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October ATC

 
I was playing today with some of the items that I have collected from Deviant Scrap and really thought that I would end up with an ATC for September. The black cat won out and away I went. It was such fun developing a corner of a room that I think I will try for a school room corner for next month.

It has been busy here as I just finished uploading all 600+ photos from two family weddings to DVD's for the mother of the grooms and my sister-in-law Peggy. I am ready now to put together the travel journal and the week in the life pages. Busy month ahead.

WITL-Sunday

 

Yesterday Jon and I made a strawberry rhubarb crisp and today we delivered it to Jon's sister, Peg. She is in her third month of treatment for an aggressive cancer and she was very weak. It is so hard to see her this way as she is normally such an active person and yet she was still a joy to spend time with. We took Hilda, Jon and Peg's mom with us and stayed for several hours. Jon almost let Dave, his brother-in-law, give him the same haircut that he gave to Peg when her hair began to fall out. When we got home he said that he wished he had gone ahead with it in a show of solidarity. Peg will finish this round of chemo in October and we are all hoping that she will beat this and not have to go through this ordeal ever again. 

Today is also the last day of WITL. I will be putting the pages of photos and stories together over the next few weeks along with my 365 photos for July and the travel journal from our anniversary trip to the ocean. I'll be posting these as I finish them. It may be a few more days before I post again, but I will be back soon. Be sure to check out all of the others who took part in this week long adventure by linking to their sites through Ali Edwards blog.

WITL-Saturday

 

We were at Barnes & Noble today and I realized that I needed a few small journals for a new class at Big Picture Classes called Write Now.  These looked like just the right size and style. Two of them have lines and the paper is smooth and easy to write on.

WITL-Friday

 

Friday we attended the Bellevue Art Museum street fair. Each year we save all of our change in two different piggy banks and cash them in for this fair. It is an awesome art fair with three blocks or more of arts and crafts. I will need to make several scrapbook pages filled with the photos and then post them to give a good idea of the fun that filled our day. We live right on the bus line and so parking is no problem. Jon and I spent the entire day immersed in other peoples art and enjoying the whole scene. The sun was out and we were experiencing one of the first really nice days this summer.

WITL-Thurs.

 

Thursdays are the day of the week when my friend Nan comes to play. We are both taking part in Week In The Life this time.  She is a phenominal artist and I love having this day with her each week. Nan inspires me and makes me laugh. I share a love of alternative art with her and I stretch myself when I know that she will be viewing my work. Everyone should have a friend like Nan in their life.

WITL-Weds.

 

It is a chore to pick just one photo for each day when you are taking bunches of pictures. I settled on this one because this is the second time that we used our anniversary present from my mom. I am having issues with my hands as osteoarthritis takes it tole on my joints. To add to our the joy, Jon is trying to cook more as we love our time together in the kitchen. We eat almost entirely organic foods and are devoted vegetarians. So as one might imagine even though we live in the Great Pacific Northwest, our dining out choices are somewhat limited. We are also trying to watch our waist lines. They are so correct when they say that growing older is not for the timid.  And so when Mom came to visit and wanted to know what we wanted for our twenty-fifth we said a food processor. She took us the next day to Williams Sanoma and here it is. Thank you Mom.