Thursday Night

It is 15 minutes after midnight. I should be in bed by 12:30 and that will be my earliest bedtime by 2 hours this week. It has been full.

The sample book is as done as it is going to be. I only did 10 pages, but I'm not really worried about that. It simply wasn't possible to do 20 quality pages in one week, and it was important that these be high quality pages, so I settled for 10 individual pages rather than 10 spreads. (Actually, 9 spreads and 2 singles, but you know what I mean.) For the most part, the pages are good. It has been a LONG time since I scrapbooked with actual photos. I didn't realize how long it had been until I sat down to do it. I was quite the addict in high school and college, but I quit cold turkey when I realized it was time to stop wasting money on things that weren't necessities. The products that you can buy now, to enhance your pages, are advanced FAAAR beyond what they were 6 years ago when I stopped scrapbooking. I have to prove to myself that I will be able to make money scrapbooking this time, rather than throw it away, before I invest in some of these tools, but I can tell you the first three things I am going to buy when I get money from/for this venture.

1. A circle cutter. There is probably a better name for it, but I know what I'm talking about, and at this time at night, going on this amount of sleep, I can hardly expect other people to understand what I am saying, so I won't bother trying to explain.

2. I am going to experiment with stamps.

3. Buttons and ribbon. Yes, I'm counting that as one thing.

Tomorrow night I am going to do some computer work for Pretty Bird after Bible study and Saturday I am going to finish as many ornaments as I can.

I have 2 goals for Sunday. (Why am I giving 2 sets of numbered lists in this post? I have no idea. Just go with it.)

1. To sell all of my pre-made books and give out 100 flyers and business cards.

2. To be in bed by 9:00.

Brett won't be happy about number 2. It's been hard on both of us this week, me being home every night instead of at his apartment. But he has been great. He came over for an hour last night and for 2 hours tonight. He doesn't really like hanging out here (just can't be comfortable) so he was a sport to come chill out with me.

I'm off to bed! Woohoo!