Do you digi scrap? and like winning goodies

if you answered yes to either then go check this thread at DST out...

But don't delay...

So where did the week go?

Its the last week of the school holidays here... and what a flat out week its been... you know how some days or weeks just seem to go by without you even realising it well thats what its been like here this week...

The girls had a sleep over at Nana and Bryans Saturday night... so Chris and I went out for dinner (Indian) at Corianders in Rolleston... oooh talk about yummy... if you love Indian food and are anywhere near Rolleston you really do need to try it out... mmmmm yummy...

Have had to organise travel insurance, and foreign exchange this week... should have been a simple maybe half hour job... drat it all it didn't turn out that way... its kinda dragged on a lot which is not great but oh well never the mind... its done now... well mostly!

And we took the girls to Orana Wildlife Park on Tuesday... we have a park pass which means that we can go whenever we want till June next year... well worth the financial outlay to start... we have certainly got our moneys worth and its only July! And the girls love the animals... they have the new baby cheetahs on display now... oh they are so precious... and the baby giraffe (just over a year old now) but we have even seen the difference in its size in the times we have gone to the park... and BOTH girls fed the Giraffes this time... they have set hand feeding times and it is one of Anya's favourite things to do... Dannielle has always been a little reluctant till now... but with Daddy holding onto her and holding her up it wasn't so scary for her this time and she was thrilled to have the giraffe eat from her hand.

So I have had a couple of pages picked out of the galleries recently to feature on the Gallery Standouts Blog... I have to tell you its always a thrill but even more so when its a page you create using your own goodies...

This one made it to the Standouts blog July 11
Uses one of my alphas and other coolio goodies from the amazingly talented Tracy Little
another kiwi girl shining brightly in the digi world




While this one made it July 15
now the story with the but_inz is that I created them espcially for this page
and now you can grab them too over here

but_inz (red) - image is linked



Flamin' Red Alpha - image linked



both are up in the store now... and will be 25% off for 24 hours (from 6pm Australian time) with all the other new releases this week at www.twolittlepixels.com

Yes!

I proved something to myself today... something of which I am really rather pleased about...
nothing spectacularly interesting... unless you happen to be a door!

the girls and I got home from posting a tyre to the North Island only to find our house had decided to lock us out! well kinda ... the handle on the back door decided today was a good day to give up the ghost... but I was not to be defeated!

A screwdriver, a pair of vice grips and a mallet and about 20 mins later the door was dealt with!

so proud was I that I created this...

what do you do if...

the days are grey and the nights are cold???? create a little bit of your own sunshine thats what...




and it seems to have worked some... yesterday was delightfully sunny and warm... heres hoping today is a repeat of yesterday... without the washing of two cars, a house and a garage!

and if the weather is nice well what do you need??? a little more time to make the most of it now don't you... or if you have like me a whole passel of elements with tonnes of space around them and you want some more hard drive space well you go grab yourself this new action from me to trim off all those unnecessary pixels...

A great way to start a morning...

Now I don't confess to being a morning person... anyone who has had the dubious pleasure of being around in the morning before will know that mornings are not my strong point... especially if I haven't had a chance to wake up in my own time ... think gradually

Well this morning I have three little girlies sitting out at the kitchen table making art dolls... no I haven't had another child without telling anyone... we have a borrowed one today... well anyways Miss A had just finished colouring in one of her dollies and needed some help poking holes in it to put brads through... but while she was waiting (very patiently I must add) she laid her doll out on the table...

which is when the penny dropped for me... see I created 4 art doll bodies last night and maybe in the blur of the headache I have had for the last few days I put them together Wrong! Well wrong in the sense that the way I did it was not the logical way to do it...

Don't you just love it when a 7 year old points out the obvious to you... without even knowing she was doing it! gotta laugh even though it starts a coughing fit which ends with you struggling to gain any kind of composure...

One of my little bright spots

created using my new True Colours kit...

most certainly a little bright spot on a cloudy day... or a rainy one for that matter... and this little bright spot and her Daddy have just taken the Daimler on a classic car run... ooops Mummy was having a brain fart yesterday when she arranged a play day for the other bright spot ... drat and blast... it means we are all going in different directions again...

and sadly for me it looks like my direction might have to be housework! Ahhhh the lounge looks like an explosion in a toy store!

Yahoooo... school holidays are

finally here for us... this past week has been soooooo long.... the girls were ready last week for school holidays to be here... now they finally are... and I am feeling absolutely miserable with a chest infection... just perfect timing...

So just a quick fly buy post this time... check out my new goodies in the store... and don't forget that they will be 25% off for 24 hours starting soon...

True Colours the kit



Tapes 2


It's Kraft (white) alpha



and Basics 1 & 2


Now before I fall face first onto my keyboard I am gonna post this and go lay down for awhile!

39 Days and counting down

It's getting closer... it surely is... and in 38 days time Mum and Dad arrive to look after the girlies...

How much Italian do you think we can learn and remember in 39 days?

My big girl often

completely amazes me... read the journalling on the following page and tell me that you could have kept a straight face... I know I couldn't...

who remembers...

don't leave home till you've seen your country...

getting ready for Italy has bought this home to me... I have to say we have seen far more of our country than most have... we have found some totally amazing out of the way places that certainly warrant a return visit... there isn't many places we haven't been in our wonderful country so now its off to visit other peoples countries...