FINALLY IN PRINT!!!!!!!...yippppeeeeee.....

So excited... so is Keenan...popped into the newsagent to pick up the new For Keeps and what i do see...
The new "Scrapbooking Basics" no.1.. and i am in it!!!...
I was jumping up and down on the spot...lol... Finally im in print!!!.. ( the first of many.. so keep your eyes out)
So my little man is famous!!...lol.. we had to show everyone at the shop lol.....

and in other fantastic news... I got an email from Scrapbook Creations yesterday and they want to use one of my layouts for there display at the "Scrapbook and Paper Convention" in Brisbane June this year... so excited about that.. so any Brisbane girls out there.. please check it out for me... ( maybe even take a photo for me...lol)
So thats my huge news... but there is still lots more to come.. i just cant share just yet...lol...

so i will leave you a photo of my layout in this months "Scrapbooking Basics"

take care.....







Connie....xxxx

I {HEART} SYDNEY

WOW... what a fantastic, fun, exhausting, crazy Holiday....lol
I have fallen in love with the Sydney Harbour Bridge... its just beautiful.. i took so many photos of it from all different angles...lol...
The kids had a ball.... heaps to share
And we finally got to catch up with our friends Bruce and Shelley... it was so great to see them again..

Keenan was part of a street performer's act...lol... more on that later and of course photos...
But today i am super busy.. my Mum is moving house today so i am about to head out and give her a hand
I hope everyone has been well.. and i promise i will catch up on all my favorite blogs this week...

take care

Connie....xxxx

Happy Mothers Day... (for yesterday)

Hope you all had a wonderful mothers day...mine was just right... perfect...
Mark took us down to Carrum Beach... My Mum too.. and had the best fish and chips i have had in ages... yummmmo.... Jorja finally moved on the sand...lol... instead of being frozen... She was running around like a crazy girl!! So happy she is starting to like the beach more!!!
The only huge downer of the day.... PARKING TICKET!!!... not nice.. and on Mothers day too!!!!!
That was pretty much it.... PERFECT!!!.....

So we are off in a couple of days so i wont be back before we go.. So i wish you all a FANTASTIC week and be safe!!!
But i will leave you with a couple of photos from our day at the beach.. My darling son Keenan.. i took heaps of shots.. still proofing!!!!

take care all

Connie.....xxxxx

been awhile.....

Hi all... been so long since i checked out blog land.... everything has just been super crazy since my birthday... which i had a GREAT day with friends and got heaps of YUMMY pressies......Mark got me a stunning pair of earrings and the biggest surprise is yet to come......

wait for it....



cant tell YET.....lol......sorry... :)


I havnt touched any scrapbooking in ages... i think i forget how to do it...lol... just lost total mojo and just really dont want to play at the moment.....
But i have been taking heaps of photos and learning so much more everyday.. and loving every second of it....

so please pop over to my photo blog and have a look....

http://conniehatchphotoblog.blogspot.com/

Oh well thats pretty much it from me.... A dear friend of mine is having major family problems so i have been helping her out a bit this week with her little baby Zack.. so i off to the shops now and pop into her place!!

Not sure when i will be back.. as next week we are off on our weekend away to Sydney!! can't wait... looking forward to catching up with Shelley and Bruce.. (hi guys) and checking out the sights of Sydney... hotels all booked Keenan is over the moon with excitement.. he cant sleep and he is counting the days!!!!...

So i will try and pop in before we go!!!

take care

and thanks heaps to everyone who left me a birthday wish!!!!!

Connie....xxxx

TODAY......

Is my birthday..... the big 30.... not sure how i feel about being 30 yet...lol..
but my morning so far has been GREAT!!!... been treated like a princess!!!

hope you all have a great day!!!

Connie...xxxx

Our look a likes.....LOL....

How funny is this....lol... just really bored tonight and really dont wanna scrap!!!

take note that both Keenan and Jorja have a same person to ME!!!...lol....

gone on i dare you all to give it a go!!!!... and dont forget to share...

have a great weekend... back soon with a real update!!!

take care

C....xxxx

Proud MUM here.....

Keenan had a Golf challenge yesterday at his golf course... A skill test...Held by the Junior PGA.
All ages groups could enter and Eric Keenan's coach thought it would be a good idea for Keenan to give it a go!...
Keenan is a LOT smaller than most kids his age and a hell of a lot smaller than his peers in his Golf class... So Keenan has always lacked that confidence... For the past year he has been playing golf he has had to watch all the "big" kids hit the ball a lot further than he can... and he has has a lot of trouble understanding why he cant hit like them!!
Keenan is the youngest in his Saturday golf class by 3 years.... anyway... The skills test!!...
I was so proud of him...he played so well... He gave it his BEST shot.. hit all the best shots he could and he was the only 8 year old there! He hit a score of 11 /50.. which gave my boy a bronze medal... I am so proud of him.....i had tears in my eyes as Eric congratulated him on a job well done.. and other parents... parents i have never met or seen before coming up to him and telling him what a great job he done and how his a GREAT little golfer... The smile on Keenan's face was priceless... a smile that i will never forget and that will stay with me for ever.
Now i didn't take my camera.. so no photos... but i don't need any i will never forget this moment... The look of confidence in his eyes... the pure HAPPINESS.....
Keenan may never be the next Tiger Woods... but i don't care... i just want him to be happy, to have fun... to enjoy this wonderful sport... I am so proud of you Keenan so proud of the little man you are.
Sorry to ramble on... but i just wanted to record this moment... maybe my first non-photo scrapbook page.....thanks for listening..... :)

I hope you all have a had a great weekend..... i have updated my photo blog with a shoot i done last friday... link in side bar ------->

Take care

C...xxx

Quick pop in...

Been super busy the last day or two...lol......

Not much scrapping being done at the moment... but heaps of photo taking....lol...

I'm really starting to enjoy it again.....

I was right in to photography years ago... Took thousands of photos of Keenan.. you would die if you saw all my negatives....lol... When i went back to work.. i was taking photos and printing photos all day long.... kind of got sick of it i guess... and taking photos to "suit" my employer at the time was not fun.... i couldn't be creative.. i "had" to stick to their way of doing it... boring...

But since i brought my new camera.. i have found my true love again..... i just can;t stop playing with my camera and mucking around with photo shop into the wee small hours...

so im sorry if i have been boring you guys with photos after photos.... i just cant help myself...lol...

So anyway... i headed out to Paper Doll on Anzac Day for a crop... SUPER FUN!!!.. i had a ball.. and a much needed break from the kiddies ( if you know what i mean.. wink wink)..

I was so proud of ME.. i finished TWO layouts!!!......

The other day I took Keenan for a hair cut... he asked for a MOHAWK!!!...lol... i just had to scrap these photos straight away... too cute my boy!!!!

Been doing some other scrapping but i just not allowed to share YET!!!!

Today i had another shoot... a really good friend of mine and her beautiful kids...

I;m still proofing the photos so i will share soon.......over the weekend.....

Happy weekend everyone...

Take care...

C.....xxxx

Yeah....

I know you are all sick to death of seeing my photos...lol...

but i have updated my photo blog.... so please take the time to drop by and say HI....

Connie Hatch Photography

I will be back tomorrow with some layouts i done today!!!...

Hope everyone had a GREAR Anzac Day... i know i did.......

take care

C....xxxx

Update!!!

My first photo shoot!!!.......






Check out some more ...... here

i have also updated some photos of my kiddies too....

Take care

C....xxxx

My very own Cookie Monster....

Jorja... this morning... while i was doing some laundry... she made her way into the pantry.... and stole the COOKIES....this is how i found her.... hiding in my scrap room..lol.. how could i be angry she is just too cute!!... so i took some photos instead!!!....

Have a GREAT FRIDAY!!!!

C...xxxxx

So Glad she had matching Jammie's on...lol... i am so bad for that... i just grab whatever.. so most of the time Jorja is mis-matched... anyone else do that????

I *HEART* JENNI.....

And of course I *HEART* Wendy... ( from Paper Doll)........

Wendy ordered the most DELICIOUS paper and things from Jenni Bowlin... and when i saw that they had finally arrived on Wendy's blog i just had to have them..... ALL...lol...

check out my YUMMMY stash.....

So if you live in the Frankston area... Get into Paper Doll and get some NOW... before its all gone!!!!

Keenan went back to school all good... I think is happy to be back as he can see all his mates again... Jorja is missing him like CRAZY!!! and cries most mornings when we drop him off!!!!

Me... not much has been going on.. I had a Kim Archer class to take today... but didn't make a start on my layout.. will start hopefully tonight!!!

I have also been scrapping ofcourse... but cant share anything just yet!!!!

Before i go and finish dinner... check out this blog..... Scrap The Boys

its very cool.. BOY ONLY LAYOUTS!!... and guess what i am also a contributor... so go check out... Great Blog with heaps of ideas for scrapping the men in your life!!!!..

OK i am off now... gotta feed my hungry tribe...

Take care all...

and GREAT to see you back Karen I missed you and our emails!!!!

C....xxxx

Yesterday...

was my blogs 1st anniversary.... and i missed it...lol... oh well

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO ME!!!!....

I still can't believe that i have kept my blog up for a year now!!.. and so many people laughed at me for starting my little world and now look.. most of them have their own...lol....

School holidays are nearly over here in Vic.... thank god!! Keenan is driving me CRAZY!!!... Yesterday he had his golf day at golf... he loves to go!!.. Golfing all day long... BBQ lunch... and me... i love them too..... peace and quite!!!

But back to it on Monday... and i will miss him when he goes back i always do!!...

Today we went shopping in Frankston..... had some money burning a hole in my pocket...lol...

I brought the most gorgeous stunning tea pot and cup and saucer set for my kitchen hutch.. i just love it!!!....shhhhhhh about the price tag...lol... nah it wasn't too bad really... i also fitted out Jorja with some new clothes... like she needs them.. a new pair of jeans, a new denim skirt to go with her new pink boots that i got last week and a couple of jumpers and tops... too cute!! and i also got Mark some new jumpers for winter... and that was it really!!!

I had a wonder around lindcraft checking out some material and things.. as i have the sewing bug again... but didn't find what i wanted... so off to spotlight next week!!!

That's pretty much been my day!!... exciting hay.. i will share a couple of layouts i have done the last few days... and yes Wendy even a card...lol... Wendy from Paper Doll.. make the most stunning cards from scraps and things that i decided to copy her and start doing my own....Thanks Wendy!!

Jorja's first Easter.... sorry about the bad photos... too lazy to go outside.... :)

I love this photo of Jorja.... so had to scrap right away and these Fancy Pants paper suit so well... I so LOVE Fancy Pants right now!!!!

I forgot i Had these photos of the kids!!!... So Glad i came across them again the other day!!

And a card using scraps!!!..........

I hope you guys all have a GREAT weekend!!!.......

i have also updated my photo blog so check it out here..... Connie Hatch Photography

Take care....

C....xxxx

HAPPY EASTER!!!!

After a late night entertaining friends.... I got up really early so i could "PLAY" Easter Bunny!!....

Lucky I did as the kids woke up early for a change....

So ... the hunt was on....lol... Jorja had a ball.... i couldnt believe it but she was looking for eggs and placing them into her basket as she found them... i honestly didnt think she would take part...lol.... But with Keenan's help she got the hang of it pretty quick.....

Then it was onto eating chocolate for brekky...lol.......YUM!!!!

We also got the kids a Budgie each....lol... Joja loves birds, she sits out on the patio for ages watching all the birds and talking to them, so we decided to get them one each for Easter...

So please met... Dora and Shadow!!!!... (dora is Jorja' bird and shadow is Keenan')

Keenan went with my Mum today to see her family... so Mark, Jorja and I hung around, eating chocolate, napping (lol)... I also took about 200 photos today playing around with the settings on my camera!!... It was a fun and such a LAZY day... just what we all needed!!!..

I hope you all had a GREAT EASTER..... dont eat to much chocolate tonight....lol...

Dont forget to pop by my photo blog while your here and check out the new photos i took of Keenan the other day!!... there will be more to come.... Connie Hatch Photography

Take care and be safe...

C....xxxxx

HOPPY EASTER!!!

Happy Easter to everyone!!!....

I hope you are all having a great long weekend.....

Yesterday in Melbourne they held the GOOD FRIDAY APPEAL!! to raise money for the Royal Children's Hospital... as you may remember i made a post here a few months ago about sponsorship for a friend of mine Mel Millar...... RUN FOR RANI!!!

Well i happy to tell you all that Mel and her family raised a grand total of $4480.00.

how unreal is that!!... That total combined the sponsorship money for Mel's brother Steven to run the fun run, raffle money, and money that SCRAPBOOKING 4 LESS raised... well done everyone and thanks to everyone to helped out!!!

Yesterday while watching the Hospital appeal.... we had some friends over for a beautiful seafood lunch/ dinner... YUMMMMO..
Fresh fish, prawns, cray... fresh salads and rolls.... I'm still full....lol...

I have been busy doing lots of secret scrapping...lol... sorry cant tell yet
and i also still have the sewing bug... so i came across a blog Fiona Carter and she had sewn together the cutest bunnies... so using her links i found a pattern and gave them a go...lol..
Now Mark thinks they look evil..... but hay there is word on the street that i am..lol..
Well i think they look a little strange... a little ugly and a little cute in rolled into one cute bunny...lol..... and remembering... my first go!!!!




LOL........... funny hay....


Well i will leave you with my DT stuff for Scrapbooking 4 Less this month... (thats if you have finished rolling the floor laughing at my bunnies)





I have also updated my photo blog... check it out here.....

Take care all.... and have a Happy and SAFE Easter!!...

C....xxxx

I am so inspired....

from the FREE mag we got with For Keeps this month... I Can Make It Myself!!......

that i decided to make a pillow...lol.....

Now i am NOT a sewer...lol.... the most i have ever done is a Happy Jacket in high school... which was very sad and sewing on my layouts!!!....

So yesterday i sat down and watched "Simply Quilts" on the How to Channel to get some tips!!!

This morning i was up nice and early and decided to give it a go....

And i must say i am sooooo proud of myself!!!... check out my very first pillow!!!... Made for Jorja's room!!!.....now dont laugh... :)

Very simple.. i know... but its my first go... so tell me what you think!!!!

I have been busy catching up with all my scrapping deadlines... and i just made my Scrapbooking 4 Less DT deadline by a couple of hours.... BOY!!!...

So i cant share much scrapping wise today...

A few weeks ago Wendy from Paper Doll started a little tag swap on her blog.... such a great idea... Yesterday in the mail i received the most STUNNING tags from Kim... my god they a beautiful.... Thanks so much Kim and thanks Wendy for organising this little swap!!!

I have yet to take a photo so i will share next time.. along with my tag i sent out!!!!

So all i can share is one layout with you today... This one i whipped up one night while Mark's Mum was here... i was really hanging for a scrapping fix!!!...

Well thats all from me....

Take care...

C....xxxxx

OHHH Where have i been....

Playing tour guide!!!!....lol....

Sorry its been another week since i blogged... My in- laws are still here and we have been having a BALL!!!.....

I am so worn out its not funny... and i think i have put on 10kgs in the past week from eating out at all the yummy cafes we have found on our travels....lol......

But more on that stuff later... i have heaps of photos to share.....

But im here to share some BIG news!!!!!... well it is to us anyway...lol... ( and no im NOT pregnant...lol).....

Well Mark, my sweet man... has been wanting to buy into a race horse for many years now... he just loves everything about racing, horses, etc....

so....

Last Friday.... we brought a share in a race horse!!!.... so excited... but thats not all....lol...
we also brought a share in another race horse...lol... so we own TWO...lol..

We brought in with 4 other people... really good friends of ours... one of which is a trainer and the other is a former Jockey!!!!

So with out further a do....... here are the NEW members of our family...lol... and im am already so in love with my babies....

First is " Flashy Dancer"... she has run only a couple of races... coming third place in one of those.... She doesnt have a stable name as yet... i know ...but we have been calling her "HORSE"... sad hay....lol....

And like me she hates having her picture taken... this is the best one i have so far....lol...

and next i would like you all to met... the baby...our BIG boy....

Who doesnt have a name yet!!!...lol.... But his stable name is "SULLY" ( as of yesterday anyway). Sully is only 3 years old and he is such a BIG boy.... He has never had a run as yet but is fully trained.. and oh soo sweet!!!

Cant wait until we all sit down and pick his racing name!!!....

So there you go my new babies....lol....

We are hoping to have Horse racing in about 12 weeks time... so i will keep you posted!!!!

Thanks for sitting though all my crap... We are just very excited about this!!!!

Take care... back soon with more photos and stuff!!!!

C.....xxxxx

I'm Back!!!

Hay bloggers... I'm back!!!...lol... after huge problems with telstra i finally have the Internet on!!!
WOOO HOOOO... I have so missed blog land...lol... i have heaps of catching up to do!!!


Well the move went GREAT!! and i am so in love with my new house and furniture!!!....
Still heaps of unpacking to do but i will get to it slowly...lol.....
I will share some photos of my house soon i promise!!!

Today Mark's Mum and sister arrive from QLD for a little Holiday... I'm pretty excited about this little trip!!

I have done some scrapping .. yes i have... a few pages where done b4 the move!! and i have done one since the move!!! so pretty happy with myself!!!

here goes....






















And i would like to send out a HUGE CONGRATS to Jody (arty pants) and Jeff on the safe arrival of their NEW baby GIRL... Chelsea..... Congrats guys!!!!!

I have also update my photo blog... link in side bar so be sure to pop by.... here
The wonderful and very talented photographer Katie Toland
helped me out yesterday with some very cool photo shop tips!!!!

Thanks so much Katie for your time!!!... be sure to check out her beautiful work!!!!


Well that's it from me......

take care

C.......xxxxx

Good-Bye.... (4 now)

Just thought i would pop by and say Good-bye!!!.....
We take settlement on the new place this Tuesday... so god only knows when i will be back on line again!!

Today we spent the morning loading up TWO trailers of all our stuff... ready to take over on Tuesday morning... all my scrapbooking stuff in on there....booo hoooo!!

And today my plan is to finish of some of the kitchen and to pack up the computers!!!
We are trying to get all the Boxes and little stuff over this week so then on Sunday we only have the furniture to move!!.... And stupid us are having a little BBQ on Sunday to thank everyone for helping out... but i just keep on inviting people to drop by....lol... so its kind of turned into a party...lol... oh well it s all in FUN!!!...
I have my family coming up from Rosebud and a few friends as well!!!!

Then on Wednesday the 21st Marks Mum and sister are here from QLD for a week and a bit!!
So hopefully i can have most of the house step up before they arrive!!...
We also realised today we don't have a spare bed!!...lol.... so at some point this week i have to go out and buy a bed!!!

so bid you all farewell!!!... i hope you all look after yourselves and i hope i don't miss out on too much in blog land...lol...

Oh yeah I'm meant to be doing Kim Archers online class...lol... not sure when!!!!

Chat to you all soon!!!...

And be sure to leave me a comment!!!...

C....xxxxx

Finally Sharing!!!!

Hello blogger friends it been a few days but boy have i been super busy!!!! First I had my first ever job taking photos on Saturday night... I am so excited!!... I took photos at a joint 60th birthday party... What a great night and i am so happy with how my shots have turned out!!... I was so worried about the whole lighting thing but all is good!!

I haven't had a chance to edit my photos yet so i will share very soon!!!!

Then on Sunday we all piled into the car and head out to do some much needed furniture shopping...lol... A lot of you may not know we have been living without a dining table for 12 months now and we also wanted to get a new low line tv unit for the new TV.......

We ended up getting...lol.... the tv unit, square dining table ( which i just love), a Kitchen hutch thingy and a matching coffee table ( one of those box ones with the drawers).... Yes we went a little over what we wanted to spend by hay now we have a house full of furniture!!!!....

Well not yet its all getting delivered to the new place next Tuesday!!!

Specking of that... only one week ( to the day) when we settle!!!!... and still haven't finished my packing....lol... but i will do it!!!

Tomorrow we do the finial inspection and we are also taking the painter in so he can give us a quote.. he is going to paint next Wednesday!!!... busy busy busy let me tell you!!!

I m going to do feature walls in the living areas, Keenans room and Jorja's room and one in our bedroom. I went to bunnings yesterday and picked out all my colors!!..... will share photos when its all done... The painter is also covering up this very very ugly RED wall in the kitchen... not nice at all!!!!

We wont be "moving" in next Tuesday, we are going to take the week to slowly get in as Mark is at work all week, So Dad is coming up on Sunday (next) to move all the big stuff!!!

We dont have to be out of our rental until the 20th.. so heaps off time to move everything over ( i hope)

Today i went and finished off all the boring bank stuff... thank god that's over with!!!

An i'm trying to get a bit of play time in with my cuttle bug b4 i have to pack it all up... :(

So i will leave you with that i have bored you all enough with my moving crap!!....

Here's a couple of layouts

First lot are for my DT at Arty Pants... using a new line of papers "Rasberry".. very yummy....

And this one using "three Bugs"... just for FUN.. love this photo of Keenan and his great Gr amps!!!

And here are the only two projects i took photos off for my Paper Doll DT submission.....i forgot i took these...lol.....

First one was a challenge to use only black and white with a color photo.....

an the next was using a pack from Paper Doll.... using those products ONLY!!!... i found this one very hard!!!!... but i love how it turned out!!!

You can check out my other stuff over at Wendy's blog and of course my fellow DTer's work...

Or pop into Paper Doll and check it out!!!

Ok I'm off.... sorry about the long post!!!

Take care....

C.....xxxx

Look what I got today!!!!!

The NEW CUTTLEBUG!!!!!.....





so excited... i picked one up from Lincraft for only $99... bargain!!!!!





I had to get a couple of dies as well!!!!......
I was going to share some layouts today... but I'm off to play with my new toy!!!!

Back soon!!!

Have a great Weekend...

Oh yeah.. this week i got another layout picked up for Scrapbook Creations...issue 44... so keep your eyes out !!!,...... I 've had the best week!!!!... and no i haven't done anymore packing...lol.....

Take care.....

C....xxxx

DIRTY WEEKEND...(wink)

Well this past weekend we finally went to the Crown Casino!!... after not being able to book in, and find the right weekend for my Mum to babysit we finally made it....

AND WHAT A NIGHT!!!!

We left about lunch time on Saturday and picked up Mick and Nicole on the way ( Mark's Boss)!

We stayed at the crown Promenade which is the sister hotel to Crown Towers!!!

and all i can say is WOW.... Valet packing... which i think is very cool... bell boys...lol...and our room was stunning! A bit on the small side but really really nice!!

As soon as we checked in we cracked open the drinks..lol... Better make the most of this!!

By the time we headed over to Crown for dinner we all where pretty much gone..lol

Nicole and I tryed a few cocktails.... so yummy and had the most YUMMY dinner i have ever had!!.. Well so it should be it cost an arm and a leg...lol..... (thank god the boss was paying...lol)

Then it was time to hit the tables!!! Mark and i had saved up some money that we where happy to lose! Well Mark lost most of it in the first two hours...lol.... so we where going pretty bad!

I had $100 left so we hit the Roulette table and within a few hours we WON it all back.. so pretty happy about that!

We drank, we chatted, we mucked around we had a BALL!!! I wish it never ended... But i missed my little kiddies so very much!! This was my first night away from Jorja, and yes i did ring and check up a few times...lol... But she was having heaps of fun with Nanny!!!

some time in the early morning we headed back up to our hotel room...... and i will leave it there...lol...... but here is a photo off the view from our room.... Just beautiful!!!

Next morning we got up about 9am and went down to have the best brekky ive ever had... you name it they had it!!!..

It took Mark and I all day Sunday to recover from Saturday night and most of Monday...lol... Not used to being a party animal anymore... But now its back to reality!!...lol..

Back to all the moving and packing and house stuff!!!

Today we are off the the bank to sign everything and do all that boring bank stuff and then we might do a bit of furniture shopping!! See how the time goes first!!

Only 2 weeks to go!!!

In scrapping news.....

I have been offered a place on the PAPER DOLL DT... SO EXCITED!!!!!... Thanks so much Wendy for giving me this chance and really looking forward to working with you!!!

I forgot to take photos off the DT stuff and its already at the shop!!!

But im pretty sure Wendy is going to share on her blog so check them all out!! I am going to be working with some amazing girls!!!... Link in my side bar!!

And i have finally scrapped a page!!!... will share later this week!!

Hope you all had a great weekend!!

thanks for stopping by

Take care...

C...xxxx

ps be sure to pop over to my photo blog!!! Check out the photo's i took of Keenan the other day soooo very cool!!!!!

Another Family birthday!!!

This is just a quick post to say a huge
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO BLAKE!!!!

My darling little nephew turns 3 today!!.....
I would love to share a photo of him...but you never know i may get SUED!!!

Blake i wish you all the happiness in the world and hope you got everything you have ever dreamed off today!!!!

Love you heaps little man.... and Keenan says a BIG hello to you and he misses you heaps!!!

he even named his tamagotchi after you... too cute!!!!

Not must has happened since my last post... Popped in to Paper doll yesterday and said hello to Wendy.. (hi Wendy)... I was really hoping the new basic grey would be in... no luck yet.....lol.....

And today Mum and I went on a little shopping trip... and for once i didn't buy ANYTHING...lol.....
Trying to save some dollars for our BIG weekend away this week... can't wait!!!

Well I will catch up with you all soon... no scrapping to share... well no scrapping i can share YET!!

Take care...

C....xxxx

oh yeah forgot to say... we finally brought a new TV.... so excited... flat wide screen LCD!!... and it sooo yummmy... we set it up and watched it for a few minutes and then put in back in the box...lol... No point setting it here since we are moving in a couple of weeks!!!!

**you know who you are.... please don't come by my blog anymore.... my life is NONE of your business.......

lots to share!!!!

Well i will start off by saying a VERY HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY to my darling little niece Jordyn!!
I wont get to see my only niece on her birthday (very sad- family issues), but i miss her so much... I miss getting to know her and i miss that she will never know her cousins!!

Here is a photo of Jordyn... taken sept last year... its the most recent one i have!!
Isn't she sooooooo BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!.....

Sorry had to REMOVE the beautiful photo of my Niece Jordyn!
but i will say...

Adults fight, family fight all the time... but its a very SAD day when people involve children!!

the kids should NEVER be involved..

edited...wednesday 21st feb......

Happy birthday sweet girl!!!!



My best friend Tania... gave birth to her second child last Thursday!!.. so very exciting!!

A beautiful little girl... Molli Bree.. and she is a sweet angel!!!

I went in and met Molli last Friday and took some photos of course....





so a big congrats to Tania Andrew and Tom (his a big brother now... too cute)!!

I still haven't done any packing or scrapping...lol.... but i have manged to book a family trip away to Sydney in May... only for 3 days... but happy to be going away some where..lol..
I got the travel bug after that booking so two days late i booked a trip for Marks Mum and younger sister to come down to Melb from Qld for a week!!... Very excited about this... they haven't seen Jorja for a year now!!... Pam and Lauren get here on the 21st of March... they day after we move...lol.... call me crazy but i don't care it will be great to see them both!!

Big family week this week.... Marks Dad and step Mum lyn... came up and stayed with us from Tassie!!!... They had both never met Jorja or Keenan and i had only every met them once about 5 years ago... so it was great to catch up...Both kids loved Frank... such a playful man...lol...
We went out for a lovely dinner last night... had a few drinks... it was great...
When i got up this morning thay had both gone...lol.....they are back off to Tassie today!!!

So that pretty much all that's been happening the past week!!... Today im off to get my hair cut, SO again no packing as this weekend we are off to the Casino for the night!!!... really looking forward to that!!!

So hope you all have a great week... i will be back tomorrow!!

Take care....

C....xxxx

LOOKIE WHAT I GOT!!!

I couldn't believe it... Mark has NEVER been one to celebrate Valentine's Day... A big waste of money he always says....


But yesterday about 10:30am there was a knock at the door.. and i was on the toliet..lol....and there was a lady holding a BIG bunch of roses just for me!!!.. i nearly fell over!!!


Don't i have just the best MAN!!!!





They are soooo beautiful.. can't stop looking at them..lol...and i have taken about 20 photos of them to remember, as i really don't think this will happen again...lol...

Well my week has been pretty sucky... (apart from yesterday morning).. On the weekend our back fences fell over... so now i have the next door neighbours dog popping over for a visit all day long... Nice dog!!.. but I'm just worried he may get out off our front gate!!

Then yesterday the lawnmower man came to mow the lawns... he didn't have the catcher on and Mark and i both said its a bit strange!!... then right then as he went past the lounge window a rock came flying up and smashed the bottom window... NOT HAPPY.. the landlord is coming tomorrow to look at the fence and that's all we needed... away to cut a long story short the lawnmower man thinks he didn't do it and wont pay for a new window... not even HALF!!!

So we sacked him.. and didn't pay for yesterdays job!!!....So this morning i rang around and its going to cost us $200 to get the window replaced!!!.... so NOT HAPPY!!!!
So that's what I'm doing now waiting for the window man to get here!!!

I still haven't done any more packing or have i done any scrapping!!!

So that's my week so far...lol... nothing major but pretty sucky!!!
I cant WAIT to get out of this house!!!!....

Hope you all have having a GREAT week!!!.

C...xxxx

Layout Share

Not much been happening around here... i have been scrapping when i should be packing....lol....i really just cant get into it..... even the excitement of new house cant get me going....

Keenan is loving school so much... he is even doing his homework every night without a fight!!...

Jorja is speaking more and more everyday.... She is so funny sometimes, that i find myself just sitting there watching her laughing away at her funny ways.... She is right into dancing at the moment any kind of music .....she dances...lol... But when "don't feel like dancing" comes on... she goes "CRAZY"...lol.... swinging her hips, shaking her butt, and bopping away....I just love it.

These are the times i wish i had a video camera!!!

Her favourite word is "daddy"... Jorja is daddy's little girl that's for sure... But she can also say..."MUM", "Whats that", "Seeya", "ta", "yeah" and i pretty sure she has started saying "up", but this has only happened the last few days!!....

Boy they grow way to fast!!!

Well.. that's it from me... My beautiful blue eyed Angel has just woken from her nap!

So i will leave you with a layout from the weekend!!

I just love leaving a "hang over" on my layouts lately.... too cool!!!!

Take care everyone....

and Please pop over to my photo blog and see some new photos of my baby girl!!!....

C.....xxx

ps... Judy i promise i will be back soon with my tag!!!!

Moving....

Well its official WE ARE MOVING!!!....AGAIN... i have already starting packing...again.. i only done this 12months ago pretty much to the day!! It is so not fun!!!!

We got notice to vacate about a month ago.. The owners want to move in... we have about 30 days left!!!.. So bring on the boxes.... bring on the cleaning...( im cheating and getting a cleaner in..lol).. bring on the trailer's...The question is where are we going??.....A lovely house in Skye!!!

So please send me all your moving wishes as i am going to need it!!!...

Done heaps of scrapping.. still cant share... sorry.. All DT stuff... trying to get everything out of the way so i can pack up my scrapbooking stuff.... now that will be a sad sad day!!!!

Here is a layout i done Thursday night.....

Keenan and my beautiful Nephew Blake... (miss you little guy!!!)

Well thats pretty much it from me... i lead a very exciting life....lol.... pretty boring if you ask me...LOL.....

thanks to everyone who pops by and read my blog.......you guys ROCK!!!!

Fellow scrapper's please read my last post and jump on board and help us raise some money for Princess Rani!!!!... every little bit counts!!!!

Take care all.....

C....xxxxx

ps... also pop by and check out my photo blog!!!!

RUN FOR RANI.....

My dear friend Mel Millar is raising money for the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne, in honor of her beautiful sweet "princess" Rani. Rani passed away September 1st last year. 1 year old.

All monies raised will go to the Liver dept for research into her disease.




Princess Rani......


Mel's wonderful brother Steven is going to run 15 km in April to help raise funds for Rani....
More info on "run for kids" can be found here.

And that's where you guys come in!!!... Mel has set up a blog to start taking sponsors for Steven's run and to raise some much needed money to fund research.

Run for Rani

We are looking for scrapbookers to donate some time and complete a pre-scrapped page or OTP item so we can raffle off some prizes!!


If you can help out in anyway please email Mel
or you can email me at mark.connie@bigpond.com

If you would like to make a donation or sponsor STEVEN on his 15 km run please drop by Rani's blog.


C.....xxxx

Back to School...

Ok i know... it was last week... but i have been too lazy to post!!!...sorry...

So his my boy already for school!!... His in 3/4 this year and loving it!!!Loves his new teacher and has made heaps of new friends already.. and YES i have been keeping up with healthy lunches!!!!.....I'm such a good girl....

Soooo CUTE!!!!...

I have been scrapping heaps... and will share later in the week... i promise!!!

And also have some BIG news coming soon.... too early to share now!!!... maybe later in the week!!

Well that's it from me... short but sweet..

before i go i would like to wish my brother Martin a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!for today and also a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my sister in law Lisa who turns 30 today!!!!..too... funny hay!!!!

off to bed...

Take care

C...xxxx

ps... photoshop month stamp is by Sarah.... her link is in my side bar!!!!