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So here it is…………2006.  When I think about the challenges we have oversome in 2005 – surely 2006 will be a breeze………

Happy and helathy 2006 to everyone may you all prosper and enjoy life, remembering to stop and smell the roses.  While I am here – I must credit Rhonner Farrer for her brushes that I used in my purple header – thanks Rhonna!

WE just returned from 8 days camping – pictures in an album are on their way – I am just too exhausted!  Christmas was a blast – Santa definately found us out in the bush – although I’m not too sure how he felt about the heat – and the fact that we omitted to leave out a cold beer!  The girls were super spoilt – we also had a minim Christmas with Mama on Christmas Eve morning – tow Santa visits in two days – Madison was totally confused!  The delight on her face when she saw her santa sack was magic – I love the way she ‘got into’ the whole Christmas thing this year – hopefully Mackenzie will be a little like that next year – we could have given her a roll of foil for all she cared!

Must sign off for now – but before I do – I am looking at my brand spanking new 17-inch flat screen monitor, and 300GB external HD!  I am very very lucky!  I love my husband!

so sorry for that long boring post the other day — what was I thinking – oh yes – ramble on here for a bit – it’s nearly like having an adult conversation!  Oh the joys of having tiny children!

I am so full of creative ideas right now – but no time to create!  I want to be able to sit down and create, design, scrap, draw – and I just don’t get a chance.  My brain is choc-a-block full of stuff that is just waiting to get out!  must. stop. wasting. time.  Why oh why are forums, blogs etc so inviting!  can;t everyone lead a boring life for me – then I won’t have anything to read!

Picked up my 1GB RAM the other day – early Christmas pressie for the computer (lucky thing!).  Phew – photoshop doesn’t know what happened to it – now it needs to keep up with me!

Did a big bake on the weekend – Christmas balls and choc-chip cookies – yumboliscious.  Must get rid of them soon – they are not a staple diet!!!!  They are so very tempting though – mmmmmmm!

Righto – down to business – I have decided what to do with all my website ideas – there will be three!!!!

1. www.thespottedcow.com – web design and hosting – with some cubecart, zen cart and post-nuke customisations thrown in for good measure!
2. www.kylieclark.com – digi-scrap store – selling my scallywags, and all the other digi-goodies I have planned
3. www.digiscrapspot.com – a resource site for digi-scrappers – includes anything and everything pertaining to the digital scrapping world.  I know there are a couple of sites out there very similar to what I have in mind – but none are using the ‘user-friendly’ program that I will use (thanks to www.justdigitalcalls.com ).

At present – I am designing a ‘skin’ for cubecart – so that I can use it at ‘scallywags’ – it’s a bit of fun – nice and bright.  also working on a new spotted cow – here is the latest:

okay – maybe not – typepad does not want me to upload images at this time!  Pity – she’s such a spunky cow too!  – Aha – typepad is fickle today – here she is:

There are a zillion other things in my head – banging on the walls of my skull to get out (no – wait a minute – that’s just someone using a hammer in the distance!).  I can’t wait for next year to happen – I am having a break over the festive season – and then whammo – back with all ideas blazing!

Look what I made!!!!  In more ways than one!

They are such gorgeous creatures – so happy and cheeky!

My heart melts when I look at this photo!

What a busy day yesterday was – aarrgghh! We were all up early – as usual – and I was busy drawing away at the computer – as I do – and I lost track of time…..again!  Ok – so 15 minutes to shower and dress me, and the girls, until my Baby Boot Camp ‘chief’ came to give me a ‘surprise’ and for me to give her some paperwork.  That all sorted out beautifully – I now have a fantastic waterproof rug to use when I am instructing the floor work part of the class – GREAT – although I am not overly happy with the amount of duck poo that is going to get on it – what is it with ducks – can’t they have a designated pooing area?  Why do they feel the need to share it with everyone – all through the entire park!  Enough already!

Then – it was time to climb into the car – off to a third birthday party (what were we thinking when we children around Christmas time!) – OMG – I had forgotten to give Mackenzie breakfast!  Mind you – this was at 10:30am – so the poor kid was getting hungry – but there is certainly no chance that she will fade away from lack of food!  back into the house to be spoon fed breakfast at break-neck speeds – I could forsee a case of infantile indigestion woes right there!  But – no – to her credit – she gobbled it down and loved it!

Back to car for birthday – halfway there – ‘Madison – did you put the present in the car?".  ‘No mummy!".  Ripper!!!  Third birthday party – present is sitting on bench at home – oh well – not going back to get it – she can wait!  Turns out Annika (party girl) had a million presents anyway – so I’m sure she wasn’t going to miss one!

Back to car – Mackenzie fell asleep straight away and Madison wasn’t too far behind – thank-goodness they are both easily transferable – straight from car to bed!  WOW – two sleeping children together – fantastic!  By this time it’s around 1:30pm – so it’s already been a busy day.  They both woke sort of together – in perfect timing (what great kids!) – because it was back in the car time….again! 

Will had come home by now – for last night was the planned ‘yes I’m sure late night shopping starts tonight’ Christmas shopping!  We picked up some gorgeous photos taken professionaly as a fundraiser of the girls (they are stunning…..will put up later!) – and had Mackenzie’s BP taken. Fickle kid – it was a nice low reading – and she didn’t even scream like a banshee this time!  It seems that I have a ballerina in the making (yeah right – I don’t even know my pointe from my plie) – as she has ‘Charlie Chaplin’ legs!!!!  Hope she can make Charlie Chaplin money! Mackenzie Ella ballerina!  Then it was off to pick up a layby that we started 6 months ago for the girls Christmas present!  WOW!! We had totally forgotten what we bought – it was like Christmas coming early!  They are going to be spoilt this year – although I am not quite sure how we are going to take it all camping with us!!!!

We dropped Madison off at her little boyfriend’s house (yes – it is young love in the making!) and off we went all ready to do the big shopping spree.  we were quite excited – found a carpark easily by the door – didn’t seem too busy!!!  Are the alarm bells ringing for you yet?!?!?  We get up the travelator thingy – shops closing all around us – late night shopping starts next Wednesday night. AAARRRGGGHHH!!!!!!!!  Bugger!  So Will, Mackenzie and I did a few bits and pieces at KMART and had dinner at La Porchetta (not too bad!). 

BANG – there it was – first christmas shopping mishap of the year – I wonder how many more I can tally up…………………………………

Last night – it was bed-putting time.  Yes – that’s what it is in our house folks – bed putting!  At least last night it was!  It got to 7:30pm, and I had two extremely tired children on my hands.  Now – my two girls share a bedroom (there’s a problem right there!).  Madison (the one that is nearly three) wen to bed first, as a little punishment / thank-you for doing the exact opposite (again) of what I had asked her to do!  Anyway – I thought she was just about to sleep – so I threw Mackenzie (not literally – I threw in a nice way!) into her cot.  She  went off to dreamland beautifully – (ohhh – it has taken 14 months of practice to get her to do that!) – and Madison – well she just got more and more annoyingly awake.  The phone rang – so of course – she came out – right at the time when I was having a very important discussion on something that I can’t remember(!) – "muuuummm I want a bikskit "- not sic – just her way of saying it! I gently manouvered her back into bed.  I thought we were doing well – up until I heard the giggle giggle of two little girl chatting to eat other.  HAH.  Anyway – I must admit – I probably over-reacted (but this had been the culmination of a bad, naughty day for Madison), and I marched in to Madison, and gave her a good ‘old fashioned’ SMACK!  Oh god – I hate the look on her face after a smack – and the feeling I get is horrendous.  Anyway – suffice to say -the smack didn’t work – would you believe I had to threaten another, before she would turn over and go to sleep!  Meanwhile – Mackenzie is still bouncing up and down in her cot having a great old time!  I think it might be time to put up some sort of ‘barrier’ between their beds – who knows what – maybe an iron grille!!!!!!

It’s 7:00am in the morning, and both are still asleep – so I must have done something right!

Here is my little bit of Christmas cheer!

Download Scallywag’s Christmas Cheer

I’d love some feedback on how user friendly the brushes are – what I can do to make them better – etc.

Leave me a comment or two on your opinion, and throw in a link so i can see how you used them!

There are more scallywags to come – so keep a look out for the Scallywag Spot (to be located at www.thespottedcow.com- when I ever get the time to finsh my own site!!!)