Good news in the midst

Two things to brighten my day today...
1. My mum has just got a place on the ship from WA to visit HMAS Sydney. She is very excited, and I couldn't be more happy for her. Not only does she deserve it, this week especially, but it is something that will mean so much to her. She never met/ saw her Dad and this is his final resting place. So yay Mum - I'm glad you won in the ballot!!!
2. DH just bought in a copy of Scrapbook Creations - I got a free copy (yay!!!) to entice me into buying a subscription!!

Off to visit Dad this afternoon to see how he is going. Then tonight we are going to my school's trivia night.

The last 24 hours

So it has been hectic here. Mum called last night, distressed, to let me know Dad had collapsed and the ambulance was to take him to hospital. We got to Emergency just after 9pm - the same time as the ambulance. After a 45 minute wait (and we had to ask what was happening) we were told we could go through to the room.
They weren't sure whether it had anything to do with operation yesterday or not. They were thinking maybe an infection in the blood stream.
So we left around 11pm, knowing that Dad was to be admitted for observation.
Drove Mum home and got home and in bed by 12am.
Today I spent the day at school - busy, busy, busy. Wet day timetables at both recess and lunch - so extra duty! Got home, called Mum and found out that Dad has a heart murmur and needs more tests, probably to be done on Monday. We went to visit him tonight, he seems ok, but frustrated that he has to stay in hopsital. I think he is also frustrated that it is something else to do with his heart, since he has lost soooo much weight and exercises daily. I must say I have frustrated enough for him it's just not fair!

Not a winner

Well I didn't win any prizes in the cybercrop. But at least I now have 10 cards made and did some LO's too.
Also had my first rejection...waiting for the second one now..haha.
School again tomorrow...3 days til the weekend ;)

Holding it together

Do you ever feel like you are hanging onto "normal" life by a string? I'm feeling like I'm loosing my grip and slipping a bit. But I am trying to keep it together. I'm trying not to whinge or complain. I'm trying to be positive. I'm trying to concentrate on the "now".
I'm just not sure how long I can hold it together. Do you ever feel the same?

This weekend...

We helped my Nan pack her things on Sat, she will be moving to a new home tomorrow (a retirement home) this time where hopefully she will get the care she needs!
Dad's hospital tests were put off again this week, cos the hospital stuffed up (forgot to put him down on the list!?!?) - so hopefully he will be done this week. Then we will know if we need to be tested for anything as well. Fingers crossed it is something simple!

Wow - I completed 5 layouts this weekend along with 10 cards!! And I didn't even pre-plan or prepare anything!! I felt very creative. Of course the downside was that I didn't do any school work, or much housework...but maybe i needed to scrap to keep me sane! Not sure whether to try and sub any of these or not..?!

The first are the 10 cards...a challenge from the Claytons Retreat Cybercrop at Little Scrapbook Shop. This was a lot of fun, and I think I will do it again with a "pretty" paper. This has certainly re-stocked my card pile!

Next are the 5 LO's. The first was also a challenge from the LSBS (sketch challenge). The second was another page for my Japan album. The next 2 are of my god-daughter Amelia and the last is of Ella! :)

2 challenges completed

Here are two challenges fro this weeks CC at Scraptherapy
The first is a card - the challenge was to use a rescued item (a drink coaster in this case) and scraps of PP.

The second challenge I completed was a photo of something old (statue) and 3 or more distressing techniques (inking, sanding, ripping, scrunching and I also used a distressed looking PP)

Thanks for looking :)

Scraptherapy Cyber Crop

Scrap therapy has their cybercrop on this weekend. Head to ScrapTherapy
For every hit on the site the prize pool goes up...so head over and have a sticky beak. Somebody is going to be extremely lucky and win the prize pool of new CHA releases!!
Also check out the cyber crop..there are some interesting challenges there too!!