Bunnings..

are not my favourite people atm...

What should have been a very simple job has turned into a mission...
Saw 5 pieces of timber in half, then glue and screw it all together...well that's what it should have happened but of course the timber was not cut properly and what should have all been 1200x450 was 1200 all through to 1210 and half of it was 445 instead of 450...
so dh had to trim them all to the same size..

therefore this is what my shelves look like...



and not all nicely finished and loaded up with all my scrapping supplies like they should be!

and it's started....

the scraproom makeover that is....



This is some of the stuff I've moved out to rearrange.... I'm getting dh to make me another set of shelves to match the ones I've got and moving out the set of drawers. I've set up a new side desk to hold the laptop and my cutter, and there's space to put the printer or the knk depending on what I want to do.


And I know I didn't put up a pic last night, but I did take one....

Yes bad Charlie Brown on my scrapbooking shelves... acting all innocent!!!

I was busy last night reading Angels and Demons... now just to watch the movie!

It's raining....

it's pouring....

and thank God for that after a very muggy 41C day!
And of course the rain bucketed down just as we were leaving work....

The roses were looking gorgeous this morning, but the heat has burnt all that were open. But I love the smell of rain after a hot day and I'm certain the garden is loving the water....




and dh is better and finally home so all is good... now I just need some sleep!

Tired...

I wonder why....
At least dh is getting better and should be home in the next couple of days.

and my pic for today... my beautiful boy!

I want a refund....

On my New Year!!!!!

3 days in... dh is in hospital, DS1 lost it with his brothers and could't cope and of course Aunt Flo is visiting....

So this is my thoughts on 2011 so far....



It's all gotta be uphill from here doesn't it????


ps... if you want to know... it's one of my christmas gnomes from the boys...

A rainbow...

of colours...


This is what happens when at the end of each year the leftover pencils from school get put into a tub and never sorted... today it got sorted.
Needless to say I'm not buying any new pencils for school this year... lol

And last night I scrapped... one of the sketch challenges for Chook Scraps!

Happy New Year

Well it's another new year... this one hasn't started overly well with dh being quite sick and spending a few days in hospital. So it was a very quiet night for us last night.
But I hope everyone had a lovely night and the year is going to be a bright wonderful year for all of us!

So being a new year, I've decided I need to work on some goals... I will be back with these another day as I am still working on them...
But one I am going to do and I will need you all to kick my butt if I don't, is to update my blog regularly and to help me do that I'm going to share a photo a day...
So here is today's....

A nice clean, spotless boy's room.... this is what I've spent all day doing removing all the rubbish that he hordes and rearranging the room. And I've got a pinky promise from him that it's going to stay that way! Especially as Mum found his DS that was lost for 2 weeks.... !
But we will see how it all goes...

and even though I haven't had time to scrapbook yet (it's going to happen! after I finish backing up the computer...) I have taken pics of the cover I made for my christmas present... my kobo e-reader...


This has been made using an old diary cover I had and covering the front with Websters Pages, and I've used a soft foam on the inside to protect the Kobo.
The Kobo is held in with black velcro strips so I can remove it from the cover if I like. And the closure is a hinge made of grungeboard and a tim holtz hitch fastener.
The little pocket/envelope on the front is to hold SD cards that hold books. The kobo will read them, so it's a good way to keep a library!
Much cheaper than the covers I've seen online for $45-50.... and definately much more stylish!!!!