Week In My Life -Monday

Photos were a hit and miss with me today.

Cats waiting to eat. We have a lot of cats dumped on our property and couldn't take them to the pound. So I have eight cats waiting for me every morning and evening.

Lunch (every Monday) with my man.

Garden Green Bean Harvest

Still to lazy to put my laundry up.

Sleepy time for the doggies

Project Life over haul!

I love Project Life I think it is the greatest thing ever thought of. I have completed 2011, 2012, 2013 (finish Christmas), 2014 (finish Sept-Dec pictures done). Problem...... What do I do with everything else? I know the idea is for it to be a review, but my brain is not having it. It's been 5 years and I have boxes of photos and memorabilia stuffed away? What do I do??? My answer? Go back and put everything in finished albums, so my OCD brain can have chronological order. My reason my brain likes chronological order is because of my Grandma's albums. She had all her younger years documented and you can see her story. Her later years were taking over by her hording and Alzheimer, but she still managed to save everything. Here is my work in progress: I took everything and put on my dinning room table. Boxes of photos, files of memorabilia. Next decide where to start? 2015? no haven't even touched this year and its August. more on that later. 2011? No? 2012? too many pictures. 2013? No? I need a piece of the puzzle for that one. That leaves me with 2014. OK Everything is almost done except for our trip to Disney World. I want Disney World to have its own Album so I can go back to my old scrapbooking ways for the love of Mickey!

1. Pulled out all extra photos and added to the week they belong in. Got to love the 12 -4x6 per page Design C Becky Higgins.

2. Go through each week and see what is missing. Photos, journaling, a placement card cause I just don't have anything to add?

3. Write down on a piece of paper to check off as I complete.

4. Fill in the missing pieces working down my list.

5. Album done!!

It took me about 3 hours to finish. But took all day to organize my plan in my head. it was also a hot day 102 degree so my head was foggy.

Now for 2015 I am just going to work monthly. Adding photos by events more than every week. Still taking pictures often but not as many and not repeating so much of my daily life. It's really not that exciting. Just my everyday.

Right now I need to finish my process with 2013, 2011 and 2012 last we did three road trips in one year..Lot's of photos.

My Best Friend

I had to let my love, best friend, companion, the best dog you could ever have. My Blue was almost 15 years old but I am pretty sure she had cancer. I didn't want to make her go through testing, medicine, or surgeries so I kept her comfortable. She was not doing good the month of March but I was selfish and did not want to let her go in my birthday month. I wanted her to stay with me until after Easter her favorite holiday. Every morning it was getting harder for her to wake up and get out of bed. I would have to pick her up and hold her until she got her balance then she was good to go. The week before Easter she stopped eating, she would go to her dish and paw it but not eat. I started giving her can food which was easy for her to eat. I made the hard decision it was time to let her go.. Broken inside I made the appointment at the vet and took the day off of work to spend all day with her. She was happy I was home with her but wanted to do her own thing sleep in her living room bed. We put her in the car, rolled down the window and took our drive. She didn't want to lay down so we left the windows down and in the back seat was the biggest smile on her face with the wind blowing on her. We had hair all over us but it didn't matter as long as she was happy on her last ride. I couldn't keep it together at the vet and cried my eyes out as I let her go. She came back home with us to be laid to rest next to her Scruffy. We put her on her bed and covered with her blankey. I know this is for the best she would have never left me.

It has been over a month now and I still tear up thinking about my baby. I still look for her behind me, look over when I wake up where her bed was and sometimes still hear her walking in the hallway. I know it will pass and I have never felt this bad losing one of my dogs but there was something special between Blue and I. Something I may never have with anything else in my life. She was my true love. I Love you Blue.

Cutest Dog Photo

Odie and Penny waiting to go out and sun bathe!

National Scrapbook Day today!

I had an appointment this morning so I stopped at Walgreens to pick up some photos. SOOOOOOOOO That makes me caught up on my Project life I can not believe it... Just have to keep it up!

This is what I love

I love having my horse in the yard!! Wish he could stay there but that is the garden area:(

Busy Weekends

Busy last couple of weekends, still working on the house to finish at least the kitchen to feel more like a home. And I found a new member of our family Penny! Now Odie has a friend his size.

Before:

After: Just have to finish the floor next: