I Love NY

Some more feelings about another place where I lived - New York City.

 

Perfectly Imperfect

Some of my feelings about the place where I live - Kodiak, Alaska.

 

For Everything There is a Season

For my Covid19/2020 Traveler's Notebook.

Documenting my "stay-at-home" need for more firewood

and a new firewood rack and a little help.

 

Winter in Texas... As Told On Facebook

 My daughter and her family lived through the big freeze in Texas last week. (They were luckier than most in that they have a gas fireplace and stove.) I documented it using 

her own posts from Facebook.

(Individual pages below.)

Joy Magic Love

 

Another LO for my grandson, a companion page for yesterday's.

Hello Baby

 

The last grandchild! And it's about time - he's 8!

Covid Cancelled

 

A page for my grandson about some of the things that were cancelled for him due to Covid.

Reasons to Celebrate

 

For my Covid19/2020 Traveler's Notebook.

Fun and cheer at the end of a long and depressing year.

Happy Halloween 2020

 

For the grandkids. Granddaughter above, Grandson below.

Quarantine or not, Halloween is always fun!

Look Who's One!

For my granddaughter's album, her first birthday.

All materials from Pinkfresh Studio

 

Mask Up

 

Another mask page, this one for my granddaughter.

I hope that someday she'll be sharing these Covid-19

pages with her children and grandchildren.

Mask Up/Brighten Up

 

Two pages for my Covid19/2020 Traveler's Notebook,

documenting mask wearing and brightening up a dark time.

Let's Go!

This is for my granddaughter's album, documenting a time she and Mom 

(my daughter) came here to Kodiak for a visit.

 

Hello Brother!

When my granddaughter became a big sister!

 

My Year in Books

Adding to my Covid19/2020 Traveler's Notebook.

Reading was more important than ever in 2020,

and I wanted to document that.

 

Something to Celebrate

 

Celebrating the end of a long and difficult year.

Boats decorated for Christmas! Fireworks!

The Kodiak Harbor Lights Boat Parade!

What Happens in Vegas

 

A companion page for the wrestling layout from the other day.

It documents my 8th-grade grandson's trip from Kodiak

to Las Vegas to compete in a Regional tournament.

Summer Brought This... And Then This!

 

Two pages for my Covid 19/2020 TN.

It was a very strange year.

On to State

More wrestling! Sometimes it seems that's all of my layouts!

Second grandson has turned into quite the wrestler -

many medals and taking a leadership role.

 

As Close As It Gets... 6' Apart

Documenting social distancing in my Covid 19/2020 Traveler's Notebook.

 

Keeping Sane

I wanted to document what has helped keep me from going completely crazy 

during the Covid 19 anxieties, and crafting has definitely been at the top of the list.

In 2020 I completed three huge (double) albums - documenting the lives (birth

to graduation) for my two kids and a grandson. I made over 50 Christmas cards

and a large number of other cards. I participated in challenges large and small

and attended two virtual craft experiences, taking a total of 20 classes.

 

School in 2020

 

For my grandson in high school.

The crazy year of off and on school -

start, stop, start, stop, repeat, repeat.

Baby's First Christmas

 

My granddaughter's first Christmas. She was about 2 1/2 months old,

but some of the pictures are a little earlier or later.

This is a companion page to the one featuring her under the tree.

Off to the Races

 

First horse ride - my daughter (1975) and then her daughter (2009).

Two Graphic 45 collections: Off to the Races and Raining Cats and Dogs

Layout inspired by a prompt on Scraphappy's Load 221 challenge.

Funny Things Are Everywhere

Two more pages for my Covid-19/2020 Traveler's Notebook.

I love to laugh, and even in the middle of a pandemic and a 

very bad year, I found plenty to laugh about, especially 

on social media.

This layout was inspired by a prompt on ScrapHappy's Load221 challenge.

 

This is Real

The beginning of my Covid-19/2020 Traveler's Notebook.

On the left is the list of cases that I started in April,

and on the right a page of my feelings at the time.

This layout was based on a prompt from ScrapHappy's LOAD 221 challenge.

 

A Special Gift Under the Tree

My daughter under the Christmas tree in 1974, and her daughter in 2008.

So glad I have those pictures!

This layout was based on a prompt from ScrapHappy's LOAD 221 challenge.

 

Fix Your "Broken" Heart

My 16-year-old grandson was found to have a PDA after having an accident.

When the surgeon went in to fix it, he discovered an aneurysm as well, a much 

more rare and dangerous condition. Now he's all fixed up!

This layout was based on a prompt from ScrapHappy's LOAD 221 challenge.