My day

Today I had the dietician first up - everything is going cool with the diabetes. I have managed to lose another kilo since I saw her last which is great. I need to do a bit more exercising but other than that she is happy how I am going.

Then I took off to school as the kids had Cross Country run today. I got there unfortunately when the kids had finished. Josh and Tam came in 8th place and our Em came 1st Place...............I was so, so proud of her. She was proud of herself actually. Last time she ran this race she came 2nd so she was chuffed.

I had a short but sweet visit with little Stephen, or should I say not so little Stephen. He is coming up for 8 months old now. He is going to be a big boy I think.
He was asleep when I got there but woke up about 10 mins into the visit. He woke up and gave me a smile which was priceless. I haven't seen George or Medina since Easter Saturday so I needed to give Stephen some kisses to catch up on the ones I have missed.
Oooooh I could eat him up. He is just so cute. The kids were disappointed they didn't get to see him so I am going to try and catch up with Median and Stephen again tomorrow afternoon.

Josh had his jumper presentation at football training tonight. This is his first year of playing football and he is so pumped. He has been training for about the last 6 weeks I suppose. He was really looking forward to getting his jumper and he had a grin from ear to ear when he came home. Sean managed to get some photos actually. I shall add these tomorrow.

Watching Sleepless In Seattle as I type - gotta luv this movie.

Well I've got some creating to do.

Have a beaut weekend everyone - stay safe!!!!!!

Luv Sandie

Here's the very happy Josh in his new footy jumper

After I got home last night..........

After I got home last night after a very successful time I went out to my craft desk.
There on top of all the mess was one of the most beautiful little notes from my Em.
When they were little I used to sing a little song to them. "good night sweetheart well its time to go........" its the song from Three Men and a Baby.
Emily had written the song out and signed it with her name. She had also added little gold sequins stars around the edge. How sweet. Of course it brought a tear to my eye.
I am going to try and take a photo of it tomorrow. Not sure if it will turn out as it is gold writing on white paper but I will try. Definately going to put this one away.

Gotta luv em!!!!!!!!

Luv Sandie

Look what I created today.

Found some mojo today so I whipped up these cards.

Stay tuned

Stay tuned as I have been working on something else over the last week or so......................................................................................................................

"Oh what a night"

I had the bestest night last night girlies.

I was invited along to a school "Girls Pamper Night" selling my cards. My friend (who's kids go to this fantastic school) asked me about 3 weeks ago if I'd like to sell my cards at their fundraiser night. I was chuffed to be asked and have been busy getting things organized since then.
I didn't want to mention it on my blog as it sometimes can make me anxious. I have done several of these types of things and they have ended up with me being disappointed - I usually only JUST cover cost of the stall and sometimes it doesn't draw enough interest.
But last night I was prepared for just supporting the school.
So off I went armed with lots and lots of cards and some of my OTP's and a basket with
"bargain basket" with bits and pieces of goodies.

I had fantastic feedback and had my first sale probably within in the first 20 mins. I thought to myself after that sale if I didn't do anything else I didn't really mind.
Plenty of people were coming up and having a great old look through the cards and picking up the otp's and checking them out. I even had one mum take one of the business cards that I made up in a hurry yesterday. She is interested in me making an album for her to send to her mother-in-law over in England. How nice. Would luv to give that a go!!!!!

I managed to also win a door prize - small perfume and body oil and then not long before the night was over I won a fantastic prize in the raffle. Boy was I excited about that.
I won a lovely pair of earrings, a $20.00 gift voucher to one of the ladies shops in Pakenham that I just adore and the most gorgeous little bag/purse. I am going to take a photo of them to show you.............just divine. How lucky was I?!!!!!!!!!

So I drove home one happy little black duck - that's for sure.

Just had to share my excitement with you all.

Luv Sandie

My latest publication in Stamping & Papercraft

Here are some shots that I took of my latest published work.

I was asked if I would like to take part in a Stampers Challenge using JustJohanna Stamps.......well hello..........yeah!!!!!!

So here are the 2 things I made. The first one is using a little gift box. I stamped the image twice for each end of the house and then made the sides of the house and added all sorts of goodies including some black curled wire for the smoke.

The second is a card - I cut slits for the door and the window to open.

I haven't received my copy of the mag as yet so thought I'd pop these shots in as I was rather excited.

TFL

Luv Sandie

Mixed Alpha Set of Cards

Here is a set of cards I made using mixed up muddled up alphas.

I have used pp by K & Co and several stamps and embellishments. I just love these fresh cool colours.

TFL.

Hope all is well in your part of the world.

Luv Sandie

Our day at the footy.

Well we all took off this morning on the train into the MCG to watch Collingwood v Carlton. It was a great day but the only problem was that Collingwood didn't win. Bit disappointing for Sean and the kids but we definately had fun.

Came home to a nice home cooked meal - Sean's mum used her new Slow Cooker..........now that's what I call service...........LOL. It was lovely not having to come home and think about what we were going to have.

Boy is it nice to be home.

I always say "its so nice to go out for the day - but its even better when you get home!".

Early night me thinks.

Luv Sandie

Altered Album

Here is a little album I created today. The original book was a little kids book which had a little plastic case off to the side with shapes inside it.....the idea is the the child would place the shapes on the appropriate page.

Anyway, I took the shapes out, sanded and painted the album and then added some embellishments and photos etc. I was going to give it away but have decided to keep it for myself on the mantle.

Here are the before and after shots.

TFL...........luv Sandie

Inside You Can Be Anything

When I saw this stamp "inside you can be anything" I was really drawn to it.........haven't used it up til this morning. Woke up early and thought today was the day for creating so I got to while the going was good. Gee I've missed creating. I've gone from making a card everyday to maybe once a fortnight. So I'm hoping this is the start of something............fingers crossed!!!!!!

So for today's card I have used my new gorgeous gingham trim and various stamps and for the flower I used sepia ink to slighty distress it.

TFL

Luv Sandie

Busy times..........

We have Sean's family staying with us. They arrived last night - the kids were so excited to see each other...........bedtime was a bit of a battle. They had too much catching up to do - who wanted to sleep? Gotta luv em though.

Our kids went off to school today of course so the rest of us went for a ride to Lakeside. It was a gorgeous autum day today - just lovely.

Home for lunch and then a few things to do before school pickup.

Had my weigh in at STARS and managed to lose 800grams which I was chuffed about - especially being away for a few days and not eating what I would normally eat. Slow and steady wins the race!!!!!

Haven't been doing much creating of late however I did manage this one.

Hope you are all well.

Luv ya.............Sandie

We're back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well we're back from our little time away.

Thursday Sean and Josh went to FarmWorld in Warragul and had a ball - dodging lots of heavy showers though. But we need the rain. Us girlies went into Warragul to shop. Got some rather cute goodies at the op-shops. Shall take a photo of them tomorrow.

Had a great time catching up with all of Sean's family. First time in 6 years since we've all been together. The kids had a ball catching up with cousins. We all had a ride in Sean's brother's boat - he took us all over to the other side of the inlet and them the kids got towed around on a "sea biscuit" floating device thingy - they had a ball. We stopped there for lunch and then got taken back by boat again. BBQ for tea and lots of talking, laughing and sitting around and relaxing.
Sunday we all went to mass, home for lunch and then the long trip home - about 4 1/2 hours. Oh well - we arrived back safely that is the main thing.

Today - well today was spent doing heaps of washing - 4 loads. That's it I'm done.

Sean's sister, brother-in-law and 4 kids will be arriving on Wednesday til Saturday so if you dont see me around you know I will be busy. Will be good fun though. The weather is supposed to be nice so that will be handy.

Not much else planned this week - kids are back to school tomorrow and Sean is back at work.

Got some creating to do I reckon.

Have fun.

Luv Sandie

Sean's April Fool

This is what my husband got up to yesterday..........he's a big shocker!!!!!

Working at Bunnings he had plenty of opportunities to get someone.

So he gets there first thing in the morning and there are toilets for sale on display near the Trade Desk. He quickly gets to and grabs a bottle of water and then searches high and low for some yellow dye from the Paint Department. He tips the nice yellow coloured water into the toilet bowl. Several team members walked by and Sean lifted the lid and said to each one "did you see what some bugger did?".........with a disgusting look on his face. He managed to catch plenty of them out. Apparently he asked one of the girls on the Trade Desk if she had cleaned it yet, she said no, so Sean pretended to storm in behind the desk, grab a cloth and proceeded to clean out the bowl. He came back, wiped the wet cloth on her and she pulled away. He had to fess up then ...........LOL. Naughty boy.

Who's Birthday?

Here is a card I have just completed. I have used the new stamps by Kaiser - Flourish Journal - I really love these. And I have also used a little stamp owl by Sassafrass Lass, branch stamp by HeroArts and assorted alphas. I also used an oval scallop punch that my friend Lyn kindly gave to me. Ripped paper along the bottom of the card and then some doodling here and there.

TFL.

Luv Sandie

I am Elizabeth Bennett......who are you?

I came across this on someone elses blog and thought I'd take part in it and share it with you...............

What's going on...............

Not much really!!!!!

We dropped our car off on Friday last to get it converted to gas - still waiting. I tell ya what - it had better be ready today as we are heading off on a few days break, leaving tomorrow.
Cant believe the cost of the conversion, we do get a rebate but we have to pay double that to start with. Sean worked it out that it will take us about a year for it to pay for itself so I suppose that's not too bad.
We are going to need it on gas especially next year when I am going to and from school with the girls. It will be great to have the car back - that's for sure. We have been walking everywhere of course but just the thought of not having a car is "driving" me crazy........LOL.

Sean and Josh are off to Farmworld tomorrow and us girlies will be going shopping - look there's just some things in life you HAVE to do and shopping is definately one of them............LOL.

Then from there we are heading to Sean's family. Should be a nice break.

Kids go back to school on Tuesday. It's been a funny school holidays this time as they were only at school for 8 weeks before this Easter break.....bit crazy really. All the other states only started their holidays this week.

Take care...........have fun...............luv Sandie

Here is a list of 50 Things About Me......

this was completed about 2 years ago.

Ok here I go......... 1. My real name is Sandra (but don't call me that - it means I'm in trouble)
2. I am 37 years old
3. I met Sean (couldn't stand him at first) started off as friends - first real boyfriend really, engaged and married within 13 months.
4. Have 3 beautiful kids - Emily 10, Tammy 9, Joshua 7 (girls are only 13 months apart - clever really (not - big surprise but wouldn't swap it)
5. Won a competition on Triple M radio station in 1999 which was called "Millenium Dreams"......won a cheque for $10,000 which enabled us to buy our first home.........unreal.
6. I am a born worrier - when I don't have a worry I think "oh, now there must be something to worry about.
7. Favourite colours are pink, red and green.
8. Luv red shoes - if I see someone with red shoes I get rather excited
9. Have a phobia about bare feet - if I see someone out shopping with no shoes on it freaks me and I quite often have dreams about being down the street with no shoes on - freaky I know.
10. I have lived in 6 different houses and have told Sean and several other people that if our house falls down I'm going with it....don't want to move again (Dont want a morbid funeral would rather a Jazz mass where everyone is tapping their feet -I've already put in my order for a Jazz mass)
11. I love to make people happy
12. I am more of a listener than a contributor to conversations.
13. I don't have any desire to travel overseas - very much a home body.
14. Would luv to own my own craft store one day or a Coffee House
15. I have been creating cards for about 15 years -started off very basic and self taught
16. My second car was a brand new Laser - only new car I have ever owned
17. I haven't met a cake I don't like - I'm like a dog at a butchers shop when I'm outside a cake shop - yummo
18. Love, love, love chocolate
19. I have lost 25 kg twice in the last 10 years - once with Weight Watchers and once at a local weight loss group
20. Was diagnosed with PCOS - Polycystic Ovary Syndrome last year which means weight gain problems and lots of hormone related problems (gotta luv those hormones)
21. Also have Rosacea which means a red blotchy face thing - pooh cack
22. Favourite actor would have to be Matthew McConaghuey - he is magnificent
23. I luv to sit and watch clouds as they move and form different shapes.
24. Luv the smell of freshly cut grass
25. Luv to enter competitions
26. Luv Big Brother - even though my mum can't believe I watch "this rubbish" as she says....lol 27. I am one of four kids - older and younger brother and younger sister
28. I am a practising catholic - Sean is from a catholic upbringing too which makes it nice to go to mass each week as a family
29. I am more of a Autumn/Winter person - don't like summer at all - well only that you have more daylight to do things and that you can get the washing done.
30. We have two gold fish 31. Favourite thing to do is go out for a cappuccino and cake (of course)
32. Only completed Year 11 - just finished school when I found a job in the National Bank - where is where I met Sean.
33. Luv to chat to all my friends on the internet.
34. Dont like flying - but managed to fly to Sydney on the weekend to go to Sydney Paperific - caught up with some of my online buddies.
35. I have over 1000 stamps (well that was last count anyway)
36. My favourite stamps would be by HeroArts and Stampin Up
37. Only just started Scrapbooking earlier this year - said that I never would, thought I would only do one layout and now can't stop.
38. I have hazel eyes
39. Dark brown hair
40. Size 7 1/2 to 8 size shoes
41. I stand 5ft 2inch (maybe at a stretch)
42. Luv the challenge of doing OTP projects
43. Luv old things - have a lot of my nan's old china and luv to use them and remember her.
43. Had a miscarriage between no. 2 and 3 baby - very hard to get over
44. Luv Vegimite - if the doctors ever tell me I have to give it up well I'm sorry but no can do. 45. I luv to collect apples - my favourite thing would be a jigsaw apple that Sean made me out of wood with a little worm coming out of it....its priceless.
46. Absolutely luv Christmas - can't get enough of it.....wish it was all year round.
47. I haven't worked since having kids - trying to do things the old fashioned way - I would rather be home for the kids when they get home - its getting closer to me having to work though - very hard to raise 3 kids on 1 wage - holding out a little longer - probably next year.
48. Volunteer at my local St Vicent DePaul op shop each Thursday
49. Luv to have a hot shower in the mornings - especially if I can manage to get one on my own instead of kids coming in every couple of minutes asking me something.
50. I am a born romantic and just love to see the good in people - sometimes I think, I think too much - just want everything to be equal and calm

Wow - my list is a bit all over the place but things just popped into my head and I typed them down as I thought of them......................

(Like I said I compiled this list a couple of years ago. Thought i'd include it on my blog to share with you all - yesterday's "tag" reminded me.

Luv Sandie

..................being different.

This thought just came into my head so I thought - why not share it with you.

Do you have that kind of sense of humour that no-one else really gets. You know when you cant stop laughing about something and no-one else is laughing.

Well that's me usually.

I remember years ago, and I'm talking years ago, I went to the cinema with some friends to see the "Three Amigo's". This is going back to the days when you actually got to see 2 movies instead of one. Well the first film was "The God's Must Be Crazy" in some parts of the film I just couldn't stop laughing - this kind of film has this kind of "sick" sense of humour I suppose you could say. So when no-one else was laughing - you guessed it - I was laughing uncontrolably. LOL.

Then of course the film finished and The Three Amigos started. Well everyone else was rolling around laughing in their seats at this film and me - well I hardly raised a smile.

There you go - maybe this could go down as Fact No. 8 from yesterday's post.

LOL. Do you have anything similar you would like to share?

Luv Sandie

Dream ATC Swap for The Scrappers Stash

I recently held a SWAP over at The Scrappers Stash. The theme was "Dream" here are the gorgeous works of art that the girls created.

Running from top left we have Lyn, Margaret, Wirg, Marion, Sandie, Kerryn, Sarah and Virginia.

Great job everyone!!!!!

Luv Sandie

Pinch & A Punch for the fist of the month..........and Happy April Fool's Day!!!!!

It's tradition in our house to "pinch & a punch" each other for the first of the month. Sean got me about 4.30 this morning when he woke to get ready for work. I usually try and stay up til midnight and get him then........too tired last night and too slow this morning............LOL.

Kids haven't remembered yet - maybe I can get them.........mean mum.....LOL.

Not much planned for today. I certainly wont be pulling any jokes for April Fools Day as you have to be prepared for it being done back at ya..........I'm too much of a chicken.

Instead I just thought I'd share another funny photo with you.