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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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**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
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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
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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
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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
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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

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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
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