Mixed Post

 Hi,

This is a bit of a "Mixed Bag" post.  I've been busy over the last week.  I've got a little bit of craft mixed in with day to day stuff.  So go get a cuppa & enjoy :o).
 
Smudge "that mongrel" cat of mine, has been at it again.  This is her latest gift - a Tiger Snake.  It's a little one only 2-3 feet long.  As an added bonus it was still alive (sort of).  I swear the cat has a death wish & it's not even Spring yet.  Talk about a wake up call.  I have no idea where she found this guy as it was night time & snakes have usually gone to ground by then.  All I can say is thank goodness we have a screen door or things could have gotten nasty.  I have gotten use to opening the wooden door to see this on the other side of the screen door.  Crazy cat with death wish.  She must be down to about 4 lives now!

 Here is a simple LO I've done, featuring my friend Dawn & my two girls.  It was taken not long after Lils was born, 2 years ago.  But like all things second child related I've not done much in the way of scrapbooking for Lils.  Emsy has 4 scrapbooks & Lils has about 5 pages, such is life.  I have set myself a mini goal to do more scrapping.  I've also decided to add stamping in some way.  Since I have so many beautiful stamps, inks & Copics. On this LO you can't see the stamping but if you look carefully you will see a bow on a tag (near Emsy's head) I've stamped some birds on that & coloured them in with Copics.That is where I've added my journaling, as I didn't want the journaling to take away from the LO.   

Here is a picture of me after I did a 10km Fun Run (or in my case 10km waddle).  Also there was a  Storm Trooper/Clone Soldier (Star Wars) with R2D2 strapped to his back.  I am pretty sure he didn't run, just mingled with the crowd.  This happened yesterday.  We went from Alex Beach Surf Club to Cotton Tree & back again.  I was so happy with myself after I completed the run waddle.  I did the race in just under two hours & had the best time.  I decided to do the run with some of the mothers from my mothers group.  We got separated & they all finished ahead of me.  But they where waiting for me at the end & cheered me on.  They are the best!!! We are talking about doing this again next year.  I used Endomondo to track my progress.  I was averaging about 11 minutes per km.  Which isn't too bad, considering I have a cold & woke up with Conjunctivitis Manky Eyetist.  I stopped on the run to ask a really nice Ambo officer to put some drops in my eye (I stole Emsy's drops).    

 This is a card made with some goodies that the lovely Cathy sent to me as a thank you for a prize she had won.  The flower is a sticker from Penny Black, isn't it gorgeous.  I used some of my leftover Basic Grey Porcelain pp's & the ribbon is also from Cathy.  This card is to say Doug & I are going to his nephew's wedding.

Well I'm off to get lunch, pull the washing in & get the husband/kidlet organised ;o)
Happy crafting everyone xoxoxoxo