Whew

I have gorged myself silly on yummy scrummy food and plonk and Im about to pop! How about you? We had a lovely Christmas. Weve had lots of visitors, BBQs, Andreas Birthday, movies and down to the beach(although its too darn cold for me). Even the kids arent staying in long so thats saying something! I have been scrapping up a storm in the last few days too. getting onto my Make it Real Comp for Scrapbook Outlet...Ive done one LO so far and got 11 to go to catch up!!Also been doing some Rhys layouts and some 12 days of Christmas LOs for Janines challenge.


So what did you all get for Christmas? I got a foot spa, my own toolkit (just have to work out how I am going to lock it/hide it from hubby), a bottle of scotch, a facial, a CD, a mug, handknitted gloves and lots of choccies. I made the kids there santa tins at the last moment (too rushed doing last minute things for everyone) so kept it plain. Will embellish a bit more later (but will probably keep it simple). So my kids (with help from hubby) gave me a santa sack this year

and all of this was in it! lol! There was pegs galore (my westie steals the pegs and stashes them who knows where), photosplits, glue, ribbon, buttons, a westie cup,pens, a fly swat, lollies and lots of milky bars..yum!! didnt they do well!

Kids did rather well and got a cellphone, PS2 games, towels, money, vouchers and choccies, (Rhys) and Jennifer got a watch, a password journal, a boogie board, DVD, money, vouchers, towels, Now CD, a tamagotchi and choccies, Hubby got lots of port and vouchers and the 70s NZ cricket team shirt and hat (really revolting but knew hed like it) lol!

Well might go and do some more scrapping since Im on a roll. Have a great weekend.

Must sort out my links as lots arent working (after I alphabetised and added they didnt work anymore lol).

Happy Scrapping/eating/being merry!

getting some good mail

lately! A lovely RAK from Janine and a card...thanks Janine! A neat card from Kelly too! Thanks girlie! and yesterday I got a nice big fat cheque from IRD! Yay! I like those kind of days!
...but bad news for Karen with her being made redundant...Big hugs Karen! Those scummy new bosses take the LOSER award from me ..especially delivering the news right before Christmas.

Hope you find a new job soon!

I have been busy finishing off the crackers for my Niece in law and Nephew. Inside I put a couple of choccies, a joke and a little gift (a pocket knife for my nephew and glass nail file for my niece). Still have to sort out the pressies for the rest of the familys' crackers and put new snaps in. Ive also been finishing Rachs' cj and doing a card and little gift for Jennifers best friend Emily. Its her birthday today and having a party but Jennifer is having mixed emotions about it as Emily has not wanting to play with her and playing with another girl who is nasty to Jennifer...sigh why are girls so mean? I Wasnt like that when I was a kid ..it just annoys the hell out me but I always say its up to the kids to fight their battles not me.



Anyway this is what I have done..

Yesterday I sent off my very late christmas cards...and there was only 6 of them! lol not very organised am I? So Im planning on making some Happy New Year cards instead. Last night the kids had their fancy dress night and prize giving for the year 8s (Rhys). He didnt dress up (not cool) but Jennifer did.
Rhys is the one in the front with red shorts on.
Kids last day at school tomorrow! I cant believe Rhys is off to High school next year...Im looking at these kids and thinking I remember them as 5 year olds. Now they are all pimply teenagers! lol!

Normal Friday catch up

This week seems to have flown by...Tuesday- last week of Keas, Wednesday- cubs and an AGM (why they are having it at this time I dunno) where I resigned as a cub leader...so no more cubs for me yay! I have enjoyed it over the 3 and a half years but it was a big committment and took a lot of my time because the other cub leaders were new or had no idea how to run it. (They were males) lol! Time for someone else to step up to the mark.

I also had a full day farmsafe course to go to on Wednesday too so I can get 10% discount on our ACC levies which are huge! Thursday I made a banana cake and then took it to Jennifers Middle School Picnic. It was my hubby's birthday so he got a large piece of cake before I went...mean making a cake not for him! Poor Dave! But we went out to Dinner at a local fish restaurant which was lovely and we had a good time. One fellow restaranteer commented that the our kids were so well behaved! Lol that doesnt happen at home...

Today I have been doing the last of the kids Xmas shopping, having a haircut and making one of my reusable christmas crackers for my nephew...still got one to make for neice in law as found out that they arent coming for xmas and will be lacking in pressies and also doing the kids teachers gifts (cant show on my blog sorry).

Got a busy weekend planned with farm work and scrapping...got lots to do still! Not enough time in the day!

Good couple of days!

Got a email from Up2scrap saying they wanted the two Layouts I submitted for the wet wet wet category. So pleased about that...both as different as chalk and cheese.

Andrea dropped this in ...the card swap I was in with Andrea, Sandra, Janine and Karen...I got some pretty amazing cards and Andrea gave me choccies (and i notice the after dinner mint container is begging to be altered) , a diary and a calendar in a neat velvet box... love it!

Then I hear that I won Donnas challenge at Scrapbook Outlet for my little handbags I made for Jennifers dance teachers. This is my first little handbags Ive made and geez they are so quick and easy to do! The teachers were suitably impressed ..inside is those Gourmet jelly beans that Jennifer and I love so much. Jennifers production went well ..yes I managed to get our other afternoon worker to come in so Dave and I could go to different sessions and see Jennifer perform. It always cracks me up to see the young littlies dance...they are soo darn cute and I remember Jennifer at that age all unco and not smiling or fake smile plastered on their face. makes me realise how far Jennifer has come as when she smiles she just lights up the whole stage...well I think so lol (a mothers perogative). She does two forms of dance so has to race off the stage get dressed into her other costume and race onto the stage. Luckily no footwear was involved this year as last year she had to change from tap shoes to jazz shoes. This year she is doing Hip Hop and Jazz.

I had a play with this photo in MS but in picassa its a better result. So see this photo in a LO sometime soon! lol

Then I received this today..its my ss gift from scrapbook essentials secret santa swap..yeah i know i said Id never do this again and I relented ...IM SO GLAD I DID! Yay Im rapt with it all! each done up individually in little crackers/parcels. I love how she knew I love purple and green together and... oh the chipboard and sheer alphas yum.She new I love otp and got me the maya rd heart coasters and the jumbo cards in the maya rd tin (lightbulbs going on there thanks SS) There was an R "dog tag" and some beaut flowers and beaded necklaces..my treasure trove was complete with some buttons...its bizarre that I get silly over buttons lol!!!.........my SS has certainly done her homework...Thank you SS you did a great job!

And then our Performance review and our bosses are really rapt with us (and the club sammies I provided lol).

What a great couple of days!

On a sober note can I ask everyone who posts anonymously to sign their name? Would also love to know the lurkers on my blog (I have a program that tells me that I am having comments from all over the world) ...Just want to wave Hi and thank you for your posts!

Talk about a frantic week

And its not over with yet! Its Jennifers Dance performances this weekend (3 of them) and our worker rung up last night to say he has broken his collar bone...dunno how long he is going to be off yet! So I have to find a relief milker this morning for the next week of afternoons and a morning milking... all the rest I can do myself. Arrrgh! We have our performance review on Monday so the big boss is coming to visit during milking (hence why Im stressing about getting a relief milker for Monday) so we are doing the 'last little clean up' this weekend too (theres not much to be done thankfully).

Anyway Cub camp was a blast! Its one of the best Ive ever been on. we chased turkeys, made bivvys, had a burma trail that went through a stream, had a campfire and had the marshmallow thing going on, sang songs, had skits, went swimming in the creek, went yabby fishing and went for a bush walk. We were tenting and it was a no mod cons type of camp so we had a long drop...no tent or tarp around it though.. just in the trees! lol! It was a 'real' throne I reckoned! this was my last ever cub camp as Im giving up being a leader. Jennifer is off to Scouts next year and Im just doing too much so its time for someone else to step up to the mark. Yes Im learning to finally say no!

I have been busy this week trying to email off my Scrapbook Essentials Guest DT stuff and having problems with email...I so hate that! Sending off my Secret Santa gift and completing a few Layouts for Up2scrap submissions. (not to mention doing some paper work for the farm) I also got to have a play with the My Mind Eye Bohemia range that I won for winning the International Dare at No 8 wired...absoloutely love it and will be using it all up ..every last scrap I reckon! And I even managed to fit in the Last cypercrop at Scrapbook Outlet and managed to do these tags by 10pm.

Well had better go and start ringing. Have a great weekend everyone!