Papers & Pretty Things

Life Lesson #5

Life Lesson #5: Waiting before you have kids is an extremely good idea.  Rock solid marriages are the best thing for little ones.

(This one was observed, not lived.)

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Life Lessons are made up of stuff that I’ve done or haven’t done (that I wish I had … or hadn’t). I’ve also decided to include things I’ve observed other people do…or not do. (Not all of these lessons are things I went through myself…so don’t get too shocked.) The rest will be things that annoy me, anger me, sadden me, confuse me, or even make me happy.  Sometimes they'll be little tips I've picked up along the way.

This effort is as much for my benefit as it is for helping others. Hopefully, throughout this process, we’ll all take something away from it.  My life's motto: Well, now we know.

If you'd like to find out more about why I'm doing this series, you can read more about it here.

Life Lesson #4

Ah, the internet.  Alas, it is not on my computer.  It is on my husband's computer.  We just backed up the data from my hard drive and will wait until we are around a technically inclined family member that does not charge us $150 to simply look at the dang thing.  We have to share a computer now.  Oh the injustice.  ;)  We really don't need two anyways.

On to a scrapbook layout, this week is Life Lesson #4, all about dieting.  Well.  Just a diet tip:  Don't subscribe to Food & Wine Magazine when you're on a diet.

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Life Lessons are made up of stuff that I’ve done or haven’t done (that I wish I had … or hadn’t). I’ve also decided to include things I’ve observed other people do…or not do. (Not all of these lessons are things I went through myself…so don’t get too shocked.) The rest will be things that annoy me, anger me, sadden me, confuse me, or even make me happy.  Sometimes they'll be little tips I've picked up along the way.

This effort is as much for my benefit as it is for helping others. Hopefully, throughout this process, we’ll all take something away from it. My life’s motto: Well. Now we know.

If you'd like to find out more about why I'm doing this series, you can read more about it here.

Life Lesson #3

On the puppy front, I put in a call to the proper authorities, but nothing has changed as of yet.  There is a little ramp to keep him out of the mud, but that's about all that's changed.  I don't think anyone has come out yet.  Short of trespassing or stealing (which are obviously wrong and illegal), I've done all I can.  I'll just keep an eye on the little guy from afar.

Moving on to happier topics!

Life Lesson #3:

Double sinks in a master bathroom only fulfill their purpose if you get ready at the same time.  Or if you splash less than your spouse and you like your side of the mirror cleaner.

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Life Lessons are made up of stuff that I’ve done or haven’t done (that I wish I had … or hadn’t).  I’ve also decided to include things I’ve observed other people do…or not do.  (Not all of these lessons are things I went through myself…so don’t get too shocked.)  The rest will be things that annoy me, anger me, sadden me, confuse me, or even make me happy.

This effort is as much for my benefit as it is for helping others.  Hopefully, throughout this process, we’ll all take something away from it.  My life’s motto:  Well.  Now we know.

If you'd like to find out more about why I'm doing this series, you can read more about it here.

Life Lesson #2

So today's LL is one that I'm starting to take more seriously.  And begin to put it into effect.  (Scrap Your Day is coming along quite swimmingly thus far! Yay!)

Life Lesson #2:  You don't need more than one tv.  You shouldn't be watching it that much anyways.

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Life Lessons are made up of stuff that I’ve done or haven’t done (that I wish I had … or hadn’t).  I’ve also decided to include things I’ve observed other people do…or not do.  (Not all of these lessons are things I went through myself…so don’t get too shocked.)  The rest will be things that annoy me, anger me, sadden me, confuse me, or even make me happy.

This effort is as much for my benefit as it is for helping others.  Hopefully, throughout this process, we’ll all take something away from it.  My life’s motto:  Well.  Now we know.

If you'd like to find out more about why I'm doing this series, you can read more about it here.

Life Lesson #1

Don't use the builder's mortgage lender.  Their offers might be tempting, but you'll find better rates elsewhere.

While we did our research before hand, we still got suckered into using our builder's lender.  The rates were higher but they paid part of our closing costs.  In the long run, we're paying larger interest rates.  Ugh.

Life Lessons

I’ve always been one to hang on to the past.  It’s difficult for me to let go.  Move on.  Some things have been hanging over my head since middle school.  Some things don’t start to bother me until much later.  I’ve tried to forget about them …but my brain won’t let go.  So, in an effort to ditch these feelings and memories, I’m going to write about them.  Document them.  These are things I want my children to know: That their mom felt these things when she was 24.  Not just when she’s 40 and a parent.  (How many kids/teens have said to their parents, “You don’t know what I’m going through!  You don’t get it!”?  C’mon, we’ve all said that.)  This way, they see at age 18, 20, or 24, I felt this way.  Maybe it will help them; maybe it’ll help someone else.  Either way, I’m going to document these feelings of anger, pain, regret, annoyance and happiness.  I am going to scrapbook them.*   I have decided to call the ongoing series “Life Lessons”.

Life Lessons are made up of stuff that I’ve done or haven’t done (that I wish I had … or hadn’t).  I’ve also decided to include things I’ve observed other people do…or not do.  (Not all of these lessons are things I went through myself…so don’t get too shocked.)  The rest will be things that annoy me, anger me, sadden me, confuse me, or even make me happy.

This effort is as much for my benefit as it is for helping others.  Hopefully, throughout this process, we’ll all take something away from it.  My life’s motto:  Well.  Now we know.

*I may or may not have pictures to add to the scrapbook pages.  Not every lesson got photographed.