AAM Monday: Project Life Week 15

Not the usual pocket scrapping for this week but then again it wasn't the usual kind of week. It included a very early Easter and a  departure for a short week in Boston.  Boston will be done on it's own but I wanted this week's pages to flow in my D ring binder. So...

The left page has all the shots in a template design style that I will probably use for Boston. I've been there a lot and I was on my own with a very sore heel. Not a lot of exciting things but that's just how it was. It was good but I'm getting ahead of myself here. Back to these pages.

Not much in the way of embellishments but with all those images I think there's enough visual excitement!

There was more playing around with this page, just enough to keep the creative side of me happy. I'm not one to want to spend hours on a page nor do I have to be a saleswoman as part of a CT so this bit of creating with my stash was what I wanted. btw, week 15, for me, included soft shell crabs for Easter dinner AND a crab cake mid week. That's just how we roll in Maryland!

Here's how the two page will look in the binder. I don't DO pages as a 24"x12" but I often put the two pages into a blank 24"x12" file just to see how they balance. This final image is just for the web and I usually delete it after posting here and there.

The use of simple pocket pages with other more 'artistic' ones gives me a good balance and keeps me enjoying what I'm doing. If a hobby isn't fun, then, really, what's the point?

Five on Friday - May 24, 2013

The cool weather finally ended and we have had some hot days, some humid days, and some almost hot and humid days. That's normal weather for us. Today is chilly and drizzly. There's just no telling.

1. Today is the USNA (United States Naval Academy) graduation. No Blue Angels this year due to budget cuts.  That's not like cutting food programs for children, but it's still sad for us who live here as well as the Mids who are graduating.

2. I'm feeling that my stamina in the aerobics classes has reached a good level. I don't feel the need or much of the desire to quit before the hour is up. More hair washing but I can cope with that.

3. My dh went off to VA to bicycle this week, and came home via Baltimore (almost) to avoid the heavy DC traffic. The payoff? two crab cake dinners for us from G & M Restaurant.  Those crab cakes are the best!

4. I'm still reading as much as usual but not finding books I really like that well. I think my most recent batches at the book sales have included a few duds. It all balances out in the end.

5. Those dud books led me to check for new tv shows on HBO or Netflix.  I like having an episode or two to watch in the evening on my iPad. I just found HBO's Family Tree and like it quite a bit. Chris O'Dowd is a delight to watch - and I've enjoyed him in "The IT Crowd."  Watch these if you can.

What he got me

My lad was out in Western MD for a few days, visiting friends and riding his bike. When he does this, he invariably comes home early and I get discombobulated. After a few years, I do plan that he will be home half a day or a day earlier than he said, and prepare meals accordingly.

This time, he came home when he said he would, had already eaten, and brought me this. (He got himself the same.)

Now that was way too much for me for lunch and he had already had lunch. I was hungry tho so I ate half and had the rest for my dinner. He gave me his bit of salad and his pickle. That's love.

Crabcakes from G & M . You can't beat that with a stick, as we used to say in high school.

Maryland Summer - Sunday Supper

With a dinner like this, a slow end to a good Sunday,





and weather cool enough to eat outside without 'enduring' ...well that is summer in Maryland at its best. And yes, there will be watermelon later.