Just For A Day~

Have you ever heard a phrase and it immediately takes you back to another time and place?  I heard someone say "I suwanee I have never in all my life heard such a thing!" today.  My grandmother would say this all the time.  I have never heard anyone else use this phrase but her.  When I heard this today I was immediately taken back to the early 70's. I was sitting on my grandmother's front porch in Kentucky watching her peel potatoes and talking all the while.   I would give anything to go back just for a day.  To be able to spend time with loved ones that are gone from this earth but still in my heart.  To have the conversations that I didn't make time for when I was younger.  The Shaw quote that "youth is wasted on the young" is so true.  They have no idea how quickly time passes and when they do - it's too late.  You can't go back - not even just for a day.

Scrapbook.com

I recently posted updated pictures of my scraproom along with several projects that I have completed on the www.scrapbook.com site.  They have a great gallery and I love to look at everyone's layouts, cards, spaces and other projects.  I also decided to sign up for several challenges.  I really miss Crop Chocolate and that is one of the main things that I miss - the challenges.  What better motivation to get a project done than a challenge.  I really need motivation because I fly off in different directions and never end up finishing anything.  I have completed two of the challenges so this weekend I am going to finish the others.  Now just to get through the work week...ugh!

Scrapbook Room

Just thought I would do an update post on my scrapbook room update.  My scrapbook room was located on our sun porch originally.  Not the best location when you are trying to avoid sun exposure to supplies.   When my stepson moved out, my husband & I decided that I would convert his room into my scrapbooking room.  There are still a lot of things that I want to do in the space but for now- it works.  I would love to rip out the 70's red shag carpeting and do bamboo flooring or something similar.  I also would like to take a trip to Ohio to IKEA and get some shelving units.  Storage seems to always be an issue.  Right now I have a floor cabinet that was actually designed for a garage.  The shelves are supposed to be heavy duty but evidently paper weighs more than tools :)  The shelves are bowing in the middle from the weight of all the supplies that I store in there.  New solution will have to be found and soon before it all goes crashing down.

I decided to post a few pictures of the before, during and after.  Again, not quite where I want it be but a lot better than the sun porch.

Brock's old room.  He is a BRS fan.

Moving out and cleaning up.

Patching and getting ready for paint.

Moving it all in.

What a mess!

Still trying to figure out where I am going to put everything.  I am getting there though!