Our Ordinary Life

It's been a little crazy the last couple days. Looking for a job does that to a person! I had a wonderful interview with a local company on Monday and I am on pins and needles waiting to hear if they want to hire me. I don't want to get too excited about it, because of the disappointment that would follow if they decide to hire someone else. But, it seems like a good fit. Besides, one of the people I interviewed with followed a similar path to me...working in accounting for many years, then switching to IT. We also have several acquaintances in common. Talk about a Small World. I have a couple other leads, but nothing that sounds as promising as this job. Besides, it's very close to my house - I wouldn't even have to get on the Freeway to go to work. How cool is that? Well, I'm leaving it in God's (and the CIO's) hands and letting go of the worry. Can't do anything else about it, right?!? Any prayers you want to send my way would be greatly appreciated!

I went to 2 crops last night at sbb. I haven't done any crops in a Looooooong time! It was a total blast. If you get a chance, you need to stop by the 2006 Autumn Leaves Calendar Challenge. The women who host are a total blast! It's not a speed crop, either. You have until Saturday to post your layout, which leaves more time for chatting :) After the AL crop, I stayed for Kim's 2-page sketch crop. Another really fun, non-stressful crop. Kim gives you a 2-page sketch and you have a week to post a layout. More time for chatting and getting to know your fellow digital scrappers. Come on by next week and say "Hi!"

Although I didn't get any scrapping done during the crops last night, I have done a couple new layouts. I combined challenges for this first one. I've been following the Heritage Challenge over at Scrapartist. Robyn posts a new challenge each week. And of course, my current fancy with Susan's Digi Scraplift. So Voila! My parents wedding photo from 1961:


Stitching - Shabby Princess, Background Papers, Brushes - Lighter Shades of Pale Michelle Coleman @ scrapartist, Lace - Roundabout Traci Simms @ scrapbook-elements, Fonts - Jeana, President, McGanahan, Filter - Virtual Photographer Radiant


And I had this layout I did last week of my parents at Christmas:


Papers - Signature 01 (jenwilsondesigns.com), Schmootzy Frame #2 - Nancie Rowe Janitz scrapartist.com, Fonts - MA Sexy (Title), High Strung, Scraplift of Jen Wilson's Layout, I am your sister, brother and friends at sbb.


So, my plan for the AL Challenge for this week is to combine the photos into one layout. I'll probably head over to Scrap-Maps to see what Bree has on her site for sketches.

I also participated in the current Photography Challenge at sbb. It's titled Reflections. I took this photo back in 1997..specifically going for the reflection because I had seen something similar in a Travel Book. The other interesting thing about this photo is that it was one of the few views where you couldn't see the construction going on around the Chateau. Many of the Chateaux in the Loire Valley were undergoing repairs in 1997.


Chateau Azay le Rideau, Loire Valley France
I used a Pentax K-1000 35mm, 200 speed film. Sorry, I don't remember any of the other settings.


That's it for now...I've got my "Honey-Do" list to try and tackle, especially if I want to scrap later before my oldest gets home from school