Life is a Journey – Page 244 – The life and times of Libby Withnall

Let’s decorate….for Halloween

Posted on October 11, 2010November 11, 2026 by Libby Withnall

Okay, so not many people decorated for Halloween in Australia but (1) we have an annual party and (2) I love any excuse to decorate :-). We don’t have a lot by American standards but we usually manage to add a piece or two each year. I haven’t bought anything yet but Kevin is headed to the USA soon so he’ll hopefully bring me back some goodies (hint, hint) – he did great last year :-).

So what do we have in the kitchen…

The family room…

The lounge room….needs an iron and some flowers…

The front entry…

And the bathroom…

There are few other bits and pieces around the house and we have more deocations that will go up for our party.

Family day out to the theatre

Posted on October 10, 2010November 11, 2026 by Libby Withnall

We had a lovely family day out to Sydney and the theatre. First stop was lunch. There were a few Asian places to choose from – we chose Korean.

For lunch I had cheese dolsot – which was delicous.

Amy and Kevin really enjoyed their meals too, and Christy her bowl of rice.

It was a fun lunch, esp. since we don’t eat out that often as a family. And we even got to watch Korean music videos as we ate!

Then it was time to walk next door to the Capitol Theatre to see the musical FAME.

It was pretty good, though not as good as other musicals we have seen. The dancing was fantastic and the girls really enjoyed it. We thought Christy might have been bored in parts but “it was perfect” according to her and she wants to go see it again. I think a lot of the adult stuff just went over her head. It was worth the price we paid as we got a special deal on the tickets (which was why we took the girls).

Photo love

Posted on October 9, 2010November 10, 2026 by Libby Withnall

Firstly I’d like to share a few photos I’ve taken for my Picture Spring class.

And secondly some of my favourite flickr photos.

1. Sunset in the San Juans, 2. Stonehaven bay, 3. Blue Butterfly, 4. Fly Agaric, 5. Home and Garden, 6. Knit Grafitti Bike, 7. friday’s flower power, 8. * A K I – N O – S O R A *, 9. Let’s Go Canoeing on Lake Kussharo!!, 10. Hoje (06/10) to indo pra Gramado no Festival, vamos???, 11. A happy heart, 12. Alaskan Range, 13. London Fog Cupcake, 14. P1780588web, 15. Untitled, 16. The Mayor – Chilling out in Alaska!

Spring Clean – The Scrapbook Room

Posted on October 8, 2010November 10, 2026 by Libby Withnall

Yes, yes, I know, I seem to always be tidying up the scrapbook room. But this time I did some major reorganising and tried to be ruthless with getting rid of old products.

Before:

After: Under the desk looks messier as the extra containers are the ones full of stuff to give to the kids or donate. I’m also on the lookout for some extra storage that will fit nicely under there.

A close up …before…

and after…

Before …still need to go through the drawers and cupboard… I got rid of the tub (which stored stickers by theme – now in clear trays in the photo above. Also moved the letter stickers (above).

After….the embellishment drawers got moved off my main work area.

Before….

And after….bought all five purple boxes that Office Works had in stock and hope I can pick up some more (and relocate the baskets)

I’m so much happier with how this looks – it had gotten too cluttered. Now I’m inspired to get on with my UK album – I’m up to Scotland now :-).