Writing

I've been writing about myself all day
I fear I may have nothing left to say
I think I'll go out tomorrow and play.

Working diligently on my class at Big Picture Scrapbooking with Cathy Zielske.
I've completed the journaling through the letter P,
sans the letter I, because it's eluding me right now.
I'm amazed there are people posting completed pages in the gallery already.

The little rhyme above is a tribute to the talented Dr. "Z"uess,
whose books have graced our bookshelves for many years
and who is featured as one of my entries under the letter Z.
I really liked Mike Meyers as The Cat In The Hat.
I'm grasping here people.

Whimsy

My husband is sometimes overcome by whimsy
It's one of the things I love about him.
So he built a gigantic slingshot.
Just because he's always wanted to make a giant slingshot.
It is now the centerpiece of our garden picnic table.
It's actually quite beautiful.
He's using it to shoot apples into the barnyard.

H1N1 has left the building.
It was pretty mild, although Ben did puke 11 times.
He says he's sure he made it into the Guiness Book of World Records.

I am reading Olive Kitteridge for my book club.
I am writing for my class with Cathy Zielske.
I am planning a ton of layouts.
I am savoring the last sweet days of summer.

The First One Bites the Dust

The flu is in da house and its first victim is little Ben, who is running a low-grade fever and puked and puked until 2:00 this morning. Poor kid; he'd sleep for about 15 minutes, then cry and and writhe and whine "Mama" for about 30 minutes, then vomit, and then we'd start all over again. For those of you who don't know, our little community is leading the nation in flu cases, and our infectious disease doctor says this is only the beginning, that we won't even peak until mid-October. Our clinics are no longer seeing patients with flu-like symptoms in an effort to slow transmission.

I don't think we'll be going to the fair this weekend. Any wagers on who's going down next? I hope it's not Mark. I do so love my boys, but sorry, you are the biggest babies when you're sick!

I Think I'm Satisfied

Enough messing around, sometimes you just have to say good enough.

Feeling a lot of love for the blue. I hope there's not someone out there who gets a headache looking at my page though.

Super busy today. Orthodontist, eye doctor (Ben does not need glasses), a stop at the scrapbooking store, grocery shopping, and lunch at McD's all this afternoon. Homework and baths now. We skipped dinner. Seems like just a few days ago we had absolutely nothing to do. Funny how things sneak up on you.

Tomorrow I'm back in Spokane for a routine ultrasound, but there's a solo trip to Target in there for me, so feel no pity. Plus I get to listen to music as loud as I want. And it won't be Wee Sing.

Pardon the Dust

I'm feeling inspired to make some changes to the blog.

Life Is Good

Did I tell you we bought a cuckoo clock while we were in Bavaria, the home of the cuckoo clock industry and Black Forest Cake, which wasn't worth all the hoopla if you ask me?
Each hour a gong rings and a little bird comes out and chirps the time to us.
It is a mechanical clock, handmade by a Black Forest artisan, no batteries required.
Whenever it chimes, we pause to listen and smile.
It's a good memory of Germany.

My first batch of pretty darn good gluten-free pumpkin muffins.
I'm slowly studying a new cookbook on baking this way.
Once I got past the fact that it will never taste like it was baked with wheat,
I gave them an 8.
They were very pretty.

I recently joined the Design Team for Paper Pals, my local scrapbook store.
This is a tiny peek at one of my layouts using the fab new Earth Love Line from Cosmo Cricket.
Go on over and check out our blog here.
I know you'll be inspired.
There are some truly talented gals on this team.

Mark is out working on the pasture fence, pre-functioning for Labor Day.
Earlier this week we had a fishing date in the middle of the day
while our kids were at school.
While we were out on the river, he said
"I'm the luckiest man on earth."
Wow.
It appears that I might be the luckiest woman on earth.

Welcome September

I love turning the page of the calendar to a new month.
September is one of my favorite months;
the weather begins to cool down,
our back-to-school routine is in place,
and it's usually a month during which I begin new things.
Cathy Zielske's class begins this Thursday
and later this month I'll attend the first meeting of my new bookgroup.

Here's that mulit-generational photo I was able to get on Saturday morning.
Grandma Lee is 86, soon to be 87.
Isn't she beautiful?

A recent layout of our cat.
The kids loved to dress her up in doll clothes.
She disappeared while we were in Germany.
This page is a small remembrance of her.

I've been spending a lot of time in my studio:)