tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178092882024-11-01T00:21:48.905-07:00A day in the life of a military wife, mother, scrapbooker, volunteer, worker, procrastinator,... ME!Emmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08151035600374260545noreply@blogger.comBlogger437125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17809288.post-32415771513596573722012-03-31T22:16:00.000-07:002012-03-31T22:16:35.731-07:00

Jen Triple Dog dared me to get a Project Life page done by the end of the month, and although I had some obstacles come up, I made it!!  The door idea came from a pin on Pinterest that unfortunately did not lead back to the original creator.  I might tweak the people a bit more, but for now I'm stickin' a fork in it! Heading out to Canada in the morning, so the tweaks will have to

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Today my plan was to play catch up.  Catch up on LOAD, catch up on working out, catch up on Project Life. I got up this morning and got a workout in - 2 miles.  I then decided to clean out and organize our dresser drawers and clostet.  Then I did dishes, laundry and made chocolate chip cookies. Spent a lot of time on Pinterest today, finding Project Life ideas.  One of these

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I got drafted to sub for our Girl Scout leader who's daughter was ill.  I drove 5 girls over, along with another leader & the 6 girls in her car, to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle for an Ultimate Science Camp In.  There were about 200 Girl Scouts total there - and it was after the center closed - so we had the place to ourselves.  It was great fun!  We saw a show in

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My LOAD (layout a day) streak is at an end. Got drafted to be an emergency fill in for a girl scout overnighter - so won't have time to scrap before I head out :( Day 10 of 17 Miles this Month: 23

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Today's prompt was about Neighbors.  I chose to do a layout about our neighbors who are our family. Day 10 of 16 Miles this Month: 23

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Celebrating - I reached my first weight loss goal today. I guess all those miles on the treadmill have paid off!  I wasn't able to make it onto the treadmill today - life got in the way.  But I'm glad to see some success! Today's LOAD prompt was to scrap a memory about a song.  This is the first thing that popped into my mind.  I had to add the journaling after taking

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Today's prompt was a love that lasts. Since today is Valentine's day - it seemed appropriate to do a layout about my Valentine and our love. Day 10 of 14Miles this Month: 23

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Today's prompt was a hobby that has been with you a long time.  I have had a lot of crafty things that I have done in my life, {macrame, hook latch, cross stitch, photography, scrapbooking} and other hobbies -{genealogy, logic problems, sudoku} but the one that has stuck with me is reading.  I had a really hard time coming up with something for this prompt, and this poster had

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Today is the day of TWELVE.  I participated in Take Twelve and had a lot of fun trying to take 12 photos of my life during this day. I used Cathy Zielske's 12 on the 12th template, easy peasy. I also did my LOAD layout #12 the prompt was history repeating itself. Day 8 of 12Miles this Month: 18.5

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Day 11's prompt was School Days.  While looking for photos to scrap, I ran across our  Senior year ID cards and decided to use those.  I scraplifted a layout from stwidwell (I don't remember where I saw it at). I am not really pleased with the execution of this layout.  I like the overall idea, but am not 100% pleased with the turn out, but it is another memory saved!

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Ahh, double digits - 10 down, 19 to go.  Today's prompt was a childhood memory.  I have a terrible memory when it comes to anything to do with my early childhood years, so I chose a more recent memory, having to do with my brother Vern's visit to Guam.  Coincidentally I talked with him today :) Day 7 of 10 Miles this Month: 16.5

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Day 9 prompt was about your home.  I wrote about my scrap area.  The layout isn't such a baby poop green in real life! No workout today, I came home and read for a bit and then made Chili for dinner and by the time all that was done and I got my layout finished - it was too late to workout. Day  6 of 9 Miles this Month: 14

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I am documenting today .  Stay tuned tomorrow for the pictures that I took today, showing how I lived my oh so exciting life on February 8th! Today's prompt is I Miss.  This is what I miss.   I did a double work out today to make up for missing out yesterday.  I walked 4 miles while catching up on episodes of Downton Abbey. Day 6 of 8 Miles this

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Today's prompt was I always thought.  Lots of ways to interpret that on, I ended up with a what was I thinking type layout because by the time we got home from Scouts at 9pm, this is the best I could whip out.  Not super happy with it - but it is done. I missed out on working out today.  Was a super busy day with work, errands, making home made mac n cheese for the first

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Busy, busy day is Monday!  Have the day off from my regular job, but that usually means I am working on my other jobs, scheduler, cook, maid, accountant, volunteer etc.  This Monday was no different.  I volunteered in Emma's classroom, tanned, came home and cleaned and did laundry, organized chore charts, meal plans, did Braeden's taxes, paid bills, balanced the checkbook and did

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We aren't a huge football family.  My husband doesn't spend time watching sports.  My oldest son is getting more into it, watching the games and playing a lot of Madden 2012.  My youngest son plays football at the middle school.  But, we always watch the Superbowl. Emma spent a lot of time planning her snack choices for the game.  In the end it came down to a couple of

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Today I scraplifted a layout from my friend Jen .  I didn't follow the prompt for today, as I was getting down to the wire to finish the layout for today and I hadn't found a photo to suit the prompt yet. Today was the final day of Merit Badge clinic, I am sure that Brett and Mitch both are glad it is over.  Emma and I went and got our nails done and pedicures and then took

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Today I got to scrap with my best scrappin' buddy Jen!  Jen lives in South Korea - and via the miracle that is Facetime - we got to scrap together for a couple of hours.  She got two great layouts done - and I finished one for LOAD 212.  I can't wait until we can actually get together and scrap!  I miss my friend. Here is the layout for today's LOAD 212, the prompt was

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This is my layout for the first day of LOAD212 Past Present. I used a Studio Calico kit, and various other supplies from my stash.  The prompt was about taste, which of course made me think of recipes and to connect it to the past - this recipe card is the only one I have that is written in my Mom's hand, so it is very special to me. This is my layout for the second day of

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What reading/learning did I do this month?  I began an A to Z reading challenge this month and I have finished  A Farewell to Arms and am part way through Brave New World .  I also read just for enjoyment and finished The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, A Lady Never Surrenders and Spirit Bound .  I took several classes at Big Picture Scrapbooking, including the

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Emma is so into the Hunger Games series, she read the Hunger Games and has already started Catching Fire.  She really wanted to finish reading today, so sucker that I am - I let her stay home from school today and read.  Bad Mom or Good Mom?? Yesterday while we were home, I did some reorganizing and cleaning in my scraproom in order to get ready for LOAD 212. This meant that

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Both Brett and Emma stayed home sick from school today.  They both had a bit of a stomach ache and spent the day this way: Brett is relaxing in the recliner with a WarHammer book that he checked out from our awesome local library. Emma is glued to the iPad, reading Hunger Games via the Kindle app. I love that the kids love to read.  There is nothing like curling up with a good

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Mitch and the boys have been looking forward to going and seeing The Grey for some time now.  They went today, and while they all agreed that it was a great movie - they weren't so thrilled with the ending.  Braeden's comment was "It was the movie equivalent of blue ball."  I tell ya, that kid is witty, crude maybe - witty definitely! After the boys were done at the

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Do you have a local theater near you?  If you do, a very enjoyable evening can be had by going and watching a production there. Tonight I took my dear neighbor/friend Ruth out to dinner and a night at the theater.  We enjoyed some wonderful Tapas at the Paella Bar and then on to Jewelbox Theater for The Fourth Wall.  It is a very intimate theater - and you can tell that some of the

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This is a card game that Mitch and I were introduced to when we lived in Guam, waaay back in 1995 (yikes).  We have had many decks of this game, have introduced many new players to this game, and spent many an evening in friendly *snort* competition. We have also introduced our children to this game, and I love it when Braeden is home and asks if we want to play.  We played several

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