March and half of April ... looks like we played in snow a bit!

A Year in Alaska is done!!

Today I managed to finish the last page I needed for my book. Oops! I have one more that I need to do. It is nearly done, but I needed to add something to it ... Brock's confirmation page. That one will be forthcoming. If you click on the pictures you can actually read all the writing on these ... and see my growing wrinkles! :) Will try adding a bunch on here. Problem is that they take forever to upload. Maybe I'll do 6 at a time. Wish there was some other way to do this, but I want to share them with all of you.

Monday again

I loaded these backwards ... as is a bit obvious! This morning I started working on finishing the last couple of pages the I need to do to complete my year. Maybe they'll be done by the end of the week! Then I can send everything off to print. Am anxious to see them done.

Dinner is in the oven and I have a few minutes on here.

Kids are off school today and tomorrow. Alyx went to work, Anna is over at Wally & Lisa's and Tia is bored. Capital B bored. I'm tired. Exhausted.

3 days of work left this week!! I can't wait for a few days off. Was asked if I wanted tomorrow off and said "no thanks". The schedule is light and we are overstaffed for tomorrow. Eventually, if there are no willing folks to take the day off voluntarily, they will force days off. With 7 vacation days coming right up, I really need to work the 3 I have left. We usually have a lull after the first of the year. November & December are very busy. People have met deductibles for the year and are anxious to get elective procedures done. Not so this time of the year. Hopefully it picks up soon and things keep on staying busy.

We had a busy weekend. Friday evening I went skating with the girls. Well ... I didn't go skating ... they did. The boys joined us later. Too many people on the ice for my feeble feet. I sat in the warming shack and held babies. Nice trade off. :)

Saturday I got the laundry part of the basement organized. I love Lowe's organization department. Am rationing how many things I can get each pay day. Eventually I'll have what I want. Lawrence Byman was in town and we had a wonderful Parenting Discussion in the evening. Then did some web cam connection with my parents who are vacationing in Phoenix. Was so fun to see them and share a cup of coffee. I'm afraid Jari downed 9 pieces of pulla in front of them ... will have to make sure the freezer is full when they come to visit.

Sunday we had services and then a Youth Discussion. Nice day filled with uplifting activities.

So ended another week!

We could use some snow. It is actually 42 degrees outdoors and there won't be any left soon! Let's hope that if all of it melts we get a royal dumping. The yucky dirty brown stuff that is sand covered could really use a fresh dusting.

Off to do some "mom" duties!

And then there was Thanksgiving Day

And another one!

On a Wednesday in November of 2007 ...

This has been so much fun. I'm sure I could have been a bit more creative with these pages, but I'm thrilled that I'm getting the memories captured on pages. I have several more to do and then they are being sent off to print. Yay!! I can't wait to slip them into a book. Maybe it will be an excuse to go get a bookshelf. Those things are in severe short supply around here.

By the way, I have a difficult time reading these until I get them onto this blog. Then I can size them huge and be able to see without spectacles. I went back and fixed all the oopses on the last page.

If you're up for a cup of coffee at my house .... I came home early from work and baked 8 braids of pulla today. Coffee is always on! :)

Slowly getting there!

I don't have a clue what I'll do when this is project is done. It has been quite fun so far! Perhaps I'll start sorting through the thousands of photos I have in boxes. Imagine how many books on cd I could listen to while I sort. Sounds delightful!

Off to work. 600 mg of Ibuprofen and I ought to be good 'til about lunchtime .. and I'm on call until 11 pm. This is nasty. Brock was complaining all last week of not feeling well. Am hoping to feel more like myself by Saturday.

Page 2 and Monday

Page 2 is up and done! Am now working on organizing the road trip pictures. I also managed to lose some pictures that I was going to include in this page. I found them on Bebo, but can't manage to find them in my computer. Frustrating. So much for my wonderful organization skills. Will see how long it takes to get the next few pages done.

The flu bug is hanging around. Probably need to get Brock to the doctor. He doesn't seem to be able to quit running to the bathroom. Today, Jari & I both started doing our dashes. I worked anyway .... spreading cheer and flu. Haven't decided if I'm going to stay home tomorrow or not. I could really use a day of crawl in the covers and just sleep it off, but am wondering if it will do any good anyway! Take some Ibuprofen and just bite the bullet. Will see in the morning.

We found out that we have another couple yard lights tonite. We must be half dibble. The lights have been there, but it is simply amazing! If you put light bulbs in them .... lights up enough of the yard that you can actually see out there. Might save a few spills.

Snow has been falling this evening adding a nice new white coat to the ground. Took a trip to the library with Anna & Tia earlier. Got myself 3 more books on tape. Now what am I going to do to keep busy while I listen? Have to do something so it is guilt free listening.

I tried to trim Tia's hair the other day and made it a disaster. She's waiting for a retrim. If this one doesn't work ... we are off to the hair cutting place tomorrow.

A Year in Alaska

I started scrapbooking long before it was a trendy thing. Long before cute rub ons and doodads. Instead I liked to doodle ... and tell little stories along the way.
The only problem with the scrapping stuff is all the STUFF! And I don't have one of those cute little nooks that holds my stuff. To be perfectly honest ... I stole half the kitchen pantry for storage of STUFF. As much as I enjoy playing with paper, glue and cutter ... this digital scrapping is really handy.
Turn the computer on, file photos in findable places .... and hit SAVE when you're done!
I've been working on a book that I am calling "A Year in Alaska". Most of the year has been done for quite a while. This is the part that hasn't been. The leaving. And then the drive. My photos may be filed in appropriately named files, but they aren't in order. I need to figure out if a picture of a road with mountains (it isn't like we didn't see a few of those!) is in the Yukon Territory, Alaska or podunk nowhere! Those pages may take a bit more time.

I also have page 2 ... am saving it for you ... maybe tomorrow!

My wish has come true. It is snowing!! Nice big, fluffy flakes. As fast as Jari can sweep the snow off the steps, it is back again. Now that the sun is up a bit longer everyday ... perhaps I'll get to snap a picture for you when I get home.
I see snow activity filling the weekend.
I'm ready for some. :)