We Love and Miss You Alex!

It was a sad week for the Junnor family. On Wednesday, October 8th, Alex Junnor passed away suddenly. Alex was a loving father to Greg (my DH) and Moira (Jeff), and a wonderful grandparent (papa) to his three grandchildren, Mitch, Eric and Josh. He was a wonderful, loving and generous man and will be missed! He is now with his loving wife, Janey. We Love you Alex! Rest in Peace!

On the scrapping front, I've been busy! I finished my Prima 'Build-a-Book' which I will be entering into their contest. You can check out the details at here a the PRIMA blog. I'm now working on the chipboard house for the Maya Road 'Home for the Holidays' contest.

After I'm done all that I have Christmas cards to make and some other gifts for the holidays.

Speaking of Christams cards, if you live in the Niagara Region and want to make some awesome Christmas cards, be sure to check out the card class that Elia is doing at the Scrapping Nook -- 24 cards in 7 hours. The class is on November 1st and is almost sold out. Check HERE for more details!

Well, gotta go get ready to get the hair chopped! Later!

Happy 50th Anniversary!!

Mom and Dad celebrated their 50th Wedding anniversary on Septmeber 19th. Greg and I were happy to be able to travel to Saskatoon to celebrate with them. Three of my mom's sisters from Holland were also able to join them in the celebration. Here are some pictures from the special day. Happy Anniversary, Mom & Dad!!

My 'Lazy Bloggers Post'

Holy Snapping Duck Do! I just climbed out from under my rock and realised I have not updated this since they let me out!... You would not believe how heavy that rock really is. I hope they bring chocolate!.I am totally exhausted with cutting my toe nails, spending my husband's money, just generally being a biatch to every man and his dog, my day is full to overflowing from the light through yonder window breaks to I run out of alcohol. I am convinced that I absolutely deserve this after all my hard work. life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.I will try to remember I promised you I will make more of an effort to blog more often until the nice men in the white coats come back. No, really! Don't hold your breath though, you're likely to turn blue..

Just for Jennifer....

Since I know at least one person reads my blog! :-) Here are some pictures of my 'temporary' attic space. It's a little cramped, but it works. The lighting sucks, but I manage. I'm really looking forward to being able to setup and decorate my scrapbook space when the attic is done.

The area behind the paper racks in the first picture is where Greg is renovating now. Right now there's a big sheet of plastic hiding it and keeping my stuff 'safe'. Where my workspace is now will be a storage room.

Thanks for looking!

The end of Summer...

is almost here. Sigh....

The attic renovations continue. I've moved my scrapbooking space into the 'back' half of the attic, while Greg works on the 'front' half. My space is a whole lot smaller then where I was and I ended up packing up a lot of stuff that I hope I don't need for a while. However, I've also seem to have misplaced a few things too. I can't find ANY of my Core-dinations cardstock! :-(

This past weekend, Greg and his friend Doug took down the old chimney that was running through the front half. It took them most of Saturday and according to Doug it was 'winter proof'.

Not so much! We had a down pour of rain on Sunday and the water started dripping in. Fortunately I was working in the attic so I heard the dripping and we were able to set up a temporary 'fix' until Greg can get up to the roof and fix it. He says the leak is in the 'old' part of the roof and not where they were working. Whatever! We just need to get it fixed or there will be a whole lot more work to do -- like replacing ceilings on the 2nd floor!

We're heading to Saskatoon in September to attend my parents 50th wedding anniversary party. I'm looking forward to the visit. Get a chance to catch up with some friends and family.

There's nothing going on after that until my parents come for Christmas, so I have plenty of time and no excuses to get some stuff done!

Greg picked up his 'new to him' MGB a few weeks ago. Cute little car, but he's already been doing repairs on it. I haven't driven it yet. Maybe I'll wait until next spring.

I'd post pictures, but since I don't beleive anyone actually reads my blog, I'm not sure what the point would be... ???

Still haven't moved...

Despite what my previous blog says, I still haven't moved into the back half of the attic. Too much going on.

Our trip to NYC was AWESOME! I loved every minute of it. We did some touring, had some awesome food (Tavern of the Green, Bull & Bear in the Waldorf Astoria) and I did some great shopping (Century 21, Macy's and 'knock-offs on Canal St.). I am so looking forward to going back! One place Greg is willing to go back to!

The summer has arrived and it's too darn hot in the attic to work. Once I move, hopefully things will be better. I can turn on a/c. Until then, I'm staying out of there! Although I still have to move my stuff... :-(

We're heading to Saskatoon in September for my parents 50th wedding anniversary. Mom asked me to make the invites. I finally got those done and out the door, so I'm free to do whatever my heart desires.

One thing on my list of things to do is a 'word' album for my parents. I ordered a 'Veltkamp' album and it arrived, so I hope to get working on that and give it to them for their anniversary.

I'm attending a crop at the Scrapping Nook on Saturday, so maybe I'll be able to get started on it then!

Well, that's it for now. Until next time...

UUuuugggg!!!

Well the time has come for me to start moving into the other half of the attic. What a chore! I have SO MUCH stuff and there is no way it's all going to fit. So I'm busy going through EVERYTHING and deciding if it stays or goes. Some will go to Goodwill and any scrapbook related things I`m saving for the Scrapping Nooks garage sale. Soon as I know when that is, I`ll post it here.

Speaking of scrapbooking, be sure to check out Jennifer`s blog. She`s posted a `giveaway`of some SkribblzArt. I`ve never tried it, but it looks neat. I`m always up for trying a new technique! :-). Here`s a link to her blog: http://lifebescrappy.blogspot.com/

Well, it`s time to get back to work!

Oh yeah...only 7 days until NYC!!!!!!