I guess it was to be expected after the recent stress but doesn't mean I like it.  I am not 100% sure I am even truely sick.  I have a sore throat, etc but it is more that I am weary in mind and body.  I think I need a day of watching favorite movies and not doing anything - so NOT going to happen!  My life goes on even if I want to cuddle up and take a break.  Instead I am taking comfort in this...

Yes, tea.  I love a good cup of tea.  Totally random I know but since I cannot curl up in the couch I am carrying tea around with me.  This of course got me thinking.  I am too tired and icky (is that a word?) to scrap but that doesn't stop my from scrapping in my head.  So this is what I was thinking.  Comfort.  What brings me and my family comfort in times when we need it?  This would make a great layout or even a mini book.  I am thinking a mini book.  Maybe the one I started the other week that I only got covered in paper.  One page for each person in my family.  Hmm.  Stay tuned.  When I get some energy back I will get to making this.

So until I am feeling like myself again I will continue to post the pages I made last weekend.

Again, here is one that uses a really old photo - from 1996!  I found it during my cleaning spree behind another photo that was in a frame.  It was like I found a little treasure when I uncovered it.

This is me and my very good friend Nicole.  I can remember this day so clearly.  We had a picnic down the river from my hometown.  It was the first of many day trips that summer. We are still the best of friends even today (though she lives in England and I live in Canada!)  I actually will probably make another layout with this photo talking about how much I can still remember from this day (I scanned and reprinted the photo) but for now this layout is about the beginning of our friendship.

And then this page...

This one is really about the journaling.

It is funny because this photo is from 2006 but I can still remember this moment so clearly.  It was like I saw Harper less as my little girl and more of a girl who was growing up and away from me. I wasn't sad - it was just a moment of clarity for me.  (I took the time of date from the time stamp on the digital photo - my memory is not THAT good!)

The title was because I am sure every mom can relate with their first born.

 And another page.

This one is much brighter in real life.  Have you noticed the repetion of little bit of product on these pages? When I first started my scrapping marathon I took out a bunch of papers and embellishments that worked together.  I then tried to turn to these each time I started a new page.  Sometimes I went in search for something else 'cause what I had wasn't "quite right" but mostly I stuck to the stash I pulled out and my scraps.  See the cream colored paper that runs across the page?  That was from the page from yesterday - Ready, Set, Launch.  The labels I have used on quite a few pages - still have about 3 left on the sheet but plan to use those soon.  See this...

The little oval type shape made of chipboard?  That is from the inside of one of the letters from the page  Ready, Set, Launch also. 

And this...

Left over pieces from a chipboard flower.  Painted and then layered with a clear/green flower and a sticker.

It was great to use the entire package of something.  And paper scraps.  This is probably why I got so much done.  No searching.  Just scrapping and enjoying.