Some work from the summer

Hello!

It has been a long time. Sorry 'bout that! Life is just flying here for this summer. I am totally enjoying myself with having the girls home. Of course that means the "me time" suffers. But hey! It can't always be about me...

SO over the past two months I have done 2 layouts. Actually I have done 2 layouts since April... oh dear!In my defense I have been saving up my projects for my birthday present. A weekend away with my bestest gal pals EVAH! The 7 of us are heading to Memories Manor in Michigan. Can you believe it??? I know right! My DH! What a sweet heart! planned this surprise with my 2 besties for my 40th birthday. Of course I got the trip in March, but the soonest we could go was August. Darn those busy Mom schedules. So, literally I have been saving projects for the trip.

I have almost all my stuff packed. Not the clothes, just the projects, ribbons, bling, papers, pictures, you know the regular stuff. Now to make sure it all fits in ONE case. Shouldn't be too hard. (I hope) Seeing as how I have been very vocal on 1 suitcase, 1 scrap case, I better adhere to that as well. LOL!

Here are the two LO's I have completed. One is courtesy of playing Pass the Turtle Shell, with the ladies from the Scrapping Turtle. I love that game! I get a Layout in my email, scrap lift it and make it my own, then send it back to the co-ordinator, who in turn sends it to the next lady on the list. Kinda like playing Telephone, and seeing what the message is when the last person is finished.
These are my girls at Halloween last year. Disco Stu, and the Corpse Bride.

After finishing that I needed to do one more page for it. I dress up too!


The next one I finished is still very raw. I didn't realize just how much until I started working with his pictures.


Dini (Houdini Kato Colwell) was my boy. He passed away on November 24. I do miss him so much! This LO is one of 2 pages. The second page has the Rainbow Bridge poem on it. A darling lady from the Two Peas in a Bucket NSBR linked me to her gorgeous album that she did for her pet. That gave me the idea for these two pages. On this page there is hidden journaling behind Dini's picture. The photo was taken 2 days before he passed.

Last weekend Scott, the girls and I worked on his memorial circle. We buried Dini in the back yard, and are creating a quiet area surrounded by a garden where we can sit and contemplate. Or just cry, as I seem to do when I am in there. It is a great area at the back of our property. Soon it will be close to complete. We have flag-stone and crushed limestone in there right now. Once it settles we will add the crushed stone, and a concrete boarder with stones in the concrete to create a closed circle. When it is closer to complete I will post a photo.

Enjoy the day. Keep smiling, laughing, and your heart singing.
M