I know she isn't real pretty........although I am biased and think she's gorgeous!........but she is a girl, and she is sort of girly if you look long enough. lol! This is my son Michael's dog Raz.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Photo Challenge #3
This is my pic for Photo Challenge #3 - Girls
I know she isn't real pretty........although I am biased and think she's gorgeous!........but she is a girl, and she is sort of girly if you look long enough. lol! This is my son Michael's dog Raz.
I know she isn't real pretty........although I am biased and think she's gorgeous!........but she is a girl, and she is sort of girly if you look long enough. lol! This is my son Michael's dog Raz.
Blog Award
I'd like to thank my wonderful family, my manager.........Ooops sorry, getting a bit carried away here lol!!!
I'd REALLY like to thank Jane for the fabulous award....thanks so much Jane.
I am so enjoying this new world of blogging as I get to keep a journal of the comings and goings in mine and my families lives....with pictures, plus I have an online 'brag book' to share with friends and family, and I get to occasionally vent when things aren't going so well. As I get so much enjoyment from writing this blog, it seems really strange that others might actually like what you are doing too.
I have made new friends and been able to keep up with other friends through their blogs, and I am amazed on a daily basis at how creative, artistic, and interesting these blogs are, and how talented and wonderful the people who run them are. Two of the people I would have put up for this award, because their blogs are little miracles of artistic creativity, have already just received it, (yes thats you Vicki and Jane) but never fear, I still have a list of blogs that I absolutely love visiting and that really deserve this award - so here we go:
Girls just right click on your award, save to your computer, and upload to your blog. Please pass it along to 6 blogs that you love to frequent.
1. Scrap'It by Breeza Bree
2. Around the World with Helen and Tony Helen M
3. Tales from Colorado Lenore
4. Now Then Habibi Maz
5. A Pene for your Thoughts Pene
6. Digital Creations Sharon
Congrats girls, and thanks for giving me such great sites to come and visit.
I'd REALLY like to thank Jane for the fabulous award....thanks so much Jane.
I am so enjoying this new world of blogging as I get to keep a journal of the comings and goings in mine and my families lives....with pictures, plus I have an online 'brag book' to share with friends and family, and I get to occasionally vent when things aren't going so well. As I get so much enjoyment from writing this blog, it seems really strange that others might actually like what you are doing too.
I have made new friends and been able to keep up with other friends through their blogs, and I am amazed on a daily basis at how creative, artistic, and interesting these blogs are, and how talented and wonderful the people who run them are. Two of the people I would have put up for this award, because their blogs are little miracles of artistic creativity, have already just received it, (yes thats you Vicki and Jane) but never fear, I still have a list of blogs that I absolutely love visiting and that really deserve this award - so here we go:
Girls just right click on your award, save to your computer, and upload to your blog. Please pass it along to 6 blogs that you love to frequent.
1. Scrap'It by Breeza Bree
2. Around the World with Helen and Tony Helen M
3. Tales from Colorado Lenore
4. Now Then Habibi Maz
5. A Pene for your Thoughts Pene
6. Digital Creations Sharon
Congrats girls, and thanks for giving me such great sites to come and visit.
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Happy Birthday Bree
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Bree ee
Happy birthday to you
Yep, its my little girls birthday today. Where does the time go? I can still remember the day she was born. Bringing her home from the hospital. Her growing up years. SO, how on earth did she suddenly become 31??? I DON'T KNOW! I don't think she knows where the time has gone either. But, no matter what, it is her birthday today, and I'd like to wish her the best birthday EVER! Happy birthday hon, love ya!
As an added aside: Bree and I have a really exciting day tomorrow. Two of the girls on Bree's CT, who live in Melbourne, are driving up to Bendigo tomorrow so that we can all finally meet and spend some time together. Sharon and Pene (skyezac and rtoose) are meeting us at the botanical gardens, where we are going to have a picnic lunch, watch the kids play, and get to know each other for the afternoon. I am sooooo looking forward to meeting them both. I have my camera charged and ready!!!!
Bruce, Michael, Chloe, Pheobe and I are taking Bree out for dinner tomorrow night for her birthday. We are going to one of Bree's favourite restaurants, so should be a good night.
I will report back.....with pics of course, in a couple of days. I will have to download tomorrows pics before going out in the evening I think lol!!
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Bree ee
Happy birthday to you
Yep, its my little girls birthday today. Where does the time go? I can still remember the day she was born. Bringing her home from the hospital. Her growing up years. SO, how on earth did she suddenly become 31??? I DON'T KNOW! I don't think she knows where the time has gone either. But, no matter what, it is her birthday today, and I'd like to wish her the best birthday EVER! Happy birthday hon, love ya!
As an added aside: Bree and I have a really exciting day tomorrow. Two of the girls on Bree's CT, who live in Melbourne, are driving up to Bendigo tomorrow so that we can all finally meet and spend some time together. Sharon and Pene (skyezac and rtoose) are meeting us at the botanical gardens, where we are going to have a picnic lunch, watch the kids play, and get to know each other for the afternoon. I am sooooo looking forward to meeting them both. I have my camera charged and ready!!!!
Bruce, Michael, Chloe, Pheobe and I are taking Bree out for dinner tomorrow night for her birthday. We are going to one of Bree's favourite restaurants, so should be a good night.
I will report back.....with pics of course, in a couple of days. I will have to download tomorrows pics before going out in the evening I think lol!!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Oh So Windy
Thats the weather, not me lol!!!!
Yesterday was another very warm day, and late yesterday afternoon the wind started to blow, getting stronger as the evening wore on. By 3am this morning I was up and trying to find out what was banging, what was rattling, and checking our side gate was still latched as it tends to come undone in really strong winds. The wind at this time was whining and moaning and was extremely strong, hitting the house in regular huge gusts that actually shook the house. It has stayed that way all day. Hot, very windy, with so much dust in the air that it looked almost misty. It reached a high of 34C today, but now, at 10pm, the temperature is around 23C. Much cooler and so much nicer for sleeping. The wind is still blowing quite fiercely though. I just heard a huge crash before, and upon investigation found that the bathroom mirror had blown right off the wall. Bruce had opened the bathroom window to let some cool air blow through the house, but it decided to try wrecking the bathroom instead. Lol! Thankfully we will not be experiencing 7 years of bad luck as the mirror, believe it or not, is still in one piece. How lucky is that?
I am hoping the wind ceases a little by tomorrow, I'm not a big fan of strong wind....weather or otherwise!
Yesterday was another very warm day, and late yesterday afternoon the wind started to blow, getting stronger as the evening wore on. By 3am this morning I was up and trying to find out what was banging, what was rattling, and checking our side gate was still latched as it tends to come undone in really strong winds. The wind at this time was whining and moaning and was extremely strong, hitting the house in regular huge gusts that actually shook the house. It has stayed that way all day. Hot, very windy, with so much dust in the air that it looked almost misty. It reached a high of 34C today, but now, at 10pm, the temperature is around 23C. Much cooler and so much nicer for sleeping. The wind is still blowing quite fiercely though. I just heard a huge crash before, and upon investigation found that the bathroom mirror had blown right off the wall. Bruce had opened the bathroom window to let some cool air blow through the house, but it decided to try wrecking the bathroom instead. Lol! Thankfully we will not be experiencing 7 years of bad luck as the mirror, believe it or not, is still in one piece. How lucky is that?
I am hoping the wind ceases a little by tomorrow, I'm not a big fan of strong wind....weather or otherwise!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
ADSR Challenge 5
Welcome to Round 5 of the Amazing DigiScrapping Race! Your challenge for this stop is to create a layout that has no photos on it, but includes at least 3 different and separate photo frames. Sometimes we have special thoughts, feelings and/or memories about a person or place or event or pet or whatever, but no photos. OR, we could be missing someone who has passed on or something that is no longer in our lives and would dearly love to be able to express that on a page.Because scrapbooking is all about recording our life journey and that of our family we can still create a page to record and preserve those special thoughts, feelings and/or memories with a little thought and planning and with the creative use of photo frames and journaling (although journaling is not required for this challenge).You could even try doing a collage of elements and paper cut-outs within the photo frames to create a pictorial representation of your missing photos.
This is what I came up with.....it was a lot harder than I imagined.
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This is what I came up with.....it was a lot harder than I imagined.
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
ADSR Challenge 4
Challenge 4:
The Art and Soul Challenge!You both must complete this challenge! However, this is a FAST FORWARD challenge which means that the first team done can SKIP the January 18th challenge if they wish!
1. The Art of it: Your LO must have artistic flair! Literally! Your LO must have at least 3 things "artsy" and/or "altered" on it--(such as but not limited to: paint splatters, a paintbrush, paint spills, crayon doodles, goopy glitter, watercolors, canvas AND/OR altered art items such as wings on photos, art dolls, vintage doodads, ephemera, etc). Really stretch yourself and try something "artsy" that you haven't tried before!2. The Soul of it: You must journal something from your Soul. Something positive, heartfelt and meaningful to you in your life! Something you've learned, something you've gleaned from your life experience. Perhaps something you would want to pass on to the next generation! (It can even be your favorite quote and why it touches/inspires you) Uplift us, make us smile--inspire us! You must share your journaling with us-if it's hard to read or blended into the background-part of the challenge is to share your journaling in your description.
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The Art and Soul Challenge!You both must complete this challenge! However, this is a FAST FORWARD challenge which means that the first team done can SKIP the January 18th challenge if they wish!
1. The Art of it: Your LO must have artistic flair! Literally! Your LO must have at least 3 things "artsy" and/or "altered" on it--(such as but not limited to: paint splatters, a paintbrush, paint spills, crayon doodles, goopy glitter, watercolors, canvas AND/OR altered art items such as wings on photos, art dolls, vintage doodads, ephemera, etc). Really stretch yourself and try something "artsy" that you haven't tried before!2. The Soul of it: You must journal something from your Soul. Something positive, heartfelt and meaningful to you in your life! Something you've learned, something you've gleaned from your life experience. Perhaps something you would want to pass on to the next generation! (It can even be your favorite quote and why it touches/inspires you) Uplift us, make us smile--inspire us! You must share your journaling with us-if it's hard to read or blended into the background-part of the challenge is to share your journaling in your description.
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We've Had a Busy Weekend
I had a little bit of a sleep in on Friday morning, but only a little bit. After a leisurely breakfast Bruce and I got stuck into the housework, washing, and FINALLY (I'm a little ashamed to say) taking down the Christmas decorations and packing them away. After lucnch we both headed off to our computers to do what we had to do.
Friday night we went out to a friends house for dinner. We had a great night, 3 other couples and a single lady, great food, good conversation, wonderful company. Most of these people don't drink alcohol, so it was a soft drink only night (ha! ha! you didn't think I could go out for dinner without having a champers or a wine did you...well! there you go, I have some secrets you don't know about!). The friends we visited only live a couple of blocks from us so we were able to walk to their house, which is so much better than having to load and unload the wheelchair. By the time we left at 10.30pm the evening had cooled down giving us a glorious evening to walk home.
Saturday morning we were up bright and early to meet friends (one of the couples from last night) for breakfast at a lakeside cafe called the Boardwalk. We arrived at 9.20am and after a very hearty breakfast, lots of coffee and water, and obviously a LOT of talking, we left at 11.30am. We strolled over to have a peek at an artist at work on the lakeside, and after about 1/2 hour of chatting to this wonderful Irishman, we dashed off home to grab the camera, then headed out to White Hills Botanical Gardens to take some pics of the sunflowers. The schools around the local area planted a maze of sundflowers and they are all in bloom at the moment.
The different sizes and different varieties were amazing, and so pretty.
Here are some pics we took:
A small portion of the maze of sunflowers.
Some were very tall, towering above like golden sentinels.
So many beautiful colours.
The bees were busy in nearly every bloom.
This one had just started setting seed.
The seed looks brilliant up close.
Friday night we went out to a friends house for dinner. We had a great night, 3 other couples and a single lady, great food, good conversation, wonderful company. Most of these people don't drink alcohol, so it was a soft drink only night (ha! ha! you didn't think I could go out for dinner without having a champers or a wine did you...well! there you go, I have some secrets you don't know about!). The friends we visited only live a couple of blocks from us so we were able to walk to their house, which is so much better than having to load and unload the wheelchair. By the time we left at 10.30pm the evening had cooled down giving us a glorious evening to walk home.
Saturday morning we were up bright and early to meet friends (one of the couples from last night) for breakfast at a lakeside cafe called the Boardwalk. We arrived at 9.20am and after a very hearty breakfast, lots of coffee and water, and obviously a LOT of talking, we left at 11.30am. We strolled over to have a peek at an artist at work on the lakeside, and after about 1/2 hour of chatting to this wonderful Irishman, we dashed off home to grab the camera, then headed out to White Hills Botanical Gardens to take some pics of the sunflowers. The schools around the local area planted a maze of sundflowers and they are all in bloom at the moment.
The different sizes and different varieties were amazing, and so pretty.
Here are some pics we took:
A small portion of the maze of sunflowers.
Some were very tall, towering above like golden sentinels.
So many beautiful colours.
The bees were busy in nearly every bloom.
The different patterns in the centres of the flowers were amazingly beautiful.
The seed looks brilliant up close.
After taking the pics we went home and had a fairly uneventful afternoon. I did race up to one of the local cafe`s where they encourage dog owners to take their pooches for coffee...puppicino's. It is a 'normal' cafe/resataurant, but they believe you can take your little furry friends with you...sitting outside of course. They even provide beds for the dogs to lie on.They have a picture wall of all the visiting dogs, and the person responsible for this little venture has asked me to do an album for her pets, so I went to pick up the phooto's. She is thinking that if she leaves her album on the counter, most pet owners will either want an album for themselves, or want a special page done to frame. We'll see what comes of it.
This morning, Sunday, I went to Bree's for the morning and picked her brains on CS2. I have been working on my lo for challenge 4, and this time totally needed to use a program other than FotoFusion. This afternoon I finally finished my page for the challenge and will post it after this post. I am having an early night tonight, then off to work again tomorrow. Won't that be fun????
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