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!We had a blast!

Scrapgrlz Last Retreat of the Year!!

off I go to Presentation!!   Let's make it a good one!!    A wonderful bunch coming, all but one returning retreaters!   Although 7 have not been to this venue before - I know they will have a blast.

The weather has been perfect and seems as though it is going to hold for the weekend.   Not sure where our autumn/winter is - but it has not come yet.   It will be interesting to see if the trees are the beautiful colour they were last year.

I have lots of great prizes and treats for everyone, plenty of chocolate, and stuffed to the gills goodie bags!   This group will also get first look at lots of the new scrappy goodness I am carrying in my store!

Monthly Crop - tonight!

with our Meetup Group.   We have had so much fun this year - and sadly just have one more crop before the end of the year!   Tonight I am hoping to make Christmas tags for my christmas presents.   That is the plan anyway.   I hope creative mojo is on my side.  

In my head they look fantastic - and I have fantastic *ingredients* that I have been sneaking from the Christmas Shoppe at Scrapgrlz  - as you can see - along with assorted papers, paints and ribbons!!

         

         

l hopefully will be posting some FANTABULOUS examples tomorrow!!  Wish me luck!

Nutmeg PLUS Nook and Pantry - new in the Store

brought to you today by the letter N     New goodies are arriving every day - click on any pic to take you to the Newness and goodness!  Don't forget to stock up on adhesive while you are there and check out clearance to pick up a bargain.

Nook and Pantry by Basic Grey

... first up the adorable Nook and Pantry is finally here!   The Do me a Favor kits are perfect for those last minute gift giving ideas.  I am already thinking of goodies to pop inside.

.. next the Greeting Card kit.   I adore these kits from BG and use them all the time.   This set will be perfect to attach to homemade gifts!

Nutmeg by Cosmo Cricket

Cosmo has done it again with this limited release.   Some of the items are in short supply and once gone from the warehouse - gone for good!    I just know this will be like Early Bird and I won't be able to keep it in stock.

 

The Nutmeg line is perfect for Fall/Autumn and Thanksgiving photos but I think I will save some of it for some Easter layouts and cards too!

 

 

Catching up...

well trying to anyway!  Adding in here - the choices of fonts on Typepad are limited... I need to get on to jazzing up my blog... I pay for all the juiciness but I don't use it!

Anyway back to my post.

Since I got back from the retreat I have been counting, inventory-ing, Accounting, reordering, planning, and generally playing catchup.   The last 2 weeks have just gone by in a flash.  I also had to catch up on all the mail that had come in - deal with bills, and deal with the influx of email and retreat signups.

I still have a bit to do in terms of my online store.   So many new products that I still do not have in there - just big gaps!   Plus I have to get a newsletter out to everyone about that and the 2010 retreats!

My body has also been playing catchup - I think it decided to tell me that the last 6 months have been a little full on and it had had ENOUGH!   In the weeks leading up to the last 2 retreats I had been running on very little sleep, and to say I was a tad stressed - unusual for me - was an understatement.    However I now have a break until early November - and I think my body caught on, fast!    Twice last week - in the middle of the day I fell asleep. 

I    N E V E R    do that.   

It has honestly taken me the last two weeks to also get back to *my* normal sleeping habits.   I think today is maybe the first day I feel sort of okay.   Not 100% yet - but getting there.   Which is lucky - because I think Mike is about to hand me the keys to the spare bedroom!

Part of the bad sleeping has also been the heat.   It is officially autumn now - ha ha ha - because we have been getting what was missing most of summer HEAT.   Been 90 and over every day for over a week now, we have hit 100 more than once, and this weekend over 100 is forecast again.   Our backyard gets SOOO hot - thank god we have the pool.

Last week I also began to eat better again.   There had been too many days of skipping meals, or having a snack and mealtimes around here in general had gone to hell in a handbasket.  Not a great example to be setting!

This week my plan is to try and get some sort of exercise regime back into play - although here we are, already at Thursday and so far a big fat nothing.  What I am going to start back doing, I don't know - I just know I have to start getting out and doing something!! What I do know is...

I

just

don't

feel

healthy

In fact, I feel anything BUT!  This year I seem to suddenly be getting all sorts of injuries in my joints - knees, ankles etc.    I wouldn't mind if I was actually doing some sort of high impact exercise and could say 'oh yes - it was when I was basejumping!'... - but just sitting, walking around etc should not be causing problems!!   My body is telling me something!!   

I have also been catching up on TV.   We had so many things taped on the DVR that we actually ran out of room!   No kidding!   In fact we had to delete some stuff without even watching it.    Of course all the new series have started up - so this week I have taken the luxury of watching a couple of things I had taped while I am eating my lunch - so that has made a bit of space.

One thing that has just started back up that I do enjoy is Biggest Loser.   It motivates me.   Earlier this year - I lost 20 pounds - between January and March - because I was motivated!!   In fact I only stopped exercising because I buggered up my knee.   It came right - however I did not restart exercising!!

I now have no excuses!   BL is back on - my motivation is there - so I can lose another 20 pounds by Christmas.   I just have to get back on the horse.   The hardest day is the first day!!

Lastly - my blog!   I have been lax-lax-lax and no not the airport!    I have made the odd post, but hope to be better.  Enough rambling from me... bloody hell...  not even any little pictures or blinkies in this post... just WORDS!

So I will leave you with this pic - taken a couple of weeks ago when Mike and Johnno were here from NZ - I love it!!.. although poor old Johnno got DROWNDED when they all hit the water!

Scrapbooking - we start them young!!

Here is Mandy - just 7 weeks old after attending her first Scrapbook Retreat!!    She is showing off her hat, namebadge and goodybag.    She had a wonderful weekend up at Old Oak although was a little disappointed she did not win the Cricut!!   More to come!!

Love love love EARTH LOVE!

one of the new lines from Cosmo Cricket.  

In the store now!!     It is just gorgeous and I can see so many uses for it!

Never a truer word!!!

In my email this morning, was my daily horoscope.   It was

Right      On     The Money!!

You need to focus your efforts on creative projects, as much as possible. They should be more fruitful than you would expect, and lead to greater things quickly. Friends and coworkers are amazed!

You see I signed up for Shimelle's online class - Learn Something New Every Day

Class started on 1 September - and I have been receiving all the links, PDF's etc via email.  I have also logged into the forum and downloaded all the links and files

But so far I have not had time to do ANYTHING!.  I think my first lesson learned might be...

DON'T BITE OFF MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW!!

However, I know once this retreat is out of the way and probably even before that, I will be able to get on with this and play catch up.   Who knows I might even dabble with some digi .. famous last words... to make it a little quicker.

So here's hoping that friends and co-workers are amazed, that I am more fruitful and that I get to focus on creative projects!

SEI - Wintersong and Playday now in the Scrapgrlz store

YUM... just YUM!   That is about all I can say about the new lines SEI brought out at CHA-S!!   Flocked, pearled, foiled and glittered papers.   Felt accents, epoxies, glitters!  Wintersong is here, Playday is coming in, with Christmas Mint to follow!

Now in stock and in the store!

Wintersong

 

Playday