The Importance of the Mundane

Hi, my name is Katie and I am, a work-a-holic.  The side effects of this epidemic are astronomical.  They are even worse when your business is in your home.  I sit down at my desk at 8:00am and the next thing I know it's 7:30pm, my dog is on the verge of getting a urinary tract infection if I don't get her outside STAT, my kids have eaten an entire bag of Cheez-its for "dinner" and they have trouble blinking from watching their 7th episode of Spongebob since getting home from school (wait, what time do they get home from school??).  To add insult to injury, I am slightly dizzy and nauseous from my strict diet of Earl Grey Tea and granola bars which has made my blood sugar rise and plummet all day.

If this wasn't bad enough, I then put my over-carbed, over-stimulated children to bed, let the dog out, upgrade from the Early Grey to a semi-sweet Red, and then sit myself right back down at the computer. By 11:00pm, I have sat at the desk for approximately 13 hours and still have a stack of papers I want to read, websites I want to research, and projects I still haven't even started.

I can see the confused looks on your faces thinking, "WHAT does this have to do with scrapbooking?"  Well....nothing, and everything.  Countless times I have told people that scrapbooks are as unique as each individual.  They are the stories of our lives.  People have preconceived notions that scrapbooks are all about new babies, graduations, and vacations.  While those are important, it is equally important to capture the day-to-day moments.  Even the things that we consider 'mundane' have value in our lives.  Today I wanted to scrapbook an aspect of me, that my kids will probably not remember when they are my age.

So the next time you think that it was "just another day," think again.  There may be an awesome scrapbook page waiting to happen.