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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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Crafty Themed Mini Scrapbook Album

Crafty Themed Mini Scrapbook Album

Niella used the Color Me Crafty collection from Doodlebug to create this adorable crafty themed mini album. The cover and each page are shaped like giant tickets and there’s a disc binding on the edges and fun dangling charm hanging on the spine. The cover has a cute stack of Polaroids accent and a layered scalloped border with button pattern paper.

Crafty Themed Mini Scrapbook AlbumInside she used more crafty pattern papers, embellishments, stickers, cardstock, puffy words and more to designs wonderful pages that have lots of room for crafty photos and journaling.

Crafty Themed Mini Scrapbook AlbumThere’s even a pocket to tuck in mementos and ephemera. I love the color scheme of this collection, it’s so bright and cheerful! This little album project is perfect for all your memories of going to scrapbooking classes, crops, conventions, retreats, hanging out crafting with friends or pics of your craft room.

Visit the Doodlebug blog to learn more about this project and watch a flip through video.

-Heather

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