Time just flies...

well, it was our 2nd wedding anniversary yesterday... time has just FLOWN by.

AND to really drive that home, my neice Kayla turned 11 on Friday!!! I went shopping for her birthday present and realised I was no longer looking in the kids section for stuff to buy her! I was only 14 when she was born.. i remember sitting in my year 9 science class the next day telling everyone about my new niece just like it was yesterday!!! I was pretty proud cos I was one of the first to have a neice or nephew ;)

ANYWAY so yeah it was our wedding anniversary yesterday. We spent the weekend in Sydney, stayed in some apartments not far from Town Hall.
On Friday we went to see the Merrick and Rosso live show - The unprofessionals. That was funny :) We went to a Spanish place for tapas afterwards, then a bar for a few drinks.

Saturday we were up bright and early, had breakfast at a cafe then went shopping!!We had to buy warm clothes seeing as I only packed Summer clothes and the weather decided to turn wintery again... also bought some odds and ends to take to Rome when we go in December... saw Talledago nights which was hilarious. Then we went to a German restaurant for dinner and ended up leaving there thinking I was about to pop!! seriously I was full from the entree.. it was main meal size!! and the main was double size.. I ordered chick schnitzel (with cheese and leg ham on top! yum) and got TWO big portions that took up the whole plate. I squeezed one in, but the 2nd was left pretty much untouched. It was sooooo delicious though!!!

On Sunday we met up with a friend at a cafe for a alte breakfast and then we headed home :)
Back to washing, ironing, cooking, cleaning and vacuuming! I was actually glad to get back to work because I was exhausted! LOL well, maybe not *glad* to be back at work...

ANyway I scrapped! Finally got to use Lauren and Amy's Harvest Trail kit from the Sweet Shoppe
Onlsow just *loves* barrelling through the crunchy leaves!! LOL


There is a Bernese Mountain Dog picnic day coming up shortly in Sydney. Im so looking fwd to going.. Belle and Onslow havent seen any of their "own kind" since we took them home. They see lots of their friends Lotte the Old English Sheepdog, and Jack the rottweiller, as well as a few passing strangers in the dog park at windsor LOL. Should be a fun day :)

well take care everyone.. hope you have a great week!

Get well soon...

My poor little bonsai :(
Click here for the story if you havent seen my layout yet... cant upload pics today!

He (the bonsai) obviously didnt like being removed from his big pot where he has been for 2 years into his proper bonsai pot.

I love bonsais but the fun is in the shaping of them in my opinion. SO i bought a tiny, twig of a plant, put it in a big pot with lots of growing room and got to work on shaping the little fella. It was looking great until about 12 months ago when the dogs decided to eat a few of the branches and give it their own touch :) Now it kinda looks a bit bare as it has three branches sticking out instead of 7.... Anyway it had been 2 years in the big pot and had gotten nice and big (well, as big as i wanted!) but the poor thing has been on a downhill spiral for the last 2 weeks... I finally noticed some new shoots on Saturday.... lets see if they last or if they will go black and dry like the rest of the leaves and flowers!

anyway... had a good weekend.. was so HOT on saturday!!! We took the dogs walking at 8:00am and already I was in shorts and a singlet and sweating.. and these are dogs just amble along slowly! Anyway bought them inside with the air conditioning while we started cleaning the house.. did some aerobics and then got ready to go out. We were going to a friends house for dinner, and staying the night so we didnt have to worry about counting drinks. Didnt have a late one because we were all so tired!!!!

Came home on Sunday, watered the garden, did the grocery shopping, did some kickboxing, the last of the housework / washing and then it was time for dinner! so I didnt get much time to scrap, and have to make up for it this week. I have lots of new goodies to play with, but am also working on a "project" which I need to finish.. so no scrapping until this project is done!!

This weekend is going to be a write off as well....

On friday we are going to see Merrick and Rosso in the city (comedians, also on Sydney's Nova radio station in the morning) and then going to a Spanish place to get some Tapas afterward. yummoo!!!! Never had it before but am looking fwd to it! We will be staying in town (in Sydney) for 2 nights as it is also our anniversary weekend... 2 years already!! Time has gone fast, but at the same time, the whole wedding business and the honeymoon seems like it was ages ago!

and on another note... I have been waiting for commissioning letters from Scrapbooking memories (FOUR of them!!!) for MONTHS and FINALLY I got 2 :) and another 3 layouts accepted during the week as well!!! Im on a roll!
So keep a look out for me in vol 8 issue 8 of SM.. I have 2 in there :) Both of Alyssa!!!

Not long till our "concert week"!!! In three weeks we will be seeing Pearl Jam 2 nights in a row (long story as to why we are going both nights! LOL - we have front row seats on night 2 though!) I think that is the Tuesday and Wednesday, and then on Friday we are seeing U2!!! so three big concerts in one week... Im saving my accumulation of RDO's (rostered day off) for when we go to Italy later in the year, so I can save up my annual leave (for NEXT year when we are planning a biiig European trip) sO i cant really take that week off like I want to.... might just had the day of the 2nd pearl jam concert off.... try to recover and get some sleep up my sleeve! LOL
So yay im very excited!!!!!!!!

ok well I guess I better finish off this marathon post!!! LOL Thanks for reading if you managed it!!!

where was i?

Long time no blog!!! cant say I have really missed it to be honest!! Its just one more thing to remember to do!
So whats some news???
Oh my first ever published layout! here it is:


hahahhaa Poor Travis :)

hmm.... what else.... How about some layouts? Running low on the news front today :)



Phew! and thats not even all of them :) Anyway becuase im so lazy, you will need to Click here for my gallery to see the credits for each layout ;)

hehehe Isnt that last one of Alyssa cute?? It was on the long weekend, Grand final night (october 1st) at my sister, Lindas, place. Anyway whenever we go there, Lin always picks up my camera and starts taking pics of everything! so i get home and find photos of actual photos, photos of people being idiots, blurry, unidentifiable photos, close ups of a bourbon and coke inside a glass.. and a few of these cute shots :) hehehe It was such a great night! we were outside till midnoght toasting marshmallows on the fire, putting everything that burned on the fire (mums slipper not included... they didnt actually burn, just singed the wool and melted the rubber).... setting a very bad example for the kids who thought it was the best thing ever!!

We went to the beach again on Sunday, and we left home at 11:00.. perfect beach weather out our way with clear blue skies, hot temps and not a breath of wind. One hour later when we actually GET to the beach, the sun was gooooone, the wind had picked up and i was laying on my towel getting whipped by sand and shivering. Turns out a big Southerly buster arrived just when we did!!!! Typical! It takes us an hour to get to the beach, we were there for only about 20 minutes and then got back in the car and headed back for the hour long drive back home :) Pretty funny though cos last time we went to the beach (2 weeks ago) it the same story... giant gusts of wind :) Oh well, at least we can laugh about it. Its a nice drive on a Sunday anyway and on the positive, I didnt end up with salt and sand encrusted hair!!