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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? Scrapbooking Memories, Mother & Baby
• What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
  Movies  – The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
  TV – Dr Who, Spartacus – Blood & Sand, Caprica
• What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? Celebrated my Gran’s 90th birthday
• What gifts did I give and/or receive? Received – more stuff for Kara (mainly from my mum)
• What special or unusual purchases did I make? Some more clothes & MCNs for Kara. A couple of apps for our iPhones
• What illnesses or health concerns did I have? Nope, feeling good.
• What were my accomplishments this month?
• What were my disappointments this month? Nothing I can think of right now.
• How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals) Still managing to journal everyday & am up to date with my Project 365 🙂 I’ve done more digital scrapping this month. I’ve been doing lots of planning for Kara’s album and laid out the first page.
• Anything else noteworthy to include? Still enjoying motherhood.

Tasks to do

1. Back up all digital pictures. Format memory cards. Sort all March 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.
3. Backup my blogs.
4. Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.

Goals for April

• Journal every day.
• Take more photos
• Work more on Kara’s album
• Try to get at least one day with mum scrapping

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(The first of a few posts for today)

Well it’s that time of month again – time for my monthly round up.

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

• What books and/or magazines did I read this month? What to Expect During the First Year, Scrapbooking Memories, Mother & Baby
• What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month? 
  Movies  – Inglorious Basterds (sp?)
  TV – Dr Who, Spartacus – Blood & Sand, Caprica
• What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? Celebrated the first birthday of my cousin’s son
• What gifts did I give and/or receive? Received – Lots of gorgeous flowers and bits and pieces for Kara
• What special or unusual purchases did I make? Bought some clothes for Kara. Hubby & I bought an iPhone each.
• What illnesses or health concerns did I have? None
• What were my accomplishments this month? Giving birth to my gorgeous daughter, Kara Rose and only using the happy gas as pain relief.
• What were my disappointments this month? None
• How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals) The nursery was complete just days before I went to hospital. I took a HEAP of photos. I have managed to journal everyday (even if it is is just in a notepad doc & then transferred to my diary at the end of the week.
• Anything else noteworthy to include? Being a mother is awesome. I’m  amazed at the huge number of iPhone apps out there. Kara is the most precious thing ever 🙂

Tasks to do

1. Back up all digital pictures. Format memory cards. Sort all February photos into 2010 folder. Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD. DONE
2. Backup any other documents or files as needed. (doing this today as I need to rebuild my main computer when we get our full version of Windows 7 – still running the RC)
3. Backup my blogs.
4. Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.

Goals for March

• Journal every day.
• Take more photos
• Start scrapping Kara’s album
• Do more scrapbooking

Been away having a baby (Jump on over to my baby blog for all the details & some pics)

Haven’t scrapped for nearly a week – starting to have withdrawals LOL

anywho just thought I’d share this awesome comp going on over at the Prima blog.

How seriously gorgeous is this pack?

Hopefully I’ll be back in the next day or two with some layout shares

Well it’s that time of month again – time for my monthly round up.

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

• What books and/or magazines did I read this month? What to Expect When You’re Expecting
• What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month? Dr Who DVDs
• What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? Went out for a couple of meals due to January being a busy month for birthdays
• What gifts did I give and/or receive? Gave – Dad a Sony DSLR for his 60th. Received – New Mothers Journal, some Hot Milk PJs, a cute little white tiger ornament, some cupcake thingies, a Hawks hat, some clothes for bub, a car seat organiser, a CM album & blank pagesand a lamb PJ bag.
• What special or unusual purchases did I make? Got some prints framed for the nursery.
• What illnesses or health concerns did I have? Swollen ankles
• What were my accomplishments this month? Learning how easy it is to lay floating floorboards.
• What were my disappointments this month? Taking so long to get the nursery done.
• How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals) Didn’t set any goals for January really, except for getting the nursery set up (which is almost done) and getting the office finished.
• Anything else noteworthy to include? The side fence is done.

 

Tasks to do

1. Back up all digital pictures. Format memory cards. Sort all January 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.
3. Backup my blog.
4. Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.

Goals for February (something new I’m starting this month)

• Get the nursery finished before bub is born.
• Take more photos
• Journal every day.

ROFL well it is my birthday

Had a great day. Went to an appointment at the hospital to check all is well with me & bub. Looks like they are happy to let me go to term (or slightly over) so no induction Have another appointment next week. I still can’t believe it’s only 2 weeks away! As always, sub to my baby blog if you want to keep up to date.

Mum & I picked up the Deborah Woods pictures we had framed for the nursery. Will share pictures soon.

Got some awesome pressies

Hubby gave me the New Mother’s Journal. It’s awesome.

Mum & Dad gave me some Hot Milk PJs (OMG I love the Hot Milk range), a cute little white tiger ornament and some cupcake thingies.

The inlaws gave me a Hawks hat, some clothes for bub, a car seat organiser & a CM album & blank pages.

Had a few phone calls from rellies on the mainland as well. Was nice to catch up with them. Have added some more family on Facebook. Gotta love that LOL

Onto other news……..

Not much on the scrapping front to report.

Renovation wise – the new office is done apart from curtains. It’s looking really good. The nursery is almost done, just need to finish patching up some holes & paint over them. then I can set up the cot.

Project 365 is going along ok so far in 2010. I’ve got 26 photos uploaded to my Picasa album here and my layouts for my 2010 album are here. You can always sub to my Project 365 blog to keep up to date

Well it’s nearly 11pm so I guess I should head to bed. Will be pottering around here tomorrow. Still moving stuff to the new office. Will catch up on some housework as well.