Cold Turkey. That is me. I had my last Coke Zero on Saturday. I've always been aware that the 1-2 cans of Coke Zero I was drinking daily contained nothing in the way of nutritional value, and if I looked at the ingredients they comprised of artificial colour, artificial flavour, preservative, artificial sweetner and nothing else to enhance my life in any way. Except, of course, the caffeine. Which was the reason I was drinking it. And probably the reason I feel like I've gone without 48 hours sleep, I'm dropping things and I've developed a tired stutter. The headache is minor, in the scheme of things. I'm on to day 3. It can only get better. Surely.
So what do Flashing Jim Beam icecubes and remote control tarantulas have to do with cold turkey? Nothing. Nothing at all. Nothing at all with Cold Turkey and everything to do with Grumpr's 60th Birthday on Thursday. Just what do you get a man that has it all? And if he doesn't have it all he takes out another mortgage and buys one? I'm going to go with the theory that if I turn up with the three kids on Thursday and remind him how incredibly blessed he is to have such a beautiful family, he won't need pressies. Ya think it'll work? It's all my caffeine deprived self can think of right now. He should be thankful I'm thinking at all :o)
I got some good mail yesterday. I recieved a copy of "Show It Off" . It's a book about using scrapbooking and turning it into fun scrapbooking projects to show off around your home. I completed 5 projects for this. They ranged from a large wooden framed photo montage to an altered dressform (credited to Wendy Redshaw-Bruhns for the original idea in the book) to an acrylic album and then two large canvases. It's a great book with lots of wicked cool projects.
Unfortunately due to noone's fault except those at the UPS parcel service all these projects, plus 4 layouts that were recently featured in the Memory Makers magazine were recently lost in the post. In the 6 years and hundreds of parcels I've sent overseas, this is the first one with artwork I've had gone missing. Trust it to be this huge one with so much in it! The art aquisitions editor at Memory makers is devastated, I'm disappointed, but mostly because 2 of the projects in there were gifts. I'll be trying to recreate at least one of them. When I have time.
Oh - a competition! I nearly forgot. Go to the Tarisota Blog post to see this in more detail and to enter.
The extremely clever and talented Jo Kneller took pics of the tarisota designers and made them into gorgeous ATCs. Guess who is who and be in to win. A clue. I'm the cute one :o)
laters
Missed you the last couple of days - love reading your blog, so I loved this long post. Even if you are in a cafine free la la land or some type. Sorry about the lost art. That really hits where it hurts!
Posted by: Susan Beth Breuner | April 29, 2008 at 02:04 PM
I am totally addicted to caffeine, and I'm certain of two things:
1. I would be a much more patient mom if I didn't drink so much coffee.
2. I would get fired from my job for being an incompetent fool if I didn't drink coffee.
Sorry to hear about your lost artwork. I've had one page lost, surprisingly, seeing how infrequently I get pubbed. You're right... it is truly disappointing.
Glad to see a post from you. I often wondered how you were surviving the work on your home.
Posted by: Barb | April 29, 2008 at 02:51 PM
The value for me in Coffee or coke Zero is the almost Zero Calorie factor, so it fills me up and keeps my mind off snaking while run about after 3 kids, who are forever eating food!So that's my theory..but good luck with the cold turkey..
That's awful news about your work going missing,you never know there may be a glimmer of hope if it falls into the right hands...
As for the tarisota ATC's, I've been looking at these try to work out who's who...I'm guessing your NO.4, please feel free to tell me to rethink if I need to LOL!
Renee
Posted by: Renee Dowling | April 29, 2008 at 03:25 PM
Grumprs birthday wish list:
(1)Big cake with smarties on top.
(2) Left over coke from your house
(3) Rum to go with the coke
(4 ) a clean garage.( where do you think all Nics household stuff is while the reno goes on.
(5)More cake
(6) more coke
(7 more rum )
(8) Family presence ( not presents)
Posted by: grumpr | April 29, 2008 at 04:01 PM
LOL!! I love Grumpr's b'day list there!!! Good luck with the coke Nic! And you were a dead give away on the photo comp!
Posted by: Chris M | April 29, 2008 at 04:05 PM
Just stopping by to say, "Hi!" Hope life is making you smile...
Love...
Posted by: Sarah Hodgkinson | April 30, 2008 at 04:55 AM
HUGE bummer about the missing artwork. I can feel for you - 8 of my layouts for a MM publication burned up in a train accident en route to Cinncinati several years ago. I'm betting your altered projects had many hours invested in them...maybe they will show up someday?
Posted by: Angelia | May 10, 2008 at 01:33 AM
Hi Nic, This is a first time for me to look at your blogg etc. I have found it very interesting and see lots of ideas.
I am a one of Rachael Forresters learners they are awsome sharing ideas etc.
I have however a question do do have any ideas for a page - re the school ball, I have a niece and would love to be able to do a page for her may even do it on a canvas.
One Friday 16th am of to a scrapbooking weekend at Raincliff South Canty with Rachael's group hence the request.
Hope to see you in ChCh when you are down.
Many thanks Anne Currie
Posted by: Anne Currie | August 12, 2008 at 12:03 PM