So Much To Say!

First of all: No more March 12th Deadline for finishing Steph's college album. That's just not enough time to do it all in. I found even more pictures on the computer!! But, there are a lot of duds in there so I'm going to be pretty picky with those. She's coming home at the end of April, for a few days, so I think I can have it all finished by then. That will give me time to do some other scrapping and get caught up on other projects and other challenges. That should cure me of some of the color boredom.

And, YAY, I get to go to the SIS even in Tennessee in June! That is if I can get in when registration happens on Thursday. Hubby will drive down with me and then go off on his own. Not sure what he'll do but he can go exploring on his own. I wonder if Adam will go along and then they can have some "male bonding" time together like they did that one time in GA. :0)

I finally got the Doodling Formula book and it's really very helpful. I've started some practice stuff but only in my little journaling book, not on loose paper. I need to do a full sheet like she suggests, so I can run it through the copier.

I should probably get some things listed on Ebay soon. I know their policies have changed but I have all this stuff here to sell and they are my only outlet for my non-CPK things. So, the strike is officially over and I wonder what impact, if any , it has had. Probably not much and things will go on for them as usual. Too bad. They really do seem to have a hold on the on-line auction market.

Well, it's Sunday morning and I'm off to bake some banana muffins.
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Scrap Happy

I found it. I found it. Thank you OctoTracy...you saved me1 I didn't know that Blogger saved my post as a draft. But, now I know. So, here's my original post. Yay. :0)


Scrap, scrap, scrap...that's all I want to do. Well, I do have to take time out to shop for scrap stuff too! Oh, and groceries, but that's it! No, only kidding...well, sort of. I even have my hubby doing the ironing and dishes. Good deal. Well, actually, I want to finish my daughter's college album before we leave to visit her in mid March so I guess I'm on a time crunch. Great reason to scrap day and night! But I really have my drawers chock full of great stuff to create with so I'm a happy camper, for a change.

I'm trying to impress on my husband that I'm really not spending all that much because I'm not spending on anything else. I've not gone to Macy's in months!! No new clothes at all...no shoes, no nothin'! So, it could be worse..........I could be gambling or something much worse. :0)

Hubby is off work today for Presidents Day. It cramps my style a bit but just a bit. I'll survive. We're going bowling. I'm supposed to move more. Scrapping doesn't have much exercise to it except going up the stairs to print pictures! Bowling isn't exactly strenuous exercise but it is something. I asked my Weight Watchers leader and she said it certainly does count, so I'm counting it. I like it because it is indoors and I really do enjoy it (and I don't have to break a sweat), so, we're gonna go.

Found out about some scrapping events going on this summer. There's one in the Philly area at the beginning of August sponsored by Creating Keepsakes magazine. That one sounds promising. I'm hoping that my sister, who lives in the same area, will go with me. The other one is in the Nashville, TN area...not exactly sure what it is but some people at Scrapinstyletv.com keep talking about it. I'm hoping to find out more. It's supposed to be in May or June. That would be great too because them maybe my daughter would be able to go with me. I like scrapping with her.

I think...

I think I just want to stay home. I don't want to go to the pool or the doctor appointments or even physical therapy. It all takes away from what I really want to do. I want to work on my scrapbooks. I want to scrap.

But that's how I get. When I get into a project, that's all I want to do. If I didn't have to sleep I wouldn't. I do procrastinate about other things because I don't want to do them but I just want to scrap. I do like to scrap shop, though. I can do that a lot too. But mostly I want to stay home.

I don't want to make meals, or even get dressed. But, i have to do the basic stuff. I find that if I do what I want then I don't mind, even want to do the stuff I have to do . But, if I don't have time to do the things I really want to do then I resent doing the stuff I have to do . Make sense? I suppose I'm no different than every one else.

So, I went to the doctor yesterday. He's an arthritis & rheumatologist. I see him primarily because he really listens to me. He, and not my pcp at the time, suggested I see a sleep doctor and that I might have carpal tunnel. Right now he's trying to figure out why my "sed rate" is elevated. The sed rate indicates that there is inflammation in the body somewhere but we can't seem to find out where. This has been going on, on and off, since 2001. He's also trying to figure out why my hip hurts when I sleep. We think we've narrowed it down to bursitis. Now to fix it. If it didn't interfere with my sleep I wouldn't care. I think sleep is my most important issue. Without good sleep the rest of me doesn't function properly. Without sleep, I don't think as clearly, I'm more stressed, I don't have as much energy and I lay around more. In severe sleep deprivation, I tend to fall down and drop things a lot as well as take naps during the day.

My eyes are burning right now. They are tired but I am not tired. Does that make sense?

I will install the wall socket insulation downstairs today. I MUST go to the grocery store too. My cupboard is definitely bare. No more excuses. Then off to a new doctor with my daughter - want to be sure she gets the attention that she needs.

Tomorrow I'm going to a broadway theatre matinee - hubby and I are seeing Phantom of the Opera. I hope I enjoy it. Then dinner afterwards. Sunday I have a program that I'm in charge of with my women's group at my synagogue. So, my weekend is pretty busy. I really need to get in some serious scrapping too. I want to work on Steph's college scrapbook. I want to get moving on that.

Oh, I do need to go to Archivers to buy a scrap album.

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