LSBS Retreat

There is so much to tell you! Since last post I have bought a new house, living currently at mums till it is ready ( this friday), kids have changed schools, justin has been in the states etc etc etc etc


BUT the most bestest ever part was the LSBS retreat, SERIOUSLY the most fun a girl can have in a weekend.

There is so much to say, and so many photo's to download :)

So a quick round up.

Thanks to Cath for organising everything and being the best DT boss ever!

Thanks to Helen and Celeste for keeping me laughing all weekend you are just the most gorgeous girls and I feel so lucky to call you my friends.

To Relsi a fellow "softie" - love you darl

To Nicrus, you are such a beautiful chickie, thanks for being there when I needed a little therapy.

Shan, you are such a beautiful heart

PT - I just love you babe, things will get better I promise.

Altered (Nic) and Karen - loved meeting the both of you, you are so booked on my table next year ;)

Alison Shearer - thanks so much for making the teaching in an unusual situation fun rather than stressful! You ROCK!

I soooo can't name everyone :( It was just such a wonderful weekend and I can't wait till nest year already :)

Photo is of Helen, Celeste and myself muching around with the self timer on my camera, Just makes me laugh!

Have a good one.

Lots of love
xx

The Rain Came Down!

Well you would probably have to living under a rock if you didn't realise that the Central coast and Hunter region were hit with a massive storm over the weekend ! We are talking 100 km winds and also the yearly rainful in just two days. It was unbelievable.

We were so lucky, houses in our street wern't as lucky, plenty flooded and plenty without power. We were also very very lucky to get our kids out of school at about 2.30pm, by 3pm you couldn't get to them and plenty of them had to stay the night :(

But life goes on and as everyone starts to assess the damage and tidy up the sun is shining today :) The kids are back at school and life just keeps going. I am so saddened by the families who have lost loved ones in this tradgedy, I can't even imagine how they must be feeling.

I will leave you with photo's in and around our streets, the blue fence is Livinia's preschool and yes that is the LAKE right up to their door !

I uploaded my photo's via photobucket for the first time, can't say I like how it has made each a new post - but can't be bothered fiddling now!

Stay safe,

Love Lisa
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cause I want to share!

Having more fun, learning more stuff :) Nothing is perfect, but really who wants it to be anyway?? Love my super girl.

monday

This is what I got up to at 5.30 this morning! I Love these photo's of my boys, I have scrapped them before and will probably will again. Digi Kit is by KSK designs available at LSBS .

Thats all - just wanted to share :)

Love Lisa

the watagans and another hospital visit!

WE are back, a little grotty but happy :)

I never ever thought I would enjoy camping, always thought of myself as a five star kinda girl - but I LOVED it! Planning on buying our own camper trailer now!

But of course it wouldn't be us without one trip to the hospital now would it?

So imagine , we arrive at the watagans with about 1 hour of light left, we get the trailer up and dinner cooked - the kids are excited because they get to sleep in their sleeping bags and they want to go to bed ( SHOCK) - thats cool with us, we get them all cozy and sit outside under the stars and enjoy a bottle of red ! yummy!

Kids are playing and chattering when we hear a goodness almighty scream and a "Don't Jere" and that horrible crying when you know something is wrong. WE rush in Liv is screaming and covering her eye - Jere is yelling "it wasn't me"

I put a blankie around her and cuddle her and try to look at her eye and she is screaming to "get the thing out" I knew she has scratched it ( or actually Jere had), but couldn't tell how bad, and not to mention by this stage we had finished the bottle of wine :( She fell asleep crying an we hoped for the best. ALAS, at 11pm she woke screaming and we knew she had to go to the hospital, justin bundled her up and took screaming child to car. Then returned 15 minutes later cause there was no visibility.

She fell back asleep and Justin took her to the hopital at abut 8am in the morning. i was left to entertain two children while it was pouring outside and I was so worried about Liv - we played a thousand games of UNO listened to my i-pod and drank cups of tea!

Liv returned about midday sporting a rather funky patch and some eye drops to stop here eye getting infected. She is great now just not to keen on the drops!

I will leave you with a piccy of her when she got back to camp!

Love Lisa

I got an IPOD!

LOL - I love mothers day! yep got myself an ipod ( actually J and the kids did) and we got one for mum as well and she was totally stoked!

That was probably the best part of mothers day - or mayby the 18 under fives I took for kiddies church :) crazy stuff

the rest of mothers day was spent ferrying to and from the hospital as dad has ANOTHER BLOODY DVT, and one in his lung ( they found that today) - he is in good spirits we just want him well again. I HATE hospitals.

J had his birthday, but spent the most of it working ( YUKKY) and is still working at the moment, waiting for an 11pm conference call. The life of an IBM preject executive - hmmmmm. Did I say he was up at 4.30am this morning answering emails. WE bought him a mariners jersey and he was very very pleased.

We are off camping this weekend and I can't tell you how much I need to be away from my phone and dare I say it the computer ( actually J needs it more than me) Going to be great, just scared of going to the toilet in the middle of the night and leeches! LOL!

Oh and Yas and Ben had another beautiful Boy, they called him Beau Bradley - very very cute. Congrats guys!

I **LOVE** this photo of my boys goofing off! there are a whole heap in a series. Layout created in photoshop and Digi elements all from two peas. Noice and easy one :)

Do you think me blog needs an overhaul, what about a pretty banner - sounds like a plan. Might have to get some hints from my wonderful, talanted muso/web designer brother LOL! "Oh Kris ................."

Love Lisa
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tagged :)

By the Gorgeous Celeste and Sandie !

So here goes:

Each player starts with 7 random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about their seven things, as well as these rules. 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!

1. We have lived in Waaaaay to many houses! we are currently in our fourth house that we ( actually the bank) owns. We tend to move every 18 months to two years. I think we may be gypseys.

2. My mum is Welsh and I have inherrited (SP?) a few weird sayings from her. Which I didn't know were weird till I married hubby!

3. I am an obsessive reader and can't put a book down, I tend to go through novels like magazines usually three a week at the moment.

4. I once had a moment of road rage in our school park ! She was a known offender of car park danger - so that is how I justify it, it was really lovely seeing me honk my horn and carry on - especially as my kiddies go to a christian school ! LOL!

5. My favourite place in the world is the beach followed by the hunter valley wineries and if I could have them both together i would be in total Bliss!

6.I hate mess, which is really funny, cause I am a messy person by nature? go figure?

7. I find it really hard to have "down time" - perhaps I am hyperactive. I need to always be doign something.

Phew! I am not tagging anyone, cause I think everyone I know has been tagged?????

Thanks Celeste and Sandie for getting me back blogging - i will leave you with a layout of my boy, using the gorgeous piggy tales paper from LSBS


Oh - before I go - I am going to buy an IPOD - but am totally confused? Do I just need a shuffly for running, or do I need a nano and If I need a nano what one??? PLease someone help me :)
Love Lisa
xx

LSBS "Little Book of Big Memories"

Have you started yet??? If not or you don't know what all the fuss is about check out LSBS and while you are there you might want to check out all the sneaky stuff us Dt girls have been up too!

We wanted to surprise Cath with something special for the site, so we came up with some cool holiday ideas and projects for big kids and little kids! Just to say thanks for being so wonderful over a period of yuk for the whole DT ( and Cath) - We LOVE you Cath!

Liv turns four

This is my baby, can you see her? No I can't either cause she is a BIG FOUR YEAR OLD! Boo Hoo! She was so stoked with herself and when she woke up just kept saying "I'm four, I not a little girl anymore I am a big girl" so chuffed with herself - didn't even think of pressies till we reminded her!

We celebrated her birthday with lunch and ice cream at Mum and Dads, and as you can see she enjoyed herself completly. Check out the dodgy face paint by your truly!

There is some cool stuff happening over at LSBS over the weekend, as usual Cath won't say what it is but i know it starts with an online party @ 7.30pm. Should be fun!

Hope your all having a lovely day.

Love Lisa
xx

digi mad !

Yep, thats what I have become DIGI MAD I personally think it is such a good thing to stretch yourself and try something perhaps you arn't very confident with. I am having fun, learning a whole heap about Photoshop LOL! and really enjoying the process, I have so much to learn and I find myself wanting to know everything straight away!

The above layout is again using the awesome crazy cat studios "be mine" digital elements from the CD of the same name ( of course!). It is super simple, just a photo collage onto one of the beautiful papers ( which I fiddled with to get the colour I wanted!), add the white journalling (which has already been done for you!) one more layer to add the "distressing" and finish with a little journalling. Too SWEET!

BTW - the day we actually spent down at the haven was so much fun! There was even a SHARK ALARM, at the main beach, and no one could go in the water for about an hour while the choppers and life savers in their boat chased it out to sea! I havn't heard a shark alarm in years! We were calling the kids "shark bait" LOL - as we wern't at the main beach we let them keep paddling but only up to their knees!

So tomorrow is miss Liv's birthday and she will be getting a nintendo DS - yes I know that is a big pressie ( or perhaps expensive!) for a four year old, BUT - the big kids got them for christmas and I thought she wouldn't be old enough for one. Well, she is amazing at it, and that's all she wants - so that's all she's getting! third kids are sooooooo quick!

anyway, have a beautiful weekend.

Love Lisa
xx

Ouch!

Well what more can you say? Bad photo (taken indoors at night!) but you get the general idea.

Poor Lilli accidently got hit in the eye with her brothers cricket bat, and it wasn't pretty! It looked even worse the following day, her eye swelled up so badly she sould hardly open it. But she still wanted to go to school because it was crazy hair day!

Her friends at school were so sweet and soooooo concerned for her! Love that she has great friends. I made sure I spoke to her teacher, I was worried they might report me to DOC's! LOL her teacher just laughed at me! I am just thankful there were no stitches involved!

Weekend is almost here and I can't wait! Liv will be turning FOUR! OMGoodness that has gone all to quick.

Gotta Run,

Love Lisa
xx

Something exciting :)

I am so excited! Can you guess why? no? LOL?

I am soooo excited cause my gorgeous friend Tracy Watson has asked my to be part of the crazy cat studios creative team for their AWESOME digi CD's.

So this is my first layout using the "year in reveiw" CD, it is a total cheat, cause most of the work was already done! I just added my photo and a few other elements and it was done! Too cool, there is of course other templates to use (heaps of them) and also papers and embellishments if you like to do digi from scratch - very very good stuff :)

What else? Well I spent THREE HOURS tidying my boy's room today, I threw out two garbage bags full of junk and will be giving away two of clothes. But it looks so nice and clean - wonder how long that will last???

SO what you up to this weekend? LSBS will be hosting another awesome cybercrop with heaps of competitions, chat, bingo and lots of fun. So come on over.

Thats all for today, hope your having a good one :)

Love Lisa

I've been creating :)

So, i didn't quite make the seven day challenge to blog everyday? But I have been blogging so at least that is better than not at all.

I HAVE been creating though, seems I am finally in the swing of things again which is really nice.

WE all went to the dentist yesterday which was POOEY. I didn't have to have anything done for a change but poor Lil has to go back and have some work done on one of her "big girl" molars, I feel sick at the thought of it. She has some kind of weird "enamalation" it is cause by her tooth not forming correctly in her gum, probably from a high temp or something. Anyway it isn't good and ther have to drill it away and cover her tooth with silver until she is old enough for a crown.

I still have memories of work I had to have done as a young child and I am going to be hard pressed to keep it together for Lilli - anyone know some good bribes????

Still house hunting, we found a beeautful house on the weeked and are waiting to here back from the owners who are being PAINFUL with regards to negotiation - I think they think they are playing hardball, they havn't met Justin yet!

Anyway, Liv is having a tantrum beside me cause I gave her hand a smack ( she keeps pressing the esc key ) Better go and give her some loving!

Love Lisa
xx

Yukky Toilets :(

LOL - the joys of house hunting! No we arn't moving yet, we might not even move but we are looking for another house for an investment ( or perhaps to live in! ).

I went to inspect a house today, hmmmmm, the agent said "it may be a little messy, they didn't tidy it before they left this morning" Well that has got to be the BIGGEST understatement of the year so far. It was a PIGSTYE, I am not talking a little messy it was disgusting. The worst part was the toilets ( all three of them) with big poo "sliders" on all of them - EWWWWW to much info?????? I wanted to vomit. LOL - needless to say there will be no offers from us on that one!

Had the pleasure of visiting on of my best mate jackie today, some people are just so genuine and so real it is a joy to be around them, that is Jac. Love her to bits.

Hope your day has been great! off to get my little sweeties to bed.

Love Lisa
xx

**BTW** I have starting spreading a little "warm and fuzzies" around my friends blods, so if you get a strange "I love you post" it's just me ! LOL

I can't think of a clever title!

LOL - I guess that is what happens when you start blogging every day ;)

Another day, girls went to dancing this arvo - thankfully no tears from Lilli and Liv shook her booty again.

Jere is off to camp tomorrow and he is so excitied and I am just trying to work out how to get three kids to three different destinations all at the same time, without Lilli melting down cause Jere won't be at school :( Should be interesting.

There is really nothing else exciting going on here today? House semi tidy, dinner cooked, kids tired and happy??????

I will leave you with some piccy's with my mum and dad and the kids.

Love Lisa
xx

My baby

My cheeky baby - Livinia. She is turing four in march and I just can't believe how big she is, I am excited and sad all at the same time.

We spent a lovely day together today, playing at the park, swimming in our pool and just hanging out. Although I spend most days with her, I don't "hang out" with her much :(. She is easy ( well if you let her lose on nick Jr and give her free time on your computer!) and just kind of plods through the day.

I was getting really frustrated with her only wanting to be on the computer - and let me tell you this three year old can do amazing things! She logs into nick jnr, navigates all the games, types her name ( well LIV anyway) and also likes to delete my emails or open up paint on her own and have a draw. Hmmmmmmmm.

So today we played. I even dragged her toys down to my scrap area. She doesn't play with any of her toys till the big kids get home, so it was nice to see her play on her own and she was nice and close so we chatted about silly things. LIke animals and what words start with what letters etc etc etc. she even told be she loves me more than a porcipine (SP?) LOVE LOVE LOVE HER.

Well I am waiting for Justin to get home so we can go to a local park by the water for a picnic dinner and a wind down. NICE STUFF.

Hope today is treating you well??????

Love Lisa
xx

out of the mouths of babes!

Hi there people!

Well today really the same as any other with a drama thrown in, but if you have read this blog for any length of time - that seems to be my life!

Off to the optometrist for a checkup cause she was concerned with some spots on my eyes, spots still there and she thinks there is more :( on the spot she gets me into the eye specialists and they squish me in. You know that feeling you get when a doctor gets you into a specialist's office the SAME DAY, when normal people can't get in for 6 weeks??? Hmmmmmm...... but to cut a long story short, my eyes are fine and the iritis is a past case and not active which is just fantastic! still have to keep a watch ( ha!) but it is great news.

My beautiful Liv, is such a funny girl. We were putting htem to bed tonight and I asked her about "christians" and I specifically asked her " who do christian's love??" her answer "apples!" ROFL - justin and I were serisouly laughing. Thankfully Lilli set the record straight ;)

So then we started talking about God and Jesus, and asked Livinia "is God in your heart??" and suddenly it struck me that although she answers Yes, she hasn't ever said the Prayer. And if you are a Christain you know what I am talking about!

So we ask her "do you want to pray to Jesus to come and live in your heart?" and she said yes, and I thought I was going to cry and so sweetly she repeated Justins prayer, and that was that. Sooooooooo good, I am still smiling. Such a beautiful thing.

Hmmm, nothing much else. Mum is getting better. I had some wonderful news from a friend today, that made me cry with JOY. Love that. And I know you are reading this special friend and i love you too! :)

Thats enough love for tonight!

Lisa
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still here !

Ok - I admit totally budget photo! But these cards are in this months "simply stamping and papercraft" and they are on the front cover and they are featured in a section with my bestest buddy Helen! Love that. LOL - I did a sneaky I sent her cards in without her knowing! LOL - she is soooo talented, and so humble, I think she has no idea how talented she is, so I set myself to get her published and the very first stuff I sent in was accepted! LOL very very good stuff :)

So I went to what I thought was my last shift at work, then decided if I could just work one day a week and the occassional sunday, I would be fine. And guess what- It was and I will be working one day a week, which is just awesome for my scrap stash ( and Caths shop!) and I get to rest one day a week whish is awesome for my body!

Talking about my body, I ran into someone today that teaches pole dancing! Yepm, I was very very intrigued and think I might even give it a go! LOL I have a dance background ( taught for a couple of years) and this sounds fun and it isn't hard on your joints and I bet it is bloody funny as well, so I will let you know!

Phew, and I thought I would have nothing to say every day!

Love Lisa
xx

here again :)

Yep, I am even amazed, trying desperatly to keep this blog up and running. Three days of post's LOL - and you are probably bored ;)

Mum and Dad are in England visiting Kris and Sea and Ruby. Poor mum is sick with a soft tissue infection in her face :( apparently it is very very serious and she is dosed to the eyeballs with medication. Strange illnesses are seriously a common place thing in our family. Kris also has a middle ear infection, so they all sound like they are having a fab time! Not! Hopefully they will all feel better soon.

Mum and Dad actually left last sunday and I have got to say the scene at church was really just bizzare, with people in tears because they were having a break. What is it with people? I am sorry if that is harsh, but I just don't get it. I mean Seriously they are only going to be gone for three weeks people. Being a PK ( pastors kid) has made me a little harsh I s'pose. It all just made me feel totally suffocated, I mean these are MY parents leaving, and MY KIDS grandparents - what is with all the tears? and acting like I should be sobbing?? they are coming back for goodness sake. GRRRRRRRRR

anyway, apart from my PK angst, life is good ;) My scrap room is painted and I am just putting everything back in order. Noice.

See ya tomorrow!

are you shocked???

LOL - I am two posts in two days ( though not yet updates the links).

Nothing is happening here at all today, all the kids are at school and I am so bloody sick with RA I can't do anything. Feel crappy and sore.

But on a positive note, we did buy some paint to paint my NEW scrap room (actually it is the same space just with walls now!) It is a really nice yummy aqua kinda colour. YUMMY. that means my space has to be pulled apart, moved, resorted and put back . GRRRRRRR. Look out ebay. I am determined to sell, give away anything that I don't use or need anymore.

Also bought some nice new linen for out NEW room ( same thing, same space - just has walls now!) lovely choccy brown colours - ahhhhhhhh love love love new linen

BTW - have you checked out the new comp running at LSBS???? Seriousy it is awesome with briliant prizes up for grabs. check it out Here LSBS COMP


I will leave you with a layout, I have been scrapping up a storm and getting into the paint again, Love that.

Hello

Well it seems that i just don't blog like I thought I would, so I am setting myself a challenge to blog every day for the next week??? Sounds crazy? Perhaps, might be a tad boring for you as well!

Cath, has set herself up a blog and it looks amazing so go and check it out! ( when I add the link of course!)

Nothing and everything has been happening here. Jere and Lil have both celebrated birthdays, mum and dad are in England and I have had to leave my job, cause I was just too sick.

But all is not lost, more time to scrap and stamp and generally just be nice to me!

The girls started dancing yesterday and they acted just the way I thought. Liv was ready to go and couldn't wait to get in there and shake her booty, Lilli was much more reserved and had a few tears but she LOVED ballet, so we will be back next week.

I will leave you with some photo's of the girls.

2007 here we come

Well it is officially 2007. Ten days till my birthday :) and I havn't blogged in over a month. So here goes another toally random post!

• Kids finished school and boy were they ready for the break. Lilli managed to pick herself up an award at presentation night and we were so pround of her! Her award was "for having a caring heart and always trying her best". I was just about crying, and just so darn proud.

• Christmas was quiet, but great. Spent time with family and ate too much food but it was lovely.

• I also managed to pick myself up a casual job at the local westfield in a sunglasses shop and I am LOVIN' it ! I get to talk to people and that is just my thing.

• I am currently taking a break from teaching on a regular basis, I was just starting to feel "flat" and a little uninspired. Don't really know why. I am seriously going to miss the girls at Abscrapped especially the beautiful Jac, but I know the door is never closed, so I am sure I will be back.

• I am also doing the step by step for Jan for LSBS so go and check it out. It is a really cute little "year in review album" which you can whip up in an afternoon.

Anyway, I think that is enough! So I pray that you will all have a wonderful, happy and totally the bestest 2007! I know I will :)

Lisa
xx

Bothers arn't really annoying

LOL - well not when they live in London anyway!

Spoke to my little brother yesterday, nice chat, miss him millions - but thats cool. He might annoy me if he was here anyway! LOL!

He is such a cool muso, getting gig's in London - very very sweet stuff

Here is a link

http://myspace.com/krismorrismusic

check him out. It sounds so soulful and deep - not at all like me really. ROFL.

and yes I will tell you all about U2 fiona! but honestly what more can you say but they bloody rock. It was awesome. I don't know how four people can create such an atmosphere and such an amazing sound. LOVE IT!!!!

General Ramblings

OK - be prepared from some general ramblings and thoughts from my tired brain!

Why is is that nasty people quite often always land on their feet? what is with that? Just once I would like to see some of them land on their bottms!

Why does Livinia like pro-mite? Honestly it is disgusting.

Why does my son lose his bus pass in the last few weeks of term?

How have I been lucky enough in the last year or two, to gather a really cool set of friends who I love dearly! thats You! LSBS girls and SOF girls.

Why aren't the renovations finished yet ? and why has that not made me go totally insane??

Why is my husband reading over my sholder? Very very rude, and he is spell checking at the same time? what the?? (he really is a nice hubby , sending me to england next year!)

Do you think that is enough questions?? I would like some answers please! LOL!

Hmmmm - I don't know what else just feeling tired, getting ready for a crazy december, do you think if I close my eye's it will all happen without me? I mean I love December and Christmas, but we are always too busy with stuff we HAVE to do, I just want to swim at the beach and sleep.

Layout was for the SOF challenge, I like how it turned out, not quite what I had imagined. But the sentiment is there.

Love Lisa

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Thankyou!

**Sigh** thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, to all the wonderful chickies who left a message wishing me a speedy recovery.

I have noted that to gain a certain amount of celebrity and a whole heap of comments on my blog, a good injury is the key! LOL! Seriously thanks so much, in an industry that at times can be bitchy, you have restored my faith.

My arm is feeling much better, just going funny colours with the bruising. I am now dreading the doctor taking the stitch out ( such a chicken) - where are you Michelle when I need you (I owe you a coffee at Borders).

To all who commented about a cover for my blade *yes I know*, but those little things always go missing. I will never ever randomly shove my arm into a bag/tote again.

I don't really know what else to say except I am seriously humbled by everyone who stopped by to leave a comment, or who rang, or PM'd me. You girls rock.

PT - I am the proud owner of the best scrapping injury ever and I don't even want you to try to better me, seriously the celebrity is not worth it! (Love ya x )

Cath - I promise I am not taking a blade of any type with me next year, even though I did get to go shopping instead of work, I was so dazed I can't even remember what I looked at! Thanks for being you, you really are a wonderful friend.

OK I am getting mushy, so I am going to go.

Love Lisa
xxx

the penrith papercrafts festival & why craft knifes are dangerous!

**edited to show you the actual damage!, bruising just starting to come out!**



You really have to excuse my typing tonight, you see i am doing it one handed! Yep there is a story and here it is!

Well, it was day three at the paper festival at penrith and we arrived at the stand nice and early to get ready. It was about 8am and gill, helen and myself were busy getting organised. I needed something from my new AMM little tote, i reached under the desk into the tote and felt a bit if pain. I knew exactly what i had done, i knew i had stuck my arm straight onto my craft knife (with a brand new blade!), i pulled out my arm thinking, bugger where am i going to get a banaid from and to my horror my arm was covered in blood. Hmmmm, in fact it was spurting **not good**.

I managed to get helens attention, without falling on the floor and before i knew it I was surrounded by some very lovely ( and thankfully first aid trained people). They managed to get my arm wrapped and into a sling and the wonderful Michelle took me off to the local doctor. You guessed it, I had managed to hit the artery in my arm (on the underneath side). Ater waiting for an hour so the blood would stop spurting I am now the proud owner of one stitch, a ver deep wound and a very sore arm! I also got a tetnus needle for my trouble!

This post is sooooo long! sorry.

A few quick thankyou's

• To michelle, for staying with me when they stitched it up
• To helen, for not passing out beside me!
• To cath, just for being so understanding
• To all the LSBS girls who are probably all laughing hysterically now!!! LOL

Lisa

xx

U2

Yep, thats right I have tickets! Whooooo Hooooooo!

design team announcement

LSBS have just announced their new design team members and i am sooo excited cause my best friend Helen is joining the team! How cool, to have your bestie on the same DT! Whooo Hooo, we are going to have fun.

Check out the fringed photo matt! My beautiful Livinia did it for me! LOL! she snuck away with some scissors and grabbed a piece of cardstock and then presented it to me. Her words were "Look my mummy, I did some work for you, do you love it? do you need it?" WEll what could I say of course I needed it and proceeded to do this layout on the spot. i LOVE it - just because Livinia helped create it. What a clever girl.

We still have one week of the school holidays left, which I love. The kiddies are staying with mum and dad at the moment for a couple of nights so J and I have been enjoying some piece and quiet. We went to dinner last night and to a movie. Did some chirstmas "shopping" today, it is sooo hard to work out what the kids will really really use and enjoy. Hopefully we got it right.

I also got my first assignment back from TAFE today and was happy with a very credible 80%, not bad for a girl who hasn't studied since school.

Thats all really,

Lisa
x

Smelly sandwiches

What is it with Boys?? Don't get me wrong I love 'em. I have a husband that I adore, a brother who I think is cool and a Dad who is a legend.

But what is it with 9 year old boys who think that hiding their school sandwiches at the top of their wardrobe ( all 20 of them!) is a good idea??

Let me tell you his room just smelled divine after being locked up for a week while we were on holidays. YUKKY.

Why didn't he just chuck them in the bin? I would have never known.

Anyway, Jere has been banned from playstation for a week and had to move and stack 150 pavers for his trouble over the weekend. Don't think he will be hiding his lunch again.

Lisa

Back from the zoo!

I am exhasted so just a real quick post tonight!

Firstly thanks Kim and Mishell for helping to make sunday a brilliant day! You girls rock.



Zoo was wonderful, I took 250 photo's so I probably won't show you them all. I will upload them tomorrow cause blogger seems to be very very slow tonight! Perhaps it is me?? LOL

I probably should have realised that visiting the Zoo wouldn't be Jere's idea of fun? I thought all kids likes the zoo - apparently not. But he did read every single piece of information about the animals so if you want some weird and wonderful facts Jere is the one to ask! LOL.

The girls on the other hand LOVED it, they LOVED all the animals and I was so proud of Livinia she walked just about the whole zoo on those tiny little "chicken legs". Her fav. animal was apparently the otters ( which is totally funny, cause those otters were doing what animals do in spring! making babies!) LOL, we were hysterical.

anyway, I will put some zoo piccy's up later when blogger is being nice!

C-ya,

Lisa

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RIP - sandy bunny

What else can I say?? she will be sadly missed in our home and by her remaining sister Sally.

RIP - sandy bunny

another day

Well I have been a bad blogger again, but honestly sometimes life is just more important!

I have some work in this months Stamping and Papercraft! Whoo Hoo - one of my cards even made it to the cover - gotta love that.

Life is pretty normal here. Kids at school (well sorta, lil is come with conjuctivitis - icky), plenty of housework etc etc etc.

One of our bunnies died though this morning, which was so upsetting, I am not even sure why? Poor girls. Luckily I noticed it was on its was to bunny heaven and called the girls over and spoke to them about what I thought was going to happen. So when we got home from taking Jere to school they were prepared and said goodbye. Still is wasn't very pleasent at all, them i had to take the poor thing out of the cage, and it had already started to go stiff! YUKKY! but I did it cause the girls probably would have patted the poor dead thing all day.

Dad is in hospital today getting his shunt thingy out, so hopefully he will be feeling better before we leave for dubbo on monday! YIPEEEEEEE!!!

Thats all I can think of, got to go and organise for a group of kindy kids to scrap! **** read - talk, eat. make a mess and kinda scrap cause they really want to play! LOL****

I did it!

LOL - Look Kell, I have friends and interesting people on my side bar!

OK - this is the photo that took my breath away! I snapped quite a few of Lilli and Liv, and this is the one that really stunned me. Lilli has always been a beautiful girl (and a little vixen!), but in this photo all of a sudden I saw the women she would become. And it scared me!

I want for her to be so much more than a pretty face ( not that there is anything wrong with that face!), I want her to know that she is worth more than her image, I want her to know that she is loved regardless of her looks, I want her to know that being pretty doesn't make you a good person, I want her to know she is perfect the way God made her, I want her to know regardless of what she does with her life, I am proud of her, I want her to know that life is more than fun and games - but choices and opportunities.

Being a mum is so HARD, how can I express all this to a six year old??

Love Lisa
x

P.S I wish my skin was still like that!!! LOL!

Kiwi Scraps

Well what an amazing few days, I have come home tired and exhasuted, but ready to scrap my little heart out.

Alli Edwards and Donna Downey were pure inspiration, both so different, but both equally as wonderful. I love the whole " life art" concept, I love how they both encouraged us that nothing is wrong with the way we scrap but everything is right, it was really freeing ( if that is a word).

Helen and I had a total blast, I am soooo glad she came all the way from Far north queensland so we could scrap together!

Met some lovely new friends and some old ones ( hello Kell).

None of my projects are complete - did you think they would be?? But as I finish them I will put them up.

On another note altogether, I came home to my poor Livinia throwing up and with high temps etc - straight back into mum mode!

And to top it all off my dad who is in china is in hospital with a DVT (deep vein thombosis - blood clot), we are praying that he will be able to fly home as scheduled on saturday. The doctors are looking after him really well, but I really don't like the idea of him being in a hospital where they don't even speak english!

My links sidebar is looking so sad, I just havn't been bothered with it all, but that is my goal this week to actually add some friends!! LOL - so keep a look out for your name to appear!

My poor DD is calling from the loo - so I am going now!

Love Lisa
xx

Nothing is ever impossible

I love these words -

Would you believe me if I said "that God can make miracles happen today"

Would you "believe me if I said "that you don't have to wait for the answer before you step out in faith"

Would you believe me if I said "nothing is ever impossible for God"

When I look back over the past 12 months of our life as a family, these words are soooooo true.

God is a God of the impossible - I have a son alive and well and I am reminded of this everytime I sing these words at church. Jere is a total picture of health - nothing short of a "wonder boy" - one day I will blog more on that.

On other news my dad is in china at the moment doing mission work he will be away for three weeks, and I always an anxious when he goes. I know that God is looking after him, but that doesn't always stop me thinking of the very real danger that he is in. I am so PROUD of you dad.

Still havn't done my photo work for kiwi scraps and I need something like 20 photo's.

On a really funny note, I have been stressing for about 2 months cause my beloved digi SLR wasn't working properly. I finally took it to the shop where I bought it so they could organise repairs and you guessed it as soon as the guy looked at it it worked PERFECTLY! What is with that?? I felt like a total idiot, seriously it wasn't working at all at home and as soon as he trys, it works?? he must have thought I was such a dumb chicky????? LOL - was pretty funny though.

That is all tonight - MOJO is still rocking so i am going back to my desk.

see ya,

Lisa

I want to STAMP!!!

Did you ever have one of those days when you know if you actually had the time to be creative, your mojo wouldn't let you down??

Well that is how I feel today, and of course I have a zillion other things to do and won't get to my desk at all.

I am trying to organise my photo's for Kiwi scraps and as per usual I have left it to the last minute, might have to do layouts without photo's - i hate that, cause then they just sit on my desk unfinished for months. grrrrrrr.

I am doing a workshop with the beautiful Mishelle Lancett and Kim Archer in a few weeks, it is going to be awesome - still have to do my demo - but I am really looking forward to it. Class is fully booked out and we even have a waitlist! ( 23 people booked!).

This is half a layout I just found on my putie! Just love thoses grubby boots. Liv got into my powder and also some windex and had a wonderful time in it all I must say. She smelled just Lurvley!

Thats all for today, back to the housework. Booooo Hooooooo.

Love Lisa
xxx

wonderful wednesday ??

Ahhh wednesday! AKA Hump day LOL!! I use to love the end of wednesday when I was working cause you were on the way to the weekend!

Justin is off on a training course this week, so he is leaving too early for words, it is just to cold to get out of bed. So I don't.

Had a great day today, got the big kids off to school then took Liv to a new group that has started at church for mums and bubs kinda like a playgroup but also with a focus towards the needs of mums and other women in the church. Had such a lovely time drinking coffee and chatting and all the kids got on so well. Next month it is at my place and I am in charge of craft! i love kids craft!!

Did my first half of an assignment for my course last night and felt rather proud of myself. Just now organising study time around everything else. Will probably end up taking myself off to the Library a couple of times a week so I don't have to look at my housework or desk or waste time on the computer.

Feeling mildly paranoid about being belle's bridesmaid cause I have had three kids and I don't really want to look like I have had three kids!!! you know that whole tummy not quite what it use to be, so I have started doing sit ups and generally eating better! won't last long, I am amazed when I was dancing full time I could to 200 situps without even being out of breath, it is a little sad now though!!!

I added a counter the other day to this blog cause I knew there were people lurking around and I wanted to know just how many! I was actually happily surprised how may people dropped in so if that is you please say hi!

off to organise some dinner.

love Lisa
xx

I love Fridays! Justin works from home, I teach stamping in the morning, we have "beano's" (strange family name for lollies!) and it is the weekend. Whoo Hoo.

so a quick update

• we have two new baby bunnies called sandy and sally, very cute indeed
• I have been accepted to do my certificate three in childrens studies (OMG homework)
• not long till Kiwi scraps - yeah!!!!
• My beautiful cousin just rang to see if I would be her bridsemaid - Of course I would!
• Livinia asked her preschool teacher to "pull her finger" today, when asked what she would do when it was pulled she answered " a big poppa" LOL - I was hysterical
• the grass is still green !
• I have finally paid off my camera with the help of the government and a tax refund!!
• I miss my friend helen
• I miss my brother and sister -in-law and baby Ruby

I think that is the short version.

The layout is one I did of Jere ages ago, yes I let him swing on the clothes line, just for the photo's, very naughty mummy.

And if you havn't seen "Tristan and Ysolde" then do yourself a favour.

thats all for now,

take care, Lisa

xxx

school holidays at last

I love school holidays! No lunches to make, no uniforms to iron, no rushing out of the house looking like a freak hoping that the kids don't want me to get out of the car!!! LOL!

So it is officially day one of the holidays and I had planned to just spend it at home getting ready for my MIL visit. Ha Ha. I rang Jere's kidney doctor because he has started bleeding again, just to get a script, but instead he wants to see him today and to top it off the referral has run out, so now I have to go to the GP, get the referral, then drive to gosford to see his specialist - true to Dr Rojers form will probably have to take jere for a blood test on the way home! GRRRRRR

I am teaching tonight to a full class and Have not even designed up the page! Boo Hoo!

Have you noticed that everything happens to us?? LOL.

Justin started playing indoor soccor last night, it was fast and rough - he totally enjoyed himself. Liv spent the entire game wanting daddy and made sure everyone knew about it.

Justins mum comes to stay for a week tomorrow - love it! we are taking the kids to the movies and to lunch etc. They always love it when liz comes to stay - in the words of Jere " nanny always has time to play lots of games with me, like uno and chess" felt a little guilty then realised I had no idea how to play chess so it didn't count!

Another layout of Lilli - at the farm, love the lounge in the background! couldn't be bother cropping it this morning!

Thats all from me.

Love Lisa
xx

P.S. Hi Aunty Sharron and Uncle Ross !!!!!!

I've been sick :(

Yep, thats right i have been having a shocker, and true to Pate form not just an ordinary sickness!! I ended up in hospital last tuesday with pericarditis ( inflamation of the hearts outer lining) - pretty impressive I think!

Poor Justin had to have a week off work to look after me cause I just couldn't get out of bed. It was just yukky, I have a few weeks before I will be fully well again but I cerainly feel better than last week.

Have been lucky to have a heap of scrap/stamp work my way - which is brilliant cause I am no longer working at the shop in wamberal. I love the commissioned stuff, I can do it around my family which is just brilliant so keep a look out in SM and Stamping and Papercraft and Cardmaking and Paperscraft. So loving stamping at the moment, I find it really weird that I found "sucess" in the scrapping world first, cause I am sooooo a stamper before a scrapper!

Anyway, I am off to cairns tomorrow to visit my bestie, Helen - Yipee. I think the sunshine is going to do a work of good.

The photos of the kids are from when we were visiting Justin's parents at their farm oer easter! So cute!


Talk soon

Lisa
x

Thank you friend

Hey there again,

Just wanted to shout from the roof tops about a very special friend, so there is no piccy's just words tonight.

I want to publicly thank Jackie ( you know who you are) for being the most amazing friend. Jackie you are kind, generous, supportive, encouraging, funny, and above all a wonderful friend.

You have supported me when I wanted to cry, and encouraged me when I just couldn't be bothered any more, thank you from the bottom of my heart. You rock!!!!!

Love Lisa
xx

Catch up

Well I need to play serious "catch up" I havn't blogged for ages. Have been super slack, but very busy - if that is an excuse????

• So here it is:

• Jere ran in the school cross country and came first! Then ran in the zone and came in in eigth place, he is now off to the state carnival!!! Go Jere Go

• Jere also ended up in hospital after another vomiting episode! terrible, but he is fine now.

• Had a fab day at Scrapbooking and beyond, learning new stuff, meeting new people and even meeting "Mr Rusty Pickle", when I get some photo's I will upload them.

• Still playing with my DT pack from Little Scrapbook Shop the above layout was done using the three bugs in a rug french provincial range, very nice indeed.

• Pool is in the backyard, but the backyard looks like a war zone, I can't wait for grass! LOL

• My cousin Belle is engaged! Whoo Hoo, she is having a Jan wedding, so I am looking forward to some new clothes and shoes for the occassion.

• I am flying to see Helen in a few weeks time, my hubby bought me tickets for mothers day.

• J and I are off to the hunter for a few days break child free on sunday, can't wait. I am not even going to take anything to scrap!!! Just some books to read.

That is all my brain can think of at the moment,

Thanks for reading,

lisa

What a week !

Have you ever had "one of those weeks"? Well this week was just that for me!

It started at some silly hour of the morning on Monday with Livinia throwing up, and continuing to vomit every hour, on the hour.

By wednesday she was feeling better, so that's when Lilli started thowing up!

I got called by my mum on sunday arvo to say that my dad was in hospital with chest pains, rushed to the hospital. Took mum home for an hour to have a break and then Jere started vomiting! Just too much. Mum went back to the hospital and I am pleased to say that my dad has pneumonia and not a heart attack, but he is really really ill - they even had to give him morphine for the pain. Feeling very very tired!

But there were good things as well! My class at picture perfect scrapbooking was wonderful. the ladies finished their 7 gypsies mini album that they have been working on for three weeks and they all look totally beautiful.

And I am really excited because I found out I am going to be part of the Little Scrapbook Shop's design team!!!!!! It is going to be so much fun, I already feel really welcome and I know that we are going to have a blast.

So some good and some bad this weekend.

Oh, and the layout was just a quicky of Lilli, just love chatterbox!!!!

See Ya,

Lisa