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I completed another 4 pages today for our WDW/Cruise in December. I'm enjoying using all the leftover Christmas stuff from a childhood Christmas album I did a while back. I really over bought paper for that earlier album. New total = 73.
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I have made progress getting organized and ordering pictures from our October 2014 trip.
I finished the calendar that included pics of the Mediterranean Cruise we took in 2013. That puts me at 39/200. I also was able to get two pages scrapped yesterday and so that makes it 41 out of 200.
I have decided to try to get at least 2 pages done each evening. If I plan to get a small amount done each day I may actually find that I finish an album or two by the end of the month.
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Well done, Pago, Cheryl & Cam!
I did a couple of pages on my cruise album the other day, putting me at 54/300...that's 18% of my goal, just 11% into the year. I'll be leading merit badges on the days scheduled for the next two crops at my church, so I'll miss those, but I'll probably invite a friend or two over to crop with me in my basement craft area.
I spent some last night editing & ordering pictures. I finished a fair number & got the order in before midnight, for a Groundhog Day special price...but then didn't get the sale price. Oh well, I was getting to where I only have about 8-12 pages' worth of pictures printed and needed to get more done. And it's for the Sept '14 WDW trip, so that's fun...now I just need to get to the rest of them edited and ordered.
pago, I think your plan of a couple of pages a day is great!
Nice work, head of schedule, Ginger!
I got another 4 pages done this morning. I was pleased as my carpal tunnel and arthritis are creating quite a bit of pain for my right hand. Snow is coming, though the weatherman is saying not much accumulation. Poor hand thinks it will be more or it could be the fact that Wednesday night the temps are supposed to plummet. New total = 77.
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I was pleased as my carpal tunnel and arthritis are creating quite a bit of pain for my right hand. Snow is coming, though the weatherman is saying not much accumulation. Poor hand thinks it will be more or it could be the fact that Wednesday night the temps are supposed to plummet. New total = 77.
Great work, sorry to hear about your hand! I have mild arthritis in both hands, just below the thumbs, more in the left. It's agonizing when they're cold, but the worst thing is when someone with a gorilla grip gives me a "firm" handshake. One guy at work a few years ago actually put me on my knees in pain!
Anyway, I've found the Thermacare wraps work great! People all around you may think you've been in a horrible accident, since they look like white bandages, but who cares, if they work? They used to have one specifically for arthritic hands, but I think that special one has been discontinued, though others will work for that. Here's what they look like: Neck, Wrist & Shoulder | ThermaCare® .
I feel your pain, Cam and Ginger. I get it in my wrists badly, prior to my rheumatoid infusion I get every five weeks. I have started to wear fingerless gloves in my office and sometimes scrapping. I got a dozen pair at a Gap outlet last fall and they are just perfect for working with my hands. Lightweight, but enough to keep wrists and palms warm.
As far as scrapping, I am working on nine layouts of our new granddaughter. I am planning the layouts, working on journaling (that is not going too well, messed up some so need to redo) and will soon be putting them all together. No pages to add to my numbers, but soon will be a bunch (not your kind of bunch - Chezp, Cam and Ginger), but my kind of small number bunch! I am only able to work on scrapping about 1-2 hours on some evenings.
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Thanks, Haimia, that's a great idea!
Sounds like you're making good progress, planning those layouts, and what fun to scrapbook a new grandbaby!
Don't compare yourself to us workhorses...we've been scrapping for a lot of years. Whatever amount of scrapbooking you get done, you're preserving precious family memories that you'll always cherish.
Don't compare yourself to us workhorses...we've been scrapping for a lot of years. Whatever amount of scrapbooking you get done, you're preserving precious family memories that you'll always cherish.
Well said Ginger. Haimia, it's not about numbers - and don't forget, I do digital scrapbooking, which I find is a lot quicker than traditional scrapping. I still need to get back to the traditional stuff and finish off our 2012 trip, then decide what to do about our 2013 and 2014 trips and whether I turn digital for those. I'll see what I think when I get my digital Disneyland Paris book...
Anyway, I finished my other book - another 17 pages, so I'm on 203 pages now, and that's me done until we get back from vacation next month.
Ginger, I'll be getting some ThermaCare soon. I can't believe I haven't thought of that as we used to use it for Stefanie's back pain.
Haimia, such a neat project to scrap photos of the new grandbaby!
I was able to get another 4 pages done today, but in the process I realized that I still had photos that I forgot to print. So I've also printed off 3 more photos of the room, so I can do that layout tomorrow. New total = 81.
I have finished another 4 pages this morning. I also redid 2 of the pages from yesterday as I wasn't totally pleased with them. Now I am. New total = 85.
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I was able to pick up some papers at Hobby Lobby last night to work on more pages today. The truth is I have tons of paper, but sometime none of it works with what I'm trying to do, and so I buy more. Today I was able to get 6 more pages done. I also recounted my pages today and somewhere I've forgotten to give myself credit for 2 completed pages. So the New Total = 93.
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, but I'll probably invite a friend or two over to crop with me in my basement craft area.
Oh well, I was getting to where I only have about 8-12 pages' worth of pictures printed and needed to get more done. And it's for the Sept '14 WDW trip, so that's fun...now I just need to get to the rest of them edited and ordered.
Haimia, it's not about numbers - and don't forget, I do digital scrapbooking, which I find is a lot quicker than traditional scrapping. I still need to get back to the traditional stuff and finish off our 2012 trip, then decide what to do about our 2013 and 2014 trips and whether I turn digital for those. I'll see what I think when I get my digital Disneyland Paris book... 
Today I was able to get 6 more pages done. I also recounted my pages today and somewhere I've forgotten to give myself credit for 2 completed pages. So the New Total = 93.
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