Scrappbooking for Me

Besides my 12X12 albums, I still keep up with my kid's 8 1/2 x 11 albums f/k/a baby books. My daughter Chrissy is 20 and my son, Matt is 17 and I really don't know how to stop. I still need to update Matt's album with 11 years of little league baseball pages that I just had to redo (I may need another binder). I find it hard not to redo the whole book. I have this urge to update all the pages with all the awesome paper and embellishments but when I think about how, the desire to leave it as is, is stronger. I can still see myself as a young mother scrapping when I didn't have a clue. I would just put pictures and write a few words before I knew the whole process had a name. My kids love to look at their books over and over. And when a new friend comes over, usually a new boyfriend or girlfriend, they always end up with the giant binder on their lap going over the story of their lives, my world in a book. Here's my latest for Matt's book.

25 Years Later

He asked me to be his girl back in 1977 and 31 years later I still am. We celelebrated our 25th wedding annviersary yesterday. We drove to Marco Island for the day No sun, lots of wind but it was all good.

Happy Birthday to Me!

Finally 45. OK, so now I'm closer to 50 than 40. This is when everything starts to fall apart, right? NOT if I can help it. Slow start, no weight loss to report yet. I spent my birthday weekend with the Midnight Quilters. Beth cleaned out her living room to make room for all our tables, 5 in total. We had a beautiful view of the lake. Saturday, September 6th, was a beautiful sunny day. We spent the day looking at movies (BTW "27 Dresses" is my new favorite movie) and switching to the Weather Channel for updates on Ike. And though I was grateful that Florida was spared I was saddened that Cuba would be Ike's next victim. Why can't they just disappear and leave everybody alone? I made 3 quilt tops and did some binding for some friends; very productive weekend. Next Saturday I will scrapbook at Scrapbook Central and focus on my vacation scrapbook X 7.

September

I love September. Not just because it’s my birthday month but traditionally it is when school starts; new clothes, new backpack, new notebooks, pens ahhhhhhhhhh new beginnings. September is also the month when autumn begins. I love to decorate for the fall. I love Florida but I miss NY because you can clearly see the transition from summer to fall. Soon the leaves will turn and the temperature will start to dip a little. I’m one of those nuts that enjoy the cold weather. This part of the season is also a favorite because you start to prepare and look forward to great holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas. And so, in honor of my favorite month, I start my long awaited DIET. I’m excited and scared. This is not my first attempt so pray for me. Not that I’m skeptical it’s just that I understand myself. So I promise not to be too brutal to myself and not to overdue it like I usually do (I can take the weight off, I just can’t keep it off) and take it slow so it stays off. I will follow the Weight Watchers program and start off by walking real slow. I do this for so many reasons but mostly for health reasons. My mother is a diabetic and I see how she suffers and how her children worry. I won’t do that to my kids just so I can have a love affair with Big Mac. Nope I’m done. Sorry Mr. Big, I’ll miss you.