Addicted to Books & Digiscrapping

Well I guess all good things must come to an end and the ADSR has finally wound up for 2009. I enjoyed myself lots, scrapped outside of my comfort zone on occasion and spent some quality msn time with my bestest bloggy pal Deb, what more can anyone ask for! So Deb and I decided to go ahead and do Challenge #13 even though it was an optional challenge because we didn't really want the race to end. Challenge 13 was hosted by NDISB and had to be a two page LO with a list of requirements - here is mine! Love Credits are here Well that's it for another year so it's back to my usual CT scrapping schedule and getting back into being more help over at PBP as I have been sadly slack recently. Oh and I have to tell you it is now day two of my Low Card High Protein Diet and I am actually not feeling hungry at all which is unusual for me, normal when i hear the word Diet I feel hungry! I have found it hard to make up a protein rich breakfast in the small amount of time I have in the m...

I have just realised that I have entered into the DANGER ZONE as far as my Project 365 is concerned. It was this time last year that I bailed on my project (in fact the last photo I posted was the 24 Feb 2008!) and I was thinking about it today. I can't say that my enthusiasm has waned as yet and I am still taking my photo a day regularly. I have even had a couple of days this week where I had to try to decide between two photos for posting ROFL. I guess the difference this year is that I am not worrying so much about interesting or different photos, this year if it makes me happy and if it reflects a moment in my day then that is good enough for me. So far its working pretty well LOL anyway here are this weeks photos - Day 47 And here it is - the beginning of the next stage of my ultimate extreme make-over by my naturopath Penny. Now that she has settled my nerves she is now focusing her considerable interest in all things about me to my waist-line (and hip-line and my butt rofl)....

Ummmmmm Better late than never I always say LOL. Now I have been taking photos each day, I just haven't got my butt in gear to post them here LOL. My only excuse is ....actually I don't have one, I'm just too tired in the evening to sit down and post rofl! So before I feel sleepy again I'll post quickly LOL Day 40 There couldn't be anything else today, the news from the Victorian bushfires just gets worse and worse. I don't get the paper but I wanted to preseve the memory some how and I snapped a shot of the morning news program on TV. I am going to be giving a donation to the Red Cross Victoria Bushfire Appeal and I encourage every one to consider making a donation as well. It's such a tragic day and I just need to do something to help. Day 41 This lovely spotty crouton is just leaping up to the sky at the moment after some rain and some fertilizer! It was so small not that long ago. Day 42 Year 7 has kicked off with a regime of nightly homework - we have ...

Well we are slowly falling into a routine now with the new job and being back at school. The change to my schedule is taking a bit to get used to I must admit as I am getting up so much earlier than I used to. At the moment I am often very tired by the end of the day BUT, it is so great to be home with the kids every afternoon. It's great to be able to be there to help with homework, practice and to be there to make dinner each night. Hubby is enjoying not having to make dinner as well so it is a win-win situation all around. Now just to get used to getting up at 5.30 am LMAO. Enough chatting, lets get onto the project for this week, I can't believe I am still going with it LOL. It's pretty funny but this week is pretty much all about Bella LOL, she certainly does have the lion's share of photos! Day 32 Deb happened to mention that she thought that hubby might be camera shy and as a matter of fact he IS! I managed to cajole, threaten and harass this one out of him but ...

Ok so I'm back on track with my Sunday posting now and I have even scrapped a page for the PBP CT so I have had a very productive day. Now all I need to do is finish my article for the next newsletter and I will be feeling pretty good LOL Here are this weeks photos for your perusal: Day 26 Here are my kids - made in Australia and growing strong with security and freedom - we really are the lucky country! Day 27 Yahoooooo it's back to school tomorrow, the last of the books are packed in the backpacks tonight, the lunch boxes are placed on the kitchen bench and the water bottles are filled and in the fridge! Bring it on!! Day 28 OK people this is what happens when you start your new job on the same day that the kids go back to school - you ask, very nicely mind you, if your husband would very much mind taking a photo of the kids before he takes them to school - not a big ask really. But what happens when you get home to inspect the photos - you find that there is only ONE photo a...

Ok I got a bit behind posting these too after the holidays sorry so I will quickly pop them in now so you can see that I am still plugging along with the race. Thankfully there haven't been too many curve balls so far and there has only been one challenge that I haven't enjoyed. You may not remember that I was bragging about being able to scrap while I was away on holiday?? WRONG! The stupid photoshop wouldn't open the files so it was all a waste of time taking the laptop and the external HD with me but never mind I managed to talk to Deb via email (from the internet kiosk downstairs in the unit complex) and got all the info for Challenge 5 so I could think about it and then do it quickly once I got home and Challenge 6 was a roadblock that Deb did - so it all worked out ok LOL So here goes ...... Challenge 5 Challenge 5 was hosted by Anita Stergiou (a fellow Aussie) whose work I have always admired so this challenge was a pleasure to do. The challenge part was that we cou...