Ooopsiedoo, somehow I seem to have turned the comments allowed button off.. no clue how that happened. So my apologies to everyone! I do like to get your comments!!!
Had a full on day today, it's gonna be a week like that. The drama group at work has their shows this week. Thurs night and sunday afternoon. So since last week we have rehearsed in the theatre. It's going well but oh boy it's gonna be a long week!
Time for a coffee and a smoke!
Monday, November 27, 2006
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Weekend almost over
First a thank you for all your comments. Sure nice to read!
Gosh doesn't time fly by when you're having fun... My friend Verna - Leigh and I had a real girly day yesterday- shop til you drop! It was a blast - even with feet smoking at the end of the day ;p Verna-Leigh was looking for an outfit to wear to her son's wedding. We started in Puke at Caroline Eve's where Verna tried every single skirt they had..only about 30 or 40 skirts and some dresses for good measure too. But bought none- not for lack of trying, just the good looking ones were not 'formal' enough.
We learned heaps about what styles suited her and armed with that knowledge hit Manukau. No shop was safe from us ;p She was so lucky and found a gorgeous cute red/black dress with some sequins - is there another bling queen in the making? that was even decently priced. So having saved some $'s we had to drop in on a fashion jewellery shop to get a necklace and some earrings - definately a bling queen in the making! *coughs* fine I admit it I couldn't resist a little bling bracelet. Exhausted and happy I collapsed on the sofa at 7 pm or so;p
Woke this morning with a sore throat and slightly hoarse- what timing.. with a full weeks work coming up. That'll be interesting.
Finished Melissa's cj today and spend quite some time in bed today. Have to get me some meds tomorrow.
Oh thought you might like to see some LO's from scrap camp.
My first ever 1 hour challenge that I actually completed in 1 hour! Was thinking of working some more on it but then decided to keep it as a keepsake.
Another challenge LO - use 75% of product given. At first I was a bit put off by the frilly paper and the cream lace - not exactly teenage boy material...But the reverse side was nicely distressed so used that mainly, inked the lace and another cream ribbon black. Used 2 ribbons woven through holes at the top of LO and that grunge lace at the bottom. Then cut out some arrows - a gal gotta give into her obsessions sometimes;p Am happy with the result. Chris didnt complain about the lace and said it looks ok - so all's well.
Time for bed! Wish you all a great start to the week!
Gosh doesn't time fly by when you're having fun... My friend Verna - Leigh and I had a real girly day yesterday- shop til you drop! It was a blast - even with feet smoking at the end of the day ;p Verna-Leigh was looking for an outfit to wear to her son's wedding. We started in Puke at Caroline Eve's where Verna tried every single skirt they had..only about 30 or 40 skirts and some dresses for good measure too. But bought none- not for lack of trying, just the good looking ones were not 'formal' enough.
We learned heaps about what styles suited her and armed with that knowledge hit Manukau. No shop was safe from us ;p She was so lucky and found a gorgeous cute red/black dress with some sequins - is there another bling queen in the making? that was even decently priced. So having saved some $'s we had to drop in on a fashion jewellery shop to get a necklace and some earrings - definately a bling queen in the making! *coughs* fine I admit it I couldn't resist a little bling bracelet. Exhausted and happy I collapsed on the sofa at 7 pm or so;p
Woke this morning with a sore throat and slightly hoarse- what timing.. with a full weeks work coming up. That'll be interesting.
Finished Melissa's cj today and spend quite some time in bed today. Have to get me some meds tomorrow.
Oh thought you might like to see some LO's from scrap camp.
My first ever 1 hour challenge that I actually completed in 1 hour! Was thinking of working some more on it but then decided to keep it as a keepsake.
Another challenge LO - use 75% of product given. At first I was a bit put off by the frilly paper and the cream lace - not exactly teenage boy material...But the reverse side was nicely distressed so used that mainly, inked the lace and another cream ribbon black. Used 2 ribbons woven through holes at the top of LO and that grunge lace at the bottom. Then cut out some arrows - a gal gotta give into her obsessions sometimes;p Am happy with the result. Chris didnt complain about the lace and said it looks ok - so all's well.
Time for bed! Wish you all a great start to the week!
Friday, November 24, 2006
Hmm beta blog...
My day off today. Decided to clean up. My scrap room looks like a tornado went through *coughs* and the rest of the house is not far behind. Then got sidetracked catching up on all the blogs while fighting with the constant disconnects from my internet. It really is starting to peeve me off!
Somehow I ended up switching to beta blog... why oh why??? Some alien must have possessed me temorarily or maybe I had an early senior moment ;p Now I am confused and clueless, cant put my slideshows back etc. Only thing I got to work was a new title. Inspired by some early x-mas feelings. Guess I will figure things outin time. LOL Anything to avoid cleaning up .. bad bad me!
Late in the afternoon I realized the fortnightly challenge at SE was due today. Stipulates we need to use journaling strips. I used arrows as my journaling strips - cut from that cool Sassfrass pp I bought at scrap camp. Describing the camp and the gals with all sorts of adjectives, cool, amazing, fabulous etc. Am a bit obsessed with arrows at the moment;p Wish the photo had turned out better. Maybe I'll try take another one tomorrow.
Here it is:
Ooops - almost 1 am. Better race to bed - work tomorrow!
Somehow I ended up switching to beta blog... why oh why??? Some alien must have possessed me temorarily or maybe I had an early senior moment ;p Now I am confused and clueless, cant put my slideshows back etc. Only thing I got to work was a new title. Inspired by some early x-mas feelings. Guess I will figure things outin time. LOL Anything to avoid cleaning up .. bad bad me!
Late in the afternoon I realized the fortnightly challenge at SE was due today. Stipulates we need to use journaling strips. I used arrows as my journaling strips - cut from that cool Sassfrass pp I bought at scrap camp. Describing the camp and the gals with all sorts of adjectives, cool, amazing, fabulous etc. Am a bit obsessed with arrows at the moment;p Wish the photo had turned out better. Maybe I'll try take another one tomorrow.
Here it is:
Ooops - almost 1 am. Better race to bed - work tomorrow!
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Fantastic Scrap Camp
Scrap camp was simply amazing!!!
Lucky me hitched a ride with Kelly, who is such a good safe driver. On the way we picked up Steph and arrived right on time at camp.
It was so wonderful to meet the gals from SBO. Such a lovely bunch of women and so talented too!
Green theme night- from left
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There were 2 classes. Card making by Nic - made such beautiful cards and Faye had us distressing, inking and abusing our papers to our hearts content! There were challenges and quite a few prizes up for grabs. Our table was right into the challenges. Hey with Delys, Kelly and Bev on it what 'd ya expect! Amazingly I got my 1 hour challenge completed - thats a first! There was also good time to just scrap and meet people. Not that I got all that much done - but I knew that prior. It was so cool to meet up with Michelle TW, Sandra ,Tracey ( my fellow smoker;p) and Lisa from scrapbooking by design. What a bunch of fantastic females!
Guess by now everyone knows I stayed up all night on Friday and until 2 am on Sat!!! I know crazy me! But oh boy did I crash once back home..lol fell asleep around 7 pm after work for the next 2 days. Hmm I guess my body is not 20 anymore, somehow I had forgotten that;p
Lianne and Yolande did a fantastic job and I want to thank you for all the effort and hard work you put in!
Guess by now everyone knows I stayed up all night on Friday and until 2 am on Sat!!! I know crazy me! But oh boy did I crash once back home..lol fell asleep around 7 pm after work for the next 2 days. Hmm I guess my body is not 20 anymore, somehow I had forgotten that;p
Lianne and Yolande did a fantastic job and I want to thank you for all the effort and hard work you put in!
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The gals at 'work'
Kolourful Kelly and bling bling Bev!
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The delightful Delys and sweet Stephanie!
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Our scrap table gals outside - thanks to Michelle TW for taking the photo!
from back: me and Kelly, Bev, Delys, Kirsty, front Steph
from back: me and Kelly, Bev, Delys, Kirsty, front Steph
Hopefully tomorrow I can check out all the blogs! Internet is once again madly yoyo-ing am really loosing my patience with our ISP. Thank goodness the blog posts can be saved as a draft or I'd have never gotten this published. That is if I get a chance to upload this..lol
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Sooooooo excited!
Wooohooooooooooooo, we are going to scrap camp tomorrow! Cant wait to meet up with Kelly and hit the road!!! On the way we will pick up Stephanie in Matamata. How cool is that 3 chicks on the road to scrapland!!!
So looking forward to meeting my scrappin buddies and other new people!
Just before leaving work my boss came over to our facility and said, OH MY look at Ilka, she positively beams with happiness! 'Hell yeah I said, I am going to scrapcamp tomorrow woohoooooo!!'
I'll let you all know how it went come Monday!
Oh and thanks for the nice comments about my NZ Dare entry. I love green at the moment - from the yellow greens into the deeper richer moss colours. Am really into the black/ green /white combination or green and blue. Had fun using paint on the big flowers to tone them down a bit. They were a bit too yellow , especially at the tips.
Thanks also for your kind words and hugs - much appreciated. It's good to know that it's ok to be real here in blogland.
Thanks for stopping by.
Oh better wish you a fantastic weekend!!! My internet is once again up and down , I might post more tomorrow if I can get on but just in case I cant...
Be good, no be better, be best >>>> PLAY AND HAVE FUN!
So looking forward to meeting my scrappin buddies and other new people!
Just before leaving work my boss came over to our facility and said, OH MY look at Ilka, she positively beams with happiness! 'Hell yeah I said, I am going to scrapcamp tomorrow woohoooooo!!'
I'll let you all know how it went come Monday!
Oh and thanks for the nice comments about my NZ Dare entry. I love green at the moment - from the yellow greens into the deeper richer moss colours. Am really into the black/ green /white combination or green and blue. Had fun using paint on the big flowers to tone them down a bit. They were a bit too yellow , especially at the tips.
Thanks also for your kind words and hugs - much appreciated. It's good to know that it's ok to be real here in blogland.
Thanks for stopping by.
Oh better wish you a fantastic weekend!!! My internet is once again up and down , I might post more tomorrow if I can get on but just in case I cant...
Be good, no be better, be best >>>> PLAY AND HAVE FUN!
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Global dare entry
Is she cute or what 0.O Love this photo of myself!
Fill up a whole page, whoowsie that's a challenge for me ;p It feels rather 'full' to me now - quite subjective I know -I know- . I had a blast kinda throwing things at it and re- discovered some goodies I must have had for some time like those 3 slide frames. I really like them, they have a small tiny text type on them and a transparent cover with the words 'cherish', 'remember' and 'memories' on them. Perfect fit! I am very proud of myself for 'not saving them for a better day' ! I am making progress 0.O
I was amazed how fantastic the photo print turned out. Considering I made a print of a print and the original was rather tiny. Will do this a bit more often with some of my old photos. Well worth it!
Here's the journaling, sorry it's in german... *winks*
Ok ok I translate it;p This photo used to live in my Oma's ( grandmother's ) glass cabinett. I would often go look at it and Oma would join me and then tell stories of the past, of her childhood, of Opa and her, of Opa and me... Opa had a weak heart and died when I was really young. So all my memories are the stories that Oma used to tell me. He sounded like such a gentle warm man and apparently he adored me and I adored him. Certainly always felt very loved when Oma told her stories. One of my favorites is ' Opa and Ilka are picking dandelion leaves for the rabbits. I was quite protective of my Opa and his failing health. So I would tell Opa to sit and rest assuring him I am a big girl Opa! I can pick the basket all by myself... which I did too. We spent many hours thus, him on the bench me in the grass, chatting away to each other while slowly filling the basket with leaves. I also shared my sandwiches with those rabbits, one bite me, one bite for the rabbit.. I wish I could have gotten to know my Opa better. I cherish all the stories my Oma told me and love this photo because it is like a book with invisible pages...
Tuesday, November 14, 2006
My ingredients...
Dont they look spectacular my ingredients for my ' green theme party' outfit for scrap camp!Cant say more, but will sneak in another photo soon. LOL - I feel like Meg and Andrea - teasing people with tidbits of info ;p
Had a lot of fun playing around with it!
I am sooooooooooooooooooo excited about scrap camp!
Never done anything like it and cant wait to meet all the scrappin buddies I met on the forums.
Counting my sleeps like I used to before x-mas *chuckles*.
Leaving...
After a weeks struggle my collegue died yesterday...
It's been a strange week. I just did not feel right and so many memories came back, also about my Mom and her death. And how XX in many ways was like my Mom, only she was upfront about it - not once would she be surprised if anyone would call her loud ,harsh and opinionated. In a way I had a chance to learn to be myself, back myself up and stand my ground, hard lessons learned with many tears and much inner work. But learned nonetheless. I think people one loves or people one had much struggles with are those that affect us the most... For one learns so much from either type. And she and I had quite a history...
Hidden journaling goes:
XX- would you have been surprised to see me cry and mourn for you?
You and I - we had more than a fair share of disagreements. You are such a staunch, opinionated woman. Lous and harsh. Like a fieldmarshal. Only 1 way, your way, the right way... So much like my mother. You disapproved of my softness, my gentleness and thought it weakness. Dont think you 'got me'. But we learned to agree to disagree. And I think in the end we had a mutual respect for one another.
I will miss you XX. Thank you so much for all that I have learned through you.
Blessings for a safe journey!
This quiet introvert week has been good for me and making the page was another step..
I feel ok now. The funeral is in 2 days time and I will be going with another workmate and a couple of clients from work. More closure.
Good night for now!
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Tagged by default from reading Hannah's blog!
20 Questions
1. What countries have you visited?
Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan,Belgium, France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Germany
2. Would you rather fly, walk, swim or ride a horse?
Fly - simply because one can cover such vast distances when flying and the world becomes my oyster. Having said that, anything above10+ hours in a plane feels a bit? like torture ;p
3. If you could get stuck in an elevator with any celebrity, who would it be?
Dalai Lhama - and lets be stuck there for a good long time please!
4. How would your co-workers describe you?
Effective, organized, knowledgable, reliable,quirky and friendly.
5. Do you have any piercings or tattoos?
I have 2 piercing in the ear but I reckon they are grown close again . Tattoos? Me? Never!I know there is a big chance that what I love now I wont love in 5 years time so why would I commit to something so permanent;p I am all for rub on & wash off tatooes!
6. Which movie character would you most like to be?
The leading lady in the movie 'chocolat'- just because she is so much who she is...
BTW love this quote from the movie:
Père Henri: Do I want to speak of the miracle of our Lord's divine transformation? Not really, no. I don't want to talk about his divinity. I'd rather talk about his humanity. I mean, you know, how he lived his life, here on Earth. His *kindness*, his *tolerance*... Look, here's what I think. I think that we can't go around... measuring our goodness by what we don't do. By what we deny ourselves, what we resist, and who we exclude. I think... we've got to measure goodness by what we *embrace*, what we create... and who we include.
7. What is your nickname?
I have a few of these. Silke calls me Fairy Sis, suga and sunshine, Rainer calls me Engelchen, Suesse , Kleine and my sweety, Dad and my sis call me Ilkamusch
8. Have you ever been arrested?
No and have no intention of changing that!
9. What is your worst pet peeve?
Drivers who don't keep their safe distance to me.
10. Is your music collection alphabetised?
Are you kidding me? Of course not.
11. What's your favourite cartoon character?
Snoopy
12. Do you play any instruments?
No- sadly not.
13. If you were on Survivor, what would be your luxury item?
Paper and pens - to doodle with and write things - my way to 'tune out'
14. If you could eliminate one disease, what would it be?
Cancer and aids - sorry but cant settle for just one.
15. Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Guess I am a bit of both- more nightowl though. I love staying up late but these days I often get up early even on weekends! Dont worry I make up for the lack of sleep with a snooze in the arvo ;p
16. What are your secret talents?
Wouldn't be secret - if I told you O.o
17.Who is your favourite author?
I rather think I have a favourite genre which is fantasy.
18. Which TV family would you like to join?
The Adams Family - lol
19. What song would you sing at Karaoke?
Being the friendly person that I am none out of considerations to my fellow human beings;p
20. If you could have only one food for the rest of your life (assuming that this would not affect your health), which food would you choose?
One? Must be two, too much sweet I crave savory and vice versa ;p Sweet - chocolate and savory bread/chips.
Consider yourself tagged;p
20 Questions
1. What countries have you visited?
Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Japan,Belgium, France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Germany
2. Would you rather fly, walk, swim or ride a horse?
Fly - simply because one can cover such vast distances when flying and the world becomes my oyster. Having said that, anything above10+ hours in a plane feels a bit? like torture ;p
3. If you could get stuck in an elevator with any celebrity, who would it be?
Dalai Lhama - and lets be stuck there for a good long time please!
4. How would your co-workers describe you?
Effective, organized, knowledgable, reliable,quirky and friendly.
5. Do you have any piercings or tattoos?
I have 2 piercing in the ear but I reckon they are grown close again . Tattoos? Me? Never!I know there is a big chance that what I love now I wont love in 5 years time so why would I commit to something so permanent;p I am all for rub on & wash off tatooes!
6. Which movie character would you most like to be?
The leading lady in the movie 'chocolat'- just because she is so much who she is...
BTW love this quote from the movie:
Père Henri: Do I want to speak of the miracle of our Lord's divine transformation? Not really, no. I don't want to talk about his divinity. I'd rather talk about his humanity. I mean, you know, how he lived his life, here on Earth. His *kindness*, his *tolerance*... Look, here's what I think. I think that we can't go around... measuring our goodness by what we don't do. By what we deny ourselves, what we resist, and who we exclude. I think... we've got to measure goodness by what we *embrace*, what we create... and who we include.
7. What is your nickname?
I have a few of these. Silke calls me Fairy Sis, suga and sunshine, Rainer calls me Engelchen, Suesse , Kleine and my sweety, Dad and my sis call me Ilkamusch
8. Have you ever been arrested?
No and have no intention of changing that!
9. What is your worst pet peeve?
Drivers who don't keep their safe distance to me.
10. Is your music collection alphabetised?
Are you kidding me? Of course not.
11. What's your favourite cartoon character?
Snoopy
12. Do you play any instruments?
No- sadly not.
13. If you were on Survivor, what would be your luxury item?
Paper and pens - to doodle with and write things - my way to 'tune out'
14. If you could eliminate one disease, what would it be?
Cancer and aids - sorry but cant settle for just one.
15. Are you a morning person or a night owl?
Guess I am a bit of both- more nightowl though. I love staying up late but these days I often get up early even on weekends! Dont worry I make up for the lack of sleep with a snooze in the arvo ;p
16. What are your secret talents?
Wouldn't be secret - if I told you O.o
17.Who is your favourite author?
I rather think I have a favourite genre which is fantasy.
18. Which TV family would you like to join?
The Adams Family - lol
19. What song would you sing at Karaoke?
Being the friendly person that I am none out of considerations to my fellow human beings;p
20. If you could have only one food for the rest of your life (assuming that this would not affect your health), which food would you choose?
One? Must be two, too much sweet I crave savory and vice versa ;p Sweet - chocolate and savory bread/chips.
Consider yourself tagged;p
Monday, November 06, 2006
What a shock...
What a shock I had today. One of my workmates had a stroke at work.... She is such a strong, stroppy Lady, always on the move, always telling everyone what to do..... There we were waiting for the ambulance - she in recovery position, not responding to us.....me holding and stroking her hand...the other staff stroking her head...
Hours later we find out she had a massive stroke.. It just all seems so unreal. Dont know if she will even make it through the night or has passed on already...
Life, we take so much for granted, as being solid and real and yet it is so incredible fragile, real one minute and gone the next...
Anyways, that's me for today. Sorry not sure if I should post this but then, life is not all about happy happy and pretty pictures... Right now I am feeling sad but ok, getting hugs from Rainer and sending prayers for my workmate and her family.
Hours later we find out she had a massive stroke.. It just all seems so unreal. Dont know if she will even make it through the night or has passed on already...
Life, we take so much for granted, as being solid and real and yet it is so incredible fragile, real one minute and gone the next...
Anyways, that's me for today. Sorry not sure if I should post this but then, life is not all about happy happy and pretty pictures... Right now I am feeling sad but ok, getting hugs from Rainer and sending prayers for my workmate and her family.
Weekend
I just love tulips! Not gonna wait until I get flowers given- I spoiled myself on Wednesday and bought these. Over the weekend they opened up - simply stunning, especially those multi- leaved ones.Another busy weekend and no scrapping done...
We met Chris's girlfriend's mother on Saturday. What a relief! She seems very nice and we had a long chat. She stayed over for a fish'n chips dinner. She has good discipline and expects her daughter to get an education and not a father for a child. Whew! I tell ya, the oddest things go through your mind when your kid starts dating. I feel I have a lot to learn just like my son..LOL How to be a Mom of a dating teenager - big time learning!
Sunday we went to Manukau City. I had to get some stuff and Chris suddenly 'needs new clothes'. Amazing from the teenage boy who could not care too much to the teenager that showers extensively every morning and is wardrobe conscious 0.O Some changes are sure nice! If expensive;p
Spotlight is nightmare territory for my men.. can you tell? Patiently waiting outside...
2 more days of work and then time off for me! Cant wait! Have a wonderful start to the week everyone:)
Saturday, November 04, 2006
World Wide Dare Day
Was so fun sitting at SBO's friday chat night all waiting impatiently for the dares to go up! LOL. Checking and re-checking to see our NZ Dares team entries!
What an amazing concept - a world wide dare -!!! NZ Dares joined forces with the Aussie Dares, The UK Dares and the US Effers for a combined dare. Very exciting stuff!
Here is the dare:
~Childhood Memories or Dream theme
~Cover the whole background/page
~Throw in some paint
~Title on the photo
How cool is that? So much room to move any which way! Some awesome inspirational work on the dare sites. You have got to check them out, the english ones are not up yet - still waiting for friday 11pm to come around. Timezones are a funny thing. I must say the kiwis and aussies are a lot more inspirational and unique than the effers. They tried and pushed the envelope with some stunning results!
NZDares closes on 15th of Nov and Scrappin Downunder provides the cool price - a selection of the delicious Bohemia range! I am so gonna give this a try! Love the price but even more I love the challenge!
Tired as I was I had a great night with the gals over at SBO's. Still sad I missed out on the nov kit :( But people everyone can get the cool journaling stamp that Rachel designed - check it out it's on her nzdare entry! It's just so cool - and even see through- and will be on sale at SBO shortly. I am so gonna get that! Oh and Andrea mentioned they might get the DT to design some stamps each and maybe even do custom stamps. What a cool idea! Cant wait for that!
Now I have to see if I can find the few childhood photos I have. I remember I put them in a safe place. Do I never learn? LOL.
So excited, got a few ideas buzzing through my head . Fun to send the mind onto memory lane!
Ok time for a fresh coffee. Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by:)
What an amazing concept - a world wide dare -!!! NZ Dares joined forces with the Aussie Dares, The UK Dares and the US Effers for a combined dare. Very exciting stuff!
Here is the dare:
~Childhood Memories or Dream theme
~Cover the whole background/page
~Throw in some paint
~Title on the photo
How cool is that? So much room to move any which way! Some awesome inspirational work on the dare sites. You have got to check them out, the english ones are not up yet - still waiting for friday 11pm to come around. Timezones are a funny thing. I must say the kiwis and aussies are a lot more inspirational and unique than the effers. They tried and pushed the envelope with some stunning results!
NZDares closes on 15th of Nov and Scrappin Downunder provides the cool price - a selection of the delicious Bohemia range! I am so gonna give this a try! Love the price but even more I love the challenge!
Tired as I was I had a great night with the gals over at SBO's. Still sad I missed out on the nov kit :( But people everyone can get the cool journaling stamp that Rachel designed - check it out it's on her nzdare entry! It's just so cool - and even see through- and will be on sale at SBO shortly. I am so gonna get that! Oh and Andrea mentioned they might get the DT to design some stamps each and maybe even do custom stamps. What a cool idea! Cant wait for that!
Now I have to see if I can find the few childhood photos I have. I remember I put them in a safe place. Do I never learn? LOL.
So excited, got a few ideas buzzing through my head . Fun to send the mind onto memory lane!
Ok time for a fresh coffee. Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by:)
Friday, November 03, 2006
DT etc
Well I didnt make it onto either DT. But not phased. When the time is right it'll happen. I told you about the cool surprise and special mentioning for the x-mas boot over at Lisa's. Loved the price - a cool ribbon pack from fancy pants and neat rub- ons from Flair and then some giant cardboard numbers from Junkitz. Those will push me a little.
Below a few pictures of the x-mas boots I made so my friends who are non scrappers and dont go to the online galleries can have a peek too. My beloved silent lurkers O.o. I rather like these boots O.o Gonna put them up on the 6th of december to celebrate our anniversary.
Internet is back Woohooo!
My internet played up big time for a few days...:( Could not access anything international including any blogs only some local sites and those I got constantly disconnected. Drove me wild - so frustrating. LOL sad isn't it when your internet is gone and you start feeling like you lost a limb or 2;p Anyways it seems they finally fixed it Yippeeeeeeeeee!!! I'm back!
Better tell you about my last weekend before this one comes;p It was a rather social affair by my reclusive standards;p
We went out to celebrate Verna's birthday on Friday. Superyummy food and great company at a local little Thai restaurant. Verna and me - sheesh the kids took some horror photos of us!
Here they are! Verna's gorgeous gals!
On saturday night we had a blast! Game evening with Verna and Errol. We played Cranium. A first time for everyone. This is such a fun game - basically you need to guess an answer to something and use a variety of ways to guess it. Aacting, drawing, blind drawing , singing, humming, clues all sorts of stuff. Real fun and had us in stitches. Rainer was the hoot and his acting cracked us up!
The audits went really well on Monday. What a relief!!! Thanks for everyones well wishes and positive energies! Only afterwards did I realize how freakin stressed I was and now I am still slowly destressing. Guess I have been running a bit on adrenaline and now feel so tired this week, hit the zzz mark first time at 7 pm and by 9 pm ready to fall asleep. Hopefully the last stress will leave me over the weekend!
Gonna tell you about the DT comps in next post.
Better tell you about my last weekend before this one comes;p It was a rather social affair by my reclusive standards;p
We went out to celebrate Verna's birthday on Friday. Superyummy food and great company at a local little Thai restaurant. Verna and me - sheesh the kids took some horror photos of us!
Here they are! Verna's gorgeous gals!
On saturday night we had a blast! Game evening with Verna and Errol. We played Cranium. A first time for everyone. This is such a fun game - basically you need to guess an answer to something and use a variety of ways to guess it. Aacting, drawing, blind drawing , singing, humming, clues all sorts of stuff. Real fun and had us in stitches. Rainer was the hoot and his acting cracked us up!
The audits went really well on Monday. What a relief!!! Thanks for everyones well wishes and positive energies! Only afterwards did I realize how freakin stressed I was and now I am still slowly destressing. Guess I have been running a bit on adrenaline and now feel so tired this week, hit the zzz mark first time at 7 pm and by 9 pm ready to fall asleep. Hopefully the last stress will leave me over the weekend!
Gonna tell you about the DT comps in next post.
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