Saturday, November 12, 2016

Whew! What a 2 weeks this has been! It took us over a week to move out of our old place. We had people who we thought were going to help, but most were no shows,  some had a very limited amount of time or attention spans. Did get help from unexpected sources and have to thank those who lent a hand. I never want to move again! The apartment has nice storage and decent size rooms. The kitchen is very old and some features are not too workable and some are just odd. I'm working on making this more manageable as I love to cook and I'm finding it hard.

Amongst all this The Craft Barn Alpha/Dictionary Challenge came up. This time the letter is U. My first thought was uterus and just couldn't get past that for a while. Keep in mind I was very stressed out with the move and the events taking place in the country. This actually led me to come up with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!!!!! 
Now I had my pages half way done and than the election  results came in while standing in a misty rain, packing up our truck at 3:30 in the morning. The next few days I was extremely tired, sick, depressed and secretly trying to figure out which country to move to. Took a while to finish.

While working on this I was still moving and most of my supplies were packed somewhere and hard to find. I did make sure I had my book that I've been using and some distress inks handy. Luckly I am a manager at a Craft Store and was able to find a map of the US and some stickers to depict the meaning of this country. A real quick collage.
Looking forward to a calm 2 weeks and more time and resources to make up the next letter challenge. Until then...


6 comments:

  1. My friend Sally wants to move to Canada, so I understand your concern, fear, and worry. You did an exceptional job creating this entry in time for the latest challenge.

    Too bad about your kitchen. I hope you can find ways to make it work for you, since I suspect you are renting, which limits your choices.

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  2. BTW, I would have enjoyed seeing how you illustrated uterus. That would have definitely made me smile.

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  3. Moving houses is so stressful at the best of times! I'd love to live somewhere new (bigger and better of course) but the actual move... nightmare! You've managed a lovely page despite your time and supplies constraints and USA has the advantage of being topical!!!

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  4. I laughed out loud at your first choice! Well done for getting the project done and moving house. Let's hope that now is the time to heal divisions and move forward not just in the US but across the world xx

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  5. Well done for finding a moment amongst all the trauma to join in the Craft Barn Alpha Challenge - hope you you will be more settled by the time of the next letter. Love the page by they way xx

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  6. Well done on getting a lovely page made amidst the upheaval of moving.

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