Project 365: Weeks 7, 8, 9

We just got done painting Allison's room. While we wait for the first coat to dry I will post some more pages from the Project 365 album.

journaling: I got bored this weekend and gave Brenner a haircut. It turned out okay. More snow...but the kids still had school. I made the Dean's List again. Used mainly Swirlydoos pp and embellies for this two-pager.

journaling: This was an awesome week for me because my latest Swirlydoos kit came! I also went to a make-n-take at Archivers. Then, I got to buy some nice jeans for myself. LOVE 'em. Brandon is finally done taking Accutane so I snapped him tossing it up for the last pill. Allison went to Smoothie King to celebrate her good grades. Her friends had her all tricked out after school one day so I took some pics. The pics were great for the "grunge" challenge hosted over at Swirlydoos. Used pp and flowers from Swirlydoos kit for this one.

journaling: Sheri came up for the weekend so we could scrap together. Her kids like to come up so they can play with my dogs. Allison broke her skateboard. I started preparing for our Spring Break trip to the Grand Canyon. The new tent came this week! I was so busy that I didn't even change the calendar to March until the third or fourth of the month!

Basic Grey pp here, PageMap sketch, and used my melting pot to coat the punched pp flowers (based on a tutorial found on the web.)

Project 365: Weeks 4, 5, and 6

I finally worked on my Project 365. You know, that album that I started on January 1st. A picture a day throughout the year. One double page layout per week to capture our lives throughout the year. I was really behind on it.

disclaimer: These are not "Swirly worthy" by any means.

Week #4 was the start of my classes at StLCoP, an all day crop at Jonesburg Elementary, the kids getting

 back in the groove of school, Snickerdoodles, cold temperatures, studying for classes, and free hoodies from the StLCoP bookstore. (They were just giving away all the smalls and extra-smalls!)

And, on to Week #5:

I am sporting my new haircolor (back to my natural color), we celebrated my dn's birthday, even Cody got a new do, Brenner found a way to get up in the dining room chairs, Brandon doing homework as I bribe him with hot sandwiches. And, let's not forget the laundry!

And, then...

Week #6 brought lots of snow. We lost power one evening. Luckily it was only out for several hours. I was worried that the electricity might be out over night. If that happened my fish would not make it very long. We could always put on extra layers but not my poor fishies! Ok, I was worried that we would get cold, too! Sunday was Super Bowl XLIV. We rooted for the Saints because the city of New Orleans deserved to bring home a win after Hurricane Katrina. The hurricane hit in 2005 but it was one of the five deadliest hurricanes in America and the most costly American natural disaster. The Saints triumphed over the Colts. The final score was 31-17. I was able to do a little scrapping this week. Brandon ended up with some of my cardstock rings. He wore them around the house for two days like necklaces. Ah well, I guess any type of appreciation of my scrapping is alright with me!

Ok, there are quite a few more pages but that is all for now.

Project 365 Week 3

Week three: continued my workout routine by doing elliptical machine and BL workouts with Jillian Michaels. Yes, she is tough! On the 15th we had a "nice" surprise- the garage door broke. Brandon and I tried to figure it out on our own. I finally realized it was a broken spring so Brandon hopped on the internet to try and figure out how to fix it and where to get the parts. But, once I realized that we should have had two springs, not one, I decided we better call a professional.

More of our typical week includes B-man on the 'puter and our Yorkie begging for attention. The highlight of my week was receiving my February Swirlydoos kit! Yes, I took a picture of my kit and scrapped it with the very same kit! Love my Swirlydoos!

Project 365-Week 2

Brandon went sledding with some friends, I got some scrapping done (which reminds me, I don't think I have posted that layout yet!), Allison made brownies. I caught her showing off her one-handed egg cracking. I can't even do that! And, she is multi-tasking here-got the ipod going as well.

Another typical school night-homework. We celebrated Allison's fourteenth birthday, got one of my scrapping mags so sat down with a cup of Swiss Mocha to read it. And, my fave of the week, Brandon helping Allison with her homework. Ha! She doesn't like my help because I get too impatient. I could not be a teacher because I would expect the kids to understand after only explaining one time!

Project 365-Week 1

Here's the first week of the year.

I volunteered to work on New Year's Day, it's not like I went out partying the night before so why not work? And, yes I did start working out as I promised myself thus the photo of the elliptical machine. On the third I did some cross-stitching. Love Paula Vaughan patterns for this. And, a typical day you will find Brandon at the table with his laptop.

Well, the kids had an easy first week back since we had a snow day. Allison spent time relaxing with a good book and I was able to do some more scrapping. Found a great idea on the Prima blog about recycling their packaging to make cards. So, here's my first recycled card. Cute, huh?

Project 365

If you have been following my blog then you know that one of my New Year's resolutions is to do Project 365 this year. What that means is I take a picture every day of the year and scrap a two page layout for each week of the year. This is a great way to document our lives over the course of one year and journal about the everyday happenings that I might otherwise overlook.

Here is my cover page:

More of the February Swirlydoos kit here. Did I mention that I loved this month's kit? Oh, and it included the metal technique this month. Really loved working with the metal on this page (that black/silver strip down the middle of the page with the swirlies).