Ok so far not much scrapbooking is getting done I can't even lie at this point. I have uploaded a crap load of pictures now to figure out where to start in developing to decide what to scrapbook. Can't wait that is my next job. As for this day I spent it at the lake with my friend and two kids just relaxing on the beach soaking up the sun.
I also am getting finished with Season 3 of Trueblood and so far all I can say is yummmy. Such a good series even if it is a bit smutty. I finally started reading again too the Hunger Games series only on Chapter 5 but so far its pretty good. With me going to college any reading was getting boring because of all the reading I have to do for college.ICK!
In the next few weeks I have to choose what classes I will be taking next semester at what time and then figure out how I am going to go to all of them without going crazy. I can't afford a sitter for the youngest during the day so just gotta figure it all out. Good thing classes then don't start until the end of August.YAY!
I am also going to start on my youngest daughters first birthday theme items. We are doing Cookie Monster and I found some super cute cheap ways to do cups,hats, and gift bags not to mention banners that will make it even better.
So today I am searching for inspiration to make choices on photos to develop to start scrapbooking. I know right now it doesn't look good for that 100 page mark but once I get started I know I can do it. Until next time tata.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Thursday, July 5, 2012
Day 3 Kind Of Boring
Day three in my journey back to scrapbooking didn't really amount to much because it was Independence Day or the 4th of July. I did look for pictures I already had developed that still needed to be scrapbooked and I could only find Christmas pictures still needing done. Ok so not as far behind as I thought originally. Just about six months behind in developing pictures.
Off to Walgreens.com I went and started uploading ALL the pictures I needed to develop. I started first with my computer after over 1,000 pictures just from my computer I moved onto my husbands. I only got a little over 200 started before we had to leave for a friends house for a gathering.
Upon getting to the gathering we hung out and chatted with everyone until about 8pm then headed home where we proceeded to crash for the night. I am sorry to report no pages got done. Super sad face but hubs did take pictures so maybe some pages will eventually come out of that.lol. Also will be finishing uploading pictures on his computer on Day 4 and hopefully getting some developed so wish me luck. Tata for now.
Off to Walgreens.com I went and started uploading ALL the pictures I needed to develop. I started first with my computer after over 1,000 pictures just from my computer I moved onto my husbands. I only got a little over 200 started before we had to leave for a friends house for a gathering.
Upon getting to the gathering we hung out and chatted with everyone until about 8pm then headed home where we proceeded to crash for the night. I am sorry to report no pages got done. Super sad face but hubs did take pictures so maybe some pages will eventually come out of that.lol. Also will be finishing uploading pictures on his computer on Day 4 and hopefully getting some developed so wish me luck. Tata for now.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Day 2 The Beginning of My Adventure Back to Scrapbooking
So what did I do all day well several things. I started the day off with a piano lesson for my oldest that of course was full of frustration and aggravation. Mostly from her teacher and myself for her attitude and refusal to do what she is supposed to. No worries this is every lesson the sad part is she is really gifted at the piano and plays very well when she puts her mind to it.
Then off to the grocery store for formula, diapers, and grilling veggies for dinner.(yum!) Loads of fun considering it was the day before 4th of July and everyone was getting BBQ supplies. Did I mention people are crazy? Oh I got these really pretty new drink pitchers they had on sale at our local HEB for 2.35 they came with samples of Country Time Lemonade/Tea and I have to say yumo.
We came home and my oldest went outside to play in the mini pool while my youngest took a nap. OOOh mommy got the remote! I actually got to watch episode 1 of season 3 of Trueblood that I have only been waiting forever to see. May I say waaaay worth it. I won't give any details away for any of you who haven't seen it but love love love it. I only got through one episode before my oldest decided it was time to come back inside. Oh well next time.
After she came in I decided to do something fun for me. I had been in a secret sister swap for six months and had a bunch a stuff she had sent me so I looked through it and found this cool frog to decorate by Roseart. It came with markers and stickers. Yes I know its kind of corny but it was fun and creative. So here is a picture of the super cute frog I created. She even has a tattoo on her lower back. Yep I am a dork and feel free to call me one.
Then off to the grocery store for formula, diapers, and grilling veggies for dinner.(yum!) Loads of fun considering it was the day before 4th of July and everyone was getting BBQ supplies. Did I mention people are crazy? Oh I got these really pretty new drink pitchers they had on sale at our local HEB for 2.35 they came with samples of Country Time Lemonade/Tea and I have to say yumo.
We came home and my oldest went outside to play in the mini pool while my youngest took a nap. OOOh mommy got the remote! I actually got to watch episode 1 of season 3 of Trueblood that I have only been waiting forever to see. May I say waaaay worth it. I won't give any details away for any of you who haven't seen it but love love love it. I only got through one episode before my oldest decided it was time to come back inside. Oh well next time.
After she came in I decided to do something fun for me. I had been in a secret sister swap for six months and had a bunch a stuff she had sent me so I looked through it and found this cool frog to decorate by Roseart. It came with markers and stickers. Yes I know its kind of corny but it was fun and creative. So here is a picture of the super cute frog I created. She even has a tattoo on her lower back. Yep I am a dork and feel free to call me one.
After finishing my awesome creation I looked at my mess of a scrapbooking area and thought there is no way I can scrapbook if this is what I have to work with. Not a pretty site is it. This needed to change in order for me to be able to scrapbook at all.
Cleaning fairy do your work.POOF!
No scrapbook pages done as of yet but now the space is ready so the creativity can begin again. I ended the day with dinner and Game of Thrones with my hubs. Not bad for my second day of no facebook and my journey back to scrapbooking.
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Day 1 No Facebook-Why?
As of yesterday I am free of facebook for one whole month. Why did I do this everyone asks? Especially my husband who seems to think everything is always because of him. There were several reasons why. But to explain more clearly I must take you back before facebook a few years ago.
We only had one child and I scrapbooked on a fairly regular basis meaning once a month to every six months. I created beautiful pages that I was proud of. I didn't socialize very much with people outside my home. No girls nights out for me people. I stayed to myself.
Then came facebook at first I still occassionally scrapbooked. Then I got addicted to the games farmville, cityville, ect. I was working as a substitute teacher and became friends with several teachers and we became friends on there as well. I reconnected with family members I hadn't spoken to or seen in years. Was able to keep my husbands family back home up to date with what was going on with our children. It was so wonderful I was being social. Ok maybe not social but something closer to what I had been in the past. I had an outlet other than scrapbooking to release tension because thats what I used scrapbooking for. It was my relaxation time my down time but I didn't really need it anymore when I had so much with facebook.
I started going to college and I was still working as a substitute so I was meeting more and more people. I wasn't just being "social" on facebook anymore but in real life. I had never really had a lot of friends growing up I wasn't very adept at making friends and keeping them. But now I was making friends and they actually wanted to hang out with me. Ok by now most of you are thinking this girl must be in her 20's nope I am almost 33 and this happened over the course of the last 4 years. Don't get me wrong I have a few really good friends I have had for years but I can count them on one hand.
So now not only have I become social on facebook I am becoming more social outside of facebook. The last year we were blessed with our second child after trying for four years. Our oldest is nine and our youngest will be turning one soon. Big gap for mom to deal with and school not much time in there for scrapbooking and social time. Yet I have managed to scrapbook a little since she was born but not nearly as much as I want to or need to for her book.
So is scrapbooking the only reason I left facebook heck no. The drama and rude people are too. I have come to realize that some people are just plain rude no matter how you approach them about something they are rude. Also some of the things they post are just plain hurtful without even realizing it. When all they want to do is complain about how horrible their life its really hard to see all the time. Also my husband made a comment to me recently that I play games more than I should on there instead of clean. No this isn't the sole reason for leaving just so we are clear. But all these things added up to one big pile of I need a break from facebook. So today is day 1 I will telling you everything I am able to get done in a day without having to check facebook and give you a scrapbook page count every couple of days along with maybe some pictures so you can see my progress. My goal is over 100 pages in one month thats an average of a little over 3 per day I think I can manage that once I get started. So wish me luck!
We only had one child and I scrapbooked on a fairly regular basis meaning once a month to every six months. I created beautiful pages that I was proud of. I didn't socialize very much with people outside my home. No girls nights out for me people. I stayed to myself.
Then came facebook at first I still occassionally scrapbooked. Then I got addicted to the games farmville, cityville, ect. I was working as a substitute teacher and became friends with several teachers and we became friends on there as well. I reconnected with family members I hadn't spoken to or seen in years. Was able to keep my husbands family back home up to date with what was going on with our children. It was so wonderful I was being social. Ok maybe not social but something closer to what I had been in the past. I had an outlet other than scrapbooking to release tension because thats what I used scrapbooking for. It was my relaxation time my down time but I didn't really need it anymore when I had so much with facebook.
I started going to college and I was still working as a substitute so I was meeting more and more people. I wasn't just being "social" on facebook anymore but in real life. I had never really had a lot of friends growing up I wasn't very adept at making friends and keeping them. But now I was making friends and they actually wanted to hang out with me. Ok by now most of you are thinking this girl must be in her 20's nope I am almost 33 and this happened over the course of the last 4 years. Don't get me wrong I have a few really good friends I have had for years but I can count them on one hand.
So now not only have I become social on facebook I am becoming more social outside of facebook. The last year we were blessed with our second child after trying for four years. Our oldest is nine and our youngest will be turning one soon. Big gap for mom to deal with and school not much time in there for scrapbooking and social time. Yet I have managed to scrapbook a little since she was born but not nearly as much as I want to or need to for her book.
So is scrapbooking the only reason I left facebook heck no. The drama and rude people are too. I have come to realize that some people are just plain rude no matter how you approach them about something they are rude. Also some of the things they post are just plain hurtful without even realizing it. When all they want to do is complain about how horrible their life its really hard to see all the time. Also my husband made a comment to me recently that I play games more than I should on there instead of clean. No this isn't the sole reason for leaving just so we are clear. But all these things added up to one big pile of I need a break from facebook. So today is day 1 I will telling you everything I am able to get done in a day without having to check facebook and give you a scrapbook page count every couple of days along with maybe some pictures so you can see my progress. My goal is over 100 pages in one month thats an average of a little over 3 per day I think I can manage that once I get started. So wish me luck!
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