From the other side

I may have mentioned that my workplace was going through a major shake up in an earlier post. Well earlier this week was our D-day. I was one of the "lucky" ones who managed to make it through with a job. Many of my friends were not so lucky so its been a bit of a mopey week at work. Anyhoo, onward and upward!

Jason and I are still sharing the house. Its not going so bad but I can't wait till our house sells and we can both move on with our lives (separately!). Its very draining sometimes. But hey, I should just enjoy the extra time with my littlest man before I face the reality of 50% shared care. Will cross that bridge when I come to it.

I've been doing a little stitching again. Jason's grandfather passed away in August so I had Lest We Forget framed. It kind of inspired me to start stitching again. And of cousre, my workmate Bec. She has also been stitching again so its rubbed off on me. This is Lest We Forget all framed up (I ended up having it framed in time for a fathers day pressie for Jason). I LOVE how it turned out. My framer is awesome! (sorry about the bad pic,  took it with my phone, trying to avoid the reflection lol).

I had the framer include a plaque with Jason's grandfather's name on it.

I haven't done any scrapping at all. Hard to get motivated with everything else going on. But slowly slowly I'm getting there!

Anyway, to those who still pop by - hello! Time for me to go and catch up on some of my favourite blogs.

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Another weekend bites the dust

The weekends seem to fly by so quickly. Always on such a high on Friday as you leave work. Then all of a sudden its time to do it again.


Things are not rosy in my workplace at the moment. There is a lot of uncertainty. Very low morale. I have some very good work friends who are really suffering at the moment. I hope we all come out of it soon. And that some decisions are made. Soon. So that we can all get on with our lives.


Things have not been rosy in my personal life for some time now either. I'm done with pretending. My partner and I have called it quits. Its as amicable as it can be. Our house will go on the market very soon. And very soon I'll have to face the reality of sharing custody of my littlest man. Not something I'm looking forward to.


And strike three - my mother has now been told that her cancer is terminal. They can't give her a timeframe though. So she's in limbo. 


But... it was a beautiful day today. We really are lucky in my part of the world with our weather. So I soaked up some sun and forgot about my dramas for a couple of hours :)


Hope you all had a fab weekend.


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It's been a while

I haven't been in the mood to post. Its been a dark few months in my world. But I'm finally coming out of the fog :) . Lots of tough choices but life's like that!

I have no idea who to credit for the photo. I stumbled across it on Facebook. But its very appropriate for me at the moment!


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Progress

It's slow. But its progress. About 10 weeks ago I decided to get my shit together. To stop being so much of a sloth and blaming everything/everyone else for how I feel.


So far I've lost just over 6kg. Yes its going slow. Painfully slow. But apparently that's the best way to do it.


I'm eating well and exercising. I've even signed up for the Mothers Day Classic 4km run.


I'm feeling good!


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Boys Rule

My take on one of the February Boys Rule sketches. The photo was taken late last year at Suttons Beach, Redcliffe. Was a beautiful day there.


This was the sketch

And here is my (rotated) take

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Scrapping

Went to a crop night at my local scrapbook store last night and managed two layouts. The first is for the 2nd January sketch at Boys Rule.

And then this one, to try and use up the last of my scraps from my Wicked Princess "Toybox" kit.

Another weekend has almost bitten the dust in my part of the world. Its been rainy here now for about a week and a half. I think we're all over it! 

I'm about to head into week three of Weight Watchers. I feel like its going really well. I feel a lot better and have way more energy (and less headaches!).

Hope you've all had a great weekend.

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What's Wrong With This Picture?

Probably nothing if you are on the outside looking in.


Everyone is smiling (even though Robbie's head was cut off.. I promise he was smiling :p... oh and that weird look on Zak's face... I'm sure that was a smile lol). Except me. I've become an unhappy old grump.


I'm working on it. Some things I can't change yet. Some things I can. I'm sure once I start making little changes, it will have a domino effect. I can get the happy me back.


Back at Weight Watchers. Have to admit after my first week I'm feeling much better. Need to lose almost 20kg. Shock horror. When did I get so fat? Wish me luck.


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