Just a random list of 100 things

found this over at Lisa’s blog & thought I’d share with u all 🙂

I have bolded those I have done. Comments in italics

1. Started your own blog. um yeah I have four or five
2. Slept under the stars. went camping a few times & ended up sleeping on the beach under the stars
3. Played in a band. played in the school concert band
4. Visited The Great Barrier Reef. loved it & want to go back there now I’m older
5. Stood under the stars in the outback, the real outback – think Uluru.
6. Given more than you can afford to charity.
7. Been to the Gold Coast’s theme parks – anyone, you take your pick. Movie World, DreamWorld & Sea World
8. Climbed a mountain. Have climbed a few different mountains when I used to go bush walking
9. Held a praying mantis.
10. Sung a solo.
11. Bungee jumped, jumped out of plane, been paragliding or hang-gliding, hot air ballooning – you get
the idea, you’ve been hundreds of metres about earth in a seemingly flimsy contraption.
12. Visited Melbourne. Lived (in 1988) and visited numerous times.
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea.
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch. Scrapbooking, drawing, cross stitch
15. Had a child. Raised a child. Worked with children.
16. Had food poisoning.
17. Been to the Snowy Mountains.
18. Grown your own vegetables.
19. Visited the Brett Whitely studio in Surry Hills, Sydney.
20. Slept on an overnight train or bus.
21. Had a pillow fight.
22. Been backpacking.
23. Taken a mental health day.
24. Been buried in sand with just your head and toes sticking out.
25. Held a possum, kangaroo or koala – or any other native Australian animal.
26. Gone skinny dipping. & then got sunburnt all over (ouch) but ended up with a wicked full body tan
27. Been in a fun run.
28. Been on the Blue Mountains cableway.
29. Seen a total eclipse.
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset. Actually managed to see both in the same day one
31. Played, or watched, summer cricket.
32. Sailed, kayaked or canoed our beautiful waterways.
33. Seen the Daintree.
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors.
35. Visited an Aboriginal settlement or mission.
36. Learned a new language.
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied.
38. Toured the Sydney Opera House.
39. Tried rock climbing (indoor or outdoor), abseiling or just simple bush walking. I’ve abseiled & been bush walking
40. Visit Queensland’s Gallery of Modern Art.
41. Been to the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
42. Sunbaked at Bondi. been to Bondi but it was cloudy
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant.
44. Visited Broome.
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight. no but I might have to talk hubby into this 😉
46. Been transported in an ambulance.
47. Had your portrait painted.
48. Gone fishing.
49. Seen Tasmania’s old growth forests. Would u believe no
50. Been to the top of Q1, on the Gold Coast.
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkelling.
52. Kissed in the rain.
53. Played in the mud.
54. Gone to a drive-in theatre. when I was younger
55. Been in a movie.
56. Driven the Great Ocean Road. yeah but I slept most of the way.
57. Started a business. Yup, I’ve stared two & they’re both still going.
58. Taken a martial arts class.
59. Visited Norfolk Island.
60. Served at a soup kitchen.
61. Sold Girl Guide biscuits.
62. Gone whale watching.
63. Got flowers for no reason.
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma.
65. Gone jet boating.
66. Visited Port Arthur.
67. Bounced a cheque.
68. Flown in a helicopter.
69. Saved a favourite childhood toy.
70. Visited the Australian War Memorial.
71. Eaten Caviar.
72. Pieced a quilt.
73. Stood in Federation Square.
74. Been on the Murray River.
75. Been fired from a job. yeah but it was cause the business closed
76. Travelled, or climbed, over the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
77. Broken a bone.
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle.
79. Seen the Three Sisters at Echo Point, Katoomba.
80. Published a book.
81. Visited St Mary’s Cathedral, in Sydney.
82. Bought a brand new car.
83. Been to Hermannsburg.
84. Had your picture in the newspaper.
85. Read the entire Bible.
86. Visited Parliament House. yup both old & new
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating.
88. Had chickenpox.
89. Saved someone’s life.
90. Sat on a jury.
91. Met someone famous. Adam Brand, Paul McDermott, Miss Vanessa Wagner
92. Joined a book club.
93. Lost a loved one.
94. Saved a pet.
95. Been to the site of the Eureka Stockade.
96. Swum in The Whitsundays.
97. Been involved in a lawsuit.
98. Owned a mobile phone.
99. Been stung by a bee.
100. Read an entire book in one day.

The one where I got a bit red

yup I’m a little sunburnt. fortunately just on the arms. spent the day gardening today. the front yard is starting to look really good. put in two of the new plants we got for Christmas from the in-laws. Removed a tree or two & added a new garden bed for the roses I’ve got in pots. Gotta remember I don’t need to plant everything in pots now – we’re not moving. 🙂

So here’s my pics for today – getting the last of the tree root out

005and what it looks like after planting some new plants006 Still no scrapping yet. Might try & do some 2morrow.

Okies off to do something relaxing. might play the sims 2 for a bit & then get an early night.

Create

I’ve been reading Ali Edwards blog for ages now & love the idea she has of One Little Word. ‘The idea behind the one little word concept is to give yourself something to focus on throughout the year.’

So my word for 2009 is Create.

I want to be more creative. I want to create more. I want to create more scrapbook pages (& maybe complete an album or two). I want to create more cards.

Speaking of creating. I made some orange cupcakes today.

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Happy New Year

Well it’s 2009. Didn’t stay up til midnight (crashed at around 11:30) but was still awake to see in the new year.

Exciting things happening this week with heaps of sales & the grand opening of Roll 2 Create. Hybrid Designs Scrapbooking is undergoing a makeover & I’m looking forward to seeing the new look. Mystical Scrapbooks is back up & running after some nasty Christmas gremlins in the forum & gallery. And the January challenges are slowly going up.

Speaking of challenges, I’m taking part in the Scrapbook Graphics Project 365. I’m gonna try and do the photo a day but I feel it may end up being a photo a week (therefore Project 52)

So here’s my pic for January 1.

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Playing with the macro on my camera.

Just because…..

Just a quick post this morning with a Christmas meme (feel free to steal & put on ur blog with ur own answers – I got it from Lizzie’s blog)

Welcome to the Christmas edition of getting to know your friends.

Wrapping paper or gift bags?
Wrapping paper but if the present is a weird shape (or a plant) it goes in a gift bag.

Real tree or Artificial?
Artificial only cause real ones give me hay fever, which sucks cause I love the smell of real trees. The kitties would have a ball in a real tree too I bet.

When do you put up the tree?
Usually on 1st Dec

When do you take the tree down?
Usually on 1st January

Do you like eggnog?
Not really

Favourite gift received as a child?
the dolls house my dad built me. I’ve still got it too.

Hardest person to buy for?
My dad, My FIL & my brother.

Easiest person to buy for?
Any of the rellies who does scrapbooking LOL

Do you have a nativity scene?
nope

Mail or email Christmas cards?
Mail to the locals, email to overseas.

Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
Honestly can’t think of one

Favourite Christmas Movie?
Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas

When do you start shopping for Christmas?
Um usually the fortnight before Christmas. Every year I promise myself I’ll buy before then but it never happens.

Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
yeah

Favourite thing about Christmas?
Turkey, prawns, choc truffles… the food LOL

Lights on the tree?
Yes

Favourite Christmas song?
Ate too much at Christmas by The Sunny Cowgirls (check them out they rock!)

Travel at Christmas or stay home?
Travel as far as mum & dad’s (bout 15 mins lol)

Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer’s?
Rudolph, Dasher, Donner, Blitzen, um that’s all I can think of (without the help of Google lol)

Angel on the tree top or a star?
ATM it’s a star

Open the presents Christmas Eve or morning?
Christmas morning

Most annoying thing about this time of the year?
The crowds when you go shopping

Favourite ornament theme or colour?
I love anything silver or purple.

Favourite Thing for Christmas dinner?
Turkey & cranberry sauce

What do you want for Christmas this year?
More cards for my Slice

Snow Christmas morning?
Hmm I wish. but unless we get snow in summer… no

Brrrrr it’s cold

Went out to grab some wood this morning cause it was cold enough to need the fire lit & decided to grab some snaps to share with u all. (check out the fog)

yeah I hate spiders but I love the way spider webs look covered in dew.

Now got a little challenge for ya. The first person to guess what this pic is of will get a little something from me 🙂 I’ll take guesses up until Monday evening (9th June) when I’ll post the winner & what it is.

(If you didn’t guess it – it’s the flower bud of an Aloe Vera)

Ok enough for now. I’m off to scrap!

Rock Your Blog

Do you think you are happy with your life right now? Blog about the great things in your life or what you would like to change.

I think I am fairly happy. I have a great husband, a job & a roof over our heads. I’m free t support whatever AFL team I like. I can be whichever religion I choose. I can spend all my spare time scrapping in my scrap room (if I want to lol)

I honestly can say I don’t think I’d change much in my life right now. I mean more money would be helpful. A little more help around the house would be awesome but apart from that I’m happy 🙂

& now for your veiwing pleasure

(hehe this is too cure & reminds me of Mystra when she was a kitten)

OMG

I won a $10 GC at Mystical Scrapbooks for the Rock Your blog challenge.

How cool is that!! Just had to share 😉

Cricket’s on so I might go do some scrapping. Last game of cricket (I think) that will interupt work until the end of the year. Can’t think of any other sporty stuff that will b on during the day.

Speaking of sport how disappointing was the loss on Saturday by the Hawks (not really if you’re a Crows supporter lol). Ah well, made it further in the NAB Cup than I thought we would. Looks like Muston is out with a knee injury, poor bugger’s only in his early 20s too. J got his membership stuff today. I heart the new supporter scarf hopefully mine will turn up soon. We’re up to 27,675 members (as of 27 Feb) but enough footy. Hope you’re all having a great day