It's a New Year..

Over at Artistic Document Marie has challenged us to write down a list of things that we would like to accomplish in the year 2010.. I sat down and had a think about this, and this is the list that I have come up with.. I hope that I can achieve this list and too be proud of what I have achieved throughout this year.. So here is the list

In the year 2010 I want to achieve this list, and to be honest in ticking it off.

Family
Manage my time more efficiently.
Be more patient with my children.
Give each of my children some individual time.
Spend more quality time with my husband.
Have more family outings.

Scrapbooking
This will possibly be the hardest thing for me; I really need to use the things in my stash and not to keep buying new stuff.
To complete 150+ Layouts for the year.
To complete many of the OTP items that are in my stash, before purchasing new ones.
To complete all the Challenges @ Artistic Document
As I have subscribed to WOIN monthly vintage kit, I need to use it and to upload into their gallery.
My blog is neglected, and as I am going to be scrapping more often, I will need to update it on a regular basis.
To learn new scrapbooking styles

Me
This is the year that I need to become more in tune with
my body, to be accountable of what I do too it! Especially in exercise and the food that goes into my body.
I must make the time to be more active, more consistent in the exercise regime that I choose to undertake.
Save some cash, so that by the end of the year and I will have the pergola, to unwind in with my family.
Take time out to smell the roses and not to be rushing around all the time.


If I wander away from this list can you please put me back on track..

Matchbox for Marie

Last night at Artistic Document they had their December CC, one of the challenges was to create a matchbox that could hang on a Christmas Tree and then it is to be given to another member.. My matchbox is for Marie, I know that her tree is made up of traditional colours, so I hope she likes what I have created for her.. I now just have to fill it with a few goodies..

Holidays............

Hubby and I took the girls to the Blue Mountains with our good friends "The Prices"..
We stayed in the mountains for five glorious days.. The weather was totally amazing as was the scenery.On the first day we all went for a walk as a group, but it was decided that the girls could take the kids for the rest of the the walk as there was many stairs. The walk was only meant to take 45 minutes. We did the walk and then we kept going.. By god there was soooooo many stairs, when we got to the top there was no sign posts as to where we were meant to go so we headed out and down the road and up and down gigantic hills..We walked for ages, when we came along some locals, they pointed us in to the right direction. They said that a lot of walkers got lost. We walked for another hour and we were still getting nowhere. So we asked another local how to get to where we needed to be. We were off again, by this time the kids were whinging as they where hot, tired and hungry. After another 30 minutes we found our holiday house.. The men thought it was a great joke. We spent our time doing lots of bush walks.. The kids had so much fun at the scenic park.. They had so much fun on the vertical train. they road it 22 times.. The attendants told to sit backwards, even us parents were coaxed into giving it a go.. Gee it hurt your neck.
The kids had a great time..I couldn't find any scrapbooking shops in the local area, so my hubby drove me into Penrith and we spent a little time and cash at shop called "scrapbook superstore'.. It wasn't too bad I spent $116.00 there.. It was nowhere as good as Camelot that I visited last year in SA.






On the Saturday we headed off to Sydney.. I totally fell in love with Sydney. The people in this town were so friendly and helpful. We went tot the Taronga zoo, it was unreal.. The girls got to feed and pat some of the animals. I also took a picture of my kids {there were 5 monkeys sitting around, just like my 5 kids Heeee}
Nifty and the girls climbed the Sydney Harbor bridge on the Monday, they all said it was totally awesome. Whilst they were on the bridge,the little girls and I went on a bus tour of the city. We had such a great day, we all met up for lunch and then we hopped on a ferry and went across to Manly. I bought an Aboriginal painting, I totally love their paintings.

grandfinal win

What a year it has been for a 12 year old playing netball. My daughter Jacana played in her teams grand final on Saturday at Learmonth and they won 15-10. They played Skipton, they are a real nice bunch of girls. The team Jacana plays in {Natte Bealiba}were undefeated, which is a great result for these girls. these girls have been playing together for 4 years. It was not so long a go that they couldn't even shot a goal. I t took them 2 years to win a game. here are some pics from the day and the celebrations that night. Now I just have to scrap them.

New Family Pic

Here is our new family picture as you see everyone is smiling.

My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com>

Matchbox Swap

This a matchbox that I have made for Judy,for a swap over at Artistic Document. The criteria for this swap was to decorate a match box and put a leading lady on it.. I love Audrey Hepburn so I chose her to decorate my matchbox. I hope Judy likes what I have created for her. Inside it is full of little goodies that I have gotten from my over flowing stash..

A productive day today

Today I have played catch up with my scrapbooking. I have finally caught up on my A-Z album. I completed C-E.I also finished my twinchies for a swap at Artistic Document, these are a lot of fun. A couple of months a go we had to make 100 inchies in a particular colour I did 100 red ones and I also did 50 green ones. Now I have to clean up all the mess, and I have a big mess. I am not the cleanest scrapper!