Monday 15th October

Woah were did the weekend go. Not much of anything to report had a quiet one I think??? Enjoyed my night on Friday at Bookem and managed to do some layouts instead of just talking and getting nothing done. Saturday went out to dinner with DH at the local rugby club here and had an early night though DH got in much much later:) Was suppose to go out on the waka ama on Sunday but it was too choppy so I opted out cause it can be pretty rough and I was in the scrapbooking zone. hehe.

Havent been to many blogs this weekend either cause I have exceeded my usuage on boradband so I have to wait till tomorrow till I'm full speed and then I'm a go again. How do you handle the dial up thing, its driving me nuts!!

So some layouts to share...

Saturday 30th September

Huh! See what happens when you resigned to a challenge, you completely give up and hello a few days pass again before you say hello to your friendly bloggers again.

Had fun last night with SO cyber crop. It was sooooooooooo good to be scrapping with friends. Managed to complete one lay out and thats here in the gallery but have now decided to post it cause last nights one was taken under the veild of my shadow and this one looks better. See judges it does!!

Have got a photo shoot this arfternoon so looking forward to that. Spent most of last week with potential suppliers. Mate thats a whole new part of the game all together! I've decided a few products and will just stick with that for now and grow it as I go along. So far have got block photo mounts (these are wicked) canvas, frames, storyboards and standard prints and for my older teenagers (or teenagers that have paying parents) posters and bragbooks.

Obviously my logo isnt in the one that they get, though I'm thinking about it! So if your in the BOP area and looking for family photos for Xmas let me know! $50.00 for a session with one teenager and they get 6 4x6 prints and $100.00 for a family with up to five people with 6 custom made christmas cards with a photo of you choice. Shameless I know :)

Well better get moving, I want to be a Queen this weekend!

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Aaargh blogger wont let me add my photo... I'll try again later

Change in pace

Ok so did my best and am resigned to bloggin not so often. Admittedly was good motivation to get pages done so I could have something interesting on my blog. So another layout which is ok and one of those quick slap it on a page and see what happens. Um answer was an unbalanced not quiet right page. But I'm struggling, struggling to use pattern paper as th background, I only want to use white! I know. But I'll get there, well maybe I wont but hey.

Also started my Today You album last night so that should warm me up for my DT entries. Well I hope it does. At the moment have been spending time reading up about design concepts. I think I could improve my style by picking up on some theory and going from there. Just a little bit and just doing some reading over the internet so at least its free and I dont have to leave home for it.

Waka Ama rocked. Was a little "worried" about taking my big butt out on to the water and having done rowing since I was in the rowing team like 15 years ago and share in the stories that Sandra shares. My dad was just as a side note, the coach from hell and I've never been partial to waking up at 4am since. But relly enjoyed it, it was relaxing and not as hard on my body was I thought it was going to be. Might be from being a mother and picking up ompa lompa sized babies :) Plus what a great way to get a tan.

Ok better get the house work done!

Sunday 24th September

I'm getting in early as I may not be able to blog later tonight because my body may be detached from my arms. Going out for a paddle this arvo. Maketu have got a waka ama group together and have a beginners run today so gonna give that ago hence arms detached from body. (PS that photo is of Motueka High and from their website)

Here is aPage I finished last night (well maybe this morning at about 2am), which is a scraplift of a page Yolande did a little while ago. Really like writing my own words now cause it saves heaps of time and Imean heaps. Havent gotten over how ugly my writing is but have gotten over trying to line up the paper and the text on Microsoft Word.

Oh well going to hurt myself now... ouch!

Saturday 23rd September

Not sure what going on but after having a bit of a tutu with Explorer 7 can honestly say I'm getting it all wrong. Have been trying to use the browser and not having alot of fun.

Oh well will have to search out how to use it properly cause I do like the tab feature.

Am stoked to have won the No8 Metal challenge. Wow my first challenge win. What a buzz. Looking forward to having a go at the Flower for a Boy layout but I'll see how I go.

Today managed to get some scrapbooking in as well as doing a photo shot for a young girl who has left high school. Had an awesome time and she was so cool to work with.

Have spent a bit of time lately going around town looking for different location and found this cool orange wall. Also had my brother in law so might be get a chance to practice in some of the cool industrial areas that I found. Not sure if the council no that some of them exsist either. Funnily enough you know that house that has all the dead cars out front, the one that you know is just bringing down the value of your section well they now rock.. Cool place to take some young men. Did get the required permission though and when I rang to let them know they were all really good and a couple asked if I could send my work in to their marketing director for approval as well.

Ok like Evana, I too have decided that the postie doesnt like me or has a chipboard fetish and is spending secret time with my packages. Come on NZ Post where are they!!! And yip agree with Lianne this is a hell of a challenge

Did another layout yesterday of my baby boy Joseph and love KI Memories and SEI papers. Need more lots more

Wednesday 20th September

A bit of a quicky and was fun making a mess ! Was great to use the paints and the MM stamps again as I hadnt pulled them out in a while given all my work with white cardstock and chipboard (whatever)

After the metal dare decided I needed more of that type of motivation to use whats in my stash rather than buying more new stash but in saying that some more chipboard letter arrived to day, yummy and waiting for my package from scrapbook essential which is my new favourite place to get chipboard and theyhave some new heidi swapp stuff too. Cant wait for those arrows.

Ok thats about it unless you really want to here about my washing:) Bye

Tuesday 12th September

Today I wanted to scrap something about my grandmother who raised me. Its her birthday today and though she passed away 8 years ago, this much i never forget. So went to the urupa and took her a flower sat a little, spoke a little and thought quietly alot. She died at 88 from having breast cancer which was diagnosed at 86. So this year have put my hand up for some volunteer work for breast cancer month come October. Just my way of remembering her, of remembering us.......... Will post those by the end of the week......

Some pages... this one was for the dare metal challenge and the first one was for the SO Aug challenge which I didnt enter cause I couldnt get my photo upload and gave up to easily because Andrea and her staff have been awesome and an email would have solved that problem in a heartbeat.

Ok children to tend to... man why cant they bring themselves up :)

Thursday 7th September

A good day today. Spent sitting in the sun and scrapbooking. Did three pages but decided to give myself a 30min challenge. yip 30 mins one page... I loved it, not so much the page but the challenge and writing the journalling myself saved me at least 10 mins, but my writings ugly so truelly prefer to stick to typed journalling that looks like hand script.


DD was funny this afternoon. Falling asleep while Little Einsteins was on she growling herself and man was she grumpy. Shes like "wake up you silly girl" or "you wanna piece of me little girl wake up" She turns few in a few weeks and I'm hoping for a little miracle. The one where she turns from a stubborn, loud little girl in to a wonderful listening child, who angel looks line up with an angel mouth. One can only hope


Also if you havent been here go go now! As a hint think chipboard think arrows think delish. what .. what are you still doing here go go now....

I am a naughty blogger... I am a naughty blogger

My son has just informed me I spelt bugger wrong.. Love his 7 years old imput.

Ok job update... mates its been a long process and am now short listed in the final 2. Have do on line personality tests followed by the interview based on my test results regarding my personality in the work place and in dealing with others.......... then have to go to Tauranga and completed two cognitive tests, 1 comprehension and 1 numerical (Yolande could do with some help here!) which looks at my processes and speed skills.... Fun fun fun!!.... I should be sweet... its confirmed I'm a nut:) Was it worth missing CC06, short term NO, long term Yeah... suppose...

I dont even want to go back to full time work, but because when I was young and making my life partner choice I choose poor maori, sorry........... poor, lovely, wonderful, loving, great dad, talented, intelligent, easy going, loves-working-in-his-community-based-job-with-teenagers-in D&A-intervetion-programmes-not-going-to-leave-underpaid poor maori boy! (just in case he reads it) PS He back from canada tomorrow. Wasnt suppose to be back till the end of the month but him got home sick (all together now) ohhhhhhhhh

So so good news for me... I have a scrapspace. Its small its well lit and its mine. Yeah!! to not dragging out the bag and taking over the dinner table and not scrapping cause I cant be bothered doing all the previous things mentioned Yeah!!!

OK where did my photo go???? It was here and now its not!! Man whats going on blogger... think I'll look at a typepad account.....

Am depressed

So where am I... well more importantly where am I not... I am not at cc2006... okay so paid my full registration plus my accomodation, plus the fit for life lunch and an extra class with Wendy for the doodle it! What happened well plane tickets to expensive, my contract didnt get paid on Tuesday so was gonna pike it anyway. Then money came thru decided was gonna take a nice leisurely 6 hours drive and sing as loud and as flat as I liked (did all the time when I was at Massey).... so packed my bag, made 20 swap pins and stayed up till 2am on wednesday to do them ( would post a photo but camera is currently in Canada!!) and then this morning packed up the car, dropped of all the 4 children accordingly and the phone rings... the J O B that I have been holding out for short listed me and my interview is tomorrow with a presentation as well as another one for another great job on Monday morning which also requires a presentation to which they have given me my topic..... oh for F&*^ sake!

Here is one of my topics
What are the critical areas to develop in the Lakes Bay of Plenty Area to ensure Plunket achieves its vision, of ensuring that New Zealand children are among the healthiest in the world? Link your comments to Plunket’s Strategic Ends Policy

I could be hangout with the girls and getting drunk!!! For F%^&k sake!! In case you missed how bummed I am :(

I need the job, have LOVED staying at home but need the $$. hunny 350 a week aint denting anything :) so relaxation time is coming to an end and thinking more and more about how I'm gonna make my photography turn full time, tara whitney any ideas??

Enjoy everyone... go Bay Babes

Very Poor

Ok so heres my sad list

1. done my home work for cc Kao
2. saved some money for cc Kao
3. booked my plane flight for cc Kao
4. done a name tag Kao
5. finished by SO layout Kao
6. paid the phone bill Kao
7. done a No. Dare Kao

So theres a trend......... hmmmmm points for that great observation if nothing else. What have I been doing??? Taking a few hundred thousand photos. Have been enrolled in a photography course for a little while now and practicing my little heart out!!! Wanna be tara whitney great now like Right now but have to be content with later. Have struck a problem though.... new information is gained at the cost of old information.... (think McDonalds add with filing information in the brain as remembered by Yolande)

As for photoshop... well in a shy little voice... I rock... given the short amount of time I've been on it and the fact I have four children I spend every other waking hours in this program but umm some goodies lined up for ScrapCamp. However one of my new favourite tools is the liquify filter... see below and you'll see why its a favourite

Re scrapbooking, this is a layout I did a couple months ago but never got a chance to upload it. Have done a few of these over the past few weeks (as in white card stock) but I think this is up there as one of my favourites. Wanting to do some more on it but waiting for my cc doodling class before I be brave and actually write on it

Busy also with Te Reo Maori week and been having a great time with our iwi here and getting some awesome events organsied as well as attending them. So in celebration of this some people have asked about my childrens names.............

Rangitautini Rangi (with a rolled r)- toe - tinny

Wiremukururangi Wiremu - koo - roo - rangi (said fast)

Parekotuku Pah - re - caw - too - koo ( said fast)

Teoterangi Whataati Te - or - te - rangi - far - tar - ti (yes hes gonna get teased at school with that one

Off to Auckland next Thursday to drop hubby of to the airport where he flys off to Cananda for the month.... yipee!!! So will be hitting the scrapbooking shops in norht shore... lianne where are you based :)

Cool ladies cool...........

yeah to NZ scrapbookers. Looks great and what awesome line up of dare devils. So another new blog to add to the favourites lists...

And thanks Karen and Lynda for directing me back to Rhonna blog and yip it was me!! So hope those are winging there way to me. Not sure havent heard back but just cause I live in NZ thought maybe not...

But if I do get them... yeah yah they look awesome and cant wait to get my hands on those flowers!!

Ok once kids are back will be able to post more often. Also am loving being a SAHM!! aWent to WINZ the other day and mate dont they make you feel special. Granted I looked hori as but hey after wearing suits and makeup all day.... so had a bit of fun and when they asked what my wages were for the previous enjoyed wathcing her mouth drop and whilst I may have looked hori I certainly didnt sound like it as I wipped out the long syllable words in my dictionary and proceeded to explain that I had opted not to renew my contract and stay at home with my children... but again WINZ cant say was happy about having to go there and in the end ended up not actually needing too...........

Better go

Yeah I cna call myself a scrapbooker again

It was a long night with little sleep but much was accomplished and yet nothing was achieved.... oh that sounded pretty good... where can I use that in a report??? It says lots of nothing just like lots of reports that I have to read...

Ok so here are the layouts I finished off and started and finished if you know what I mean . Have another three going at the moment but unfortunately my children are hungry so I'd better feed them...

oh yeah and yah to finding my challenge page. Only found it yesterday when I went thru all my gears!!

Things I'm loving ..........using text strips, pea haylie font which looks really good and handwritten (will explain to children that it isnt my writing) white cardstock (can yah guess) and BG boys collection. Wasnt much of a fan when I first got it but hey sometimes potential takes some time in the eye of the beholder.. sorry about the bad photos couldnt be bothered scanning them in!

Things I want more off... um white cardstock, chipboard stars and chipboard arrows ( I have nin tuck) hs alphabet letters any kind and all kinds and um yip thats about it really.

Bye bye... off to find the children.... I think they have starting to walk up to the shop without me... fatal flaw I have the money!!!

Photos from Camp

Ok am shocked that I didnt take as many photos as I thought I did. Not my usual style usual I take heaps. I didnt even take a photo of the venue which for me is strange... oh well its only 20mins away could take a photo later of the sign... any some photos to enjoy and hope they look ok on your screen cause my monitors dying and I cant see the colors properly..........aaarghh!! some more on the way tomorrow.... now when shall I sleep???