20 February 2010
I had a wonderful day. I got up a little too early for a Saturday off, but I had my reasons. I kissed my husband goodbye and headed toward Dallas. First, on my agenda was a quick stop at the fabric store where I know I will always find the best selection of colours of silk. I needed to collect swatches in one colour scheme, and purchase another colour, before a meeting next week, and this seemed like the perfect time. I only got sidetracked by one pretty thing and was in and out fairly quickly.
Then, I was really on my way, with my trusty GPS at my side. Destination: Allen, TX. Mission: Scrapbooking with my girlfriend, Carrie. The last couple of times I spent any time scrapbooking it was digital—a project that I still haven’t finished. But, this time, it was to be hard core, physical, paper and memorabilia scrapbooking! I love that! I had organized my supplies for travel the night before, and had the loot pared down to the necessary four bags worth!
Carrie understands this, though, so she wasn’t surprised and in fact even helped me carry it into her house. Carrie had prepared a yummy baked ziti and chicken casserole, and we opened a bottle of wine. We worked all afternoon, I made a new friend in one of Carrie’s coworkers, and we all accomplished so much! I spent the first half of the day sorting photographs of my college years and trying to put them in chronological order. Let me tell you, that’s quite a feat when you let thirty years go in between! Finally, with that done, I was able to begin work in earnest. I got two pages completely done, two more done, but for journalling, and another ten or twelve all planned and organized. It was a great beginning to a project I’m determined to have finished before my Gal Pals weekend in September.
In that same spirit, I got my stuff back out when I got home and continued working on it while it was all fresh in my head and I’m all motivated. Maybe, just maybe I’ll even work on it tomorrow, too!
My photo is of the still displayed holiday cards hanging between our dining and living rooms. I am so short, that I simply don’t see them half the time, and when I do, they make me smile. But, Kyle asked me tonight . . . “Do you think it’s time those come down?” Gee . . . ya think?
~MB
