MORE giveaways!

Check this out ... man it's definitely giveaway season atm huh?! Ya gotta love that - and you've got to be in to win, yeah? Yeah! Righto, lots to do today, so must be off...

Toodles, B x

Glimmermist has a new look?

Why yes it does! Check it out:

Glimmermist is the same great product with a fabulous NEW look. Don't they look cute! Check out more about Glimmermist at the Tattered Angels site here.

I LURVE Glimmermist. I spent a few hours with Ma today making cards, introducing her to Glimmermist. As I suspected, now that she's used it, she's a fan too! Well who wouldn't be, I say - it's such FAB stuff! So I've had a great great day. Hung out at Mum's, played a bit and got a bit messy (and let's face it, that's always fun!), then got home in time to have a cuppa and a bit of 'chill' time on the laptop. D got home from work and said that he'd be happy with soup and toast for tea 'cos you're on holiday, so you shouldn't have to cook'. How sweet is he? And of course I'll take him up on the offer... why not! So, it's been a lovely day, and it's not even 5pm yet!

Right, I have some other blogs to check out before I go off and make soup (SUCH a hard job, ha ha ha!). If you haven't done so already, check out my previous post here for a giveaway. Catch y'all tomorrow,

Toodles, B x

Where'd THAT weekend go?

Yup, it's over already, although fortunately for me, I'm on holiday this week with J... but I do suspect that I'll be ready to go back to work after a couple days! Ha ha ha

Not sure 'bout you lot, but MY weekend went super fast. Like the speed of sound (or so it seemed!). Seriously. Oh, can you tell I've been watching Grey's Anatomy?! LMAO!

Saturday got gobbled up by my WONDERFUL sleep-in (my turn on Saturdays, D's on Sundays), our fortnightly grocery shop, a little bit of finishing work on UFO scrap items (that's Unfinished Objects!) made easier by the foul weather, a short visit from some scrapping friends, and a long visit with my oldest and dearest friend Ange and her fiance Andy.

They are back from Kuwait for a bit while school has it's summer break - they teach kids in an American School over there - so it was good to have a catch up. The boys indulged in a bit of Jim Beam & Coke, and Ange and I had a Chateau Cardboard! (mmm, starting to sound like a habit, huh - oops!)

Today the weather just wasn't much better (check out how it's looking here). J and I made birthday cards for Gem this morning, then we headed off to have morning tea with my Nanny and Grandad, and followed that with a visit to Ma and Pa's to give Gem her cards/present. After lunch I did a bit more scrapping - even finished a layout, while my boys dozed on the couch! Next thing I know it's tea time, then 'crash-in-front-of-the-telly' time, and here we are!

So that's that. A lot to say about nothing much at all really. Well, you DO insist on reading this, don't you?!

I have another pressie to give away.... While I scrap I listen to my ipod, a mix of real old school tracks, top 40 hits and everything in between. I will make up a disc of 'Beck's Scrappin Tunes' (assuming someone wants it of course, ha ha ha!), and post it out to the lucky winner. So, if you wanna get hooked up, let me know y'all.... I might even send out more than one, who knows? Leave a comment and you never know your luck.

Right, off to put more wood on the fire and turn it down for the night, to hopefully keep us roasty-toasty in the morning, then it's off to bed for moi.

Toodles, B x

I've been creatin!

I think I'm pretty safe showing you this (I don't think Gem reads my blog) - here's a wee gift I have made for her birthday on Sunday...

She's seriously into all things with skulls on, and loves both black and pink, hence the decoration! So easy to chuck together, maybe took half hour tops? Probably not even that long tbh.

Right, off to get showered and ready for last day at work (next week off, yeah!).

Toodles, B x

Or this one....?

Here's another one, here.... must be blog candy season! Yeah!

Ooohhhhh!!!!

Wow - check out this fab candy here... pick me, pick me, pick me, puh-lease!!!! Ya gotta be in to win! I might tell you about it, but I hope like heck that none of you enter, so that I increase my chances, ha ha ha!!!!!

Toodles, B x

Hiya!

Yup, we're still here, just flat out, as usual. So what's new?!

I've been getting some study done, but I have a LOT more to do to get on top of it tbh, so you know what I'll be spending a lot of next week doing while I'm on holiday huh? Bummer. Oh well, no-one to blame for that but me. J is getting tired - only two more days left at school. Man, is he ready for a holiday! Talk about Mr Cranky-Pants! Attitude central at our place at the moment. And D has just about finished work on their stocktake, which is a HUGE job for him. Nice for it to nearly be over.

I have next week off work (week one of the school hols) to be at home with J, then D is taking off the second week. Half time, change sides... passing ships in the wind... (add more cliches here).

It'll be a busy ol' time over the next few weeks... it's my little sister's birthday this weekend, and D's the following one. I am off to Auckland to SENZ on the 16th, which I am starting to get excited about - I have booked into 4 classes and Saturday evening's charity crop, so I'll be busy busy busy! My other sister conveniently lives almost right around the corner from the Telstra Clear Events Centre where it's being held, so I'm crashing at her place for three nights. And a few days after I get back, it's MY birthday. Phew! I said it'd be busy, huh? I kid you not!

Oh and I nearly forgot - the winner of the RIFF-RAFF (see earlier post from last week)... Congratulations to.... Jenn! I will email you shortly for your postal addy. Yay you!

Last night J and I whipped up a wee gift for his lovely teacher, Mrs Wood. He is changing classrooms after the holidays, and won't have Mrs Wood any more. She has been just fabulous with him, especially when he went through an unsettled, clingy phase with me in the mornings a while back. So here 'tis...

It's just a little jotter pad wrapped in patterned paper, using magnets to hold it closed. I trimmed the paper, but J rounded the corners and glued it on all by himself, coloured in the teddybear, and wrote the little note for her on the front. How CUTE is that? Hope she likes it!

Anyhoo, what has everyone else been up to? How are you coping with the colder weather? (although at least we are past the shortest day, so summer is coming). Who is out there today? Leave me a comment to say 'Hi', I'd love to hear from you.

For now, I'm off. Lunches to make, bags to pack, yadda yadda yadda.....

Toodles, B x

Today is a sad day...

He might have been a freak of late (might? who am I kidding?!) but he knew his beats. Michael Jackson has reportedly died today, at the age of 50.

I have bought several of his albums over the years, and in fact my first ever purchase of a cassette (yes, a CASSETTE) was Michael Jackson's Thriller album, with money from my 10th birthday.... almost exactly 25 years ago. Incredible.

Here's a few cover shots to take you down memory lane....

Rest in peace dude.

I just HAD to tell you about this...

Ok, this will give you a bit of a giggle...!

The girls were over last night, scrapping and having some Chateau Cardboard (ie wine out of a box), and one of them started talking about which ribbon she should put on her card... the lemon grosgrain ribbon, or the red riff-raff. "Mmm," I said, "is this riff-raff some wonderful new scrapping product I haven't seen before?" In fact, no, it's not. It was RIC-RAC, ha ha ha!

I have a little pressie for someone who can correctly guess who the guilty party was.... a little bit of riff-raff of course! You can choose from R, L, M or S (I won't list their names, just their initials, to avoid TOTAL embarrassment!). I'll draw out a winner from the correct guesses over the weekend.

Toodles, B x

My nephew and niece...

Yup, here's my nephew, BRUTUS the chihuahua (awww ain't he cuuute!)



...and my niece Goggles (well almost niece, she belongs to the flat that my sister lives in!)

We had a flying trip up north for Queen's Birthday weekend to go to a wedding (I was taking the photos!).... flew into and out of Auckland, driving over to Tauranga for the wedding. And I got the chance to catch up with my sister, her bf, and my nephew!!!! Ha ha ha!

Will post some wedding photos after the bride has seen them.... probably at the weekend. Also have pics of Jake's first ''air" on his motorbike (SCARY!) to come..... He was so proud of himself!

Right, time to get dressed and get teh flock outta here.

Toodles, B x

BLOG CANDY

Wow - you have to have a look at this - you gotta be in to win! Michelle has lots of yummy blog candy to give away, and I WANT TO WIN IT!!!!!

More to post laters, have some housework and tidying to get on with for now...

Toodles, B x

Try this on for size...

I read about this, so thought I'd give it a try.... You put your first name in google, followed by the word needs, putting them in quotation marks (eg "Becky needs"), and see what pops up...

Here's my top 10 picks of what I need (apparently):

10 - Becky needs a nose job (WTF?)

9 - Becky needs a co-star (oohh, I'm a star?)

8 - Becky needs a psychiatrist (who told them!)

7 - Becky needs to find something to wear for Saturday (Neat, where am I going?!)

6 - Becky needs a hug (awwww)

5 - Becky needs three cups of herbal tea (swiftly followed by a trip to the toilet me thinks)

4 - Becky needs her pants changed (SO not true)

3 - Becky needs implants (NOT!)

2 - Becky needs the help of river pirates to free her brother (mmm, pirates? brother? wtf?!)

And my personal favourite....

1 - Becky needs a home. Becky came to the SPCA as a stray 7 months ago. She had been found tied to a tree in a local park. When she first came to us she was in a highly distressed state. She would howl and bark for attention, and bite her lead almost uncontrollably. This, of course, has meant that it has been hard for us to find a home for her. However determination and training has paid off, her behaviour has vastly improved in her kennel environment and she is now much more controllable when out and about (Good to know, ROFLMAO!)

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Right, now someone else try this and give me another laugh... it's funny!

I love this....

... and I TOTALLY agree with it (well, who wouldn't?!)

For everyone else...

I know I've been 'blog-absent'... so shoot me.

Last week I was flat on my back with a really nasty bug... horrendous back pain, high temps and the squirts. Say no more. Medical intervention was required to get it under control. Then we had to fly up north to go to a wedding in Tauranga over the weekend (I was working).

Obviously I have a bit to fill you in on, but I have no time to do it at the moment, so you'll have to be patient!

Hopefully you're all happy and healthy. Catch up soon.

Toodles, B x

This one's for Sary...

See, I told you the photo was cute! (Although I'm SO pleased you're blonde again now!) Thanks heaps for having us to stay, even if only for a real short visit. Only about 7 weeks until I'm back again for SENZ.... B x