Home...

...after a totally awesome 3 weeks away I am home again and facing up to reality in a big way!!!  Landed Saturday morning in Melbourne, customs and immigration took FOREVER, got to the car park at Tullamarine Airport to a NEW CAR waiting for me, home to Finley 8pm, half-way-house with people coming and going ALL day Sunday, work Monday, work Tuesday followed by a trip to Wodonga, work Wednesday, Thursday (meant to be my day off but got called in) and Friday, classes in Wodonga Friday night and Saturday, house guests arrive Friday night, home from Wodonga Saturday night, house guests leave Sunday, decorate house for Christmas Sunday afternoon then it all begins again on Monday!!!  Hopefully I will have some time next week to post some pics of our incredible adventure.


Oh, by the way, did I tell you how much I LOVE Mexico?  Well consider yourself told...I LOVE MEXICO!!!


Happy Scrappin'
Sal

Up, up and away...

...Just when I am on a roll and actually getting technology to work for me and I up and leave again!!!  My 17yr old son and I are off on an epic adventure to Mexico for 2 weeks followed by a whirlwind few days in the United States visiting my sisters and a surprise visit to a long lost friend.


Happy Scrappin'


Until I return...


Sal xox

My Boys part 2...

I just found this in the archives!!!  I thought I had already posted this one....ooooops!


...Dylan is a lot like me in a lot of ways and one of those ways is he LOVES the beach!

These pics were taken on the shore of the Great Salt Lake in Utah and he had a ball playing in the sand.

The border looked a little bland so I added some

small pics in a few places for added interest.

Salt Lake...LH page

Salt Lake...RH page

Salt Lake double LO

Once again I stamped the edges of the pages with a floral border stamp and also used bits and pieces of some left over rub-ons for something a little different.

Until next time...

Happy Scrappin'

Sal

xox

AT LAST!!!

Finally I have managed to sort out all of the dramas connected with the computer break-down.

So much has happened since my last post.

September saw a number of very excited ladies attend the 2nd Annual Scrapville Retreat.  The retreat provided a wonderful  4 days of much needed down-time for me and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute!  I met some lovely ladies AND learnt some new things!  My goal for this year's retreat was to  make all my Christmas cards.  I am very pleased to say that I DID IT!!!  I have NEVER achieved so much at any of the retreats I have ever attended.  I'm pretty proud of myself for that little effort (or not so little effort as I made 50 Christmas cards) 

This picture was taken at retreat by one of my new friends, Laity.  She was amazed that I was prepared to cut off my long, curly 'mane' to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundations World's Greatest Shave.

 

My son took this photo the night before the shave took place.  I hadn't realised how long my hair had actually grown!

And now for the big reveal...

This is the new me after the shave!
When I first registered for World's Greatest Shave I really wanted to raise $5000.00 but thought it was a very unrealistic goal so I reduced it to a much more realistic $3000.00.  I was amazed that with still a month to go before the event I had reached almost $3000 so I amended my goal to $5000 which I still thought was high but almost achievable.  I am very pleased to say that the total amount raised was well over that figure...$5842!!!  What an amazing effort by all those who helped out.


Now we just have to wait for the hair to grow!!!


Sal xox

Technology...who needs it!!!

Bad Blogger award goes to me but this time is TOTALLY not my fault!

Had to send the computer away to get looked at and fingers crossed all is well now!

No pics but will get some soon-ish

xox Sal

My Boys...

...I LOVE my boys!!! Even when they don't co-operate when I want photos!

Not only does Alex close his eyes DELIBERATELY he also manages to make all sorts of weird and wonderful faces as well. Instead of 'filing' such photos in the recycle bin I thought I would scrap some of them for future generations to enjoy!!!

There are a few aspects of this double LO that I was pretty pleased with.

Firstly, I have so many metal embellishments in my stash and yet I hardly ever use them BUT they did get a good workout on this double LO.

Secondly, I struggle to use flowers on my LO's as I don't usually do any girly girl LO's BUT I did manage to stamp a flower image around the edges of this LO without it taking away from the boysy grunge look.

Eyes WIDE Shut...LH Page

RH page

Double LO

Don't you just love teenage boys???

Happy Scrappin'

Sal xox

Big News!!!

Yours Truly is shaving for a cure!!!

Yep you read right!!!

I have taken the plunge and registered for the Leukemia Foundation's World's Greatest Shave.

Keep a track of my progress and sponsor me online. I am currently working on a number of different fundraising events so watch this space to find out more!!!

When: Saturday 8th October

Where: Finley Railway Station Park (behind the main street shops)

What time: Sausage Sizzle from 10:30am

A Shave Auction will take place at 12:00 noon for the opportunity to be the one holding the clippers and doing the shave!

Did you know that 1 in 2 people are diagnosed with cancer?

You will be affected by this disease at some stage in your life...by suffering yourself or watching those you love suffer.

Please get behind me in this great cause and together we CAN make a difference!!!

Cheers,

Sal xox