Project Life - Title Page & Week 1

This year, I joined the frenzy and decided to give Project Life a try. I decided to do a loose version of it though and have given myself the option of doing 1 or 2 pages at a time. Project Life was created by Becky Higgens. You can read more about it here: http://www.beckyhiggins.com/products/ . Basically, you devote a 2 page spread (in my case most of the time 1) to each week. You record the little things in a Project Life album, instead of more of the big items, like in my regular scrapbooking. Here is my title page:

I made these cute little silhouettes of our family on (ironically) my Silhouette Cameo.

A close up of my map - where we live!



Love my typewriter :)

Week 1 - Starting with New Year's Eve. Some Chinese Fortunes. Changes at work. Starting Project Life & getting Studio Calico happy mail.

I have decided to try to incorporate a weekly review of some kind into each page. It will include the other bits and pieces of the week that aren't covered yet in journaling or pictures for the week.

Happy New Year!

Welcome to 2012! I spent last night ushering in the new year at PJ's. Michelle and I went out to supper with her parents (Chris was deciding to be non social), and we stayed hoping to win one of 6 trips to Vegas.


Miranda, Nick, and her sister Heather also showed up at PJ's.

And then she convinced Cindy to stop by too.

Got a lot accomplished this past year:

- Complete rehab from my knee surgery

- Roxy (cat) made a complete recovery from her eyelid surgery

- Five (cat) made a complete recovery from a broken leg

- Removed the boiler from the basement (in pieces)

- Got the house on new supports

- Shingled the house

- Removed the carpet from the pool table room, also removed the ceiling & the closet

- Complete demo of the new laundry room

- Finished the duct work to all the upstairs rooms (yay! we have heat!)

- Rewired the whole upstairs

- Painted the entryway

- Touched up the woodwork in the entryway/stairs (had paint all over the edges)

- Patched & painted the guest bedroom

- Filled in the old air conditioner hole, insulated and sheet rocked the whole wall in the living room

- Insulated the attic (can't wait for our heat bill to drop & our upstairs is already more comfortable)

- Rearranged the stuff in the basement so our stuff could also fit down there

- Got my first layout published in a magazine
- Celebrated 5 years of marriage!

- Applied to be on American Pickers, but didn't quite make the final cut

- Chris started playing farmer boy - baling alfalfa and hay

- Got the corvette done

- Hiked Harney Peak (and made it to the top!)

- Stood by and helped 2 amazing people get married (Jen & Jason)

- Started doing Zumba (and stuck with it for almost half the year, and still going strong)

- Had a successful Christmas at our house (although the flu struck both Chris and Gary)

Things to look forward to/to do in 2012:

- Finish the laundry room project

- Remodel the bathroom

- Finish the pool table room project

- Annual snowmobile trip in February

- Finish the upstairs hallway project

- Continue with my Zumba classes twice weekly and hope to stick with the Bar Method as well
- Participate and complete Photo a Day for all of 2012

- Also start doing Project Life (for scrapbooking) for 2012

- I already have 4 layouts out for publication in 2012!

- Africa! with Amy in April