Getting Organized with Baby on the Way

Since I am 21 weeks pregnant and I know that once baby comes I am not going to have as much time to scrapbook I want to be caught up by the time the baby makes it's appearance. My next issue is that my house is on the market, so I have to keep my scrapping room "clean". And my scrapbook desk is usually a disaster especially when I am in the middle of a project.

Well I came up with a solution and it seems to be working so far. I created my own scrapbook "kits". As I have time, usually at night while I am watching tv, I create/sort my "kits".

Below is a list of steps I used:
1) Take all photos and seperated them by layouts and put them in 13x15 "ziplock" bags
2) Write titles and journaling for each layout and add to the bags
3) Look through scrapbook magazines/online galleries to find layout ideas and place in the bag
4) Go through stash and pull pattern paper and cardstock and add to the bags
5) Optional...add emellishments for each layout to bags (especially helpful if you are the type of person to you buy a specific embellishment for a layout and then forget about the embellishment until after the layout is created)

Now the next time I want to scrapbook I can pull out a "kit" and everything is right there. And if something interrupts me (hopefully someone wanting to look at the house!) I can put everything back in the "bag" and hide it away until next time.

Making Memories

If you are a scrapper you probably know that CHA Summer in going on in Orlando right now. And the best part is Making Memories is introducing and giving away their new lines on their blog. Check it out.

Mt. Rainer

Photos from our trip to Mt. Rainer yesterday, Ansel Adams style....

Happy Father's Day

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person—he believed in me. ~ Jim Valvano



My goal for today is to take a photo of just my dad and me. I realized I do not have any recent photos of just us.

Summer in Louisiana

Summer is definitely here in southern Louisiana. We have had constant high temps of 94-97 with the heat index in the low 100's for the last two weeks. It's hot, humid and sticky! Below a photo of one of my favorite flowers...

Free Admission to LA Parks

Today was Louisiana State Parks free admission day, therefore we went up to Rosedown Plantation in St. Francisville to tour the house and gardens again. We really enjoyed the tour of the house (we had a great guide) and took lots of photos. We also ate lunch in St. Francisville at Magnolia Cafe - which was really good. Below are some of my favorites...

Easter

This Easter we enjoyed fried turkey....it's so yummy!!! If you haven't tried a fried turkey I highly recommend them. I made a lemon meringue pie, we played outside with the dogs and to make the day complete talked about our upcoming trip to Disney World.