The mojo is flowing!

Getting away for a few days camping has really refreshed the creative spirit in me. I'm bursting with ideas and everything seems to be flowing really well at the moment! I know I only updated my blogs yesterday but I've been busy making cards for these prompts and just had to share :)

Week 23: right now. Well apart from the mojo flowing (long may it last!) I'm feeling really grateful for a lot of simple things at the moment. When Miss 12 and I got back from camping we desperately wanted hot showers... and we could have them at the turn of a knob! Light was no problem... just flick the switch! Flushable toilets... heaven!... there is just no way to squat elegantly over a long drop!!! I honestly do love camping... getting away from civilisation, exploring, and collecting little 'treasures' but there really is no place like home... with all its little creature comforts!Week 24: remember when... Lots of things popped into my head for this one: Remember when I didn't have kids? Remember when I was a teenager? Remember when I was learning to drive? (Miss 15 has just got her Learners Licence!) In the end I chose... Remember when we lived on the farm. We had a pretty good lifestyle growing up... lots of fresh air, space to play and huge amounts of imagination! We used to make huts in the hay barn and build tunnels which never failed to annoy our father! We had a huge amount of freedom and it was a completely different life to what my own girls have had. One funny story (at least for me and Trac!) was when we had our horse Laddie... he wasn't a big horse but he was a lot of fun. This particular day we were out in the paddock annoying him and he had enough and chased us. It wasn't so bad for me and Trac... we took off and got through the fence... BUT Kate was only little and her legs couldn't move as far as ours... she got her top half through the fence and then Laddie bit her on the bum! She howled and cried and we made sure she didn't tell Mum cause we knew we'd be in trouble but that night she just couldn't sit down so Mum checked it out and one butt cheek was completely bruised!!! It's funny now but it sure wasn't at the time!Week 25: a photo that means something to you. It's true that most of the photos I have tell a story. When I look at them I can remember how I felt, or what was going on... a million memories come to mind with most of my photos. Then I came across the photos of my graduation from Teachers College. I remember feeling really proud for finally finishing something and sticking with it even though it was hard at times. I'm pretty sure I was talking to Trac (my sister) on the phone and telling her how it had all gone because she couldn't be there to see it... and I wasn't letting that Diploma out of my hands!Week 26: Celebrating daughters. Loved this prompt!!! The first photo was taken when they were 5 & 3 and they were being flower girls for their Grandma's wedding... the second photo was taken when they were 12 & 10 and they were junior bridesmaids for their Auntie's wedding. I can't believe how quickly they've grown up! A few years ago I wrote a poem for a layout I did about my girls and thought I'd share it with you:

Two little girls sent down from above

For me to watch over and cherish and love

Both of them beautiful and clever and kind

Both of them have a very strong mind

One of them dark the other one blonde

And we have between us a very strong bond

A decade has passed since we've been on our own

In less than the next one they both will have flown.

Week 27: junk mail. My kids love it!!! They like seeing what specials Dominoes, Pizza Hut, McDonalds etc are having... and they casually remark on 'what good deals they are'... meanwhile knowing that they don't really have a snowballs chance of getting it LOL. Most of the time the junk mail goes in the bin but every now and then something unsolicited arrives that catches my eye... Telecom have been doing some great junk mail with lots of doodling on it lately!
Week 28: goal of the week. This was a very easy prompt... my goal for the next week is to get everything organised because I'm off to SENZ!!! For those of you who are overseas, SENZ is a scrapbooking event (similar to CHA I think?) They held one in Auckland in May but I couldn't go because Miss 15 was having her birthday so I booked tickets to go to the Christchurch event. That meant I had to book flights too... yippee!! I haven't been on a plane for 20 years!!! So exciting! I'm flying down next Thursday night with a stop over in Wellington. Friday morning SENZ begins and I'm booked into a class at 9am... it goes all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday... it will be like scrapbook heaven for me! Then I'm flying home again on Monday. So looking forward to it but there's heaps to do before I go so I've made my list and I'm going to keep this weeks card visible so that I'll remember to do everything!Hope you are all enjoying the prompts as much as me! I'm finding them really awesome for journaling about things I wouldn't normally write about and I'm sure when I look back at them in the future they will give a real insight into what was going on in my life right now... actually it's almost like a time capsule! Happy crafting everyone :)