Hello Blog!

Ok, so April just flew by! Last month was just crazy. I don't think I even took a lot of pics last month either. Work was extremely busy for me and Vince. What a blur April was. I remember Claire had her first dentist appointment and she was awesome! But other than that, nothing terribly significant happened. Just a lot of work!

Scrapbooking kept me busy too, although at the end of month, I decided to take a temporary leave of absence from POTP. The reason is that Vince and I have decided to sell our tiny townhouse and buy a bigger home. So I have to put all my scrapbooking stuff away and pack them up.

So far, we have looked at homes but haven't made any offers yet. We still need to get our place on the market, but we'll need to do some aesthetic touch-ups like painting and landscaping. Kerry, our realtor is confident she can sell our place. *crossing fingers* I've been checking all these homes online, crunching numbers, checking out mortgage rates, researching neighbourhoods and checking out various schools, access to transportation, etc. So much stuff to think about.

If we buy a home in the next few months and move by the end of summer, that would be the 3rd time we're moving in just 5 years! Talk about experienced movers. But I'm hoping the house that we find will be the last house we move into (or at least for the next 15-20 years), which is why I'm taking a lot of time and making sure we move into the right neighbourhood. We'll see how it goes.

Anyhow, tomorrow is the start of the long weekend. Woohoo! The weather is gorgeous, and maybe I'll get to take some pics outdoors.

Here are some layouts I created last month..

From the April POTP kit:

Last May 4 was National Scrapbooking Day and at POTP, we celebrated it by hosting an online crop. I posted a couple of challenges. One was to use a long title (meaning having a title of at least 6 words - lol!). My sample layout had 10 words.

My other challenge was to scrap about the "man/men in your lives". Here's a layout to celebrate my DH. I rarely scrap about him, so I thought it would be a fun challenge.

Here's a fun one using my stamps to create my own patterns:

And a layout of one of my favourite pics of Claire.

Since I've packed most of my scrapping stuff away, I probably won't be doing much scrapbooking for the next little while until we move. Oh well, I can always take photos :)

Happy weekend!

Comments

[JennD]

Wow Anna!!! Your layouts are stunning.
Good luck with buying and selling.

[bjay]

hey, anna! welcome back! woo-hoo! :) love all your new LOs. hope you nail a nice, new house real soon.

[angi]

Glad to see you post again, I still ck on you now & then. Your layouts are wonderful! Best wishes on finding the PEREFECT home :)

[Lacintha]

Gorgeous Layouts Anna..happy packing :)

[GayeN]

Just blog hopping...havent seen you in the yahoo groups.

I love your new layouts! =P

[Joybear]

Good to see the blog updated!!! LOVE the LOs and good luck with finding the right house!!!!