Scraping stuff

This was one of the layouts that I did for Linda (Dusty's mom). We had been talking about her grandmother. She said that she always wanted to be the kind of grandmother her's was. I wanted her to know that she is that kind of grandmother...the one that just takes the time to be there.

I hate to clean the house. Did I say HATE? Yes, I said hate so this is the way that I make it fun. I have a can. In the can there are popsicle sticks labeled with different chores or locations. (dishes, laundry, bathroom, bedroom, living room, entertainment room, long table, vacuum, ect.) So when I start cleaning, I choose a stick. Charlie had to have a cup too. So, these are our cleaning cups. Silly, Huh?

The last layout that I did for Christmas was for Dusty's dad. When Dusty and I first started dating, I went to his parents house. His dad was in the kitchen baking chocolate chip cookies and reciting something. The something turned out to be this story: The Monsters Three Wishes. It was Dusty's favorite story as a kid. So I looked everywhere to find it. Alas, I had to break copyright laws to get it. It is a short story inside a collection of Sesame Street story books.
So I went to the library, checked out the book and color copied the six page story. I then laminated it and used clear packing tape to bind it together. One day this summer I caught pictures of Ben reading it to Charlie. I loved it. So here is the page. INside the pocket is the story typed out. The journaling tells the story of the cookies in the kitchen. It's a memory I don't want to forget.