Month: April 2013

Repairs

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Isn’t it amazing? Here I am, waiting for months for the workers to come and fix the leak in my floor (see my post “The Wait” for a first hint at some problems in my apartment), and yet nothing ever happens. Workers come and go (examining the damage, of course), but nothing ever happens. And then there is this fire. Which cracks my windows. And I’m preparing myself already that for the next couple of weeks or months I’ll have to live with a blackened and broken window. But guess what happened! Right. The very next day workers come. And they don’t just come to inspect. They actually come ready for action, bringing with them a new pane and highly motivated to get things fixed right then and there! So things can move fast here. If it’s the right kind of damage. I guess, soaking wet floors don’t count as as dramatic as fire damaged windows do!

A Little Scare

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  Picture this scene: I’m in the lobby having a meeting with a visitor when my phone rings. Thinking to myself how impolite it is  to answer, I still pick up the phone, and it’s my friend, panic stricken: Sula! Your home is on fire! Me (turning around to look out of the glass front of the lobby): What are you talking about? Then I see a big black cloud of smoke rising from the front of the building. I’m starting to feel a little concern for the family living above me and whatever construction work is going on on the roof of the building. So, I turn to my friend on the phone and say: No, that’s not my home. Looks like something on the roof is on fire. Friend: No! It’s your home! Your home is on fire! And as people start to panic, and workers begin to yell – Fire! Everyone out! Everyone out! – I begin to realize that … maybe my friend is right. Maybe I should go and check …

Journaling Café: If you could …

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How many times have you thought something along the lines of “Oh, if I could just …”? I know I have some times. The good news is, we don’t have to live stuck in our dreams, we can actually turn our dreams into reality … with determination and perseverance. Today, I thought I’d put out some journaling prompts that encourage you to think of the changes you need to make and the things you care about most in your life, the things you dream about … Now there are no more things to hold you back from pursuing your dreams. But before I get away going after mine, let me quickly show you the page I made for today’s journaling café:

Driving Me Crazy

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One of the reasons for why I’m trying to avoid going into the city is because of the traffic. It simply drives me crazy. While I can definitely tell that there must be some kind of rules to driving (they do have street signs), when you see the way people drive around here, you quickly begin to doubt that those rules have any kind of effect on people. Or, maybe it’s really like what we hear others tell us that you follow the rules when the police is around, but that no one really cares when there’s no one there to monitor it. Who knows. I’ve come up with a solution for the problem that works pretty well for me: stay away from the big traffic areas, and then no one’s going to drive me crazy …

P2D: United

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Paper 2 digi can actually be an exciting adventure. Usually, I love the way those pages turn out for which I found inspiration in the traditional paper scrapping world. Like the page I want to share with you today. Take a look at this gorgeous traditional paper layout by Maska, which I found on the website ColorConspiracy.   I totally love the spritzy artistic feel to it, and decided it’s definitely something I’d like to use as a spring board for one of my pages. So, I took the idea of lots of paint, splatters, brushes, a bit of word art, and a couple of scattered elements, and came up with this page:     While my page is definitely still quite different from the original (I can’t help myself and need to cluster more elements somehow), you may still be able to find some similarities. And at any rate … the website colorconspiracy is definitely a place worthwhile when you look for inspiration for one of your own pages!    

Surviving the Physicals

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We did it! We made it through our annual hospital and we survived without any major disasters. Of course, we’re still amused at how haphazardly some of the examinations are done (take for example the eye test: all you’re asked to do is tell the doctor which number you are able to make out from a bunch of colored dots, despite the fact that you can hear the person before you say the number already), and of course I get nervous when the person right in front of me gets poked all over her arms for the blood test and I keep hoping they may do mine with a little more confidence. But then, we really did survive yet another dreaded physical exam, and having gotten smart from years of experience, we actually were done in no time. Yay, for another year of health!

Freebie Friday: Breath of Fresh Air – Part 4

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It’s time to share the fourth part of my free kit “Breath of Fresh Air.” Today, you get the first part of the elements. These include lots of fun assets such as frames, stars, flowers, tags, ribbons, stitches, a banner, photo pockets and lots more.   Don’t forget to spread the word, and as always, my terms of use apply. Now, I’m off to wish you the best of Fridays, and happy scrapping.