Adam's Home!

YAY! Adam came home on Friday. Did I mention that Adam Luther's been visiting his friends in Colorado for the past 3 weeks? Yes, Adam Luther, my main little guy, has his own circle of friends and he's been traveling on his own. After all, he is nearly 20 years old! Well, I've already written about all the ice around here last week. I had to meet the postman at the garage to get the box so he wouldn't have to walk up the icy front steps.

Adam really doesn't like traveling by box but when he goes solo he doesn't have any other choice. He really loves airplanes! But, when he goes by box he has to have his flashlight with him and a toy or something to help pass the time. This time he took Buster, the new puppy he got from friends at the holidays. Buster has been a constant companion since December. He got that toy frog while he was in Colorado. It was good to have him home. Whenever he's away I always get nervous about the US mail service and him getting damaged or lost. I'm sure I'll be posting more about Adam's adventure later on.

Weekend scrapping always gets put aside a little for me. Gotta spend a little time with my husband while he's home. I don't want him to feel neglected. So, we went bowling again. That makes 2 weeks in a row. Woohooo! I'm getting better, at least. First week no better than 65. This week I broke 100! We're going to try to keep this a weekly thing. He's gone on business till Wed so I should get some serious scrapping done in between a few short appointments (dentist & haircut).

So, gotta go and get it all started. Bye.

Pain in the Neck

I fell on Thursday morning. I felt fine afterwards. No bruises, no headaches, no concussion, no nothing. Now I have a real pain in my neck. I have normal neck stuff going on anyway but this feels different. I wonder if this could be some sort of delayed symptom and I could have jarred something in my heck when I fell and hit my head on the concrete?? But, of course, now it's Saturday and I can't call my doctor. So, if I really want to find out I'd have to go to an immediate care center type of place.

But, I DID get 3 more layouts done yesterday! YAY! At this rate maybe I will get Steph's album finished on time! After all, isn't that what's important?!

The Ice Man Cometh...

It's just not a good thing when you look out your window and the world looks shiny and glazed over! We had a terrible ice storm settle upon us yesterday. And so what did I do, or try to do? At dinner time (not earlier in the day) I attempted to go out to retrieve the mail from the mail box...at the curb. Have you ever seen the cartoon of a person slipping on a banana peel? That was me slipping on the ice, but I had only taken one step outside my garage. Yes, it did look shiny and glazed. Yes, for some reason, I did think I could make it to the grass. And, yes, my feet flew up in the air and I landed on my butt and then my head hit the concrete!. Luckily, I think, I had my hood on so I had a small bit of padding on my head. I'm okay but I do have a bit of a headache this morning! You would think my 50 year old self would have been smarter than this!

But I did get 3 1/2 layouts done yesterday! YAY!

P.S. As my DD posted in her comment, yes indeed, she did suggest that I take my cell phone with me when I attempted to go to the mailbox. That was using her noggin! Fortunately, I didn't have to use it. But it would have been a sight to see me, flat on my back, trying to get back into the garage. I had no traction! I couldn't push back into the garage. I couldn't stand up. I finally was able to roll over and crawl the few inches back to dry concrete. What a sight that must have been! Thank you OctoTracy!

TOTAL ECLIPSE!

This had to have been one of the coolest thing I had ever seen in my life - and I'm getting on there! I was even surprised more people in the neighborhood weren't out looking at this wondrous event! Their loss! I was out with my daughter, her boyfriend and a girlfriend. It was great, right outside our front door! Truly amazing to watch! (I took that photo!!)

On to books...just finished Water for Elephants. What a great, easy read but all about circus life in the depression era, but more! Highly recommended!

Now to my favorite subject du jour...Scrapping!!! I have finally finished Steph's senior year of college! YAY!!! One more year to go. Yes, she went to college for 5 years. So, what do we call it? Super Senior, Bonus year, Victory Lap? Any other ideas? Hmmmm.... Now, I'm on a mission to get it completely finished before we leave for Philly on March 13th. I know I don't need to but I would really like to. I love doing this for her but there are other projects I'd like to move on to. Not only do I need to get her 5th year finished but I need to add a little pizzaz to the pages I did in the beginning when she was really adamant about "no embellishing". Now, she likes it and says I can add some. I can really see how my style has changed through the book, though. Kinda neat.

Let's Try This Again...

Grrrrrr.... I typed this great post this morning, expressed myself wonderfully and then clicked the magic button and then....nothing...nothing saved. I lost it all. Not the greatest tragedy but I really liked what I wrote. Oh well. Let's try this again.

Today was President's Day. That meant that my husband was off of work. That meant that my normal routine did not happen today. But, we went bowling! I suggested it. I really wanted to scrap all day long but I knew that that wasn't going to happen. I hadn't been bowling in about a year and I really enjoy it. I know it's not major exercise but at least it's something.

Scrap, scrap, scrap. That's really all I want to do lately. Actually I really want to get my daughter's college album finished! I'm just about finished with year 4 with 1 more year's worth of precious memories to go. I love doing it but I'm getting a bit bored with the color scheme. All of it is basically done in black, white & red, with occasional cream and grey. It's a bit challenging to come up with new variations on the same old theme but I am getting really tired of it. I have to take breaks now and then and do something else for a day or two. But, I would like to have the whole thing completed by mid March as we're driving to Philly to see her and I'd like to bring it with us to give to her - just can't mail a thing like that.

I hope to be going to a scrapping convention in Philly in August sponsored by Creating Keepsakes. My sister lives in the area and I'd love her to go with me. I've been getting lots of great advice on what type of classes to take, etc. I've been wanting to do something with her this summer and this may be a good "something". I've also heard that there may be another scrap something going on in Nashville, TN in May or June. That would be great for my daughter and me - I like doing things with her also and there aren't too many things we have in common anymore. Scrapping is one thing we both really enjoy. I hope to find out more about that soon.

Yay! Off to scrap. I hop I don't lose this post too.

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.

Can't Sleep

Don't know quite why I'm up at 4:35 in the AM - if it's 'cause I'm uncomfortable in the bed or 'cause I've got so many ideas running around in my head or because I've got Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody on a constant loop, but here I am at, now, 4:37AM.

Had a very expensive trip to Frankfort yesterday - went to Memories A La Mode - a really great scrapbooking store! Spent just shy of $100, but got some great stuff. So, where do I think I'm going tomorrow (I mean today)? - To the scrapbooking store to get some paper for my collections project. I found this great Bo Bunny naked mini album for my collections project yesterday, and now I need the perfect paper, but Hobby Lobby is another 45 minute drive for 1 stupid sheet of paper. Maybe I'll check Archivers first and see if they have something that would work just as well.

What I really should/need to do is work on Steph's album. I love to do it but I really want to finish it. I want to move on. We're going to visit her in March and it would be great if this project were finished so I could hand deliver it because it is quite large and very heavy!

Got word from Adam from Colorado this week. He's having a blast with his friends. He's been playing in the snow, making Valentines gifts, watching movies and playing hide & seek. He even went to Hobby Lobby. I think he's staying for one more week and then he'll head home. He's got lots of mail to open when he gets here. All of his friends from his MSN club sent him Valentines cards! Yup - he got lots of mail. I can't wait to see all of his pictures!

I think I'll try to go back to sleep now: 4:46 AM. Nite Nite.

What took me so long??

It's been 12 days since my last entry. So much has happened and so little has happened. I've done quite a few lay outs. I'm nearly finished with Steph's senior year of her college album. I've done a few "me" layouts as well, which feels great. I've got lots of ideas running around in my head for other layouts too. I just wish I had more time in a day to get more scrapping done.

I need to do less scrapping and more other things too. Like exercise. I've been totally neglecting that part of my life. I've graduated out of physical therapy but I need to keep up my exercises from there plus my other exercises to lose weight. I've put back nearly all the weight I've lose since 2005. It's kind of depressing but I try not to let it drag me down too much. I've got lots of other things going for me, though.

I need to get more things sold either through my MSN CPK groups or on Ebay. I hate going through ebay...they are now charging more final value fees. That sucks. It almost doesn't seem worth it. I don't buy things to resell any more. But I do have inventory that I need to get rid of. I need to make some $$. The preschool hasn't been calling me to work this year...don't know why. Not sure what else I can do. Maybe I can put my name in at the Temple preschool too.

So, I've lost most interest in doing things except scrapping. I feel creative and expressive when I'm scrapping. Even when I'm doing Steph's album. Even though I'm not expressing my own feelings, I'm being creative. I really miss that. I miss the crafting and seeing a finished product. I miss making things. This scrapping is wonderful. There are so many dimensions to it. I'm still working on scanning all of the girls baby pics. And my own pics. There are just so many. This project can go on forever, it seems.

I think I'd like to do another hometown layout about Louisville. So, I might drive around town taking pictures of landmarks for the page. I already did a layout about where I grew up in Brooklyn, but I've been living here in Louisville longer than I did in Brooklyn. That is really strange.

I think that's it for me tonite.

Super Crop

Hubby went out of town on business. I turned the weekend into one giant Super Crop! All day on Saturday and Sunday I scrapped! It was great! I got a total of 13 layouts completed. It felt so good. Twelve of the layouts were for Steph's I.U. album and I did one layout on Adam. I still have most of the week hubby free so I plan to so a lot more. I hope to get more scrapping and scanning accomplished.

Adam Luther got his collecting box finished. We painted it black yesterday. It didn't need much as it was mostly black to begin with but we just had to paint over some symbols. Then, today we covered letters with paper for his name and then found some good stickers to finish it up.

Adam belongs to a 'Kids Only club on MSN (believe it or not) and all the other 'Kids are making boxes as well. The boxes are for keeping all their private "stuff" in! So far, he has some stickers.

Last night we got all of his Valentines addressed. We got this done a little early because he's leaving this week for his visit to his friends in Colorado. He's going to visit Anjillo, Kalvin Kolby, Jake Landon, and Rylan. He was invited to spend Valentines Day with the Shaffer family in Broomfield, Colorado which is somewhat near Boulder and Denver. He's all packed up and ready to go. All that's left is for him to get into the box. We finally found his flashlight...he hates to travel by box without his flashlight!

I did not go to the pool this morning. I seem to get more done staying at home although I know I have to exercise. I DID walk on the treadmill, though. I plan to walk some more today. I hope that will make up for no pool. We'll see on Saturday when I weigh in.

3 Day Weekend

My 3 day weekend is finally over and I am SO happy!! It was a relatively stressful weekend, for me.

I have to start of by going back to Friday by talking about my printer not working. Very aggravating considering what I had coming up on Sunday...more about that. The stress is starting.


Saturday morning I went to Weight Watchers and found I had lost another 1.2 pounds. YEA! Good for me!

Then Kim came over and she spent over an hour trying to get my printer working and was on the phone with HP tech support for me. I couldn't thank her enough! As it turned out it wasn't the printer's problem but something in the computer...oh great! More stress.

How was I going to go to this show knowing my printer wasn't working and I had to print out all those recipes for this thing on Sunday! More stress! Frank was able to copy my files onto a floppy and got it to work on Tracy's computer downstairs so I got them printed later on in the evening. Phew! So, I was able to relax and enjoy myself at the show in the afternoon. (I really had no desire to go to this show but I agreed anyway.)

On Saturday, hubby and I went to a matinee to see Phantom of the Opera on stage. I don't know what all the excitement is about this show...I did not enjoy myself. First of all, the music was slow and the singing was operatic so I couldn't really understand what was being said. There really wasn't much spoken word so that kinda turned me off too. Plus, it was a "dark" show...dark scenery and story. I got bored. I closed my eyes. Sometimes when I closed my eyes, the actors were in the same or near the same position when I opened them again! Not much action at all.

The costumes were beautiful, though. Small consolation. The second half was a bit better than the first half.

After the show we went to eat at Pita Delight - a little hole in the wall Greek restaurant off of Bardstown Road - really good! We will definitely go back.

Back home and printed all my recipes - yea!! - and got all my stuff together for Sunday - a little more stress.

Sunday morning I have to get up and bake 2 kugels (noodle puddings - a Jewish side dish with about as many variations as anything in the world). I am in charge of programming for my women's group at my synagogue - Women of Reform Judaism (WRJ). This program is to bring folks in for a monthly activity - Kugel Tasting and Sharing. As it turned out we had 13 different Kugels represented - wonderful, and maybe 25 people in attendance - not so wonderful. But, everyone said I did a great job on the afternoon program. Stress not over yet...

While I was out for the afternoon Frank took the computer to Circut City to see if they could figure out what was wrong. Well, it wasn't the drivers as the HP rep suggested it was. All 6 USB ports just died all at once. Fortunately, it wasn't their connection to the mother board. We really didn't want to buy a new computer right now. Didn't want to use Vista...very happy with XP.

Stress over! It may not sound like much to get stressed about but I have self induced stress as well as physical stress I have to deal with and not very well at times.

Monday morning I wake with a terrible headache and then go to pt at noon. Later Frank and I watch a movie. Then I make dinner and study with Tracy.

Weekend over. I didn't get any scrapping done at all but Frank is going out of town on Saturday to a family thing and then business for a few days so I'm sure I'll get some scrapping done then.
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