I was able to complete 50 layouts this month, FIFTY, which means I tied for second highest contributor during the February LOAD. ( I tied with kskreations who also submitted 50 layouts. Michellecm was the highest contributor with 54 layouts-WAY TO GO!) This is the final two-page layout I made compiling most of my layouts from LOAD 211.
For a while I tried to stay in the lead, once I got over the shock of finding myself in first place, but life just kept getting in the way. The kids still needed their lessons, and clean clothes. Hubby wanted us to eat on a daily basis, and the little piranhas wanted something to chew on every hour it seemed, so the cooking of meals and making of snacks still needed to happen.
I decided that I just had to slow down and be content with one layout a day. I was happy when I managed to finish two, three, or even more layouts a day, but I really wanted to be able to be content with just one. I wanted to be present in the day to day doings of my family's life and scrapping too many hours wasn't letting that happen.
For now I am going to sit back a bit and enjoy a different pace of life - do a bit more reading with my little guys, and more one on one lesson time with my girls, my flower beds need tending, the lawn needs mowing, and there are grandbabies that need cuddling. I want to capture more moments with my camera and get a bit more consistent posting on my blog. We have a fun spring vacation with extended family coming up as well.
Oh, I will still be scrapping, but if I only get one or two layouts done in any given week, well, that's okay. I can be good with that. I'll be making memories and documenting them in spare moments. There is life after LOAD 211.
Besides, May is coming, and I am already signed up for LOAD 511.
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