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So what's been happening ...

Again - a long time between posts - sorry about  that but life has been busy.

Mid last week I got a muscle spasm in my back which meant no picking up Benson for a couple of days, some good painkillers and a couple of trips to the physio.  Luckily it all came good in only three days.

Gary has now just about finished all of the work to take the bounce out of the floor at the front of the house.  Luckily for him, wonderful wonderful Steve gave up two of his Saturdays to help out.  A BIG THANKS to Steve.  They both worked so hard and were knackered at the end of the day.

On Sunday morning (very bright and early I might add) we got up and rode into Wollongong to have breakfast.  I think that it is 12km or so basically along the beach.  Great ride going in but I got a bit tired half way home.  You have to remember that this is only my second time on a bike in around 17 years!!!

Sunday afternoon Benson slept for 4.5 hours - must have tired him out with the ride!  When he got up we went out the front to play and got some amazing photos which are the ones featured in this posting.  The light was just sooo perfect.  I can't wait to get these printed so that I can scrap them. 

Talking of scrapping, I have been busy working on stuff for classes for A2S (hello to anyone from A2S having a look at this).  Lots of great class samples are now in the store, including a funky little mini album with the 10 things that I love about Benson.  I have also posted my application for the For Keeps Elite Team - which is very exciting for scrapbookers!  I have also been submitting a number of layouts for submission calls.  I will let you know if I have any success.  What takes up a lot of my scrapbooking time at the moment is the Everyday Moment Competition that is also being run by For Keeps.  Four Layouts a month on top of other commitments is keeping me on my toes.  I am really enjoying the process though - it is stretching me creatively.

Anyway - that is probably it for now.  Not terribly exciting I know, but this is my life.

K

I've been tagged!

I've been tagged by Michelle  - thanks Michelle!

1. If you could build a house anywhere, where would it be? right on a good beach - with no road between the house and the beach - ahhhh absolute luxury.

2.   What’s your favorite article of clothing? Jeans

3.  Favorite physical feature of the opposite sex? forearms and hands

4.  What’s the last CD that you bought? It's been ages since I bought one for myself - I tend to buy from the web now.  But I did buy Benson a Wiggles one!

5. Where’s your favorite place to be? Scrapbooking

6. Where’s your least favorite place to be? Grocery shopping

7. What’s your favorite place to be massaged? shoulders and back

8. Strong in mind or strong in body? Mind

9. What time do you wake up in the morning? anytime betw 7.00-8.00am

10. What is your favorite Kitchen appliance? sandwich toaster

11. What makes you really angry? people who are unkind

12. If you could play an instrument what would it be? guitar (only becuase it is a social kind of instrument)

13. Favorite color? it is a hard decision between pink and green

14. Sports car or SUV? Sports car (but I have a child so that is somewhat unrealistic)

15. Do you believe in an afterlife? Yes

16. Favorite children’s book? Guess how much I love you

17. What’s your favorite season? Spring

18. What is your least favorite household chore? cleaning

19. If you could have one super-power, what would it be? Speed - so I could get everything that I have to get done, done

20. If you have a tattoo what is it? Don't have a tattoo

21. Can you juggle? No

22. The one person from your past that you wish you could go back and talk to? My Gran - she died before I started Scrapbooking and really developed an appreciation for family history

23.  What food do you hate the most? meat that looks like when it was alive (ie baby octopus)

24. What’s in the boot of your car? crap

25. Which do you prefer, sushi or hamburger? hamburger

Sorry about the lack of posts lately - I will try and do one soon.  I have lots of great photos to share.

Before I go - I will tag: Janine and Melissa.

Talk to you soon.

K

Do I have a sign on my head saying "Vomit here"?

I know that this is quite a gross topic, however, I have to ask, is there a sign on my forehead that I can't see which says "Vomit here?".  Maybe it is only a sign that my son can see.

On Monday night, thinking that he is over his gastro bug since he hadn't been sick since Saturday night I gave him a good dinner.  He was starving, so I thought great - he's better.  Gary came home, Benson was winging and clingy but Gary gave him his bath and then was giving him a cuddle on the lounge.  I come into the lounge and Benson puts his arms up for me to pick him up.  Being the good mummy that I am, I pick him up and sit down to give him a cuddle - next thing I am covered in very stinky vomit!  Shoulder to knee.  I also have this amazing nack of being able to catch it all so it doesn't end up on the floor or the couch!

Now I ask you, "WHY ME!" .  Why not Daddy?  It has always been this way - if he is not well, I pick him up and he vomits.  I am sure that if Daddy picked him up there would be no vomit.

Anyway the upside of this story is that once he had purged, Benson was like a new little boy - happy and smiling.  We got the doctor to come out and check him and I think he thought we were crazy - this baby is not sick!  Well I assure you he was.

He is at daycare today for the first time this week as I have to go to Sydney for work.  He seems happy and certainly he had plenty of energy to annoy me while I was trying to work yesterday.

Anyway, now that you have shared my disgusting tale of woe ... I am off to get ready for work.

K

Fathers Day

Please note my keyboard is playing up and my apostrophe is not working and I dont have time to restart this computer if I am going to do a post tonight!

We had an interesting fathers day - in some respects Gary had a great day - he had a sleep in, went for a bike ride and got a chance to take some photos, watched some TV, read a mag - but on the other hand Benson was recovering from a  bought of gastro so we couldnt go anywhere as a family cause Benson slept all day.  He was awake less than six hours! in three 2 hour lots throughout the day.  We had planned to go to the beach and to go for a bike ride but not to be.  .  Luckily Benson's bought seemed to end about midnight last night so I think one day off daycare should see him right as rain.

Tonight he came into my study while I was on the phone and lay down at my feet and tried to go to sleep cuddling my sewing machine foot.  Gary was on hand and got a photo.  Needless to say I got off the phone and him into bed!

Gary and I had booked a baby sitter for Saturday night and Benson was not acting sick on Saturday so we went ahead and unlucky for Hayley she coped the lot!  Hayley is one of Benson's wonderful carers from daycare and she had it all under control.  Admittedly it wasn't a particularly bad bought - it has been raging here in the Gong and Benson's little girlfriend has had it really bad.  It is amazing though how his little belly has shrunk.

Because Benson slept a lot today I got a bit of scrapbooking done - I have finalised two layouts for classes at A2S and on Friday night Cass came over and I got a page done for Scrap-Pile - so a productive weekend for me.

I have included some photos of the little man and some with Gary.

Talk to you all again soon.

K

Exciting News!

well from a scrapbooking perspective anyway.  This week has had some good news but today bought the best news with my appointment to the design team for Scrap-Pile an online scrapbooking store, gallery and forum.  I am very excited about this opportunity and I think that it compliments the existing role that I have at my LSS Addicted 2 Scrappin where I am part of the design team and a teacher.

I can't wait to start creating layouts for Scrap-Pile and to spend time getting to know the other members of the design team and the on-line community better.  To anyone from Scrap-Pile that is reading this entry - a big HELLO!!

I also had a layout accepting into Scrapbook Creations this week - unfortunately For Keeps had already requested it so I had to turn them down.  But hey on the positive side it had already been accepted somewhere else!

I am desperately trying to clean up my office/scrap room so that I can actually work/scrap in it.  It is progrssing and when it is clean I will post some photos.

All the family is well.  Benson is sleeping phenomenally well at the moment - about 13.5 to 14 hours at night and yesterday his afternoon sleep was ... wait for this ... 3.5 hours!  Amazing.  I got heaps done on my study, some washing done, cleaned up around the house a bit.  All good.  He is in bed having his afternoon nap now.  Who knows what it will be today - 45 mins or 3 hours?

We went to the park this morning - I can't beleive how nice the weather is here at the moment.  I will post some photos of the amazing view and fab beaches when I get a chance.

Talk to you all again soon!

K