As many of you know, I've been busy getting my pictures from 2012 sorted into my Library of Memories system. I had all of them through October printed out. I really like it when Walgreen's (I think the best here in town) has their digital print sale. But I can honestly say, it gets tough going through that many pictures at one time (almost 1000). So perhaps doing a monthly print makes more sense. Or two months. At first, it is exciting to get them all organized. Then I'm about to cry because I just want to get it done. Well, it finally is done, the craft table is all cleaned off, binders are freshly labeled with new catagories. I had to add a couple of new ones, as I didn't have enough space. I also took time to organize more stories together. And I had some spread out over too many places, so consolidation is was going on too.
And some catagories are hard to figure out. Like where does Gadget go? He's obviously a big part of my life. He's in the "People We Love" category. But what happens if we don't stay together? I have always struggled with this, and have to some degree edited my life afterwards because of this. Do the memories mean less because that person is not there any more? Are the memories less valuable? Should the stories not be told? And now when I see them through my kids' eyes, that gets really awkward sometimes.
And don't worry, there are no plans of him not being in my life. In fact, lots of plans together. Just trying to understand how this relationship works I suppose. And keep in mind I am neurotic, so I tend to get stuck on sticky points like this.
We had a good weekend. Friday I had my massage, I love those & look forward to them so much. I swear sometimes they are the only thing that keeps me sane. Saturday morning was the Tae Kwon Do tournament down in Noblesville.
That was an educational experience. Everyone gets broken down by belt & age. 009 got second in Forms & Sparring, 012 got fourth in Forms and Third in Sparring. It was hard as they thought they would just kick butt. But it was their first one, so they both were extremely nervous. 012 wants to keep trying, 009 not so sure. But I hope he does. It was amazing to see so many kids do this stuff & how they are from all walks of life but have this one thing in common. We were competing against Illinois, Michigan & Missouri and the winners here are eligible for Nationals down in Florida.
We went to see Iron Man 3 with Grampa at the Eagles Theatre in town. It was really good, but had some tough stuff to work through too. At least for me. Mainly when he's talking about protecting the one thing he can't live without. It is hard to be that vulnerable. I've always wanted to be on the receiving side of that too.
Sunday church was led by the kids, that was cool. Mine didn't participate as it had been a busy weekend. It was extremely cool to watch. We did our grocery shopping afterwards. The boys help. We divide up the list & then they go out with their own carts. It makes it go much faster, but it keeps them from driving me crazy as we're shopping, teaches them how to find stuff & they learn some economics too.
I took a nap after lunch, then read Scrapbook Trends (I usually save those for when I'm in BTL) but it was good to wake up to a cup of coffee, some cookies and a good magazine.
Then I actually scrapped a bit! I finished a layout on Saturday that I had started earlier in the week, and then started & finished another! I felt so good! I had kitted up a bunch earlier this year, so it's so easy to just grab the next packet & have papers, pictures and a sketch ready to go. I've been pushing myself super-hard to use more of my embellishments on pages, after all, what is the point of having them if I'm never going to use them?
Well, time to go get ready for work, have a great day!
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