Chill in the Air

My home page is the weatherbug (after all, I am married to the Big Man)and the air temperature is -27 degrees. Dang that's cold!!! Needless to say, I don't have many plans to go outside today.
Actually today I plan on putting Christmas away and clean the carpet in the living room. I want my house back! Since I never really got into Christmas this year anyway maybe its good to make it be gone and have a fresh start.
Speaking of a fresh start, we made a trip to Hobby Lobby yesterday and I got stuff to set up my 2010 album (today's project) I also bought stuff to make a pair of embellished flip flops. (http://hobbylobby.com/assets/pdf/project_inspiration/projects/ol-4.pdf is an example) which occupied my afternoon while the boys played Hot Wheels on the Wii.
Yesterday was Horsey (the Little Man's rocking horse)'s birthday and we had a party for him. I baked a cake (devil's food with funfetti icing) and we sang happy birthday. Little Man made 2 cards, one with a U he cut out of construction paper and glued because U is Horsey's favorite letter (what an imagination!)and one that's just a general happy birthday. too cute! We played party games too-smash the tiger (a fight between his two stuffed tigers, Tiger and Sonon), draw the furby and a matching game with his spongebob crazy 8's cards.
Too much fun!!
I made a yummy dinner last night too-chicken thighs with barbecue sauce, crinkle cut roasted potatoes (I found my pampered chef crinkle cutter in a drawer yesterday-http://www.pamperedchef.com/our_products/catalog/product.jsp?productId=26464&categoryCode=CE) that even the Big Man really enjoyed. Tonight we are having homemade cheese pizza and salad, since the Little Man tried cheese pizza and really enjoyed it at his holiday party at school. Yay-a new food!!
Today's big craft project of the day is setting up my album for my own version of Project Life (http://beckyhiggins.com/projectlife/) I've decided that I am going to do the monthly review. That is the easiest way for me to do it and it provides a framework for me. I like doing things chronologically because I think very linearly. I like doing things in order, and it makes sense to me. Plus, the Little Man likes the story to be told in order as well. I've always tried to scrap chronologically and try to tell a story through my journalling and pictures. I have to let go of the past and how others are not appreciative of their story being told and just do it for MY family. Just like I have to let go of the issues I have over my wedding and finish that album-after all I've been married for 7 years now, it would be nice to have a completed album to share with MY family.
I for some strange reason woke up at 5:15 this morning, and it was a good thing. Little Man had woken up & needed some mommy time to go back to sleep. I cuddled with him and got him some juice and he fell back asleep. He's sleeping now, and the Big Man is anxiously awaiting the computer so he can collect his loot from mafia wars on facebook. I guess I can let him have his fun.

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.