Deck Of Me Weeks 15 - 30

Yes you read that right....weeks 15 - 30! I got just a little behind on these cards. They are all caught up now though and I am eagerly awaiting this weeks challenge!

Week 15 - Your Parents

Week 16 - Get Someone Else To Contribute...My girls did this...
Week 17 - Your Bedroom
Week 18 - Nature
Week 19 - Surprise
Week 20 - Change

Week 21 - Your Redeeming Qualities

Week 22 - What Would You Like To Learn

Week 23 - Right Now

Week 24 - Remember When

Week 25 - A Photo That Means Something To You

Week 26 - Celebrating Daughters

Week 27 - Junk Mail

Week 28 - Goal Of The Week

Week 29 - Define Perfection

Week 30 - Count Your Blessings

The Mind Boggles

Tell me how two girls that can be this angelic during liturgy at church this morning....




Could have been doing this a mere sixty mintues earlier...


Yes they are "farting". The biggest monkey worked out that if you put one end of a drinking straw in your armpit and blew on the other end....you made this really obscene noise.

Now...as some of you may know...I get the giggles easily. Usually its not at and appropriate time or place, and sometimes I think I have the humor of an eight year old boy....but I found this funny.

Sorry bout these videos being wrong way up...but I can't work out how to fix them.

Random Happiness

Over at Chookscraps we are organizing a random act of kindness list or RAK, and it got me to thinking.

A RAK doesn't always have to be a gift or something tangible...some of the best RAK's are the ones that leave a lasting impression...a smile or a kind word, words of praise when least expected, hugs for no reason...that sort of thing. Words can also cause Random Happiness...words have the power to heal..the power to move...we as a scrapper I know this well.

I was chatting with my mum on the phone the other night, when out of the blue she said to me, "Sue...I just wanted to tell you how proud your dad and I are of you and David. You are wonderful parents and the girls are a real credit to you both." This just blew me away.

One of my major depression issues is my abilitly as a parent. I am constantly questioning wether I am doing the right thing or not and I feel an incredible amount of guilt over some parenting issues from when Lolly was a baby. These few words from my mum...thirty two words...that came out of now where...have left me feeling better about myself as a parent than I have every felt before.

I would like to hear some of your stories. Your moments when someone said or did something that might not have meant a great deal to them at the time but it meant the world to you.

So all of you...DE-LURK and post in my comments.

A Little Scrappy Goodness

Ok...Ok....

This is for my Mum....who worries that something is wrong if I'm not blogging. (Everyone say Hi Mum!)


I apologize for being such a slack blogger of late, it's not that I have been overly busy, just cold! I hate winter and this winter it has been cold here (I can hear you sniggering from here Rebecca) and when it's cold I find it hard to function. I tend to draw back into my little shell and just be!


Since I last blogged, my parents have been for a visit, I've scrapped heaps, taken hundreds of photos and worked. We have a busy few months a head of us here at the zoo. Lolly will turn 12, we are going to the exhibition, attending at Starlight Foundation dinner and are gearing up for a road trip with Aunty Kandle!


So lets get started...I won't bore you with lots of scrapping stuff, you can see some of my latest in the slideshow below.


My mum and dad came for the June / July school holidays. It was soooooo good to see them again. We spent a relaxing two weeks mainly bumming around the house. Usually we cram a lot into their visits but this time we decided that we were happiest just staying close to home.


One day we went into town and took a walk along the new River Link Gardens and then onto Queens Park and the Japanese Gardens. I got so many great photos not only of the girls, but also of my parents. I'll be scrapping these for a while yet. I think this would have to be one of my favorite photos....


I am always so sad to say goodbye to my parents, this time it was a little easier knowing that I will see them again in the September school break.

I've been busy at work with my boys. I spent a day recently at Autism Queensland attending a workshop of working with children with Aspergers and Autism, and I got a lot from it. My boys continue to be a source of amusement and frustrations for me....but I love it! I love the challenges that working with them brings, I love their different takes on the world around us, and I love that I make their days at school a little more comfortable for them.

I'd better get running, else I am going to be late for school! I will write more tomorrow....I promise!

Winter Camping

Anyone that knows me well knows how much I HATE winter! I do love camping in winter though. This last long weekend saw us back at our favorite camping spot...Flanagans Reserve We have been camping here for the last three years and we love it! The kids love the rocky creek and the huge flat camping grounds are perfect for riding push bikes.

This weekend we went with long time friends of ours the N's. We spent most of the weekend doing this...And dressed like this first thing in the mornings....
But when you wake to mornings like this...At the foot of this...And knowing that later when the sun is all the way up and we can shed a few layers that we can come back to this...And that we will get to do this...Makes it all worthwhile. We don't even mind having to chase these out of our campsite every now and then...

He Said, She Said

These came to me in an email from a friend over the weekend...I got a real giggle out of them. For some reason Blogger isn't playing friendly and letting me post them a little bigger...just click on them if you are having trouble reading them.

A - Z of Me!

Natalie posted this over at her blog and tagged anyone who wanted to do this.

A-Z's of Me

A - Age: 37

B - Bed size: Queen

C - Chore you hate: All of them!!!!!!

D - Dessert you love: sticky date pudding and custard

E - Eggs, favorite kind: curried egg on toast

F - Favorite actor(S): Keanu Reeves, Ben Affleck, Adam Sandler, Sandra Bullock

G - Gold or Silver: silver

H - Height: 175cm

I - Instruments you play: none

J - Job title: teacher / library aide

K - Kid(s): Lolly (11) and Boo (8)

L - Living arrangements: Live with above kids and DH, 2 dogs and assorted goldfish and birds

M - Mom's name: Mum

N -Nicknames: Sue, Jib

O - Overnight hospital stay other than giving birth: only when I was pregnant and had pre eclampsia, and with Boo when she broke her arm the first time

P - Phobia: praying mantis' and grasshoppers. flying and heights

Q - Quotes: HOW IT IS IT HOW IT IS MEANT TO BE

R - Right or left handed: Right handed

S - Siblings: younger brother

T - Temper: I have one!

U - Unique habit: hmmmmm....don't know

V - Vegetable you hate: that fancy lettuce

W - Worst habit: I am a procrastinator

X - rays you've had: teeth. a few chest xrays and an ankle

Y - Yummy food you make: no bowl choc chip slice, meat pies

Z - Zodiac Sign: Taurus

I tag anyone that wants to do this....if you take up the challenge leave me a comment here so I know to come read it.

Look Who Cooked Dinner Last Night....

She asked yesterday afternoon if she could cook dinner...so I let her. She peeled and chopped the potatoes and put them and the veges on to steam. Placed the pies on a tray in the oven and set the timer for it all. She then served it all up for us all.

I'm telling you....pie and veges never tasted so good. LOL

I Scrap There For I Am

Just a few layouts that I have completed recently....and some that I have done for my DT commitments at Chookscraps.



These first three were done for the Celebrating You in 2007 challenges at Chookscraps.
These last lot are the DT layouts I have completed for the last two months...