I scrapped. Holy crap. :)
Supplies: Provo Craft Holiday Slab, Autumn Leaves Christmas Seal stamp, black Staz On ink, Plantin Schoolbook Cricut cartridge, rhinestones unknown, ribbon unknown.
Long time no blog. I've had a hard time trying to keep up with my creative side while trying to get used to my new position. It's been quite a learning process and it has been more mentally challenging than I thought. I can't seem to catch up with housework, time for my husband and family, and time for myself. Hopefully, now that Christmas has passed, the stress will be lifted somewhat.
The stepkids have been here for 4 days and it has flown by. They got here last Saturday and will leave this upcoming Saturday. We've been running for the past few days and this is the first time I've had a breather. Did you all have a good holiday? Both sides of the family got together and it just happened too fast. Thank goodness this busy season comes only once a year. How did I ever organize myself so well in the years past? I have to catch up next year and plan waaaay ahead for gifts and parties. It was just too much and too crazy this year. I am so not used to going back to work so soon after a holiday. I usually have a few days to recover. Not this year, sister! This weekend, I vow to catch up on much needed sleep and some much needed action from my husband. No, I have not changed one bit! Ha! :)
I have not scrapbooked at all in the last couple of weeks but I made sure to make time for cardmaking for my staff of 50 people. Little by little, every day after work, I managed to finish 50 Holiday Cards. I have to finish putting little packages together and then I will be ready for gift-giving for my coworkers. I am happy about that. :)
Working 5 days a week is really cramping my scrapping style. I don't know how other people do this. I've worked 3 days for 10 years, right out of college and I am having a hard time getting used to the new schedule. I am on day shift now and I am having a hard time falling asleep at a decent time in order to get my butt up at 5:50 AM every morning. Why such an odd wake-up time? I don't know but it seems to help me get to work and it doesn't get me written up. I'm thinking this is a good idea. I am also having to wear my church clothes every day. No more scrubs for me right now. I actually HAVE to shower. It's not that I don't shower, it's that I didn't really HAVE to shower for anyone but myself (well, my husband counts, but he's not that picky). I was pretty much a lady of leisure, lounging around in my pajama bottoms. Yes, that's right. No top. Just kidding. I usually wore a bra when I cooked since there were lots of dangerous outcomes if I didn't. I digress. Anyway, I also have to do my hair. When I was a staff nurse, I always pulled my hair back. It wasn't only because it was our dress code, but because I feared getting pee or poop on my hair. I would not be a happy camper if that happened. It takes me a little while to straighten my fro in the morning, but trust me, my coworkers thank me for that. The worst thing about my new schedule is that I have no time to scrapbook. I might have nights off now and I suppose I could get some creativity done at night, but if I don't want to show up naked to work, I have to do some laundry, IRON (ugh!), and prepare food for 5 days. Scrapbooking is the last thing I have to do.
But I want to do some scrapbooking. I am itching to get my hands on paper and glue and trimmers and the Cricut. I have been trying to make some cards for my staff but it's not looking very promising. I have about 50 employees and it's going to be quite the feat to make cards and gifts for everyone like I always have. I have been rearranging and redecorating my office so that it is a little scrappy, but again, there's that time thing again. Oh, well. It's all about time management right now as I orient to my new position. And one day soon, I am actually going to make a page.
My sister pointed me to this site. Check it out:
Had a HUGE meeting today with all the bigwigs in the hospital. I mean those administrators that are BIG enchiladas. The administrators who decide my fate in the organization. The ones who decide my raises and my paychecks. And since I am the newest member of the club, they required that I get up in front of a room of about 100 people, with a microphone, to introduce myself. Public speaking is not exactly my forte. Now if I were to get up there and do some scrapbooking, that would be more comfortable for me. So what do I do? I make a total ass of myself. In front of all of my bosses. After I told them about myself, I basically warned them never to give me a microphone again since I am an accomplished karaoke singer. I am a mic hog, after all. Idiot idiot idiot. I'm used to making a fool of myself. Toilet paper sticking out of my pants, de-pants-ing myself after losing some weight (thank goodness I was wearing underwear), talking sperm with my reproductive endocrinologist, hurting myself with my breasts as I get on the elliptical, etcetera, etcetera. The list goes on and on. I just never thought I would be such a dork in front of so many VIPs. I suppose it was a good thing they laughed. They were laughing WITH me, not AT me, right?
We don't get to see my cousin and her family very much anymore because they moved away, but Thanksgiving gives us a chance to see each other again. Here's the football player we call Ryan Matthew at 5 months. So grown up now. He is ticklish on his neck and his legs. Guess how I know? I like to bite his little ham hocks. I suppose he should learn how to crawl soon otherwise he will fall victim to my teeth again. Chomp chomp chomp. Ha!
Thanksgiving was a circus like every family function we have. Lots of family members and food. We had brunch at my aunt's house and dinner was in my house. I took care of the turkey. Easy, you say? Why, yes it was. Thanks to Albertson's turkey dinners! Thank goodness for this lovely invention otherwise my contribution to the dinner would have come from McDonald's. Supersized, of course. Surprisingly, there was no karaoke. It could have something to do with the Nintendo wii (some sort of bow and arrow game brought over by my brother), combined with our huge TV. They seemed to be the entertainment of the night. Ah, yes. This year we are thankful for our big ass TV and an interactive video game.
It gives me such a feeling of accomplishment when I use up scraps to make cards. They are quick and easy and they are about the only things I have time for anymore. I'm going to have to get to scrapping one of these days because I am getting withdrawals in a bad way. The scrap area is a HUGE mess and I can't find anything around me anymore. Gotta take care of this soon. Anyone want to help? :)
The year has flown by so fast. Thanksgiving this week and before you know it, Christmas is here. How do I slow things down?
Here are peeks to the a new kit for ScrapAddict. I am determined to use up my stash of eyelets and miscellaneous buttons.
Supplies:
ScrapAddict Sleigh Bell SDJ
Cricut Plantin Schoolbook and Christmas Cheer cartridge
Eyelets unknown
Supplies:
ScrapAddict Sleigh Bell SDJ
pink cardstock unknown
ribbon unknown
Stampendous "Happy Holidays" stamp
Hampton Art "Merry Christmas" stamp
Close to My Heart black ink
