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Hi. I'm Amanda...a happy wife and mom to three awesome guys. We've lived here in Fort Collins for more than 20 years and are proud to call it home. Before moving to CO, I worked at a city attorney's office, making use of my law and Master's degrees from Duke. After settling in Fort Collins, I homeschooled my three (now teenage and older) sons and was delighted to experience music classes, soccer, karate, swim team, archery, Science Olympiad, First Lego League, parkour, and climbing (not all at the same time!). From 2005-10, I was also a contributing editor for a national scrapbooking magazine, authoring a book and a couple of monthly columns. From 2009-10, I founded and ran the Good Grief Blog. I enjoy learning new things, spending time with my family, volunteering with The Matthews House, traveling and indoor rock climbing.

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Monday
Apr202009

Zip-e-dee-do-dah...

DateMonday, April 20, 2009 at 09:59AM

What a lovely Monday morning! It helps that I had a fabulous weekend...spent time scrapping, shopping and eating with friends...managed to get Noah's soccer game rescheduled for an indoor field (seriously happy boys)...went to a birthday party at a slotcar raceway which was a HUGE hit with the boys...had some beautiful outside time Sunday evening while Noah had a soccer practice/lesson (yes, this is in addition to the two team practices and one game a week...he loves soccer that much)...caught the antics of a little den of fox kits in our neighborhood (five babes and the mother just playing around within feet from the street)...and just generally felt happy with life. :)

Today, then, allow me to share with you some of the layouts I finished Saturday...first up are the two latest Lists of Me layouts (from Easter weekend and this past weekend, respectively):

Yes, they're a bit on the plain side. In fact, most of the layouts I finished this weekend were. But. Did you hear the part about finishing 17 of them? Yeah...oftentimes I favor finished over embellished. ;) Hoping to do some more "fun" layouts in the coming weeks but really needed this kick in the pants to get going and feel good about getting some DONE, kwim? (Plus, it's easier to pack for a crop when I go with super simple layouts.) Anyhow, I digress. Here's one I'd intended to do back in January for National Smith Day (January 6th):

And here's another that had been in my head for awhile:

And here's one that I meant to do last February:

Click on it to make it bigger (hopefully). Whew. That's good for today. Check back tomorrow for some layouts I finished for the boys' albums...

And, hey, have a magnificent Monday, okay? :)

AuthorAmanda | Comment5 Comments |
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Reader Comments (5)

Love your work! You got me singing...(Zip-e-dee...)

April 20, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterPamela Young

Wow! What a great weekend! I just love your style!

April 20, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJen Martakis

Gorgeous! I love the name layout- so much information is such a wonderful way. Thank you for sharing and for the inspiration!

April 20, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterBrit

WOW! Your layouts are just amazing, as usual! Love them!

April 21, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMolly

Are you sure the skiing was in 2005? How'd I miss that?

April 23, 2009 | Unregistered Commenternan

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