OUr pool is so cool!!!

Some recent layouts and a fridge magnet I have made for the 52 pick up challenges at LSBS, www.littlescrapbookshop.com.au




Well I wouldn't say it's cold cool, but it's great to have it back cool. We have been swimming everyday and loving it! I still have a mountain of half open boxes and have had a few health issues, but slowly but surely getting there and so glad to be home! Dave gave the garden a work over and it looks fabulous, everything has grown so much and it's in alot better shape than I thought.
Went to Cairns today to buy a new bed, it's been on the agenda for awhile, but good old Harvey Norman had 40% off today and also needed a new vacuum cleaner as I literally blew the other one up while cleaning the last rental property we were in. So this was too good to resist. The kids were great, we were in there for 2 hours and lucky, they were doing free photos with santa, so they had that to look forward to aswell as the milkshake I promised them at Stockland if they were good. We saved heaps and the kids got to spend their pocket money in Big W after, so alround it was a very productive day,.Finished off with a swim with Dad when we got home, he has been working 7 days a week for the last 3 weeks and we are a bit over it!

Waiting for the truck

As we speak, yey!!! Today is moving day! We went over to the house last night and had a swim and checked it all out! It's in good nick so our tenants were kind. The garden needs lots of TLC though, so will look forward to getting my green thumb back when I am settled with some time...
It's so exciting, it feels massive compared to the last two houses we have lived in! Oh so good!!!!

The river- Townsville

I did actually get out with my camera in Townsville and take some images before we left, because where we lived, it was quite lovely and picturesque. I used to walk around the lake and then onto the river walk in our estate and this afternoon in particular, I took the kids down with me and we watched the sun set, it was beautiful!

Masters SHORTLIST

I have been busy making cards lately and the Love card is from a LSBS challenge from last weekend! www.littlescrapbookshop.com.au





OMG- such a big week for me this week, so much happening and so much to be thankful for, but the exciting news was an email I received from Kristy Evans at SCRAPBOOKING MEMORIES, telling me I had made the shortlist with my Masters entry! Check it out: http://www.scrapbookingmemories.com.au/newsletter/2009/oct/
It's a huge list and my chances may be slim, but I am very excited to be up there with the best of them, there are some very talented ladies on that list! So that is an achievement I am proud of.
Other news, we are moving house yet again, in 2 weeks and will finally be going back to our home. We cannot wait. We have so much happening that weekend too, Dave's Mum is arriving for a short visit, Dave will most probably be working the whole weekend, so I've organised a truck so we can at least have our gear in the house. Then it's going to be a slow process getting sorted again. The kids are so looking forward to jumping in that pool again, our pool!!! Hopefully, life will settle down fo awhile after that. It has been a very huge, un-settling and tumultuous year!!!! I'm looking forward to my parents arriving at Christmas and for some relaxing time!

Back in the swing!

Taylah and her old buddy Jordan having fun on 4 mile beach
Jack, cooling off in the esky! (Missing our pool!)
Baby Eva, Jordan and Ethan's little sister just gets cuter every time we see her!

Wow, what a mad time. We are home but wont be in our house for another three weeks. Slowly getting the smile back on my dial that's been missing for a long time. Great to be back with friends, there's nothing like good friends and I'm definatley appreciating those that I have missed. Now just can't wait to catch up with my parents at Xmas, and the fact that we will be back in our home with our lovely pool will be awesome.
Taylah has settled back into the school and catching up with old friends, she was sad at first,but hasn't taken long to slot back in. She has a male teacher and is in a 1/2 composite class.
Did my first Kaszazz demo with friends yesterday, they loved it and bought up! Good on them I say!!!! :)

MOVING HOUSE AGAIN!!!!

Some cards I did for a LSBS challenge, using some yummy Kaszazz papers.

I can't believe I have to pack again after only 9 months! It's a good thing we are going back home to Port Douglas, but such a short amount of time to get my head around it all. I was just starting to feel settled and getting my Kaszazz workshops off the ground!(At least i can do that in Port too!) In fact it may be easier as I know everyone up there and will have to force them into having demos for me!!! :)
I think Taylah is a little disappointed now too, she missed home so much and then finally started to like it here and made some lovely friends, and now it's time to go again. Dave can't wait to get home. We are not going straight back into our house as there are still tenants in there, but have found a house to rent around the corner! We will be able to store our gear there in the garage which is a bonus. Now all we have to do is find someone to take over our lease here! We thought we may have someone and then just to make life difficult for us, they have started building a new road right behind the house and of course this will put potential renters off! Anyway, My scrap room is still intact and will be the last thing I pack up. It's keeping me sane! I have a TTD (Team training day for Kaszazz) on Sunday and my neighbour has been so lovely and offered to look after the kids for the day so I can go and have a break from packing. We get to do two workshops, see and use some new products, have a business talk and we were asked to submit a workshop, which I have done and there are prizes!!!!!! And on that note, my cupcake card workshop has been accepted as a Kaszazz workshop and for that I get a shopping voucher of rather a nice quantity!! Yey!!!

Cupcakes go off!!!!!

Here are some pics of my cupcakes. I decided on farm animals, couldn't find any ready made pigs and snakes! Went with the easy option of store bought lolly animals, I had so much other stuff to organise. But I love the way they turned out. There is also a pic of myself with my team leader, Karen and the other ladies who attended my workshop. We're each holding one of my cards I designed especially for the day and I have now submitted it to Kaszazz for a workshop!







Well, I did it, I had my first RSPCA fundraiser for Cupcake day and did my bit for the little animals. My card workshop went so well and even though I had a small group of ladies, they managed to devour lots of cakes and take some home. I sold raffle tickets aswell, with some lovely Kaszazz prizes and all in all it went really well!