Wordless Wednesday: 3 Months Down The Road

I'm glad the only metal is inside now

AAM Monday: Farewell December 2014

This week I plan to start on my 2015 Project Life or whatever I am going to call it this year. I see that a lot of digi scrappers are ready to break out of the traditional PL format and either go minimal or very free form. Of course a lot of the 'free formers' are Creative Team members who have to push product. I don't have to do that so I'm  going to see what goes this year. I do like the PL formats because they are variable and I can use different patterned papers as backgrounds. The project will evolve I know so I'm just going to start and see where it takes me. Just be open to the process.

December 2014?

It was a good end to the year. How about you? are you done with 2014 Project Life?

Travel With Me Tuesday: Across the River and UP the Hill

The trip was winding down at this point and we were blessed by the sun.  We went across the Po and took a bus ride up the hill. That sounds simple but the trip was not. It was a heart stopping trip up the hill/mountain with a crazy bus driver on switchback curves. The trip back was calm and a good end to our little adventure.

AAM Monday: That's Where November Went

So much of that month back in 2014 involved my knee replacement and all the rehab and follow up.  I was still in the knee rehab for Thanksgiving so even that holiday was just a blip for me. No work, just a midday meal, and then back to PT! But I went home the next day! That was my grateful Thanksgiving.

So,  November is not week by week. It's just a month on it's own. Not a lot to comment on while making the pages or make them more decorated than they are. Pretty Simple..that was November for me.

That was November from packing for the hospital to sitting at home warm and cozy, with my wonderful ice machine.

Travel With Me Tuesday: Up to Switzerland - Fail

Each trip to Northern Italy has involved an attempted trip to the Swiss border. It's never quite happened and this day was no exception. However, this was not due to our lollygoggling but rather our first experience with Blu Diesel which is not a fuel that diesel cars like. Who knew?

The day started off sunny and gorgeous, not too cold so perfect, it seemed, for a trip heading north truly into the Alps.

 With our car no longer moving after the Blu Diesel, we learned once again, that we Americans want everything done Right Now and that is not the Italian way. When it's lunch time, it's lunch time and that does not mean a 15 min gulp of fast food. It's just as well that there was no better restaurant nearby because one of us does not engage in small talk.  Killing time in silence is no fun.

We now know what it is like to ride in a BIG tow truck on the Autostrada. Somehow that is not an experience that is on many life Bucket Lists.  I believe we had pizza for dinner once again.

Not the best day, but certainly one I'll remember.

Travel With Me Tuesday: Day 1 in Torino

Onward with the 2014 Torino trip. On our first day really IN Torino, we set off with very little knowledge of our way to travel in the city. We had looked at our on-line maps but somehow did not have a feel for the city. Our landlord had left us 1 Metro ticket but no info on where to get more tickets etc.  However, off we went.

Dick was very interested in seeing both the Opera House and the museum.  Sadly, by the time we got into the center of the city my heel and knee were already bothering me. That became the saga of my trip.

Just a note that is in the journaling - those gymnasts or whatever they were gave me the creeps.

TBT The Day the Banks Burned

Tehran  November 1978

Wordless Wednesday: February 5, 2014

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