Monthly roundup – June 2009

well the daily posts didn’t work – I got a stomach bug. anyways here’s my monthly roundup

(Questions sourced from Katie the Scrapbook Lady – check her site out it rocks!)

What books and/or magazines did I read this month? The first three books in the Sookie Stackhouse series (the basis of True Blood). I LOVE this series. Marley & Me (now to watch the movie). Just started reading The Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad

What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month? Loads of NCIS, plenty of AFL. don’t think I’ve watched any movies recently (have a heap of DVDs to catch up on)

What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? Went out for tea with mum, dad, J & gran for mum’s b’day

What gifts did I give and/or receive? Gave mum a Pandora bracelet & some beads for her birthday. Got a couple of new beads for my Pandora

What special or unusual purchases did I make? Mum’s birthday pressie

What illnesses or health concerns did I have? Both hubby & I got a tummy bug. had weird cravings – well not so weird just feel like ice cream, bananas & choc ice magic.

What were my accomplishments this month? nearly finished my TAFE course

What were my disappointments this month? getting sick

Anything else noteworthy to include? The sad news of the death of Michael Jackson & Farrah Fawcett. such a shame & loss to both the music & film industry.

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Still a slack blogger but

I gots to share the love for one of my favourite button sites. Seriously these girls are AWESOME & their buttons are totally rocking.

I can hear you say, get on with it woman, who are you talking about?

KITTYROBOT, of course. These girls rock the handmade sculpey buttons AND their Australian!!

They make buttons (I think I already said that LOL), like these,

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Keyrings,

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Necklaces and so much more. Can you tell the cupcakes & owls are my favs lol

So anyways go check out their Etsy store or their gorgeous blog for  some gorgeous inspiration (& the chance to win a gorgeous RAK)

Normal blogging will resume shortly 😉

What I’ve been up too

Lots really, not much scrapping thou.

We’ve spent the Easter week I had off cleaning out our garage – pics coming soon.

On the scrapping side I’ve got two challenges up at Roll 2 Create atm. The first is my monthly BOM challenge & this month we’re looking at poems or jokes. It’s also my turn to do the Altered Item challenge. I’ll be posting my examples soon (just need to finish them off). so pop on over to Roll 2 Create and join in these challenges and many more!

Speaking of challenges – 1st of May will see a new challenge blog. I’m super excited to be part of this venture. The new DT gals have been put on & we’re scrapping up a storm 🙂 so pop on over to the Roll the Dice challenge blog on May 1 for the first of our challenges.

Okies enough from me for now. I’ll b back in the next day or two with some LOs 🙂

birthday goodness

Couple of days late but u get that 😉

Just thought I’d share some of the goodies I got 4 my bday on Wednesday.

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Flowers from Mum & Dad

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My Slice bag

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Red Kelly sauces & dressings (yummo)

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a shirt

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another shirt

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A Dymo labler

plus a tatts ticket (so I could b rich – haven’t checked it yet lol) & I have 2 more coming (but there were bought OS apparently)

Well that’s all from me today. I’m off to veg in front of a fan until the Roll 2 Create cyber crop tonight. hope to see u there 🙂

Gung Hay Fat Choy/Gong xi fa cai & a happy birthday to me

First, check out this amazing box of goodies from Wendy. I won this amazing RAK on Wendy’s blog. She’s awesome 🙂

heaps of scrappy goodness. I’m so bummed I didn’t get any Hybrid CC LOs done but I have spent the better part of the last 4 days with a migraine. feeling a bit better today (which is good cause it is my birthday). Gonna give a couple of them a go anyways thou. Must get my week 2 LO done & the mini for the Survivor challenge too.

anywhos today was my 31st bday. sooooooo hot and spent 99% of the day vegging in front of the fan. went  to mum & dad’s 4 tea with Gran, Andrew & Elise, Homer & Noreen (& hubby of course). here’s my cake (yum)

okies it’s like 11pm (Well nearly), it’s still stinkin hot & I is tired so I’m off to bed

don’t forget the Roll 2 Create CC this weekend starting Friday. hope to c u there 🙂

36 Rules of Life

Found this over at Holly’s blog while cleaning up my saved bloglines & just thought I’d share 🙂

The 36  Rules of Life:

1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.

2. Don’t worry about what people think, they don’t do it very often.

3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car.

4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.

5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.

6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.

7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.

8. A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person.

9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.

10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.

11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.

12. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.

13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.

14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.

15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.

16. A balanced diet is a muffin in each hand.

17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.

18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.

19. Junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.

20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.

21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.

23. Thou shalt not weigh more than thy refrigerator.

24. Someone who thinks logically provides nice contrast to the real world.

25. It ain’t the jeans that make your butt look fat.

26. If you had to identify in one word, the reason why the human race has not achieved its full potential, that word would be ‘meetings.’

27. There is a very fine line between ‘hobby’ and ‘mental illness.’

28. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with  them.

29. You should not confuse your career with your life.

30. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.

31. Never lick a steak knife.

32. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.

33. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylightsavings time.

34. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she’s pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment

35. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that deep down inside we ALL believe we are good drivers.

36. Your friends love you anyway.

 

Have a great day!