a few more...

So my days keep going by so fast! Not enough time to get everything done! Here are some more layouts I have finished. They are again inspired from Cathy Zielske's Design Your Life class at Big Picture Scrapbooking! Love the classes offered here!









We are into week eight of this class, four more to go. I must say it has made any spare time I have very productive! I will be sad to see it come to an end, three layouts per week fills an album quickly!

Otherwise all is well in our world! Taylor is busy with schools, hockey & drums. His Paris trip is coming up quickly so they are into weekly school meetings going over details. I am envious of the fun he'll have. Sadly, no parents as chaperones or I would have jumped at the opportunity!

Bill is getting over a nasty cold and a recent office move with work. They have relocated their office back to where he originally was. This means the two year (maybe 3?) stint of living 5 minutes from work is over! It was very convenient for him and some of our after work activities. As before, we will make it work!

HUGZ!

This was e-mailed to me today and I love it. It rings true to my heart. I have been and continue to be fortunate in my circle of friends. Here's to celebrate all of you!

GIRLS IN MY CIRCLE

When I was little,
I used to believe in the concept of one best friend,
And then I started to become a woman.
And then I found out that if you allow your heart to open up,
God would show you the best in many friends.


One friend is needed when you're going through things with your man.
Another friend is needed when you're going through things with your mom.
Another will sit beside you in the bleachers as you delight in your children and their activities.
Another when you want to shop, share, heal, hurt, joke, or just be.
One friend will say, 'Let's cry together,'
Another , 'Let's fight together,'
Another , 'Let's walk away together.'


One friend will meet your spiritual need,
Another your shoe fetish,
Another your love for movies,
Another will be with you in your season of confusion,
Another will be your clarifier,
Another the wind beneath your wings.


But whatever their assignment in your life,
On whatever the occasion,
On whatever the day,
Or wherever you need them to meet you with their gym shoes on and hair pulled back,
Or to hold you back from making a complete fool of yourself ..
Those are your best friends.


It may all be wrapped up in one woman, But for many, it's wrapped up in several..
One from 7th grade,
One from high school,
Several from the college years,
A couple from old jobs,
On some days your mother,
On some days your neighbor,
On others, your sisters,
And on some days, your daughters.

one more layout!

Just wanted to share one more layout recently completed because...well...I love it! This was another layout form Cathy Zielske's class using "real world color"...thanks for peeking!

mind funk...

So I was going to sit down and write a bit about the chaos that seems to be my working life as of late, but cannot bring myself to spend much more of my thought process on the lack of communication that is happening between a group of really great people! Needless to say it is making my working environment a stressfull place to be these days, and ME not the happiest person to be around at home! I am hopeful that things will begin to calm down soon as it has me in a pretty nasty "MIND FUNK" these days....thankfully Bill has been supportive with open ears!

Instead...I will put my head to happy thoughts! The ones that have been creating scrapbook pages. I am soon to enter week 6 of a 12 week online class with Cathy Zielske at Big Picture Scrapbooking. I am LOVING her design lessons, and just a little sad that we are almost half way through already! This weeks lesson was on White Space...keeping the clutter of the page!

Here are the three layouts I worked on this week:






So....that was my effort to take work off my mind...very briefly! Will share more of my pages again soon! HUGS!