Better Than Roses

Someone left an umbrella in my car today. Thanks, Sweetie!

Digital Layouts

I recently tried some digital scrapbooking. The first layout is a 2 page spread. The photo is of my oldest son's room after he moved out. When I took the photo, my 12yo looked at the display and said "it looks scary." I thought it was cool that he got the emotion behind the photo.

On the left I included the words to Billy Ray Cyrus' song, Ready, Set, Don't Go. I get a little teary every time I hear it. The journaling says:

Just after Alex moved out, Billy Ray Cyrus released this song as a duet with his daughter, Miley. It sums up so perfectly how I felt. So proud that he's taking charge of his life, but missing him so. I know my job was to make him ready for the world, but he's still my baby.

The second is my attempt at a "warhol" layout using my favorite photo of my 11 year old. The last is my first attempt at sketching over a photo - after you're done with the sketch, you hide the layer with the photo. Now it looks like I can actually draw!

Floods of Various Kinds

The main floor is dried out (although the carpet padding is still out) and the garage repairs are being painted as we speak. Pretty soon we'll be back to normal!

At the store, we're up to our knees in inventory. We're trying to get the hand scanners to work, and nearly everything is counted. We hope to open again on Friday.

Back to work for me!