Belinda's Class was AWESOME

Well if you read my last post you'd know that the class started at 8pm tonight and I have to say I am impressed! Belinda did a fantastic job and the directions were so easy to follow, even for a newbie scrapper like me :) So thought Id jump on and show you all my LO. Thanks Belinda :)

Rach xx

Dont you know SCRAPPING comes before ASSIGNMENTS

Well I have one assignment left to do, so 5 have flown out the door into the lecturer's boxes and hopefully will get at least a pass mark :) But tonight is a night about me.. well about things I want to be doing rather than HAVE to be doing.. scraptherapy is doing a FREE, yes you read it right, FREE online class tonight. It is being run by the wonderfully talented Belinda and if you want to go just make sure you're around at 8pm (EST) come to this link ----> http://www.scraptherapy.com.au/forum/viewforum.php?f=76 dont be shy, we are all nice... really we are!!!
My birthday went really well, got to spend it with family which makes it special. I got spoilt as usual ;) not that I am complaining haha. I have applied for two other courses, so that makes three in total for my masters, they are all via distance education so I am hoping that at least one of them thinks that I am good enough and they select me. Only one bad thing on my mind at the moment.. I go back to work in 6 weeks :( I am going to miss my baby so much, I am lucky though because my sister is going to be looking after her for me when Nick is not at home with his shift work. It is going to be hard to be away from her for three days a week, but with getting a mortgage we will need the two incomes... so no choice really!
Time for me to go get the clothes off the line ;) Hope to see you all tonight at scrap therapy doing that class... it is going to be a BLAST!

Rach xx

Uni Application Time :)

Have sent off my application for Master of Teaching through CSU today, so happy that it is finally off my hands and on its way. Has taken me a while to get the transcripts and things organised that I needed in order to apply. I am crossing my fingers that I get in because CSU are the only univeristy that offer M Teach via distance education in NSW. I want to be able to go back to work in November and stay there for a while to get some extra cash going before we have baby number two and the only way I can do this is if I get accepted in the course.
The countdown till my birthday has well and truly begun! Only four days to go.. well five really! I am excited because I know I am getting a Canon 400D as a present... yes I am doing a happy dance right now haha!
Ella is well and truly walking now.. no more stopping to crawl when she falls over anymore.. just full on stable walking! I am sure it wont be long till I am chasing her around the house while she is trying to attack the dog! Poor bubbles wont know what hit her! In other news about Ella, she said another word today... bub bles :) her first two syllable word.. I mean sure she has said mum ma and dad da but this was a full on word that wasnt just repeated twice lol... yes I am a crazy mum ma!!
Well thats all from me for now, Im sure to be back within a few days :)

Rach xx

Cyber Crops, Night Owls and hand stitching!

What a fantastic weekend it has been. All started with a bang on Friday night with Scrap Therapy's Cyber Crop. It has been fantastic, lots of great challenges and great chatting. I am now the scrap therapy night owl, it was just a random draw of those who were still up at midnight last night, but I think I look cute as an owl! haha! I just completed a LO that I absoultely love to pieces, it has a lot of meaning for me and the hand stitching took hours but I have to say of all the LO's I've completed, yeh i know its not many, this is definately my favourite.. so have a peek a boo and leave me a comment :) About to get cracking on a uni assignment that is due next week, so that I can have tonight to do another LO.. yes ok I am a little addicted! ohhhh wait... thanks so much to Narelle for the awesome card class, I am making it for my sister who has been having a bit of a rough time lately with boys.. who needs them haha! HOOT HOOT from this owl!

Rach xx

Uni is attacking with a vengence

Well well well... I just realised that in the next two weeks I have six assessment tasks due, all of which are worth 40% of the overall semester mark or MORE. Goodness ME!! Plus in those two weeks I have to fit in more important things like the cyber crop on over at www.scraptherapy.com.au ;)this weekend, I am totally loving this place right now. The people are fab! Cant wait to see what challenges they have in store. In other news... Ella is pushing through teeth again...I seriously cant wait for them all to be through and her pore lil gums get a break from all this sharp teeth lol... it makes her so grumpy and needy and of course disrupts sleep patterns so it has been a lil crazy round here lately. Hmmm what else??? I have applied for my Masters thru CSU and applied to graduate today... its all coming to an end... PLUS i go back to work in 2 months :( its not that I hate work or anything, I actually rather enjoy the interaction and friendships, its that I will be away from my baby for the first time since she was born... :( but you have to do what you have to do...I have really been thinking lately about the time it took to conceive Ella and how we are hoping for a #2... I guess I am just hoping that it doesnt take as long as last time or that it isnt as emotionally draining and depressing as it was before... but thats a story for another time.

Rach xx