Kelly Rotherham

Well once again I am going to mention Kelly's blog. She is starting up Scrap Evenings and combining it with classes. What a fantastic idea. You can go along just to scrap with a great bunch of ladies, or you can go along and do that as well as a class. Now seriously the class she is running is at an absolute bargain!!!! Kelly scraps in a very cool fun style which I love. She also has prizes etc with sponsorship from Scrapbook Essentials which is also very cool, as Meg (owner of Scrapbook Essentials) always has the latest and greatest funky supplies.

Shame I will be away next Friday or else I would have been there with bells on!!

Anyway scrapping people get over to Kelly's blog to find out more details and book yourself in for a fabtastic night of inhaling glue!!!

Check out her blog for more details http://kellyrotherham.typepad.com/

A Whole Week......

A whole week has gone by with no post from me!!! Ralf has been away with work for the week, he had a great time and got home again on Monday night which was a nice suprise as he was not supposed to get home until Tuesday night.

We (Jade and I) went to Tawa on Saturday to visit the Kerr's and also the scrapbook shop in Wellington followed by a stop to see Ralf's parent's in Paraparaumu on the way home. So we both got home very tired.

Sunday was the "Op Shop" concert on in town at the Esplanade, a nice free concert put on by the council. Great night with fantastic music. Met up with Jo, Bruce and Taylor there, and so we all sat under our umbrella's (yes it was raining) listening to the music. Jade and Taylor went off to play on the rides and to get "Tattoo's", funny Jade came back with a puppy on her arm, and Taylor had an "I love Mum and Dad" one, god we laughed.

Anyway, must away to tidy the messy scrap room.

Martinborough

Only two weeks till Martinbourgh!!!

Play Lists

God the internet is just so cool, since I have had broadband I have scanned and looked through so many cool new sites.

My latest find is how to put a playlist on my blog, so all you lucky people can listen to whatever music I decide rocks while your reading it!!! Now for me that is so cool, but for some of you that might night be so cool, but never mind, it is all about me!!!

I love Scrapbooking

God I love scrapbooking!!!! And to proove it I did it all weekend!! Saturday morning Jade had her first swimming lesson in a couple of years. Thought it was time we tried to get her breathing properly, not that she does not know how to breath LOL!!!! Just her breathing when swimming!!

Saturday afternoon and evening I went to Jo's house to play, and we scrapbooked through the night, such a laugh. We always have a great time. Even better next time I go scrapbooking with her I can say I am going scrapbooking with Jo "she's a tart" ha ha, god I am funny tonight. Check out her blog (link on the right hand side) if you want to know why I am calling her a tart!

Right on with the good stuff. Below a great picture my Mum took of Jade when they went camping at Tarras this holidays, the title says it all. She looks the same as I did at that age, always in the river at Tarras, so hot!
The next layout is all Jade again!! She was running around Mel and Jase's house on Xmas day with the camera, madly taking photos. These are just some of them, funny looking at life from an 8 year olds point of view, and what she thinks is worthly of taking pictures off. I some how neglected to put in all the pictures she had taken of Mel and my butts!!! I wonder why!!!

Last layout is our family Xmas photo. God we had fun. Best buy ever was the metre long santa hat I brought for everyone. Jase set up the timer on the camera to take this shot, I was trying to get Jade to lie accross the front of us all, but she decided to be shy about it, hence she is half up and down, as I was trying to push her down! Next time I will just have to be more violent about it!!!

Sunday Nyah and Shea came around to play with Jade, well I am telling her they came around to play with me! We did after all scrap book all day!! Julie and Anton turned up to pick them up, and all the girls were saying Nooooooooooo! I hope they had a good time, I certainly had to laugh, I mean I do have a "small stash" of supplies, so I gave them full access to it all, and off they went, into the stamps, stickers, paper and cardstock!

Ralf is away for work from this Thursday through to some day next week, and I do say some day as he does not know when he is coming back - god how useful is that!!! Jade and I are going to go to a free Op Shop concert on Sunday night, so that will be cool, it is on in Palmerston North.

Scrapping

Miss Jo rung me yesterday, and after talking to her I felt guilty about not doing any scrapping in a while, she had done a layout, so I felt I needed to do some. So I pulled this layout together. It came together very quickly, but I really love it.

Naught Oscar

Oscar decided she wanted to join in our meal this evening! Such a big table we decided she could hang out as long as she stayed down that end.

Herb Garden

The herb garden is complete! We went over to Feilding this morning and visited this fantastic nursery called "The Fragrant Garden", and it was just that, the largest display of herb plants in one place I have every seen. So that was great, we brought the remainder of what we needed and were also able to check out the plants we need for the next strip of garden we are doing. She has them very resonably priced and a good size.

We came home, weed matted the garden and then planted all the plants, and then barked it all. I am short by one bag, so will pick that up on the way home tomorrow night.

Herb Garden

Ralf has just finished building the herb garden. More dirt has to go in tomorrow, then just have to weed mat it all and then plant it out, before barking it all. Looks fantastic, I have the best husband in the world!!!

Naughty Ladies

God we are naughty. The trip to Martinbourgh has now changed, so instead of leaving at lunch time on the Friday to get down there in time for tea, now we are all taking the whole day off work and driving down in time to be there for lunch!

Fantastic to be going with like minded lasses, who love a good weekend away. It is looking to be a good one. Jo has set a challenge for us, told us what photos we have to bring, started telling us what papers etc, but of course there was no need we will all be bringing everything!!

Then we are all doing a surprise parcel, putting together a parcel ful of bits and pieces from our massive stash, which someone else will end up with. Very cool, as we all have cool things which I am sure we all want! So looking forward to seeing what surprise parcel I get to play with.

Jade and I went on a bike ride today, along the Manawatu river, should have taken the camera so someone could take a picture of us. Used our bike rack that one of the wonderful men from work made me for the first time. Worked out well, but had to stop at the bike shop to get a lock for the bikes so we could still go shopping after our ride.

Anyway, must away thinking I might tidy my scrapbook room.

Martinborough

Well Jo, Lou, Kris and I are going to have a girls weekend away scrapping. The first weekend in March we are meeting up in Martinborough to stay for a couple of nights. I can hardly wait, it certainly is going to be a good weekend.

Jo has convinced me that we should leave around lunch time, and drive down slowly, shopping and cafe hopping all the way there. Certainly sounds like a plan. Then Lou and Kris will come up from Wellington, and the wonderful weekend will begin.

I am sure this will be the first weekend of many to come!

Splash Planet

Well yesterday I took Jade and Nyah to splash planet for the day. What a long day, we left home at 7.30am and got home just in time for shortland street. Fantastic weather managed to keep the kids from being burnt all day so that was good, but of course missed a couple of spots on me!

It was funny for me going there, as I have not been since I was about 9 I suppose when we lived in Hastings and it was called Fantasyland. The train, pirate ship were still there, and the mini putt, and the tiny town village was still there, and yes it is still as I remembered it so that was fantastic. Jade and Nyah climbed in the big concrete shoe and pumpkin as I did as a kid too, but I did not have my camera with me then.

Lots of kids and families there, but the park is large enough that there was room for everyone. The kids could not be bothered waiting in line to go on the ride on jeeps etc.