Oh what a night...

Late December back in 2008.. hahaha really.. love that song!

Anyway, I'm back from the night away, and OMG what fun it was! We got there around 2.30pm and settled into our room. Everyone else started turning up, so we all migrated to one area near the pool and started drinking. I was drinking American Honey, and that stuff is just TOO easy to drink! And it sneaks up on you! I had three drinks and felt just fine.. no affects at all, then all of a sudden I got all giggly and was totally loving the company. There were 9 of us all up, and only 3 were ladies hahaha.. so funny! But it really was a great little get together. Most of us have known each other for over 10 years (if not more!!!!) so it was very easy to get the conversation rolling. One of the wives I haven't seen in quite a few years, but she's so easy going and SO DARN FUNNY that I was in stitches before long. Dinner was soooooo good! For entree I had a Caesar Salad with cajun squid rings on top. I haven't had such beautifully cooked squid in my life! It just melted in your mouth. Then main was a 300g Sirloin steak. That was heavenly. And of course, the conversations that started at dinner, I'm surprised I actually ate anything! Halfway through dinner, I was laughing so hard at this other wifes chatter, that I was hiding my face behind my napkin because I had tears rolling down my face. I'd share the joke, but its a long story, and I think its one of those "You had to be there" moments. So after dinner we sat there having another drink or two and then decided to go 5 minutes up the road to a bar. 4 of us walked up there, and the rest drove in 1 car (OMG I can't believe they drove after drinking!!) So we had a little flutter on the pokies. I (as usually) didn't win anything at all, but one of the girls won $90 on one machine, and the other won $200! Then the boss shouted us two rounds of shooters (Cowboys! won't put in the full name as it may offend some LOL).. SOOOOO good.. I could have drunk those all night. So then we got back to the motel around 10.30pm and by that time I wasn't up for anymore drinking, and Keith and I had to be up early to go do the last of our christmas shopping (which still wasn't completed.. I have to go back to the shops this morning to finish it up.. ughh!).. Breakfast was at 8am and my family can attest for me that I NEVER get a hangover.. well, yesterday morning I wouldn't say I was hungover, but I was feeling quite seedy and bacon and eggs for breakfast just wasn't going down so well.. but I managed to eat it and surprisingly felt much better after. I think it was the fried tomato that did the trick! So then we went shopping and got 95% of it done. I just have to get two more things and I'm all done! Then its wrapping and assembling.. joy oh joy! haha.. Seriously, I'm SO looking forward to christmas morning!!! Keep an eye out here for pics, because I'm not sure I'll update again until after christmas :)

But anyway, that's my novel for now. If I don't update again before christmas day, I hope you ALL have a wonderful day with the ones you love. I know of a few that will be missing their husbands due to deployment, and my heart breaks for them! Keep safe, and I'll be back soon xx

Santa's almost here..

So, 6 more sleeps until Santa. Boy my kids are getting all hyped up about it, and I'm excited for them :D

Not much happening in the scrapping department. It's starting to get a bit too hot to sit at the puter for any great length of time. My computer is in a dead corner of the house that gets no breeze, and when we get 95F+ weather, its AWFUL! I have got a few things done late at night when it has cooled off enough, but I'm just having trouble getting motivated. Bahhh.. oh the joys of summer. Have I told you before that I HATE summer? Ick with a capital I.

Sophie is doing great with her new part time job! She has to work next week on the 26th, 27th and 28th.. the bummer is, the 28th is my birthday, and she works an 8 hour shift that day.. WAHH.. But we might go have dinner at her work and wait around for her to finish :D Plus she'll get good pay for working on the 26th.. a public holiday! She's in heaven earning her own money now! We went shopping last night and she bought herself some new clothes. At first she asked ME if she could use some of her money to buy herself some clothes.. I said "Uhh honey.. that money is yours! You don't need my permission to spend it on something you want!" What a sweetie she is. She got some really nice clothes!

I, just this very minute, was watching my 2yo watching the end of a Spongebob episode.. he's definitely picking things up off the 10yo! He is sitting there, nodding his head to the music and playing air guitar, just like Lachie does hahaha.. omg.. way too cute!

Anyway, I digress! So I went and had a chat with Santa last night and told him what the kids wanted, and so hopefully he will be bringing them everything they want! ;) I have to revisit Santa on sunday just to double check with him about it, and then it will be just sitting back and waiting for the jolly old man on thursday morning!

Tomorrow night is Keiths work christmas party. It's an overnight thing like last year. We get there just after lunch, start drinking and talking until its time for dinner, we go eat, then drink some more, go to sleep, wake up in the morning and get going.. it was heaps of fun last year, so hopefully it will be this year too! There are only going to be two ladies there.. me and another wifey, so should prove interesting! It's only a small company, but still haha.. two women and probably 8 males? What in the world is the conversation going to be like?

That's about it from me for now. I'm not being overly exciting lately, and I'm tired, so not thinking of everything I wanted to write. Have a good one folks!

It's officially Silly Season!

And boy it must have started early for me! I'm back with not one, but TWO more freebies! My good friend Patti (Scrappinmint) and I put our heads together and decided to put together a christmas freebie kit! Two parts with two different names, but with the same colour theme, so all pieces should work in together! Aren't we just rockin??

So here we go! Grab it, use it, and send me links to the layouts you create with these awesome freebies! Seriously, it can't get any better than this :D

Here is my part of the freebie kit.. its called Christmas Joy and comes in 5 downloads to keep the file size down!

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And if you are looking for Patti's freebie, go look here!!!

We hope you enjoy our designs and once again, please don't hesitate to show us what you do with it! :D Cheers!!!!

Finally, i'm back! With a freebie! :D

I know, I know.. I'm a few days later than I promised, but we had a very busy weekend and I just kind of forgot to update with the freebie! I'm here with it now though... but, you'll have to wait a little while I do more updating bwahaha..

So we picked Lachie up on friday afternoon... I searched the bus frantically looking for him and I couldn't see him at all! I started panicking thinking he'd been left behind, or had so much fun that he snuck back off the bus before they left camp haha But finally I saw him amongst all the other kids, and being as short as he is, it wasn't overly easy to find him! LOL I gave him the biggest hug and kiss and then walked back to where Keith was with the little ones. Lachie straight away gave Becky and Hayden big hugs, and then hugged Keith.. and then... he talked... all.the.way.home.. I'm not kidding.. he just didn't stop lol In the end I had to tell him that he didn't have to tell us everything in one go.. that there were plenty of days to talk to us about camp :) So he's back at school again today, and has two weeks left until the end of the school year (Sophie's holidays started last Friday)... it will be nice not to have to take him to and from school every day LOL

Ok, FREEBIE TIME!!! I just love what I came up with, and hope someone else can use it too! It was inspired by all the crazy stormy weather we've been having lately (which I LOVE by the way!), and this was alot of fun! (And thank you Patti for suggesting the umbrella! LOL Yes, another mention! ;))

So without further ado, here it is! Enjoy and please let me know where you post any layouts made with it, so that I can leave you love :D

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