Inspiration

happy new year and welcome twenty-eleven. wow, are we sure glad you arrived!

so i've been rather bad about my blogging on this site, as you may have noticed. i have however decided that 2011 is my year and i WILL be blogging more, so keep posted to hear my ramblings.

inspiration, where does it come from and how do you use it? i take my inspiration from various places namely my daughter - her laugh, cute sayings and activities give me fantastic scrapbooking ideas. what about movies? i loved "julie and julia", that got me into the kitchen and trying out new receipes. that was pure cooking inspiration.

health, food, vitality, fitness - well the mirror gives me that inspiration. realising that another year has rolled around, and thats not the only thing that is rolling around me! 2011 is going to be a year of gym, healthy eating, more time in the kitchen preparing, less ready made meals, giving morgan the best organic and fresh foods.

shopping is great inspiration. whoever coined the term 'retail therapy' is a gal after my own heart. i tried it again this weekend, just to make sure it still works and i'm pleased to announce that 'yes!' retail shopping still has appeal. our local shopping complex, walmer park, has had some extension done and there are 1 or 2 really cute shops there.

time time and time remain terms that elude me however and i haved decided to try find more time this coming year. time to relax, time to spend with morgan, time with my family, time for me, time for gym, time for scrapbooking, time for work, time for neglected friends, time for blogging and so the list goes on......

organised is something i used to be. my husband says he doesn't recognise me anymore! shows you that porridge brain is not some term made up by a quack. its real and i have it! now that i don't want it anymore, how do i get rid of it? refer paragraph above, maybe the two are connected? i'll keep you posted

the turkey has been eaten, the meat has been braaied and we are back at work. summer holidays are truly awesome and i have relaxed so much. this week brings a fantastic family wedding that i am so looking foward to. heres to janice and daine, may this weekend be all you want it to be.

God bless, may His light shine upon you this week. catch you next week for some more ramblings, and maybe a receipe or scrapbooking page?

much love
xxx

how time flies...

hi guys

well, the last post i did was 2nd may and i can't believe how time has flown. what has the last 5 weeks brought me?

well my birthday. we went to capetown fish market with friends and had a lovely evening - thanks guys for joining me
then morgan's party - 1st birthday. awe.... shame it was so cute all the little friends. she thoroughly enjoyed it and was so spoilt. thank you to all her maaitjies who helped her celebrate
then it was morgan's birthday. can't believe my baba is 1 already. i remember being in hospital like it was a month or two ago.... where does the time go?

then after all the celebrations we all got sick. morgan started it off with a cold, and gave me tonsilitis. can you believe - who gets tonsilitis in their 30's? apparently me. i haven't been sick for 3 years and was i sick. i have to be off work for a whole week - never ever before

morgie poohs is still sick. she has sinusitus and is on her second lot of antibiotics. poor sausage, its not fair that little ones must get sick. i'm really hoping its coming to an end now because the medicine is giving other side effects

so work is going well. far too much cappaccinno's thanks to sammy -sams. its all good, we are really having a good time and hopefully making a difference. isn't that what its all about?

busy with a cute layout for morgan - just don't have any pics yet. just bought a whole lot of credits from photobox so i'll be printing very soon (she hopes)

love to you all

xxx

new hairstyle

a change is as good as a holiday they say

so here is the new me. the colour hasn't come out properly with the light, hairdresser put loads of highlights in and layered it all over

morgie poohs seemed to like it

blog hop - are you going to join?

this weekend scrapbook challenges are organising a blog hop. i keep reading about these event, but am yet to participate. i hope to do my first one this weekend!

so what do you need to do to get this blog hop going? firstly do a layout from this sketch:

1. Create a post on your blog.

2. Post a link to Scrapbook Challenges.

3. Post a link to Pamela's blog to start the DT blog hop.

4. Post a link to this Hop On board to view the members blogs.

5. Post the sketch for the hop.

6. Post the layout you made that is based on the sketch.

7. If you want to post a giveaway of your own, then feel free to, but also don't feel like you have to.



** You can make your post and add to the list any time before Midnight MT May 2nd.

** Please do not add your link to the list until your actual post is up.

** Please do not post your post before 9am MST on April 30th. The hop actually starts at 10am on the 30th. But feel free to write your post up and schedule it ahead of time if you can do that with your blog.

** Don't feel like you have to hurry up and get it posted immediately. We will be "hopping on" all weekend.

** Instead of linking to the next person, link back to this "Hop On" thread so people can move on the next person posted.

Why not try it, sounds like great fun!!

Happy Scrappin'

Zoe
xxx