Celebrating the life of Marnie

We attended Marnie's sad memorial service

on Monday 22nd March at Lismore.

It was a beautiful service.

Stu and Jude wrote the eulogy

and planned it all.

Then it was back to Marnie and Jims place for the Wake.

We took advantage of everyone being together

for the first time in alot of years

and we also got some cute photos of the kids...

Theres only 5 grandkids from a family of three children.

Beth is the oldest and Emelis ins the youngest...

This them all being sweet!

I love this photo of the kids with Jim.

Despite the sadness of the day and the many tears shed,

Grandad really enjoyed his family around him

There were some beautiful floral tributes.

This is one i got from Ness and her family..

So thoughtful of her, thanks Ness.

It was beautiful

There was a 1.2metre long wreath of native floral

So beautiful!!
I told Stu this is what i want too....

I loved these white things,

not the lilys, but the ones behind them..

Fluffy ones...

What are they called?

Despite the occasion and the sadness

how wonderful was it to be surrounded by

family...

The Goat

Its been a long time since a decent post....

Things have been very hectic and stressful here at the moment.

We've had a huge few weeks

lots of emotion

and outpouring of tears..

But time will see things come together again...

So i just thought i would share some fun we had in Lismore

Next door to Stu's parents place

lives a goat and a miniature pony

Its a gorgeous spot

Up on Richmond Hill between Lismore and Ballina

The pony was having an outing somewhere this trip,

so the kids only has the goat to amuse them..

Here he is...

We have no idea what his name is

But the kids enjoyed watching him....

I have no idea what Joshua was finding so interesting???

They were watching him scratch

and climb the tree

Its funny what kids resort to for entertainment when the internet is removed from them...

Personally, I cleaned!!!

And not my house either!!!

My house is a total disaster, but we wont talk about that!!

Im Back

It seems im never home lately!!!

And i have another big weekend coming up...

this one is for work though!!!
But here is what we did all weekend!!!

Quiet successful!

That big red ribbon at the top

is a Runner Up

for the highest point score

in the Greg Swain Jumping Day

at Manilla.....

Will share a HUGE catchup post soon

Huge Leeanne Pearce Giveaway!!!

I love Leeanne's Stuff

I've already purchased from her Etzy Store...

If you would like to win some of her awesome custom

made bits and pieces

go check this out here

A Photo Tribute to Marnee RIP

Ethel Margaret Hanna Dolbel

passed away this morning.

18th March 2010

Beloved Mother of Stu and Marnee to Josh & Emelia

She has struggled with her health for a long time now

and it really did effect her quality of life.

Marnee had a very full life with lots of experiences.

She was a very successful and demanded knitter.

She made the most beautiful pure wool jumpers

worn by a few famous people too

Like Molly Meldrum

He wore an Aussie designed jumper

that Marnee sent him on his show.....

She grew up in a large family

and worked as a teacher and a nanny.

She met Jim, and they fell inlove and married.

Jim worked as a share farmer out near Moree

for many years. A very lonely life.

But Marnee passed the time with her young son Trevor

Then eventually Judith came along

followed by Stu who snuck up on them....

She is survived by

Husband Jim

Children Jude & Stu

Grandchildren Bethany, Hanna, Joshua, Sam & Emelia

As well as Daughter in Laws

Kerry & Jodi

She loved being surrounded by her family

and sharing in yarns about the past

and dreams for her grandkids.

She will be very sadly missed.

But we hope she is now resting with Trevor and her babies.

R.I.P Marnee XXX

ScrapTherapy Cybercrop Starts Friday!!

Yay, its that time again!!!!

Cybcercrop!

I love cybercrop time......

So Pop into Scrap Therapy and regsiter for the Cybercrop

Chatting starts at 8pm NSW Time

and the Blind Challenge run by Lisa starts at 8.30!!

Always such fun!!!
Come and join us

A2Z Scraplets - New Releases for March

It was a big month for New Releases

during March...

Here are the contributions i made:

"Parrots"

Bird and Nest

"Celebration"

There is also a scraplet scroll on the bottom left

Words

"Daughter of Mine"

Book Review - Fallen By Lauren Kate

First we had the vampires......

Twilight

Vampire Academy

True Blood

House of Night....

Then Warewolves....

New Moon

Now we have Fallen Angels

This book is fascinating!!

The heroine of this book is Luce

and through circumstances ends up at a reform school

where she meets Daniel and Cam

She feels she knows Daniel,

but shes never met him before....

or has she...

Its a wonderful entertaining read and i so cant wait for the

next instalment in September "Torment"

Go out and buy one now if you loved all those

other fantasy, sexy, hot hero type books!!! hehe

I heart Faces - Week 11 "All Bundled Up" Photo Challenge

This weeks challenge is

"All Bundled Up"

This is a photo from the drags last year.

Stu, Emelia and the Buell....

Go check out the other fun entries here

Birthday Re Run..................

I had my birthday again today....

Because i had to cancel on Wednesday, due to my missing tooth

Brenda and I met today for Breakie

Poor Jack has to work :(

(Work ruins a good social life!!)

So here we are... Just Me and Brenda

It was lovely though

We saw some crepes being dished up last week and looked divine!
So guess what we ordered??
Crepes...

With strawberry's, banana and sauce

Yummo!!!

Jack & Brenda so spoiled me...

As i mentioned in a previous post,

Jack got me a fondu fountain, some smellies

and lovely flowers....

And Brenda bought me the gorgeous friendship Angel!!

So all in all, ive had a lovely couple of birthdays!!

Scrap Therapy - Inspired by Lizzy Week 1

Scrap Therapy has a Weekly challenge by one of the forum members Amy.

We are being inspired by

Lizzy's Weekly Challenges.

This challenge was about being inspired by an Outfit.

So when i took this photo, i thought this was the perfect challenge to suit this photo.

Emelia is wearing her Deb dress and i was inspired by the dress.

"Taffeta & Tulle"

Ive used the lace punch for the skirt layers

tulle, obviously for tulle

the prima crystal vine for the crystals on the dress

and used white with bits of gold tattered angels spray as there is gold thread on the bodice.

Eclipse Teaser

Found this on Bridge's site, so i stole it!! lol

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

Look what turned up today!!!!

My PRIMA prize!!

There is heaps of stuff in here ive never seen before!!!

I cant wait to start using them!!

Thanks so much PRIMA!! Yay

And some new editions to the family!!

I bought these guys from Brenda!!

She makes the totally BEST little creatures!!!

This one is for Emelia

It is her Wisdom Owl and looks over her test

to impart knowledge when she is

doing her homework!!!

This one was going to be Solo's

But she is too gorgeous!!
Love her red beakstick!!!!

She looks over me and imparts her wisdom to me...

21 Today.............................x 2

Today i turned 21...... x 2

This is me last year.....

This is me today.......

(You can now start to see that i am finally loosing weight!! Yay)

The day started out with an 8.15am Doctors Appointment

They removed my tooth....

Very sad :(

I now have this mouth guard thing with a tooth in it for the next

four months...

And talk about bleed!! Omg!!

I didn't stop until about 2.00pm.

I had three doses on Panadine Forte!!

Had to have a sleep

and had to cancel my lunch with Brenda and Jack...

So i think we are going to do my birthday on Friday

when i am feeling more socialable!! lol

Stu handed me my lovely gift at like 6.00am!!

He bought me this gorgeous pendant!!

And Mum got me the hearts charms...

Totally adorable!!

As Stu & Emelia were attending TAFE

Josh & I had take away pasta for tea from

Wild Orchards and it was so Yummy!!!

Then we topped it off with some birthday cake!

Josh sung me happy Birthday when i blew out the candle!!

Jack bought me down some adorable flowers

and a awesome chocolate fondu fountain!!

Hmmm, gonna takle that one!

With some beautifully smellies

and her daughter Luce made me a lovely card!!

Got heaps of txts from my wonderful friends

so all in all it wasn't too bad a day really....

Thanks to everyone for all the messages Mwah!

And the winner is............................

Debbie Lawrence said...

Hi Jodi, a big congrats on the win. Lucky You!!!!!! And so generous as well, of course I would love to win your bottle of goodies - http://debbielawrence.blogspot.com/

Cheers

Deb xx

Thanks everyone for playing!!

Hope you enjoy all your new flowers Deb.

Fare the Well my front tooth............

You know how when we get pregnant,

some woman have teeth problems??

Well, Im one of those woman.

When i fell pregnant with Joshua

I got a huge abscess on my front tooth

overnight my face just swelled up like a balloon!!!

Was so scary!

Anyway, i went to the dentist

(who was this half wit import)

and he didn't even know what to do, sent me home...

So in the years past then, i have has a growth on the front of my gum

that varies in sizes.

After i had Emelia, the tooth was starting the change colour

and then eventually died.

So the dentist ended up doing root canal surgery

and pulled the nerve out (Or whatever it is they do)

packed up the root with this stuff and bobs your uncle.

Then for some reason, the tooth just cracked in half

right down the middle.

So the tooth had to be removed,

(The roots remained)

And i now have a full crown.

Now the whole in the root that the post goes into is

failing. I've had it re-glued like 6 times over the past couple pf years and 4 times in the last 6 months.

So its time for it to go and i have to have an implant.

Thats where they surgically implant a titanium post into your jaw

and they screw a tooth onto it.

Its a process that takes about 4 months.

Today i had a fitting for a temporary denture..

And tomorrow, the whole thing gets removed!!!

Im a bit scared, but also really really sad.

Im so fanatical about my teeth

I've had some really shoddy dentists over the times

and i don't have many teeth left.

So i treasure the ones i do have.

So in commemoration of my tooth

i had my own little ceremony.....

So here i am

the last photo with my front tooth

And then a commemorative balloon release

There they go.......

Goodbye tooth...

So tomorrow, i am spending the morning

strapped to a dentist chair.

I've been told to bring a book, so im expecting the process will take a while..

What a great birthday present!!!

NOT!

Week 10 - I Heart Faces "Jump for Joy" Photo Challenge

This week at

I Heart Faces

we are jumping for joy!!!

Now I know technically, this really isn't what they are looking for....

But its the best i have!!!

Besides, they really are both jumping for joy!!

They are having a great time!!

Go check out the other joyous faces!!

A Weekend of Scrapping.....

Seeing as my events planned for both

Saturday and Sunday were cancelled

I ended up doing a heap of challenges

over the weekend.....

This one was a challenge

(That i actually failed as i forgot one item!!! Ahh)

I had to:

Use 2 photos,

The word Groovy in the title

Bling

Stamps on transparency (Which i forgot)

Bright Colours

"Feelin Groovy"

That sexy chick is me!!! lol

This one was a sketch challenge

"Over the fence"

This one was a mystery challenge!!!

Haha, im so bad at these and mine is nothing like the others!!!

"Im too sexy"

The person in the sexy shorts is me!!!

This is a monthly challenge

at Scraptherapy

Its the Journalling Challenge...

But also, using embossing and going green

I have embossed some scrolls on the left

and have re-used Prima Packaging

And journalled around the outside

"Debutante"

The Debutante is me!!

This is the monthly sketch challenge

at Scraptherapy.

But also using the goring green

and embossing.

I have embossed the title and some swirls

and used cardboard as the matting.

"Amaizing"

Try getting over the ScrapTherapy this month and doing some challenges...

There are some great prizes!!

Challenge Release This Weekend at Scrap Therapy

This month at Scrap Therapy

the theme is

Going Green

and the technique is

Embossing

So with that in mind

Scrap Therapy released their

Monthly Challenges on Friday night.

This month, i am doing the colour challenges

And these are the colours

Here is my layout

I have used lots of different types of embossing....

Stamped and embossed the edge of the cardstock

Embossed the plasterers Mesh behind the photos

and also embossed the lettering.

In line with the going green

I have recycled the old phone book

to make these layers paper flowers.

For more information on techniques

or to participate in the challenge

visit here

Load into the gallery by the due date to be in the running to win a voucher.