The collage of 18 photos are the different stages of building, from picking out our lot by the woods, through digging the foundation, cement block, floor, walls, decks and brick. . .
siding, paint, cabinets and the first blade of grass. The last picture was of Bob's 30th birthday, just before we moved in.
The "list" Bob is holding has final "to dos" our contractors wrote on a block of wood in 1984. I still have the block of wood and the scan of it is under the first hinged piece of my layout. Some of the to dos are crossed off. Some our still visible, "Clean upstairs and down", "Landscape", "Scrape windows" are a few I can read.
My list is complete yet ongoing. Dreams we've captured in our little home of 30 years:
Decorate in our personal style.
Make it comfortable.
Dine in.
Plant flowers.
Feed the birds.
Walk our country road and hill.
Raise a family.
Come home at the end of our shifts.
Make home sanctuary.
Think we've done ok.
1984-2014.
12 comments:
loving the hinges paper doors to you page, love it
Great memories and photos to scrap Cindy!
Oh this is brilliant Cindy! I love the hinged layout with so many photos and your comments are so sweet. I love that you think you've done ok!
wish I had pictures like this. we have omly lived in 3 places:):)
Absolutely wonderful Cindy. I can't even tell you how much I love your beautiful and creative layout - so filled with love!!!!
What beautiful stories you tell in your work, thats what I believe scrapping should be about.
A great LO Cindy
Awesome work!!!
This is wonderful!
Wow...;love this page Cindy ...; full of photos, your pages are always very significariva and unique :)
Cindy, what a gorgeous 2-page layout filled with all these amazing memories. What sweet goals!! ~ Blessings, Tracey
Garden of Grace
What a wonderful post, Cindy! I love this addition to your amazing collection! What a joy it is to see the progression of your labor of love put into the building of your home.
I really love how the layout folds out to show the journaling. I've loved your series on the houses you've lived in.
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