loved

Completly! Unconditionally. Life is good!

Here we are

Funny, time goes so quickly.

Wasn't too long go we were newly weds, with a life time ahead of us. Planning dreaming. Now here we are, living the life we have chosen. Three beautiful children.

It will be our 13th anniversary in a few short weeks. I am amazed what we have been through, how far we have come.

Life has certainly thrown those naive newlyweds, challenges that would defeat most people. Chronic disease, a child with a life threatening illness ( all good now - no panicking people!), house moves - lots of them!, tonsillectomy's (SP?). grommet's, lots and lots of visits to just about every specialist you can imagine, miscarriage :(, hemorrhage after one of the tonsillectomy's!

But how much fun have we had???? Holidays ( lots of them), camping, beaches, wine! Kids and Family and Friends .Playing in the park, planning and still dreaming, dreaming BIG BIG BIG ( isn't that the only way to dream?)

I wouldn't have done it any other way thought!

ahhhhhh, isn't love grand :)

What's Missing?????

Miss Ruby is :(

Funny how life goes on, school starts and you put thoughts of Missing Ruby, Kris and Sea to the back of your mind. Just to protect yourself. So that you don't feel sad. Then one moment and you realise just how much you miss them.

I had that moment today, while my kids played with their water pistils in the rain, and all of a sudden I *knew* Miss Ruby would be in there, giggling and laughing and getting into mischief with my kiddies the "cousins". It just wasn't the same without her.

I went for a run today ( yep back to it) and realised that if she was here Sea would be up for a run/walk. That I probably would have somone to run with, and laugh with.

and then to top it off, Justin is sitting here watching the "one dayer" on his own, and I *knew* if Kris was here, they would be watching it together. Not saying much, just enjoying the company.

Bring on October !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cause we are heading to LONDON!!!!!!!!!!

back to the blog

LOL - well trying, sometimes just not enough hours in the day!

We had a chld free evening last night, thanks to mum and dad, and that meant I had a child free day !! Very nice, though it was soooo darn quiet. I managed to do a bit of creating for LSBS which will be uploaded later :)

I have *started* editing the hundreds of photo's I took while Kris and Sea and Miss Boo were here, here are a few to share.

Do you think My little ( by 14 months, not ny height) brother and I look similar? I don't, I look like the "Moriconi" side of the family ( my mums) and Kris looks like my Dads ( Morris side). Funny.

I had the pleasure of speaking to Kris and Sea this week, so nice to talk. And Miss Boo has been asking about "uncle justin" ( from the sound of it allllllll day!) so nice to know that there has been a connection made. We love that little cutie.

anyway, till next time,

Love Lisa
xx

Miss Ruby is Gone

*sigh* yep back in cold england. I miss her " I can't like it" and " what's that noise". *sigh* Miss my Bro and Gorgeous Sea :(

Can't be bothered writing really, here is a layout I did of miss Boo, many many more to follow!

A new year

and a new Look :)

and a new Look :)

Yep, hair has gone and I have got to say it feels FABBO. Now of course the girls want their hair cut *sigh*

Life has been busy busy busy with Miss Ruby( and her mummy and daddy) here from England, it has been bliss spending time with all of them.

I have decided that this was my year for doing a 365 day photo challenge, but not one of me eeeekkkkk! I don't think I want that many photo's of my head! So I am doing it a little different ( as usual) and taking some shots from each day what we did as a family. Sometimes exciting, mostly mundane - just us as we are. I am then taking the photo's and putting them into a photoshop collage for scrapping, in a very very plain no nonsense kinda way. So that will make 365 layouts! OMG I am SO CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!

Here is an example of what I am doing.

This is from yesterday. Girls creating, Justin getting back into work for the year, and poor liv feeling sick :(

Pre-school Concert

Miss Liv was ready and excited with the rest of the 110 kiddies !!! They were everywhere :)

Unfortunately, no photo's were allowed as some parents did not want their kids photographed. What is with THAT?? Ok I get child protection, but seriously it would have been a minority of parents who requested no photo's so the rest of us couldn't take any of our little darlings performing *sigh*

So I took photo's after :)

Here is my Princess. Too Cute!

Have a beautiful day,

Love Lisa

Christmas is coming!

ahhhh, love the Christmas season. Mostly ;)

I managed to find one of our christmas trees in the garage today and a box of deco's as well. Put the tree up for the kids to decorate when they got home from school.

I have been a little under the weather and decided to have a power nap on the lounge, when I woke up Miss Liv had decorated the majority of it herself, sooo cute :) Managed to get her to leave the rest till Lilli got home, as I KNEW Lilli wouldn't be very inpressed at all! It is all done now, looks cute. I can't wait till we get the main tree though, A big, messy, yummy smelling real one.

I have taken the plunge and joined flickr so come on over and I would love some friends! LOL! Lots of amazing inspiration to be seen, so make sure you have a coffee and a handfull of chocolate with you :)

I will leave you with a not so perfect photo, which just sums up the day and makes me smile. Of course now I have to find me a proper glass bauble to take a *good photo* one that will be clear without all the bumps, still like the original though.

Love Lisa

xx

I am back :)

Well I am back and soooo tired and generally feeling crappy, kinda worn out really.

I need a break. I don't think I have ever had one from scrap work, but considering one at the moment. Not a big one, not just droppng everything, just a slow step back for a month or two. And with my bro and family heading over for Christmas I want to spend as much time as I can with them. Especially Miss Ruby.

This is the start of the MASS upload of work I did for Penrith :) there are something like 17 layouts and two BTP all done in under one week, honestly I am a FREAK!

Penrith was Awseome and stressful ( the set up was a total nightmare) and so much fun, and the Dinner was a total hoot, so nice to not worry about kiddies for one night and let my hair down :)

And I ran into so may people/friends :) Love that part!

Lets see there was the beautiful Lusi who I will catch up with again on saturday, and
Ally, Kerry and Nicki, Jane and Emily from S & P, Mishelle and I got to meet Megan ( she was so lovely) and of course Rachel Greig and Simone ( yep play day soon!) and Rebekka Erickson who kept stealing my kindy glitz ( LOL - we were having fun!), and Alison Shearer - you sooo should have come to dinner ;) and the gorgeous Andrea Thompson. PHEW - I am sure I have left someone out and if it was you SORRY I still love you :)

and who could forget the LSBS girls???? Not me!

and I guess as my work was on public display I can FINALLY tell everyone that I am doing some work for acacia papercraft and I am soooo excited :) I am their "REMINICSE" girl, so everytime they release new stuff I get to play! How cool is that??? I am just so EXCITED to part of such an awesome team!

and please never ask me how to use a doodling template!

Love Lisa
xx

Penrith Here I Come

Some of the work I have done in the pst WEEK! yes I said WEEK! They are for penrith paper arts and will be displayed in the LSBS stand.

Well the year seems to have flown and it doesn't feel like that long ago I was posting about my accident at the last Penrtih Paper Arts!

But Tomorrow I leave for sydney and meet up with the beautiful Shelee ( our hostest with the mostest!) and start getting ready to work/demo my little butt off all weekend. I can't wait to meet Helen at the airport, don't know what I would do without this girlie, certainly wouldn't laugh half as much!

The house is clean, meals are in the freezer and I have even written a list of all the school stuff for Justin. He always does such a fabbo job with the kids if I am away, but with new school etc etc etc I though a note might be helpful!

We are also going out with a bunch of girlies from LSBS and that is sure to be a total hoot. Look our Penrith!

anyway,

I *should* be getting a decent night sleep tonight, but I am so excited/anxious. Will tell you all about it when I get back ( after I have slept for probably three days!)

Love Lisa

xx

Art Journal

I have been thinking and thinking about staarting an art journal for AGES. I did actually start one about 18 months ago and found it difficult, I was trying to do what I *thought* you did in an art journal!

Anyway I had an epiphany last night! I only have to do what I want to do :) and it feels so good to be experimenting with paints and inks again, chopping photo's and using my own handwriting.
So here are the first two entires

Loved, just sticking my photo's down with paint and stamping over everything, finding "old stuff" to use. hmmmmmmmmmmmm feels good just to create for creating sake.

Happy friday everyone !

Love Lisa

xx

Think Pink

Well It is done! I have managed to pull together a massive night of scrapping and fun for around 30ish women in the space of three weeks! It was rather busy around here.

I don't know what else to say, we just had an amazing time, and managed to raise around $430 for womens cancers! WHOOOOO HOOOOOO. Look out next year, it is going to be bigger and better! LOL

anyway, my house is a disaster after this week :( so it is tidy up day!

Love Lisa

xx

Sharing :)

Life is certainly busy on the creative front at the moment, just the way I like it! So some layouts to share.

Also preparation for my "Girls Night In" is well underway, with 35 ( mostly non scrappers) booked in for friday night!!!!! OMG - the class is organised, so that is a start, but there are a million others things to do! Just hoping to raise as much funds as possible towards womens cancers. I am hosting with a whole heap of other girls from the LSBS forum, there are competitions and pink packs, and possibly a girls night in near YOU, so go and check it out.

Must love you and leave you,

Kids are ready and I am not, for a day out in the sunshine.

Love Lisa

x

We are the MARINERS!!!!!!!!

the mighty mighty mariners "la la la la" ( I don't know the rest!)

We have sooo loved the A -league soccer this year, even better with membership passes!

Here are some photo's of the kids before the game on the weekend, so cute! Justin even bought me a mariners shirt at the game, very very cool!

Thanksfully we won, with no help from the Ref, he was shocking! So we are still on top of the table for another week :)

In other news, I feel like my life is going fast forward! It always starts reving up around this time, classes, step by steps, DT stuff and a new spot with a wholesaler, not sure if I am allowed to spill who yet - better find out huh! Lots of fun, but not much housework done!

Poor Liv was finally diagnosed with asthma this week, so we are on ventoin and are going to an asthma clinic next week for assesment and a treatment plan :( Oh well, least I know why she has been coughing for three months!

anyway, hope this makes you happy Kerryn, updated just for YOU!

Love Lisa

xx

another monday

The weekend just goes toooo quick. Kids are back to school and there is one hundred things to do around the house, but I can't be bothered to do any of them!

Kris ( my little bro) rang last night from London, nice to have a chat and a laugh ( and a talk to ruby). He is busy with Muso stuff, which it totally cool, you can check out his stuff here http://www.krismorris.com/ . Very groovey and lots of good reveiws etc etc etc, and plus he is my brother so he HAS to be cool! and if you thought I was naughty ( esp at bingo) Kris would be annoying everyone sooooooo much worse! He is the master at being funny/annoying when people are trying to be serious! LOVE IT!

Can't wait till they get here for Christmas. They will be here for my birthday so I am stoked! Also for Ruby's Third birthday, so I am planning a little party for the birthday girl! **YAY**

um, what else????

We went to "hardly normal" aka Harvey Norman and bought a new oven, rangehood and dishwasher today! Very very excited as the oven in this house doesn't even work and it has been sooooo frustrating. So bring on chrissy cause I will be ready!

Sharing another photo ( of the girls again) looking cute, lilli being serious about having her photo taken and smiling and Liv being silly ( whish of course is normal!) Playing again in photoshop, thanks to Michelle for the chllenges over at LSBS

BINGO :)

LOL - well if you have been at the LSBS cybercrop over the weekend, you will know why this one little word is sooooooo funny!

I played bingo, but I didn't register, and didn't have words, just kept jumping in the thread and yelling "BINGO" then if that wasn't funny enough ( for me anyway) I decided that the chat thread needed a bit of bingo action! LOrdy I was cracking myself up, sitting in front of the computer spitting over the screen.

Poor Kerryn was having an asthma attack from laughing, but that is her fault cause she totally encouraged me :)

Anyway, you still have till monday night to upload for any of the challenges, Cath has some awesome prizes and if you are a newby tell them Lisa sent ya! cause then we might both get a prize! LOL!

So another photo, didn't take any today, too tired and I also spent half of it having coffee with mum and A. Sylv , belle and yaz. Lots of FUN! Nothing like bacon and eggs at 11am for brekie.

This one is of Liv, just like it really???? Not so sure why, started playing with lighting effects in photoshop and I am loving it :)

Anyway, off to cause havoc and yell some more BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The quest for better photography

Its such a mix isn't it, good light, great subject, decent camera, perfect spot, perfect moment, aquick click and a bit of editing in photoshop :) all that has to line up right for a great photo.

Phew ... no wonder I take heaps to get one good shot.

So I have set myself a goal one great photo a day! It makes me play with my camera, look for different things and keep working out the photoshop beast! LOL

So this is my effort today, my GORGEOUS girl Lilliana. No bad, not perfect but not bad! Will see how I go tomorrow - I think Jere is going to be the hard challenge!

Take Care

Lisa
xx

Ruby Girl

This is a post for my gorgeous neice RUBY!!!!!!!!

Love you baby girl ( actually big girl) can't wait till you are here at christmas.

Lovey is soooooo excited, so are we.



yep, been tagged yonks ago by tash ( who should be in my links but isn't) will sort that out shortly! So I am a rockin girl blogger! AWESOME Now I have to tag five people, so they are Helen, PT, AT, CAth ( would you update pleeeease) and um Celeste, though she has probably been tagged already. So my lovies you just need to copy the blinkie thingy and tag another 5 rockin girl bloggers!

copyright issues :(

A little share before I start! This is the gorgeous album I taught recently for Cath at the LSBS Retreat, cute hey?? It is sitting proudly on my mantle and it makes my smile everytime I lok at it! Onto the other stuff .........


**sigh** I can never understand why people CHOOSE to use someone elses work and pass it as their own, it always makes me mad and some times even a little cranky ( some times a lot!)

Not to long ago an "unnamed site" decided it would be smart to copy and paste a number of my step by step projects that I had designed exclusivly for LSBS they even had used the pictures of my children for goodness sake! Talk about cranky! Thankfully that was all sorted rather quickly ( as is what happens when legal action is threatened), and I have gone on my merry little way, not thinking that it would happen again. I am no Ali Edwards.

So I was suprised to find something else today that looks remarkably like my work, on another site. There is no reference to where they got their inspiration, and that is all I want, someone to write a little line " inspiration for this project is from ........" It is the polite thing don't you think?? It is only the outside of the project that is the same, but the inside is quite similar to a very very good friend of mines work. **another sigh** I just don't know, where is the line?? Why is it so hard to credit the original artist?

anyway, onto happier things!

WE had an awesome time with our friends tosay after church, we were meant to be going on a picnic but ut was raining so we ended up with 23 people for lunch at our house! 13 kids!! OMGoodness we had fun, sitting infront of the fire, laughing and carrying on, everyone left at about 6.30pm so I guess you could say the afternoon was a sucess!

anyway, hope you all had a good one!

Love Lisa

almost friday

**YAY** So close to the weekend you can almost taste it!

We are hangning around the house all day on saturday andthen mum and dad are going to mind the kids so we can go and see the new "bourne" movie, looking forward to that.

In other news, we had an AMAZING parent teacher interview with Jere's new teacher, Mrs Stacey. Where to begin ..... I have never felt more welcome in a class room. Mrs Stacey took well over an hour with us and included Jere in the interview, some really positive things are happening because of the interview, and as a mum I could not be happier.

Quite a few people were annoyed that we changed schools, but honestly I am so THANKFUL that we took a very scary plunge :)

I am also going to be involved in getting a year five blog up and running and I am soooo excited about that.

I have been so busy creatively! Love that the mojo is flowing, some I can share, some not! You will see them in an upcoming mag!










One Traditional, two digi.

For full info you can check them out at LBSB

Thats all for now, I have more layouts to share, but I will do that another day.

Love Lisa
xx