First off - did you take part in the Charity Extravaganza over at Studio One?
Thanks to everyone who took part as over $600's was raised towards Cathy Zileskes Scrapbookers for Clean water campaign :D
I set a challenge to use "magpie finds" from around the home to create a page.
This was the page I put together -
- using a Starbucks coffee cup holder, button badges, buttons retrieved from old clothing, a bottle cap and a clip from the office....scrapbooking supplies from Jenni Bowlin, Hambly, Junkitz, Rusty Pickle, 7 Gypsies and Love Elsie, Ki Memories.
Secondly - Did you see who was this weeks Guest Designer over on Pencil Lines?
I loved the sketch which was designed by Anna and here is my interpretation.
I used a photograph of one of the Shanty Towns I passed by whilst in Cape Town.
Patterned papers - from South Africa's Art from the Heart designed by Tracy Schimper and Making Memories Great Escape collection, with ribbon from Prima Marketing
and thirdly - a page I created for Sassafras -
- using mainly Monstrosity {i heart}, with a little Sweet Marmalade too :D
Like I said earlier, family stuff has taken over this week - ill health has kept one of my extended family members very close in my thoughts and prayers, and to be honest I have been on tender hooks all week - staying positive is all one can do when the proverbial starts to hit the fan.
Bobs has reached that stage in his life when he needs to make some pretty big choices - choices that will determine his destiny - its A level selection time!
He is adamant that life in either the Police Force or British Army is the path he wants to follow.
Our local constabulary do not recruit below the age of 24, so he needs to get out there and experience life as best he can for the next eight years or so.
Bobs thinks that joining the British Army is looking more favourable and whilst I have no reservations in him doing so, I will confess to having put my foot down and telling him that at 16 he is too young to "join up".....there have been ructions, we have argued and spent days not talking - which upset me more than I'd care to admit.
Finally after lots of huffing and puffing, plus intervention from his Careers Master, we have rationally talked things through and Bobs has decided to go to college to take his A's.....I feel happier that he will spend the next couple of years experiencing college life - he knows its going to be hard work, but it will be worth it in the end.
Once he has completed his A's, if a life serving "Queen and Country" is what he wants, then so be it - at least it will be a man making that decision and not a sixteen year old teenager who spends his time BMXing, playing Xbox games and still enjoys to snuggle up on the sofa with his Mom, whilst munching on a bag of Haribos - he'll be miffed with me for disclosing that. LOL!
Maybe I am being an over protective Mom???? All I know is that from talking to friends, who have boys the same age as Bobs, they are all feeling the same a I do.
At 16 did you really know what you wanted to do with your life?
T.x.
6 comments:
Love your work!!
I LOVE these LOs...you do such a great job with clustering elements and adding dimension to pages.
OMGG look at Bobs, how grown up is he now! A real young man, you must be so proud xx
My nephew is going through exactly the same thing at the moment and like your son he decided to go to college.
Gorgeous layouts as usual, you are really inspirational.
Cx
If you are worried, like mosts mommas that he is going to be shipped out to Afghanistan (like 90% of young recruit soldiers) ask him to consider the RAF. They are not so front line plus they dont send saplings out into combat (which I dont agree with - they should send FULLY experienced soldiers out to war, not little pups).
My sister, my bro and I served in the RAF... brilliant way of life plus we all joined up at 16.
"it got us off the streets ;)"
I thought I did when I was 16 but really, life just didn't turn out like I thought :) He sounds like a good lad and with you as his sensible momma I'm sure it'll work out fine whatever happens :)
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