Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Christmas is over....now what do I do???

Yesterday, I finished "un-decorating" the house. Before:

After:
I have a list as long as my arm for things I want to do before spring hits and I start gardening again. My sewing machine went in to the shop for it's annual check up and he found that I needed a part, so I hope I will get it back in time for retreat at the end of the month.
So, other than handwork, I can't do a whole lot, so my daughter, Catie will be happy to know that I am seriously trying to get some scrap booking done. Saturday, Celia, Catie and I spent several hours scrapping and I actually got a two page layout done:
Thank you, Becky Higgins for all of your fantastic inspiration. This is a play Candice was in her senior year of high school. Check out the fabulous letters and the flower:

I got three Cricut cartridges for Christmas and a Cricut Jukebox. The flower is from the Home Accents cartridge. I am pretty pleased with this layout, even though it took me almost 4 hours to do. Yes, I know, Celia, it is the journey not the speed, but with all that I want to do, I need speed!!!
Which direction to go????Christmas family album, heritage album, Chuck and my album, finish Candice's high school album, our 2006 Zion vacation album, the Brazil trip....the list goes on and on. So, I made a decision today to do Candice's album from birth to Kindergarten. It is a huge undertaking, and I spent about 2 hours today sorting photos and reminiscing.
Soon, I will attack this with vim and vigor!!! In the mean time, I am working three nights in a row have Bunco Friday night, and am teaching a class at the quilt shop on Saturday and then working Saturday night. So will do it as I am able.
Stay tuned...

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