Jenn's Scrappin' and Stampin' Corner

Hurricanes, Tornados, Flooding, Oh, My...

After our vacation was cut short, when we were told to evacuate Long Beach Island, Friday morning...I came home feeling like I needed to still be on vacation.  So, even with Steve being home, and the kids playing inside for two days, I took my time to read, catch up on things I haven't done in a while...watch the news forecast....and believe it or not, SCRAPBOOK.  I took out all those layout books I have gotten, and put them to good use!  I actually got 9 pages done, and have 2 more almost finished.  We will be trying to make it back down to LBI tomorrow, so the scrapbooking may stop...but I am all for sharing what I did accomplish in two days.  Again, simplify is the term.  I LOVE the pages I did, but I did not spend hours on one layout!  Here they are;

 
 
 
 
 

It's all about me...

During last weekend, I did have a weekend, all about me.  It was my time away, it was my birthday, it was my passion....on and on.  So I decided, before I left, I took my self-portrait and blew it up.  I wanted to create a page about me...and what I have learned in my 39 years.  Of course, it wasn't everything, but it was important things to me, to record.  Here is the layout.

Here is what I wrote, yes, I am willing to share my thoughts.  Maybe you can thin kabout things you have learned, or what you feel is important to you, right here right now!

Things I have learned so far;

It is very hard to find “true friends”.

There is never enough hours in a day to get “it” all done (whatever “it” is)

You can never take anything for granted

Live each day like it is your last

It is important to say I love you to everyone you love, but it is just as important to SHOW the people you love them as much as possible.

 Try to talk it out instead of letting it fester.

It is NOT easy to forgive and forget, but it is very hard,to carry the weight of resentment around with you.

 Don’t sweat the small stuff

Take pictures of the things you love, the people you love, and the places you go…for they are always changing.

 Fight for your passion, you need to have it in your life.

Once in a while you need to be selfish in order to make it through the week.

S-I-M-P-L-I-F-Y

I believe God knows when we will be born and when we will die. The way we choose to live that life in between, is up to us.

 DIET is not a word.  It is living healthy, eating healthy, and exercising often.

It is so hard not to look in the mirror and not be critical of yourself.