PROJECT LIFE WEEK 10

 

Oh my goodness I cant believe I haven't posted anything since the 6th of March.  I think I've only visited my blog twice in that time, that’s terrible.  Lucky I've kept up with Project Life still have journaling and embellishments to do I'm only about two weeks behind that shouldn't take too long.  I'm still enjoying the process although I've been a bit light on the photographs the last couple of weeks and have to remind myself to get out there and take photos.

I'm sorry about the quality of the photos over the next few posts I should have taken them earlier in the afternoon but I thought If I don't get them taken today it might be another week.

With the insert

 

 

Week 9

 

What an up and down week this week extreme sadness, excitement and happiness, I guess that’s why its called Project Life.

My daughter Lucy is intellectually disabled, she has learning difficulties and school is a real struggle.  Twice a year since she started school we get together with her case  manager and work out an education plan both for school and home, it’s a list of what we want Lucy to achieve.  This year it’s changed I’m not sure if this is just for her school, state or federal it’s now called Pathway (I think) I must admit I was sceptical and thought oh yeah another “plan” but I was so impressed with this.  This is Lucy’s plan not mine not her case worker but hers.  The only things to go on this list were what she wanted.  Lucky Annabelle can draw and I think her Path looks really good.  Lucy likes visuals and couldn’t wait to put this up on her wall.  It has a list of people who influence her, short and long term goals and how and who are going to help her get there.  Very positive and most things are very doable.  We could take positive people to this meeting (it took 2hours) I took my parents, but we could have taken day care workers, someone from an employment agency etc.  My DH would have been there but he had to work. 

The excitement was Grandma and Grandpa coming for a visit it’s great that they only live a few hours away again.  Tess bought her first car at the car auctions,  She had been saving for ages, it’s a great little car.

On a very sad note we lost a very close friend, he was only 44, so sad.  He was such a lovely and funny person and a great handyman. I guess for him he’s in a better place, we are certainly going to miss him.

Just couldn't get rid of the glare in the photo.

Not to self  Do not glue photos or cards to the back of the other photos or cards until you are absolutely sure everything is in the right place.  I'm not a hundred percent happy with where everything is placed but cant move it now.

 

Bye for now

Jackie

Project Life Week 8

 

I'm really enjoying Project Life, it’s funny even Tess’s boyfriend gives me bits and pieces that I might like to keep, They went to a music  festival and he had a hand written list of the bands he would like to see so I added that, he gave me a business card that I forgot to pick up at a tavern we were all at yesterday.  I'm training them well just got to get Tess and Tony (DH) to take more photo’s when they go places together.  They took one photo at the car auctions, One.  They need working on.  Here’s my week eight I didn't get this posted last week as I was waiting for Joey to hand over photos that he took at the music festival that he, Tess and Lucy went to.  He gave me a grand total of 3 photos, they were there from 11am to 11pm and I got three photos, it had been raining but it wasn't that bad.  I used another insert it was a  10x12 , I didn't have enough photos from the music festival I added the ticket, I also downloaded a copy of the programme .  I also added the girls in their gumboots that they were going to wear I had to laugh the tag basically said that these boots were useless in heavy rain but made you look gorgeous as you were bouncing around in the puddles.

Had a bit of trouble taking photos today, no decent light.

The two pages without the inserts

 

Borrowed two ideas for this page.  One was in the mail today I took from Amy Tangerine and the photo of the groceries with the price on it came from Figuring Out 40 .  I want to put the receipts and business card into a red envelope I just cant find where I have put it.  Love my friends new car, would have loved a drive.

Project Life - Week 7

How quickly are the weeks passing and in two days it will be autumn, my favourite time of the year. The Beach photos were taken by Joey Kiernan and I'm grateful that he let me have them.

It’s really hard not to use the inserts as they add so much more and I've used them again doing week 8.  I really hate my handwriting but decided that that was the way too go as it’s so much quicker and I don't want to be spending hours trying to print stuff. I'm really enjoying this process I got to March last year and stopped but I'm going to see if I can finish it I'm not going to worry if there isn't a spread for each week.  I think it was last year but one of the months I don't think I took a single photo but at least we can enjoy the photos and the stories if I can get them in the album.

Bye for Now

Jackie

Project Life–Week 6

I added some inserts this week I love that idea but I'm going to try not to do it too often as I don't want the album really bulky.  One I didn't show as I realised I hadn't finished it.

 

 

A layout to Share

I had a very productive day today I caught up on my Project Life, finished a layout I had started last weekend and started going through  a large box of UFO’s (unfinished layouts) and finished some or ditched the others I'm about half way through it so hopefully will finish it tonight while I listen to the cricket.  Some of these layouts were so old, I had made a heap of  packs up for some retreats I went on now I haven't been on any retreats for years lol.  Here's  my January In review layout it’s from Pip Prosser’s Cut and Paste Feb double up packs.

 

I should stop being lazy and scan the layouts rather than photograph them, they look better scanned.

Project Life–Week 5