Been Scrappin'

When I was reminded that it had been a month since I had posted anything, I couldn't believe it! Getting totally engrossed is what I am doing at the cost of everything else has always been such a problem for me.
I have been out in the yard up to my elbows in dirt until 5 minutes before we were to be somewhere for dinner. The computer is another place where I can get lost. And I hate to think of the time I allowed the water to run in the pool until it overflowed! Oh, my! I am becoming a best buddy of my kitchen timer.

But lately, I've been scrappin'. In 2005 I decided to do a Creative Memories book for each of my children with thoughts I could remember, pictures and souveniers saved in a box in the drawer in a fairly unused desk. That year all the slides (we have an entire closet given to slide trays from day 1 of our marriage) were viewed and placed in envelopes. One was for Lori, one was for Julie, and one was for Tim, and the last was for all three.

Monte's must have had a record month because it took a lot to redeem all those slides when they made prints of them. Then they sat. All through 2005. In 2006, I began to talk about it. Hang the surprise! In 2007, I finally began, of course, with our oldest child. The dining room was a mess all year, as I finally told the kids what I was doing, and just left all the mess out. Got Lori's book done about August, and started in with Julie's. That girl was so active I had to buy several sets of extra pages. Her book was so thick, the backing had to be glued in, and time was getting short. About October, I gave up trying to do all three. I would just finish those two books, and Tim would have to wait another year for his.

How I loved presenting the books to the girls! It brought back so many memories! I remember the smell of their little heads, as I rocked them to sleep, their little dimpled hands, and the many hours of singing "Oh, How I Love Jesus" at bedtime. I remember...... but I wrote all that in their books!

Now, I've started on Tim's book, and I confess, I can just get lost in the process. We are up to his first haircut, and the preschool years, and it's only July! So if I don't post regularly, you will know I'm working on a project that requires a lot of remembering, pondering, sorting, sticking and journaling. I'll let you know if I make it by Christmas. From the look of all the momentoes, it may take 2 whole books!