At least it's something...

This last weekend I had the joy of attending a 24-hour crop event at my church. I was so excited...at last I was going to get some pages done!!

Yeah...

Right...

As far as I'm concerned, my lack of productivity is due to numerous conditions, the least of which would be my still-aching hands: the need to chatter (there were 8 women in the room, after all), the need for sustenance (scrapbooking is hard work, and you must replenish that energy with snacks...lots and lots of snacks), and the need for sleep (yep, I ended up taking a 2-hour nap around 4am).

All in all, it was a ton of fun, and even though it wasn't much, I did get three single-page layouts and one two-page layout completed. And here they are for your enjoyment! :D

(Layout for a scraplift challenge on Timeless Daydreams...my inspiration was from savannascraps, and was also titled "The Guys". It can be seen here.)



(Another scraplift for the challenge. Inspiration came from jodi and can be seen here.)





(Journaling reads: "All I wanted was a nice picture of Garrick and I together. All G wanted to do was play. Cute pics of a funny little boy? Sure. Perfect, wall-worthy pics? Nope...Not Quite)

Trying to get back on track

My major life lesson this past month has been that having surgery on both hands at the same time isn't bad at all. But recovery after having surgery on both hands at the same time is awful! It's getting better, for sure, but I have a feeling I have a long way to go before I'm back to "normal", if ever.

Needless to say, my computer and scrapping time both have been extremely minimal. I am lucky enough to be participating in a 24-hour crop this weekend, and am really looking forward to that! Hopefully I can be uber-productive...but I'm not placing any bets! LOL!

I did get a few pages done in the days before my surgery...here they are:

Blog Launch Party

So this afternoon I've been doing lots of blog hopping, and came across this fairly new one! Top Shelf Memories is having their blog launch party right now through May 28, and I'm loving what I'm seeing so far!

Join in on the party a variety of ways to win stuff, too! Please go check it out...I'm feeling inspired and am off to try the sketch challenge now!

www.topshelfmemories.blogspot.com

Oh no!

Took Garrick to a fun little playdate today, and took my camera, hoping to get some cute shots of him and his friends. Got two pics, and my camera stopped working. Something's up with the shutter, I'm guessing, since it would freeze up completely when it tried to take a pic.

Not good at all when a scrapbooker has to go without a camera. Here's hoping it can be fixed, quickly and cheaply!!

Setting Priorities

I keep thinking to myself that I really must set priorities. I'm easily distracted, and can waste WAY too many hours playing mindless computer games or watching mindless tv shows (although both are extremely entertaining for me!).

I know that I would be far better off spending my free time doing the one thing that is just as enjoyable, but much more productive: scrapbooking! I want to say I'd like to get at least one layout done every week...more if I go to a crop night or retreat. So, I'll make that my goal.

To start off, here's a layout I did last week:

Most definitely not one of my favorite layouts I've ever done, but just look at all those pics! That's 10 more out of the HUGE stack waiting to be done! Yay! :D

So, I'm going to attempt to keep a blog going again. I started a family one when Garrick was born, but that didn't last long. Hopefully I'll keep going on this one a bit longer. :)

My goal here is to share my scrapbook projects, and hopefully inspire others! Please enjoy!