For the ADSR6.8 challenge. Journaling reads:
Family is love. I look forward to our cuddles every night, with Allen acting all silly, and Daddy all rumble-sleepy. And how Allen runs out into the garage or the driveway to meet his Daddy after work. And how the sight of their faces just makes me smile...
Family is fun. We go places, we hike, we throw frisbees on the beach, we squabble over games, we learn about the world through books and talking. And family can be a pain, too. It’s chores, and dealing with easily-slighted feelings, and having to always take someone else into consideration before doing something. It’s being kicked in the ribs by a little boy who has trouble sleeping, or cleaning up hairballs, or taking the dog out in the rain for his business. But what does family really mean to me? Family is life--life in its beauty, its differences, its giggles and its grouches. I am so lucky, because I couldn’t ask for a better family, or a better life.
Terms of the Challenge:
What does family mean to you? Somewhere on your layout have either the question written out "What does family mean to me?" or you may also use "Family = (your answer)" (double check: in journaling, and in tiny letters in the "e" of the title)
Now here's some additional rules. You may choose TWO out of the FIVE options.
* Use at least 2 different alphas for your title (no)
* Use at least 3 pattern papers (no)
* Use at least 3 solid papers (yes: checkered mat for journaling uses papers from my kits Happy Times (x2), A Little Birdie Told Me (x2), and Quiet Play.
* Use at least 2 different fonts in your journaling (yes: Century Gothic and Effusive (the latter is also the title font)
* Make a list of the reasons why you answered with that word (your title) (kinda: journaling is a list of reasons, but not so much in real list format)
Other materials: Background paper from my In Your Own World kit; edge is from A Little Birdie Told Me, and rayburst is from Quiet Play.
And in other news:
Oh, what a beautiful day today! We went a little south to the Sea Lion Caves, where Steller sea lions come to spend their breeding season, beaching out either along the cliffs, or within the largest mainland sea cave in the world (? I'm always dubious of these claims). It was a bit chilly and breezy, but wow, we haven't see that yellow thing in the sky for quite a while, it seems, and it was all worth it!
In the distance there you can see the Heceta Head Lighthouse, and a little lower to the right, the Heceta Lighthouse B&B (run by our friends Michelle & Steven Bursey, who also run the awesome Ona Restaurant here in town). Down on the left you can see clumps of sea lions who have hauled out. How they can seem so comfortable on those rocks is beyond me!! The noise is phenomenal, especially now that the bulls have started arriving. Fun times, I tell you! The caves are underneath all this rock, and are dim, noisy, and stinky. But fascinating nonetheless!