Hello is there anyone still out there? I would quite understand if there wasn’t as it has been a while since I updated. I do hope my lovely loyal friends are still out there and lurking about in the hope that I might just update one day – well my friends – this is your lucky day!!!! Okay rambling over – on with the blogging.
We survived the school holidays. Had a cool time doing not much. Just the usual holiday things – pools, movies, friends. Nice to just chill out and relax. Back into it again this week and so far so good – apart from Jaymin having to do a speech which had him freaking out a bit. He had to pick a topic put of a hat and do a speech on the spot so I can quite understand where he was coming from. He said he picked out the word ‘food’ so he did okay talking about how people like it and some people don’t lol.
We also saw the child psychologist at the begiining of the week and she was cool. Jaymin is now on the waiting list to get an assessment so things are still progressing which is good.
No news on me though – still waiting on the op date. I have had one more painful night but it was okay. I worked thru it myself and didn’t go to hospital.
Caught up with Janine this morning and had a cool wander round the shops with me being enabled by her – don’t let her tell you otherwise hehe. Got freaked out completely in the book shop by a toy puppy or was it a cat. They are so realistic looking and the damn things breathe – which I hadn’t noticed until I went to pat it and it moved – argh – had me screaming and whacking Janine – all very funny after though.
Haven’t done any scrapping lately. ButI have been doing some cool stuff in my art journal. This is a newly started journal. I am terrible at starting them and then I stop cos I feel like they have to be something – ya know like each page must have a reason and it must be perfect and all sorts of crazy thinking. Anyway after a few pages I find I can’t keep that up and so it gets abandoned. But not this time – this time I have started off exactly where I want to go – (sorry that didn’t make much sense lol) What I mean is right at the start I have decided that there is no theme, no reason, no patterns, no rules, no boundries, no perfection and it is my journal and I will damn well do whatever I like whenever and however I like – phew! And I love it – I love the playing, the mess, the just because of it all – I am addicted, it’s all the creating I want to do right now. So I will share a few pages with ya just cos I feel like showing that I have been doing something.







So if you have made it this far thank you so much for visiting. Hoping to get round to catching up with you all over the next few days too.
Take care
October 17, 2008 at 6:02 am |
Is there anybody out there … singing away to myself – yep!!! I’m here!!! Knew you would be back when you were ready and able to be back … love your arty stuff … awesome!!!
October 17, 2008 at 6:20 am |
Good to see you back again. Love your pages
October 17, 2008 at 6:34 am |
you have bloglines to thank for lettig me know you have updated lol. Good to see ya back. I get the art journal and the perfection thing and starting things. I am like you in that respect. I must say your pages are stunning!!!
Hey I hope you get a date for surgery soon and well done Jaymin on doing the speech.
October 17, 2008 at 7:42 am |
Yay for updating … yay for bloglines letting me know about this momentous occasion! Love the art journal pages, love the art journal concept … love that it’s all about playing and making mess and having fun … I totally get that!
October 17, 2008 at 8:53 am |
I’m here too. Love seeing your pages and just the whole idea of it. Good for Jaymin on the speech – they used to give me the heebie jeebies too.
October 17, 2008 at 11:09 pm |
OMG! OMG! OMG! Roo, these are much more than stunning!
I know this sounds gushy, it’s just that your talent continues to blow me away!
I absolutely love all of these.
Also, yay Jaymin! He is really stepping out of himself eh. Awesome to hear, you must be so proud, Roo.
October 18, 2008 at 1:28 am |
Fabulous journal pages Roo! WTG Jaymin too.
October 18, 2008 at 2:04 am |
Great colours – so inspiring. Good news on Jaymin too.
October 18, 2008 at 2:20 am |
Wow Roo – you’ve been busy!!! Real busy! I love the Art Journal thing – I didn’t really understand the concept when I’ve heard about it before – but this is great.
Jaymin sounds like he is doing wonderfully. -Yay him!
Pity you have had another night – me, I’d be down at ED demanding pain relief even if I thought I could work through it! I HATE that pain!!
October 18, 2008 at 5:42 am |
Cool pages Roo and WTG Jaymin
October 18, 2008 at 9:37 am |
Hee hee still laughing ROFLMAO!!
STUNNING your art journal is to die for !!! You talented thing arent you – yay Jaymin and I hope he has a cool time at the party this weekend
ME – enabling you!!!! neeeever Huh hee hee hee hee
October 19, 2008 at 7:09 am |
Oh, I just love the stuff you’ve done in your art journal! Awesome!
I hope Jaymin enjoyed his party this weekend.
And I hope you get an operation date REAL soon.
October 19, 2008 at 8:57 pm |
Oh – real choice stuff in that art journal lady!
Glad the holidays went well
October 20, 2008 at 6:29 am |
I hope things are going ok with you Roo ((HUGS)).
I just love your art journal pages, they are inspirational!
October 21, 2008 at 3:47 am |
Absolutely fabulous work Roo! sorry to hear you are in pain – I’m sorry I don’t know why? Will this op resolve things for you … from the sounds of Janines blog maybe you are already in hosp awaiting it…I know what its like just to keep going sometimes – feeling ‘normal’ seems very far off – but you have to keep going, there is no choice…big hugs – my thoughts are with you.
October 21, 2008 at 7:52 am |
Wow – the journal looks amazing! Hope all the appointments work out
October 22, 2008 at 1:59 am |
Hope you get your op soon & haven’t had any more painful nights (or days). Your art journal pages are just awesome. I honestly don’t know how i would even start a page.
December 14, 2008 at 8:10 pm |
Hi there! Found you via Vicki & her blog awards. Your art journal is just too beautiful. Well done, you have created a real treasure