When life gets in the way of fun stuff.
29 December 2010
So how was your Christmas? :)
I got totally blindsided this year. Everything seemed to be going along swimmingly until around mid-month, when I got a call telling me my Dad was going to have to be moved again, thanks to the lovely government system we have here. One week before Christmas! It was a major bummer for him, and for us too, as he's farther away and it's more difficult for us to get there. Lots of adjustment and adapting to do. After getting him settled in somewhat, things just turned into one big blur, and the DD got put on the back burner once again. I have all photos downloaded and journaling to go along with, but alas, time has been short and I haven't had time to work on it at all since then. If you're not averse to seeing Christmas stuff in February, I'll be posting it here as I get it done. It will be simple with a capitol 'S', but I'm determined to finish it, and for once have a completed album to look back on next year. I'm so tired of having unfinished projects laying around!
One of my other Christmas projects these past few weeks was to make Noah the sock monkey he's been asking for for a few years now. I bought the original 'sock monkey' socks on e Bay in the fall, after not being able to find them anywhere here- I'm glad I did, because he turned out adorable, and quite like the monkeys you see all over now. The boy adores him, and says he was his favourite present, so that made me feel pretty great. I of course had to do a quick layout about the monkey, since I'm pretty proud he got done at all... sewing is definitely not one of my skills, and I now know why thimbles were invented, after pricking myself about 1,000 times during the process.
