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Wow this is the last round up for 2010! What an amazing year 2010 has been. I’m going to do a year in review post tomorrow

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

What books and/or magazines did I read this month? That’s What I’m talking about by Shane Crawford (yeah still reading this – don’t get much reading done at the moment)

What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
TV – Law & Order, Bones, NCIS, Glee (I’ve become such a fan of this show), Band of Brothers
Movies – TRON Legacy, The Mummy 3,

What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? Christmas day festivities.

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
Gave – chocolates, homemade goodies, Blu-Ray discs, toys.
Received – a new Pandora charm, stuff for our new kitchen, a Jamie Oliver cookbook, a chicken cookbook (we eat lots of chicken), lots of chocolate, a GC for one of my LSS.

What special or unusual purchases did I make? More Christmas shopping.

What illnesses or health concerns did I have? We all had a bit of the summer head cold, hubby & bub were the worst.

What were my accomplishments this month? getting all the presents bought before Christmas.

What were my disappointments this month? Not keeping up with JYC. Certain deliveries not arriving in time for Christmas (means late Xmas pressies)

How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals) Still journaling. Still taking lots of pics.

Anything else noteworthy to include? Had a wonderful Christmas day. Mum hasn’t been well. Miss K now has 4 teeth and more on the way. The UPS on my computer has died.

Tasks to do

1. Back up all digital pictures. Format memory cards. Sort all December photos into 2010 folder. Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD.
2. Backup any other documents or files as needed. DONE
3. Backup my blogs.
4. Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.  DONE

Goals for January
Journal every day. Note to self – Print out LYM 2011 logbook
Take more photos
Finish off Journal Your Christmas album
Try to get at least one day with mum scrapping
Work more on my art journal – enrolled in 2011 Art Journal Caravan & plan on keeping up this time.

Well Christmas has come & gone again for another year. We had an awesome time. Miss K was well & truely spoilt. The day was spent with family & a good time was had by all (except mum who hasn’t been well). Boxing Day was a quiet affair with the inlaws coming over for lunch.

I’ve been slowly working on my JYC album. I’ve got most of the base pages done & just need to add some photos. I’m hoping to get all caught up so I can share them with you soon.

In other news I’ve signed up for the Art Journal Caravan for 2011. I really want to do more art journalling next year.

Can you believe 2010 is nearly over? Where has the year gone?

Ok the little one is back up & I’m off to cook tea.
Until later….

Oops I nearly forgot I had signed up for this class. Bad me lol

Anyways, I’ve actually caught up (go me) so I thought I’d share what I’ve created so far

My Art Journal cover, created using the freebies from Jessica (plus a flower from my stash). I’ve finally got around to creating a cover for my Urban Lily Life journal I won ages ago. So that’s the start of my art journal (which we’ll be using a bit in this class)

This is my dedication page (again using the freebies from Jessica).

The text reads:

“To reveal what existed only in mind and heart,
To soar on creative wings, fulfil my goal
To bring to life and light what never was
Through my art to wake and stir my soul”

Looking forward to the rest of this class now

Today also is the last day of November. I’ve managed to do another month of daily blogging. I’m hoping to blog a lot more regularly now. Look for a couple more themed daily posts and a new look soon.

On another note – I’m starting to create some digi goods again. I’ll be opening up my new blog in the new year. THis blog will stay as is but anything related to digital scrapbooking (well my designs) will go over there

Now off to enjoy a little Bones & a hot chocolate (yay bub is asleep)

Wow November is nearly over already. Seriously that has flown by!

A quick post today to let you know bout a comp over at Shimelle’s – a chance to win a spot in the Journal Your Christmas class for you and a friend. All the details are on Shimelle’s blog.

so on my wish list today is Sure Cuts a Lot

I’ve got my MILs Cricut at the mo and would love to be able to cut some of the SVG files I’ve been collecting.

What’s on your wish list today

This week I’m looking at Momento

Site: http://www.momentoapp.com/
About: With Momento in your pocket you can write your diary ‘on the go’, capturing moments whenever you find the time. A beautiful interface coupled with powerful tagging, makes it quick and easy to write about your day and browse moments from your past.
Get it here
Cost: $US1.99 (for a limited time)

What I think: This year I’ve started journaling everyday, thanks in part to Log Your Memory. I don’t always have time to sit down & journal in my Logbook but with Momento I can journal anywhere (usually in bed before I go to sleep).
I like: the ability to journal everywhere, tagging posts, attaching pics. Being able to attach to online accounts (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr etc.)
What I’d like to see: honestly they have thought of pretty much everything I need for journaling at the moment
What I don’t like: haven’t found anything yet

Kinda enjoying shopping for Xmas pressies this year.

Hubby is getting this

and this

Miss K has bought us a Blu-ray player & a water purifier.

I’m getting this

and some scrappy goodies

Hubby and I are also getting one of these each.

Miss K is getting a bit spoiled (big surprise). Too much to take pics of lol

Now all I need to do is get a little something for hubby that he doesn’t know about

Can u believe it is one month til Christmas? How is your shopping going?

I’m going ok. Buying heaps for Miss K, ordered hubby’s from the US, nearly got the one’s for the grannies done. Still have to organize my parents & the inlaws. Everyone else is getting something handmade. ? pictures will b shared closer to Christmas.

Been busy working on a couple of my websites. Will hopefully have some linkage soon ?

Not much else is happening here at the mo.

OMG what a day yesterday! It was sooo stinkin hot. I actually wore shorts! Scary stuff LOL then it rained overnight and today has been muggy and overcast.

Summer is nearly here *yay* doing a happy dance.

and then there is 30 days til Christmas. You can keep an eye on the countdown over there —>