Addicted to Books & Digiscrapping

It still freaks me out that I am still going with this project - and even my family are starting to get interested in what I am doing and are becoming more than unwilling victims of my paparazzi attacks they are even suggesting things for me to photograph. The biggest shock came from hubby when he said today that I should take a photo once a week of each of our faces so that we can have a record of how our faces change over the course of a year. I think that this interest from him has a lot to do with the fact that he is on the diet with me and I have been telling him how much slimmer his face is looking ROFL. So next week you may very well see (in addition to my project photos) a photo of the four of us - should be fun! Ok enough blabbering - on to the project photos for last week! Day 82 Bella knows that there is no point asking Mum to help her with her maths homework - unless I can have my calculator there next to I am frankly less than useless! Luckily Dad came home from work earl...

Yes well time certainly got away from me this last fortnight and I completely spaced about posting my photos. That's not to say that I haven't been taking them every day, because I have - faithfully. I'm just having a bit of trouble remembering about posting them LOL. Anyway here is my catch up from last week and I will post THIS weeks tomorrow, I sort of promise LOL Day 75 Today my big girl flew to Canberra with all the other Year Seven's of her school. We had to be at the school at 6am and that is why my photo isn't very good - it has NOTHING to do with that fact that I was trying to not to blubber all over her like an hysterical over-protective Mother LOL. Day 76 When Mum moved on the weekend I got to have a pile of her Bromiliades from her old garden as she isn't ready to re-do the garden in her new place. I placed them in my front yard under my trees because it is shady there most of the time - I hope they do ok! Day 77 This is a creeper that is growing on ...

I can't believe I nearly forgot to post my P365 photos! Well I won't dilly dally - I'll great straight into it (I'm supposed to be folding the clothes LOL). Day 68 I just can't get over how much Tasha has improved with her reading this year! Since starting Year 2 the books she brings home now are getting trickier and trickier and she is just taking it in her stride. Well done sweetheart! Mama's proud of you! Day 69 This triphod-like plant was given to us a long time ago and we were told that it only opens it's flower bud at night. I was so excited to see not just one flower but three on this plant in the afternoon but guess what? I forgot to go down later that evening with my camera so I missed it's opening! Oh well maybe next time! Day 70 Yes I (and the whole family really) are still going with the low-carb high-protein diet and I am pleased to announce that so far I have lost 4.50 kilos - not bad for 4 weeks effort and two of those weeks with no exerci...

Ok those of you who know me should realise that time frames in my personal life don't work so well for me LOL. Professionally I am a machine and stick to time frames like glue - payroll after all is ALL about cut offs and time limits! So you can't be surprised when I am a bit late when it comes to personal stuff LOL. Anyway last night Kate released her beautiful Arty Farty set of goodies and I have to tell you people that these beauties are all hand painted! Yep - painted by her own fair hand and then scanned for your digital pleasure! Available at Pickleberrypop right now you either buy them individually OR as a bundled set (and receive a great discount in the bargain!). Have a look at the bundled set - it's great value! Just click the image to go straight to the store! AND don't forget the gorgeous Arty Farty papers ! I am seriously in love with the way these papers look!!! Just click the image to go straight to the store! Here is a page I made from the whole kit...

I nearly forgot to come back and post again! I can't believe how forgetful I am, to much on my mind I guess. Well I have been busily making pages for PBP recently and I would love to share them here but first I have to show you some of the great challenges that we have going on over at PBP this month. These two challenges each have a fantastic prize this month - completing a page for either of these challenges (and posting the link in the challenge thread) will put you in the running to win a $10 GC to the Pickleberrypop Shop and with all the wonderful designers we have in there this is a prize NOT to be missed! If you are interested in finding out more just click on the images and it will take you straight to the challenge threads! This is my page for this great challenge, I love this series of books and I was devestated when the author passed away in 2007. But while researching my scrap page I found out that another author is stepping into his massive shoes and will be completi...

Hi there everyone - well so much for my coming back this week to post about the challenges! The week sped by so quickly between work, twisting my ankle AGAIN, getting the kids to school and back, going to the dentist, the cat being sick again and dieting it has all been just a tiny bit busy. Now today I have my MIL in Hervey Bay to worry about as Cyclone Hamish begins its slow progress into the coast, where it is expected to cross at Hervey Bay this evening. I rang her this morning to make sure she was ok and she is in good spirits (we are all from Townsville so cyclones are a bit more common up there) but we are a little worried as we don't believe that the roof is cyclone bolted - so I am keeping my fingers crossed for her. I'll call again tonight to double check on her I think. I feel a bit guilty because even though it is a bit nerve wracking up there, we are starting to see rain clouds developing and we are desperately hoping for some good rain here in Brisbane from the e...

Hey there, I'm popping in to post my photos for the week (on time this time) LOL. Not a lot to chat about so I will get straight to it : Day 54 My cheeky little girl still likes posing for photos and is always willing to pop that cute smile on when Mummy points the camera at her. Day 55 So the diet is still going along pretty well and I am trying to make sure that I make my lunch for work ahead of time so I don't have to fuss around. This is my lunch for two days, it's a bacon and zucchini slice (no pastry just egg) to be eaten with a green salad - and I have to tell you it tastes YUMMY! I snuck a bit off the edge as a part of mine stringent quality assurance program ROFL. Day 56 Tasha started Brownie Guides this afternoon and she was thrilled to be making pancakes. She loves being in the Brownie troop as there are more kids than at Gumnuts and they do "big girl stuff" which she thinks is just great! Day 57 Look at this cute little mushroom I found in my garden t...