I have an addiction

I have an addiction ...


... it is called scrapbooking ... ya know I thought it would be a nice hobby to take up after the wedding ... ya know put together a book of wedding stuff ... one of honeymoon stuff ... then I realized Jenny's birthday is coming up and I know she loves scrapbooks but doesn't want to work on them ... so I could put one together of her beautiful baby ... then I asked Kris to send me all of her photos [they are just in a big box] and that I would put them into albums for her and sort them all out ... they came yesterday and as I looked through them I kept thinking, "Oh these would look great in a scrapbook" ... started pulling out the good ones and wound up staying up so late last night scanning those ... her birthday is on Wednesday so I figured if I could get this finished by Tuesday I could overnight it to her ...


In the last week as I have come up with these many projects I have spent more money than we have at A.C. Moore buying scrapbooking stuff ... and I haven't even touched the surface of all that I could have ... every day driving home I think, "oh I pass right by A.C. Moore ... maybe I should see if they have ..." ... you can fill that blank in with anything scrapbook-y ...


I will say it is the most productive "project" I have yet to undertake ... there is an end result that has purpose ... lots of my artwork from the past is either hanging on our bedroom wall or stacked up on the shelf in the closet ... some of them are nice but most just take up space ... and I do find cutting paper very relaxing ...


It has also given me a new thing to do while goofing off at work ... there are about a million and a half websites on scrapbooking so I can read articles and get ideas ... but I am obsessed ... I guess when I try and quit smoking again [for the umpteenth time] this is a good project to work on ... which was another of my goals ... and I guess when I do finally get pregnant it is also something good to work on ... but I am spending so much time on it that I haven't even picked up my baby books to read ...


I guess I just can't do anything half assed ... hahahaaaaa ...