On a Jet Plane

'The time has come . . .' the walrus said.
The past couple of weeks have been bittersweet as we move through our farewells with friends and family. Some have been very hard, but it is good to know NZ is only a short skip away.
I hope to see some if not all of you at some stage visiting Adelaide, it is a lovely place.
The kids are literally bouncing off the walls with excitement. It has been 6 1/2 months since we have seen Gary. The kids have grown a lot in that time and I will have to remember I am not Queen anymore.
It will be nice to be back together as a family instead of communicating by text and msn. We already have our first camping trip in the planning stages.
The suitcases are all packed and the kids have checked under the beds (or so they say). It is going to be a bit of a weightlifting exercise getting the suitcases in the car. Who knew clothes could weigh so much.
So to all our friends in NZ, thanks for the great times and memories, it has been a blast.
To those in Adelaide, hold on to your hats. Here we come.
P.S I finally finished my Connor page and here it is.


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Alphas by www.nursesdesigns.com
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Luck

Luck is a fickle thing, a bit like the wellington weather really.
We had our McCarthy family farewell at the bowling alley yesterday. I don't think my luck wanted to play with me on that day. My only redeeming moment was pulling a double strike out of the bag. At least I didn't come last (heh heh).
I had fun scrapping this new page (fickle Wellington weather). This is our Easter camping trip at Kaitoke. One moment sun, next, liquid sun.
I had just finished cooking pancakes in the tent for the kids and it was time for a REAL coffee. It was actually very peaceful standing in the rain waiting for the coffee to brew. Though, I think my fellow campers thought me a bit strange and couldn't resist collecting evidence.

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Let me out . . .

Its a conspiracy. My children are plotting against me to send me stir crazy. Connor is now home sick with tonsillitis and happily ensconced on the couch.
However, being stuck at home has given me plenty of opportunity to go surfing all the digiscrap sites. My favourite at the moment being http://digitreats.typepad.com. I am loving all the bright colours and am now in the process of planning out a C page for Connor.
The photo of Eilish was taken on the McCarty holiday in the Marlborough Sounds this January. Every now and then you see a certain picture of your child that makes you realise just how much they have grown.Our not so little Eilish is certainly becoming quite the young lady. It might be time for Gary to get out the shotgun soon.
Over the next few days I am going to make a belated effort to update all my scrapbook pages with details of the sites I got the papers and templates from. I am having such a good time playing around with everything that I have to make sure I give credit where credit is due.

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Happy Scrappin

I have been stuck at home for the past two days with sick children. They are tag-teaming each other and taking it in turns to keep me house bound. At least it feels that way.
So as I have been restricted to inside activities due to inclement weather and unwell children I have taken the opportunity to finish off a couple of pages.
I have also added an album of all my scrap pages to date. If you would like a closer look at any of the pages you see flicker past at the top of the screen please click on my album further down. This will enable you to view and enlarge all pages. Good luck and don't forget leave some comments.

We all went tenpin bowling over the weekend and I managed to surprise myself. I came 3rd in the first game and 2nd in the second game. And yes, there were more than 3 people playing, 7 adults in total actually. I even managed to get a couple of strikes. Yipee!
I hope to have some pics from Mo later that I can have a go at scrapping. The kids and I had such a good time that we decided to go bowling for our McCarthy family farewell. Just have to hope my luck holds.

Homeless Again

I have been busy scrapping in the evening and have a new page to add. It is rather simple but I really like the colours and I have a smile on my face too.
The pic was taken during the McCarty family holiday in the sounds. Ahhh, cocktails on the back of a boat in the middle of nowhere. What could be better.
See if you can manage to read the white writing going round in a circle on the page. I love it. Woo Hoo!
The house settlement went through today, hence my comment of being homeless again. Our belongings are now all packed and sitting in a container waiting to head off to sea.
It was amazing to see just how many boxes all our stuff equated to. Worse to think I have to unpack it all at the other end. Though after 6 weeks of living out of a suitcase again I am sure it will feel like Christmas unwrapping all our stuff.
Currently I am sitting on the floor of mums study/my bedroom typing this. Thanks for long LAN cables so that I can sit in comfort on my bed with a glass of wine.