A Compulsory Holiday

If you have been reading my blog since the beginning you might remember this post from almost 2 years ago..... Well, Rocky is flooding again and this time it is bigger and better than ever!

A few flood facts...

* The last flood didn't even get to 8 metres
* This one is predicted to hit 9.4m by Wednesday with further rises possible
* The highest ever recorded flood was 10.11m back in 1918.

Unfortunately I won't have any pics of this flood as we are now living out of town and due to be cut off from Rockhampton tomorrow sometime - they are expecting us to be cut off for up to 10 days. So we are stocked up on food and Noel has organised to be away from work for the next week or so. The good news is that we should still be able to go on roads south so if we are in dire need we can drive to Gladstone which is an hour away.

On a lighter note.... I have been able to get a bit of time to do some scrapping... and I should have even more time over the next week or so! Here's my entry for the Scrap the Girls challenge this month - I used the colours blue and orange.


And a couple of art journal pages...

I absolutely love this first one... I used watercolour crayons and Prismacolour pencils over the stamped background - that script stamp is my absolute favourite but I don't even own it... Thanks Jo for letting me use it!

Also used my watercolour crayons on this next one to colour in the stars and hearts... and also the chipboard letter for "relax".


Hope you all have a great New Years! We're not doing anything special... I don't think I'll even stay up till midnight. I'm such a party pooper!

See you all next year!!

Christmas at our place

For some reason, it just doesn't feel like Christmas this year. Last year we were lucky enough to be able to have all of both sides of the family together whereas this year we seem to be scattered. None of my family will be here for Christmas - my brother has been and gone, my Dad is coming up after Christmas and my Mum is working over Chrissy so we don't get to see her at all. But we do get to spend time with Noel's parents and his youngest brother. The thing I'm most looking forward to is seeing Jenna's face in the morning when she sees her presents... including the new swing set which will (hopefully) be up in the backyard. It might be a late night for Santa and his helpers... LOL.

Here's a few pics of what we have been up to:

For the first time we put up a wreath on the front door this year.... got a plain one and then decorated it ourselves.


I was inspired by this very talented lady to make some gingerbread cookies this year... they just look so cute...

Mine turned out very different....

Really must get a bit more practice and maybe some better tools.... my piping bag was a freezer bag with the corner cut off... not very precise. The main thing is that we had fun making them... and Jenna had fun eating the icing!

Trifle is a big Christmas tradition in my family.... it's just not Christmas without it! However my in-laws really don't eat it and it's not possible to make a a small one so we decided to make it while my brother was here so he could help eat it.


It never looks all that good but gee it tastes great!

And last up, we tried to get a quick family photo but it really didn't turn out well.... and this was one of the better pics! I just love the look on Amani's face.


Hope you all have a great Christmas!!

What do you do?

What do you do when you get a skirt for Christmas that's two sizes to big for you?? Wear it as a poncho of course!!




So cute!

Want to play along?

I'm going to do this next year....

How about you??

On a roll....

Today I actually managed to get some time to scrap and finish two things... the backgrounds were already done so I just had to add some extra bits and Voila! Jenna was in there scrapping with me... she likes to pile stuff on top of each other.

The first is for this month's 123 Challenge.... The challenge was to use pink, tissue paper and the word "Oh".


This next one was started at a Hen's night I went to a while ago... there's so much on there I don't even know if I can remember what I used..... watercolour crayons, ink, chalk pastel, gesso and various other things.


Thanks for stopping by!

4 weeks in...

I've now been back at the gym for 4 weeks and I'm starting to feel so much better again.... I've managed to lose about 2.5 kilos and I'm definitely getting fitter - today I was on the treadmill for 30 minutes and managed to go 3.28km! Yay... getting closer to my goal of 4km in 30 minutes.

Another exciting thing is that Amani is now 12 weeks old.... She's getting so much bigger and is now reaching for things and looks at her hands with amazement because she can control them. She's on the move already too... when she's lying on her back she can scoot herself along with her feet... not that she goes all that far but it's a start!

Here's the only layout that I've managed to complete lately...


And here's a few art journal pages for you!




And last up, a picture of my girls.... I still can't get over how much they look alike!