A Peek at My Week 2016

I used to do a feature on my blog on Friday’s called “A PEEK AT MY WEEK.” I’ve decided to give it a try again this year… but this time I’m not going to be so defined in the way I did it. (In the past I responded to the same sentence-starters each time: something I loved, something I learned, somewhere I went, something I created, something I’m going to do the upcoming weekend, and something I want to accomplish next week.)

This year I’m going to use “A Peek at My Week” as a time of reflecting on the good, bad, and/or ugly of the week. It might be paper-crafting related; it might not. It might be my thoughts on a particular thing that happened during the week; it might not. It might be a long post; it might not. It might be a short post; it might not. I guess what I’m saying is there are no defined rules around this. We’ll just see how it goes.

Sooooooooooooooo… here’s a peek at my week - the first week of 2016.

First, some history:

1. We moved to a different house on November 23.

2. It took me about 2 weeks to unpack and set up our home.

3. I’m a bit Christmas crazy so immediately after unpacking I decorated for the holidays (9 Christmas trees, 3 Nativity sets, and a Christmas village that includes 25 lighted buildings and a lot of little pieces, too).

4. I had not purchased a single Christmas gift before the move… so I scurried to do my Christmas shopping.

5. I wrapped a ton of gifts (Brock loves “green presents” for Christmas).

6. Company came for about a week (it was so good to have Jeremy and Brandi here!).

7. We made a trip to Missouri to see my parents and sister.

8. I took down all the Christmas decorations and packed them away for another year.

Whew! It has been a great 6 weeks… but a busy one!

That being said, I’ve not really had time to enjoy our new-to-us home. I fell in love with it! But didn’t “MAXIMIZE” my time enjoying it. (Tee Hee! Remember, MAXIMIZE is “my word” for this year.)

I made up for that this week. I sat and relaxed some, I cooked simple but delightful meals in my amazing kitchen (and ran the dishwasher a number of times!), I sat at my desk and did some computer work (which I love doing!) and I enjoyed playing in my wonderful playroom. Can you believe it? I actually made 13 cards this week! YAY! It definitely has been a GREAT week!

Speaking of cards, this is one of the cards I made this week (I actually made multiples of it). It’s for the Sisterhood of the Traveling Cards group that I’m a part of on SCS. Barb is the hostess and she asked us to use our favorite winter stamp (Egads! I am not sure I have A FAVORITE ONE, but this is way up there on the list) and also to use some DP on our cards. DUH! I almost always use DP. I love DP!!!

 I hope Barb likes my card!

SCORE TIME: Would I give this week a “thumbs up” or a “thumbs down”?

Definitely Thumbs Up! 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Image: Inkadinkado (stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers and a Zig Wink of Stella marker)

Sentiment (inside): Imaginations (stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink)

Cardstock: Black, Red, and 110# White

Designer Paper: Paper Studio "Christmas Tree Painted Wood," "Red & Cream Polka on Wood," and "Texture Black"

Embellishments: Irresistible Pico Embellisher (I'm loving it!!!), Paper Studio Gemstones, and Ribbon Boutique Ribbon