Kerrys spot

Gaining some perspective.....

2011-11-30T18:37:00.000-08:00

I've been doing A LOT of thinking these past few months. And by a lot I mean a bucket load.

I had a very serious health scare in June..I spent a few days in hospital that culminated with needing emergency surgery and blood transfusions. And I dont know ....being faced with your own mortality {and no I'm not being dramatic} puts a new perspective on things.

Lying in the ER, drifting in and out of conciousness I did not make bargains to "be a better mum, friend, person..." that cliche that you hear so often in the movies...I remember being told "your dying love....we need to operate right away to save your life" and my thoughts were "oh"..not that I've ever thought how this should be, but I kind of expected there to be some truth in THAT cliche..you know where your life runs before your eyes, where you bargain with God and whomever will listen for more time...

But not me..all I could come up with {at that point} was "oh". I remember thinking later "I'm not ready yet". All I could think was I havent seen my babies grow up. My youngest isnt even 3 yet....

suffice to say..apparently I wasnt ready to go.

SO I've been thinking. I have this blog, which I created as part of a challenge many moons ago. I rarely vist scrapping forums anymore. I find all the status updates on facebook tend to be repeated on the forums. I've taken to visitng a few other blogs which I love. Some women write so beautifully. A part of me thinks "I want me some of that". But truth be told I'm busy enough as it is. I have 5 young girls and work part time. I also work as a freelance consultant 3 days per month. Add the mystery shopping I do into the mix and I just dont have time for another business? And when you think about it blogging at the larger scale {I'm talking sponsors and all that jazz} really is a business.

Then my insecurity set in. What if I blog and no one likes it. What if no one wants to read it. But, you know..now I have some perspective I'm OK with that too. I am after all writing this blog for me. Kind of an online diary.

So if anyone is reading it {thankyou}.

I would love to set myself a goal to blog weekly. But I'm not. I'm going to set myself a goal to blog. Thats it. Just blog. And technically if it takes me another 6 months then I havent let myself down :P

On a different note I have been scraping lately and my next post I'll share :)

Keep smiling

Kerry xx

Long time no post

2011-04-12T01:38:00.000-07:00

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July already

2010-07-07T02:19:00.000-07:00

Where has the year gone? Zooming though way too quickly I think... and I couldnt even tell you where June went..

I cant even remember if I scrapped anything. it just seems a total blur.

July hasnt been much better.... I am the proud owner of this baby

turning a year older has some advantages ;)

I have now decided I NEED a Donna Hay cookbook- one with yummy deserts to make.

We are in our second week of school holdiays here too - we've had a blast and kept busy for the entire time.
{I think I need a break when they go back to school LOL}

I have some other news, too but thats a separate post ;)

Much Yumminess.....

2010-04-11T06:04:00.000-07:00

How gorgeous are these

Kitty Robot are hosting a giveaway on their blog - feel free to check it out

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_kI4v1NXLkwk/S7rwXi8dAZI/AAAAAAAABQE/t4MrtJkObdA/s1600/BLOGGIVEAWAY.jpg

I love this song right now

2010-04-03T15:03:00.000-07:00

so do my girls...

and the video is magical - reminds me of my childhood...hope you like it too :D

How awesome is this

2010-03-22T23:31:00.000-07:00

And its being given away here http://thepaintbrushgoesspottie.blogspot.com/

{so go on, check it out.....I dare you}

Whats in the Box

2010-03-02T18:34:00.001-08:00

imagine my excitement when this box was sitting on my front doorstep when I got home last week...
It was the Feb Goodies Box from Coles they send one every quarter to the panelists

Its always so exciting to see whats in the box {as you can see from my little "helpers"}
and ta da!

This months contents did not disappoint.....delicious yummy scrummy goodies that the family enjoyed...

pretty sweet hey?

Firsts

2010-02-02T16:28:00.000-08:00

thats what this week is full of in my house. Emily and Alyssa started back at school.

Holly started Prep

and got straight into writing her alphabet

and Tegan started swimming lessons.

She was so excited...I could barely get her to look at me :D

Holly has Wednesdays of school for the first few weeks...and I want to take advantage of that to do things with just us {well Tegan and tayla will be there too} They're going to be "holly days" lol.....this week was the Princess and the Frog movie....next week - perhaps the pools?

Scrappy Goodness

2010-01-19T15:07:00.000-08:00

I've got a few LO's to share this time..........it seems the mojo fairy came my way

The first is a LO I did last year - but I really love it. It was for a challenge at Bons scraps. Bons monthly CC is on now pop in and check out the challenges
...just follow the link in my side bar

This one is for a challenge over at Mystical. I had to use song words in my title. The ultrasound is from pregnancy number 2, back in 2002 I really wanted to do something different scrappy wise - quite happy with how it turned out :D

I cant believe my baby girl is 9...where does it go?

And lastly, a tribute to PA....I had to scrap this photo - I find it really poignant...

Big News!

2010-01-14T20:09:00.000-08:00

well I'm {kind of} excited about this...

I also feel quite sad at the same time. my baby girl has started walking. She took her first steps December 29th....and I've just uploaded the pics......

not the best - but I captured the moment at least ...

And a HUGE THANKS to everyone who visited me after my last update and left me some love......

A new year

2010-01-10T01:21:00.000-08:00

started a little while ago {well 10 days ago to be exact}....and one of my goals was to not neglect my blog. I hope to aim for at least a monthly post. But we'll see how we go.

So far this month we've been to Mornington beach for a swim, and Tooradin foreshore for a picnic lunch. Along with lot of "little' trips to the park. The kids have been having a blast....

And I've remembered to take my camera :D

The pics arent great - but I'm getting there - practice makes perfect so they say

December Scrap the girls

2009-12-20T16:06:00.000-08:00

Well the silly season certainly is full on at the moment....

I cannot believe I'm so disorganised this year. I havent even finished shopping yet alone wrapped asnything.

I have, however scrapped for the Scrap the Girls December challenge.

The theme this month was Christmas - with Christmas carol Lyrics as the title plus

J - Jewels
O - Orange CS
Y - Yellow on the page as well.

I love this page - I think It might become a christmas gift ;)

2009-11-30T04:56:00.001-08:00

November is flying past.......

2009-11-25T15:07:00.000-08:00

quicker than ever - I really dont feel like I get time to scratch myself nowadays. We are in full concert mode - with the girls dance concert "Snow White" this coming weekend. We have Grandma's and Grandpa's coming from all corners to visit and watch the show. I have been madly sewing costumes for this - and am pretty happy with the outcome...

Obviously, scrapping has had to take a back seat to my sewing. But I have some goodness to share...

This is my sample LO for the Arty Pants CC {November}

and the November Scrap the Girls challenge was to create a LO based on this colour scheme
so I did ;)

And one using Arty Pants November POTM {which was also my bonus challenge for Scrap your Pants off Week 5}

Scrap your Pants off

2009-11-16T00:25:00.000-08:00

WOW - I cannot believe we're into week 5 ofthe comp already.

I'm hosting week 5, and my challenge can be found here:http://artypants.com.au/chat/showthread.php?t=1052

my sample LO:

Arty Pants Cybercrop is on now

2009-11-14T00:02:00.000-08:00

If you fancy a challenge - pop on over.

My challenge for the cybercrop is to create a LO based on this colour scheme

and using the technique "masking"

Hope to see you there ;)

Arty Pants Cybercrop This weekend!

2009-11-10T16:35:00.000-08:00

Random scrapping

2009-10-05T03:04:00.000-07:00

I think I need to update my blog with some sort of regularity.....so i'm going to aim for every 2 weeks...

some recent LO's to share:

Artypants CC this weekend

2009-09-07T05:12:00.001-07:00

a first for me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-06-15T19:25:00.000-07:00

well I cant believe it. I'm so happy and a little nervous at the same time.

I entered the Arty Pants DT comp - I guess I just wanted to put myself "out there" and test the waters ..........

I was excited and delirously happy when I received an email from Jodee asking me to join the team :D

Of course I said yes........so feel free to stop buy and say hello on the forum at http://www.artypants.com.au/

Happy scrapping all :)

Whatcha doin?

2009-05-31T02:55:00.001-07:00

me...heaps..

Emily had her dancing concert this weekend....

I got this

and..................

did these

for the DT comp at Arty Pants......

and got a hamper of goodies from Masterfoods........thankyou muchly.......{which I forgot to take a pic of}......mmm feelin the vibe ;)

and I've got some more goodies but havent taken a pic...so will do that tomorrow and maybe even another post before the weekend......

just too darn slack.......

2009-04-15T05:47:00.000-07:00

to update my blog with any sort of reguarity..

oops!

before Christmas I won a 3 months sub to Wicked Princess kits...which I was wrapped about. The sub didnt start till Feb.. so I thoguht it was time to scrap a couple of LO's from the kit. Lakeside is using the WP March kit, and Tayla using the paper of the month from Bons...

I love them both.......and the gorgeous Bon took both the pics I've scrapped ;0 mwaah...I love them...XX

I just have to share

2009-01-21T04:53:00.000-08:00

Some pics of Tayla Renee..............

November last year the gorgoeus Danni Best of Kipindi photography, and she took some lovely pics... I guess the photo's speak for themselves....

Happy 8th Birthday Emily!

2008-12-28T22:07:00.001-08:00

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2008-12-03T01:35:00.001-08:00

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waiting waiting waiting

2008-10-23T00:40:00.001-07:00

I know I know... I do not update anywhere near as often as I should..

Whats been going on you ask? Everything - and nothing...

Sitting here waiting for this bub to arrive thought I'd update.

I did my very first online class at Bons last week - the very talented Charmane Koch led us through - love the page its one of my Fav's.

Hopefully next update I will have some newborn pics to share!

2008-09-09T16:49:00.000-07:00

hey all.

I've been a very busy bee lately.

Scraptacular, my (kind of) LSS has launched a new comp - "so you think you can scrap".

I'm stoked to make it through the first round. We had to scraplift the very talented DT member Rach's style. my LO is below. So out of my style - and boy Lo to boot. called "about a boy" - its a piccy of a very young Brett..

Love how it came out. Love the Sassafrass Lass robotics PP.s...

Another update

2008-07-20T01:48:00.000-07:00

Hi again :) well this has been an interesting week thats for sure. Car troubles, Kid troubles LOL.

when does it end??

Hopefully next week will be better. The above LO's were done for challenges - number (kinder fun) and sketch (sparkles). I handmade the teddy bear on the LO.

I thought I'd better update with a couple more recent LO's.

Hope you like :)

School Holiday Fun

2008-07-07T01:34:00.000-07:00

Well, the madness has finally stopped. yes, I'm talking about the BONanza over at Bons scraps. I'm very proud of myself, I pumped out an amazing 38 layouts over the 4 week period.

I've included some of my favourites. The first, being "Imagination" - crazy hair day at school. "auskick" a LO of Alyssa at her first Auskick clinic. She was so excited to start {I think the cold weather has put her off a little now though}.

Stacey attended the Hampton park school year 12 formal on the Friday before holidays started. She went with Lee, whom she knwos from cooking classes. I was so excited to take some gorgeous oics {she looked stunning} I could wait to print them the next day at harvey Norman, so I scrapped them that night {before she got home}. I think she thought I was slightly nuts. lol.

We're into the second week of the school holidays. Its not that much fun, especially when there's no money to do anything to entertain the kids. Unfortunately the weather has not held up long enough for a trip to the park either.

I've kept them amused doing craft activities and doing an early spring clean in the house.

Hopefully the end of this week we'll head to Mornington for fish and chips in the park for lunch.

{and a good photo opportunity a well}.

Now that I've remembered I have a blog, I just need to remember to update it. lol.

Bye for now XO.

2008-05-24T23:26:00.000-07:00

Hey guys...Anyone who loves to scrap & chat (dont we all) pop in Monday night (May 26th) from 7.30, Bons monthly Cybercrop is running - heaps of chatter and fun challenges. Hope to "see" you there:)

And while you're there, why not check out

Bon's Scrap BONanza is a comp that will run through bon's scraps forum.

http://www.bonsscraps.com.au

My first one!!

2008-05-24T23:13:00.000-07:00

Wow Hi Guys, this is very exciting. My very first blog - and very first post

isnt it amazing what a little incentive can do??

What to say - well knowing me not much LOL

I'm mum to 5 girls (4 biologically mine).

Stacey Lee (17), Emily Lee-ann (7). Alyssa Louise (5) Holly Rose (3) and Tegan Jade (1)

I work part time for myself, as a free lance consultant.

beside being a very busy mummy my hobby is scrapbooking.

Here are some layouts I've done recently. Giddy up was for a challenge over at Bon's scraps (set by DT Peta Macbeth), and the second is using some of the Bon's monthly kit stock. LOOOVVE the kits, so much in them.