Holy cow, where does the time go?  I had such good intentions when I finally stumbled out of the bed this morning.  I was going to FINALLY start my animal’s scrapbook.  I’ve decided just to do them chronologically, because it would take me forever to do each on individually…..Anyways, as I said, I had such good intentions.  I was going to round all the pictures up that are in albums, frames, containers etc, and scan them into the computer, n put them in order, and start working on my scrapbook digitally.  Ha ha Ha ha ha!  My first mistake was turning my computer on this morning, my second mistake was searching for clip art to use for my project.  Well you know how it goes…you start at square one and then before you realize it you are at square 8 and have bypassed squares 2-7.  Well, as least I was able to work on my scrapbooking site a little bit more.  I’ve been wanting to add links to other scrapbook sites, and I finally managed to do that today, so at least ONE thing was accomplished.  I’ve already made plans for tomorrow so I won’t have the opportunity to work on my pictures tomorrow either!  Oh well I just need to enjoy what the day allows me to.  Right?  Well I will catch up with you guys later.  Till then scrap-on!

Debbie

I’m sure people think that this site has been abandoned, but I promise you it hasn’t been.  I have so many ideas that I want to get down on paper or actually in a scrapbook sometime this decade, but the time just seems to fly right out the window.  Believe me I have tried several times to close that window, but without any success.  It just keeps popping back open!  I wish I could actually say that I am now on track to meet my goals, but that ain’t happening.  I have this condition called a “job” that has control  my life right now. (Don’t get me wrong, I am glad to be healthy enough to work, I just don’t want it to be the priority in my life.)  So as soon as I get those symptoms under control, I will get back to doing scrapbooking and other things that I enjoy.   Until next time (which hopefully won’t be as long) keep scrapping.

10/27/07

Hello.  This is my first blog, so I’m not really sure where I’m heading with it.    I do think that I need to liven it up a bit….. but that will come later….I will say that starting a scrapbooking site isn’t as easy as I thought it might be.  Don’t get me wrong, I knew it was going to be work, but I didn’t truly realize how much effort and time it would take until I got underway and got in the full swing of things.  Talk about “full swing”, there were many days that I felt like I had struck out more than once.  I thought I would do a couple of articles, put up a few pictures and badd-boom, badda-bing, presto, I would have an up and running site.  I thought it would be a piece of cake.  If it had been cake, I would have choked several times over!  There were several things that got me through (alcohol was not one of them, although there many days I was tempted!). 

Where do I even begin.  Let’s see….My husband Jeff has had to endure the most torture, so I guess he should get first mention.  He has had to suffer through several of my scrapbook projects.  You know how it is…you work and work and work on a page and you think you finally got it right, but then that little inconspicuous spot, that nobody in the whole world would notice jumps out at you like a zit on your nose before prom night.  To me it’s big, it’s huge.  It is so huge that you know EVERYONE in the WHOLE WIDE WORLD is talking about it and laughing about it!!!   You have to change it, because you have to have a meticulous page.  Anybody here agreeing with me?  Well Jeff, being his kind, sweet, supportive self, tries to convince me the page is perfect.  It doesn’t need to be changed.  But you know deep down that unless you correct it to make it perfect, you will never be satisfied with it.  There has also been many a days that he has had to rush in to save the computer.  Not that it was on fire or anything, but more like I was ready to throw it against the wall.  I think my computer is menopausal.  I mean one minute it would work fine, and then the next millisecond I would be doing the exact same thing, and it would refuse to budge.  I swear, if it had arms and legs, I could just envision it with the arms and legs crossed and a pouty frown on its face daring me to make it work!  It is ALWAYS the computer’s fault.  I had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that it just up and quit working.  The computer and I tolerate each other at this point in my life.  Oh well, enough about the computer. 

Another positive thing that has helped me through this is a friend that I met as a result of this website.  To say that she has been a true help and inspiration to me, is a huge understatement.  She has practically held my hand throughout this project.  She has guided me throughout the website building process, and given me feedback on my site.  I know I couldn’t have ever done it without her help.  I’m sure she is probably wondering what she did to deserve such a moronic newbie:):)

Another thing that has made this project doable is all the computer programs that make is so much easier to build your own sites.  The one that I used for this project is 

XSite-Pro.      It is absolutely SOOOO easy to use.  It has quite a few good qualities, but the one that stands out in my mind is their support.  Every time that I have had a question or needed help with something, they have responded quickly and have been more than willing to lend a hand.  They don’t make me feel stupid or like I’m wasting their time.  They act like they appreciate your questions and get pleasure from helping you out.  WOW!!!!

My next project is to do a scrapbook of my animals.  I was flipping through some of my pet pictures a while back and started thinking that these pictures show so much personality and I needed to somehow display their individuality.  The best way for me to do this is, of course, scrapbooking!  I started sorting items a while back to get started on this project, but then had to put it on the back burner to deal with other things.   I just can’t decide if I want to do it chronologically, or let each pet have its own section.  Feel free to share any ideas. 

Until next time - Scrap’ on

Debbie