A Bit of This, A Bit of That ... and a little bit of the everyday

Got a little bit of a mixed bag to share today.  Last night in the middle of a seemingly mundane moment,

i was suddenly struck by how perfectly and wonderfully every day it was.  Simply getting dinner organised was one of those family moments that you just want to remember.  Claire and I chopping up ingredients for our favourite salad, Cooper munching away on cucumber and capsicum as fast as Claire could cut it, Lachy drawing and scoffing olives and feta {yep you heard right... he just LOVES them!!}, Troy out at the BBQ cooking the marinated pork loin chops.... and Maddi was at the pool for squad and club night!!  oh well, it was nearly a perfect everyday family moment!  :))

oooh... and the salad:

yum - lettuce, baby spinach, cucumber, capsicum, roasted pumpkin, olives, feta and toasted slivered almonds... the kids just can't get enough!

Anyway, you're not here to listen to me bang on about salad are you?

Well, a few of you have mentioned this yearly event already, and i'm really happy and excited to say

that we are dedicating a thread over at the Boxx on the December Daily project!!

 For those of you who want to give it a go, but would like a little encouragement and sharing

of ideas, i urge you to consider joining us.  i've started getting materials together and have decided

to go for a red, cream and kraft theme... just can't bring myself to put green with it!  lol.

Here's my stash so far:

I also recently did a sketch for the latest Boxx newsletter

Here is the sketch:

and here is the layout to go with it.

If you'd like to give it a go, I would LOVE to see!!!

Please leave me a link so i can have a little lookie... :))

and lastly {phew, i hear you say!!}, i also gave the Get Picky sketch a go.

They have a great team of designers over there, so if you haven't done so already

head over there for a look!  :)  i have absolutely no idea what possessed me to do this

long skinny lil thing, but i like it ... hehe!  it's nice to do a really simple lo sometimes too

and not get bogged down in details and complicated stuff.

Here is the sketch:

and here is my skinny guy:

Thanks for lasting the whole post! ... now, i have a whole lotta cleaning

to do for the inlaws visit   :))

jules

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