Friday, May 18, 2012

Day 139

Wow!  What a day...a good day...a good Friday off!

My sister-in-law Wendy is throwing my brother a 40th birthday party next month.  Shhhhh...it's a surprise!  One of the things she's doing is putting together a poster board with a couple photos of him that she will have on display at the party.  There will space for everyone to sign...then she plans to frame it for him as a keepsake.  She had talked to me about doing up some things on my Cricut to add to the poster board...like his name, and his 'motto'; "I may have to grow old, but I don't have to grow up".  The theme, of course, is western, with a red, black and white bandanna motif.

I decided today, come hell or high water I was getting this project done.  I even asked Mom to come over and keep me company...and on task.  I'm famous for seeing something shiny and moving on to something else.  Thankfully, Mom wasn't doing anything and did just that.  She was helpful in bouncing ideas around too, like size and color - and just made the day more fun.

When I was done, I put this lid down and laid out all of the pieces I made (obviously a little funky on a purple background!). Then quickly gathered them back up to get them out in the mail before the post office closed at 5:00.

It was fun to get to do something in my scrap space again...it was nice to spend the day with Mom...it was good to be doing something for someone else...and it was great not to work on my Friday off - at all!  Like I said...what a day!

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