sneak peek!!!

.................check out what's coming soon from the ever talented edeline of edeline marta designs! yes i have been fortunate enough to scrap with this gorgeous mini kit but that's all i am going to say so i don't give to much away.....you'll have to wait till it's release! oh and you can find her designs here @ scrapartist and here in her own store...just in case you weren't sure where her goodies were sold!

i have to say that i am really enjoying edeline's designs, she is incredibly talented and i am incredibly fussy when it comes to what and who's designs i create with when it comes to my digital scrapbooking and i simply can't get enough of her goodies. i'm pretty sure i do more then is required every month as part of my CT requirements but that's simply because i just love the designs she brings out and can't seem to wait till the next kit is out and ready to scrap with......and the beauty of being part of her CT is i get to scrap with it prior to it's release.....gotta luv that!

we are officially on holidays here now....all the teenaliens are now finished with schooling for the year and with christmas almost upon us life sure is busy. but you know what????.............. i'm going to leave posting about all the recent "goings on" for another blog post update. for tonight it's just a quick one and till then....take care, enjoy the holiday and christmas season and remember the true meaning of christmas!
hugs from me xoxo

*boy* i'm slack

but no time like the present time to get about and update my blog for all you that pass on by, pause a bit and actually read my ramblings. sorry it's been awhile, not unintentionally but flat out busy with real life stuff and some scrapping here and there when i get the chance. so while i'm on that topic.....you know....the scrapping one....wanna see some LO's?!!! silly question really because of course you do. ok here we go. seeing as i can cause it's easy enough too with these LO's I'll be posting the kit/s below each LO I use from Edeline Marta Designs so you know what kit i've used and the link so you can grab it if ya want it.

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Designs by Edeline Marta

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Designs by Edeline Marta

Designs by Edeline Marta

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Designs by Edeline Marta (collab with Aja Abney)

ok so there you go LO's and kits and links to all for credits and shopping....enjoy!!!

and guess what? i'm gonna leave it there for tonight except to say check Edeline's new blog here as well seeing as I am on her CT and I can ....it's young so please be nice it's completely up and running but still a baby in the making so until we get a few more posts underway, more kits and few other bits and pieces head on over and take a peek.

alrighties then....nothing else, nope not till next time and i promise i won't leave it so long. till then take care, ciao and hugs xoxo

end of the week ramble!

it's friday evening here and all is happy and quiet in the house. grace at a friends for a sleep over, tim and the boys watching tv, steph in her room and me???....well i am just plain restless and so i thought it must be time for a blog update...the only thing is i have no idea where to start although i have plenty to chat about.

yesterday (6th nov) i received a phone call from the autism assessment clinic in regards to maddison. it has taken us exactly 1 year to get this far because of the obstacle course we have had to try to get through but finally we do have an official diagnosis. maddi does not have asperger's syndrome but is indeed autistic. relief yes but i kinda fell into another rut having to face reality again and that has hit hard and i feel somewhat blue. the thing about all this is i have no idea what sort of help will be available to him because he is not case managed like lance and steph and he is too old now for any of the autism funding packages to help assist the family with much needed therapy as he has now turned 14. however i am still waiting for all the reports and letters etc which should be in the mail monday but still i am not sure what the next steps are apart from dealing with the school yet again as this time the evidence and the proof is here and he needs a modified program and hopefully we will be able to get some sort of extra support in place for him. plus i am hopeful that now his diagnosis has come through officially that DHS will pick him up which was suggested not too long ago.

while we're on the matter of diagnoses....steph's has been deferred for about a month as she too is going through the ASD assessment process but they need to do a speech assessment with her to gather the rest of her information and what's going on in that li'l brain of hers as her cognitive assessment is too scattered. so hopefully by the end of the year we will have some clarification as to whether or not she has an ASD!

now onto other matters and that of the scrappin' sort...............yes i have scrapped. i love being on a ct again as it has brought me out of the dull drums a little and allowing me to make some time for myself and i am enjoying every moment i get to be creative " according to chris's style"! now these lo's are mostly using goodies from edeline marta designs which you can find here and here

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now i have done another but it's not posted to galleries yet which is fine because it'll give me something to blog about in the next day or 2. oh and for all of you shopping up big for DSD (digital scrapbooking day), i hope you celebrate it well and enjoy every moment of it. i won't be joining you this year as my priorities have to be elsewhere when it comes to the kids medical needs and putting food in their bellies but you know what?...........there's always next year and that's just fine with me! take care and till next time.........ciao xoxo

latest EMD lo

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well i have been a busy little bee now haven't i?.....lol and of course the LO above has been created using the latest collab kit Flourish by edeline marta designs and camila designs which you can find right here at scrapartist. I love the fact that it's so bright happy and cheerful, teeming with oodles of yummy digi goodness for anyone who loves to scrap...so what'ya waiting for pop on over there and check it out!

ok on to other news while i'm blogging, first up at the moment our net connection has been slowed till monday cause we already went over our 25gb this month so till it's reset and i'm back in action....it's gonna be slow going and just doing what i can when the internet lets me.....very very very slowly.....lol

next on the agenda is the fact that the car broke down yet again yesterday.....and while i'm at the wheel yet again and this time the starter motor has packed it in completely so the tow truck was able to take it off to the guys that can fix that and we are just hoping that's all the damage and that it hasn't gone any further. of course today is a local public holiday....yep the bendigo cup so things will have to wait till tomorrow or friday till the guys go back to work and sus it all out. however i am grateful that this week was only busy with a couple of appointments and nothing like the past 3 weeks.

there is more to say but my sinus's are playing up today (oh the joys of spring) and i think i need to do something about it.....lol....ahhhh good old hayfever meds! so till next time enjoy the latest lo and ciao xoxo

fiddlin' and changin'

yep today i started fiddlin' around with this old blog of mine. i added an extra side bar listing under "autism", fiddled with some links that were no longer active and rearranged a couple of other things. i would love to have more time to do a complete overhaul complete with a new look but that may have to wait till i've got more time as it's always quite time consuming to fiddle with ya blog. so as it's still a work in progress i will apologise in advance for any links not currently active although apart from the blog ring and perhaps some of the blinkie links i am pretty sure everything else is still ok. i just need more time in my day for that to get it sorted as i need to move and create some extra goodies.

today was a fairly productive day although busy. the usual run of the mill errands and bills to be paid, emails to answer and send, phone calls to make and people to see.....lol but all in all good. i managed to finish another lo for EMD for her latest collab kit which is due to be released tomorrow and that's all i'm saying except the kit is gorgeous.....well i think so anyway.

lance's support worker from DHS was here for his weekly session with him. i am still in awe of what lance's worker is helping lance with which is emotions and how to read and understand them. i think i have mentioned before that lance although now 18 is unable to read/recognise facial and body expressions both within himself and that of others so his worker is taking him right back to basics there and trying to teach him all those things that we take for granted on a daily basis. as a parent it breaks my heart to think that his reality is not that of mine or anyone else's that we consider as typical and not autistic.

anyhoo this is just meant to be a very quick post and so i am leaving it at that. remember blog is under a little makeover and i'm working on it in my spare time.....lol
outta here and until next time ciao xoxo