Crazy life

Well that was a big surprise to see my x-mas boot getting a special mentioning and prize. Gosh I love surprises and presents! Thanks for your support and well wishes!Timing was perfect too - I really needed something to cheer me up!

Came home from another extra day at work which was like stress times 100. I swear every hour the audit gets closer management gets crazier and more stressed out. My boss looks like she didnt have a decent sleep in weeks. I guess with $2 mil at stake thats understandable. 2 minutes before I left for home I got another huge pile of paperwork to fill out... This was supposed to be my week off - yeah right ;p To top it I am now the lucky one to go in on my day off on Monday and get interviewed. Another big wad of paperwork came my way yesterday- all stuff I should be able to rattle off. So my reading material for the weekend is secured ;p
Todays list is another long list not to mention the clients have been disturbed by all these handiman coming and going and fixing things as well as us getting extra training and spending so much time doing paperwork. So much yelling, screaming , shouting and other behaviours I wont mention here lol.
I am a bit nervous about the interview but also so relieved that soon this will all be over and I get my life back!

Between being tired as and my internet probs I havent been able to post much on forums and I miss that.Will post on your blogs tonight or tomorrow - still need to do some work before going to work.
My ISP has decided why not test my patience further. We are in the unlucky group of customers whose internet fails constantly for many days now. Rainer had a talk with them, they are working on fixing it. Meantime their advice is to turn the pc off for 15 minutes and try reconnect. It's an exercise in how not to loose your cool... Try doing that for a few hours with no connect. I feel like screaming!

Finally managed to get a connection and send my DT entry to Meg. She will announce the DT on Monday! So the wait is on...

Gonna go out for dinner tonight and celebrate Verna's birthday. Love it when I have something good to look forward to. Because today is going to be the madest day ever, last chance to 'fix all' which reminds me, I better go update the site specific hazard list now and burn it on a cd to take to work so I can fill more forms out;p

Only great thing about all this extra work is that I promised myself a bit of spending spree for scrap stuff. Want to get some of the new fancy stamps and papers and and and;p
Have a wonderful day!

Winners of Lisa's DT are out

So exciting this morning I open up my email and see Lisa has announced her new DT.
I did not make it but I am not phased by that. My time will come eventually:) I was excited to recognize a few names though!
The winners are : Andrea Senn, Christi Nelson, Gwen Kirman, Jacqui Jones, Jo Kneller, Lesley Cooper and Margaret Bennett.
Congratulation Ladies! What a talented bunch! Can't wait to see their design team works. I know a few from forums and of course Christi from blogging also. How exciting is that Christi!!! Cant wait to see her posting about it!
Oh did you see? I finally figured out how to make links on names! So dead easy I dont know why I did not click on it earlier;p
Well- better dash and get ready for work!

Sun is out

Thanks everyone for your supportive comments!
Christi your honesty. Your words made me feel heaps better and understood. Thanks for being open and sharing.

The sun is shining again outside and inside me too. Feeling heaps better now. I looked back at the 'I am messy 'LO and had to grin and was proud of myself too. So that is my response to the 'never good enough daughter' . Talk about selfaffirmation and selfacceptance aye?
Have done a double LO for Meg but not sure I want to enter that one, so will have another go today. Luckily no work today.
Catch you laters, have a good time!

Feeling out of sorts..

Phoned my Dad and my sis in Germany yesterday morning and ever since I feel out of sorts. Likely because my sis and I spoke in length about Mom. How she was not an easy person and how it all effected us. We were rather honest which was good but I think it brought up a few issues... grieving takes so many different faces.

I tried to work on my double LO for my DT entry for SE but somehow it just didnt float the way I wanted it to. In the end I 'gave in' and started to play around a little. Here is the result.

Hope everyone enjoys themselves this long weekend!

TGIF

Yeahhhhhhhhhh weekend! Sheesh- what a mad rush day I had at work again. Nothing ever goes as planned in that place. I felt like that ever ready bunny only my speed was wound up a few notches. Madly dashing from one job to the next, just to be thrown a new task in midtask. Seems like I am the unofficial official photographer at the area office now. So in between trying to get a new fire alarm and fix that - meeting the glass man who bless him fixed the window within a days notice..., filling out forms, picking up signs, doing orientations , getting clients dressed for a funeral, which naturally entails a drive of 20 minutes each way and a gently rushing them along. Oh dont forget the paper run - picking up unread newspapers from various petrol stations and shops, buying shower mat and soap - health and safety - baked beans and spagetti - civil defense kit, doing the banking and and and... I also ended up taking photos from 2 people at their work, naturally at different workspaces and working at different times;p. . I also had the pleasure of taking photos of their gorgeous 6 year old daughter at a 3d time of course;p Gosh had a ball with her - she's a true poser but only had a 5 min time slot;p Burned 2 cd's one for the big boss and one for the family, just had to give the girl her pics!
I came home pooped... but elated.. Loooooooooooong weekend!!!
Finally managed to get my DT entry send to Lisa. So it's done. My first ever entering anything besides the forums and the nzdares.
I just love going to bed on fridays with this feeling of so much free time ahead of me!
Hope you all enjoy a great time too!

Tagged!

Ahh I got tagged by the lovely Christi! Trying to get me to blog more aren't you! I better get onto it then.
I'm more tired than usual. Had a class with Lara last night, making handbag files. They look absolutely stunning - not that I have mine finished yet but looks great so far. I had to go to bed I was too tired to continue. Poor patient Lara - having to instruct me when my brain was asleep. After a long day of Health & Safety issues, filling papers of medication, infection control and more health and safety audits my brain decided it had worked enough and was on absentee leave. Not so good when you have to follow a list of instructions....lol.. I really wish I could have done Lara and the project more justice by being more awake. Looking forward to finishing my little handbag file over the weekend.

Eeeps I digress, so back to the list, here is mine :

1.Things that scare me:
- worrying about accidents ( Rainer and Chris on the road)
- violence
- watching horror movies


2. People who make me laugh:
- Rainer
- Chris
- friends

3. Things I hate the most:
- backstabbing
- work overload, mine and Rainer's
- ham and pea soup

4. Things I don't understand:
- gosh so many things, physics
- cars and other technical stuff
- the motivation of some people

5. Things I'm doing right now:
- thinking about all the things I have to do at work today
- drinking coffee

6. Things I want to do before I die:
- be blissfully myself
- see our kids grow into well adjusted adults and meet their loved ones and offspring ;p
- marry Rainer

7. Things I can do:
- daydream
- be helpful and supportive
- create things

8. Ways to describe my personality:
- quirky
- idealistic and daydreamer
- open to enjoy the diversity of people and their new ideas

9. Things I can't do:
- ski
- run a marathon
- be a perfect housewife;p

10. Things I think you should listen to:
- your inner voice
- your friends
- laughter

11. Things you should never listen to:
- gossip
- complainers
- selfrighteous people who know all answers for everyone else

12. Things I'd like to learn:
- be more me and have fun with it
- how to be more organzied
- how to weld and work with metal

13. Favorite foods:
- Latte
- anything sweet - I got a big sweet tooth!
- anything with chicken breasts, no bones I hate chewing bones

14. Beverages I drink regularly:
- coffee/ latte
- water
- diet coke/pepsi

15. Shows I watched as a kid:
- Die kleine Maus
- The Flintstones
- Polnische Trickfilme

16. Persons I'm tagging:
- Kelly
- Ruth
- Rachel

Thanks for reading everyone and have a good day!

orange and green and black

Had my NZ dare ready for a few days. That's rare for me and a nice feeling for a change. Somehow I am so slow and I am going to challenge myself to work faster. Also finally finished my altered project for the DT entry. Rather like how it turned out :) Still need to submit to Lisa. LOL as usual all on the last minute 0.O

Good things

So nice to have a tidy scrap space for a change. Too bad it will be messy right about this time tomorrow! LOL -I cant help it I am slightly chaotic.


Sooooo happy!!! We went to the local second hand shop today and got some real bargains. I spotted the shelves below and asked Rainer to haggle them for me, max $15. He's a natural, got them for 10 bucks!Perfect for my plastic storage boxes. That will free up some much needed space on the big shelves.

I'm so so lucky. Rainer is incredible supportive! Big smile on his face he came up to me and dangled this tool thing in front of my face..' Look what I got for you' Me? 'Yep a heatgun - 5 bucks and working! you might need this is you want to try out embossing, but be careful it's gonna get real hot !'... am I blessed or what? He laughed and said, oh no an excuse to buy more stuff for you now;p Guess I will try my hand on embossing soon *smiles*.
Did I mention yet I fell in love all over again!!! Well off to snuggle with my sweety!
Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

spring cleaning....

One can take only so much spring cleaning in a weekend!!! As a treat in between we went to our favorite cafe 'Sorelle' for a nice lunchbreak. Gawds their food is divine and the athmosphere had us relaxed in no time! They had some new interesting art work - metal scultures by a local artist- on display. That was a real bonus!

Now I know where some poor piggies go on a sunday afternoon... to a butcher of course ;p Things you see in main street Waiuku ;p

Had a little outing at work yesterday. The weather was so miserable that noone even wanted to get out of the van for a quick look. But we will return here on a sunnier day ( above Tuakau Bridge ) Love the view!

What's with the weather anyways?
Really warm for a few days and now it's all hail and rain storms and cold winds.
Brr I want my proper spring back!

Yeah - grunge time ;p

Chris has been so cooperative lately. Allowing me to take photos and even commenting on some of my LO's. I thought it's time I make a real grungy feel LO for him. One with all those things any 'decent' t-shirt must have, like a skull..LOL . And voila - here's the result. Entered it into SE fortnightly challenge - theme- number inspiration. He likes it, especially the skull of course;p I had much fun doodling away. Tried to make my doodles a bit grungy and tatoo - y. Oh forgot to mention, it's called - Not so sweet 16 - talks about how it's not been all sweet and easy for him this year with a lot of changes and growing up to do. Like leaving highschool for MIT etc.

Guess I got a bit into the grunge mojo and did another LO for NZ Dares - male + flower challenge. Lets face it, I put a pretty flower on a Chris LO and he might object and call it 'teenager abuse'. He didnt mind these flowers. They are ok... Ok = good in Chris lingo. Had fun with this one. First time I used a mask ( from HS) then grunged it up with chalks, paint and inks. Love using my fingers for that, such fun!!! It got hidden journaling under the got tag - talking about how we are so different in many ways ( looks- personality- spirituality etc ) but so nice we got the same eyes.
Good night and have sweet dreams and great days!

down memory lane .. and into the future

Stumbled over these photos as I was looking for the 'First' entry for SE's monthly competition. PARIS !!! Fantastic memories of all the art works I saw. It was such a awesome trip! I just had to scrap them! Had to do a double LO - not something I do a lot- as there were so many of them.




Another double LO - again dictated by seize of 'subject matter'. Found the original photo test print page of the first' proper' mini album I've ever made - Feb 2005. So special to me, my favorite! Not because of it's looks but because it made me discover this thing called 'scrapbooking'. I remember 'finding' the paper at The Warehouse and got some bits and pieces at a haberdashery. Had so much fun doing it! Rainer thought it was a pretty cool birthday present. After doing it I discovered there is a whole scrapbooking world out there!
And finally this year in June I decided to join that world properly. Now I am completely hooked and loving it!

Wow 2 posts in 1 day!

Can you tell I had some time out from work... Am loving it!
So exciting just found out I won a little voucher for my bling shoes! I love how I slowly revise my picture of luck, draws and winning. Thought of myself as being unlucky... but beginning to believe I am a lucky gal!
Lotto next.. hmm need to buy a ticket some day!

Had such fun doing this LO for SBO September challenge, using 3 bugs paper and making your own cardstock embelli. I am in LOVe! That PC microglitter i's just amazing. One cannot see it so well in the photo but it sparkles like a 1000 suns in daylight!
My fairysister and my niece Oneder, love how they bring out the best in each other. They are two such special people. The the small journaling is about their special relationship and how glad I am to be part of it all.
I am so proud of them both! MY family!

Fun LO - making me grin!

Every time I look at this LO I must grin! It's kinda a bit over the top, just like the subject of the photo ;p
Journaling reads: OK OK I admit it. I am a closet Bling Addict. But I am ready to come out and dazzle my world.
This was my LO for the weekly challenge at SBO - Lyn's Glitter challenge. I had such fun putting those shiny sequins on and simply playing around. Wish I did that more often in general.
Arent these shoes just quite something else? They are so delightfully over the top, makes me feel great to wear them! Rainers workmate Michelle - bless her- told him to tell me they had cool sparkly shoes at The Warehouse.. how's that for sparkle networking! Naturally we had to swing by and check them out. Couldn't see them until Rainer climbed up one of those huge shelves and threw down a couple of boxes. Great delight when they fell out! For under $10 I had to buy a few pairs of course! Rainer grinned and said once they're bust I can cut them up and use them on some LO. My man is starting to think like a scrapper, love it!

Happy as!

Had a fun scrapping lately and will post some LO's soon!
Just managed to finish my metal LO for NZ dare. Suddenly yesterday eve inspiration hit me - love it when that happens! Quite like it. Tons of practise for the dreaded eyelet setting;p Proud to report I am getting quite good at it;p.
Ok better rush, photography class with Vicky soon and I didnt have any dinner yet.

Thanks guys for the support. Alas I am truely bad at leaving work at work. My head just spins of this continous what to do next list. I admire people who can make a clear seperation and please pass on your secret to me!

The office floor was covered in paper rubbish when I left today. We dont have a huge enough paper waste basket LOL. Plus it all needs to be shredded for safety reasons... and then the biggest bummer...likely it's against 1-umphty knows how many policies to use any photos I make at work.. *grumps* So Kelly there goes that idea... and I had no time to take pictures of the glorious freesias in the garden. Instead it was pictures of safety boots and sneakers;p TGIF tomorrow! Just hope I get everything done for the monday check up. Haha, dunno if my boss realizes that I am not scheduled on for Monday... I sure aint gonna tell her;p

On the plus, wasn't SuperNova cool tonight! Made my evening! Not surprised they picked Lucas. He kinda bridges the gap between the old rock boys ( Gilbie & co ) and the young, the goth , the punk and older audience and is a great performer. Loved his sparkly lipgloss tonight - I want some just like it.

More plus...
I finally got the last photo I needed for Kelly's family CJ. For days I wasn't sure how to do them and tonight suddenly inspiration hit me and I got my concept ! Even managed to get a start on that and had a play with photoshop. Think it'll work out fine. Made me happy. Gosh I love the way scrapbooking makes me feel!
Off I go to scrapbooking dreamland, where the shops stock everything I could imagine. Where everything is for free and deliveries take no more than 3 minutes worldwide.
See you there!

Should have been more careful about using a title with the word chaos in it... Life has a habit of noticing little things like that;p
Overnight my life went from happy chaos to stressed, full on chaos. Work, different audits coming up, as usual with minimal notice. Felt like screaming and throwing a tantrum when I heard that. And as if that was not enough this coming Monday the top bosses drop by with a check up visit to start the whole show off . Just found out yesterday... that simply left me speechless. Gone are my free days - desperatly trying to plow through all that needs to be done.
Could not have come at a worse time either as there are so many cool competitions out there. Had it all planned what I was gonna start this week...now I feel flustered and kinda bereft.
The forum girls were so sweet and understanding in their posts, made me feel heaps better - thanks girls! Kelly made a very good suggestion - thank you! She said to take the camera and snap the cause of my resentment for my BOM and scrap it once I got time. She's right better to see the glass half full than half empty and look for the good and opportunities in things.
Lesson for me - keep the 'scrap hat' on even at work and even in stress!

Glad I didn't pull out of Vicky's class last night . Really enjoyed it, the forum girls are such a nice lot and I learned a lot. Vicky has a great way of simplifying things and concepts into easily understandable bits. Once again it's all about perspective and perception, literally and in how and why we approach things. I need to befriend my camera more and be less afraid of all the buttons, technical terms and that fat book called manual.

Well time to go read up on the forums.

Decorations are up!

lol ...making this blog is a bit like moving into a new home. I put up the clock and hung the first pictures and now I wanna kick back and relax. Was a bit of a challenge getting the strip to go into its allotted slot. The stamp was a piece of cake. Love that it doesnt look so 'bare' anymore.
But oh oh, the time it all took...
Now I got a pile of photos to edit for work, health & safety, toilets, showers, mobs, plugs... how exciting... NOt.
Work tomorrow.... sad I love weekends when everyone is home and we hang out.

bling bling

Isn't this just the most gorgeous piece of super bling!
What miserable weather today. Rainer and I went to town and browsed through the new Dollar Shop. Love that place! Shelves overflowing with useful and useless things! A riot of colours and lots of flowers and bling. At the checkout counter I saw this ring. I mean how can you not notice something that sparkles like this?
Rainer knows me so well.. looked at the ring, then at me and said ' go get it'. Bless him :) Love that he totally gets me and supports my quirks! Nevermind the rain today, I have my own flower and rainbow- right on my finger and it sparkles like 10 suns!



Oh you wanna see what else I got? My answer to a cold rainy day. Bright flowers.



Had a great late lunch at Sorelle's our most favorite ever Cafe. I just adore that place and the owners are such fantastic women! We found out they are going to move to Kariotahi Beach in January. I love that beach but I so love the athmosphere of their current place.. Peaceful, stylish and luxurious, yet totally comfy. Hope the other place will match that somehow.
Well time to find something to nibble.

Had to happen eventually...

Yep, I joined the bloggers!
Strangest feeling... the private person inside me frowns but the rest of me is dancing around. That's my life.
A big learning curve, managed to add a picture and also changed some links. Will have to do something about the title. Too empty.
Back to reading helpfiles 0.o