June 16th some papers I have been designing

Well I am feeling much better in myself although my health problems will continue for the rest of my life

For some time I have been toying with a My Australia Kit and I have finally completed a few papers, I have not put them up for grabs as yet as I would like to finish a folder first but this is a glimpse of what is to come

Sport and Australiana both huge topics in Australia

more meanderings

I had a lovely Mothers day this LO is what the day is all about click pic for an enlarged view
and I am sure it is aprilmouse that I should credit for the frames flowers and butterflies http://aprilmouse.blogspot.com

Well I went for my echocardiogram the other day all it is is an ultra sound of the heart, sounds impressive though. LOL. The Sonographer was so concerned she rang my doctor about her findings, and I was told in no uncertain terms to go and see him Thursday or Friday at the latest.

Apparently my heart is only pumping at half the normal capacity but they dont know why as I havent had a heart attack. ( I guess that is good news at least) it has just decided to do a go slow in protest at something, I must have a unionist heart LOL ( oooohhhhhh did I say that? it probably isn't politically correct lol)

I'm still not smoking it has been 5 weeks now

Hubby has gone away again, back to Bemm to help with a house a friend is building down there. He will be there about 2 weeks, home again, then back down for his annual fishing trip.

another mindless wander

these photos are of the Murrumbidgee river at Darlington Point, starting August 2007, then October 2007 December 2007 and April 2008. In December it had rained heavily so the riverlooked healthy, now it is lower than ever. Click on the picture to see a larger view

well where do I start? Havent been feeling 100% for a while but just thought it was due to my asthma and smoking LOL. When it got to the stage that I couldnt move from the computer to the microwave, a distance of maybe 12 feet, without puffing and panting, I decided it was time to go to the doctor LOL He did a chest xray, but in the meantime I went with hubby to help friends move. They live in Mildura a good 8 hour drive away from home. I shouldn't have gone, I knew I wasnt well enough, but felt better than I had the week before so thought the change of scenery might do me good! I was worse than useless, although I made a few suggestions which they took up when rearranging the new house. We decided to visit mother in law on the way home. Supposedly about 4 hours away it would be faster getting home from Griffith, even though it was in NSW(6 hours) than it would be getting back from Mildura to home.

The drive through Balranald and then Hay to Darlington Point was so unbelievably dry. we thought we had seen dry coming up through Tocumwal to Griffith before or going to Mildura the week before but this was DRY!

It was good seeing Mum again and SIL. Geoffs other 2 siblings that live in Griffith were gallivanting overseas. One was in Rome as part of her once in a life time trip with her hubby and had her 50th birthday in Paris, Geoffs other sibling a brother his wife and little daughter were in Beijing for a Carpet Conference for a week.

We only stayed a night with Mum as all I wanted to do was get home and back to the doctor for the results of the chest xray. As soon as I got home I rang the surgery and was able to get in immediately, to be informed I was literally "drowning", as my heart wasn't pumping properly to clear blood and fluid from my lungs, the breathlessness had nothing to do with my asthma in fact the treatment I was having might have contributed to the problem not relieved it! Cortisone can cause these side effects apparently. No wonder I felt so lousy. I have given up smoking when my drowning was at its height. and now with fluid tablets feel so much better I dont need the pump anymore either. ( or not like I did) I still need to take it easy as my days vary and I will be having more tests to see of there is permanant damage to my heart

weekly update

this is a very recent layout


this was my very first challenge entry

I am not sure about adding layouts of my grandchildren, these show my improvements better, as my blog is available for all to see I think

I had a quiet week my husband came home from fishing on Wednesday he caught quite a bit of fish which we will gradually get through mainly salmon. We have a dead tree in our front garden, the area we live is a Green Wedge, this means very few subdivisions, and conservation is paramount as far as vegetation is concerned. Certain plants are discouraged. We had to apply to cut down the dead tree. To get that permission we have to replace ONE tree with 3 trees or 6 large shrubs and 1 tree, all must be indigineous to our area, so we cant even choose natives we might like from a neighbouring area. I havent made any kits but I have done my challenges in digiscrapjunkies. I am slowly getting the hang of it.

Learning heaps

I would like to say thank you to digiscrapjunkies, the ladies in there are so supportive, by doing their challenges, and seeing the work they do , I am striving more and more to improve my skills. We all have different styles and different programs mine is fairly basic
The other forum I have mentioned Your lifetime of memories in my links is about scrapbooking too, but also has card making, stampng, and many other crafts

Jack