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(The idea & questions for my round up come from Katie the Scrapbook Lady.)

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?

The $21 Challenge by Fiona Lippy & Jackie Gower (thanks to Muddled Up Mumma for this one)
Art Journal Workshop by Traci Bunkers
What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
Tv – lots of sport, Doctor Who 
What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? 
Spent some time with Mum (no scrapbooking though). Took Miss K to first playgroup. 
What gifts did I give and/or receive? 
Bought some stuff for hubby 
What special or unusual purchases did I make? 
Nothing unusual. Bought new glasses. Bought new modem router
What illnesses or health concerns did I have? 
We all got hit by the late winter bug. 
What were my accomplishments this month?
Doing more baking. Finally took Miss K to playgroup 
What were my disappointments this month? 
Still no scrapbooking. House still not getting tidy. 
How did I do on my goals for the month?
Journal every day Check Do some scrapping & art journaling Started a page Exercise at least 3 times a week. Nope Try and keep the house a bit cleaner Still failing Organise at least one scrapping day with mum Didn’t happen
Anything else noteworthy to include?
Did the Census. Starting to get warmer. Mum bought an iPad & has finally got broadband (yay). Caught up with an ex-housemate.

Back up all digital pictures. DONE
Format memory cards. DONE
Sort all August photos into 2011 folder. DONE
Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD. DONE
Backup any other documents or files as needed. DONE
Backup my blogs. DONE
Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.  DONE
Update LYM Logbook from Momento app DONE
Print September pages for LYM Logbook DONE

Goals for September
Journal every day.
Do some scrapping & art journaling
Exercise at least 3 times a week.
Try and keep the house a bit cleaner – start Habit Hacker again (started on the 3rd) 
Organise at least one scrapping day with mum

Well it’s been a busy week here for us so I’m finally getting around to posting a few things.

I’ve got a few new reviews coming up soon, one involves this cute little critter who has joined our household.

I’ve started Learn Something New over at Shimelle (first four days coming up soon)

I made some cards (& forgot to take photos *sigh*)! I haven’t made cards in ages. They were for Father’s Day. So happy Father’s Day to all the Dad’s out there & hugs to the single Mums who can find this time of year hard & hugs to those who have lost their Dad.

Today I celebrated with the special man in my life & our gorgeous daughter (who took great delight in jumping on her Dad in bed this morning before giving him her present) before spending the afternoon with my parents & the in-laws.

(one of my favourite pics. Miss K was only a day old)

I cooked a roast lamb for lunch (thanks Jamie Oliver for this recipe) with piles of roast veg then Mum made a pav with cream and …. banana!! (yeah, we splurged).

Didn’t do much baking this week. Made more Lemon Slice (recipe) cause it was such a hit last week & this mint slice thing (note to self – make mint filling a bit runnier next time).

Ok off to grab myself a drink, some mint slice and back to finish off 2 more blog posts

Well it’s nearly September (OMG where has the year gone!!) and it’s nearly time for Shimelle’s Learn Something New class.

I’m ashamed to say I have NEVER completed one of Shimelle’s classes (I’ve taken a few). I am a huge fan but never seem to keep motivated to keep scrapping. This year I plan to blog each day and then I have a record to scrap later, should I choose.

I do plan on slowly working my way through all the classes I’ve started. That’s the joy of Shimelle’s classes, once you buy them, if they are repeated, you have have access to future version.

Have you ever signed up a class and never finished it? Are you taking part in Shimelle’s class (would love you to say hi)?

I’m taking part in Seven Cherubs Cherish Your Cherubs Project.

The ‘challenge’ for this week is to Record what our cherubs re like right now.

Well Miss K has just hit 18 months (wow that went fast!) and ’chats’ no stop. She’s picked up her mum’s habit of being able to talk under water lol. We’ve been getting lots of new words in the last month but we do have a few favourites.

1. What are your cherubs interests? playing with my iPhone, trying to play on my laptop, pretending to cook, playing with our cats.

2. What do they like? music, cuddles, Talking Tom on my iphone

3. What do they dislike? strangers, sleeping during the day

4. What is their favourite food? eggs, preferably scrambled; pate (has to be chicken); rice

5. What is their favourite game to play? round & round the garden

6. What is their favourite saying? gain (as in again), drink, car

7. What song do they love the most? anything. Miss K LOVES music of any kind and is often found dancing to it if I have the music channel on

8. What is their favourite television show? Doctor Who (yup we have a Who geek at 18 months). Has shown no real interest in any children’s shows. Cries at The Wiggles & Dora

9. What is their favourite book? Where is the Green Sheep. Anything with Hairy Maclary

10. Who is their favourite friend? my Mum at the moment

This month I’m sharing 10 of my favourite scrapping tools right now.

  What’s your favourite tool/s at the moment?

I have been so inspired by these posts by Tina & Liz (two awesome bloggers, you should check them out). They have been inspired by Project Zero – list & do 101 things in 1001 days

So I’m going to try and do 101 things in 1001 days. Starting today. Finishing in 1001 days (so May 4, 2014).

You can keep up to date with how I’m going on my 101 Things page (linked up there under my header)

When I saw Tina of Tina Gray {dot} Me mention a 30 day photo challenge I thought I might join in.

Day 1: Anything; whatever you want. Miss K playing with her new slippers

Day 2: Something that makes you smile. Twitter (I <3 my Twitter buddies)

I most likely won’t share my photos everyday but I’ll be back at the end of the month to share my photos with you. And I’ll be sharing daily on Instagram. Let me know if you are playing along so I can check out ur pics (or follow u on instagram)

(The idea & questions for my round up come from Katie the Scrapbook Lady.)

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?

The Art Journal Workshop by Traci Bunkers
What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
Tv – True Blood, AFL, Q and A 
What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends?
Went & checked out the new stand, change rooms & corporate boxes @ Aurora Stadium
What gifts did I give and/or receive?
Started Xmas shopping for Miss K. Got given some new clothes from mum. Gave Mum a Pandora bead as a late birthday pressie. 
What special or unusual purchases did I make?
Early Xmas presents at Target Toy sale. A new starter motor for the car.
What illnesses or health concerns did I have?
Had post op check up. All is well 😀 Miss K cut her knee open.
What were my accomplishments this month?
Getting some sites finished. Making some new contacts in the PR world. Getting the review part of my blog done. 
What were my disappointments this month?
Not getting any scrapbooking done. Not keeping up with HabitHacker. Planning to start it again on 1 August. 
How did I do on my goals for the month? 
Journal every day Check Do some scrapping & art journaling Did some art journaling Exercise at least 3 times a week. Um nope Try and keep the house a bit cleaner Failing on this again Organise at least one scrapping day with mum Nope
Anything else noteworthy to include?
Had some wild weather, lots of wind.

Back up all digital pictures. DONE
Format memory cards. DONE
Sort all July photos into 2011 folder. DONE
Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD. DONE
Backup any other documents or files as needed. DONE
Backup my blogs. DONE
Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.  DONE
Update LYM Logbook from Momento app
Print August pages for LYM Logbook

Goals for August
Journal every day.
Do some scrapping & art journaling
Exercise at least 3 times a week.
Try and keep the house a bit cleaner – start Habit Hacker again
Organise at least one scrapping day with mum

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