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Been away to long, but I am on my way back. Not quite there yet, but almost, I can see the light in the window.

I have been working on my photo albums, scanning photos and making blog templates. Trying to keep as busy as possible. I am one of those people that can go a bit crazy if I have nothing to do. I need to work, even if it is just pretend work, to stay sane. Not having a job is really starting to get to me, so I make up jobs. (yes, I am weird)  I have been able to get a 30 page wedding album done for my darling daughter-in-law and another 30 page album 3 of my beautiful grand daughters. I also have to mention that I got them printed at Costco and they did a wonderful job!

I have spent many an hour scanning over 300 photos that I was able to gather on my last trip to see my family in New York.  I have become quite skilled in the art of scanning. Plus I now a huge stash of great photos to make tons of great layout and memory books. I think Costco is going to become a great friend of mine.

Speaking of New York, I am headed back there on Sept. 1st, and will be staying for 6 to 8 weeks. I am really looking forward to it, but still have a little guilt for leaving my hubby for that amount of time. Will be great to be able to spend so much time with my darlings. My usual two week visit seem so rushed, this time they will more than likelybe glad to see me go!

I have been scrapping for fun! Digital Scrapbook Place ran the Trendsetters contest this month, and you know me and contests. Specially at Digital Scrapbook Place! They give you prizes just for entering! What’s not to love, right? Here is one of the Layouts I did for the contest…

Peek

Credits:
Play All Day VC by Elizabeth Weaver
May 2010 Club Digital – Certified Stamps by Club Digital

Yes, Spring is coming, I can feel it! Even the rain is brighter, if that is possible. Just a tiny bit of bright sunshine each day is such a big boost for me. I am one of those that should just hibernate during the winter. It would be safer for me and everyone around me. I am not a pleasant person to be around when I sink in to my deep dark depression. Even I don’t like myself. You know it’s bad when even the cats hiss when they see me coming.

Just a bit of sunshine, some yard work and thoughts of flower beds and gardens is enough to snap me out of it though. We were able to mow the lawn and clean up our tiny backyard last weekend, so I am happy and the cats love me again.

This coming weekend, we are going to do those upside down tomato plants. We have been wanting to give it a try for a couple years now, and now that we actually have a backyard we can call our own, we are going to do it. I know, sounds a bit silly that something so simple could make someone so excited and happy, but I have never been the typical “someone”.

I did do some scrapping during February. They had a wonderfully fun contest at Digital Scrapbook Place called the Trendsetter. All their contests and challenges are fun. You get free kits to work with and to me, that’s like winning right off the bat!

Here are my 3 entries …

So, if you ever want to learn digital Scrapbooking, check out Digital Scrapbook Place. I promise, you won’t be sorry!

I am an early riser. Generally, I get up about 4 or 5 am. Not always because I want to, but the cats or grumpy old dog have picked this time to get hungry or go outside. One of the draw backs of having a big dog is he is just tall enough to stick his cold wet nose right in my face. Trust me, this is not a pleasant way to wake up.

The animals have gotten me well trained now, so I just automatically wake early, feed them let them out, fix hubby his lunch and start my day. It’s such a quiet peaceful time and it is easy to think and focus. I often will start a layout first thing so I can work on it during the day. One of my goals for this year is to do at least 3 or 4 layouts a week.

This morning I started my layout and it just seem to fall right in to place. As soon as I open the kit, the inspiration was there and I knew what I wanted and was even able to find the photo I wanted. I just love days like this.

Sleepy Time

This is my son Eric and his new baby boy Quintin getting in some real quality father son bonding in the recliner. Wonder which one drools more?

Credits:

Hush a Bye VC by Nicole Young

I get in these quirky moods, and I just make up my mind I am NOT going to take anything seriously for at least 24 hours. During this 24 hours you might as well not even bother trying to get a straight answer or even a little bit of comforting from me. It’s not going to happen. You are going to get wise cracks, giggles, smirks and the occasional eye roll no matter what.

I don’t do it maliciously, or to make anyone feel bad. I think it is a built in coping mechanism I have that doesn’t allow me to implode with all the seriousness that fills our lives. I don’t really have control of when these moods strike, I don’t wake up in the morning and say, “I am going to be a smart-a$$ today.” No, I don’t even know it is one of those days till I start listening to what is running through my head or coming out of my mouth.  A sure sign is when my hubby asks me a question and then sprays his drink out his nose at my answer.

Well, today is one of those days for me. I have gone through most of the day, humming silly songs, making wise cracks at the TV and even when it came to doing my daily layout, I just had to turn it silly.

Note 2 Self

This really did start out to be a more serious layout, but I guess you can’t pick your moods.

Credits:

January Life Journal by Teresa Loman

Just remember – Life is like a hot bath. It feels good while you’re in it, but the longer you stay in, the more wrinkled you get.

Actually, not lazy, just not running behind or getting frustrated due to to many things and not enough time. I have got the laundry in the dryer, dishes done, kitchen clean, cats fed, but getting ready to piss them off. They hate the vacuum and I am getting ready to turn my white, gray and black furball rug back in to the light brown and beige rug it really is. At the rate these animals shed, I truly don’t understand why they aren’t all bald by now. Are they getting secret shipments of Rogain? I swear the amount of hair I empty from my vacuum would make wigs for several sheep dogs and a llama. It’s not because I don’t vacuum often. I do it at least twice a week and sometimes 3 if something happens, company or I just feel vengeful at having been woken up at 3 am because a cat dish is empty. I don’t dare do it daily, because as I said they do hate it, remember, they know where I sleep.
So anyway, house work is right on track, meat for dinner is thawing, the television is on for the noise in the background, vacuum is waiting, cats are glaring, dog is outside probably chuckling to himself and I am just finishing up a new layout while waiting for the dryer alarm to go off. All is right in my house.
Here is the Layout I did during breaks

My 2010 Dream

Credits:

Digital Kit – Free Your Mind VC by Nicole Young (link will be added as soon as DSP is back up)

Well, alarm going off, time to finish laundry and then terrorize the cats. (I wonder if they know just how much I enjoy it?)

Well, a quick answer would be, ” I blog so I don’t forget”. Days tend to blur in to each other so easily and go by so fast, I want to be able to remember some scrap of difference for each one. It might be the OCD in me, but I like having each day in it’s own little box and stored neatly in it’s proper cubbyhole in the calendar of my mind.

Yesterdays scraps of memory were being excited to chat with friends from DSP at Teresa’s Wednesday night chat room. It was the first time in several weeks that I actually had free time to do it. But, as luck would have it, there were technical problems with the sites chat rooms and we were not able to use them.

You might think that is a memory best forgotten or really not that important to bother with, but to me, it separates that day from all the rest. It makes that day special.

I also blog to help work out ideas. The main reason I can’t remember my name half the time is I get distracted way to easily. My mind is always going a hundred miles an hour with a hundred different thoughts. It reminds me of the lotto ball machine on crack. Every once in a while an idea will pop up like the lotto ball and if I don’t write it down, it will get mixed in with a bunch of others and be lost in the shuffle. Leaving me standing there with the losing ticket, trying to remember what I was doing it the first place.

Blogging helps me focus. I can write down an idea, word or even picture, and I can come back to it at anytime work on it. I can add to it, make notes, bend, fold and mutilate it, and it is still there. It takes up no space, doesn’t make a mess, won’t clutter my desk or dinning room table. The best part, I won’t find it shredded in to tiny pieces because my cats decided it made the perfect toy.

I have always been a list maker and journal writer. Not to be mistaken as a writer or author by any means. My lists and notes are just my own personal scribbles that would mean nothing to anyone else. If someone else was to look at my journals they would either call the men in white coats to come get me or think the cats got in to the colored pencils again. My notes and lists are as scattered as my thoughts.

Anyway, that is some of why I blog. There is more, like …

• I like waking up in the morning with something to do.
• It’s my online gallery
• I love learning
• I like the interaction and feedback

I blog, not because I think any of you are interested in my day, or my cats or grumpy old dog. I blog to slow down, focus and to find that special scrap of memory, so I can remember who I am today.