Me On A Monday - August's Last Monday Hurrah

Good Morning Everyone!  Summer is quickly winding down & today is August's last Monday hurrah.  

Let's do a little catch up as August has proven to be a bit of a wandering off the path.

Cards:  I attended a card class earlier in the month & these are three that I made.  I was really very pleased with the way they all turned out.  Our card class instructor "cased" all from other Stampin Up Demonstrators.  Case means, copy and share everything, which is prevalent in the scrapping & card making realms & I for one I'm thankful for the sharing of others.

Reading:  Just finished reading, Bring Me Back, best book read in a long time. Not a scary thriller, but certainly an intriguing plot (thanks to Eileen for this recommendation).  Once I got started, I found it really difficult to put down & turn off the lights for sleep. Earlier in the month I read, The Last Romantics.  I liked, but not a happy book.  It was primarily about the impact of one event & how that spun to other events & the characters reaction to the primary event & life long impact.  Also read,  Leaving Church, ( thanks to Karen for the this recommendation),  which gave me an insight to the life of a minister. It had me pondering the question of when is it a good thing to end a situation, regardless of how much it is something you worked for & wanted.   But what has my undivided attention & of which I've read cover to cover, front to back & back to front,  is the Holiday Stampin Up catalogue!

Shopping & Gifting:  I've tried not to do too much (in spite of re-reading the holiday catalogue mentioned above).  For my birthday earlier in the month, I did get a new daytimer, one that started in August 2019 & goes through to December 2020.  While I already have my 2019 daytimer,  I'm going to use the tracking sheets from the new one for the rest of 2019. I find the tracking sheets really helpful.  Plus the cover of the new daytimer is in two of my favourite colours; pink & green.  And this topic spins into my next one ...

De-Cluttering, Sorting Project:  It has somewhat stalled for July & August.  We I did accomplish a lot of shredding of old files.  In the end, 4 bags of shredding!  I got through some of my closet sorting but I became so over whelmed with work that my mind heart was not in to making decisions.  I also read an article that said I wasn't really de-cluttering but rather I was sorting, tidying & organizing the stuff.  Maybe the article was right.  I'm leaving some of the bigger areas that require, must do, should do  decisions until cooler weather & when I have more time to do & I mean really to get down to the business of de-cluttering.  My crafting stash is neatly organized but it isn't reduced!   

"everyday is sort of like a jigsaw puzzle, slowly it all comes together piece by piece & in the end makes a lovely picture."  ...Mary-Lou