STB - september 30 2024

It's end of September 2024 in my STB memory planner. 

Normal life stuff. Lots of normal life photos, but I put them in pockets or on pull-out strips. Stickers. Die cuts. Stamping. ("Gather Eat Laugh" is probably my most used stamp ;)

Stopping the blur while making it pretty!

Note: If you've never been to the White Horse Inn in Metamora, GO! And while in the area, visit Kelly at Flea Market Rescue in Dryden. Or at least watch her thrift on youtube.

STB - september 23 2024

We're in September 2024 in my STB memory planner. 

It's nearing the end of the month and I see sweatshirts and flannel shirts in photos. I absolutely love this time of year in MI.

Kids departed. DH and I got back to normal life. 

Included some more "glimmers". And did you notice I've been punching the photos of books I listened to in a circle shape. Immediate recognition = book!

Stopping the blur.

STB - september 16 2024

It's September of 2024 in my STB memory planner. 

And I experienced the northern lights for the first time ever. Oh my goodness. How do you stop THAT blur? It actually ain't even a blur! It made me an addict.

It was so cool. We were having a beach fire and keeping our eyes on the north. At one point we thought something looked different. DS headed down the beach toward the point where we can see more north. Mine was the only cell phone with us so his girlfriend took it and followed behind him. I could see her stopping every few steps to take photos, so thinking she was seeing something, of course I had to get up and follow them. It is amazing how viewing the sky through your phone makes aurora so much more visible.

The show probably lasted a half hour. Amazingly enough under a full moon! That's why the photo looks like it was taken in daylight! There we were (DH was unfortunately home in the shower!) jaws gaping, jumping around, screaming as aurora appeared, arced, stretched, changed from green to purple... Incredible. If you've never seen it, I hope you get the chance one day.

Had to include a full size photo of the kids with aurora (and even a lit freighter) in the background. Used it to hide a couple more photos and stories - like real life stuff going on that week too. But I chose to dedicate the full week spread to aurora. Well, and the Detroit Lions ;)

Cheers to aurora and stopping the blur. 

STB - september 9 2024

We're in September of 2024 in my STB memory planner. 

Never a dull moment when the kids are in town. They actually headed to northern MN for some fishing while I stayed home nursing a cold. Fine with me, I'm not into the bugs.

Used a full size photo to hide a couple more photos and stories behind. Like the story of girlfriend kissing her first catch before tossing it back in (it was too big). They caught many fish after that. Probably cuz that fish went and told his buddies, "Hey, go over there and you'll get a kiss" ;) 

Cheers to stopping the blur by documenting all those little things.

 

STB - september 2 2024

We've made it to September of 2024 in my STB memory planner. 

This is such fun. Breakfast in town in Germany; McDonalds baby pancake breakfast at the airport; breakfast at our favorite place in Croswell. Doesn't get any better than that. Why do I get the feeling all we do in MI is eat and drink?!?

Such fun to have DS and his girlfriend with us.

Lots of stamping, most obvious the titles with alpha stamps. I love those things.

Note: If you have any kind of relationship with a Great Lake you must read Tom Lake. Better yet, listen to Meryl Streep read the audiobook.

 

STB - august 26 2024

Let's finish up August 2024 in my STB memory planner. 

Another "slow" week ;)  Not a lot to document with photos so I used a great piece of original art I'd saved from a note card. Actually housed a tag with journaling behind it. And then decorated the layout with various items I found that were green/yellow!

Stop the blur. Even if there's not a lot to blur.

STB - august 19 2024

We're in August 2024 in my STB memory planner. 

Might be the week with the most white space I've ever done! A week of appointments and take away food. Not a lot to document with photos. But that's life.

Grabbed some bits and bobs that were laying around and incorporated them. Hid some journaling on a tag in a pocket and a cardstock strip housed behind a couple photos.

This too stops the blur a bit.

STB - august 12 2024

We're in August 2024 in my STB memory planner. 

It was only a week but it packed a punch. An unforgettable short trip to Munich to see the one and only Adele. In the rain. All of us, including Adele!

Unfortunately also bad news about a friend's husband at the same time.

Used my tried and true trick of hiding photos behind vellum when I find myself needing to include lots of photos.

Pulled out the colorful vellum alpha stickers again and decorated with various butterflies from my stash.

Stopping the blur.