It takes time

Because yesterday was Friday I had some time to myself, oh how I love Fridays! As usual my week had been a little crazy and I felt like we had crashed straight into Friday, desperately screeching and skidding to stop in time, lest it flew straight by. So, it was serendipitous to discover that Marcia and her scrappy buddies were blog hopping to a time theme.

I loved reading all their different takes on the theme. I truly believe that if you live a busy life, organisation is the key to making time to do the things you love. There is an old adage that says 'if you want a job done ask a busy person to do it". The more time we have the more we waste. Time is a precious resource, I don't want to look back on my life and think it was a life wasted.

So, just to give you a peek into my life I thought I'd share the events of the last couple of days with you. I'm not suggesting my life is any busier or more important than yours, just thought you might be interested :)

Thursday

6.40am Usual breakfast routine, signing notes, reminding Angus to give the dog a chicken wing, confirming with Zoe the arrangements for her band concert. Being reminded that Rob will be working until around 9pm. Rushing around picking up random objects because the cleaner is coming...

7.30am Arrive at work - beaver away.

Lunchtime - go to the gym, catch up with a girlfriend. Back to the office, more beavering. Ring to check on Mum and get into a protracted conversation about greenhouses and the weather - neither of which I am interested in at this time! Promise to visit over the weekend...

4.50pm Arrive home. Greet dog, cat, kids, check that the cleaner has done a good job, confirm we are leaving again in 20 minutes, check cat and dog have been fed/walked/loved. Take a sneaky look at facebook and discover possibly slanderous post about my place of work. Take screen shots, make phone calls, send email. Time to go again, realise we have nothing for dinner.

5.20pm Drop Zoe at school for band concert, take Angus to cafe to wait for concert to start.

6.05pm Get stuck in traffic and arrive 5 minutes after the concert has started (argh!).

7pm Take children to get fish and chips. Go home, sit down and hear all about the Zoe's day (Angus and I covered his while waiting for the concert). Clean up and do three loads of washing while watching the One Direction special with kids. Fall down the stairs and bruise both elbows. Ouch! Convince children to go to bed. Call my sister.

9pm Sit on the lounge with Rob for an hour. Pay some bills. Record pedometer steps for Steptember, go to bed.

Friday

6.50am Rob has already left for the day. Have leisurely breakfast, check facebook  (only good stuff this time!). Discover exciting news about Zoe's French host family, engage kids in real conversation! Wave goodbye to them, have a coffee.

9am Head to the hairdresser. Read my book! Discuss Zoe's hair and make up for her formal, book appointment. Wonder just how expensive her one night will be...

11.15am Home again, coffee, blog hopping, scrapping. Lunch. Fold some washing, walk the dog, call another sister. Plan dinner ;)

3pm Collect kids from school, in the middle of a massive thunderstorm. Head to shops - chemist (Angus and Rob have a cold), gift shop (present required for Zoe's friend), bakery (for kids' afternoon tea). Drive across town in crazy weather to drop kids at swimming squad.

4.15pm Go out for afternoon tea with Rob (remind myself what he looks like!).

5.15pm Collect kids, drive back across town in crazy Floriade traffic, take work call (damnit, don't they know it's my day off and the start of a long weekend?). Home again, make dinner, convince kids to walk dog in the rain!

7.15pm Zoe leaves for youth group, I fall asleep on the lounge. Wake up and do some scrapping.

9.30pm Rob collects Zoe, they have a tiff on the way home and both flounce off to bed cranky. I continue scrapping (there is no other solution!).

10.30pm Record pedometer steps and go to bed.

And that is my crazy life, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are usually pretty much like Thursday but without the luxury of seeing a girlfriend. And now you know why I love Fridays between the hours of 8.50am and 2.50pm. Or maybe you read that and thought - wow - she has no idea about what busy looks like!

Anyway, here's the LO I did during those luxurious quiet hours on Friday. It's a just because LO, without a scrap of patterned paper. I wanted to use my newest My Vintage Blossoms, and the red and teal was perfect against the black. It's been awhile since I've used a black base, not sure why as I love how it makes the colours in the embellies so much more vibrant. But I'm always disappointed with the way it photographs. Imagine the black is more dense and the colours brighter.

And some close ups :)

Thanks for taking the time to stop by :)