I hit the inevitable wall where goals aren’t as exciting and it is easy to put off doing things. I’m just grateful that I had already established some good habits, and so I pressed forward, even when I wasn’t filled with enthusiasm. Fortunately, the rush of completing an item still holds. Create I organized and sorted [...]
Archive for the ‘Scrapbooking and creativity’ Category
February: My goals in Retrospect
Posted in Family Life, Goals, Musings, Scrapbooking and creativity on March 1, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Organizing and preparing photos to scrapbook
Posted in Family Life, Goals, Musings, Scrapbooking and creativity on February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Again, another boring post about scrapbooking. I’m mainly writing it to clarify my process about organizing my photos and preparing them to scrapbook. Two facts that drive my process: 1. I scrapbook chronologically. 2. I function best when I am organized and efficient. For some reason, this creates an environment where I can be highly [...]
Why I Scrapbook
Posted in family history, Family Life, Goals, Musings, Scrapbooking and creativity on February 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As a kid and then teenager, I filled journals with my thoughts and experiences. Writing was theraputic and meaningful to me. Then I went to BYU. There was a contingent of scrapbookers in one of my wards. And immediately my streak of perversity struck. How were scrapbooks better than my journals, filled with my words [...]
Scrapbooks vs. Photobooks: The Smackdown
Posted in Goals, Musings, Scrapbooking and creativity on February 25, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Sorry guys, I have a few boring posts to publish. They are mostly for clarifying my own thoughts about scrapbooking. Feel free to skip! I’ve made quite a few scrapbooks and photobooks. I find the process for creating both enjoyable. Both have pros and cons that I would like to discuss. Photobooks Pros: 1. Reasonably-priced: [...]
A month of resolutions
Posted in Family Life, Goals, Musings, Scrapbooking and creativity on February 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »
January just flew by. It has been a good month for me, filled with energy, attainable goals and happiness. Where am I at with my resolutions? Creating I finished all my creating goals. I completed my 2006 scrapbook, bound the quilt and hung it, and finished the December 2010 scrapbook. I also wrote weekly email [...]
And Another One Bites the Dust
Posted in Goals, Scrapbooking and creativity on February 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Remember my creative goals? Well, I finished my last goal on Wednesday: my 2006 scrapbook album. I had about 40 or so layouts to complete and was able to do so in record time for myself. Now what am I going to do with myself??? Well, I’m still so “behind” in my albums, that there [...]
Holy Cow, I’m on a roll
Posted in Goals, Scrapbooking and creativity on January 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I finished another project today. I made an 8 x 8 scrapbook album with 20 pages for the month of December. It was a fun little project to do. I had some wonderful Christmas paper and embellishments that were really delightful to use. I just have one project in my creativity area left to complete by [...]
The Art of Housewifery
Posted in Family Life, Musings, Scrapbooking and creativity, U.S. on October 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
It is unfortunate that the art of housewifery, once so revered in medieval times, is so despised now. I don’t see why we can’t celebrate the achievements of women, whether they be in the corporate world or in the more intimate setting of the home. As my due date rapidly approaches, I have hunkered down in [...]
The Insider’s Secret: What really goes on at the polls
Posted in Musings, Scrapbooking and creativity, U.S. on November 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
As a civically-minded and short-budgeted individual, I signed up to be an election inspector. I had the pleasure of being trained on the top-secret Image Cast voting machine. It had to have been top-secret, because the machine was so badly executed no one wanted to use it. In an effort to relieve the minds of [...]
The Great European Vacation: Paris in a Day
Posted in Scrapbooking and creativity, Travels on July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We had essentially lost a day in Paris due to the blown tire. Brent’s mom and I had purchased Paris Passes for the family and were determined to get our money’s worth out of the pass, despite only having 1 day to really use them. (Paris passes are something you can buy online. They include [...]
