Among many other traits…the photo…in the middle of the little frame there? That was his Facebook post on Valentine’s Day…Two Peas in a Pod we are…love that guy!
good-bye our sweet Ginger girl
Last week, we had to say good-bye to our wonderful lapsitting girl after almost 17 years. Ginger (and her brother Fred, who is still with us) came home with us a month after we bought our first house and spent the next 17 years sitting on laps, receiving belly rubs, and living a very good and well loved life. I put together this remembrance of our sweet Ginger girl.
Good-bye sweet Ginger, we will miss you very much.
around here
Bedtime Hangman…Just when you think they are going to pull each other’s hair out…
Baking…Cookies and cupcakes for school Valentines Day party tomorrow
Memory Keeping…a layout a day for the month of February (at least) loving this challenge and so happy to get the stories and photos onto paper where everyone can enjoy them.
Cleaning up…after the big snow storm last weekend
Planning...big house projects, little house projects and everything in between
Cleaning out…the organizing of my studio continues…the girls rooms are next this weekend….sssshhh..want it to be a surprise!
Knitting…What I’m hoping will be a warm soft cowl out of some beautiful hand spun and dyed wool I’ve been hoarding.
Sewing…clearing out old projects and mending to make way for home projects and spring clothes!
Thrilled…that the days are now measurably lighter later, no more darkness at 4:30!
Reading…The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan, really good…it would be awesome if I read it other than when I’m completely exhausted at the end of the day and falling asleep after a few pages!
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Yes, because I am completely insane and don’t have enough projects jumping up and down and calling my name….
I’m participating in a scrapbooking layout-a-day challenge for the month of February. yep. insane. This is actually the 4th time (or 5th can’t remember) time I’ve done this and it is a challenge to keep it going for the whole month. Sometimes life gets in the way and that’s OK…the point is the stories are getting told.
So without further ado…here ar
Day one’s challenge was a layout without writing a story (or “journaling” in scrapbooking parlance). I’m working on a series of pages about our Cape Cod trip in 2011 (and also 2010) and needed a “cover” page so…voila. The only words are the Place and Date.
Day two’s challenge was to create a layout about your perfect day. Not content to just keep all the fun to myself, I hounded my family for their “perfect” days. Charlie was awesome (but had to be admonished to keep it clean, it’s a family show after all) The girls had tons of questions but managed to settle on a few of their most important items.
Both layouts are digital layouts, done completely on the computer and I’ll have them printed out to put in an album. I also scrapbook as a “paper” scrapper but with doing a layout a day, it’s much quicker to pull something together on my laptop which I can take anywhere (including the cafeteria at Nashoba Valley where I’m waiting for my girls to come rocketing down the slopes any minute).
If you’re interested in learning more about the layout-a-day challenge click here to go to Lain Ehmann’s “Layout-A-Day” site. It’s fun, challenging whether you follow the suggestions for layouts (or “prompts”) or not and the other “Loadsters” are a really nice community.
Cheers!
{this moment}
{this moment} – A Friday ritual. A single photo – no words – capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.
If you’re inspired to do the same, leave a link to your ‘moment’ in the comments for all to find and see.
triggsey 
