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LIFE?!

February 22, 2007 by

My life has been beyond chaotic lately. Do you ever wonder at times how you got where you are? Before Christmas, our life was quite smooth. We had a routine going as a [tag]family[/tag] and things were good.

My husband works from home, I [tag]homeschool[/tag] our eldest daughter, I am starting the four-year-old on her ABCs, I am trying to keep the two-year-old out of everyone else’s hair, and I am trying to have my own portion of life.

We had a flow going, but the [tag]holidays[/tag] shot that right out of the water. Too many get-togethers, too many late nights, and bang, life is completely out of whack. I am not sure when we are going to every get our groove back.

It is like the scene off the Emperor’s New Groove where the little old guy gets in Kuzko’s way and throws off his dance. The guard says, “You’ve thrown off the Emperor’s groove” and chucks him out a window.

That is exactly how I feel right now, either my groove has been thrown off or I have been chucked out a window.

What has this to do with [tag]scrapbooking[/tag], you say? Nothing really. Only just to say, I have thought of pulling the supplies out and getting started on my next masterpiece, when all of a sudden life comes along and chucks me out a window. Do you know what that is like? How do you get your groove back?

So in this little life bump, our two youngest have gotten the chicken pox. The older one has breezed right through it. She was a little under the weather the day before they appeared, but has felt right as rain every since. She is not a scratcher, so they have just gone away.

The youngest, on the other hand, started with a terrible rash all over her torso, which was terribly itchy. Then it morphed into chicken pox slowly. Slow enough, that I did not realize that is what she had, until she had scratched off several. Now she lives with socks over her hands duct taped to her shirt sleeves.

My mind is fizzled at this moment. I have had too many sleepless nights lately. Does anyone have a creative way to scrapbook this? Let me know, please. I want to get this moment recorded before my daughters get too old and are not happy with their mother for showcasing them.

 

 

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Have you read?

80’s Inspired Boombox Shaped Mini Album

I was a teen in the 80’s so this totally rad Boombox shaped mini album from Traci really speaks to me! She created a rectangle shaped black acrylic album with rounded corners, adding buttons and a handle on the top with a cover decorated to look like a real boombox with speakers, a tape deck, buttons and more. She used the Totally 80’s collection of products from Simple Stories that has lots of bright pink and teal colors with cool 80’s inspired patterns like black and white check and colorful graphics. There’s also load of fun embellishments like a Walkman, high top sneakers, retro TV, camera, hair spray can and more. 

I had huge hair in the 80’s and am embarrassed to admit how much Aquanet hair spray I used!

Traci has included her totally tubular signature flaps and pockets in the album too for some radical interactive elements too.

Visit the Artsy Album blog to learn more about this bodacious mini album project.

-Heather

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