I have scrapbooking on the brain since I got back from my getaway this weekend. I keep hoping to sneak off downstairs to work for a few minutes. It hasn’t happened yet but I am still hopeful.
On the other hand I have done almost a full week of homeschool with all three kidos! That hasn’t happened due to illness & various other distractions for a couple of weeks!
Right now working on my pictures feels like an a MASSIVE project that just sits there waiting.
I often ask my kids “how do you eat an elephant?” They then give me 1 of two looks.
1. Confused—they haven’t heard my speech about having too much to do to catch up and feeling overwhelmed. They want to give up and not try but I won’t let them.
2. Oh mom—not that speech. Complete with eye rolling(I’ve never caught this in a picture!) They’ve heard it but it hasn’t sunk in yet so I have to repeat it again. Break your project down in to small pieces and then start working on one of them. Just take a small BITE!
I am basically 5 years behind with pictures. That means I either have pictures in a box, slide in album, or on my computer that aren’t out where the kids can enjoy them. Just slightly frustrating. These weekends where I go away let me get our vacations done but not much else.
So instead of packing my supplies away I took them to the basement so that I can work at odd moments. Even if I only do a few pages a month, that is better than doing nothing.
I am going to report here in a month—April 23rd. Accountability is good right? Feel free to check on me if I don’t report! I am not setting a specific goal but a general one just to work on some pages. I also plan to put up some simple layouts that I like to do over and over. But for now I am going to get to work.
What projects do you have that are elephants & what is the next BITE you are going to take?
Brownie + Scrapbooking = Perfection
Partner in Crime
Some of my best friends on the planet
I never get anything done while I am here.
Every spring and fall I organize a getaway for ladies.
It started out as a scrapbook retreat & that is what most of them do but some sew, cross stitch, organize tax information, etc. I am so grateful for this weekend to get things DONE that have been nagging at my attention.
Someone once told me that it was a party with all my best friends.
What I have found is that there are people who will come who need something and there will just the right person who will be willing to give the advice or help that they need. We will laugh ourselves silly.
There will be tears at least once and there will be healing. Sometimes I just sit back and watch the different people talking, laughing and praying and think “Thank you God for letting me be part of this.”
Serving these ladies is something with which God has blessed me.
There is a lot going on this week!
Here is my list to help me be ready.
1. Pack clothes, towel, toothbrush, oh and my scrapbook supplies
2. Run errands & do my coupon/grocery shopping
3. Send a few emails to friends about how much fun we are going to have! Who is riding with me?
4. Go to Hobby Lobby or Michael’s to pick up some supplies
5. Go to the dentist—yuck
6. Clean the fish tank
7. Stay healthy—have I mentioned everyone in my house is sick except the parents? Emergen-C please!
8. Go to bed on time so I can stay up late on Friday & Saturday nights!
9. Buy some yummy/healthy snacks to take along
10. Pray for each person coming & ask God to guide me in all ways this weekend. What we get done is less important than what He is going to get done.