Fat Camp and Scanning Mania

So, on Saturday my husband and I "got our house in order." Since we didn't take a honeymoon (yet), there was a room full of plastic cartons to go through. Now there are only 5-6 which will be tackled at a later date.

Part of getting it all in order made me realize that I got the most important goal accomplished this year (marriage), but have neglected some of my other goals.

So, this summer now has new focus - Fact Camp and Scanning Mania.

I am letting my husband have the extra bedroom as an office. Part of that "offering" was giving up the closet where I kept my journals, scrapbooks, supplies, etc. To light a fire under my own rear, I put all of the closet contents in my dining room.

I know - messy, eye soar, crowded, inappropriate. And that is exactly why I did it. It will force me to go through each carton, scan the contents and then throw some of them away.

Along with this project, I need to lose weight. I've been sitting about 10-11 hours a day lately. It is crazy. It messes with your metabolism. It makes the weight near impossible to get off.

Sooooooo.....we made up our own fat camp posters last night. We'll be doing all kinds of exercises overe the next three months and focusing on eating better.

I am going to take a week off from work mid-July just to ensure July is a bionic month. That same week will include two or three hours of scanning a day so that I remained balance in my goals.

I'm kind of excited. Around Thanksgiving every year I typically take the week off just to do projects and such, but I've never done it in the middle of the summer.

This year I've actually wanted to have a summer and so this is one way that I'll get it!

So, I'll show periodic updates to these two items just to make sure I'm reporting out to cyberspace on process.

I can't wait!

Scrapbooking for Dummies - or for people that just want to keep it simple

I must put a plug for a website I love - http://www.mypublisher.com .

I scanned in my photos from my mission and now have a beautiful book. Two huge bulky photo albums have been scaled down to a sleek, glossy black page, hard cover book. Another photo album was a little more crafty and so I just scanned each page into the computer and put it into a generic white background template so that it was just a recreated version in a book. Nice.

Some of us just don't have the patience to cut pictures, create artwork around them and create more bulk. This method still does take time, but I ordered multiple copies of the books and that's not something that's very easy to do with a regular photo album. And, you get an online link to share it virtually with friends.