January 9 - 12, 2008

January 9, 2008

I hadn't done any pages on the scrapbook for Mary and Greg's farewell party on the 12th, so Emily came over to scrap with me and started me on a roll. By the 12th I had 18 pages done. In this picture, Emily is hard at work on one of the 3 layouts she completed that night.



January 10, 2008

Granddaughters Kenzie and Sydney came downstairs to visit me and wasted no time getting out the crayons and coloring books that I keep on hand for their visits.



January 11, 2008

Rob (DS#1) and Cindy had Anson's respite worker taking care of their kids this evening and needed to kill some time, so they came over and we had a nice game of Settlers of Catan. Rob won, but it was close. Fun.

The Next Few Days

January 5, 2008

Mum and I had fun trying to get some self-portraits of us together on her last day in Edmonton. She's 86 years old and has Alzheimer's so we don't know if we'll have another good Christmas with her. We take it one day at a time though. She thought I was foolish trying to take pictures of us myself. And then to put them on the computer !!! Technology baffles her.





January 6, 2008

Rob and Brooklyn had come to have dinner with us and Kenzie came down to play with Brooklyn. They both ended up playing with their Papa while he and Rob were watching the hockey game.













January 7, 2008.

I was working on a scrapbook for Mary and Greg and sorting through my stacks of pictures. Lloyd got interested in the pictures and spent quite a long time looking through them. He pretends not to be very interested in my scrapbooking, but always likes to see my pages when I'm done. I think it's the mess he doesn't like. He's promised to shave that beard by the end of February. I can hardly wait. It adds years to his handsome face.






January 8, 2008

I was baby-sitting for Kenzie this evening when I realized I hadn't taken my picture of the day. I have a feeling she'll be filling in for a lot of times when I forget. It's handy having her and her parents, brother and sister living upstairs...constant subjects for my camera. She liked our new orange leather retro chair.

The First Few Days

January 1, 2008.

This is my computer where I spend so much time, and the sexy pink leatherette notebook where I am going to document this picture-of-the-day project.






January 2, 2008.

First day back at work after the holidays. This is my desk and the other computer where I spend lots of time.







January 3, 2008.

Hockey night in Canada - Oilers hockey of course. They lost this game against Nashville but went on to a 4 game winning streak on home ice.


January 4, 2008.

My first trip of the year to my favorite scrapbook store. Mum was coming to the end of her two-week visit with us - she left the next day. Always ready for an afternoon outing, she humored me by accompanying me to the store. My Acura's back window really isn't solid blue.