Revisting

my my list for 2008.

Last January, I posted a list of things I hoped to accomplish in 2008. Just for fun, I thought I'd post the list again here and highlight in blue, the things I did.


Lose 20 lbs (and keep it off!)
Go on the Women’s Retreat at church
Go on a spa day with Darlene
Install new carpeting and paint my basement
Do something creative with the canvases I bought
Go on a car trip with my family
Sleep in a tent with my kids
Get a new swimsuit
Make a new advent calendar for next Christmas
Be on time more often
Volunteer regularly in the boys’ classes
Sign up for Tae Kwon Do with Austin
Make crafts with Sage
Do the mosaic puzzle that I got a few years ago
Plant sunflowers in my garden
Go away for a night with some friends
Have friends over for supper
Join a couples’ Bible study/care group
Send notes of encouragement
Be more on top of things
Say no when someone asks me to do something (at least once!)
Get a new bike
Go to reading time at the library with Sage
Walk to school more often
Get a new winter jacket with matching ski pants
Take my kids ice skating
Go to a movie at the theatre
Take a picture everyday (Project 365)
Scrapbook
Go on a date with Cameron—just the two of us
Learn how to download songs from iTunes
Spend time with my kids one-on-one
Learn how to use my camera better
Go to a movie at the drive-in
Spend more time outdoors
Plan another 5km Walk/Run/Ride for the Congo
Participate in #36 by running
Organize my house
Play the piano
Simplify



So, all in all, not bad I'd say.

I probably lost 20lbs: my pattern for the year: I lost some weight, I gained back and lost again and gained back. However, I'm 8 lbs. lighter than I was in spring, so that's something.

The tent thing didn't happen because we don't have a tent.

The sunflowers didn't either, because really, I don't have room for them in my garden.

I'm sorry Cameron and I didn't join a care group or go on a date (isn't that sad?)

The movie at the drive-in is definitely something I want to do this year.

The walk/run/ride for the Congo didn't happen this year, but I did participated in a 10km run in Treherne and ran the whole thing. :)



So, for this year, I'm pairing down. LOL!
I've come up with a list of 5 goals for 2009:




(And yes, I'm aware that I sound like a broken record about the weight loss thing, but this is my year! I just know it!!)

And here's the layout do go with my list:




I used the {Scrap} Pack kit at Just Cre8, as well as some Making Memories notebook paper and a Heidi Swapp butterfly.

Project 366, the album

I wanted to share with you what I did with all of the photos of the day that I took as a part of my Project 366.

I created an album for them using a landscape 11x8.5 album by Maya Road.

Here's my title page:



And the pages to follow are all hybrid. In my Microsoft Digital Standard program, I created an 8x10 calendar each month with the photos I took. I had them printed out and adhered them onto black cardstock and added a patterned paper border.

Thanks for looking!

Scrappy stuff to share...

I wanted to share with you the layouts that I created using the fabulous January kit at My Scrap Shoppe. I love the Christmas papers and embellishments-- especially the Maya Road chipboard snowflakes-- definitely a current fave!

Also, just to let you know that the first challenge is up at The Inspired Scrapper-- it's a good one, so make sure you check it out! ;)

Project 366, week 52

The final post...

Crazy that 2008 is officially over.

But how thrilled I am to have a photo that I've taken every day of it!! (Okay, except for two days.... so 364 photos-- not bad at all!)

Here are the photos from this past week:


Tuesday, Dec. 23rd: Playing Monopoly with the kids in the morning.


Wednesday, Dec. 24th: Taken at our church before the Christmas eve service started.


Thursday, Dec. 25th: My most favourite gifts on Christmas morning.


Friday, Dec. 26th: Playing outside at the farm.


Saturday, Dec. 27th: Doing some after Christmas shopping at My Scrap Shoppe.


Sunday, Dec. 28th: Playing Crazy Families with the kids. (Thanks, Trevor!)


Monday, Dec. 29th: We went to Winnipeg and at Walmart, Jonah found the toy that he'd been looking for. He bought it with the money that Uncle Chris & Auntie Cheryl sent him for Christmas. (Thanks, Uncle Chris & Auntie Cheryl!)


Tuesday, Dec. 30th: My kids are such country kids! We went to Sears and they wanted to ride on the escalator over and over! Too funny!


Wednesday, Dec. 31st: We ended our year with a skating/pizza party and church service at Westside.

Well, that's it for Project 366, I guess.
Once I have all my completed pages in albums, I'll share what I did with my photos.

Thanks for looking!

By the way, I've also posted some ideas for embellishing chipboard snowflakes on the MSS blog if you'd like to check it out! :)

Before and After

Well, it seems that the days following Christmas always get me in an organizing mood.

So, I decided to start with one of my favourite areas in my house-- my scrappy space. It's a corner of our rec room in the basement, but I love it. However, before Christmas, it was getting pretty messy...





Crazy.

So yesterday morning, I started cleaning and purging and putting stuff aside to price for a scrappy garage sale that they're having in a few weeks at an overnight crop I'll be attending. And recycling and tidying and reorganizing...

You get the picture.

And here are the results:

The last job I still need to do is to put my huge, huge pile of layouts into albums. But other than that, I'm done. :)

Anyone want to come over and scrap with me? ;)

So, how was your Christmas?

Well, I can't say that ours was the greatest....Sage, Cameron & I were all sick Christmas Eve night. :(


So, the next day, we skipped our family gathering (we totally did not feel up to it and we didn't want anyone else to get sick.) We managed to make it through opening gifts in the morning. Austin wanted to read the rest of our advent story before opening the gifts AND he wanted to give us our gifts before receiving his own. That was the best Christmas gift I could have gotten! :)

I did manage to take a few pictures and was super happy with this gem:





Our Christmas was quite low-key, but the kids didn't seem to mind at all. They were thrilled about the gifts they received from us, their Uncle Trevor, Tatiana, Noah and Grandma Davies.

Lots of smiles.





We spent the rest of the day just hanging out at home: napping, watching movies...not as planned, but hey, that's life...

By the way, the design team tags are up at the The Inspired Scrapper if you'd like to check mine out and those of my talented teammates. :)

Hope your Christmas was merry & bright!

Wishing....

you all a very Merry Christmas!!







I'm so thankful for all of you. God has blessed me with wonderful friends-- both online and in real life!!

May you all have a fantastic holiday season and may God bless you everyday of 2009!

(BTW, a few people commented on the soft blur in my Tuesday photo for Project 366, week 51. I actually blurred it like that for the blog-- I didn't have permission from all of the parents in the choir to post it, so I blurred out the background faces as best as I could. I used Picasa 3 to do so-- the soft focus feature.)

Merry Christmas!

Project 366, week 51

It's so crazy to think that in another week and a day, I'll be taking my last photo for this project!

Here are my photos of the day for the past week:



Tuesday, Dec. 16: Austin had a special part at his school Christmas concert and sang in a trio with two other boys from his class.


Wednesday, Dec. 17th: Got some presents wrapped.


Thursday, Dec. 18th: The kids performed for the seniors at our church afterschool. Austin played Up on the Housetop, Sage sang Away in a Manger and Jonah sang Jingle Bells. :)

Friday, Dec. 19th: I was asked to volunteer at the boys' school in the afternoon. I helped the kids make these reindeer ornaments out of popsicle sticks.

Saturday, Dec. 20th: The highlight of the kids' week-- watching Saturday morning cartoons.

Sunday, Dec. 21st: Our church Christmas concert in the evening. Sage was an angel and had a line: "Hello Mary. It's my job to tell you of a gift from God." She did great! I loved this shot I got of her and her friend chatting on stage during the concert! Too cute!

Monday, Dec. 22nd: With our cousins this year we picked names and said that the gifts had to be homemade. Here are Jonah and Sage working on one of theirs in the kitchen.

Thanks for looking!

It's been a while...

since I've updated. Sorry. I caught a bad cold that has all but knocked me out. I'm feeling a bit better today, but feel there's a lot I need to catch up on.

Oh well, now that the kids are on break, I'm sure that'll be no problem. Ha!

I posted a project on the Just Cre8 blog. If you'd like to check it out, you can click here.

In other scrappy news, I was asked to join a scrapbooking challenge site made up of Canadian scrapbook artists. It's called The Inspired Scrapper. The site is up if you click on the link. More info about the design team will be posted next week.

And a layout to share:

I created it using this week's Scrappy Formula at CMK. I also used Bazzill cardstock, Sandylion, October Afternoon and Stampin' Up! patterned paper, Scenic Route letter stickers and Stampin' Up! (tree, leaves) and Hero Arts (owl) stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

Project 366, week 50

Wow, in the home stretch now. Only a few weeks left of 2008, so only a few weeks left of my project 366....

Here are my photos of the day for the past week:


Tuesday, Dec. 9th: I put out some Christmas decorations.


Wednesday, Dec. 10th: I got my Christmas cards written, addressed and mailed.


Thursday, Dec. 11th: Sage was amusing herself by setting up the wooden nativity pieces like a train.


Friday, Dec. 12th: Friends of our came over for a visit in the evening. I took this picture of Sage with Alex. (Aren't they beautiful?)

Saturday, Dec. 13th: Austin, practising some Chrsitmas songs.

Sunday, Dec. 14th: Austin & I played battleship after lunch. He won.

Monday, Dec. 15th: These two were sick Sunday evening, so they spent the day in their jammies, getting better. Here they're practising Away in a Manger.

Thanks for looking!