August is the month when my father in law was hospitalised for kidney failure and we are so thankful that he has been able to start dialysis treatments, and that his body is responding well and he has come home after two and a half weeks. Though he is still weak and has poor appetite, we are hopeful his health will improve and rejoice together in our hope in Christ.
The story is about J's obsession with crew (height) socks, nothing higher, nothing lower is acceptable. So much so he uses rubber bands to hold up his favorite old socks without complaints. :)
One of my best friends who now lives in Malaysia also came for a lovely, lovely visit.
And it is also my birthday in August. There are indeed too many candles now lol, so we did not bother with a cake :) Dh surprised me with many hidden gifts, card throughout my day including a handwritten love letter! And the Nora Ephron book about growing older that is hilarious.
I tucked the love letter into the pocket behind the filler card :)
And we also brought back all our stuff from 'paid personal storage' and sort through them to 'downsize' some more. Something Old covered what I found so far and kept or had to throw out. Including a shot of me (now) wearing one of my old pair of spectacles (from twenty years ago!)
We've cooking more so this get's recorded in Today's menu. Then there is our Tea Time ritual every evening. And stories of the note dh left on our door when he was locked out, and of Ryan and his Paranoia, everyday stories that are precious to me!
Included tea bags and all from the various chinese, japanese, herbal and other teas we consume these days. Love that I can keep these in PL!
Linking up over at The Mom Creative for Jessica's Project Life Tuesdays. I follow her on Bloglovin and enjoy many of her posts and finds, do check her blog out!
Did you noticed that I had a lot of fun designing my own filler cards? After breaking out my old Bamboo wacom tablet last month making the doodle frames and figuring out how to write digitally, I can now put whatever words or sentiments I like on them, so cool :) That's my 'handwriting' there!
So here's my first try at filler cards, in jpeg formats, wrapped up in a file for you to download Here.
Also want to share lots of super layouts by Kim (aka Five Seventeen Creations). Kim's family just moved to Florida and she has all these super Disney World photos of her beautiful family. And Kim is so good at using my templates and creatively transforming them like this:
Now I bet you are inspired! Thanks Kim for sharing with us your lovely family and beautiful layouts!
Fun pages, Yin! So glad to hear that your father-in-law is doing better. I love the handwriting on your diigtal cards! I have been thinking about getting a tablet. It looks like fun! :) I usually link up at The Mom Creative, too, but don't have a page to share this week since I've been working on Week in the Life. I am almost ready to print my first Project Life album for 2013, though! Woo-hoo! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Jenny. You would love a tablet, I'm sure! I used Illustrator to do the doodling and writing though, it could smooth out the lines much better than photoshop could. Would love to see your WITL, and congrats on printing your album!
DeleteWow you have so much happening, glad that your father is getting better and thanks for the free cards.x
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah. Hope the cards come in useful :)
DeleteGood news for recovery! Thanks for the PL cards. I love the inspiring pages you share, such talented people and your templates are so awesome to work with. What your husband did for your birthday is so romantic i think. That took thought and effort. You have such a sweet family. I am always telling my newly married daughter about your family. Hugs from Illinois in America my friend.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rhadonda! I totally feel your hugs all the way from Illinois! You are so kind and sweet and thank you for your prayers and encouragement.
DeleteLove the good news about your father-in-law. God is good all the time! Thanks for the journal cards. And I always LOVE inspiration layouts. Your templates are a great foundation to making beautiful pages and I learn so much from looking at others pages. Hugs to you from the other side of the world!!
ReplyDeleteWow you left me another comment! Double the love, thank you Rhadonda! Hugs to you and your family all the way from Singapore too.
DeleteHappy belated birthday. Looks like we have something in common, lol. My birthday's in August too. So happy to hear your dil is home and doing well. And I just love your PL wish I could manage to commit to it. I just get so distracted and forget. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday too, Tink! Have you started on PL? Actually I only play with PL once a month, and only choose a few stories that I feel are precious or worth recording, keeps it fun and rewarding!
DeleteHappy belated birthday! I love reading your blog! You have such a sweet family. Thank you for sharing the journaling cards! I don't do PL, but I use the cards on my regular layouts :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the journaling cards. Love them!
ReplyDeleteI want to be in your family! How fun!!
ReplyDeleteAND...Happy Belated Birthday!
Would love your thoughts on the wacom tablet...do you use it much? Is it easy to learn?
Always love to visit your blog...hugs!
Hi Tracey, thanks!
DeleteActually my wacom is 4 or 5 years old, and according to J (who gets to try a much newer version at school) it's far behind in performance and 'accuracy'. But I found that if I doodled or 'wrote' in Illustrator it worked well enough. It's quite easy too but so far that's all I've done with it, haha! Will email you more about it.
Love seeing Kim's pages here!
ReplyDeleteSuch great pages! I love your filler cards!
ReplyDeleteSo cool! Love the filler cards!
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