Nooooooooooo!!!

Urgghhhhhhh it snowed.This is the earliest I have seen snow settled on the ground in the 9 years I've been here and I really hope it's not a sign of things to come this winter. Of course I was outside taken photo's at 7.30 this morning while the boys waited for the bus !

Yes,already downloaded,that's because I've been awake since 3 this morning with the howling winds ! another ones here,as really I can't image I will get anything else that sums up today !

October #4 and November #1 Sketches

I was so busy last week I realised I never posted the sketch for last week,so it's here along with


this weeks sketch below....you can also check it out here.

A photo a day for October.

Well I've been keeping up with my photo a day challenge and posting them every couple of days here. Last night I couldn't sleep despite being incredibly tired so I created a couple of mosaics using blocks of 9 but settled on blocks of 16.

All of my photographs so far have been portrait so these are cropped tighter but it's still fun to see them all together.Only 6 days remaining and I have no idea what I am going to take today as it's chucking it down out side.

Where?

Where did this week go ? I remember Monday and now it's Friday ?!

My Mum went home last night and I'm sure this visit wasn't her most relaxing one but at least she had nice weather !

My kitchen units were fitted Wednesday,I'm missing a side panel for my tall unit and all the top moulding,so at least 2/3 weeks before that gets finished.Waiting for the worktop people to come measure up the work surface area,again another 3 weeks for that to be fitted.There have been a few little problems,units fitting closer to window/door frames than anticipated,so we will have to change those.......all that priming and painting gone to waste but nothing else for it.

I'm still washing up in the bath and cooking on the BBQ but I have at least moved everything out of my dining room,which now feels massive and of course with nearly everything back in the kitchen that feels much smaller !

I have still been taking my pictures and have updated here and will add 2 more later tonight.

So busy....

I'm not sure leaving the plumbing until the weekend before the installation was the best idea because it's not going as well as it should but I am trying to stay calm,it will be OK,it will be OK !

So while the plumbing part of the team has gone back yet again to Home Depot I've snuck on the computer to update my photo's here.

Later.........

The room that started it all.

So the story goes we thought we needed to practise our renovating skills on something smaller before we tackled the kitchen,so we went with our family bathroom,which I've hated with a passion since we moved in. Mmmmmm,blood sweat and tears were poured over this room !

My bathroom is long and thin and dark and it's still waiting for a blind to be made and a new ceiling light which I can't find(I'm too fussy apparently)but it all worked out in the end,totally over budget and took twice as long as expected but we did it.

Goodbye ugly vanity unit which was really kitchen cabinets and hello lovely stone tile instead of nasty grey vinyl.................the only thing is the boys use this bathroom and I don't think they care one way or the other !

My photo a day page.

On the forum there was talk about how we'll scrap our photo a day photos and I am going to do something similar to the page below I did for May last year.............

I think I'll rotate the sketch or change it a little somehow but I'll pick my favourite photo and enlarge it.This has to be my favourite double page I've done,not that I've done many !!

October Sketch #3

Here's this weeks sketch over at Scrapbook Centrale,no time to do this one myself though.

I'm here but........

....I'm busy,still working on the kitchen and with Mum here my computer time is a lot less than normal.

I'm missing scrapping like crazy,a combination of not enough time and the fact all my stuff is in boxes still,although the washer and dryer went back in this weekend and my desk.My old kitchen shelves went up in my space but I dare not put everything else back as I'm scared it will all get covered in dust while work still goes on.
I'll check in when I can but I did have time to update my photo's here......

A page and I'm still busy.........

My Mum arrived on Tuesday evening so I've been busy with her in between working on the kitchen.The floor is down and grouted(ouch my back and knees !) and today the top coat on the windows went on.I've been without the sink and my washer and dryer for a week but Saturday they should go back in until the 22nd which is the big day and I can not wait.

Above is my page based on this weeks sketch,my best mates cute little bundle of joy,just had to scrap that photo.

I've had 3 requests for pages over the last 2 weeks which has been rather nice and will top up my scrap fund for all those purchases I really don't need :)

I've still been taking my daily photo and just updated here.

12 years ago today.....

........10 days late this boy came in my life and I remember holding that little 5lbs 14oz baby and hoping like hell that nobody would leave me alone with him because I had no idea what to do with this tiny baby!! 12 years on we're doing fine,he's a wonderful,friendly,confident,polite,happy boy who could talk your ear off ! and who was over the moon at getting books for his birthday( and a fair amount of cold hard cash !).

I think he's 8 months old here and I had these on the computer as I plan on using them on a page.Time flies....



Added photo's here from the weekend.

October #2 Sketch

Here's my sketch this week over at Scrapbook Centrale,I did a page for this at my cottage weekend so I'll post it later this week.

October DT

Here are my DT projects this month for Scrapbook Centrale using the really fun Moda Bella line from American Crafts . When I first saw this kit I was a little scared and wondered what the heck I was going to do with it but I actually really enjoyed making these pages.

He didn't care his popsicle was pink he was just too happy to have passed white level swimming !!

I have journaling about being married 10 years(later this month)but no way it was going to fit on here so I'll do another page.

I did an extra page this month,I had the scallop circles ready for a card and then had an idea,it wasn't exactly how this one turned out but you can't win them all !

Lastly 2 cards using the thicker accents as i hadn't managed to put them on any pages.

Just took my photo for today and hopefully I'll have time to upload it here later this afternoon.

Busy doing laundry before I lose use the use of my washer/dryer for another 5 days !

Another blog

So I made another blog for my photo a day pictures,it's here.Hopefully I'll use it after the month is up to post other photo's and stuff,hopefully being the key word !

It's Friday and my walls are painted the skanky old floor is up and gone and we are all set to tile tomorrow.I actually have the installation date of the 22nd a day before my Mum leaves,so lots of time to get the little bits and pieces done,like the top coat on the woodwork,phew I won't be scrambling at the last minute and getting all stress out although looks like we'll be forfeiting the traditional Thanksgiving dinner this year,Oh well maybe I'll enjoy my turkey more for Christmas dinner.

I don't like to post without a photo so here's one of my photo's from my photo a day last year,this was February 5th 2007......................some heat on a cold day.

A photo a day

So Nathalie set a challenge of taking a photo a day for the month of October over at Scrapbook Centrale.I'm joining in and will post the photo's here.I did this last year as a photo a day and used it as a way of getting to know my camera and shooting in manual only.I think I averaged about 25 photo's a month and I'd link them here but when my computer crashed,I lost my original log in details to Flickr where they all were,oh well !

Off to paint.........

Behind schedule.......

Well due to the havoc that the tiles have caused we are behind schedule with the kitchen so I will be working my arse off this week painting like a mad woman because the floor has to go down this weekend.I got one coat on the ceiling this morning and after I've eaten something I can get another coat on.

Luckily a friend came over Saturday to help drink beer,sorry rip out this side of the kitchen and also helped us install new Sheetrock or whatever the stuff is called because it's called plasterboard from where I'm from !! As the tiles this side were glued on even better than the other and there was no way they were coming off without bringing the wall with it.

So above was my kitchen Saturday and below is my kitchen this morning.My lovely husband re plumbed in the sink on a makeshift stand because I really couldn't handle washing up in the bath for the next 3 weeks.Those wood window frames are taking more coats of primer than I thought but primer is my new friend and they will look so much nicer white than before.

No rest for the wicked so back to it........

October sketch #1

Here's this weeks sketch over at Scrapbook Centrale.I've only had time to do one sketch myself this month and it wasn't this one !!

Back later with a kitchen update.......

A page and stuff.

So here's my page I made with this weeks sketch,we only made 1 visit this summer to the sprinkler park.........how sad is that ? and it is sad because my kids love it and we have 2 to choose from.
I got home today to find this on my doorstep,completely forgotten about it.I think this magazine is really great for what is essentially a free magazine(you were buying those scrapbook goodies anyway right !)

Ok well back to priming woodwork........

kitchen nightmare #1 !!

I am lost in all the work that needs to be done on the kitchen,we worked so hard last weekend and no doubt this weekend will be the same.My house is chaotic to say the least...........one level with no basement is fine when you don't need to move one entire room into another.Most things went OK last weekend except this ...........

That is what happens if you remove tiles from a wall that have been glued on,yes GLUED,I'll repeat it since it's so bloody stupid,who glues on tiles ?

September Sketch #4

Here's this weeks sketch I posted over at Scrapbook Centrale I'll post my page later this week.

I actually did 6 pages from my 4 sketches this month,not so for next month !