2 days off

Well, I am back off to work tomorrow after having been off for 2 extra days. I had to go to the dentist today. I was hoping to use my time off to do some scrapping, but as it turns out I really didn't get much done. I did create an idea box. I have began using index cards to collect some of my loose thoughts, and adding them to my idea box for later use. Maybe that will help me out a good bit, and help me keep up with an idea so that it is easier to recall when I need it. I wonder is this a sign that I am getting older and more forgetful, I hope not. I use my short term memory so much at work with small details at times and retaining little bits of info, not to mention the telephone numbers, I have an entire phonebook in my brain. Anyway, that's my plan for now. Who knows if I will be able to keep up with it, but I think its the most feasible thing I have come across lately. I need to get off here and get busy scrapping.

midnight musings

Well, I was at Wal-mart earlier this evening and it dawned on me that I hadn't gotten the church bulletin done. I volunteered to help out while aunt Vida is out recovering from her knee surgery. I managed to get it done and all the copies made.

After church we have a special called business meeting, and I am not looking forward to dealing with the business at hand. Anytime you have people discussing money its usually long and not always pretty. I trust that all will go according to God's plan.

Its so quiet around here tonight, the kids are all over at papa's house. This is 2 nights in a row. While I am enjoying the peace and quiet, it is somewhat disturbing. You may not be able to see just yet, but you will learn that I am a busy person. Always have 5 or 6 irons in the fire. Three of those are usually the kids. I miss not being able to say, "that's enough."

I really need to get busy getting my completed layouts scanned and put in albums and make room to keep making new pages. One of these days I am going to have to open a library just to house all my albums. When I am old and grey, I can sit in my rocker and look back over the pages of my books long after the kids have flown the coop, and reminisce about days gone by. I can just picture my self sitting there in a rocker, feet up, (Gary close by and most likey studying or watching tv) and suddenly bursting out with laughter over a memory of something silly the kids had done, and then turning the page and tears roll down my cheeks as another memory flashes by of days gone by that can't be changed. My greatest fear is to loose my memory. If that ever happens, maybe those pages will help me cope.

my first entry

Well, this is all brand new to me. I am a little slow getting on the train sometimes but here I am. I think this is going to be a little addicting. I can record my many thoughts and look back over them later. Don't get me wrong, my memory isn't failing me yet, but I am always busy and tend to remember things after its to late or I can't seem to recall it on cue. This will be especially helpful with my scrapbook journaling.

I decided to start this after reading several other blogs. One in particular was from a mother who had lost her 16 yr old daughter and this became part of her memorial. While I haven't faced that tragedy, I still felt it important to start writing things down. One never knows when they will be faced with that and this is a good way to reflect back on my thoughts during different periods of my life.

I don't mean to make this long, or to bore the one who reads it, but much like a journal entry I just keep going until I have nothing left to add.