Saturday, July 29, 2006

NZ Dares


I've had a very busy and creative day today. 6 layouts completed, including one that was done for the new NZ Dares blog.

I picked out an old photo of Grace for this challenge, she was only about three and she had the biggest grin on her face when I found her, I couldn't help but laugh and grab the camera. I don't do that nowdays when the kids eat my chocolate!

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I've been quiet with the blog lately due to sick kids. It's been a long winter and I'll be relieved when it's over. Still, it means I've been home a lot and had a chance to catch up with my reading. I finished Jodi Picoult's latest, The Tenth Circle, in two and a half days. I haven't read that fast for ages. Not one of her best books story wise but still a very good read. I'm reading Beverly Lewis's The Preachers Daughter now and enjoying it heaps. I love reading Amish stories!

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The other thing I have been reading are people's blogs. I want to share two here with you today. One is BooMama who is doing tours of people's homes on her blog. I love looking at homes and how they are decorated, not because I'm nosy, lol, but I look for ideas that I can use. At the moment there's links for over 150 homes!

The other blog is A Gracious Home. Sallie has just announced the winners of the Blogs of Beauty Awards. Lot's of blogs to check out from here too.

Oh, there's another one, a really good scrapbook one. Scrapability. It's written by a Kiwi chick living in the UK. Beside's her blog which you click on opinions to read, she also has a huge list of scrapbook blogs for you to check out.

Hmm, maybe I haven't blogged so much because I too busy checking out everyone elses! lol.