<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646</id><updated>2011-05-02T19:09:32.461+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Maree's Manic Musings</title><subtitle type='html'>Musings of a Mad Scrapper...yes the Mojo voices talk to me...sometimes!!!!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>46</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-8018110701301675729</id><published>2011-05-02T10:55:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T10:55:51.079+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Where have I been???</title><summary type='text'>Ok yes I know I have been AWOL for a little while but I do have a really good excuse. You see last year while  Fred was posted overseas, on a remote South Pacific Island without me might I add, I bought a house.

In Tasmania.

Over the internet.

Without Fred.

Which until a couple of weeks ago he HADN'T seen in the flesh so to speak!!!

Yup I bought a house. It's not a palace but she has good </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/8018110701301675729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=8018110701301675729' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/8018110701301675729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/8018110701301675729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2011/05/where-have-i-been.html' title='Where have I been???'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zST-QATRrpU/Tb4SguM0dYI/AAAAAAAAATE/a_rTwnWhIAQ/s72-c/100_1442.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-3817368861357210328</id><published>2011-04-11T09:42:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-04-11T09:42:55.174+08:00</updated><title type='text'>A CRAP-TACU-LAR morning</title><summary type='text'>I got out of bed this morning
Felt like crap
Still breathing so I figure that has to be a bonus
Felt like crap
Had a shower
Felt like crap
Got dressed
Still felt like crap
Took Fred to work and Little Miss K to school
Feeling even crappier
Wrote this blog which is all about me feeling like crap
It is definately a CRAP-TACU-LAR day

I'm going back to bed</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/3817368861357210328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=3817368861357210328' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/3817368861357210328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/3817368861357210328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2011/04/crap-tacu-lar-morning.html' title='A CRAP-TACU-LAR morning'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-2607150850624687890</id><published>2011-04-10T15:24:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-04-10T15:24:23.511+08:00</updated><title type='text'>I have "The Lurgy"</title><summary type='text'>I have 'The Lurgy'

My teeth itch and my hair hurts

I ache all over

My nose is all stuffed up

My throat is sore

....and I dont know what I want or what I want to do!!!

Yup I definately have 'The Lurgy'

My wonderful Fred is looking after me bringing me drinks, drugs (paracetamol) and asking if I want food.

I think I will go back to bed now my brain hurts.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/2607150850624687890/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=2607150850624687890' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/2607150850624687890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/2607150850624687890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-have-lurgy.html' title='I have &quot;The Lurgy&quot;'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-5024831221082303170</id><published>2011-04-05T09:19:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T09:19:32.618+08:00</updated><title type='text'>A Prince and Princess in PINK????</title><summary type='text'>When two people (That would be me and Fred) who were sports mad until our late teens and beyond produce a child one would expect that aforesaid resulting child would ALSO turn out to at least have some interest in participating in some sporting event. WRONG!!!! I have never met a child so NOT into any form of sport...well she did try Little Athletics at 5 but broke her arm 6 weeks after starting </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/5024831221082303170/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=5024831221082303170' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/5024831221082303170'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/5024831221082303170'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2011/04/prince-and-princess-in-pink.html' title='A Prince and Princess in PINK????'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-4806219372110465945</id><published>2011-03-29T21:08:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T21:08:52.069+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Who the hell am I??? Well....</title><summary type='text'>....some of you who follow my blog have met me in person and so have an inkling as to who I am and what I like...some of you are friends I have made online and met in real life and the rest of you have met me online and have become someone I call a friend...so I thought that just maybe I should give you all an insight to me so here is a list of things you might NOT know about me...

- I like Old </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/4806219372110465945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=4806219372110465945' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/4806219372110465945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/4806219372110465945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2011/03/who-hell-am-i-well.html' title='Who the hell am I??? Well....'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xzFnVnshWUo/TZHX9Nj_rsI/AAAAAAAAAS4/TtjVSWGm_Tg/s72-c/_DSC2003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-234096706188242417</id><published>2011-03-28T19:42:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-03-28T19:42:11.089+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Testicles, spectacles, keys, wallet, watch........</title><summary type='text'>....yeah I thought I might get your attention with that blog heading!!! This is the mantra Fred recites almost without fail before he/we go out anywhere....and you'd be right if you thought "well thats a typical blokey thing for a male to say" and you would be right. You see my Fred is what I like to think of as a "mans man". He's hairy and boofy, he releases odiferous man smells, he likes a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/234096706188242417/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=234096706188242417' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/234096706188242417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/234096706188242417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2011/03/testicles-spectacles-keys-wallet-watch.html' title='Testicles, spectacles, keys, wallet, watch........'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WdaI-rFmug4/TZBzp6Z2sXI/AAAAAAAAASw/08Bn5-11h_o/s72-c/_DSC5265.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-7903572116400990097</id><published>2011-03-25T10:52:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-03-25T10:52:04.019+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Why do you Blog??</title><summary type='text'>I have had many friends ask me this....why do I blog...well there are lots of reasons why I blog. Initially it started out as a place for me to "show off" with what I was doing scrapping wise and about mine and Kaitlyns travels BUT now it has turned into a place for me to vent, write about something that has happened to me or my family and even a place to air my views. This is my space for what </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/7903572116400990097/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=7903572116400990097' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/7903572116400990097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/7903572116400990097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2011/03/why-do-you-blog.html' title='Why do you Blog??'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-8896289542279503147</id><published>2011-03-15T07:54:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-03-15T07:54:51.931+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Toilets and telephones!!! Part  2</title><summary type='text'>Well this is more to do with toilets than telephones but have you ever noticed that from the time we start toilet training our kids, and even before we start training them, how fascinated they are with toilets??? Just pushing the button kept Little Miss K amused for a long time as did the idea of unrolling the toilet paper tearing it into small pieces and shoving it up her nose until it was so </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/8896289542279503147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=8896289542279503147' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/8896289542279503147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/8896289542279503147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2011/03/toilets-and-telephones-part-2.html' title='Toilets and telephones!!! Part  2'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-5364669110331696849</id><published>2011-03-14T19:29:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-03-14T19:29:38.387+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Toilets and telephones!!! Part 1</title><summary type='text'>Probably two of the most useful inventions of all time would have to be the flushing toilet and the telephone! Both of these items have given me some memorable conversations with my daughter, Little Miss K. You see I believe she has a "must talk to Mum" gene which is only activated when I either go to the toilet OR am having a phone conversation with someone. We can spend a WHOLE day at home </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/5364669110331696849/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=5364669110331696849' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/5364669110331696849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/5364669110331696849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2011/03/toilets-and-telephones-part-1.html' title='Toilets and telephones!!! Part 1'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-143881830615066380</id><published>2011-03-12T00:02:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-03-12T00:05:05.756+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Quality  Time</title><summary type='text'>Quality time is an informal reference to time spent with loved ones  (e.g., close family, partners or friends) which is in some way  important, special, productive or profitable. 

This is something that plays a VERY large role in the lives of Little Miss K, Fred and myself. You see Fred and I have been together since 1997, 14 years, and we married in 1998. When we first met he was posted to a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/143881830615066380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=143881830615066380' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/143881830615066380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/143881830615066380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2011/03/quality-time.html' title='Quality  Time'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y5esghr4Qok/TXpFGl92RYI/AAAAAAAAASs/OUzirnJfZeE/s72-c/_DSC2003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-6062515035809157686</id><published>2011-03-09T22:09:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-03-09T22:09:02.695+08:00</updated><title type='text'>THAT MAN!!!! . . . . . a love letter</title><summary type='text'>THAT MAN. . . . . . . as many of you would be aware my husband of 13yrs has recently finished a 2 1/2 year overseas posting to Tuvalu.....for 2 1/2 years he has come in and out of mine and Little Miss K's life....home for a few weeks then gone again.....or we would fly up to see him in Tuvalu.....or we would meet him in Fiji for a week to 10 days.....

For 2 1/2 years I was Mum and  sometimes Dad</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/6062515035809157686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=6062515035809157686' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/6062515035809157686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/6062515035809157686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2011/03/that-man-love-letter.html' title='THAT MAN!!!! . . . . . a love letter'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_4rASuPTZYA/TXeIysYFTXI/AAAAAAAAASo/bM2_5Z1XGu8/s72-c/Busselton-079.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-3765909068795222459</id><published>2011-03-06T19:59:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-03-06T19:59:51.825+08:00</updated><title type='text'>My life in a box!!!</title><summary type='text'>You know what the best part of being a hoarder is??? BOXES!!! Add to that I am married to a hoarder who is just as bad as me so it makes for twice the boxes!!! Fred and I have recently been going through boxes and more boxes....some of them we havent opened since we left Darwin 11 years ago!!! Yes you read that right boxes unopened for 11 years. Oh the memories that have come out of those boxes .</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/3765909068795222459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=3765909068795222459' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/3765909068795222459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/3765909068795222459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-life-in-box.html' title='My life in a box!!!'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-1381741521958331656</id><published>2011-03-05T21:02:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2011-03-05T21:11:04.821+08:00</updated><title type='text'>So much to think about...</title><summary type='text'>Since I decided to revive and bring back to life my blog I have almost been over whelmed with the simple question of "Where do I start?" So much has happened in the last 2 years...Little Miss K has grown so much...Fred has finally completed his 2 1/2 year overseas posting in Tuvalu....Little Miss K and I have clocked up 32 domestic and 30 international flights which is no mean feat when you </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/1381741521958331656/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=1381741521958331656' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/1381741521958331656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/1381741521958331656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2011/03/so-much-to-think-about.html' title='So much to think about...'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-2166487820322712313</id><published>2011-03-03T14:11:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2011-03-03T14:16:11.097+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh Dear has it really been that long????</title><summary type='text'>I have been playing with the idea of getting back into my blog for a few weeks now and when I popped in here to have a look I was ASTONISHED to see that it has been nearly 2 years...yes 2 years....since I had written on my blog!!! How on Earth did I lose two years???Nah can't have lost two years!!!!Yup I have two years of Manic Musings that I haven't written about.....so I am going to go and have</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/2166487820322712313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=2166487820322712313' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/2166487820322712313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/2166487820322712313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2011/03/oh-dear-has-it-really-been-that-long.html' title='Oh Dear has it really been that long????'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-3160672279559199460</id><published>2009-04-20T10:25:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2009-04-20T11:18:05.007+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Times up....almost...</title><summary type='text'>Well our time here in Tuvalu is almost over. Day 14 is here and we fly out in 3 days...to Fiji for a week!! I have to admit that I won't be happy to leave Tuvalu. I could quite happily live here...not just because it means I would no longer be separated from Kerry....but because I love being here. Although a completely different way of life to what we have back in Australia the sheer simplicity </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/3160672279559199460/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=3160672279559199460' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/3160672279559199460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/3160672279559199460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/04/times-upalmost.html' title='Times up....almost...'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-8667066442449532366</id><published>2009-04-17T08:00:00.005+08:00</published><updated>2009-04-17T08:47:17.757+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Still in Paradise.....and loving it!!</title><summary type='text'>Well it's been 9 days since I wrote anything on my blog but I do have an excuse....I'm living in Paradise!!! Yup still here in Tuvalu and loving every minute!!! Things here are sooo laid back and easy going that I really haven't done a lot. We get up in the morning and decide what we are going to do. Sometimes we go out in the rec boat but most days are spent here in the compound just kicking </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/8667066442449532366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=8667066442449532366' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/8667066442449532366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/8667066442449532366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/04/still-in-paradiseand-loving-it.html' title='Still in Paradise.....and loving it!!'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SefK_I84IoI/AAAAAAAAAPs/FI8kbnVmr40/s72-c/fast+food1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-4658927084590221103</id><published>2009-04-08T07:54:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T08:44:14.428+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Talofa........ We have arrived in Tuvalu</title><summary type='text'>Well folks we have finally arrived in Tuvalu...two hours late and minus my suitcase!!! Yup as I type here my suitcase is currently languishing down in Suva!  it seems that there is no aviation fuel left here in Tuvalu so the planes have to carry extra fuel to make the return flight to Suva. In order to do this they decided to leave baggage behind so that they wouldn't be over weight. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/4658927084590221103/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=4658927084590221103' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/4658927084590221103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/4658927084590221103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/04/talofa-we-have-arrived-in-tuvalu.html' title='Talofa........ We have arrived in Tuvalu'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-6406386450728945200</id><published>2009-03-29T07:48:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2009-03-29T08:00:33.690+08:00</updated><title type='text'>The FINAL week!!!</title><summary type='text'>Yep the FINAL week is here...til Kaitlyn and I fly off into the wide blue yonder for the distant shores of Tuvalu!!! It will take us 2 days of travelling as there are only 2 flights a week into and out of Tuvalu so everything has to be coordinated around them!! We leave here in the wee hours of Monday morning and fly to Sydney. Then we have a 6 hour wait for our next plane which takes us to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/6406386450728945200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=6406386450728945200' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/6406386450728945200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/6406386450728945200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/03/final-week.html' title='The FINAL week!!!'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/Sc65iT2iX0I/AAAAAAAAAPc/t4Uvq5CM7Mc/s72-c/Patchie+and+Kaitlyn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-7652360455744578232</id><published>2009-03-26T21:40:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2009-03-26T22:07:15.974+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Just before Bed Time....I like to.....</title><summary type='text'>....sit and have a little play with Photoshop!! Well it's certainly different to having a cup of warm milk!!! I find it very relaxing and it helps to slow my brain down after a very busy day. I can sit and fiddle and experiment with this and that and funnily enough I talk to myself a lot while doing it. Comments such as "Oooooh thats what that clicky thing does" and "WOW I'll have to do that" can</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/7652360455744578232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=7652360455744578232' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/7652360455744578232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/7652360455744578232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/03/just-before-bed-timei-like-to.html' title='Just before Bed Time....I like to.....'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/Sct5NjrPF8I/AAAAAAAAAPE/G7MN99lzj9M/s72-c/Love+you.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-3699441100754532006</id><published>2009-03-24T22:29:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T22:35:52.537+09:00</updated><title type='text'>I knew I would forget something!!!</title><summary type='text'>Well I knew I would forget to tell/and show you something.....Here is another digi LO I did today....This LO was actually inspired by the word art (taken from Twilight) which was made by a very talented lady called Bethany. She does some really fantastic word art and has something for just about EVERY ocassion that you could think of!! You can check out her blog and her word art freebies here:</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/3699441100754532006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=3699441100754532006' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/3699441100754532006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/3699441100754532006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-knew-i-would-forget-something.html' title='I knew I would forget something!!!'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/Scjg8hzo6-I/AAAAAAAAAO8/smnoT1MIX4s/s72-c/Before+You.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-2740125311854470045</id><published>2009-03-24T21:42:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2009-03-24T21:54:48.419+09:00</updated><title type='text'>So busy....</title><summary type='text'>Geeze I tell you at the moment all my days are blending together as we rush headlong ever closer to taking off to see Kerry in Tuvalu!!! I have lost several days so if anyone has found them can they please send them back home!!!!Well not a lot of 'real' scrapping at the moment but here are two LO's I did for Challenges over at Hybrid designs.  The first one is Challenge 6 in the Survivor Series </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/2740125311854470045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=2740125311854470045' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/2740125311854470045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/2740125311854470045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/03/so-busy.html' title='So busy....'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/ScjWH8O8p2I/AAAAAAAAAOk/2-Tlyik2ImQ/s72-c/Beach+Feet.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-1932530440468117851</id><published>2009-03-14T20:45:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2009-03-14T21:05:36.285+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Bah Humbug!!!!!</title><summary type='text'>Nope not a reference to Christmas but to the bout of food poisoning I have just been through!!! I felt as though I wanted to die!! But I was soooo grateful that Kaitlyn didn't suffer the same fate....for 2 days I didn't dare venture far from the toilet or the bucket and the whole time Johnny Cash's song "Ring of Fire" kept rolling around in my head!!! However I am now on the mend.....I have beeen</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/1932530440468117851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=1932530440468117851' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/1932530440468117851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/1932530440468117851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/03/bah-humbug.html' title='Bah Humbug!!!!!'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SbuZ_Q5uh1I/AAAAAAAAAOU/Pl-4EwtMEik/s72-c/Family1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-5002385393101099331</id><published>2009-03-04T20:29:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2009-03-04T20:46:52.157+09:00</updated><title type='text'>I think this Digi Scrapping is a bit of all right!!</title><summary type='text'>Well I have done another 2 LO's using digi scrapping!!!  It would appear that I have a bit of a knack with this form of scrapping....but I still prefer the old fashioned way of scrapping....I do have a Digi Project cooking in my head at the moment though......Kerry loves to see all the LO's I do so I thought I might just do a heap of Digi LO's for him and load them onto a digital photo frame so </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/5002385393101099331/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=5002385393101099331' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/5002385393101099331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/5002385393101099331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/03/i-think-this-digi-scrapping-is-bit-of.html' title='I think this Digi Scrapping is a bit of all right!!'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/Sa5oTvQUyxI/AAAAAAAAAOE/fei8mt4yAcs/s72-c/Kaitlyn20031.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-6226994368521580004</id><published>2009-03-03T14:14:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2009-03-03T14:19:27.790+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Well here's a first....</title><summary type='text'>....yup today I completed my very first digital LO thanks to the AMAZING Toni the DT over at Hybrid. Toni spent ages preparing a Digi class for those of us who had never done or attempted digi before and it wasn't as painful as I thought it might be. While I am really pleased with how it turned out real life scrapping will always come first for me. However now that I have learnt how to do this it</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/6226994368521580004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=6226994368521580004' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/6226994368521580004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/6226994368521580004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/03/well-heres-first.html' title='Well here&apos;s a first....'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/Say9NzYnnnI/AAAAAAAAAN8/Xhvr0tKPAR4/s72-c/Marees+1st+digi+LO1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-4354730623330099611</id><published>2009-03-02T21:45:00.007+09:00</published><updated>2009-03-02T22:46:50.050+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Time is marching by......</title><summary type='text'>......which means it is getting closer to Kaitlyn and I departing to go to Tuvalu to see Kerry. Ok ok now I know that some of you are still wondering where and what is Tuvalu so tonights blog is going to be devoted to Tuvalu....The name Tuvalu means 'eight together', although the country is made up of 9 islands. The most southern island of Niulakita, however, is not permanently inhabited. Tuvalu </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/4354730623330099611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=4354730623330099611' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/4354730623330099611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/4354730623330099611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/03/time-is-marching-by.html' title='Time is marching by......'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/Savhf44VYZI/AAAAAAAAAN0/6EBwkNlA-_I/s72-c/100_0750.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-5360613630435822897</id><published>2009-02-28T21:22:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-28T21:32:34.432+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Found My Mojo today....</title><summary type='text'>Well looks like I have finally found some Mojo....I got 3 Design Team challenges done for over at Hybrid today. The first one was a pretty basic one from Toni which was to scrap about Back To School.You can do the LO on your kids, your job, or memories of your own school days:The next one was from Maria which was to use up your scrap's At least 4 different kind's of paper's layered, 2 different </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/5360613630435822897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=5360613630435822897' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/5360613630435822897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/5360613630435822897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/02/found-my-mojo-today.html' title='Found My Mojo today....'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SaktUXaByYI/AAAAAAAAANM/4rgWWeNcJEM/s72-c/febchall1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-3636874431208341889</id><published>2009-02-27T20:48:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-27T20:57:05.660+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Major Mojo Block!!!</title><summary type='text'>Talk about having a MAJOR Mojo block this past week!!! It really was the last thing I needed....I had a LO to get done and what I was seeing and what I wanted the LO to look like were two completely different things!!! I FINALLY got some Mojo flowing about 2 hours ago and got my LO up in the gallery at Hybrid with a couple of hours to spare!!! The challenge this week was "What did you Survive" </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/3636874431208341889/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=3636874431208341889' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/3636874431208341889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/3636874431208341889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/02/major-mojo-block.html' title='Major Mojo Block!!!'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SafTzEHOBdI/AAAAAAAAANE/ovx0Nq73pq0/s72-c/Kaitlyns+broken+arm1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-8709049543782817013</id><published>2009-02-25T20:28:00.007+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T21:00:08.492+09:00</updated><title type='text'>A mixed bunch today</title><summary type='text'>Well today has been pretty much your average day.....HOWEVER..... Today is the first day of Lent, also known as Ash Wednesday on the Church Calendar, and I was so very proud to watch Kaitlyn do a reading at the Liturgy of the Word service this morning. She walked up to the podium, opened her order of service and then proceeded to do her reading without looking at it once!! Yup she had memorized </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/8709049543782817013/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=8709049543782817013' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/8709049543782817013'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/8709049543782817013'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/02/mixed-bunch-today.html' title='A mixed bunch today'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-8445019950152223275</id><published>2009-02-24T20:19:00.007+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-24T20:57:52.975+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Time to Dig Deep and other musings</title><summary type='text'> Take the time to have a read of the above message folk......yup the Crew over at Hybrid (you can find the link on the side of my blog) have decided to pitch in and help out...lots of GREAT goodies have been donated and will be up for grabs so go on over and have a look and make a bid. I'm also going to post the above ad on the side of my blog and you can just click on that as well to take you to</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/8445019950152223275/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=8445019950152223275' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/8445019950152223275'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/8445019950152223275'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/02/time-to-dig-deep-and-othe-musings.html' title='Time to Dig Deep and other musings'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SaPX-niDmhI/AAAAAAAAAMM/-drXrclaeng/s72-c/VictoriaBushfireFundraiser1-1.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-860916050484421093</id><published>2009-02-20T22:29:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-20T22:35:55.735+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Scrappers Rock</title><summary type='text'>WOW!!! Scrappers really do rock!!! If you haven't already go and check out Sarah Gladmans blog!!! She is behind the The Memory Gifts Project for those affected by the Victorian Bushfires. At this point in time she has 10,000 , yes you read that right, 10,000 LO's promised to her which means EVERY family affected WILL receive an album. No one will miss out...so go girls and keep scrapping....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/860916050484421093/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=860916050484421093' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/860916050484421093'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/860916050484421093'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/02/scrappers-rock.html' title='Scrappers Rock'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-1293986807565914647</id><published>2009-02-19T09:18:00.010+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-19T09:52:42.312+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Blasted alarms and other stuff</title><summary type='text'>Blasted alarm didn't go off this morning...someone should blow alarm clocks up...don't know why but it didn't...anyways I didn't get out of bed until 8-15am this morning which is really late for me!! So it was a mad dash to get Kaitlyn fed, dressed and out the door for school but she made it in time as her school is only 2 mins away by car!!! Speaking of school Kaitlyn started at a new school </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/1293986807565914647/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=1293986807565914647' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/1293986807565914647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/1293986807565914647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/02/blasted-alarms-and-other-stuff.html' title='Blasted alarms and other stuff'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZynObTeuyI/AAAAAAAAALc/tpd411D8rks/s72-c/100_0157.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-6777993281137261260</id><published>2009-02-17T11:37:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T12:27:44.684+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Gone Pink</title><summary type='text'>Well I finally got around to adding a music player to the blog...and I have gone PINK!! Well I have a bit of a thing for Pink at the  moment...so be warned lots of Pink in the playlist...you can of course always hit the stop button...... </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/6777993281137261260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=6777993281137261260' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/6777993281137261260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/6777993281137261260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/02/gone-pink.html' title='Gone Pink'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-8554267661874165266</id><published>2009-02-17T08:35:00.009+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-17T09:22:10.793+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Quality time pt 2</title><summary type='text'>.....Well I am up and about after getting Kaitlyn to school so I thought I should continue from where I left off last night....  While we were in Bunbury we also spent time at the beach.....me taking lots of photos, and I mean LOTS, I took over 100 photos in just over and hour at one stage!!!! Kerry and Kaitlyn played in the surf and some of the photos I got of the two of them will make perfect </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/8554267661874165266/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=8554267661874165266' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/8554267661874165266'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/8554267661874165266'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/02/quality-time-pt-2.html' title='Quality time pt 2'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZn7LLMyPTI/AAAAAAAAAKk/edjIE6PlePY/s72-c/100_0580.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-5710654965122414950</id><published>2009-02-16T22:19:00.008+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-16T22:50:54.033+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Quality Time.....</title><summary type='text'>People often talk about spending quality time together.....but it's not until you are in the situation where your partner works away that you become very aware of making every moment count. Kerry is currently working overseas for the next two years so while he was home over the Christmas period we made the most of every moment and even managed to have a small family holiday in Bunbury which is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/5710654965122414950/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=5710654965122414950' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/5710654965122414950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/5710654965122414950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/02/quality-time.html' title='Quality Time.....'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZlqUyNkQdI/AAAAAAAAAKE/QkiV6owDtN0/s72-c/100_0298.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-7850939646423826687</id><published>2009-02-15T22:18:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T22:25:52.640+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Help Make memories</title><summary type='text'>Ok I have just heard about a great appeal that has been started to help the Bushfire Victims rebuild their memories....basically scrappers are being asked to create simple blank LO's that will be distributed to households who have lost everything so they can start to rebuild lost memories. For more info on this project go to Leonardos Apprentice http://sares1911.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/7850939646423826687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=7850939646423826687' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/7850939646423826687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/7850939646423826687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/02/help-make-memories.html' title='Help Make memories'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-608010419254543327</id><published>2009-02-15T14:56:00.007+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T15:14:38.566+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Lotsa Scrappin'g going on!!!</title><summary type='text'>Hybrid Designs are currently running a "survivor" style competition. If you click on the Icon to the right of my blog it will take you to the forum. So I have been busy scrapping amongst other things I have scrapped a computer as one of the challenges!!!! Then of course there were other pages to scrap such as shown below:         </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/608010419254543327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=608010419254543327' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/608010419254543327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/608010419254543327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/02/lotsa-scrapping-going-on.html' title='Lotsa Scrappin&apos;g going on!!!'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZevz0XN7II/AAAAAAAAAJU/lxgBCfAJD5s/s72-c/100_0169.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-3857714748188834324</id><published>2009-02-15T14:14:00.007+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-15T14:55:43.421+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Trying to remember.....</title><summary type='text'>You know things have been pretty hectic over the last 2 months that I really don't know where to start.....so I guess Christmas would be a good place. Kaitlyn and I headed down to Tassie to spend Christmas with my family as Kerry wasn't able to come home for Christmas. Needless to say Kaitlyn was devestated that her Daddy wouldn't be there for Christmas so she fired off an email to Santa telling </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/3857714748188834324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=3857714748188834324' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/3857714748188834324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/3857714748188834324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/02/trying-to-remember.html' title='Trying to remember.....'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-7215038618557956151</id><published>2009-02-10T12:25:00.004+09:00</published><updated>2009-02-10T13:19:31.107+09:00</updated><title type='text'>I've been AWOL</title><summary type='text'>Ok Ok OK so I have been AWOL for a little while.....well maybe a medium while....OK OK OK Maria and Toni stop poking me....I have been AWOL for simply ages!!! So over the next few days I am going to endevour to bring my blog back up to date and fill you in on all that has been happening the past couple of months.....Foremost in my thoughts at the moment are the people of Victoria here in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/7215038618557956151/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=7215038618557956151' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/7215038618557956151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/7215038618557956151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2009/02/ive-been-awol.html' title='I&apos;ve been AWOL'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZD8pLuMPDI/AAAAAAAAABk/ty_HFQo3kW4/s72-c/bushfires090208aapfullc_14ouhdp.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-2900975098957657922</id><published>2008-11-18T08:21:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-18T08:31:49.280+09:00</updated><title type='text'>A bag of Goodies for Kaitlyn</title><summary type='text'>Kaitlyn was so excited yesterday!!! She got her first ever scrapbook swap stash. Who would have thought an envelope bursting with odds and ends for scrapping would create such joy and excitement??? Over at Hybrid Forum (http://hdscrapbooking.com.au/forum/index.php) one of the ladies, Maria, organized a stash swap for our kids so well all sent some goodies to Maria then she reparceled them up and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/2900975098957657922/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=2900975098957657922' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/2900975098957657922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/2900975098957657922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2008/11/bag-of-goodies-for-kaitlyn.html' title='A bag of Goodies for Kaitlyn'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SSH-W_eVYjI/AAAAAAAAABc/OCkZ0MSTpfI/s72-c/100_1003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-6778819035661362294</id><published>2008-11-17T12:04:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-17T12:31:14.992+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Lets not blow the garden up</title><summary type='text'>Ok so I'm now not going to blow the garden up...still considering the 'blow the husband up' option though...lol. Seriously though I have found me a Garden Angel by the name of Moe (short for Maureen). Moe LOVES to garden and weed but as she lives in a unit she no longer has a garden to play in so the deal is she is going to sort my garden and lawn out for me and then come once a fortnight to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/6778819035661362294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=6778819035661362294' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/6778819035661362294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/6778819035661362294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2008/11/lets-not-blow-garden-up.html' title='Lets not blow the garden up'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SSDihwJuWpI/AAAAAAAAABM/JS-zsRo56fA/s72-c/100_0886.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-4266329973735056090</id><published>2008-11-11T13:03:00.005+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-11T13:27:05.656+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Husbands and Gardens someone should blow them up!!!</title><summary type='text'>.....really they should just be blown up!!! I don't do this 'gardening' thing! I hate it! Fortunately I have a husband who enjoys gardening....unfortunately he won't be able to do the garden for a while due to the nature of his job!!! Which leaves ME to do the blasted thing. I really do have much better things to do with my time like doing some more scrapbook layouts!!! I would rather have my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/4266329973735056090/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=4266329973735056090' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/4266329973735056090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/4266329973735056090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2008/11/husbans-and-gardens-someone-should-blow.html' title='Husbands and Gardens someone should blow them up!!!'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-7021265357298218026</id><published>2008-11-07T11:39:00.000+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-07T11:41:17.254+09:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/7021265357298218026/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=7021265357298218026' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/7021265357298218026'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/7021265357298218026'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-600333375004006886</id><published>2008-11-07T09:12:00.006+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-07T09:26:44.343+09:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Well big things are happening at Kaitlyns school this week. The new classrooms have been put in so at the start of next year the kids will have brand new shiny classrooms. I went down this morning and took photos to send to Kerry and of course Kaitlyn is telling me "I'm going to scrap them Mum" like the 50 million other photos she wants to scrap....sounds like me I have so many photos to scrap </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/600333375004006886/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=600333375004006886' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/600333375004006886'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/600333375004006886'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2008/11/well-big-things-are-happening-at.html' title=''/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SROKxWHcwSI/AAAAAAAAAA0/osYlKszjlKg/s72-c/100_0991.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-7780708465712801370</id><published>2008-11-07T07:45:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-07T07:48:55.996+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Change of title</title><summary type='text'>Morning one and all...I decided AFTER I logged off my computer last night that "the BIG blog of ME!!!" just wasn't what I wanted for a title for my blog. So I now have a new one "Marees' Manic Musings" of course like many things in life this is subject to change!!! The fact that I am also female gives me the perogative to change it whenever I want to....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/7780708465712801370/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=7780708465712801370' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/7780708465712801370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/7780708465712801370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2008/11/change-of-title.html' title='Change of title'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-2892101625135212823</id><published>2008-11-06T23:08:00.002+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T23:11:43.961+09:00</updated><title type='text'>I did it all by myself...look Mum no hands!</title><summary type='text'>Mmmmm I am thinking that this blogging thingy might just end up being a wee bit addictive...I have just quite happily wasted and hour 'playing around' seeing how things work...I reall should go to bed....maybe I could just play for a minute or two more....nope be strong ....I'll go to bed. Maybe I could get up a little earlier before Kaitlyn wakes up and play some more???</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/2892101625135212823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=2892101625135212823' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/2892101625135212823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/2892101625135212823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-did-it-all-by-myselflook-mum-no-hands.html' title='I did it all by myself...look Mum no hands!'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748917117361798646.post-7045902579805419019</id><published>2008-11-06T22:12:00.003+09:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T22:14:43.375+09:00</updated><title type='text'>Who,what, where and WHY????</title><summary type='text'>Everyone tells me a blog is the way to go these days and I really really should have one...so here it is...I have one.....now all I have to do is figure out what to do with it....I suppose I really should go and find some stuff to put in here and then think about more stuff to write about....</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/feeds/7045902579805419019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1748917117361798646&amp;postID=7045902579805419019' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/7045902579805419019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1748917117361798646/posts/default/7045902579805419019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://mybigblog-maree.blogspot.com/2008/11/whowhat-where-and-why.html' title='Who,what, where and WHY????'/><author><name>Maree</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09022305102954337246</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_pt6gIWgrhV4/SZESDm7AdcI/AAAAAAAAAI0/JCCF0FCRzb0/S220/100_0395.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
