Finishing Off Friday - 1st March 2013

We had a lovely long weekend at the Sunshine Coast last weekend, with my family.  The sun came out on Saturday, and us girls had a lovely day lazing by the pool, chatting, laughing and eating while the boys went crabbing and fishing.  It was such a lovely weekend away!!

iPhoto - Digital Photo Books & DVDs

I have been using iPhoto to make digital photo albums for the past 3 years.  I could talk all day about this awesome program, but I just thought that I would pick out the features that I love the most and share them with you, as I often get asked lots of questions about it.

Firstly, iPhoto is a Mac program.  It is not online, it is a program that is installed on your hard drive.  There is apparently a version of it for the iPad, however I have been told that you can't make the photo books using the app (it is more just for storing your photos).

A Mini-Album

I wanted to share with you this great little album that I found at K-Mart recently for only $4!

Finishing Off Friday - 21st February 2013

This week my accomplishments are:

Photos

- I completed Macy's album.  Totally.  Completely.  Fully.  Done.  There will be no further updates on this project, since it is now complete!  Yippee!!  That is one mammoth task that is done, thanks to my system of breaking it down into weekly mini-projects.

Cleaning Up After the Storm

We were very lucky during the recent bad weather, to have not really been affected.  We are so grateful, it was just heartbreaking to see so many people lose their homes and prized possessions in the floods - I can't even imagine how devastating that would be.

For us, we had lots of rain and wind, but no threat of flooding, and luckily, we kept power for most of the time too.  

When we first moved into our house over 8 years ago, we cut down any tall trees around the house.  However, we still have plenty of huge gum trees scattered around the yard, which regularly drop branches during storms.  But this time, it wasn't a branch that fell, it was a massive tree!