tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91827230006853390372024-03-05T16:45:08.527+11:00Keeping It RealKeeping it Realhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471612013301926219noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182723000685339037.post-60854618110382852602015-09-16T20:27:00.002+10:002015-09-16T21:19:50.275+10:00#blogtemberchallengeDay # 10 - 10 items off your bucket List. If you haven't made one, now's a good time to start!<br />
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Well I haven't got a bucket list , however there are a few things that I have done of late that I wouldn't normally do.<br />
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Joy ride in a helicopter, OMG what views, how breath taking. Whilst it took me awhile to stop freakin' out I would recommend it to anyone. In the end love love love it.<br />
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Visit the snow - I have never seen snow in real life nor had my children , so we drove to Lithgow in search of snow and we found some. Absoluately gorgeous, Never wanted to leave , can't believe I only took 400 photos the whole time we were there, and might I add you see the most funniest things.<br />
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Scenic World - now thinking that being in a helicopter you can handle anything. Wrong !!!<br />
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We headed off to Katoomba for the day to visit scenic World - you know the one steepest train, cable cars and sky walkers. Hahaha all set seating in the steepest train, taking photos , Telling myself its' a piece of cake.. Yeap you got it in all my bravery, I lost it dropped the F Bombs everywhere and even tried to climb out. Made it to the bottom of the mountains, and they weren't to sure on how to get me back up top, cause I was walking out of there.<br />
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My favourite season is Winter, yeap crazy as it seems but I love it. Being able to wear my favourite trackie pants, Lots of blankets and hot chocolate. Gives me a feeling of content.<br />
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* the rain, watching the grey clouds roll in such amazing shapes and colours<br />
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* Lightning , I know it's not the best but the colours and strikes are so amazing almost magical<br />
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* Thunder , I will admit not really my favourite but surely gets the heart racing.<br />
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Snuggling up with a book, Ugg boots and lazy days in bed. <br />
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There is just something about a storm that has me sitting there for hours watching, Mother Natures own show, simply beautiful .<br />
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Not really sure what that says about me , hahaha some might say cold hearted, guess I just like what Mother Natures has to offer.Keeping it Realhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471612013301926219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182723000685339037.post-82973487138547141072015-09-07T22:26:00.002+10:002015-09-07T22:52:54.442+10:00Tell Us about your Blog NameOk I dropped the ball a little, it was a busy week but any how today on Blog - Tember is " Tell us about your blog name. Where did it come from?"<br />
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I have always and will continue to be the sort of person that everyone dislikes, you know the one who shoots from the hips, blurts it all out before thinking, calls a spade a spade. Yeah that's me.<br />
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My sister and I were laughing about it one day , how much my mouth gets me into trouble and she said to me "It's all good " Your just "Keeping it Real "<br />
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then the light bulb went off and there you have it , nothing technical just Keeping it Real - being me.<br />
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I created my blog years ago to show off my crafts and for family members living away to see what we are up too. Little did I know that I would become victim to the neglected blog group. However taking this challenge I'm hopeing to change all that.<br />
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Why not join me see the details here <a href="http://www.braveloveblog.com/2015/08/the-2015-blog-tember-challenge.html" target="_blank">Brave Love</a><br />
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I have decided to take the Blog- tember Challenge, and now that I have sat down to start I realised that I know nothing about blogging, hahaha so guess I'm going to learn alot. hope you will enjoy watching me learn.<br />
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Day 1 Introduce myself<br />
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OK here goes,<br />
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First of all I am a mother of two beautiful children, Bianca and Connor, Bias I know but why not.<br />
I am a married to Neil , who is my rock,<br />
I stay at home , not to do the housework, but to be there for my kids.<br />
I surf the internet way too much and that includes Facebook<br />
I don't scrapbook much but still buy heaps of products , so that is classed as scrapping right?<br />
I have way too many hobbies, Family history, hockey, sewing, scrapbooking, reading, just to name a few.<br />
Currently I am doing a jigsaw puzzle and just jumped on the band wagon of colouring in books.<br />
Chocolate and coffee are my biggest down fall. I have a sad sense of humour and swear way too much<br />
I am a cancer surviour and very proud of it tooo.<br />
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So there is some of it - hope you will take up the challenge too<br />
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<br />Keeping it Realhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471612013301926219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182723000685339037.post-79598092023597623542015-08-17T14:06:00.001+10:002015-08-17T14:19:38.369+10:00time flysWhat a busy year it has been again , time is flying by way to quickly.<br />
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I have changed my style of scrapping I'm now using the project life style of scrapping and I'm enjoying the fact that I can use so many photos and journal about them all if I want. :)<br />
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Here is a traditional one I did celebrating my Dad's 70th.<br />
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<br />Keeping it Realhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471612013301926219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182723000685339037.post-66746499091146855892015-04-03T19:16:00.001+11:002015-04-03T19:16:29.330+11:00Naughty bloggerWe looks like I really fitted into the land of the blogging a couple of post and over a year later I have gotten around to blogging again.<br />
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My intentions were good I set this blog up to document my scrapping and just life in general for my family and friends., Somehow life just got busy and well I just forgot.<br />
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However don't get disheartened I'm off to try again, so watch this space as i plan on updating .<br />
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thanks for staying with me.:)Keeping it Realhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13471612013301926219noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182723000685339037.post-61291169905361347532014-02-03T13:27:00.002+11:002014-02-03T13:27:51.250+11:00<br />
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Hi there :) I'm pretty excited to be part of the <a href="http://networkedblogs.com/TkzrC" target="_blank">Page Draft</a> Sketch Release. My first real Design team position. <br />
I don't normally put my hand up for these sorts of things as I feel , well my work is pretty simple but when I saw the call out I just went you know what why not try it. A huge thanks to Em for the opportunity and the support, I learnt a few important lessons along the way.hahaha<br />
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The sketches to chose from were awesome and choosing just one wasn't easy , .But finally decided on this one .<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Guess I'm a little behind - but I'm catching up real fast. Having children certainly makes you keep up with technology.</span><br />
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