hello happy net friends.....
hope everyone is enjoying the gorgeous
spring weather...
hugs and love to all in cyber world

lisa
xx

thanks to all you gorgeous friends who left me some love
and have contacted me via tx ...
your connection is so important to me ....
thanks a bunch
and thanks to danny for his amazing efforts of ridding my computer of its nastiness...your efforts have been much apppreciated ...
trying to get organized and online again ,
but my borrowed laptop is not cooperating at home
like it did this weekend at the plush
resort during our sojourn to salamander bay ..:):):):)
ont much needed break
im not creating like i'd like too
and poor tanya ...oh tan i have some explaining to do...
the layouts are done ,but i am struggling to up load
and i cant get on to any forum with out my service
:(:(:(

oh for a tech head in the family
..zane ....where r u ...hhehhehe
missing my online life

lisa xxxxx

my masterboard is dead
computer a thing of the past ..
not a happy camper folks

lisa
x

THE RETURN OF....................................THE WITCH hello friends ...im back

well not really

but im here for a quick upload

thanks to jaime R for lending me her laptop for the evening

and giving me time to get my art up here..

and fill you in on the goings on of me ......

hehheh sounds a lil self absorbed ,doesnt it

oh well ..here we go

lets celebrate blog world ..hehhehheh



well the most exciting scrap event in my life is in the process right now..
in fact i feel totally blessed to have been chosen to contribute to this amazing site ,with these amazing woman ..if you haven't been following naomi's blog your so missing out on some serious scrap goodies and thew count down to the opening of ......... drum roll please
SCRAP TAPESTRY

lil old me has been asked to help out with the art journal
heres a super sneak peek
introducing
scrapartistry

well apart from art

we were lucky enough to have one of our dear belguin

friend join us for a few days last month

augustine ..or gus as we call him dropped in on his way from sydney to NT ...

we were super happy to see him again after 3 yrs

the kids were so young when he first met them,gus lived in sydney for 3 yrs

now they are growing up...next visit they will be on his door step ...

back packs on and wanting a bed for the night ..lol

and then there is Ruby

super talented ,super fun ,miss ruby...

my childrens chief art inspiration...lol

and boy are they inspired,

with art journals and creative work

thanks so much ruby i just couldnt get them motivated and in a day .

you had them wanting to create and they are still into it...

miss evy is a mere page or 2 from completing her first altered art journal

and how you inspired me to get my act together and recharge myself creatively

i was so blocked with this journal..but a deadline

and some youthful inspiration is alll one needs to get it flowing

naomi..thhis is your spiritual cj..........finally

jaimie r now has your cj

and now some layouts...boy these are so old now they seem like

one for my buddy Lee

a portrait from my time in melbourne

this one is inspired by dina wakely

this for my girlfriend debbie

ohhhps its the wrong way around

this one above and below are inpried by the super talent of loiuse nelson

and finally ive been working on 2 canvases

this one for asti ..inspired by a glorious piece of

prima pp(louise its the one u gave me )
the other is darker..more ...well i call it twilight inspired....

but thats in the next post

i wanted to thank all my friends out there who left me some love

even when i wasnt here. its nice to know ppl are thinking of you .

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a quote ....its been a while

"In art the hand

can never execute anything higher

than the heart can inspire"
Ralph Waldo EmersonAmerican poet, lecturer and essayist, 1803-1888

hello friends in cyber world...

i'm here but i'm not ,my photos are found and safe in my f drive

but my sad computer has gone for a face lift to ruby's house ..

A HUGE THANKS TO DANNY FOR STRIPPING

AND REFORMATTING MY COMPUTER .

can't wait till i'm back online and with working usb ....

fingers crossed folks ..

i've been super busy with work and family ,no daily photos,

just lots of exercise and fun...

miss Evy performed in her eisteadford(sp?) in sydney,she and her school.

their perfomance was sensational.the other schools were amazing too.

miss asti scored herself a position on the school netball team ,

which we are all super proud of her!

ruby oh miss ruby came to visit ,for a week !

we had a creative feast..i wish i could upload some

pieces and share some of my art , but well you 'll have to wait a little longer .

ok ...i am alive and well..
im having some major computer issues ..
a hard drive crash
and im sad to say that Ive basically lost ever photo that
I've taken for the last 5 yrs .:(
and that's after buying a a huge
external hard drive and moved everything over ...
and now its now where to be found ...
(Zane my f drive has disappeared)
im still hopeful that some computer wizard
some where can work there magic and find my beloved pics.....
but my pics from Adelaide are gone (Sonja-fingers crossed)
before uploading any on to my blog :(
lucky i have my blog bucket in picassa i can grab some from there
and face book has a few pics

but very few are full size

and ...... all my documents
:( :( ;(
and my printer is offline .
so my layout uploading is suffering
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr


.. on a brighter note
thanks to those in Adelaide who made
my time there something spec.
Louise ...i adore catching up with you .
and it was super to see your amazing creative space irl.
i came home and looked at my scrap stash..
and started to cry laughing ....heehheheee.
im coming back
Ali i did fly of course .
.but didn't hit Adelaide airport until 8.30pm on Friday

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im off to visit Adelaide .

back on monday

"I never travel without my diary.

One should always have something

sensational to read in the train."

(make that plane)
Oscar WildeIrish poet, novelist,

dramatist and critic,

1854-1900

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Back to work..the sun is shining the walk to walk is fresh but invigorating
there's a spring in my step ,because at the end of the week
I'm off to south Australia to catch up with some scrap cyber friends .
I've never been to Adelaide ,so another first for me in 2 months ,
first visiting Melbourne,now if i could just fund a
trip to Perth i would almost have meet all my cyber friends
and oh to meet those important internationals -one can dream

quote of the day
there are two ways to live your life
one is as though
nothing is a miracle
the other is as though
everything is a miracle
Albert Einstein

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Another fun weekend...,finally back to myself ...

but need to exercise and get back to normal life

(especially since i binged on cadbury black forest chocolate last night)
ohhhhhhps.......and today ...i bought my first 2 pairs of size 12 jeans ...yay

bearing in mind at the start of my journey(in sept last year )

i was wearing size 20 jeans ...

i thought it would take longer ..

but with the last few months and working with laurie ( my PT )

im happy to finailly be seeing and achieving results

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Today i bought a new bed......got 700 dollars off...

flashing my happy bright smile ...wink ....

as far as my creative life is going

im finally starting to get some flow again ....

finished this mini album for miss zane

based on her time here with me
a layout to celebrate her style

my gorgeous 2 went ice skating today with miss edie

thanks ange and dee xxxxx
quote of the day

believe that life is worth living .

and your belief will

help you create the fact .

Willam James 1842-1910

American psychologist philosopher.

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slowly on the mend ,missing a healthy body .
thru together these layouts after work today..need to kick start my mojo...
especially in the afternoon,because the evenings are so cold and
all i want to do is have an early shower and hit the sack..
my bodies trying to tell me something .REST.

go the transformation in these photos..
taken 15 months apart ...yay 4 me

miss Evy is running super hot with her camera atm..had to share this special shot
she's a wiz at the self portrait(aint all the kids now a days )

quote of the day

the day ,water,sun,moon,night-
i do not have to pay to enjoy these things
tinus platus
roman dramitist

im not at all well ..
I'll be back when
the world stops spinning

xxx

LAZY SUNDAYS ?
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Sunday ...lazy Sundays ..i love them ..
but today wasn't one of them
spending time with Lisa G
a long over due catch up after lots of traveling on both parties
so it was lunch and shopping ..lol :) so a Lisa G day out

and then back for some more GF time with miss Angie
whom, if u don't know, is Georgie's
stunningly beautiful and super talented mother

quote of the day

we are here and it is now .
further than that.
all human knowledge
is moonshine

h.l.mencken

"its a brother sister thing"
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i havent seen my brother in oh so long ,
and i always love to catch up with him,
even though he still likes to make fun of me
(its the brother sister thing -u know) .
hehhehe
his family are so delightful
the kids ,my nephews are so fun ,
both my kids were out doing
pre organized friends things (bummer)
so i went out to lunch with mum and meet up for a quick catch up
im not really a club girl so it was super to find some sun
outside and hang with the kids while they played a game of pool....
hehe pool ...i do remember personally just how difficult it was to master
the art of a direct hit upon the white ball let alone
then connecting to a coloured ball and actually sinking something .
Ryan was so adorable to watch ,
his over arm technique made me cringe inside and laugh outside
i did attempt to instruct him ,
and nan also attempted to give instruction ..
its just practice ...right ..you go Ryan ...
wont be long and it will be happening
...check out Roberts cool technique

quote of the day

if i had two loaves of bread,
i would sell one and buy hyacinths
for they would feed my soul.

the Qur'an

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a sneek peek of my scrapjack for this month

quote of the day

Carpe Diem

THE RINGS
Nadia ..i bought my ringS...the black markazite
and plain black ,blue ,rhinestone,2 pink at equip
this black markazite was about 16.00 the other single colour ones are 10.00
i love em..cant walk past the shop without getting another one ..hehhehe

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quote of the day

I never think of the future.
It comes soon enough.

Albert Einstein

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after shower..after workout
im back into it ..
Ive been a little slack since miss Zane left
but a new week
an new workout
and back on track
another phone pic...
the kids are so over taking my daily shot
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quote of the day

An eye for an eye
makes the whole world blind.
Mahatma Gandhi

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today's photo is a phone pic .
i was a little bored whilst waiting for miss Evy to finish dancing
i would usually walk at this time..
but the rain and my straight hair ,
just don't mix .
plus i only found out the other day
that you can email your pics to
your email Addy from your phone

yes i am old school .lol
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quote of the day
one of my favs

Happy the man ,and happy he alone ,
he who can call today his own;
he who secure within,can say
tomorrow do they worst ,
for i have lived for today ..

john Dryden
english poet ,playwright

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Ive busy busy ,what have u been doing ????
up early..straightening one child's hair for a birthday party ..
then a pressie to make for the festive child's special day
here's how that pressie turned out

dropped that child off to her party ,
then back home to throw together
another altered journal for Mr 13
boy gifts always throw me a little...
but master Luke has a band
called MEDIA CONTROL
and this one made itself ,thanks to
the invitation for today's live band party

grabbed a few band shot while is was there
.heehe love that attitude in this pic below
these kids are cranking the garage band sound
,all of 12 and 13 yrs old
they do a killer version of the
white strips -7 nation army .....
look out the next gen are on their way

while the kids were very occupied with parties ,
i had a shoot to do for a friends ,sons girlfriend,
whom is putting together a portfolio of shots to use as a resume ....
well i don't know if they are really up to portfolio standard ,
but here's a few of the 400 or so shots we took this afternoon .
.it was a bitterly cold day and i pulled this young girl down to the beach ,
poor thing ..im going to try and do this shoot again next week ,
with some natural warm light ,will see how we go..
.and im going to borrow my bosses 4 G canon camera to pop the quality up.
would like some feedback on these ones ...please ...
oh ..Ive done no editing on these...im being a lil lazy

quote of the day
always be a first -rate
version of yourself;
instead of a second
rate version of somebody else
Judy Garland