Sunday morning...

... and I'm ready for bed...
Its been one of those nights at work where the timing of the jobs equated to very little sleep...not to mention the fact that at midnight... Mr 18 decided he may pay his Mum a visit at work.... and scared the living daylights out of her as he was sneaking past the windows.
My partner was out the door and after him...thinking he was a trespasser... and Mr 18 calmly saunters up... with a can of scotch and coke in his hand...a cheeky grin and a "Howdy Mum"... grrrr.

I had the pleasure on Friday night of doing Janelle's online class at the Scrapboxx (Janelle's layout is just amazing!! ...see it in the Boxx gallery)
I used this photo of the kids with their cousins.... well... I know its them.... I can recognise their legs...lol My layout came together easily... even though I made a few adaptions .... (I reversed it...and turned it into a 12x12) ...but the basics are the same.
...and Briony also scrapped on Friday night....she took Janelle's class too...and I was so proud of her and her layout of Alex.
Its fun watching Briony choose her papers and colours...she has such different taste to me... and I have to remember to allow her to make choices and decisions...Im always hovering ready to adjust... or make suggestions....but she has a knack of fobbing me off...and just doing her own thing. Thats my girl!! Ohh...and how cute is Alex who had a new haircut last week...and now has a fringe.... she is my other gorgeous girl... This week it was my turn to set the Scrapboxx weekly challenge ... so I set a tricky one. My challenge was to scrap a layout about something newsworthy that is happening right now in your town...your state...your home... or anywhere for that matter.... just something that once scrapped will be a little reminder of this event in times to come....
So... I chose to scrap about the closure of Lake Bonney here in Barmera...and the fact that we must remember and promote that although it is blocked off...it is still full of water...and still a great spot to visit..... we just need rain...and the drought to break and Lake Bonney can be restored again. I have been so amazed by the layouts that have been entered into the challenge this week...some of the topics are heart breaking... layouts about suicide....car accidents...drought and bindees beads.... and Im so amazed the the Boxx girls jump at a challenge... no matter how difficult.
...another lovely thing that happened this week was Janelle's..... 'spread the love' challenge... which is to create a layout about someone special and to tell them how much they mean to you.... I think this is a wonderful idea.....and stay tuned for a few more layouts with this theme coming up....
Ohh...and the new Sketches Oz sketch is up... this time its the gorgeous and incredibly talented Jolene Pienaar ...and its such a fabulous sketch.... (in fact Jolene's sketch looks like a layout!)... I just loved what everyone did with this one...

..well thats it.... I need toothpicks for my eyes...so I think Ill hit the sack for an hour or two.... x