Five days to go......

There is only five days to go until Olive comes home to stay! Now I have been so excited, and I think everyone around me is soooooo over it. I kind of reminds me of how excited you used to get as a child waiting for Christmas morning. You know it is coming, but it just seems to be taking forever! Now I promise I wont harp on about her too much, but here's a few pics to update you all. She is soooo darn cute! I took her to the vet last week to get her vaccination, and we had a quick 20 min home visit just to play a little bit! I just love her folded ears, such an adorable trait. It's cool though, the vet said she has no problems hearing and it won't ever be a problem in the future. Oh.................five more days...............I'm having a week at home next week with her. It's the least I could do after ripping her away from her Mother and brothers and sisters. I'm hoping to spend the week playing with her, and scrapping, so hopefully I will have a bunch of new layouts to show next week.

Have fun

Mel  xxx

 

What a weekend........

I don't think I have been this socially busy since Christmas, so I am exhausted after this Easter weekend. Friday was spent making hotcross buns and playing games with Lawley's family (love this time with them). Saturday I did work, and it was an extremely bust day, lots of people coming to purchase supplies so they could scrapbook there weekend away (what a way to spend it I might add, i was only slightly jealous). I had a movie night on Saturday night with Emma and Kaylee which was great, I had a fantastic time, but i did end up crawling into bead at around 2 am. Normally this would have been fine, but I had the Family egg hunt at 9:30 in the morning. I have to admit my late night did hamper my hunting skills, and i missed a lot of hidden eggs. (wasn't really much of a problem, I really didn't need them). Sunday afternoon I spent on the river foreshore with my family which was just great, so relaxed, and so nice as I hadn't seen most of them since September last year ( I missed Christmas, so I didn't get to catch up then). So Sunday night I had a massive scrap session with Megan, Jen and Sharon. Awesome time, lots of talking about rubbish, a few sing alongs, much amazing scrap booking and to top it off.....Pizza! What a great night. But I haven't finished........i crawled into bed at 3:30 on Monday morning, exhausted but really happy with my weekend, looking forward to sleeping in on Monday and reading my book. Well I woke up at 9:20 to a few rough shakes. I was asked....are you coming to the picnic today?..........hat the, I had totally forgotten the picnic at Kings Park with Lawley's extended family. So there I am, completely asleep, and needing to be ready in 10 mins. I did it in 20, and were on our way. It was a lovely day, so many people in the park, and it was great until it rained, sending us all scampering for the cars. I was kinda glad, I was so tired, and fell straight into bed as soon as we got home again. So, busy, So much fun, Such a fantastic weekend.

My gorgeous baby cousins....

Moroccan Easter eggs....

Home made Hot Cross Buns....

The egg hunt action.....

The most recent LO of Olive.....

I hope you and your family had a excellent and safe Easter weekend.

Mel

xx

Oh how the time has flown....

Hello everyone, I am still here, still around, just been a little distracted, a little busy, an little sick, and a little bit lazy. Not a good enough reason I hear you all say. Please accept my most humble apologies, and i shan't neglect my blog so disgracefully again (i hope, hehe).

What's news I hear you say..... well the biggest news in my world is that I have decided to get a kitten. Now most of you know that I lost my beloved cat Kassie to tumours just before Christmas, it totally rocked my world, she was my baby to say the least. I had just recently begun to feel the gaping hole in my life, and thought I needed a new friend. So the wonderful Kelsey found me a brand new born batch of kitty's, and I am lucky enough to be the proud new mum to one.

Introducing Olive.....

Now I still have to wait three weeks for her to come home, which is proving to be quite difficult I must say, but i am consoling myself by preparing in great length for her arrival. She already has a basket full of toys, the most sparkly rhinestone collar I could find, a brand spanking new cat run (still under construction), and the cutest little food and water bowls ever made. Anybody got any suggestions on how i can further distract myself to make the next few weeks fly by????

Also, I have been hard at work for Julie Van Oosten of Collections Elements. I had the great privilege of creating some layouts using her new  release chipboard shapes to be show cased at SIA just this last week. What an incredible release, I just love it all. I can not simply pin down one favorite item. I just love it all. Here's a look at the layouts i created using this amazing product. 

I have a few others that I will post later in the week ( i have to spread the love, you can't get it all at once). Pop on over to Julies blog, Audrey's blog or Maxine's blog to check out the updates from SIA and see heaps of other amazing creation put together by these talented ladies. All items are available from Scraptivate if you love it and just gotta have it. I am looking forward to my days off from work this week, have the need to create just because, and am sooooo looking forward to it I must say. I have had very little chance in the last week, and really just need a bit of therapy. Well i do believe the sand man is here to pick me up for my date with a mattress, sleep tight, have lovely dreams, and see you all soon.

Love Mel

xx