On the Road

On January 20, 2010 we were finally able to leave Moundsville and head south.  Of course, it started raining at Charleston, WV and rained steadily for the next two days.  Sometimes it poured so hard we could barely see.  We made it over the North Carolina state line the first night.  We missed the rest stop where you can camp overnight, so we stopped at the Cracker Barrel in Jonesville, NC.  They were gracious enough to let us camp in their parking lot the first night.  We got an early start the next day and made Savannah, Ga. around  5 pm that day.  At first we weren’t going to spend any time there, but the rain stopped and the next day was supposed to be halfway decent.  We decided to take the trolley and tour the city.  We did the tour and got off for lunch at the river.  It was a fantastic lunch.  Walking down the street, we saw this cute photo.

We were also able to watch several of these large ships go down the river.

Since the trolley was get on and off – we got back on the trolley and went through the tour again.  This time we got off at a few points to take photos.  It had gotten cold – around 40 and we just had on light jackets.  Still, it was after 5 pm before we got back to the motorhome.  Here are some of the photos we took in no particular order.

I was sorry we didn’t have the time to go in any of the museums, walk the city market, and do some other things.  Hopefully we can go again when the flowers are in bloom and it’s nicer.  We stopped because we thought we might take another route home and wanted to at least get to see some of the city.

Bride doll

I thought I’d post these photos.  I think we’re finally going to head south so I wanted to get them posted before we go.

First the extra page for the 365 album.  I had a blank page between the title page and the first page for January so I needed something to fill it.

This is the Barbie wedding dress that I made from the doll patterns from Annie’s Attic that I got for Xmas.

The flowers on the front of her dress

A side view

Her train in back

It turned out to be more difficult than I thought.  But it’s extremely pretty.

The bottom of the dress sits on a 12” piece of cardboard and the train and veil trail a good ways behind so this is huge.  It’s about 2 to 2 1/2 ft long on the bottom.

I’m going to pick an easier pattern for the next one!

Book finished

I finally got my 365 book finished.  I haven’t ordered it yet.  I’ll post photos of the actual book when I get it.  These are the last pages.

The last week I posted was November  8-14.  So here’s the rest:

November 15 – 21

November 22- 29

 

November 29 – December 5

December 6 – 12

December 13 – 19

 

December 20 – 26

The last page!

 

This turned out to be a chore at the end and I decided not to do it again this year.  I haven’t taken any photos for a while but I’ll probably start scrapping and taking photos again soon.  Right now I’m crocheting the Barbie clothes and I’ll post pictures soon.  It will be interesting to get my book and see the year in review.  I did one more page to go behind the title page because it was blank.  It was just a collage of photos.  I’ll upload it soon when I post the doll photos.

Weeks 45 & 46

Only six more weeks to go!  This has been a big project.  I don’t think I’ll do it again next year.  I love the idea of having a book of my whole year – but it’s extremely time consuming and you always feel like you have a deadline hanging over your head.  Maybe a shortened version – like my favorite photos of the month or a brief summary.

Week 45

Week 46

October layouts caught up

I just finished the layouts for October.  Now I’m only a few weeks behind.  The computer is acting a bit better but will still freeze up and nothing to do but turn it off and reboot.  When you’ve spent two hours working on a layout and poof! it’s gone, it really gets aggravating.  But at least it’s not 20 times a day now. Now for the layouts. Only eight more weeks left in the year!

Week 42

Week 43

 

Week 44

Almost caught up!

As you can see, I finally got a fall theme for this blog.  It took me long enough.  Maybe I’d better start working on Xmas now since it’s just a few weeks away.

I’m getting caught up on the 365 layouts too.  Not there yet, but getting there.  So here’s what I have now.

Week 37

Week 38

Week 39

Week 40

and the last one for now!

Week 41

Hopefully the rest soon!!!

Layouts for Week 35 & 36

I got caught up on my 365 scrapping today.  I'm now current through Saturday, September 5. I hate to get behind because it's so time consuming to catch up.

Week 35 layouts

Week 36 Layouts