Two LO's...

Here are two LO's that I have created for my scrapbook group:

The first one outlines my intentions for 2008.

The second was using a sketch and is documentation of my first 5k!

It's done! :-)

I am so excited that this project is done. Most of the pages are really simple, but I was able to capture the season in WORDS, which was my goal for the project. It's been so long since I finished a project for myself. Most of my projects are in a process eternally. My goal was to finish this project before returning to work. I am so proud of it! I decided to only include prompts through the 25th... that made it doable for me.

Back to work on Monday... just a few more projects that I would like to get done around here before I head back. I also have a basket full of grading... I think I will watch a pay per view movie tomorrow and get that all done. That's the plan anyway. We'll see!

More pages... :-)

So I have a few more pages done for the Christmas Journal. I have GIVEN UP with the scanner. After 45 minutes on the phone with HP, the tech told me that I needed to return the scanner as it is not able to scan any dimensional objects. Nice, huh? When I asked why my OLDER model was able to do this, I was told that the new technology does not allow for dimension on this model. Some new technology, huh? Wait till I tell Chris! YIKES!

Anyway... here are some not so great photos of some more LO's...

Two more before I head to bed...

Here are two more that I did tonight. I really need to figure out this scanner! Ugh!

Two more pages...

We had a great time at the wedding. It was nice to hang out with some friends from work. Part of me wishes that we would have thought ahead and made a weekend out of it. I really love the Grand Geneva resort. It's pricey, but it is a nice little treat once in awhile! For some reason I really wasn't in the mood for photos... so I only have one from the wedding itself. We also had quite the snow storm yesterday and I took some shots of the snow at the resort. It was really beautiful!

I did these two pages while Chris was off doing private lessons this afternoon. I don't love either one, but I am happy that they are done. I would like to get a total of 25 pages done. I know that whatever I get done before going back to school is all that will get done. Last year I stopped at Day 16... so here is to getting at least past that!

I love how this patterned paper mimics my wrapping paper this year... almost like I planned it that way! :-)

Days 13 & 14:




Chris bought me a new printer/scanner for Christmas. My old one was a pain, but this new one is also making me a little crazy. I am really not happy with the quality of the scans so far. I will have to play with it more until I get it to work the way I think it should. Oh well!

4 More pages

So I didn't get all the way caught up, but I did get four more pages done. I would have gotten more done but I realized that I didn't have anything to wear to the wedding we are going to tonight and lost 4 hours at the mall trying to find something. Everything is on sale which is great, but nothing is left in the size or style I need! Since I lost some weight when training for the 5k, I am having a really hard time finding things that fit well. I suppose that is a good problem to have, right? :-) I ended up with a new pair of palazzo pants. They are really comfortable and I think they will be great as the night wears on and I have had some beverages. :-)

Ok... back to the pages. Here are pages 9 &10:



I didn't save any wrapping paper for this page.... so this paper was actually used to wrap a present... very authentic, don't you think? (Thus the creases and "weathered" look to the page!)

Days 11 and 12:


I am not really crazy about Day 12, but hey it's done! I am hoping to work on it some more today but I don't think it will happen. I need to make a gift for the wedding we are going to and also hope to get my eyebrows done as well as maybe a manicure. All before a wedding at 4.... LOL. We'll see. It's early still.

Christmas Journal Catch Up

I had great intentions this year... but fell hopelessly behind with my journal. I am now done through day 8 and have the journaling and photos for day 9 done as well. I am planning to work on this today and see how far I get. I'd like to get father than last year... last year I made it to day 16. :-)

Here are some photos of the SIMPLE pages I did for this project. This project is more about the emotion and words than the design. I am struggling with that... but I want to get the story down and not worry so much about the design this year. We'll see how I do as the day goes on.


Days 3 and 4 are above.

Here are days 5 & 6:
And finally day 7 & 8: