Goodbye 2010, Hello 2011..................

We had a lovely New Years gathering here last night with the neighbours ~ oh, how nice it is to have neighbours we want to socialise with!! Had planned to have a big night, but 1 cocktail and 2 red wines later, it was rather tame, but I am thankful for that today.
2010 seemed to disappear in the blink of an eye, but on reflection it has been a massive year for me and us. Our year in review:

January ~Happy 9th birthday

April ~ Easter Bunny arrived and we arrived at a major decision ~ to sell up and move out of town. Real Estate agent contacted, house listed.

May ~ the Masterchef phenoenom hit our house and Riley developed an interest in cooking ~ and it has continued.

June ~ this gorgeous creature joined our family. A rescue dog from the RSPCA. Tammy is delightful and an amazing dog.

July ~ we moved from here...........................

to here................. 2 gorgeous acres, 10 minutes from town. Sheer heaven on earth!!

September ~ Riley and I went off to his first school camp ~ happy days

and we had two camping trips to Riverwood Downs ~ more happy days

October ~ we visited these ~ woohoo

and this. Two amazing weeks in Egypt ~ priceless

November ~ Ummmmm what happened?? How did this amazing, beautiful girl get all growed up??? Off to her first formal, and clever too, scooped the pool at presentation day. WTG Meggy!!

December ~ Newcastle Bikers Charity Toy Ride

and my beautiful friend Kay retires. Happy Retirement Kay, sure will be different without you.

Christmas Delight

 Only a snippet of what has transpired in the last 12 months. My work has now become a career again with a clear path to promotion. Beginning in 2010 as the co-ordinator of a major program, my role is being expanded in 2011, with a pay rise, and a new challenge. On a personal note I reconcilled with my grandmother after 9 years. A highly emotional time, but a step I am so thankful I took. I can never get those 9 years back, but I can make the most of what time is left. My greatest regret is that she doesn't really know Riley and that is a tragedy, I'll always have my memories and those who meddled can never take those away.

So all that is left to say is goodbye 2010 and hello 2011

Cheers.............................Leanne

A Christmas Roundup................

Once again Christmas was full of love and joy, and 10 year old excitement. DS was beside himself leading up to Christmas. He knew he was getting a quad bike from us, but had no idea what Santa might leave, and I don't think he really cared ~ 2010 was all about the quad. I was a little mean and told him the delivery mans truck had broken down and the quad wouldn't be delivered until later on Xmas Day. To keep him away from the garage I told him it had been sprayed because there were white tail spiders in there ~ oh, the little lies we tell to keep the magic alive. Needless to say there was a fairly loud squeal of delight when I sent him over to the shed to let the dog out when he got up at 6.00am. Seems that gone are the days of waking him at 8.00am to open presents.
Anyway here's a little look at our day:

Wrapped and ready to go

The all important key ~ at the top of the tree!!

Family

So, once again, it's over for another year

Cheers.............................Leanne

SALE TIME.........................

20% of ALL STOCK

Excludes clearance items

Available until Friday 17th December 2010

LOVE SCRAPPIN 

So head on over an bag a bargain for Xmas

Cheers...............................Leanne  

December Sketch Challenge..................................

was my task this month at Scrap Pile:

My example is still in the making, but will feature very soon

Cheers...............................Leanne

Recipe Challenge .................................

at Love Scrappin;
was the challenge set by Suz for the DT this month.
The recipe:
-you must have a one word heading
-1 to 4 photo's~up to you.
-would like to see a banner on your page
-buttons
-handmade tag with written journaling
-handmade flower
-paint or glimmermist somewhere on your layout
-stamping

I had the pleasure of working with Prima Marketing Road Trip 
and the result:

I scrap the way I cook, recipes are a guide ~ the flower just wasn't right!!!
Head on over and have a go at the recipe and have fun


Cheers........................................Leanne

Scrapping Update..........................

not a whole lot of scrapping has gone on, but I do have a few updates:
October Scrap Pile DT Layouts
I loved working with the Bo Bunny Cambridge collection teamed with a variety of Prima products:

November Scrap Pile DT Layouts
Another fabulous pack of products: Websters Pages and Prima oooooooo la la:

The layout above is of me lunching beside the Nile River on the first day of our recent holiday.

Cheers...............................Leanne

Golly Gosh.................................

what happened to the past month???? Life has been extraordinarily busy in recent weeks, hence the neglect of this poor blog and minimal scrapping. But first a little update of our recent holiday. Egypt was fabulous ~ everything is on a grand scale and there is definitely a WOW factor!! I didn't enjoy the culture or the food as much as Vietnam, but what we saw was mighty impressive:

Only a brief update, but as I scrap the photos I will upload here.

Cheers...............................Leanne