Some more...

These layouts I did last week Thursday:

And Friday I went to Scrapping Studio's Mega Scrap day... wow did Judi and I have fun! It was a great day... we did FIVE double pages, had yummy food and even both won in the lucky draws. We also got a lovely little baggy that got filled up all through the day with lots of useful things... glue, white gel pen, double sided tape, brown chalk (soooooooooooo needed and scarce!), rubon letters and also the odd sweet or two. I'm sure the nearly 100 ladies (and one man!) enjoyed the day as much as I did... congrats to Audrey, Sarah, Ritea, Mel and Lara for the great day... well organised.

Well the rest of the weekend I DID NOT scrap... yip, you read right... no scrapping... uh? How'd that happen... well I spent Saturday tidying up and sort out our upstairs (spare) bedroom cupboard... after three months of waiting Keith eventually put up the shelves on Friday. I found a bunch of stuff to give away and also others to throw away. Have a few things still to sort but it definately looks better already.

The afternoon was spent with Aaron... I took him to an open day held by the Fairlands Police Station... he had a ball and was a very happy little boy in that he got to blow the sirens on both the fire engine and the police car! He also had his fingerprints taken... all part of a safety campaign.

After all this excitement, we also went past the Train Station and got to ride the trains... and another absolute highlight for Aaron... he got to drive the train!!! Mommy of course got to take LOTS of photos.

Sunday we spent at church in the morning... had a wonderful service in which we all individually got a special blessing and prayer. SO church ended up running a bit later than normal... we only got home at 11:45! Aaron and I both vegged on the pc for the rest of the day... nothing exciting.

Last night I decided (at 6pm!) to see if Aaron's long pants would fit him... he has to wear winter uniform from today. Well they were a bit short... so I then spent time last night after supper lengthening his pants... a full 2cm... thankfully there was a big hem... can still let them down by another 2cm when he needs it... his waist has not changed so I reckon he might even be able to wear these longs next year too!

And so now we have FIVE day weeks for the next SIX weeks... boy that sounds awfully long... I think I've just got too used to the short weeks over the past month.

Another exciting development this week... Aaron starts piano lessons on Thursday... very excited!

ps... will post pics soon soon... just need to edit lots of them!

A few more...

With Aaron away this week I've been a busy lady again doing this that and the other... oh and a bit of scrapping too.. hehehe... here's the one I did this morning before leaving for work:


And this one I put together last night:

And the there is another one which I worked on yesterday too which I need to finish... had to print an extra photo for it!

The reports I've been getting from Aaron and my folks is that they are having fun... seen lots of animals... lions, giraffe, buck, ostriches, rhino, ground squirrels, etc. Today they were going to go look for the hippos. And there have been a few mishaps too... Aaron fell off his bike on Tuesday and scrapped his left knee and hand... not too bad. Last night he closed the caravan door on his left thumb... ouch. Other than that they are enjoying it... will be home tomorrow again.

Tomorrow I'm going to The Scrapping Studio's Mega-scrap... going to be a FUN day I'm sure. Enjoy your long weekend whatever you do.

8 things...

I got tagged by Stephanie... and thought... what the heck it will give me something to do... so here goes:

8 Things that I am Looking forward to:
1 A peaceful week without Aaron nagging me
2 Scrapping as much as possible this week
3 Bookclub tonight.... I need some more books to read
4 Mega-scrap on Friday with Judi (and possibly Gayle)
5 Sleeping in a bit tomorrow morning and Thursday... no 5:30 mornings this week
6 Having some more chocolate... yip MORE.... I had some already
7 Phoning Aaron tomorrow morning and hearing his voice (yes I do miss him when he is away!)
8 Reading other's funny lists

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
1 Ate breakfast
2 Nagged Aaron
3 Helped Aaron pack his stuff for his caravan holiday
4 Made tea for my folks when they came to fetch Aaron
5 Scrapped all day
6 Went out to supper with hubby
7 Watched the Amazing Race
8 Brushed my teeth (twice!)

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:
1 Play the piano
2 Make money from my hobbies
3 Scrap everyday - okay I do this most days but I mean INSTEAD of work
4 Stay home5 Blog better (like Jackie)
6 Scrap like Candice
7 Win a give away or two on the internet
8 Think of more to write in these silly lists... hehee

8 Shows I Watch (or used to watch because they're now finished!)
1 Amazing Race
2 Masterchef goes large
3 America's got talent
4 Survivor
5 The Apprentice
6 Law & Order
7 Nanny 911 or SuperNanny
8 We're killing our kids

8 People I'm Tagging:
1 Desire - http://desiref.blogspot.com/
2 Helen - http://helenplatten.blogspot.com/
3 Helen - http://helentilbury.blogspot.com/
4 Jackie - http://scrappintimes.typepad.com/
5 Candice - http://candicegreenway.blogspot.com/
6 Sophia - http://sallison.blogspot.com/
7 Jacqui - http://jacquibourne.blogspot.com/
8 Liezel - http://cestlavie-elle.blogspot.com

Now let's see who responds and writes there little lists... hehehe

Layouts from the long weekend

As I mentioned in a previous post, plus on facebook.... I spent the long weekend scrapping. It was a great relaxing time and I got lots done... 15 layouts in fact. So feast your eyes:

This layout was based on one that was actually made at the ISE but I changed the colours to suit my photos

For this layout I used a page from an album that I did from a class at Retha... we made a whole 12x12 album but I don't scrap by album theme so will use the pages for layouts as I can find them to suit. Also the other class that Retha taught at the ISE in 2007 had a mini booklet on it, so I used that idea on this page too... so where it says "meet the teachers"... you pull that and the pages flip showing more photos and my journalling.

I thought I was being very clever doing this page just with cardstock... and then decided to jazz it up with footprints... madness I tell you!! As each little bit is hand cut and then glued on... I'm sure I must be crazy... but I do like how it turned out.

On this page I cheated a bit... the Lebombo but is the pamphlet we got from the airport and it has all the facts in it... so I just stuck that on and used that as my title!

And so that was me scrapped out over the weekend. There is one more that I did but I can't show that to you till June as I'm using it to enter a competition at Pagemaps... one of the sketch sites that I just love.

Did you see Google today??

dash dash dot dot dot... or however it goes!

Evidently it's the guy who invented morse code, Samuel Morse's birthday today.

Away he went...

Aaron's bags were packed by 9 this morning. Papa & Granny arrived at 10:30 for a quick cuppa tea and by 11 they were all off... caravaning at Krugersdorp Lion Park for the week....sure hope the excitement lasts and doesn't cause too many misbehaviours from one little guy!

For me.... FREEDOM!!! hehehe..... I get to sleep in a bit this week again (Aaron's school is closed for this week in case you're confused!)... and I can continue scrapping... making inroads into my pile of planned layouts.

And an update on Keith in case you're wondering.... he is all better and back to his normal self.

Enjoy the week ahead... I plan to !-)

Book your seat now!

I sooooooooooooooo wanted to go to Scrapbookex's day on 1st May... but firstly couldn't afford the ticket price, secondly I tried to convert my winning free ticket from the "September" convention with no luck and even offered my services as a volunteer with no luck!!! So I decided I would just not bother.

And then about two weeks ago while browsing my blogs, I came across a sidebar mention on Lara Cousin's blog and so followed the link and found out about a MEGA-SCRAP also happening on 1st May... so off I went to find out the details and now I've booked to go with a friend. And guess what... they still have TWO seats left... so why not join me too. See the details here.

Talk about interesting....

This past week sure has been an eventful one again in the Sanders household:

- School for four days, with the holiday on Wednesday
- me standing in a queue for an hour and a half to vote in the evening ... had tried at lunch time but took one look at the long queue and decided to go home!
- During the night on Wednesday Keith started with a pain in his left foot... by the morning he could hardly walk- but being a man(!) he decided to go to work anyway!!!!
- Aaron & I got home from school on Thursday and five minutes later who should rock up but Daddy! Yip he had been to the doctor!
- We spent the rest of the afternoon playing chauffeur... taking Keith to Dischem to get meds then to the hospital to drop off blood for some tests and finally to work to get his stuff before going back home.
- Keith and Aaron did homework on the bed... first time Daddy has helped with homework and he enjoyed it.... hope it happens again!
- Friday Keith stayed in bed like a good boy and rested his foot... not much change though.
- Doc phoned to confirm that Keith DEFINATELY has GOUT... not a nice thing to have!
- Spent another afternoon playing chauffeur... back to Dischem for a voltarin injection.... waited for over 1/2 an hour to be told that the sister couldn't authorise the script... so left!
- went to a different pharmacy and were done within 10 minutes!
- I spent the afternoon researching Gout... what to feed the man... and the results are not pleasant!! Just about EVERYTHING we eat at the moment is not recommended... ouch ouch ouch... now what do I cook????
- I spent the evening scrapping (yeah!) and by 10 when Keith was ready for bed he was virtually "dancing"... yip felt a LOT better... wonder drugs!
- Saturday morning Keith was back to his normal (or almost) self... drove himself around to the shops and to take our maid home after her morning's work.
- Me? I've spent a very productive day... scrapping!!! Done two double pages of my time at the ISE in 2007 and based them on two of the layouts that were done at that year's event too... sorry you will have to wait for the pics though till I can scan them on Tuesday.
- And what of Aaron through all this... well he has spent the day playing on the pc... just a normal day in our household.

And that's my story for this post edition...

My lastest creation

Why is it that some layouts go 1-2-3-done and others you can dither and get frustrated on? This is one of those for me... most of the layout was 1-2-3 done but when it came to doing my journalling... boy-oh-boy did I get frustrated!! Between deciding the "how much" to include, to "what format to put it in"... dithered with a matchbook type thing, a brad-ed booklet and finally (after 2 hours!) settled on a few choice details typed on a flat sheet and mounted... ugh! Even my printer was giving me grief... printing skew so I had to print the journaling (in it'a many forms) about 4 times before fixing the printer... so here's the layout....

It was Aaron's birthday party in 2007... a fun day with a slip 'n slide, magic show, pass the parcel and lots of pressies... I managed to combine all that on to one layout... used 36 photos!!! I'm sure that is a record even for me who loves multi-photo layouts!

After all this frustration yesterday to do the journalling (in amongst the voting saga), I decided I just had to scrap another page... so started one at 9:30 last night... just need to do the title and journalling on that too... but you might not get to see it yet as I'm thinking of entering it into PageMaps competion.

It's done...

Eventually I have voted.... yip waited till just about the end of the day... got to the poling station at 6:30pm and joined the back of the queue... which thankfully was inside the school grounds and not down the street like at lunchtime today! And so the big wait began.... brrr it was cold too... but I did have a nice warm coat and woolly hat to keep me warm (note to self: take a cup of coffee with too next time!).

Well the queue moved at a slow but reasonable pace and it took only 1 and a 1/2 hours... yip got there at 6:30 and by 8pm I was "done and dusted"... or is that "marked and sealed"?

And now the bigger wait begins to hear what the outcome of this election will be.

Our church had a day of fasting and prayer yesterday to hand our country back to God... so from my point of view... it's in God's Hands now. Peace to all.