This is for the Scrappers...

Sometime in January I was offered the opportunity to scrapbook (after, give-or-take, almost a year!)

Ms. Anam who developed the fantastic Sketches to Scrapbook Application for iTunes (yes, that iTunes, my china...not too bad, eh?)) sent me a page sketch, and 2 card sketches to play with.

It was great to reconnect with my paper and glue after such a long time.
It was cathartic...
...and fun!

Here's one of my cards, using some Graphic 45 lovliness:

If you want to check out the free version, go here: FREE VERSION

You can also get the original "Sketches to Scrapbook" here: Original S2S

And thats my PSA for scrapbookers :)

Have a great week, ya'll!

15 Years

Oshean and I were married.

(Christmas Day 2010)

It was a leap year.
He was in Med School. I was in my first year of clerking for a Law firm.
We'd been together almost 4 years (give or take a break-up here and there...)

One evening, mid January, I said "Hey, it's a leap year. Would you like to marry me?"
He said, "Sure...why not" (he's romantic like that)

We decided the end of the month (since it would be an easy date to remember...practical if nothing else, that's us).

Two weeks later, we were legally married in a courthouse, with a judge and our two witnesses.

A year later we had the big wedding (as always envisioned by our parents)...with all the bells and whistles
...but that's a different post.

Happy Anniversary, Osh.
Here's to another great 15 years.

Skype me, 'kay?

I may be the last person on earth to do it... (uummmnnn...my Dad had it before I did )
But I finally got Skype

Speaking of my Dad, our first Skype convo went like this:

him: can you see me
me : yeah I can see you
him: you're not moving
me : well, I'm tired
him: hello? hello?
me : yes, hi Dad
him: can you hear me?
me : yeah I hear you fine
him: can you still see me
me : yup...
him: but I can't see you
me : trust me, it's for the best...
him: hello? hello?
.....
.....
.....
(repeat for the next 20 minutes)

Of course the kids are enjoying it tons...
Seeing family in South Africa, and other parts...

And doing uber-cool stuff like this:

Yeah, we rock ;)

Happy 2011

So I'm a few days late, but the sentiment is heartfelt ;)

We've been B-U-S-Y for the past few months.
We moved house; changed schools for the kids 3 times while in Edmonton; Hubby and his partner set up the first of their medical practices; and we've been dealing with some devastating family health issues.

Remember the store I purchased?
Well, due to everything we've had going on, and with hubby making a few trips to South Africa within the past couple months, while I played single parent in the crazy city, I've decided to put the opening on hold...temporarily.

Once we are able, as a family, to collectively catch our breath, I have every intention of seeing the opening of the store through.
Bear with me, please.

On a lighter, whiter and colder note, we've been gobsmacked with some crazy weather...

random yard service person

                                                        
Of course, I had to try my hand at shovelling too (but only after I heard it may make me skinny...ha-ha-ha)...

I'll stick to the treadmill for now...thanks!

And with that, I'm off for now.
I'm hoping everyone has a  healthy and happy 2011.
Personally, I'm going to try hard to keep up my blog...because when I read through it a few weeks ago, some of the older pics and memories made me smile.
And that's something, no?

7 years and 2 days ago...

Someone small, and pink entered our lives...

After 4.5 years, our family of three welcomed Ara into our hearts, and into our lives. This picture was taken when she was not quite an hour old.
Little did we know that the stage was being set for the "Girly Girly Girly" show...

Ara is the ultimate girl. Her world is pink, sparkly, feathery, glittery, soft and...PINK.
She is sweet and gentle, generous and head-strong, sensitive and affectionate.
She is perfect.

Happy (belated on Mum's blog) 7th birthday, sweet Ara....only good things are coming your way :)

Here it is!

Okay, I finally managed to wade through lines and lines of HTML coed and the like, and got something up on the front page of MY *cough cough* new site...Yipppeee!!!

I was hoping to get something up there before I put the word out, but the guy who handles the website has been unable to attend to it, so this morning, at the crack of dawn, I sat at my PC and enveloped myself in all things computer geeky...

What do you think?
CLICK HERE

The past week and a half has been a blur of appointments, phonecalls, e-mails and more appointments... All-in-all, good things are on the way.
Exciting things.
I just need a wee bit-'o-time to tie up a few loose ends.
And all will be revealed.

Dude, how mysterious am I??!!

A by-product of the new development is that I have had to step down from the "Upsy Daisy" Design Team, both as team co-ordinator, as well as Designer.

It's been a bittersweet experience, as I've been a Daisy girl for over 3.5 years, and I truly love the product and all the wonderful people in it.

But it was a necessary decision in order for me to concentrate my efforts in the new direction.
Not forgetting the packing up and getting ready to move we have going on...

As well as trying to get the little people outdoors when it's not raining (what's up with all this rain, btw?)

setting up for some Badminton

Thank you FIFA...everyone in our house now wants to play in the next World Cup...

                                              We just need to work on our focus....a little bit