I’ve decided to put some more pressure on myself and participate in J.Kaye’s 2010 Reading Challenge. Not sure how close I will get to 100 because with one 365 days in the year, that’s like a book every three days! But I’ll give it a go…and yes I’m already behind because I only just found out about the challenge! Pity there are no prizes like all inclusive vacations to ... Read More

I’ve always loved to read. I just wish that I had more time to do it! The only time I get a chance to read is when I jump into bed at night and I get to read a few pages before I fall asleep and the books hits me in the head! LOL I just finished reading: A Million Miles in ... Read More

Donald Miller’s A Million Miles In A Thousand Years is a story about one man’s opportunity to edit his life as if he were a character in a movie. After writing a best-selling memoir, Donald went into a funk until he was “rescued” by two movie producers who wanted to make a movie based on his memoir.  When they start creating a fictional Don to make his life sound ... Read More

Credit: kit by Amy Teets; stitched circle by Shabby Princess Technorati Tags: digital scrapbooking,scrapbooking,scrapbook layout ... Read More

It’s been some time since I did any scrapbooking. I originally started doing traditional scrapbooking but I found that I was more of a scrapbook supply collector than a scrapbooker! I didn’t have the space or the time to do it so in the end, I didn’t bother getting my supplies out. Then I discovered digital scrapbooking and found that it suited me fine. No mess. Easy to do. ... Read More

Christmas is coming, people! I’ve been pretty quiet on this front because I’ve been pre-occupied with other family commitments but I have been starting to write my lists, and checking them twice! I’ve put some toys on layby (lay-away) for Giorgia and Annabelle and have already bought some stuff in the last few months that I’ve put away. Giorgia has asked for craft kits – ones where she can ... Read More

I wish I was a Girl Guide when I was a kid. This weekend, Giorgia and I participated in a Mother/Daughter camp. Out of the 11 mums that stayed overnight, there were only 3 of us that were never Guides. The others told us about the fun times they had when they were Guides back in the day. It was quite obvious that the young Guides these days have ... Read More

Some people didn’t turn up to the “Intro to Photoshop” course I showed interest in so I was lucky enough to get in. It’s a TAFE Outreach course which is being held at the community centre at the primary school that Giorgia used to go to, goes for 8 weeks and I’ll get a Statement Of Attainment when the course is finished. When the teacher starting talking about F-stops ... Read More

Bill’s been collecting militaria since even before I was in the picture. A lot of it is stored at one of his friends’ houses and the rest of it has been in and out of storage when we lived in the old house. Once we moved here, and having more room, being able to put it out on display was now an option. But the problem was he didn’t ... Read More

I used to do paper scrap booking. But it was a pain in the butt getting everything out, creating some pages and then putting everything everything away again. So I gave digital scrap booking a go and loved that it was mess free, no packing up and there was an undo button if I made a mistake! But it's been such a long time since I had ... Read More