Wow the week is nearly over and so is October! Really enjoying Week in the Life this year – even if I keep forgetting to take photos but (thanks to my notes in Evernote) I have heaps to journal.
Miss A awake for a feed at 6:30
Alarm went off at 7:30, Miss K up a few minutes later.
Shower then breakfast of homemade yoghurt and berry coulis with some fruit.
J dropped Miss K to daycare while I put Miss A down for her morning nap.
Cuppa and update the diary for the next 2 weeks.
Started on my Christmas planning with help from Organised Christmas. would prefer to be using the Organised Housewife Christmas planner (lost my 2013 version when my EHD crashed) cause it’s Australian. Deciding if I’ll reprint the 2013 Elf Planner (link is to the 2014 version).
Morning tea – cuppa & a lamington.
Checked the results for our local council election. Can’t believe how many people don’t vote. Happy with the result for mayor and surprised at the councillors who are out.
Folding the mountain of kids clothes
Lunch – toasted sang & Irn-Bru & a lamington
A quick selfie while feeding Miss A
Picked up Miss K from daycare and headed to town.
Appointment with ENT for Miss K. Yay no grommets and ears & tonsils are clear.
Called into Officeworks to grab something for work (& a little special something for Miss K for being so good at the ENT)
Popped into Mum & Dad’s for a visit and ended up staying for tea – beef stir fry & rice. Miss A had her first swing and loved it
Today was a fairly quiet day as Miss K was at day care. That was until she came home. :/ She gets so hyped and tired and then misbehaves sigh such is the life with kids hey? Anywho onto our day
Awake at 7:30 with the alarm, hit snooze and grabbed another 10 minutes. Can’t remember what time I brought Miss A to bed for a feed.
Checked the weather – looks like cold and rainy.
Finish packing Miss K her lunch – mini egg & bacon pies, some vegie sticks, strawberries, yoghurt a banana and a tuna snack.
Breakfast – coco pops, milk & sliced banana and a hit chocolate
Check emails & social media
Bin day
So it’s spring and we have to light the fire, so wrong
Plan of attack for today while Miss K is at day care & Miss A naps – clean the kitchen
A late shower then chuck on a load of washing then lunch – chicken , cheese & mayo sandwich
Found Miss K’s blue baby book while cleaning the kitchen. I’d put it “somewhere safe” (next to the microwave)
Tea – Thermomix sausage casserole with wedges. Put dishes in dishwasher.
A quick sunset snap, been awhile
Skype with my mum then girls to bed. three times. then Miss K woke Miss A :/
Yet again I’m undertaking a new project. This is one I’ve tried to do in previous years but, honestly lost interest after the first day or two. BUT since the birth of Miss A I really want to document our every day and special moments. Soooo I’m doing Ali Edwards Week in the Life (if you don’t know what Week in the Life is go here and read about it – we’ll wait). I gave this a go last year but did one day and then gave up. This year I am determined not to give up. I’m planning on blogging photos and stories here at the end of each day – helping me be a bit more accountable. Hopefully. Then at the end of the week I’ll create my pages and share them here. I’m not going to try and create my pages each day again. Think that’s one of the reasons I gave up last year.
Anywho, on to today’s photos and stories ……
Today we….
woke at 4am to give Miss A a feed
Thunderstorms woke me & J up. Girls slept through it. That said we all stayed in bed til nearly 10!
Late breakfast, cuppa, check emails and blogs. Gotta love the feral morning hair
Quick shower and then some work before ringing Telstra to get some mobile issues sorted
Miss A went down for a nap. On our bed while the cat slept in the bassinet.
Mum came in for lunch.
Miss K, Miss A, Mum & I went to town for Miss K’s swimming lessons
Trip to Coles where we found Irn Bru!! and Tunnock’s Caramel Wafers (treats from Scotland)
Tea prep then chicken mornay for tea.
Miss A off to sleep for the night while I play a game or two of Bubble Witch 2 (what??)
Quick treat and checking emails then getting Miss A back to sleep.
Surfing the net, doing some blogging and watching Q and A
I applied earlier this month for a Creative Team spot at a new Project Life challenge blog, not thinking I’d get picked. I got home today from a trip to town to check out the Launceston Harvest Market (& a little shopping at Shiploads) to an email offering me a spot on the team! I’m super excited to be part of the team at Life in Details. I’ve also been asked to be CT coordinator too so that could be fun.
What is Life in Details?
We are a challenge blog for those that love all things Project Life. Whether you are just starting out or are a veteran, this challenge blog is for you. Challenges will be posted on the 1st of the month and due the last day of the month. We will also have tutorials and share Project Life inspiration as well
Hmmm well I seemed to have missed posting my June pages and here we are at the end of July!! Where has 2013 gone? Before we know it we’ll be looking at the C word – yup Christmas is not that long away :/
Anywho, back to Project Life. Have you seen all the new goodies Becky has been announcing recently? Lots of gorgeous new products. You can check out the new releases on Becky’s blog. AND if you’re a digi/hybrid scrapper you can now get all the digi Project Life products at Digital Project Life.
These kits are so worth the money (& I do love they are a Tassie site, Kayla is awesome)
now my pages
June (no journaling yet)
July (digi cause I ran out of photo paper – again… never ending when u print ur own photos)
I did promise some of my wedding pages and if you check out my Project Life page you can see a slideshow of my album so far but I’m working on a post to share what I’ve done so far 🙂 When we get some nicer weather I’m hoping to get photos of my other PL albums (from 2009 to 2012) so I can get those slideshows up as well.
I’m lucky enough to be guesting over at Sawyer’s Place. They sell LOTS of gorgeous Washi designs (yes, I’ve joined the addicted masses – I LOVE Washi! – guess when lots of my scrap budget will go lol), the cutest flair and an awesome stuff called Sticky Paper.
I started off not really knowing what I’d create with the Sticky Paper and then after looking at the flair I decided to create a couple of pages. Never used flair before (even though I have a few in my stash) so I wasn’t sure how I’d use them but once I got started… and it’s been so long since I’ve done a traditional page or two.
I think I might be slightly obsessed with Sticky Paper. It makes creating so much easier – just cut & stick. What’s not to love? The flair is gorgeous. It’s not sticky backed so how you attach it is up to you. I used glossy accents on the cards and double sided tape on my layout. Here’s a selection of the other gorgeous flair & Sticky Paper available from Sawyer’s Place
Wow June already. Where have the last five months gone?
I’m pretty happy to say I’ve actually caught up with my 2013 album. AND I’ve managed to photograph it all. All I need to do now is upload it and add the slideshow to my Project Life page.
Making a change to my monthly posts. No linky any more. If you want to share your pages – link me up in the comments.
AC Digitals now have the full Rain edition. If you got Rain as part of the Digi Files you’ll need to get Bi-fold cards, Filler cards and Title cards from memory to complete the set.
Project Life is now available in Australia too! CraftHouse (from New Zealand) have opened CraftHouse Australia. Other stores are stocking PL now too so ask your local scrap shop if they will be stocking it. Becky Higgins has a list of online stores stocking PL and it looks like Spotlight will be stocking PL too. So lots of options now 🙂
