Life is what you make it....

Blog Challenge 1/9/06 Why do you do it???

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Ok this one is related to scrapbooking directly... Why do you do it?
Yes I know that is a very broad question but really why do you sit down where ever it may be and do this? Relaxation, publications, passing it on to the next generation, all of the above none of the above give the people that view your blog a general impression of why you do this in the first place.

AMY WILSON

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Good question.  Lately I don't know.  I used to eat drink and breathe to scrap.  Now it is a chore.  I feel like the more I want to do it, the more I struggle with ideas.  I think the reason for that is the pressure I have put on myself to do my best, to always try to go one step above the last one and it is really killing my enthusiasm for it all together.

I started because I love being creative.  That is truly the main reason.  I kept it up for my children.  They would argue that, because I spend way too much time reminiscing about photos and typing on the computer...(Note to self~ less time with computer, more time with the kids!!) 

Finding balance is the key.  I have really been trying to work on that.  The less time I spend having deadlines, the more I can do it for me.( or my children, rather)  I have cut down on having too many commitments and that has helped some.  I am still working on the computer thing...that is going to take time.  Sort of like being weaned off of an addiction I suppose...

I want to get back to scrapping for me.  :)

Be careful what you wish for... Blog Challenge December 26, 2005

Blog Challenge December 26, 2005

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Ok everyone at one time in their life makes that grand ole wish upon the star and some of them even come true. But what happens when that wish or dream that you wanted puts an unexpected twist in your life that makes you regret that wish? It is a part of the old addage of being careful what you wish for. So has this happened ever in your life? How did you manage to put it back into the positive light rather than the negative that it had become? Have fun with this one and I will post mine either later on tomorrow when I get the internet connection re-established at my house (or so I hope) or from the barnes and noble once again.

Amy Wilson

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I can't remember when I have ever regretted making a wish.  Although there have been a lot of unanswered prayers. (Thank you!!!) Unanswered prayers are such a great thing!  I have a feeling that someone knows a lot more than I do, and knows when I ask, it's not always in my best interest to give me what I wanted.

When it comes to wishes, I don't make many of them, I suppose.  I have always been told to be careful what you wish for because you might just get it.  So I have taken that to heart and chose my wishes carefully and made sure that if I do what it takes to make them come true, I know what I am getting myself into. 

I think that all things in life are what you put in and take out.  It's up to you as to how things get turned around, either in a positive or negative way.  Everything in life happens for a reason and it is up to us as to how we choose to deal with it.  So I choose to deal with everything as light heartedly as possible. 

Too much stress and unhappiness is not something I am willing to let take over.

Anywhere?? Blog Challenge December 12, 2005

Blog Challenge December 12, 2005

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Ok You have just been handed a plane ticket to anywhere in the world... Ok so it is a virtual one but never the less you have this ticket in your hot little hands right now. Where is it to? Who is it for (since it is a virtual one I can afford the entire family or just the so)? What is it that makes you want to visit this place, sentimental value, or just curiosity? Where you would want to take those pictures that would say everything about the trip? Well let me know and I will do the same.

Amy Wilson

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This is going to take somewhat of a different direction, but it is where the question led me~

Anywhere?  Is there a virtual time machine to go with it?  I would love to go back to where I grew up, where I felt safe, happy and had all my family close by.  Living in the past is sad, but I miss so much about the time when I was a little girl.  I miss my grandparents and my cousins, my little tiny bedroom that I shared with my sister, the wood stove we kept warm by, the couch that rocked like a rocking chair, the furnace vents that we stood over and let our night gowns bloom with the warm air.  The fields and woods that we played in from sun up to sun down.  The treehoused we built, the memories we made.

I am so sappy when it comes to memories.  I miss childhood.

Me on my 1st birthday.

Me and my sister & Cousins at Easter one year.

My sister and I on the rocking couch. :)

November 21st's Challenge...

~pet peeves~

November 21st's challenge is to list your pet peeves.... I am sure everyone doing this challenge has got a list a mile long, just as I do.  But a couple of years ago I started looking at pet peeves in a different way.  I looked for ways to turn them into something positive.  Don't get me wrong.  I still have tons that I don't list a positive outlook for.  Trust me!  But there are just some things that are better looked at in a different light and reacted to in a positive way.  Take for instance... my son would come home from school every day with his shoes full of sand from the playground.  He would either leave it in the shoes (which is most often where I found it) or he would dump it on the tile floor.  It drove me insane to have to clean it up or step in it.  So one day I turned it into a special memory rather than a frustration.  I started collecting the sand in a jar.  Saving it so that I could remember how wonderful little ones are and that they love to play.  I also took photos of his shoes with the sand in them after school one day.  I have enough sand to fill a shaker box for a scrapbook page and then some to always look back on.  The funny thing is, he started bring me his shoes so that I could put the sand in the jar. It became a special thing that the two of us could enjoy.   I am finding less sand on the floor these days and turning a major frustration into a wonderful memory. 

With that said, instead of getting angry and frustrated with a pet peeve that is just pushing you to your boiling point, try to figure out a way to make it a positive experience.  I know there are some pet peeves that are just that.  But at least you can spend some time thinking about it before getting angry and blowing up because of it.  Life can be wonderful if you choose to make that way for yourself and for others.

Challenge of the day~ document a secret desire.

Writing down your secret disires....the challenge of the day. 

 

  What do I secretly desire?  Well, actually I don't think it's a secret that I want to be with my husband forever.  But that is the desire.  He is the most wonderful  man! You would know what I mean if you had the chance to meet him.  We really have come to cherish the moments we get together.  He has heart problems.  For the most part as it stands today, he is doing well.  But, when he had surgery almost three years ago, we were told that he would probably only have ten years.  IF he took care of himself.  What a shock!  Seriously.  I think about that soooo much.  What am I going to do without him?  What are his children going to do when we don't have him here any more?  How will I go on without him?  Every one of those questions are still unanswered.  I would like to keep it that way & not have to answer them.  My heart aches thinking of life without him.  I know I will be fine.  I am a very srtong person.  I am self-sufficient.  I can do anything I set my mind to do.  I don't want to be left to live life on my own.  I want to grow old with him.  I want to see our children get married and have grandchildren to enjoy together.  I want to travel with him after the kids move away.  I want to see the sun set and the sun rise with him every day of our lives.  I want to get grey and wrinkly with him.  I want to clelebrate 50 years of marriage one day...TOGETHER.  So, that is the desire.  To celebrate 50 years together.

Quirks of mine that make me who I am. :) Nov. 7th 2005

Quirks of mine that make me who I am. :)  Nov. 7th 2005

quirk ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kw?BR>n.

1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: ?Every man had his own quirks and twists? (Harriet Beecher Stowe).
2. An unpredictable or unaccountable act or event; a vagary: a quirk of fate.
3. A sudden sharp turn or twist.
4. An equivocation; a quibble.
5. Architecture. A lengthwise groove on a molding between the convex upper part and the soffit.

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Okay then, as far as my quirks....

# 1 I have to have 2 pillows under my head and a body pillow along side of me when I sleep. 

#2  I always have to have the toilet paper facing a certain way .  (Over~~ NOT under)

#3  The color of my bra has to match my undies!  (wierd, I know!)

#4  I  have to park in the same spot on the drive way  (getting  more  wierd with every quirk!)

#5  I usually have to have one foot sticking out of the blankets when I sleep.

#6  I put Tabasco sauce on anything tomato based.

#7  I have to sleep on the left side of the bed.

#8  I never have the sound turned on, on my computer.

Guess that's all I can muster up right now.   I am sure I am full of quirks, but not many are that quirky to me.  LOL!

I suppose I have the makings of  an AAM page, eh?