My Post is in the Archives??

(Edit - Monday morning) Let's try again! Right - it seems to be all working again and my post is no longer in the Archives section!!! Hope the gremlins are gone for good!

Okay - not sure what's going on tonight - but my main Sunday night post is already in the archives and NOT showing here??? So if you really want to see what I've been doing you'll have to scroll all the way down the page 'til you reach the Archives and click on October where you'll find a mirror image of my main blog page with today's post!!!

Here's the other LO I couldn't post earlier. Wish me luck with posting this post!

Will Bl*gger Play Nice?

I have lots of pics to upload tonight....so will Blogger do the right thing and let me upload them all?? Let's see.

First a couple of LO's (including the vintage one of my Grandparents engagement that I've been working on for ages and ages!!!)

Had a great day on Saturday - meeting IRL with online friend Steph up from Melbourne on holiday. We did a mini shop hop, visiting 4 shops over 4 1/2 hours or so.

Caught up with other lovelies from LSBS @ South Bank for dinner. Sara (QldScrapper) is looking fantastic @ 12 weeks pregnant! Unfortunately Steph's little man, Bennett wasn't 100% and neither was Zane's partner, Mark. (Zane, you'll notice I didn't put a link to YOUR blog - you know why!!!) We still had a good night. Nice to meet for the first time Sharni, although the traffic didn't help her or Michelle who both had drama's getting to South Bank.

Back row (L to R) : Me, Zane, Michelle, Sara
Front row: Steph (& sleeping Bennett) & Sharni.

Tomorrow I'm dropping into The Craft Attic as Debra closes the doors for the last time @ Carina. Debra's heading overseas soon for a few months and plans on opening a new shop @ a new location early next year.

Next Saturday, the Scrap Club is meeting at the "exotic" location of Mt Tamborine @ lovely Leisa's place. Mind you after receiving her email with instructions on finding her place & the wildlife we might encounter I'm a little nervous about going up there.

Well Blogger hasn't disappointed me....uploaded all but my last LO to share!!! Will try again with the last one in a new post otherwise it'll have to wait 'til another time.

Blogger having more than the last laugh...doing very strange things tonight - won't publish without error message and last post ended up in Archieve file but not on main page??? Let's see what happens now???

Uploads - hopefully!!!

Here's the card and Words of Wisdom Paper Bag album page I couldn't upload last night. The card is a "lift" from Crissy @ Scrappin the SCraps :) I've also done a similar birthday card but can't share incase the birthday girl reads my blog...

Now I'm off to watch Grey's Anatomy!

It can't be Sunday night already!!

For what was supposed to be a quiet weekend we seemed to be pretty busy the whole time!

Friday night - Peter went out for dinner with the mob he starts with tomorrow week - seemed happy with how it went. The girls & I at home on our own was nice UNTIL the power went out...but we survived and it meant that I had an early night - nothing else to do.

Saturday was all sport...TAra swimming in the morning and Danah playing basketball in the afternoon. In between we went to the shops to get Peter a new mobile and I scored a little blue tooth thingy to stick in my ear so I can answer the phone and NOT break the law!!! Now I just have to remember to put it on each time I hop in the car. Danah's basketball was much more enjoyable this week (after their flogging 100+ to 6 last week - they moved to a lower division) and the girls had a win although it was close most of the game. Good for their confidence after such a horror the previous week!

Today I went to a PartyLite candle party for a Mum from school - I ended up with a mild headache after sniffing all those different perfumes - but it was nice to sit and chat and do nothing for an hour or so. Groceries and the last of the washing and that's my weekend!


I did manage to squeeze in some scrapping. Inspired by Celeste V (new DT member @ LSBS) who's published in this month's SC - using lots of different alphas in a title - I got a bit carried away with the chipboard in this LO about my darling brother - Andrew (who's single & almost 40...if you're looking :) Hope he doesn't read my blog...he'll be mortified I said that!!!)

I also did another lil' LO in a "Words of Wisdom" paper bag album circle I'm in @ the SM forum and a "Get Well" card for another swap on SM forums. (which bl**dy Blogger won't upload ATM)

I did make a start on my first "Christmas" OTP item - but was in the middle of that Friday night when the lights went out and haven't really got back to it yet!

I've also ALmoST finished a hertiage LO I've been working on for MoNtHs and Months!!! Those from the monthly scrap club have seen my pathetic efforts at getting this LO finished. Well I'm almost there - just need some vital information (dates etc) about my Grandparents engagement for the journalling and then I'll be done!

That's it .... I'm done!

Fonts

Having a fun week this week - as I work in the city and usually drive to work (for those interstate who haven't heard - our freeway/expressway has been closed indefinately)!!! Makes for fun commuting let me tell you!

LSBS has set up a free fonts download section if you happen to have a font addiction - check them out!

Latest DT LO - of our gorgeous girl - Danah - using Overton House goodies!

Exhausted ... again....still

Okay - I've been very slack and missed my at least reasonably regular blog session on a Sunday night.

But I did have a good excuse - honest!!! We'd won 2 free tickets to the basketball so we purchased 2 more and all went to see the Bullets get better (just) by the Perth Wildcats last night. It was almost 10pm by the time we got home and got the girls into bed...not a good way to start the school week...a late night!! Hope we don't pay for it the rest of the week.

Pics...I've been promising from our Scrap SHop Hop Crop day a week or so ago... yah...Megan, Julie & Pam! Julie's Mum, Sue - also joined us @ Julie's place to crop - her she is hard at work!

Other scrapping news...check out The Craft Attic - the lovely Debra is closing down her store front and online store for a few months while she trips around the world!!!! She'll be back in the new year but in the meantime she has a sale on...so check it out!

There's also some news brewing at the Little Scrapbook Shop - with a new "addition" being announced on Wednesday night...come along for the party and see what Cath's got in store for us.

For the past few weeks my long-time (almost 30 years!!!) girlfriend, Sandy, has been coming over once a week for some scrapping lessons. She's not so interested in LO's but she's been doing some lovely off-the-page projects including a canvas for her DH's recent 50th birthday. Last week she made a photoframe and notebook - her's her wonderful work. I don't have to do much...just let her loose in what she calls my "shop"!!! (okay - the photoframe pic won't upload :()

Busy with work - at a Senior Women's Forum this week (no, that's not senior in age, but senior in position - although!!!) and also a dinner at school tomorrow night. Peter's finally handed in his resignation and starts at his new job 30/10. He's getting in a bit earlier and is going to the Breaky Creek pub Friday night with the new mob!!! Lucky I don't have a crop to go to!!!

Well - that's it for now....early night for me (so I don't fall asleep at this Senior women's thingy!!)

It's Time

for another LSBS cyber crop - this weekend (I've been naughty and not blogged it earlier)!! Drop in for a visit!!!

Love a good ...

TaG....from Princess Tamara - have a go and let me know.... bold all the one's you've done!

Bit sad how few I've bolded :( ... Better do something about that me thinks!!

1. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
2. Swam with dolphins
3. Climbed a mountain
4. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
5. Been inside the Great Pyramid
6. Held a tarantula
7. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
8. Said "I love you" and meant it
9. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was shit faced
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on television news programs as an expert
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Eaten fugu (pufferfish)
89. Had a one-night stand
90. Gone to Thailand
91. Bought a house
92. Been in a combat zone
93. Buried one/both of your parents
94. Been on a cruise ship
95. Spoken more than one language fluently
96. Performed in Rocky Horror Picture Show
97. Raised children
98. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds (24 kilo's don't know what that is in pounds)
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111.Ridden a bike
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life

Another FuLL on WeeKEnd!

I need a day or two to recover from my weekend - well mainly yesterday!

Pam, Megan, Julie and I hit the road on our "annual" (well this is our second year) shop hop and crop day! (Photo's to follow later - blogger not playing nicely AGAIN!)

Last year we visited shops on the North side of Brisbane (the dark side???) - this year we headed further north to the gorgeous Sunshine coast....visiting Daisy Chain Scrapbooking @ Nambour, then My Scrappin' Shop @ Caloundra and then we stopped at Scrappido @ Landsborough. Slight hiccup there as the tour guide (namely me) hadn't checked her Saturday closing time properly...we rocked up at 1.05pm and she'd closed at 1pm :( Didn't slow us down...made an unscheduled stop at the Paper Addict @ Lawnton (back in Brissy).

Saw lots of very yummy goodies...bought some..but did try to restrain myself. Did get some new GinX & Urban Lily which I can't wait to use. Also purchased some CherryArte rubons which are pretty darn good - used them for the title/tags in the Happy Go Lucky LO below.

Stocked up we went to Julie's abode to crop the night away - only stopping for necessary refreshments!! See pic below! Julie lovely parents joined the fun as Sue is a scrapper too!!

I managed to finish a CJ entry (Simple Pleasures) and a LO for a sketch challenge I'd set on LSBS (Happy Go Lucky).

Sunday = and today I've spent some time with Danah & Tara (so Peter could watch Bathurst in peace). We did what any self-respecting group of "ladies" would do...after picking Nana up...we went ShoPPing (@ Carindale). Morning tea...wandered round the shops...dress shopping for Danah...very enjoyable!

Did manage this afternoon (between breaking up fighting daughters and doing the groceries) to complete another LO for my DT @ LSBS - which is a pic from a crop @ Scrapbook City in July. Hey Leish ... hope you don't mind .... but love this pic of you and Zane!
Getting good mileage out of my 3 Bugs in a Rug stash!!!

The girls are back to school tomorrow and I think Peter's putting in his notice @ his job...ready to take on a new challenge with a different company in a similar role. Mum & Dad are off with their van...to Bundy....for a month. And me...well....it's Monday so I guess I'll be back at work.

Another DT LO

Here's my latest DT LO for LSBS - using 3 Bugs in a Rug Rhapsody goodies :)



Off to swimming again now - wish me luck!

Here we are again

Sunday night....here's my week in dot point!!

• Girls & Peter on holidays - in bed while I go to work early each day
• Scrapping with my girlfriend Sandy on Thursday night
• Tara @ sleepover with friend and off to Dreamworld for a day with them
• Two days interviewing potential fire figthers!
• Frantically working to finish Tag Book - for my first step-by-step project @ LSBS
• Managed one challenge at the Craft Attic CC on Friday night (SEE - scanned colours not too good!)
• Movies on Saturday - "The Devil Wears Prada"
• Eagles beat the Swans in the AFL grand final.
• Surprise 50th birthday party Saturday night for Sandy's hubby, Bryan
• Nasty head today (no...not self inflicted thank you!!)
• Bronco's have a win in the NRL!
• Getting ready for next Saturday's "Shop Hop Crop" day with scrappin friends from work - we'll be hitting some north coast shops before croppin' the night away - should be a blast!

That's it!!! Have a great week everyone!