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mlewis

mlewis

mlewis
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Anyone else feel hopelessly behind this summer? Between having the kids (and husband because he's a teacher) home all day every day all summer, lots of trips and company, I am SO behind in PL and scrapping. It's ridiculous! I am at the point where I'm just giving up until they all head back to school and I've got some quiet time and a routine again. 6 days left. Not that I'm counting or anything. ;)
 
I am so ready for school to start, too. I have 2 of my 3 off to school in a couple weeks and will only have the baby at home. We can't wait. lol My two year old told me the other day, "I cannot wait for our alone times, mommy." :D
 
its not even Summer here but I am hopelessly behind everything too :D
 
It's not Summer here either but I have been behind for like, forever! Been trying to catch up on almost everything but things about school, and kids and then checkups and therapies - there's no rest for this momma either :) - i'm just trying to be happy with all of it because if not, i'm probably not the safest person to be around with ;)
 
Gah, you know, summer being over also means work for me, but I get so much more scrapping done when I am back to regular routines. This weekend has had us cooped up in the house because of thunderstorms and loads of rain, but that also means I suddenly got a lot of scrapping done. I completed 4 challenges this weekend! woot woot
 
I feel behind in everything, not just scrapping. Something about summer. More time and yet I feel like I can't sit still.
 
This is my first summer where my daughter was in school full time the school year prior and OMG, it is so crazy how busy I feel right now! I'm actually looking forward to school starting, only so I can get back to normal, LOL!! I am so behind on everything!
 
I am always behind!! And am trying desperately to be as caught up as possible, because with school starting, those pesky lesson plans and grading and the teaching all seem to take center stage! :)
 
Yes, very behind here too. I was doing great till we started traveling the first week in July. So I am behind about 5 weeks with my PL album (soon to be 6 since we are leaving again tomorrow for the beach). I did manage to get my weekly recap cards done and printed. And last week I added sticky notes to each week noting what pictures need to be included for that week. That helped make it not seem so overwhelming. Of course once he goes back to school, I will have to go back to work, so it will take a while to get caught up again.
 
Well, my new system is to keep a running list of layouts I want to scrap including both pictures and kits. In a very conservative guess, I have about 10 from June/July right now, but I was able to mark three off my list this week. Of course, that leaves about 7 more to be done, and that's only the ones I've thought of right now, but its good to have a list.
 
I keep lists, too, melissa, so I never actually feel like I'm behind. I always feel like I'm working wtih a plan. : ) Plus it helps me not feel stressed out when I get a new CT kit because I can look at my list and figure out what to scrap.

I do, however, need to get on my 2008 list of layouts and get it printed before it's 2014...
 
joelsgirl said:
I keep lists, too, melissa, so I never actually feel like I'm behind. I always feel like I'm working wtih a plan. : ) Plus it helps me not feel stressed out when I get a new CT kit because I can look at my list and figure out what to scrap.
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That is just SOoooooooooo me!! :D
 
Add me to the list keeper club. I have an excel spreadsheet that I just jot down my ideas of pages to scrap as I take pictures. I love it! I also note kits that I want to use when I get around to scrapping and that speeds up my scrapping SO much! Then I just check 'em off the list when I finish a page and when I hit 100 or so finished pages I order a Shutterfly book. :)
 
maybe i should become a list keeper! i don't typically do this, but i did for getting my 1st book of PL 2013 finished up, and it kept me on track. I am CRAZY behind, especially in PL. I don't know when or how I will get caught up. *sigh*
 
I'm not behind in scrapping, in fact, that is the only thing I'm on top of. It's everything else that I have let slide over the summer....housework mostly. My house needs a good cleaning, top to bottom.
 
I'm actually right on schedule with PL... and SO PROUD of myself for keeping up with the project all this time! I never do that. :giggle
 
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