Two Sleeps to go

and then it is ScrapCamp! But first I way to get over this horrible cold and Parents' evening tomorrow night. Then Friday I will fetch Katrina and Irene from the airport, have lunch at Sharlene's house and then head north for a weekend of fun and creativity. I really liked this quote that I read:
When people have not yet discovered their creative potential, or when they are blocked creatively, it is usually because they are held captive by one of the following three things:
1 - Fear
2 - Fatigue
3 - (lack of) Fun.
We're at our creative best when we're not afraid, when we're not worn out (mentally, physically, or emotionally), and when we're having fun. Creation is play and does not flow when fatigue and fear provide friction." (Excerpt from Liberate the Captive Artist Within)

So hopefully I will not be fatigued because I know that I can't scrap when I'm tired!

Lahar!!

Well, it happened today! And I am so pleased! Ross is heading up the mountain tomorrow on a week long school trip. This lahar has been expected for years and scientists could see that the water level was rising and an overflow was imminent. There was a lot of rain last night and just before 11am this morning over it went. I sat glued to http://www.horizons.govt.nz/laharcam.asp?big=true all day and saved some photos.

This is what a concrete post standing 6 metres high in the river usually looks like:


This is what it looked like much earlier today at 12.39pm:




This is what it looked like at the height of the lahar flood today at 12.48pm:



And this is what it looked like at 6pm tonight:

And for those of you who are not in NZ - the lahar came from the crater lake at the top of Mt Ruapehu which is that beautiful mountain on my banner

ME!

I have been really busy at school this term trying my hardest to be "nice" to all the kids. Seems like it's working too. So what do I do? One of the things is that I'm not fighting anyone about homework any more - a small sweet to those who've done their homework and just a note in my planner about those who haven't. After three homework not done, I'm sending a note home in the student diary. I also phoned a couple of parents the other day because their sons were behaving so badly - next day the boys were like angels. So no complaining any more, no getting upset - just looking after ME.

In two weeks it is my annual ScrapCamp - a weekend away scrapping with lots of fun and laughter along the way. We always have one class and this year the fabulous Jo Burney is doing wooden letters with us. I have chosen ME as it will be my inspiration this year to look after ME. Anyway, I am so looking forward to the weekend away and I'm hoping to get all our South Island photos scrapped. I need to print out all my holiday blogging and I can get all the l/os done straight away.

I also want to complete all l/os for the US/Canadian CJ group I'm in so I can get that out of the way and on to Canada where my lovely cyber friend Sherri will add them all to the CJs as they arrive at her house.

What else? My weekly class at Community Education is going well, but I must say it makes me too tired to do my own scrapping; I think I may look at only teaching two terms a year rather than all four. My current ladies are loving it though so I'm really pleased about that.

And so to finish this entry which, it seems, has been all about ME

And lastly, the lovely Wilna (MM Idol 2006) has ME linked on her blog! So if you're visiting from her blog, please leave me a comment? Thanks