Another LO & a disappointing week

So I am really bad at sticking to diets and this week was one that proved it! The difference is however that as of tomorrow I am getting back on it.. STRICT! with a lil leeway.. I have found that the stricter I make myself the harder it is on me to actually stick to it.. if I give myself at least the thought that I can have certain things I end up not feeling like them anyways! So anyways.. next weeks weigh in is going to be amazing! UH HUH!!

Scrapped one LO so far for the Scrap Therapy CC that was on this weekend, am about to get started on another one but not sure if it will make the deadline.. depends on how awake I am hehe.. Have had a busy weekend, outlet shopping tours, fishers ghost carnival & just general bits n pieces, exams are this week! ARGH!

Yes I am another Twiilight fan.. but I was a reader BEFORE the movie .. so in my opinon means I enjoyed the books more since i didnt know what was going to happen lol.. thought Id start on album on things I love right now.. around 10 LO's or so.. so I can look back on 2009 one day and say WOW how things have changed lol..

Happy MONDAY!

Rach <3

A wallet.. nickelback & crazy naked daughters!

Haha.. nice title!

So today I made a wallet for my sister. She has been having some drama's with money and roomates and ex boyfriends so I thought Id make her a wallet with a donation inside.. no 20$ is not the donation lol.. I just hope that she likes it, I don't do OTP stuff very often but I actually enjoyed it! I will probably make some more of these or similar for people for christmas gift vouchers and cards =) Handy for using up scrap pieces of paper you have left over and very cheap to make since its basically just cardstock and whatever embellishments u choose!

Only 7 sleeps till Nickelback! I am really excited about it, loved their last concert & I know this one won't disappoint! The only bad thing is that as I count down to Nickelback I am also counting down till my exams as they are the days before the concert! YUK!

Someone tell me what it is with 3 year olds taking all their clothes off and running around naked.. as fast as I get her to put them back on she sneaks away and pulls them off again and its not even HOT! CRAZY I tell you!!

That's it for today, heading out soon to go out for dinner and to see Time Travelers Wife.. hoping that the book is not ruined by the movie.. or rather that they are able to put onto film the emotions that the book was able to conjure up in me! Enjoy your weekend guys! If you're not busy, its the Scrap Therapy cyber crop this weekend, challenges are already up! Link over on on the right hand side of my page..

Rach <3

PROCRASTINATION, how I love you!

Ok so the uni semester is officially over and we are in the "exam" study period... but guess what? I still have an assignment to do. Because I study externally we get our assignments back via mail and this semester one of the teachers fell ill and was replaced to teach the unit, this meant that our first assignments didn't get marked before the second was due and that the new teacher extended the due date till 16th November.. (ARGH) Now most ppl would be saying.. HOORAY an extension.. but the problem with me is that .. mine would have been done on time BUT because I saw the extension before I put that "doing" into practice.. it still isnt done.. :o*( & now I am sitting here typing about not doing an assignment because I really don't want to make a start on it. haha!! How do people motivate themselves to just go for it.. I wanted it done by the end of this week because I have exams in less than 2 weeks and wanted nothing else hanging over me after they were done.. but I just seem to be sitting here looking up sites, checking out my fave forums (yes I am blaming you scrap therapy!!) and checking out people's blogs!

HELP!

Rach <3

Pink A Boo

Ok here is my first LO share in FOREVER. Did the blind scrapping with Allie over at Scrap Therapy last night and even though it started out the same as the instructions it quickly deviated lol... like always! Thanks for the awesome class Allie! =)

Like I said yesterday I knew Id cave to see if the scales would say any different.. so I am halfway through my week as of today and I'm down 1.7kgs so far! Am very happy with that although I have a lot to lose so I expected the start to be fast.. just have to remind myself when I start to get smaller loses that it all adds up in the end! I'm not really sure if anyone drops in here anymore.. or reads what I am writing lol.. not that I mind talking to myself :P Still a fun way to get a load off and feel like you are being held accountable for your actions kinda thing.

Have uni exams coming up in a week and a half and I am NOT prepared for them at all. My motivation for uni seems to come in little phases.. I get really excited about things get a whole load of work done then I am like "Oh that can wait till the absolutely very last minute" hehe =) Guess while I am thinking and talking about it I should actually go study some notes!

Rach <3

Blind Scrapping!

Has got to be one of the funnest things I have done in a LONG time! I am not sure what that says about what goes on in my life.. but so far it has been a great time, relaxing, chatting, scrapping.. it's nice to feel like I am feeling right now :) Will upload the LO after its done, if you're around tonight come check it out over at Scrap Therapy.. there is a link over on the right hand side of my page!

Day three and all is well! Headaches from the withdrawls have started to fade which is awesome! Am still on track which is even better.. am trying really hard not to jump on those scales until the end of the week but temptation is probably going to get to me.

Rach <3

Fat Lip!

Ok so Ella slipped over and somehow landed on her mouth.. I am not sure how it is even possibly accomplished.. standing there up straight and then flat on your face.. Anyways.. me being the photographer of the house decided that it needed to be documented.. through photos! Ella loves having her photo taken so there wasnt too much drama!

I can hear u all saying Awww =( as you see the pic. But she is ok. She has to learn to stop landing on her face or something because this is the 2nd time.. the first time ended in two front chipped teeth..Guess what is getting scrapped next?

<3 Rach

Day 1!

So far so good.. BUT I always find the first day the easiest because it's when I am most motivated and all pumped up to stick to plan! Will fill you guys in on the good days and the bad days.. think maybe feeling like I have some support will help keep me on track!

I have set a small mini goal with rewards.. and for once it wasn't things food related. Previously when I was on a diet I used to set food related rewards.. silly I know.. this time it didn't even cross my mind!

So my first 10kg down I am rewarding myself with a new camera bag for my Nikon. At the moment it lives in a bag that I am too embarrassed to take anywhere!
 It looks like a normal everyday bag.. so it means I can have my camera absolutely EVERYWHERE! If anyone is interested in checking them out they are from Jill e Designs and are to die for! So... I think I need to lose that 10kg already.. Goal for this week? Drinking 2L water a day! Everyday!

<3 Rach

New Start tomorrow ... for good!

Ok.... so we have probably all been here before...maybe not but for those of you that have you will be feeling my pain right now. I am about to start a DIET! Lately I just have felt really down about what I have let myself turn into "physically" I am really unfit.. and I have put on a lot of weight.. slowly here and there.. up and down etc etc.. but I have decided that this is it.. once and for all I am motivated by things that don't have anything to do with anyone else but are solely because "I" want to feel good about ME! So the journey starts tomorrow and I will keep you guys posted on my progress.. not just on weight loss but also on mood.. challenges ... and overall fitness. Any suggestions for keeping motivation high would be much appreciated!

Also.. we are remodeling! I don't actually know what it was that made me think that things just needed to change, but they all seem to have come at once. I was letting life slip by me each day and not setting myself any goals or challenges or really caring about anything. Over the last 18 months or so I kinda fell into a state of I guess "non existence" I cut off a lot of friends from my life, unintentionally.. I stopped doing the things I love doing (scrapping/ photgraphy) and I stopped paying attention to the people I care about.. I have slowly over the last few months started to get back to my old self but I still don't feel right.. I guess I was sitting down and thinking about the things that make me happy and am at the same time trying to restore some kind of order into my world.. I started back at uni in July and have almost finished the semester ( I pulled out of two semesters in July last year and Feb this year due to lack of motivation) and now I am starting out on a new journey to a better me!

Wow talk about bleeding ur heart out!

Quote of the day for me: “One day at a time--this is enough. Do not look back and grieve over the past for it is gone; and do not be troubled about the future, for it has not yet come. Live in the present, and make it so beautiful it will be worth remembering.”

<3 Rachy xx

Wow its been a YEAR!

Ok, Ok.. So I am a REALLY slack blogger and for those of you that were actually tracking me a while back.. I apologise for the wasted time you spent coming to check if I updated :P But hey.. I'm worth it hehe..

So what's new? Nothing much really.. Just the normal everyday things have been going on and have prevented me from.. ironically.. having a life :P

Ella is now a BIG 3! Time absolutely flies! Best advice I could give any new mum is to cherish every lil moment that you have because before you know it they are so grown up. Yeh I know, she is only 3.. but I swear she thinks she is a teenager or something.

I am still at uni, doing my Postgrad studies for teaching. I took a year off to have some time just to myself with Ella and I am really glad that I did..have made the decision now that I will start looking for some part time work again next year and get back out there before Ella starts Prep the year after.. will be putting her into preschool a few days (probably 2) so she gets used to being away from me before she actually starts her Prep and school life!

Other than that it has just been the usual, birthdays, christmas', etc etc =) Have decided to start doing some "ME" things again now that Ella likes doing her own thing at times as well. Scrapbooking stuff is coming back down off the shelves and isnt being stolen and torn as soon as I start lol.. it's really nice to go back to old haunts and find that some of the people that I loved talking to before are still hanging around and haven't vanished from the scene, can't wait to catch up and to also meet some new friends =)

Will try and update this blog.. keep everything crossed!

Rach xx