Hard to believe it's the first of May, but I'm greeting it quite happily as I know that most likely we'll be having warmer weather from here on out. But there's no guarantee. The weekend went from warm and sunny to cold and rainy.
Our weekend started early with a dinner and movie with three other couples. The guys in Tracy's mens' book group read The Lost City of Z a few years ago, and wanted to see the movie, and the wives decided to join them. It wasn't a movie I would have chosen to see, but it was very good, and the ending will stay with me for some time. Based on true events, it tells the story of Percy Fawcett who finds evidence of a lost civilization while mapping an Amazonian river. Despite much skepticism from the scientific community, he and his son return to the jungle to try and prove his case. The sacrifice his devoted wife makes for his journeys is remarkable.
Friday night we were out again. This time to a local brewpub with our friends, Karen and Mike. On Saturday, Matt, Betsy and the girls came for dinner. It's so much fun to be with these girls. Skylar lost almost all her hair, her eyebrows, and eyelashes last fall, but with thyroid medication it is all coming back. The kids in her kindergarten and day care have been absolutely wonderful---no teasing, so there was no change in her wonderful sunny disposition. This smile is who she is!
Sunday we had dinner at Tracy's mom's along with his sister and brother-in-law. Despite all the festivity around meals, the rest of the weekend was pretty quiet, and I got a lot of work done. I need a lot of birthday and anniversary cards for May, and have fallen behind in my assignments for Once Upon a Time: Your Photographs Have Stories to Tell, a class on contemplative photography. I'm also enrolled in Ali Edwards Type class, and had several videos to watch. Although I've been remiss in posting my sketches on Instagram recently, I've managed to keep up with the #100DayProject as well. It was great to have a couple days with few commitments.
The mail brought a few goodies. One was a gift which I can't share here for a week or so, and another was the rather amazing Simon Says May Card Kit. They are always well worth the money, but this one seemed even more packed than usual: two acetate sheets of designs, an exclusive animation stamp set with everything you need to make an animation slider card, patterned papers, two watercolor cards, a set of markers, as well as coordinating cardstock.
The stamp is a new "animation" stamp. I've watched a few videos about how to use it, but don't have any occasion for it quite yet. Given the many cards I do need, this kit will sit on the back burner for awhile. I was hoping for a small package from Papertrey Ink, but it didn't arrive. I rarely order between releases, but I've been on a waiting list for a vertical A2 scalloped die for quite some time. The first time I got a notice it was back in stock, it was out of stock again before I got it in my cart. This time I jumped right on it. I have all the pieces of a card prepared, just waiting for this to show up. Hopefully soon, since I need the card on the 14th of May for a very special occasion.
Waving to Sian and the Monday Memo Makers! Hope you have a great week!
