Here 'tis!!

All delivered and in place... still have some things to move out, and some things to move around to give some more space to walk around... but it's awesome!! I'll be able to fit 8 bodies with heaps of room... so excitement!!


Darren has decided it will be perfect for LAN gaming as well... hmmm, well I guess so long as they don't interfere with my scrap nights it would be fine and who knows, they might decide to start scrapbooking as well... rofl!!

That big white thing in the laundry keeps beeping at me... blasted thing.

So far I've not had much time to sit and enjoy my new scrap area... because of that big white thing; I have however managed to do 6 loads of washing... said it was evil...

And don't miss seeing that other evil thing... that which begins with 'i' sitting there trying to look innocent... at least it doesn't beep... yet!!

Pooped!!

To bring you up to date... for weeks I have been harping on about the board table at work that has no home, I asked if I could give it one! Well I got it, and all the chairs that come with it... it comes on Thursday atm. Huge excitement there as I can host Scrappi Dais more often and take the pressure of Chelle, our fave SD Hostess... plus I can host open crop nights as well, and maybe even start teaching.

Only trouble was... I had to move my scrap room... there was no way a 12 seat board room table was fitting in the shop, with me in it!! That also meant 2 years of scrap clutter had to move.... HUGE job. Yes, there was worry, there was frustration... there was even tears... and yes, true to Lisa's dream... there was an avalanche!! All the boxes fell over, although not on me... they did however trap me in a corner until I got shitty and got myself out of the corner... aka "had a tantrum"... gotta love adult tantrums!

Karen coached me until almost 1am our time on the phone... and then today Lisa came over and helped move, and cleaned and mopped... such a sweetheart!! I'm now out in the Activity Room, taking up the whole room... very nicely spaced out... as in space, not as in "spaced out on drugs" spaced out... lol!! I'm next to Kel's room and the DaZCave... they are noisy buggers, but it's nice being out here with them! Also near the laundry, and although the fabric softener smells pretty... I don't like this thing beeping at me... and that "I" word thing looking at me... evil contraptions... I am seriously hoping I can pretend it's not there!!

So anyway... after 3 days of turfing, sorting, cleaning and moving... I am moved! Dags hurt his back, mine is not impressed, I am covered in dust and cobwebs... and I'm happy as a pig in shit atm!! I have some more little bits to do, but will do them through the week... really need to rest right now!!


Here's the shop area with just the shop stuff... it looks so empty now!! Will take a pic when we get the board table and show you the whole kit and caboodle!! The mess in the middle is the 4+ boxes of Trash and Treasure stuff for the girls to rat through when they come... will be easier to go through when I get the table in there, will put it all on the table for easier 'ratting throughing'!!

Take care of you!!

M O O N... that spells Moon!!

Went to Lisa's on Saturday night to drop of some orders {aka: excuse for a chin-wag} and she had taken so awesome moon pics... and showed me how too! I was so excitement! The moon was a bit high by the time we got organised, I think we'd get better shots when it's low in the sky and all orange... but here's mine:


I've saved it to desktop size and it's my background for now, love the detail on it!

Thanks Lisa... loved the photo lesson and the natter time... oh and the lemons!!

Take care of you!

It's all OK...

... have chilled out now. Everyone arrived by 1:30 and we all had a lovely late lunch and a great afternoon, as we always do. Not sure why everyone was so late, but you get that.... hopefully only once though!

One fabulous thing is the house is still spotless, hopefully we can keep it this way!!

For interests sake...

If you were invited to lunch, what time would you arrive. Judging that lunch is 12 / 12:30ish?


I was raised to arrive earlier than lunch time, to spend time with your hosts and chatter, have some nibblies etc etc. So I would expect sometime between 11 and 11:30 would be polite.

It's 12:02, we have one guest here and that person only just arrived... still waiting for the other 4! Giving benefit of the doubt perhaps Dags told them a different time for lunch... but no-one has informed me, and he's even asking what the time is!! Needless to say.... not happy Jan!

I'm just playing and needed to upload a pic... I scrapped this one a year ago, I was obviously going through my less is more phase! Wow... see the CJ on the table there... still waiting for mine to come home, but that's ok... they take time... but still wow... looking back it doesn't feel like it was so long ago. Time surely flies! LOL... I still have that bit of paper stuck to the side of the monitor, and the little plasticine guy Kel made for me is still there... so cute! Nice to see some things don't change!

Sunday Scrapping

As promised... 2 more layouts from today, did struggle with this first one though! I got the giggles on when Jill said we had to use 2 or 3 photos, swirls, a plaque and FRUIT...


This one was to use the Them "it has to be..." without going for the obvious choice, so I did this!



Okies, so that's today! Not much happened on the home front. Scrapped, did some washing and watched a movie with Kel. I also discovered I'd double booked myself next weekend... well actually Darren double booked me, I just didn't realise it, I did that stupid assume thing so it was effectively my bad... last time I ever ever ever let him organise something!! So I miss out on Scrappi Dais next weekend and it's shitting me! It will be the first one I've ever missed in over 3 years... so not happy, but I will get over it!

SW Cyber Cropping

CC Weekend at ScrapWitch again... love these CC's! 4 challenges {usually evil} over 2 days, a bit of chattering and no pressure to 'have' to be there.

You know I've been a member of SW for over 3 years now and faces have come and gone, even I did... but it's still 'home' to me. It's where I met Lisa, the very 1st person I ever met IRL from Cyber World... what a journey I've been on since, well all of us really... wow, has been like a roller coaster!!

Well anyways... enough with the emotions... here's todays's LO's!

This was a sketch challenge, Jill and her circles!! However I can cope with the circles, it's the crooked sheet in the background that does my head in!!

I used my new fav {yes... I have to say it is up there with my eternal love for Basic Grey... almost taking it over right now} Rose Moka, I so wish my stock order for the shop would hurry up!! I've teamed it up with another new fave "Get Happy" PP's from Cosmo Cricket. I nabbed one of the 8x8 Pads and have been using it for everything! They have these quotes and tags and bits in there, cut 'em out, stick 'em on chipboard and whalla... homemade embie!! Have also used American Crafts Foam Thickers and Basic Grey Buttons.

This one was a mini step-by-step which was fun {once I got some coffee in me, it was the 1st one up!} I'd been wanting to scrap these blooper pics of mum and Kel but had no inspiration, so being told what to do was perfect... if it was a tragedy then I could blame Jill... rofl!! But I love it!


Have used some Daisy D's Papers out of the Reflections kits, yummy oranges and teals. Heaps of flowers... woohoo! Have used Prima and Prima and Prima and a some Green Tara.... and some Prima! Letters are American Crafts Foam Thickers and Buzz & Bloom "That 70's Font" and more Basic Grey Buttons!

Today was a good day though... a really good one! Started one of the LO's this morning, went to mums and did a LO there for her friend, had lunch and nattered about this book we'll be destroying together. Came home and finished the challenge LO and did the other one and then ran off for dinner out and a movie. We dinner at Fast Eddy's, Kel had his fave Nachos, I had soup and Dags had a BLT... all timed perfectly as well with the start of the movie. We went and saw The Dark Knight... wow, long movie, but wow... was really good... sad, scary... good!! So that's today! Tomorrow DH's bro is coming over so I'll get to scrap in peace while the boys play... well peace as in I won't have to 'be with' Dags... certainly won't be quiet I can tell you!!

Last week was a pretty good one at work. RSI kept itself at bay, headaches still at bay {thanks the Vicki's friend Heather}, quotes all at bay! Was so good to have a quiet one... really needed it! Spent most of the evenings counting the last of the clearance stock... I have soooooo much clearance stuff! But it's all counted now and just have to pop it into the shop when I get time during the week, which if done in bits I quite enjoy... I do muchly like playing with the shop! Darren got a continental day shift, 6 months earlier than we thought... so we are rapt! It's just what he's been wanting. He's fitting in so well at work as well... all's good!

OK... will share whatever I create tomorrow, although I am fast running out of photos again... might need to go find the cat again!

Take care of you!

And another 2 LO's done...

These are some pics from scrapIT... I didn't get many, and I should have got one of all of us, but it was mayhem in there. Jen kindly took these for us!!

This first one in purple was the sketch challenge at ScrapWitch... what a challenge I made it for myself not only copy with the crooked angle... I chose to do it in purple, I usually have trouble with purple... but the flowers are in the tins I bought today and I have had the PP's in the shop for over a year, figured someone may as well use them... they are perfect! It's all the Stone Rose collection by Prima.


This one is Jules hamming it up for the camera, she makes me laugh... love that she sees the fun side of life! I love this diecut PP as well... it's a Creative Imaginations Creative Cafe one, I think I got 5 colours!! Yummy hey! I realise though that my diecut PP stash is rivalling my flower and bling stash... now that's scary!!

I painted the chipboard cogs I got in the micaceous iron oxide and then some in the iridescent stainless steel and man... they look like metal, awesome paints these Golden ones!! I so can't wait to use them on a layout now!!

Okies... that's it... scrapping stash is pushed to the side... I'm scrapped out for today!!