Amazed and Confused

I have made it through November and I was a "winner" for NaNoWrimo, although my story is not yet finished. We're talking over 75K words and still not done! LOL But at the end of the month meant the end of focusing only on writing and back to doing all the things that require my attention this time of year.

One thing I do at this holiday season is bake. Oh yes, I bake a lot. But I haven't come up with a plan yet for how to get all the treats I want to make, made, while still maintaining some sanity. I have been feeling very anxious and irritable the last week or so - asthma is not helping - and so I just want to curl up and do nothing for a day or two.

I made 100 invitations for my church Relief Society "Progressive Dinner" using my Cricut to make the background pieces and the embellishment pieces, but when you make 100 items that are all the same, you have to sacrifice something: in this case it was sacrificing the "cute" factor. They do not look how I envisioned them, but that is just the way it is.

I am in the process of scanning photos and negatives that I received a couple of weeks ago from my Aunt Kathy. The pictures are scanned, but now it's time to go through the negatives. I am pleased to have negatives of my parents' wedding photos... That is a real blessing! However, I need to work with my scanner to find the right settings to get the depth in the black and white negatives.

So, I hope to get a layout or two done in this Christmas season. I have a plan to work on some photos tonight with my daughters about past Christmases. My 9 year old loves to create with paper and glue, so that is what we'll do for family night. Not that we ever really HAVE "Family Home Evening" like we're supposed to, but occasionally we'll do something together. It's hard when I'm flying solo on the church-y stuff.

Yes, I did mention I am a cranky, irritable Grinch of a Mama right now. ;-)

Back to scanning negatives. I hope to find some treasures amid the celluloid!

Dece

p.s. As to the confused. I am confused by some of the things I see posted on various websites as far as layouts go. I do not understand using so much "bling" and so many thick textured flowers and sprays. If it's for a 3-D project, I get it. But for something that's going into a page protector, it makes no sense at all! I guess there is a reason I'm not up for being published anymore! LOL