WELCOME SPRING

had a HUGE post typed up and saved, ready to post but thought i would just share some quick point form details of the goings-on around here and then share some scrapping.

* i am still battling the flu (trip to the GP last week only to be told a i had the flu; i need to rest; everyone has been battling it - and that will be $56.00 thanks)

* have had miss kait home ill since wednesday with the flu and we ended up in A&E last night to be told she has a massive middle ear infection. just want her well as her excursion is only 8 days away. i would hate her to miss out again this year because of illness

* didn't get half the scrapping done i wanted to this week but managed to reduce my stash somewhat by passing on some of my older supplies to a friend who is a teacher.
reckon i could do it again 10 times over and still have plenty of supplies left.
hoping to get the challenges finished for the EMM cybercrop that is happening as we speak.
the DT, as always, has managed to set some great challenges.

* my DT pack arrived last week from jen at RJR.
lots of yummy ribbons, flowers and bling.
can't wait to get stuck into using it all.
jen has so much gorgeous bling over at RJR at the moment - go and check it out. the prices are amazing...!!!

* joanie sent me the most amazing roll of marbled papers and the most gorgeous hand written letter that reduced me to tears.
love you joanie. you inspire me so much.

* had a great day with some of the EMM girls at linda's last sunday for a stampin' up party. so good to catch up with everyone again....specially my fellow rockstar, tam
"WE SO ROCK GIRLFRIEND"
but on a sadder note...i was so sorry to hear of the passing of your much loved "marnie" this week sweetie.

* both matt and jake are playing in their semis this weekend in football (soccer)
matt will start from the bench for prems
jakey will start on the paddock for reserves.
good luck to both my talented boys.

here is some scrapping i have managed to get done in a week that has been so topsy-turvey

this is my august BOM for the EMMies we had to scrap a saying/sayings unique to our family. the hidden journalling under the top pic reads.....
“THUMPER BISCUITS” are something I grew up with.
Better known as “milk arrowroot” biscuits, they got the name “Thumper Biscuits” after the kangaroo that my Gran and Poppy raised from a joey by feeding him “Thumper Biscuits” soaked in warm milk and brandy.
Thumper was orphaned after his mum was hit by a car and Poppy found him and brought him home for Gran to raise. As a child I can remember taking the Thumper biscuit, milk and brandy mix out into the Thumper’s pen and feeding him. Of course, that was before he got too big and cranky for us to feed. We used to drive the local shop keepers crazy when we were sent to the shop for “Thumper biscuits”. One shop keeper even phoned Arnotts asking if they actually made them.
Our kids call them Thumper biscuits too.

the hidden journalling under the bottom pic reads...
“SHEEP SHIT AND GOOLEYGUM” or macaroni and cheese is a dish that was one of Mark’s favourites when he was growing up. I learnt to cook it not long after Mark and I were married and we have always added cut up chicken to our version of it. It got the name of “SHEEP SHIT AND GOOLEYGUM” when Matt and Jake were little. One day they were pestering me about what we were having for dinner. In sheer frustration I blurted out that we would be having “SHEEP SHIT AND GOOLEYGUM” and that they had to eat every last drop of it. When I served them up a plate of macaroni and cheese that night for dinner, they cried because they thought for years they had been eating macaroni and cheese when they were really eating “SHEEP SHIT AND GOOLEYGUM”.
It is a name that has stuck with this family favourite.

this is for the guest DT challenge for the EMMies last month.
the beautiful julie challenged us to use paper tearing on a LO. i have torn the flower from some of the hand made paper that joanie has given me in the past. added some spider mesh for the leaves and some beads set in DM.
this was a tough LO to do. it is my favourite photo of our dear kristy-lee. doesn't show her beautiful face or her ever changing hairstyle/colour but everything about it screams her name to me.
it is how i remember her.

this LO is for the august EMMies sketch.
of course i had to alter it to the smaller size and the aspect of the photos meant i had to mirror the sketch but i am pleased with the way it turned out.
and what a handsome dude is this soccer dad...???
LOL

this is a canvas i made for rondelle (the gorgeous owner of EMM) celebrating the birth of her daughter. it doubles as my OTP for the july/august EMMies.
it certainly was a pleasure to scrap it for rondelle and her family and i am pleased to say that she loves it.
and thanks to ruthy's DD em for allowing me to use this photo.
em certainly is a very talented photographer.

well that's my lot...turned into a rather long post didn't it...???
thanks for taking time to stop by and if you do, please remember to say hi.

i hope that you all have a wonderful weekend and that you get to spend lots of quality time with your dads/hubbies/partners tomorrow.
wishing my darling mark a wonderful father's day...i couldn't have asked for a better dad for my children.
also want to wish my dad a happy father's day....love you dad and even though i won't get to see you, know that i love you.
and finally, a happy day to my darling pa. even though your physical presence is no longer here, your spirit and the love you gave me is with me everyday.
sending an after dinner mint to heaven just for you pa.

remember to look for the things in your life that make you smile
~~ and let those you love, know that you do ~~

shazz xo

HAPPY THOUGHT FOR TODAY
spring is here and with the recent rain we have had, everything is starting to green up and bloom