happy new year

Its a new year, 2010 has dawned. There is a bit of wistfullness I feel as one year ends another one begins. I don't have any big plans for today-just going grocery shopping because I need to get cake mix, frosting and raspberries for the cake for Horsey's birthday. I also want to take a little jaunt over to Hobby Lobby to get scrapbook paper.
I need to set up my 2010 albums. I have found that when I have things set up and ready to go, it makes it a lot easier to scrap as time goes on. It keeps me motivated, as well as guiding my photos and such. And since this year is going to rock completely I am planning:
January- New Year's Day, putting away Christmas, Epiphany, Daddy's birthday, Grammy & Aunt Karen visiting, snow, hopes for the new year
February-Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, trip to Washington Pavillion, Mardi Gras, Ash Wednesday
March-Spring, St. Patrick's day
April-Easter, spring
May-Mother's day, last day of school, field day, trip to Sertoma Butterfly house, my birthday
June-Father's day, summer
July-4th of July, summer
August-summer, back to school
September-Little Man's birthday, Puppy Dog's birthday, fall
October-fall, apples, halloween
November-anniversary, Thanksgiving
December-snow, Christmas, making the time capsule for 2011

I can get the little embellishments done and add some specialness to my pages. I can also keep up with my scrapping because I have a plan. Its amazing what happens when you have a framework to work with. I can also take advantage of sales, etc. because things will be FOCUSED.

I feel bad because I don't scrap as much as I used to. My sister's life was scrapped from birth until about 5 years ago, when I basically gave up-no pictures, no album. When she was in high school, I had asked for pictures to get emailed to me or whatver so I could make a special album for her, but I never got the pictures.
It sounds awful but this has also influenced my scrapping now. I don't scrap the Little Man as much because I have suffered from scrapper fatigue. I spent all this time scrapping other people's children that I don't have the energy or inspiration to scrap my own child. I have yet to finish my wedding album, but there is a lot of negative energy and emotions regarding that whole thing which I need to sort through before I can finish. The negative emotions are not related to my wedding (believe me it was the happiest day of my life next to becoming a mother) but the drama surrounding the wedding and how it seemed that there were a lot of people forgetting it was my day and not all about them. There are people who can't relinquish that spotlight even for a moment. But I digress....
The Little Man loves having his life scrapbooked and I need to oblige him. Also, its a great way of preserving our family history, and that is important to me.