One Scrapbook Done

Three more to go.... The one I've finished is for my sweet, darling son Tad. Yes, that's his real, full first name. Not Todd, Tod, or Thaddeus. Just Tad. I wish you all could meet him. I wish you all had a son like him. He makes my heart smile. He makes my whole face smile when I think about him. I love him very, very dearly. He's got a birthday coming up, and it ends with a 'zero' this year. A big one....And since I used to was a big scrapbooker, and since I have all the supplies from years past, I thought it might be nice to make him a book to commemorate some snippets of his life. I started in January. Did about 5 pages. Did a few more in the Spring. Kept looking at the box, and kept thinking, "I've got time, and besides, I'd rather make cards." Lo and behold, August rolls around. I pick up the pace a bit. Birthday in September. SH**!!!!!!!! I really get working on the book. Then I get a phone call from said darling son. On Monday. "Ma. We're coming for a visit on Sunday for a few days." Mom says, "That's wonderful, honey! I can't wait to see you all!" Brain thinks, "Oh. My. Gosh. You're in trouble now. That book is nowhere near finished." I step it up into high gear. Up at 5:30 in the morning. Let the housework go completely. Hot dogs for dinner. And frozen pizza. (Poor DH, and what a good sport, too!) I begin to hate scrapbooking nearly as much as spiders. Use up tape runners, black cardstock, and white cardstock. Dull Silhouette blade, and de-stickify the mat. Make a fast run to Michaels and lose an hour of 'book time.' Home from college granddaughter stops by. For two hours. Had to visit with her and turn off brain (she's a sweetie and I really did enjoy our time together). Run to Walgreens for that last family photo for that very, very last page... get it home and Tad's head is cropped off. Will this book ever get done???? Deep breath. I can reorder and pick it up after the 6:30 A.M. grocery store run on Friday morning! Annnnnndddd DONE. He'll get it on Tuesday when we celebrate his birthday. It's a "tad" early, but since they'll be here, we'll party. Maybe I can convince him to take a selfie with me... I've also learned a lesson concerning the last three scrapbooks I have to make (the last ones I'll EVER EVER make...). I'll be making pages once a week or so from now on. I don't really want to, but I don't want to go wacko at the last minute like this again.

And that's where I've been. Haven't had time to visit your blogs or anything. Sorry. The kids will be here early evening, and I've only got a few chores left to do after church, so have time for this post. Once they leave later this week (boohoo!) I'll be back to a more normal life, and will get back to visiting you, and commenting, I promise.

I did make a card. After what seemed to me like endless scrapbook pages, I just had to. Felt so good, and I know that you know exactly what I mean. Our family is still in heavy birthday mode, so this will fit any number of them... It's headed to the Freshly Made Sketches 200th Celebration too. Congratulations to Lesley and the entire DT. Those ladies are always gracious and kind, and their creations are stunning. How wonderful to be able to celebrate such a milestone. With that in mind, I made a little something celebratory... (first the sketch...)

The stamps are from SC; and I'm finding I'm loving them enormously! Three inks - SC orange, ME Ocean, and Versafine black. The blue sequins are from Darnell following the BABES adventure last year, and the orange flowers are (I think) Doodlebug from a million years ago. A scrap of blue surrounded by Michaels white. Pretty quick, pretty easy, and now it's time to clean the bathroom, run the vacuum, and get the last of the picking up done --- the kids are coming!!!!! Happy dances everyone, and I'll see you soon.