Questions & Scrapbook Layouts

A few questions to get you pondering this morning . ..

* Where in the world is Cheryl? Any clue as to where I snapped this picture?

Guess and comment, and let's see who can get it right! (It should be pretty easy for anyone in Alabama!) Sorry, I don't really have a prize for this! Just answer for the joy of answering. LOL! (Here's a hint--I broke down on one of my goals from yesterday. I did cook dinner again for the family--yay!--but I ate out for lunch! And let me just say . . . yummy yum yum!!!)

* Is it wrong for me to feed my 2-year-old cake for breakfast? I am definitely NOT a breakfast person. If I'm gonna eat omelets or toast or even pancakes, I'd really rather do so at about 10 in the morning (so I guess you could say I'm a brunch person!). At 7 or 8 a.m, my body just isn't ready to eat much of anything! And sometimes when I do eat earlier, I kinda break with tradition and eat something a bit bizarre. I've been known to eat leftover spaghetti, or a sandwich, or (more than likely) something sweet! So, yesterday I asked Sydney what she wanted for breakfast and she couldn't commit to anything. When I asked her if she wanted cake, her immediate answer (what else would it be??) was an emphatic, "YES!!!" That's my girl!

The "breakfast" cake in this situation was one of those lovely Pepperidge Farm frozen cakes. For some reason, they have always been one of my favorite inexpensive sweet treats. Growing up, in fact, my dad had one in the house most of the time. And when I need something sweet and
just can't figure out what I want, I grab for one of those more times than not. (The bad thing is that usually Sydney and I eat the entire cake ourselves!)

And now for some scrapbook layouts . . .

I have seriously been wanting to scrapbook for AGES , but just haven't had the time or the inspiration or whatever. (Plus, my printer is screwy and I can't do any of my layouts that need computer-printed journaling--like the four or five I have planned out, based on the Simple Scrapbooks quizzes book.) But, late yesterday afternoon and evening I worked on some layouts while the kids worked on homework. I was really pleased with what I got done!

This first one was great to do because it began to get me caught up (All Stars was in June, so I'm getting work done on summer memories!). I like this one, too, because of the fun foam stars I dug out to use on it.

This next one is a bit funky for me, but I like it. It's of a picture I love that I took during the summer when my friend Angela came to visit with us for a day. We did all that fun girl stuff--went out to eat at Johnny Carino's and got some sweets at Edgar's Bakery (with me and Angela, it's all about the food!) and then did some shopping (okay, it's also all about the bookstore shopping too!). Don't you love that paper?

And then I'd been wanting to do something for a while on McKenna's room renovation. This was WAY back in April, but better late than never right? She came up with a teal-chocolate brown combo for her room colors, so I had to find a cool paper with those colors in it. I like what I found! I also like how my journaling looks on this one. (Lovin that white pen, can't you tell?)

Well, the quality of the image on this next one is really pretty sucky, but I had to share it just because of the pictures on it. I LOVE these pics of Sydney and I had to capture this memory on a layout--Sydney with a bat in her hand and running the bases!)

This last one is my absolute FAVORITE layout that I have done in quite a while. I was reading an online article by Elsie Flannigan (who is such a fun scrapbook artist, for those who may not know her!) about her process. She said she just lays out photos, places them on paper, then just kinda randomly starts putting on embellishments, then keeps adding more and more until she's finished. Just more of a haphazard, creative process than I'm used to. But I tried it with this layout and I love it. It's of my favorite pictures from Chris and Charles' wedding back in June. Love the black background, the doodling, the hearts with the buttons in them. Just fun to do!

Now to get ready for the weekend. What do you have planned? We have a pretty nice one planned--not too hectic, but enough to keep us energetic and having fun!

Tomorrow is a big party at my favorite scrapbook store and they're doing all sorts of FREE make and take projects--mini albums, pages, altered stuff, etc. So I really want to pop over there for a bit. I know it will be fun! Then on Saturday night, the high school band is having a halftime show preview and picnic. This is something totally new for us, with McKenna marching for the first time, but I think it will be a lot of fun! And then on Sunday afternoon, Delaney has her first practice with her new travel softball team. Excited to see how they look!

I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend as well!