooking folder set pack & a bead necklace along with a handmade card ... priceless! As i said ... VERY SPOILT!
We went out to the Taboggan Run park which was lots of fun (will share some pics when i can be bothered uploading)and then enjoyed a picnic lunch.

... If only every weekend could be Mother's Day !! LOL !!

Part of the present we gave my mum was this little mini flower album i made (which you may have seen on the SCRAPBOOKnBITS website)

This is the front cover.




Here are some random little flower pages



I love doing mini scrapbooking projects ... lots of fun!

Now for this week ...

Nothing out of the ordinary, except .... our tickets arrived at the Travel Agents for 'THE SUPRISE HOLIDAY'!!!

Ooooh .. i am sooo excited!!

For those of you who haven't got a clue what i am talking about ... last November i booked this holiday. It is for our 10th Wedding Anniversary and it is a surprise for my husband Mark (and Blake is coming too). He hasn't a clue where we are going - he just knows we are leaving the country (had to tell him this much to be able to organise passports) ...

We leave in 3 weeks ... Saturday, 9th June 2007 ... very exciting !!!!

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Sorry can't tell ... it's a secret !?#@!! LOL!


I think this is enough blogging for one day ....

Off to wash dirty soccer clothes from this morning (Blake) and last night (Mark)and then to the kitchen ... I am in the mood for cooking!

Have a great weekend everyone!!

JULIE x

TAGGED

I've been tagged (thank you Jane) ...

Each player starts with 7 random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to blog about their seven things and post the rules as well. At the end of your blog, you need to choose 7 people to get tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave them a comment telling them that they have been tagged and to read your blog!

Here goes .....

1) I am totally "mouse-a-phobic" ... in simple terms .... totally freaked out by mice or even the thought of them!! Yes ... i am one of those women that would stand on a chair and wait for her husband to come home ... true!! Just a quick note for Jane (who's blog i have just finished reading) ... making "mice" for dessert ... OMG, that recipe would be so forbidden in our house LOL !!!

2) I am obsessed with achieving two lifetime goals ... owning a BMW and going to America/Disneyland. The latter is currently being arranged for October 2008 ... the BMW will have to wait a few more years!

3) When i was younger i was allergic to ice-cream ... grew out of my allergy with age (Not sure whether that is a good or a bad thing ... could have saved quite a few calories there !!)

4) I had always maintained that i was never getting married or having children ...
i have done both once ... it's all good!

5) I had never really "camped" until i met my husband ... our first weekend camping trip entailed 2 cars (one being a ute) packed to the brim with (in my opinion) "essentials" and "just in case items" (which included an ironing board) ... OMG, looking back it is a wonder he didn't leave me and my essentials at home!! LOL!! You'll be pleased to know (as was DH) that i became quite the "happy little camper" with just the bare essentials and we have enjoyed many camping trips over the years. We have now progressed to a caravan which is lots of fun too!

6) Hmmm ... thinking, thinking, thnking ....

7) I love watching Family Fued ... sad but true! I even visit the website and love doing the quizz thing which is where they get that "we've surveyed 100 people" thing ... and ... confession time ... even applied to go on Family Fued ... but ... never heard from Bert !!! LOL! So, there you go ... i am a self confessed "MOUSE-A-PHOBIC FAMILY FUED ADDICTED SCRAPBOOKING DAG" !!

So, now that all my friends would probably prefer to pretend they are not my friends (LOL) i don't know who to tag ... so ... if you haven't been tagged, or you would like to be tagged again ... consider yourself TAGGED!

Gosh i wander if you feel as long a time to read this as it felt to type it ??? (you know what i mean) ... thanks for stopping by ...

Have a great week!

JULIE x

KIWI SCRAPS

** WARNING .... Marathon Post & Pics Ahead **

WOW!! What a weekend!

I am totally exhausted (but it is all good exhaustion) LOL!

KiwiScraps was fantastic ... The accommodation & brekkies were A+ ... but most of all, the tutors were totally awesome!! A group of totally talented, friendly, beautiful, fun ladies ...

here are some of them:




My head is spinning full of inspiration and ideas ... so here goes ... i'll share some snippets of our weekend and some of the projects ... will try not to bore you.

Friday we left a little later than planned, got a little bit lost (just a teeny tiny bit) and i missed my first class ... OOPS!

No need to panic ... Rhonda (from Kiwiscraps) is the most patient "happy to help' kind person and had things re-arranged in a jiffy to slot me into the Saturday workshop so i didn't miss out.

My second Friday class (which became my first class) was with RHONNA FARRER (USA) ... one gorgeous little lady with the hugest brightest bubbliest personality and loads of talent .... here is my completed project




Friday night we drove into Brighton Le Sands and found a groovy little pizza/pasta place "The Jail House Rock Pizzeria" which was totally Elvis themed ... yummy scrummy pizza and a photo with 'The King'to finish off the night ... LOL!!




Saturday was packed with scrapping & projects galore ... i learnt to speed type many years ago ... now i have learned to speed scrap!! LOL!

Some more projects to share:


This is part of a project not yet complete but still pretty cute heh!



Another project to complete in my own time but check the groovy paper flower thingy we learnt to make with the gorgeous giant button (which i was half tempted to save for one of my winter cardigans instead!!). The "purple onion' calendar stamp you can see in this photo was one of the prizes i was lucky enought to win in this class ... Woohoo!!



This LO workshop was so out of my comfort zone and usual style and was awewome. I will definately be inclined to experiment more with fabric and more dimensional elements in my scrapbooking now.

I totally love this flower (mounted on the HS flower) which was made from lace and sewing pattern papers ... gorgeous!!



And last but certainly not least ... i think this would almost rate as my favourite for the weekend. Not becaused of what it is but because i have never used felt because i didn't think it was my thing, have never done stitching (whether it be for embroidery type things or scrapbooking) and really didn't think i was interested in this stuff ...

Well ... i will have you know that I (yes, ME) cut out, stitched and created everything you see on this gorgeous little project (even freehand little felt flowers).



This is a 'Forget Me Knot' pouch you keep in your handbag and has little envelopes in it to keep note birthdays, events, phone numbers, invitations, receipts, etc etc. I can't wait to use felt and stitching on other projects now and i guess that pretty well sums up the whole "Freestyle" theme for the weekend, it was very much about learning to 'think outside the square'.

Anyway, if you are still awake and still reading this, thank you for being interested in my awesome weekend. I look forward to attending more wonderful events like this and hopefully meeting lots of other scrapbooking and blogger friends!

Have a great week,

JULIE x

ONE MORE SLEEP ....

THAT'S IF I EVER GET TO BED !!?

Off to KIWISCRAPS .... Yeeeaaaaah!!

I am soooo bad at leaving things 'til the last minute ... but always manage to pull everything together at the 11th hour ....

Well, that's me tonight (or should i say this morning)!

12.20am - finally finished packing, checking all my homework & items are in place ... I'm all ready!

Have a great weekend girls ... will post on Sun or Mon & share with you.

JULIE x

SATURDAY

Wow 2 posts in a week ... doing well!

Up nice and early this morning (well ... don't know what's nice about it, but anyway LOL!) ... washing done, housework done (thanks to DH yesterday) and everything is under control ......

Off to soccer this morning for first game of the season, canteen duty 11 'til 2 ... then ... home this afternoon and hopefully ... scrapbooking time !!

I'm working on an OTP Project Kit for Mothers Day for SCRAPBOOKnBITS ... have you seen the new arrivals .... Velour rik rak & flowers, beautiful Daisy D rub-ons, fancy pants etc, etc ..... Gooooorgeous!!

I had mentioned in a few previous posts that i had dabbled in sending in a few LO's for comps ... no luck ... :O(
Never mind, i have never been one to scrapbook for comps etc but i figure that if i'm scrapbooking for me & the fun of it, a dabble 'here & there' is no harm done!

LO share ....

Blake & his best mate Matty ... Blake's birthday March 2007




Blake's birthday March 2007 ... loving bright colours & sei iron-ons at the moment!



Have a great weekend everyone

JULIE x

P.S - Only 6 more sleeps 'til KIWISCRAPS ....

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER .....

The days are flying by ... not enough hours in a day, not enough days in a week etc, etc .... you get my drift !!

However, as time passes quickly ... that means .... only 9 more sleeps 'til KIWISCRAPS .... ONLY 7 MORE WEEKS 'TIL THE SUPRISE HOLIDAY .... only 4 more months 'til we go snowskiing ..... and .... only 8 more months 'til Christmas !!!!

Well, now that I've got that off my chest, what have we been up to for the last week or so ???? .....

We have been enjoying the school hols and i'm loving the no routine thing!

Last Sunday we went to Sydney for the day to the 4WD Camping Caravan Holiday Expo at Rosehill ... was a great day and we picked up some bargain items that we were wanting for our van etc.

I have been indulging in some 'me time' for scrapbooking ....


A trip to Dubbo Zoo last year. What a great place!





Our night out in January to see Walking with Dinosaurs! (yes, the one where i wasn't allowed to take any photos!!)





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very proud of this one .....

my first attempt at a canvas!
Love this photo of the boys (was taken on our big trip last year whilst we were at Broken Hill - you make recognise the stone sculpture which is currently appearing on TV for the Broken Hill tourism ads!!?).
Had lots of fun making this and just love the MME transparencies and gems!!
This will take pride of place in my scrapbooking room and i intend to do a couple of others to go with it!




Have a couple of others that i can't share yet as I am dabbling in a few comps ... you never know your luck!!

Hope you have all had a good week so far.

Talk soon,

JULIE x

PRICELESS

We have had a pretty non-eventful Easter Weekend .... which was just lovely!

Friday we spent the days with friends who are holidaying down at Rafferty's Resort and left Blake behind to spend a night with this little mate.

Saturday, DH went off to work for the start of his "rostered on" shifts for the weekend. I got a day to myself but still had plenty to do. Went off and done my Easter shopping and went and brought some clothes for myself (haven't done that in ages!). Saturday afternoon Blake returned and we spent the afternoon at home. He watched some movies and i scrapped (will share later).

Sunday, we were up very early ... lots of excitement (and relief) to see that the Bunny had been .... rewind ... Saturday afternoon Blake and i had a conversation regarding his concern that the Bunny wouldn't come this year 'cause he won so many easter eggs/chocs in the school raffle .... oh to be 10 and that is your only worry in the world !!

We got to do a quick Happy Easter with Mark before he left for work at 5am, then Blake & I jumped back into bed for a few more hours beauty sleep (well .... for me!)

The most special gift i received was this little Easter box Blake made at school ... obviously made with lots of love & pride which is better than money can buy ....



Just Priceless!

Today was a little bit more shopping, some more scrapbooking and a quiet afternoon at home.

Tomorrow is back to work :(

However, i do love the fact that it is school holidays ... no organising, no uniforms, no lunches, no homework etc etc.

DH is home for the hols and hopefully i'll be able to spare a day here and there!

Have a great week everyone!

P.S - 3 Weeks to KiwiScraps ... yippeeeee!


JULIE x

HOP, HOP, HOP ...

The Bunny is on his way .....




HAVE A GREAT EASTER EVERYONE!

JULIE x

ONE VERY "EGGSITED" LITTLE BOY .....

Back a few posts ago when i was sharing some of my weekend scrapping ...

There was this LO.




This is Blake in 2000 (3yrs old) when he won the Easter Raffle at Pre-School!

Fast forward to 4th April 2007 (10 yrs old) at approx 2.50pm when i picked up Blake from school and it went something like this ......



one very excited (bordering on hyperactive)screaming child ......



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"MUUUUUUUUM ..... I won 2nd Prize in the Easter Raffle !!!!!!!"





OMG ... a basket (roughly the size of a washing basket) full of easter chocolate!! WOW !!


He was ranting at 100 mile an hour, couldn't sit still in the car and couldn't wait to get home to unpack it all.

Needless to say we have Easter Chocs spread all over our loungeroom floor and DH & i have been privilaged to be allocated a few treats this evening !!?*#! LOL!

He has set aside a large pack with lots of eggs to take to school for his classmates tommorrow and a small pack for his teacher!

Not sure what the plan is for the rest at this stage but there is a fair chance we'll still be eating Easter Choc at Christmas !!

Well, i think our little man has a lucky streak; besides theses raffles he also won a christmas raffle one year which was a large wheelbarrow piled high with food, electrical appliances, beer, wine etc, etc. ...... it think i'll send him down to the Newsagency to buy me a Lottery Ticket tommorrow!! LOL :)

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

JULIE x