Look what Mark my sweet sweet partner brought me on the WEEKEND.........

Yeah yeah .... I am a MAJOR suck!... But anyway I got a Canon 350D camera.... And ooooooooo baby she is very nice. I am so in love with her that she sleeps on my bed side table.... Nice and close..LOL.. Maybe I should give her a name too!!.. Oh yeah my cars name is " Miss Tully" Tuscan..... Yeah I know I need a life bad!!!

So this post I am going to share some pictures I've taken with my new baby!!.. I have some layouts to share as well but will another day... Too excited about my camera to think or do anything scrappin'......













and my fave picture of the day.......



God I love this camera... Oh yeah and my beautiful kids/models!!!
Keenan is already sick of me having this camera in his face... Sorry mate... Lots more of that coming your way....LOL

Will share some layouts soon.....

bye 4 now...

C...xxx

Dropping by.....

Both Chubba and I have been sick with the flu all weekend... Not fun.. I'm still not feeling the best this morning either... We had an inspection on the house yesterday.. All was good. All the cleaning and scubbing for the agent to walk in the house for 5 mins and then leave. I know now for next time.
don't have a lot to report. So I will just share some layouts and stuff I've done the last few days.....



another page for my me album..... Using the fabric pack from Jen Hall.....



and lucky last one... A tin and letter for Jorja's room.....




Gee.. im the most boring person I know... Sorry about this very boring post.....
its almost put me asleep....

not to happy with my new way of uploading my layouts... Back to normal next time....LOL

take care everyone...

hope this doesn't turn you off poping by again...

C..xxx

Playing around!!!

Just been playing around with photoshop and some brushes the last few days.......
let me know what you think......















back soon to share some layouts......
still need to name my car... nothing i come up with suits her....any ideas????
let me know.......

C...xxx

Look what I got today!!!!!

My brand new Hyundai Tuscan city !!!!... I'm so excited this is my first ever brand new car.... There is only 28km on the clock....LOL......
We brought it about two weeks ago and it been so hard not to say anything... But now she is here and sitting in my garage!!!!......






Yeah yeah I know she is BLACK and it hard to keep clean....But I don't care... I love it!!!!
Now to think of a name..... My old car was a Nissan Pulsar... And her name is Queenie...
(Queenie now belongs to Mark!!!)..... Will have to let you know when I think of her name!!!

that's it from me... Going to sleep in the garage .... Only joking

Thanks for letting me "show off" for 5 mins!!!!

Take care all

C...xxx

Jorja Update...!!!

I just realized that I haven't done a Jorja update in so long.. One of the main reasons I started this blog was to share my family with all my internet friends and also share my fave hobby in the world "scrapbooking"....
Well my little Chubba is getting so big now, she is 9 months old... And so "grown" up. She is really starting to become her "own" person now. She knows what she wants and will scream until she gets it... (kind reminds me of someone...(me)....). She is absolutely in love with her big brother. I just love the way her face "lights" up every morning when Keenan wakes up and comes in the lounge room. Its like a little kids face on Christmas morning. She crawls after him everywhere he goes... Sometimes Keenan just wants to be alone to play with his cars, so he closes the door between the two lounge rooms and poor Chubba bangs her head on the door until he lets her back in ...lol...
Chubba has started pulling herself up on the furniture, the walls. The TV, toys, pretty much anything. Anything she can reach she pulls down and put straight in her mouth. She loves PAPER!!!.... And being a scrapbooker I'm always finding little bits of paper around the house and Jorja seems to find it all... Even the most smallest piece. Last week she took 4 steps along the couch!!!.. Pretty exciting and on the same day she started saying "dad, dad, dad".... Not fair
Jorja still has NO teeth.. Not even one starting to peak though!!!... It seems like she has been teething for so long and nothing to show for it.. I know they will come.
Chubba also started clapping her hands last Friday...While we where out shopping and my really good friend Nic was there to witness the whole event!!!. She looks so cute when she starts clapping.. I just love it. And so does she becasue we all yell out "yeahhhhhh" everything she claps and she loves the attention.








a few other pictures I wanted to share but blogger has started playing up now and wont let me upload any more pics'.... Not happy... Will try and share the others later...

bye for now....

C..xxx

New Banner..

I have finally put up a banner... Very exciting. I have been putting it off cause I was just to scared to start trying to do it.. And it was SO very easy...Couldn't believe it....
So please drop us a line and tell me what you think... It was a very very quick edited to the photo.. Took about 2 mins...lol.. I'm starting to really love this photoshop stuff!!!

Not much is going on tonight execpt for the TIGERS!!.... WOW how good are we playing tonight.
Go you mighty TIGERS!!!..
I will also send out a special HELLO to my tiger buddy Mitchell.... Go the yellow and black!!!!

that's it for me.... Off to doggie school again tomorrow morning and then off to a little going away party at Arty Pants for a fellow DT member Crissy moving over to PERTH!!
So it will me great to finally meet some of the local DT'S......
Maybe I should take my camera.....

Take care all..

Hope the rest of your weekend is great..

One last hello to Taylah... Who is not feeling very well tonight!! Get well soon sweetie!!!

C...xxx

Karen's Class....

Today i took part in Karen Ridgeways online class... and it was FANTASTIC..
She made me really think out side my everyday zone!!!
So Thanks karen for a wonderful class..... you can check her out at www.paperfantastic.typepad.com/home



and a couple of close ups........






And a couple of layouts i've done over the last few days.. plus i also finished my first ever DT challenge.... will share that another day!!!....















Well thats it from me...thanks for looking and dont forget to leave me a comment....

Have a GREAT weekend...

C...xxx

I've Been Tagged!!!!

By the lovely Tassie Deb...... so here goes....

1. How old are you? 29
2. How many kids do you have if any? 2..... Keenan 7 and Jorja 9 mths
3. Are you married, single, divorced, widow? living in sin....lol.. joking.... de facto with my sometimes wonderful partner Mark.
4.What is your occupation? SAHM
5. What are your passions? My kiddies and Mark.... scrapping, Home and Away (sad i know)
and shopping!!!!
6. Are you a dreamer or a dream seeker? A dreamer
7. Are you happy with the way you life has turned out? Yes very much so....
8. Are you a scrapper and if so how many hours a week do you scrap? Yes i'm a scrapper... and it hard to say... i scrap bits a peices during the day and finish pages when little Chubba is sleeping.
9. What do you want to do before you die? Go to Paris and LA on a HUGE shopping spree,
win lotto...lol... see my grandkids.....
10. What is your favorite food? Popcorn, fish and chips... yeah i know all junk food.... and i cant live without Coke Zero....
11. What is the food you hate the most? Chinese food....
12. What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you? cant think of anything...sorry
13. What is the happiest day of your life thus far? The day my kids where born...
14. Are you a neat freak? Or a dirty house cleaner? Dirty house cleaner... i HATE folding the laundry... hate it hate it hate it... sorry makes me mad just thinking about having to do it!!!!


Now let me see.... who to tag... I will tag Jodie (Arty Pants), Ruey (fellow DT)........

Thats all from me today...Have some layouts to share but blogger is beening BAD... so will try tomorrow....

And just before i go... a big HUGE congrats to my old pals Tania and Andrew.. they are expecting their second baby in Feb next year... Congrats guys so happy for you both!!!!

C...xxx

Elsie Flannigan!!!!

WOW WOW WOW.... Yesterday I got my " 52 scrapbooking challenges" by the one and only Elsie Flannigan yesterday from Arty Pants... Thanks heaps Jodie!!..
This book is unreal...So if you don't already have it... Go and get one NOW!!!
I havn't"t been able to put it down since yesterday!!!
Not much else has been happening around here... Just been general house work stuff and a spot of shopping here and there. Jorja has been sick again with a cold..So I haven't been getting much sleep. On Sunday Max has his first doggie obedience lesson!!! So that should be fun today I went out and got him a brand new red collar and lead for his big day!!!
Well that's it from me....Boring hay... Would like to send out a big fat HELLO to my pals Peter and Julie...Who have just come across my blog and they think it is just WONDERFUL!!! Isn't that right GUYS!!!! Drop me a line next time your here..

until next time..

C..xxx






"Cousins"..monthy challenge over at Arty Pants...Use more than 10 eyelets on a layout...

A mini layout in a frame made just for ME!!!..I love this photo of Chubba...Sorry but you will be seeing more of this one...LOL

Bad Blogger....

Sorry its been a while since I have dropped by....Have had a very sick household.
When one goes down the rest follow..Including me!!!!
And guess what...I'm still SMOKE FREE.... Yeah I am really excited.. Mark hasn't done so well.
Oh well. He is trying he best. I guess it's harder for him as his staff smoke at work.

In scrapping news... Arty Pants...What a FANTASTIC scrapping shop...WOW is all I can say.
If you haven't dropped by yet make sure you do and say hello to Jodie and Judy....
And I guess I'm allowed to tell now.... I am now a member of the Art Pants Design Team!!!!
I am so happy, excited, over joyed, excited, over the moon... To be apart of this wonderful team and wonderful shop. Thank you so much Jodie and Judy for giving me this opportunity and look forward to getting to know you both and working with you both!!!!

This is only a quick drop by... I plan on going to bed early tonight for a change.
Will leave you with one of the layouts I done this week...Will share more later..

Take care

C..xx

Two weeks.....

It's been two weeks now since I have had a smoke!!! I'm so happy. But to be honest I don't feel any different!!!. Everyone told me how great and heathly I would feel, but I just feel like the same old me. Oh well. But I am still going to stay smoke free. I hope!!!!
Mark hasn't done well at all. His started buying packets now. So I guess I will just have to live with the fact he cant give up. But I've booted him outside now. And his NOT happy..LOL... Too cold.
Not much has happened this week. Finally got rid of Marks brother who was down from Queensland. I know that sounds mean...But 3 weeks of his crap, mess, lack of respect, swearing ALL the time ( im no angel, I swear too but not every second word!!), his lack of respect, oh yeah said that already. I guess it didn't help I was giving up the smokes as well, but I was losing my mind!! David you know we love ya..But oh my god!!, just stay a week next time!!!!!
Scrapping news.... Arty Pants is opening there brand new store tomorrow!!!! YEAH!!!
They are going to have heaps of great grand opening day specials, and for those who cant make it to there New shop, great online specials as well!!!!! So make sure you go and check them out.
They are at....Shop 65, Hampton Park shopping centre, or www.artypants.com.au
I just wanna wish Jodie all the luck in the world for tomorrow, Its going to be great, and I will be popping in to check it all out for myself!!!!
I also took part in another Kim Acher online class on wednesday!! Just love my page.. Thanks so much Kim. Also a couple of other layouts I have completed this week!!!
Well that's it for me!!. Well post again tomorrow and spill all on the Arty Pants Grand Opening!!!
Cant wait... Make sure if you live the the Melbourne area to drop buy!!!!

C..Xx









Whats in a name?. This is my layout from Kim's class!!!...She is so clever!!!!!...Thanks Kim love it!!!!

Soooo sleepy...

That I am having trouble keeping my eyes open. Not much sleep last night. Chubba woke up around 2am wanting to play...LOL.... Finally got her down again around 3am, then silly me fell asleep on the lounge room chair.... And to make it worse Chubba woke up a 6am in the morning....
Today we drove down to Rosebud to get some furniture from my Dad's place. My wonderful Aunty Vicki kindly gave us some bits and pieces when she moved up north. Very exciting, my rumpus room now has a lounge, TV unit, bookcase. Starting to look more like a home now.
Now its just sorting everything out and putting the finishing touches around... Love doing that stuff!!!
I forgot to say in my last post...I'm giving up smoking!!!!! Its been 9 days now. I am so happy with myself. Iam using patches to bet the cravings and they DO work!!!
Mark hasn't done to well!!! But he has cut down HEAPS. So I am happy with that. Even when he lits up I don't even want one!!!. So fingers crossed I can stay smoke free forever!!!!
One thing I have noticed since I have stopped...I've turned into such a b@#$h!!!.. It's true... Well honestly I could be a bit of a b@#$h when I wanted to be before I gave up the fags.. But I'm 100 times worse now..LOL. Little things just seem to eat away at me and then I let lose and FIRE!!!
I don't want to be THAT person. So as off right NOW I will take control of me!!!! And try and be a lot nicer to Mark and not whinge sooooo much...LOL...
I completed a layout yesterday and have one half done on my desk now... Will share tomorrow
Hope you all had a GREAT weekend!!!

C..Xx

Oh yeah...if anyone out there in blogging world knows how i can put my own banner on here...please pretty please help me....be trying to work it out and im just blogg dumb!!!!!

Any tips would be great...just email me at mark.connie@bigpond.com

Thanks

C..xx

WOW!!!..So long since I've dropped by....

I cant believe how fast time flies by..... I feel so bad about not keeping up with my blog that I am now making a promise to post everyday...Yes everyday...And if I don't please feel free to pull me up on it.
Well so much has happened in the last month that I really don't know where to start...
So I wont. Start a fresh from today!!!
Jorja is very well. Crawling around the place. My girl never stops. She has started pulling herself up onto the couch in the last week. But only up on her knees. So im guessing it wont be long until she is standing. God help me.
Keenan is doing great, and is so totally in love with GOLF. I got him his first set of golf clubs with a bag and buggy over the school holiday's. I'm so happy that he has found something that is him. An interest that he enjoys. He started back at golf lessons last week. He tells me he name is now Keenan Woods...LOL... A major Tiger Woods fan let me tell you.
Mark and Keenan have become obsessed with collecting AFL footy cards in the last month, to the point that my kitchen cupboards (yes kitchen who know why) are stack with piles of these cards. To be honest its driving me a little nuts. But in saying that I don't really mind as my obsession is scrapbooking. So now we all have a crazy hobby we all do. Its kinda fun. All sitting at my scrapping desk. Me scrapping and Mark and Keenan sorting out their cards...LOL....
We live a simple but happy life..LOL
I was lucky enough again to take part in another Kim Archer online class again last week..I remember workshop. And will be doing her hour of power 2 class next Wednesday as well. Cant wait.
I was also lucky enough to buy one of Jen Hall's beautiful fabric packs from her blog a couple of weeks ago. And I also brought this weeks one to. Purple Passion. Should get her pack next week. Cant wait.
well that's about it for me today. Boring I know. Nothing much happening around here.

I will leave you with a few layouts....

C..xx

"Every girl needs a green dress and gold shoes"..... All fabric from Jen's sublime pack. Flower made from Jen's instruction sheet. I am so in love with this layout!!!!

Jorja 1 month old.... using an old Aussle pack from the Scrap Heap... Really like this one too!!!!!

I rememeber... my layout from Kim's class last week. About when Mark and I met.. All those years ago. Love this one too.....

Angel Baby.... I just love this photo of Jorja.....so just had to scrap it......

X box..... I took part on a class over at Paper dolls scrap shop in Frankston a couple of weeks ago. This is my version..... Keenan just loves his X box and i wanted to create a page so he would never forget ....... the main photo open up...

cont....from last post..

Ok so here are the layouts I have done this week. Its now letting me upload some pics....
Unconditional Love... A scrap lift from the new freestyle book. Loved the big heart on Jenn Bertsh layout. Page 78 for those playing at home...lol
All about me ... Is for a online comp at Arty Pants. The monogram "c" paper clip was made for me in a online swap at the Scrap Heap. Thank you... ( not sure who made it??)

And also on on Soccer star NOT. The little star paper clip was also made from the online swap so thank you again.......

Last but not least Chubba sitting up all by herself....

Sorry about the two posts...But blogger wouldn't upload these pics for me on the last post..

catch ya all later....

C..xx

Another lazy Saturday..I wish!!!

I got to sleep in this morning.. Until 7am. So excited. Its amazing how 1 hours extra sleep can make you feel. My big news.. I have BROADBAND!!!!. Yes I know your thinking a bit behind in the times. I just never got around to getting hook up in QLD, and the other day I was bored and said stuff it and rang up Telstra and got t all hooked up. I was up and running last night and oh my god WOW, how fast is it!!!! I'm so excited. I can even talk on the phone and surf the net..LOL.. I know you all know that but for me its all very NEW!!!
Right now I really have to get off my super fast internet and start getting the day started!!!. I have got rent to pay and bills to pay (good I hate bills) and Keenan has golf this afternoon. Plus the usual stuff.. HOUSEWORK. God does it ever end? No sooner do I finish one job another is waiting to be done. And people say that SAHM just sit on their butts watching Opera all day. I don't think so. I wish I could..lol.
My beautiful little baby girl Chubba ( Chubba is Jorja's nickname, the name has stuck that the poor girl only answers to Chubba now!!!) is now crawling up on all fours and getting around the house so much quicker. And she loves my scrapping area!!!!. She is also sitting up all by herself.



Why do they have to grow up so quick? I pretty sure I said something like that on a previous post, but I still wonder why. Time just seems to fly by.
Chubba is looking more and more like Mark everyday. And her personality is Mark all over. This is one little girl who knows what she wants and most of the time its NOW!!
Chubba has also started reaching out to me to be picked up and cuddled. God I love that. The first time she done it I almost cried. And she gives the best cuddles!!!
We might be moving yet again!!. Marks boss has put the shop up for sale and when they sell Mark will be moved to his new Stud Park shop. So we will need to move closer.
I'm looking forward to it to be honest. I'm not really happy living in Carrum Downs. With shootings happening around the corner and a strange guy running around with a hand bomb thing, I don't feel really safe. And poor Maxie is no guard dog..lol. He licks people to death. But he must look scary cause my postie is scared of him..lol

I'm trying to upload some more pics but for some reason they wont load up. This happened to me on the last post as I was trying to load up some layouts. Not sure what is going on but I can only get one pic up at the moment....
I will leave it at that and see if I can get them up in another post. If any bloggers out there know whets going on please let me know!!!!!

C..xx

Very long time no post..

Its been ages since I have dropped by. To be honest I really couldn't be bothered to type a post. How lazy is that! In news My friends Shelley and Bruce had their baby GIRL last Friday. congrats guys. I wish u all the happiness in the world. But I still don't know what the new little angels name is!!! Let me know soon guys I'm dying to find out!!!
Soon my Aunty and Uncle will be moving way up to the top of Queensland. Its funny we move back from Queensland and the family is slowly moving up there..lol.. Could it be me?...lol.
Aunty Vicki and Uncle Trev I wish you all the best in your new adventure!!! We will have to catch up before you leave town!
And also I want to say a BIG hello to my cousin April all the way up in Cairns. I hope you are feeling much better!!!

We are now going though the last of all the "stuff" for the sale of our house. Not long now. Hanging for the day its all over with.
Keenan has started golf lessons!!!.. His choice. And he LOVES it. I feel a little strange sitting at the golf course every week as all the mothers play golf in the ladies comp every Sunday. IDONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT GOLF!!!... The talk about there woods and irons... What "hole" the had trouble on etc and I don't have a clue.. lol. They even asked me to join in a game with them next Sunday.. I had to say no and I don't know the first thing about golf. Maybe I should take some lessons too. Keenan have given a couple of sports a try but he just got bored. Now I think he has found his calling. All he talks about is golf. Its so cute...
He has only one golf club at the moment a putter. But as we go on I will start to build up his set. (if that's what you call it..lol..) Here is a couple of photos from his first lesson...






















Until next time

C..xx

SOLD!!!!

We have sold the house...Finally...... So happy a huge weight has been lifted off our shoulders. Paying off a home loan and rent everyweek really hurt us in the money area so now we are back on track. No more worrying about the house up in Queensland and now we can buy some furniture... YIPPEEEE... No more sitting on camping chairs.. (we have no lounge) Well really we have no furniture.. No dining table... No chest of drawers nothing...lol.... Now I can buy it all.. Cant wait. The house will settle at the end of June. The main question is now "what to do" do we buy another house or do we buy a business or do we sit and wait...... So many questions and not many answers...lol...

I haven't been around for a while because ive been busy busy busy... Now I have the car back I had a lot of general stuff to catch up on and im back helping Mark out at the shop with the paper work and banking and taking Keenan to and from school. The days just seem to slip away. And I love it.

I haven't done that much scrapping over the last week... My Mum... My first go at doodling on a lo....I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I also made a couple of very late mothers day pressies for my mum and mother in law... I made mum the frame and Pam got the mini book...

I would like to wish Shelley and Bruce all the luck love and happiness in the world for there upcoming birth of their first baby...(due today)... Don't forget to let us know when bubba arrives....

C..xx