What are you working on / How's it going?

Trying to finish up December and learn Photoshop. Later I need to come up with a plan to finish 2016. That's regular scrapping though.

I'm just getting back to taking pics daily (all the weather changes this week helped) so I'm thinking of giving PL a try. Also I have some online classes that have regular daily questions so I could add that until I get better at pictures. I'll try to do this week's during the weekend and let you know how it goes.

 

I'm currently working on making a loaf of banana bread... but that isn't what you meant, is it?

I am trying to stay current on 2017. I have skipped a spread that I don't have a kit that works quite right with it. It's not from too long ago, but I'm afraid that if I don't finish it soon I'll forget all about it. I need to just pick something.

I'm also trying to finish up 2016. I'm up to mid-November now. I'm trying to let it go and just focus on being done rather than making it pretty. It's going okay... but not being a huge fan of the pages I'm doing is making it harder to stay motivated. My 2016 book is just a mess, so no matter what I do, it's not going to look the way I want it to. So *done* is the focus. My motivation has picked up lately because I've maxed out my hard drive. I tend to keep all of my pages on my computer until my book is sent to print. Once it goes to print, I'll copy everything to an external and delete the pages from my laptop. I need to delete files! This plan works so much better when I'm on top of my 3 books a year printing... not so good when I haven't printed since May.

 

I am trying to keep cool but not too cool after being unwell earlier this week. We are in the middle of a heat wave here in Australia and it is something I have not experienced to this extent in my lifetime here and no one else my age has either. I am caught up with my weekly Project 52 pages and want to get back to creating pages about past major vacations I have taken in my earlier years of adulthood plus work on pages about my childhood to record things I would like my grandchildren to know about my life.

 

I have "just" realized that DS2 is 21 on the 28th of February and I should be 'finishing" or at least looking at adding a few layouts into his albums for the big event.
Am up to date with PL 2017 so that gives me some feeling of being up to date and in control.
I am also working backwards through 2016, have New Years done and ready to print.
The heat is really awful now. 34C and Interschool athletics is done, DD passed her learners yesterday. DS2 is getting a car. DS1 should be proposing next month. DD's gala is next week and I am melting, warm moments and all. Oh and the fridge is on the fritz.
I suppose, I am keeping busy.

 

I printed my book 2016 (130 pages). This is my sixth book. Now I do the page of 2017. I already have 24 pages, but I made only 4 weeks. I need to eliminate the backlog. And I changed the font in my new book.

 

Trying to finish up my 2016 yearbook...last count I was at 308 pages....since then I have finished scrapping November events. Thank goodness blurb has a max page book of 420!

Then on to 2017! MOC really got me on a scrapping roll! I miss MOC!

 

That's what I need to do! I immediately upload to Shutterfly once I'm done because I love flipping through my books. But I never let myself move things off of my hard drive until I print the book. There's no logical reason for that, so I need to change my work flow. I have always immediately uploaded Project Life pages to Shutterfly, but now I've started doing it with all of my projects. I end up rearranging pages a million times since I work out of order on those projects. But it is motivating to see the pages and get a feel of how the finishing book will look. I think I'll start moving and deleting stuff today, maybe just leaving the small, saved for the web files on my hard drive for easy access for sharing (and honestly, that's really not even necessary, is it?).

 

308 pages . In my printing the maximum number of 160 pages.
Lady, what is the maximum number of pages you had in the book?

 

The most I ever had was 420!

But it pics from the entire year...minus any big vacations and my son's birthday. Those get their own books

 

I'm working on this year right now. Just about caught up.

 

I have already finished my first project for this year... The Portland album. It's ready to print, but for some reason, I haven't pulled the trigger on the order. I don't know why....

Next up, finishing PL 2016. I am in week 46? I have all photos picked out, all videos uploaded and ready for QR codes to be generated, all journaling already completed for the rest of the year. I'm soooooooooooo close to done. I've never finished a whole year. I've never lasted more than 6 weeks, actually.

After doing the project, though, i am not 100% sold on doing it another year. At least not in a row. I really liked Courtney's approach of every other year... Or else i will switch to monthly highlights. I haven't decided. Either way, finishing 2016 is first, and I think that will be done this week.

My "traditional" pages are working through 2014, though i don't hold myself to only those. But i wanted to complete a full year, and just picked 2014 to make sure all pur stories were told. I am using CT duties and challenges to work through these as much as possible.

Then, Kaydee's baby album that I've been trying to finish for ages. I'd like to move on to start Rory's album this year, so I need to move forward on hers. And last, i am planning another WITL in October. Kaydee starts Kindergarten this year, and i am anticipating a shift in our family life, so that another WITL album will be quite interesting and different than our last one. It works out that i have WITL 2015, PL 2016, WITL 2017, and back to PL in '18? Possibilities...

 

I should be finishing up on 2016 pl book but I am just stalled out right now. January was so busy for me - was out of town then went on a cruise - that I haven't had time to do anything. I'm starting on the cruise book to see if that will put me back into the swing of things. I decided to do a smaller book so that's been a little challenging. I really need to get back to taking more photos. I've seriously slacked off!

 

I am not making much progress in my 2016 England trip, but at least I'm blogging on it weekly which gives me a base, plus all the photos are in Lightroom so they sort easily by day. Every night I say tomorrow...but somehow it's not happening. Yet. I feel caught up enough in Project Life when I'm only one week 'behind' - isn't there a better word???