A Funny Story

I've been away for a week down to the Sunshine Coast to do a few business related things and catch up with some friends and I have to tell you a story my friend Myrna told me. First of all Myrna is a lovely lady who is very young at heart, is always doing things for other people and I'm so happy to have her as a friend. She's also 70 yrs old (young). Just recently she was out with two of her daughters and one of the girls mother in-law shopping at Kawana Waters. They had finished and went to the car to head home. While the girls put the shopping in the boot Myrna was just standing waiting with her handbag held in hand just loosely by her side and the next thing you know a young guy ran past and grabbed it out of her hand. It took her a minute to realise what was going on as I think most of us would.

Now here's the funny part, once she realised she set off in chase after the guy - yelling "thief - he stole my bag - bastard - he's got my bag". When the two daughters realised they started after him as well yelling as as loud as they could. A man who had just gotten into his car heard them and got out to offer assistence. With that the young guy dropped the bag and kept running, Myrna's not sure if it was the sight of the 3 of them running after him yelling loudly or the gentleman who got out to help but she got her handbag back. It doesn't matter really. She did have a sore shoulder for a few days and it's made her a bit more wary when she goes out. I agree with her he is a bastard for doing that, imagine if she had been knocked to the ground.

I also had the opportunity to attend a market day at the Decorative Folk Artists of Qld Annual Paint In weekend. It was held down at the Crowne Plaza Caloundra and I met some lovely ladies who were having a fantastic time - the theme this year was Jungle so lots of vines and wild animals. I had a great day soaking up the atmosphere and got to sell some products as well.

Busy Week

Well I don't know where that week went but it doesn't feel like I achieved much. I did however manage to go and watch my nephew play hockey which was really nice as he doesn't live here so I don't see him much (or his brother). The championships were on (at least I think thats what it was - I really should know - bad aunty) anyway whatever it was I was only interested in Jesse. The gentleman next to me however decided I needed a running commentary, he was being nice but really I had no idea what he was talking about.

Now I have been tagged by the lovely Kylie over at 4theloveofscrapping.blogspot.com and I'm supposed to answer some questions and then tag 4 other people and I promise next post I will. It's just that this blog thing is very new to me and although I read quite a few I haven't commented on a lot of them so it feels a little strange. But I'm willing to play.

My other news is that I've been elected President of the Bundaberg Business Womens Network so that's all very exciting. I've been the Treasurer for the last two years and so now I get to hand that job on and take on another.

Scrapping Sunday

I belong to a scrapbooking group called I Scrap Therefore I Am that meets in the church hall once a month on a Sunday afternoon. It's a very informal club that was started by Petrina and Cassie (blog links to the right) and it's a great way to get together and scrap. We all bring a plate so there's always plenty of delicious food and it's great to see what other people are up to and if your stuck on finishing a layout someone will provide some inspiration or suggestions. Once a year there's a retreat and we also do the Girls Night In for a breast cancer fundraiser. This is a page I was working on at the last meeting, it was almost finished but I decided when I went home to add some chipboard flowers that I "opaled". Opals is a thick embossing enamel from a company in Tasmania, it has lots of applications and it's great that it's an Australian product. The other layout has photo's from the Girls Night In fundraiser obviously the theme was pink.