Resolutions!

I am not great on resolutions and haven't made any for the last couple of years. However, I have run across a lot of interesting ideas the last couple of days, which have made me sit here and ponder. A ton of people are taking "a photo a day", and my love for photography grows and grows everyday. So why not. . . .I am goin to take a photo everyday, capturing my life in 2009. But for those of you who know me well. . . . my life is very very busy- commuting 130 miles round-trip per day, a job, my sweet husband Bob, a puppy Jager, and all of the everyday things that we are all faced with. I am not already making excuses, as I will take a picture everyday, but as far as posting on my blog, I will try my best! My husband thinks this is a great idea also, and he plans on joining me in the fun! So we will be the camera packin' couple this next year! Heres to 2009!

Here is my list of GOALS for 2008:
1. Take one photo each day. Doesn't have to be grand or exotic - it just has to be.
2. Submit layouts for challenges and contests.
3. Make time to get in my scraproom at least once a week.

Merry Christmas!

For Christmas this year I was very spoiled! My husband and parents both got me photo editing programs. Which I cant wait to get to use. Adobe Photshop Elements is suppose to be the best, however I dont find it to be easy to use for quick editing to photos. So I am goin to try Corel Paint Shop Pro and give it a whirl. Also I am stocked up with reading material. My parents got me subscriptions to 2 Photo Magazines. Cant wait to read up on new fun ideas!

Sketches

I am a sketcher! Not always. . . . .but most of the time I like to sketch out what my ideas and plans are for the project that I am currently working on. Whether it be a card, scrapbook page or just a fun project it just makes it so so easy if you already have a sketch planned. I have several favorite sketch books out there. Becky Higgins is one of my all time favorites. She has a couple sketch magazines and a book. Which I have all of. She also has sketches in Creating Keepsakes Magazine. My next favorite is Becky Fleck who has a book called Page Maps which I love. And the best part about B Fleck is that she is from Columbus Montana. How cool is that!!! I love checking both of their blogs for inspiration and ideas. There is definitely some talented scrapbookers out there and I hope to someday have enough time to get some of my work published. Its going to be a goal of mine to really work on for 2009, along with keeping you all up to date on my blog with my current projects! Below I am posting a sketch from Becky Flecks Blog along with a picture of her sketch book. If you don't have it, I would strongly recommend it. I got mine at Barnes & Noble. Happy Scrapping!

Installing a husband!

I came across this in blog land and I thought it was so funny! I am lucky though, my husband is the best!!! But some of you others might be able to relate. I just HAD to share it ..... Here it is:

INSTALLING A HUSBAND

Dear Tech Support,

Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend 5.0 to Husband 1.0 and noticed a distinct slow down in overall system performance, particularly in the flower and jewelry applications, which operated flawlessly under Boyfriend 5.0. In addition, Husband 1.0 uninstalled many other valuable programs, such as Romance 9.5 and Personal Attention 6.5, and then installed undesirable programs such as NBA 5.0,NFL 3.0 andGolf Clubs 4.1. Conversation 8.0 no longer runs, and Housecleaning 2.6 simply crashes the system. Please note that I have tried running Nagging 5.3 to fix these problems, but to no avail.What can I do?

Signed, Desperate

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DEAR DESPERATE,

First, keep in mind, Boyfriend 5.0 is an Entertainment Package, while Husband 1.0 is an operating system. Please enter command: ithoughtyoulovedme.html and try to download Tears 6.2 also, don't forget to install the Guilt 3.0 update. If that application works as designed, Husband1.0 should then automatically run the applications Jewelry 2.0 and Flowers 3.5.However, remember, overuse of the above application can cause Husband 1.0 to default to Grumpy Silence 2.5, Happy Hour 7.0 or Beer 6.1. Please note that Beer 6. 1 is a very bad program that will download the Farting and Snoring Loudly Beta. Whatever you do, DO NOT under any circumstances install Mother-In-Law 1.0 (it runs a virus in the background that will eventually seize control of all your system resources.) In addition, please do not attempt to reinstall the Boyfriend 5.0 program. These are unsupported applications and will crash Husband 1.0.In summary, Husband 1.0 is a great program, but it does have limited memory and cannot learn new applications quickly. You might consider buying additional software to improve memory & performance. We recommend: Cooking 3.0 and Hot Lingerie 7.7.

Good Luck Babe! Tech Support

Blog-itis

Holy cow I haven't posted in a while on my crafty blog! And its not because I haven't done anything. I have several projects that need posting. The above picture is a class that I recently took- about recording and recalling stories for scrapbooking, blogging, journaling, etc. The class ended up with a surprise and ended up going an extra week. It was great and I still have some homework that I would like to finish up. I will post pictures of the album I made in a couple days. Also to explain**Blog-itis**** I just made up this term. I think I have been out in Blog land and have ended up with this condition. I seem to start by thinking about updating my/our blogs, and somehow I end up blog hopping around to many other fun blogs. So it seems I am fully addicted and have blog-itis!!!! Oh I also need to update my favorites. I have found some great scrapbooking blogs out there while I have been searching around and would love to share!