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Post by justcindy on Jul 27, 2014 2:39:45 GMT
Blue Moon scrapbooking has a video on YouTube with Maggie's new collection. They also have videos of the new lines from Amy Tan and Dear Lizzy. well this is awesome news and not so awesome news....I'm not financially ready for some new Maggie Holmes, but I can't wait to see what's new! LOL! thanks for pointing me in this direction!
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 18:58:23 GMT
I did that very thing this week. I did a page that goes into a vacation album, and when I slipped it in it's new home, I ended up tweaking the facing page a bit to make it coordinate better with the new one. I think I just switched out one of my layering papers with a scrap from the new page, so it would kind of mesh a bit more to my liking. I had completed the older page months ago.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 18:55:38 GMT
I just did another graduation page of my dd. At this rate, I'll finish scrapbooking her grad in time for her wedding. LOL!
She Believed
How is everyone else with grad photos to scrap coming along? love this layout! How am I doing with my grad photos? I'm still too flipping emotional to do them! We barely had time to breathe from the out of town company for his grad party, which left three days before we left for vacation. 3 days home from vacation, we got the call that he had been accepted into the summer program at the university he wants to study at, congratulations, and by the way, class begins on MONDAY! we had four business days to get three months' worth of paperwork and dorm shopping done. We are incredibly proud of him and excited for him, but holy cow....
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 18:23:56 GMT
The issue I have with this is the possible slippery slope that could result. Notice I said possible. If something like this was made legal what rules would be put into place to make sure it wasn't used to deny someone treatment or the right to live. As someone who is disabled I don't want someone to decide my life is worthless and not worth saving just because of my disability. There are people who believe those who are sick or born disabled shouldn't live because in their minds the person will have a miserable or painful life or the cost of health care. I see it as the opposite of Roxley's post where people don't want treatment but are not taken seriously and kind of "forced" into it. This brings a thought to my mind - I feel like we've been on that slippery slope for a long time, in the medical world. When my mom was really ill at the end of a long, manageable in the beginning illness, my siblings and I argued and argued about this point - when is enough, enough? Just because there are machines that can keep her breathing, or her blood filtered ( dialysis) does that mean we NEED to use that option? I'm not talking about an otherwise healthy person neededing dialysis, the last weeks of my mom's life had NO meaning - constant pain, in and out of delirium, no physical strength whatsoever, no dignity whatsoever. Keeping her on dialysis kept her heart beating, but it did not keep her ALIVE, ya know? I think the mentality in the US anyway, is KEEP THEM ALIVE AT ALL COSTS. I think that mentality is pushed by money and other motives not beneficial to the individual patient. All the wonderful advances in medicine are truly lifesaving, and I'm not dogging those advancements one bit. But, the snag is, in general, when the procedure/therapy/medication ISN'T helping an otherwise sound, healthy individual continue what THEY feel is a meaningful quality of life, shouldn't that decision be left in the hands of that individual? One of the weirdest things I learned throughout my mom's illness and suffering, is that death isn't the worst thing that can happen to a person. Seeing the ridiculous suffering she endured, for what? There was no "recovery" from her organs shutting down. It came to the point that it felt like all the medications and machines weren't keeping her LIFE, it was keeping her from peace that was coming either way, today or tomorrow, ya know? There comes a point when you know you're going to die. Stage 4 cancer, for instance. My father was diagnosed in April of last year at the age of 83. Healthy as a horse otherwise. Mowed acres of his land on a tractor, even after the diagnosis. He made the decision that he wasn't going to pursue aggressive treatment. He said he had lived 83 years in health, and had lived to see each of his children marry and become healthy and happy with families of their own, and that's all he hoped for from his life. And I have to tell you at the time, it was brutal to hear. But, what a precious gift he gave his family - QUALITY time with him, KNOWING the clock was ticking. Nothing was left unsaid. Precious memories and stories were shared. It was all too soon, but 5 months later, he was gone. No chemo, no illness or side effects to suffer from or us having to see him suffer. He didn't get to choose what caused his death, but he chose how he died. And I didn't know it at the time he told us about his decision, but it was a sacred gift for us to be able to enjoy those last months with him and HE enjoyed his last months. Not like my mom.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 18:03:46 GMT
. I believe God has a purpose for us, even if we don't see it or like it. So, what is my 91 year old MIL's purpose? To annoy me and my DH(her son) and my son??? Her DH died over 22 years ago. She's got Alzheimers. She does nothing but sit in a chair or lie on the couch all day, stare out the window and sleep. She drives us nuts with the non-stop asking of whether or not the dog was fed. It's the SAME THING EVERY DAY! And I only wish I was kidding. She doesn't want to go anywhere. Most of the time, she can't tell you what day it is. Physically she can move, walk, feed herself and wipe her own butt. Her sons aren't ready to place her in a nursing home and her daughter has little to do with her. She has not ever said she's ready to die....with MY luck though, she'll be the one that will live to be 110 I wanted to say that I am so sorry you are going through this - I've been through some version of it, and it's ugly - stress, guilt, anger, sadness, all of it. it just sucks. I started to reply with the first thing that came to my mind when I read your post, but I by no means am implying YOU need to learn something from this situation, so I hope to present it and you take it in the innocent way it's intended....which was that maybe the reason she's still here isn't for her, it's for someone else's benefit - maybe to teach compassion, or patience, or....that something needs to be done about the greater picture, as stated in the OP. Maybe a nurse, or other caretaker will be touched by this situation and see the light to know that something needs to be done for other patients in similar circumstances and this is the catalyst to get that ball rolling...we don't know who we touch or influence in our lives, or what aspect of it may do the influencing, but I feel that every situation/experience has something to be gleaned from it, something has to be awakened in us, for that situation to have not been in vain. Sometimes we get lucky and can see immediately the reasons why, sometimes we never do. Sometimes it's not about us at all, we just happen to be the witness, bystander, or whatever. I know it's no comfort or consolation to hear that, I just wanted to let you know I feel for you.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 16:59:32 GMT
Jenny, ME TOO! I think my favorite color is blueish aqua, like a gorgeous beach blue, so I get my draw to the turquoise and aquas. I wouldn't call pink my favorite, I don't decorate with it, but I do wear it, and bright coral, and have it healthily represented in my scrapbooks.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 16:56:43 GMT
I don't like the idea of a monopoly. I'm not all that knowledgeable about marketing and economics and all that kind of stuff. No business background, so maybe I'm just not savvy enough to understand what it all means. Will it mean that new companies have a harder time getting a start with one company owning most brands? Less variety? Predominance of the style of their choice? And, if for some reason they overstretch themselves, I could see the whole SB industry going down. Like I said, I am not that knowledgeable about business so maybe I am totally off base. Betsy, this is how I am - I've been out of school long enough to forget all I'm supposed to know about this stuff. I'm embarrassed at how little I *do* understand about it anymore. And you put my worries perfectly - I'm bummed to think that everything will start to look the same, for production's sake - same textures, same dye colors, etc. the variety will be kaput.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 16:53:39 GMT
well holy crap my eyes are opened now....I guess I was trying to think about something when I was obviously too tired to make sense of anything, LOL! I need to get out more, I keep picturing Richard Gere's character from pretty woman in my head when I think of AC...buying all the little guys out. Thanks for the enlightenment, I understand now why it's a concern.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 16:43:06 GMT
Are there stories that you tell your kids or stories people tell when you all get together? I have been starting to write those down. Like how we always teased my brother about the tp ornament that he made in kindy (he was so proud of it). Then one year at Christmas, he made all his sisters their own tp ornament. We always laugh about that story at Christmas. It's pages like that that I have started to make. LOVE this!!!! what a cool brother, LOL! I'd love to see the page you made about it. You reminded me of something my own brother did a few Christmas's ago. He was remodeling the house that my siblings mostly grew up in ( I'm the youngest of 6, and I was 3 when we moved out of that house). Anyway, he gave all of my siblings and I a gift, and wanted us to open it at the same time. All the gifts were the exact same - a large trivet he had made. It was a piece of solid wood, with 4, 4" tiles on it, and a silver drawer handle on one edge. He made them out of the original kitchen cabinet doors from the house we grew up in, that my dad had built. The tiles were from the backsplash of the kitchen, and the silver handles were from the kitchen drawers. On the back he wrote what each piece was and the years we lived in that house, and the year he made the trivet. We were all bawling!
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 16:33:31 GMT
Another thread really got me thinking about telling my life stories. I do vacation and event photo layouts pretty well. There's never very much journaling, but hey, they're in an album that counts for something. Right? I'm trying to come up with things that I think are important enough to have special layouts to tell the rest of the story, but I don't get very far. I know I've had a full life and have lots of stories - but I'm not so sure that anyone will really be interested in those. Hmmm... What do all of you think? What do you do? Missy, if those stories are special to you, that's the reason to do them, right THERE! Put together an album for YOU....don't worry about what it's supposed to have in it, the order it's supposed to be in, or who it's supposed to be written to or for or about. Throw all that out the window and just start a book for YOU. A picture that cracks you up every time you look at it. WHY does it make you laugh? A piece of advice that someone gave you that stuck with you and changed your perspective. What was it? What were you going through when you needed that advice? How did it turn out? For me, personally, I want a place to record where I've seen God work in my life. Not just the " oh happy day I got a job and God answered my prayers for this" kind of stuff, but the hard stuff. Like how He carried me through the hardest day of my life, and how when I have doubts about something in my life now, I have that day, and other situations, that I can look back on and remember how He took care of it. That strengthens my faith for times that I *can't* see a light at the end of the tunnel, ya know? I'm not doing my book for my kids, or my husband, or anyone. I'm doing it for me. A place to have all my moments that I can look back on when I need to laugh, or be reminded of something that molded me. I'm going to put some hard stuff in there, too, I have to - it's part of who I am. 2011 was the hardest year of my life and I can't sugar coat it. I want to record stuff that was hard, and why, and who helped me and how I got through it. Don't do those pages with anyone else in mind. Do them, record the stories because they mean something to you and you want to remember why.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 16:23:15 GMT
I'm more concerned that no one will care to read my stories since I don't have any kids. But it hasn't stopped me yet. Chrissy, that breaks my heart. Children do not define your value to your family! I don't mean to jump on a comment that may not be as big of a deal as I'm making it out to be, but please know your point of view, your characteristics, all of that takes a role in who your family is, it doesn't only become valid if you have kids. Don't sell yourself short, and don't deprive your loved ones of knowing who you are and what makes you laugh, cry, mad, happy...we've all been blessed with a life and it's important and worthy just on the fact that we're HERE. I think this gets to me so much because while I *do*have children, (22, 18 and 14) sometimes I go through stages of wondering it matters if I write this stuff down at all...going through rough patches with my kids and feeling invisible or not appreciated definitely impacts my attitude in wanting to journal, scrap, etc. So I think I can relate to how you feel sometimes. But like the second part of your post, don't let it stop you. Think of it as a multi-media journal or something. Things you want to remember, things that stand out to you as important, and why. Stuff that makes you crack up laughing, or burst into tears. Make it what you want it to be, what you want to remember or express. Do it for you, for right now, and whomever gets to read or see it is just secondary. First, make it for you.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 16:13:38 GMT
Maybe it is narcissistic of me but I think my stories would be very interesting for anyone to read, especially my daughter and other family. I often sit and think of a story that I want to tell and let that be my starting point for a page. Just this week, I got to talking to my bestie about the stories I want to tell and off the top of my head came up with a bunch! Like so many that it overwhelmed me. I can sit and think of so many things from my childhood that I want to talk about on a page and it's mainly because I worry that I will start forgetting my stories at some point. I already have a horrible memory. I feel a great need to get my most precious memories, thoughts and feelings down on paper. Tracie, that's exactly how I started my pet project. I can't remember if you were involved in the conversation in the thread about this, but the title is about my organizational idea. I keep a black, 12x12 storage box on the shelf above my desk, and as I think of a memory, photo or story that I want to write about that wouldn't fit in a vacation or chron album, ( like photos recently given to me of my father as a young man, and a photo of me as a baby with my dad dressed up as Santa ) I toss them in that box. I haven't started this album yet, but the gyst of it is, if my house was burning down, and I only had time to grab ONE album, what's the one album to survive? One place for all the stories and memories and thoughts that are important to me. Anyway, as I work on other scrap projects, before I put the supplies away, my plan is to grab a photo or bible verse or story reminder from that box and scrap it with the supplies left over. It's already pulled out and coordinated so I don't have to take time to start from scratch, and I get to tell a random story about something that just means something to ME. This idea might help you along - you know you want to record those precious memories, and we just never find the time to sit down and do it. And it will take the pressure off of having to remember every story you want to tell all at once. Just jot the idea down, or toss the photo in the box. It will be there when you have time to work on it.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 15:49:20 GMT
If my health was still good then yes. Both my grandmothers lived into their late 90's (96 and 98). Both had all their facilities until their last week on this earth. They were amazing woman. Both of them sold their homes (in different states) to come and live in a the same retirement home while they were in their late 70s to be nearer to their children. In their 80s they both, on the same day, moved into my parents home and lived there until they died. One of them even started dating a nice gentleman when she turned 95. She said that 30 years between men was long enough. The other said she wasn't sure about that and would wait a few more years! oh my gosh that is AWESOME!!!! I hope, no matter how old I am when I pass away, that I have a positive attitude like your grandmothers. It's so beneficial for yourself, enjoying life for what it is, and what you DO have, and SO beneficial for those around you, taking care of you and in your daily life. I don't want to be one of those people that, when I die, my loved ones say, " thank goodness! About time!"
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 5:18:39 GMT
I just read in another thread about concern over AC buying bazzill...why the worry? Have they said they are going to change the cardstock, or stop producing? That scenario I can't fathom....I've used Bazzill all my scrapbookin' life!
I don't know what all these mergers and buyouts mean - I know it shows a shaky market, but I don't think AC would do something to jeopardize a stable money maker, meaning the cardstock....? And what about all the small companies it's scooping up - is the worry that they won't exist anymore, or that all the companies under the AC umbrella will all look the same, or something else my foggy mind isn't seeing?
Hope I'm not starting a bru-ha-ha, I'm just curious as to what everyone thinks this means, and what it will change for the little companies.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 5:10:31 GMT
I think Maggie Holmes Styleboard is my favorite collection this year - I ordered several pieces in the beginning and I think I've ordered more in every purchase since then! Has anyone heard if she's coming out with a fall collection? I've googled and snooped around her blog and haven't seen any mention.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 1:27:11 GMT
I'm really excited about the new project I'm starting - an album I've wanted to put together for years but haven't found the right approach yet. I just came up with how I can do it, and that alone has made me excited again about scrapping stuff that WON'T be in that book...it's taken the resentment away from all my other projects for not being the one I truly want to work on, if that makes sense.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 1:15:53 GMT
Love your idea. Plus all the others that have come from it. I'm going to bookmark this so I can go back and read them all a couple times. One of my DH's favorite sayings is about when you throw a stone into the lake, it doesn't just sink. Look at all the ripples. Which I think is what happened with your idea. thank you so much....I really hope we get to share our pages with one another and bounce ideas and suggestions off each other. I even started thinking about some kind of prompt series or something, to jump start the creative ideas for more pages that could go in the albums, for all of us. I have a list of memories and thoughts I want to include that don't revolve around a specific photo, ( like the songs) but I bet between us all we could come up with some awesome prompts to share, things we haven't thought about before.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 26, 2014 1:12:09 GMT
Thank you so much for sharing your idea with us. It really got me thinking. Most of my layouts are event based and not a lot of journaling. I have so many stories to share with my kids and reminders of stories they may have forgotten. The very first thing that came to mind is I need to take a photo of DH with our beat up old van. It's a purple 1999 Plymouth Voyager, otherwise known as the Barney-Mobile. The paint is popping off, it simply looks horrible. But we have had so many memories and good times in that van. Now it's just used as an airport car for my husband when he flies and we always say - at least it's paid for! Now that would be a great title for the page - At Least It's Paid For. That's awesome, LOL! This is the kind of stuff I love - unique to the individual family or person...THAT'S the good stuff.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 25, 2014 19:56:06 GMT
My favorite time of year to scrap is Fall so I have a lot of orange, green, brown. However, I have a girlie girl so I also have a lot of pink!!! I also have a boy and am always on the lookout for darker blues and primary hues. It's much easier to shop for pink though I love love love fall as well, but living in Texas, we have about 15 minutes of fall weather a year...and usually around February!
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Post by justcindy on Jul 25, 2014 19:52:57 GMT
Thank you for sharing this! I have been missing the actual home shows and how to's on the HGTV, I'm tired of all the reno shows - it's not what's going on around here, and I have a feeling that it isn't the main thing going on in everyone's homes, either! I know it's interesting to get ideas, but DANG....
I can't wait to check this new site out! Thanks again!
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Post by justcindy on Jul 25, 2014 19:50:43 GMT
Oh, and I agree with previous posters - I think "minimalist" is an extreme....clutter free is a whole other thing, and I think we all fall somewhere in between. We want to be surrounded by useful stuff, and stuff that warms our heart/makes us happy. The rest can just go. It's just hard to not let all the crap sneak up on us, suffocating all the useful and beautiful stuff! We all go through stages of ruthlessness and can purge anything we aren't' related to or not nailed down, but then there are times that we are really busy and the clutter procreates and sneaks up. Stupid freaking clutter.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 25, 2014 19:45:54 GMT
Such a great feeling when you getting areas purged....I have kinda been on a continual conscious effort to purge...if I don't wear it, use it, etc. off to goodwill it goes. How do you get that "great feeling"? I need to find that "great feeling" or I'm just going to be miserable about the whole thing. I don't want to be a minimalist (sounds miserable having nothing around you) but I don't want to move stuff if I don't have to. If I can just find a way to suck it up buttercup and get through this move, I don't have to think about purging ever again. It IS hard to get "pumped" about throwing stuff out, it sounds pretty contradictory! I think the great feeling comes at the end, the accomplishment, and for me, this sounds stupid, but it's easier for me to breathe, kind of...like *I* feel lighter. My mom was a clean person, and there was no visible clutter in the house I grew up in ( aside from my bedroom ) but, man, every closet, and under every bed, and in the kitchen, ho-lee CRAP. She grew up during the depression, and she had some buying habits that stemmed from her struggles growing up during that time. I inherited a ton of stuff....and I had SUCH guilt for not wanting it/having a place for it. It took my sister telling me that Mom didn't buy (X) for it to become a burden to me, it was just something she wanted at that moment. That gave me "permission" to let so much of that stuff go. As far as your situation, try to think about it like this: pretend you are "shopping" you stash ( sb term, but it works here!) for your new home. What do you want in it? What EXACTLY do you want in your kitchen cabinets? Grab a box, and shop your kitchen cabinets for the very best of your best, and what you can't live without in your new home. Do that with every kitchen cabinet. after those boxes are sealed and labeled, take a look at what's left. Grab another box and start round two - stuff you don't use all the time but still use. Serving pieces you only use for big get togethers, holidays, etc. Box and lable those. Plan on keeping that kind of stuff in some kind of longer term storage instead of in your every day cabinets where you'll have to dig through that to get to your most used every day stuff. ( A closet? Under a guest room bed? Basement?) Now, take a look at what's left in the cabinets - for me, it would probably be duplicates of stuff, broken stuff, crap that had no business in there to begin with that just got shoved in, etc. At least now, you know you have all the important stuff out of the way, and you can go through what's left with a clearer view of if you NEED it or not, since it didn't make the first cuts. And even if you don't have time to thoroughly go through it all, if you are running out of time, shove in into a box, label it with something like " Kitchen leftovers" and move on. WHen you get to your new home, and you have unpacked all the vital stuff from round 1, don't even open those leftover boxes. If the time comes that you are looking for something, and you end up having to bust one of them open, do it then. If not, toss the whole box. Maybe this can break down the whole "purge" AND packing job for you into more manageable chunks that won't be so overwhelming. Good luck with your move and all the crazyness that comes with it!
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Post by justcindy on Jul 25, 2014 19:20:48 GMT
Thank you so much for sharing your idea with us. It really got me thinking. Most of my layouts are event based and not a lot of journaling. I have so many stories to share with my kids and reminders of stories they may have forgotten. The very first thing that came to mind is I need to take a photo of DH with our beat up old van. It's a purple 1999 Plymouth Voyager, otherwise known as the Barney-Mobile. The paint is popping off, it simply looks horrible. But we have had so many memories and good times in that van. Now it's just used as an airport car for my husband when he flies and we always say - at least it's paid for! Now that would be a great title for the page - At Least It's Paid For. That's how 80% of every page is, that I have done in my 18 years of scrapbooking. I have pictures that I haven't scrapped because they were "too special" to just slap in a yearly album. And I think I mentioned this before, but I think that's why I get so stuck now, because while I enjoy the process of scrapping, and I want to document the vacation/holiday/etc....vacations and holidays are not unique to our family. I want to make a meaningful keepsake that is uniquely US. I LOVE taking a gazillion photos, especially on vacations. I noticed about 12 years ago, that it's become a bit of a "thing" for me that by the end of the vacation, even though I have taken those gazillion photos, there's usually one photo that stands out, that represents the entire vacation for me. Most of the time, at least in the earlier trips when the kids were younger, that photo would revolve around one of the kids. sometimes its a scenery photo, sometimes something else. But, THOSE photos, I want to go in this book. One example is from our trip to Cozumel 4 years ago. We went to celebrate my dd's high school graduation. We were staying at an older, all inclusive hotel, so we had full access to all the soda we wanted, but no iced tea. (we're from Texas, yall, and I actually have a sonic sweet tea on my desk as I type this! LOL!) We could have stayed in Cozumel forever, except for that one fact - we were CRAVING and missing our sweet tea! Heck ANY kind of tea would have been great! So, one day we rent a car to explore the island, and we find this really cool restaurant/bar, Coconuts. We stop for lunch, I ask if they have tea, and the dude says yes, so I get all excited and order sweet tea. Everyone else at the table had already ordered but ended up changing their order to sweet tea. YAY!!!!! We were ridiculous! LOL! We each had at least two refills each, but the service wasn't all that great, and we couldn't figure out what the deal was, he was so reluctant to bring us more tea each time we requested it. I have the coolest photo of that coveted glass of tea served in a heavy margarita glass, sitting on the table with the beach in the background. HEAVEN, I tell you. So eventually we get the bill for our meal, and DH starts laughing....we had forgotten that we weren't at the all inclusive...and no free refills like in most other restaurants.....we had spent $55 in lunch for 6 people,( fajita nachos, fish tacos, etc. not just chips and salsa) and we had spent $65 ( SIXTY. FIVE. DOLLARS.) on sweet tea. And, we knew that the tea was just the lipton instant stuff, but man, it was SO good! I now have a framed photo of that tea in my guest room. WHO SPENDS $65 on INSTANT TEA!?!?
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Post by justcindy on Jul 25, 2014 19:00:47 GMT
I'm going to read this thread at least two more times, I need to absorb it. Thanks for the good ideas. That makes me so happy! I am loving all the cool ideas and suggestions as well.... We are all truly blessed in beautiful, tragic ways. And we have valuable experiences and insights that are worth recording. I can't wait to see and hear about the pages and stories that are important to everyone's life journey.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 25, 2014 18:56:33 GMT
"I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith I could stay awake just to hear you breathing, Watch you smile while you are sleeping, While you're far away and dreaming, I could spend my life in this sweet surrender, I could stay lost in this moment forever, When every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure. (Chorus) I don't wanna close my eyes, I don't wanna fall asleep, Cause I'd miss you babe, And I don't wanna miss a thing, Cause even when I dream of you, The sweetest dream would never do, I'd still miss you babe, And I don't wanna miss a thing. Lying close to you, feeling your heart beating, And I'm wondering what you're dreaming, Wondering if it's me you're seeing, And then I kiss your eyes, And thank God we're together, I just wanna stay with you in this moment forever, Forever and ever. (Chorus) And I don't wanna miss one smile, I don't wanna miss one kiss, I just wanna be with you, Right here with you, just like this, Well I just wanna hold you close, And feel your heart so close to mine, And just stay here in this moment, For all the rest of time Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah (Chorus repeated 2 times) Don't wanna close my eyes Don't wanna fall asleep, yeah I don't wanna miss a thing oh my gosh...I have tears in my eyes reading these lyrics, this is the song! It just instantly brought back his sweet head on my shoulder, and his sweet baby smell... THANK YOU so much for this. This is the one for my middle son, who just started college a few weeks ago...so my emotions are running high with thoughts of him growing up as it is. You know, how cool to do this right NOW, and I can journal about how I felt about him then, and, I now have the time perspective that he is pretty much grown and independant now. How blessed I am for each smile and memory I've been given with him.....UGH! I think this may be the first page in my album. I have a feeling I"m going to cry for the entire time I do it, though!
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Post by justcindy on Jul 24, 2014 19:26:46 GMT
What a wonderful time! How exciting! It sounds like you have a good relationship with your future SIL. Count your blessings, that is a special thing. Can't wait to hear how he does it, and about all the upcoming plans! You sound like me - first thing that comes to my mind when I hear of a huge event is, "how much weight can I lose before then?" Just be sure to keep yourself HEALTHY, you'll need all your energy for the upcoming months.
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Post by justcindy on Jul 24, 2014 19:23:25 GMT
Holy crap college textbooks are a scam! My son got accepted to a summer program so he started university less than a month after he graduated. ( We found out on a Tuesday, and he started class the following Monday! CRAZY!) DH did a ton of research and ended up ordering his books from amazon, I believe. One book, if purchased new in the college book store was something like $240, and DH found it for $12. I'm sure we won't be that lucky on all his books, but man, take the breaks when you can find them!
That computer leasing thing is nuts - I've never heard of such a requirement....OUCH!
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Post by justcindy on Jul 24, 2014 19:19:45 GMT
As much as I don't want to admit, I read all 3 books....some of the worst writing ever! But, I felt like I had to know what everyone was talking about so I kept reading. I'll probably see the movie at some point for the same reason....however, the actor they picked as Christian is just MEH....not impressed at all. He does not look sharp-dressed and really hot like I pictured. I hated to admit it, for a long time too, LOL! After a while, though, if someone asks, I just fess up - "Heck YEAH I read 'em! Want to talk about it?" They either laugh or shut up. Not overly impressed with the actor either..... don't have anything against him, but man, so many better choices from the physical perspective. He just doesn't strike me as the intense type. Someone mentioned Ian Somerhalder - even though he doesn't have the blonde hair, he has the stare, man!
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Post by justcindy on Jul 24, 2014 19:09:46 GMT
Ok, I will admit it. I liked the books. Yes, they were terribly written but maybe its a guilty pleasure but I had fun reading them. It's a love story. Funny thing is - I don't generally read romance or ertotica type novels. However, I thought Charlie Hunnam was the perfect Christian Grey! I have plans to see the movie. We will see how Jamie Dornan does... Yup, me too....for me, we had just gone through some tough family stuff in the months before, and the timing was good - I heard about the books at 2Peas ( go figure! LOL!) Like you, it's not my usual thing, and the writing, even through the 23 year old girl's perspective, kinda grated after awhile. But I NEEDED to just read a "fluff" kind of book, my brain was still recovering from the past few months, I couldn't handle anything that I'd have to work at yet. It was something to get my mind off stuff and the story itself was interesting enough to keep me reading through all the murmurs and shattering into a million tiny pieces going on. Like someone else mentioned, it's not Pulitzer prize writing, but every book written or read doesn't have to be. If you don't overthink it, this story was a good distraction from other junk in life. I saw Jamie Dornan for the first time when he was on Once Upon A Time, and thought he was cute with the beard, but in no way is he "Christian Grey" intense. My DH asked me what I thought of the actors, and I told him the guy playing CG has preacher hair - ew!
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Post by justcindy on Jul 23, 2014 17:35:55 GMT
I did these a few times on the board and was curious if anyone would be interested in picking it up again. I am not sure where we would host pictures. Any thoughts? I was thinking of starting the last week of July. I would post a challenge/sketch/color combo etc and you would complete a creation with your interpretation of said challenge. Thoughts? In answer to your question, YES! That would be fun! And, for the record, I am SO glad to see you here! I participated (although quiety) in your challenges at 2peas and was recently thinking that I hadn't seen caitlynsmommy here....I was so sad, and had planned on looking for you, but YAY you are here, I just didn't know it was you. Glad to see you here and organizing another wonderful challenge! I've never uploaded a layout to share, but I may eventually.
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