a little of my life

heat and artwork!

well summer time is definitely here now.. 30+ (Celsius) for the last week and i am melting - not sure if that's what is making my grumpy or just that I'm fed up waiting - its looking like I'm going to be waiting for a long time for this baby to come out - i know that it will be out before the 25th of July and that's only 3 weeks but right now i don't think i can hack it!

on the upside, thanks to some good friends who've been taking fay and letting me sleep and potter about aimlessly and listening to me grump about stupid contractions, false labours and a baby that seems to be made of mainly elbows and knees...., i have managed to get a few layouts done. some i will share tomorrow as they are for Riff Raff's July shapes.... but this one is the staff challenge kit for treasured memories. i had some fun with it as it is totally not what i would have picked out...all i added was the glitter thickers. the photo is of fay at about 4 months old.

stressed.

18 hours of false labour sucks! contractions make no difference if this baby have every intention of staying put despite what other parts of my body do and that's about it currently :(  off to eat some ice cream and feel a bit useless.

stuff and things....

happy Canada day (belated) to everyone.. we went and celebrated with some good friends of ours B&D and their kiddies which was basically us all lounging about in either the kiddie pool or the hot tub for the day and eating a lot of BBQ food :) it was nice to just do really nothing for a day except just be and it rocked!!

my PC is still kaput in a bad way - what we thought would fix it hasn't and so if we can we're going to try something else. this has really put a huge downer on my schedule as i cannot get anything done the way i'd like to but i now have a much bigger respect for my pc. thankfully ian is letting me loose on his pc so at least i can hook up a printer and get some photos done or at least i can get to emails...

there is some exciting news going up sometime today over at the Riff Raff Blog today which makes me smile and i hope it inspires you too!! here's a sneakie of mine to entice you :)

and if you are feeling like sharing any spare positive energy, we could do with it right now with regards to the baby bump so keep those fingers crossed for us...

new Riff Raff Designs...

the new July shapes are now out on the Riff Raff blog... i hope you like them and my favourite shouldn't be hard to pick :)

I am very grateful right now to Ian who's managed to make my laptop work properly and he is currently in the process of rebuilding my pc in the hopes of making it perfect again... which means for now i can get email and internet but not much else...

distraught!!!

i hope this works as its from a blackberry...

my pc died hard this weekend  :(  it is destroyed - i've had one of ians guys here for 2 days trying to salvage it or at least stuff off it...

i am a very grateful to have done a backup on saturday morning but i have lost everything else and dont have the funds to replace my pc right now so i am pretty lost right now.

i cant acess any emails or my telephone list or software, photos or anything...

hopeing to maybe salavage something that resembles a useable pc.

so right now i am pretty distraught and lost :(

and no - baby is still hanging about inside so this pc madness is not what i need right now :(

if you are looking for me, either phone me - i will pick up or try emailing me on my googlemail email but i have no clue when i can get to emails etc

sucks right now,

to-do lists and all that madness...

what is it with to-do lists - you cross off 1 thing and then add 2 more.. never ending battle with it currently...

and the other thing is when you are cleaning your scrap space... never ever say, "i know i'll use up these scraps to make a card" because you will end up at 3am wondering what the hell you are going to do with these insane number of cards - firstly it pointed out I have way too many little fiddly bits and i don't need to keep tiny scraps...

*card gallery*

  

 

big congratulations!!

to my wonderful Brother who got a first in his degree!! I hope it bring you much happiness and rewards because i know you worked your ass off for it!! we're very proud of you :)

Stripey Dresses!

Yesterday was a bit of a mad day - a lovely parcel came from Ian's folks for the baby and for Fay and Fay instantly loved this stripey dress - isn't it awesome and bright :) just like my girlie. Fay was a trouper yesterday as we needed to get her blood work done and it was her first time for needle and she did so good - a few tears but that's to be expected. and on top of all of that she has a bit of an eye infection which is clearing up today. the baby is still hanging about and while that's cool, I'd really like it to arrive so that i can get back into some sort of normal routine - this waiting about lark is a nightmare... i think i might go insane if i have to wait for another few weeks ie if the baby goes over due etc.. i think Fay coming early was a mixed blessing because this part of the pregnancy i have no clue about and it's being to grate on me. 

huge congratulations!

to my wonderful and beautiful friend Leica Forrest who's little baby girl arrive this week :) well done girlie - can't wait to see pictures...

School is out!

well at least for the summer. Fay totally enjoyed Preschool and her teacher was awesome! We are glad we put Fay into preschool as she benefited a lot from it - especially the socialisation and listening to her teachers - all good preparation for Kindergarten in September. The paper hat is by one of the other parents - all the kids had them but i think fay was one fo the few that kept hers on the whole session.

As parents, me and ian believe we are totally blessed with Fay :) we are biased but we think she is awesome!