Losing things :(

Well today started out ok.. but then things changed. You see when Nick and I got married we each got a gift from one another... today mine went missing... and no its not just lost.. its gone! My gift was a charm bracelet and the first charm that was on it was a two hearts that were interlocking, the second charm was one of the footprints poem that I love and the last was a dummy that was given to me by Nick when Ella was born... so the bracelet holds a lot of sentimental value... anyways today we were walking through Camden and I heard a chink noise, luckily I looked down because one of the links of my bracelet had broken and it had fallen off my wrist. I was ok because I thought nothing of it, just picked up the bracelet.. but then I noticed the double heart charm was missing... I swear I almost broke into tears right there in the middle of the street.. anyone that walked past would have thought I was a hormonal lunatic lol. Nick and I retraced our steps but couldnt see it, it didnt help that it was windy and there were leaves on the ground that were goldy colours ... so now its gone :( forever. The charm that I got and wore on my wedding day that can never be replaced...Nick said he will get me a new one and it will be just as special.. but it wont be.. it just wont have the same meaning as the one did that I lost...to me its like losing my wedding ring... ok not as expensive lol but still! I guess I will end up getting a new one as a symbol of our five year anniversary which is next year. Nick now wants to buy me a new bracelet that has stronger links so I cant lose the others.. hey I cant complain ;)

Rach xx

Just LO's ;)

This post is just going to be uploading some new LO's from over the weekend... had a full on day at uni today and I am feeling lazy now lol ;) Hope u like! thanks for looking

Rach xx

Another CC comes to a close

Well scrap therapy's cc is almost over.. well it will be at the end of today haha! I have managed so far to get one of the challenges done.. yes thats right.. only ONE! I suck.. and I have no excuse, other than most of us spent friday night chatting instead of scrapping ;) But it was great fun! I also made a key ring from a class Belinda ran that was raising money for cancer research, it was fun and the key ring looks fab! Still havent made a start on Narelle's class and there are two more coming today ;) Its ok though Ill get them done sooner or later :) Not much is going on for me at the moment, the uni semester is winding down and another bunch of assignments will soon be due but the good news is.. that after that lot I am then on holidays till March YAY!! I go back to work in a little under 4 weeks, so not long to go now! Am going to love having the extra money again! Means more scrapping supplies lol! Other exciting news is that its almost time for us to ttc #2. We have been planning to start from November for a while and the time is almost here! I am a little excited, a little scared ... dont want it to take another 2 years to fall pregnant like with Ella. Think its time for me to go have a shower now ;) Going to in laws for lunch today, its a beautiful day! Will leave you with my challenge LO. I love how it turned out!

How exciting!!

So this is a super short post.. but I wanted to say how excited I was about being the scrap therapy LO of the week :) Thanks guys :) I was so shocked to find out cause I really dont think, as a new scrapper, that I am anywhere near the standard of the LO's Ive seen on there before. So pop on over to their blog and check it out! Its in my blog list! :)

Day two & I am still going strong :)

Well I am almost two days down which is FAB! Once I get past the first week of dieting I find it a lot easier to stick to.. its just those first few days that seem to get to me.. so I am on day two and still fine n dandy ;) Plus this weekend Ill be too busy cyber cropping to even think about eating!! haha!! Yes girls, its cyber crop time again this weekend at www.scraptherapy.com.au so POP on over and say hello :) Come raise some money for cancer research and of course have a great time :) I have started making my recipe swap cards and I have to say I am pleased with how they are turning out :) One dilemma being. I AM GOING TO RUN OUT OF LETTERS!! I have asked Nat to get some into the store.. fingers crossed that the wholesaler has them!! If not I'll have to use different letters on some.. they will still all look beautiful though lmao! I'll post a pic of a finished one when the swap is over, I want the first ppl to see them to be those who are participating so you will have to wait ;) Got a RAK today from Lea, what a hunny! It had so many yummy things in it..it really made my day :) In other news.. back at uni now.. :( although only 5 weeks left till end of semester...

Dieting...

This is going to be one of those posts where I totally pour my heart out.. so if you get bored with that type of thing.. leave now :). Ok so I am overweight... I know it! I have to lose about 30kgs to get to my goal weight.. one good thing is that this amount used to be 43kgs... so when I started the dieting saga I actually did stick to it for a little while... but now I am stuck! I try over and over again to start and stick to a diet to help me shift the kilos I need to lose but I am failing over and over again and I dont understand why...it upsets me so much that I can look at myself in the mirror and be so dissapointed with how I have let myself put on so much weight but still it does nothing to motivate me... soo today is it.. the final straw.. I am sticking to it no matter what. I know I have to.. not even just for me... you see I have polycystic ovarian syndrome.. which for those who dont know what it is, puts me at a high risk for getting type 2 diabetes as I age, I also got gestational diabetes when I was pregnant with Ella which also puts me at a higher risk than average too, so you see I have to lose the weight to give me the best possible chance against not getting diabetes. Sooo to make myself a little more accountable I am going to come in here weekly and update on my progress.. good or bad... and then maybe I can figure out what helps me to stay on track or what factors steer me away from it. Sooooo goal weight here I come.. for good this time!!!

Been a while ....

Well this one is going to be mainly full of LO's :) Arent u lucky :P All assignments for the first half of the semester are now DONE! Thank goodness I can finally breathe again! Havent been very well lately.. got some kinda of throat infection, have been losing my voice on and off for four days now, makes me feel horrible :( hopefully it goes away soon and I can be my happy cheerful self! I am excited though because this weekend is the next cyber crop over at scrap therapy! Hope to see you all there... thats if anyone actually does read this?? They are going to be running classes that cost $5 each and all funds raised will go to cancer research, which of course is FABULOUS! Ella had a caramel milkshake this morning in one of her cups.. u know the ones with the spouts, anyways she decided that she wanted to pull the top off and then try and drink it ON THE RUG! Sooo we had an a la milkshake disaster this morning, plus now the rug will need to be steam cleaned so it doesnt STINK! YAY ... :( Note to self: PUT ELLA OUTSIDE WITH THE DOG WHEN DRINKING haha!!

Rach xx