Taking a Stand

I’ve been pretty quiet about my politics on this blog but limiting my opinions to a single forum is becoming frustrating.  Forgive me if I veer into territory that isn’t related to scrapbooking but I always said this blog is about life, family, kids and scrapbooking and all of those are wrapped up in my politics so the subject isn’t off-limits.

This election has stirred people to action in a way that I’ve never seen before and that’s exciting but also dismaying.  I understand the benefit of “going negative” in a campaign because, when done in a truthful manner, it highlights differences between the candidates.  I’m sure you know where that went wrong. 

But now, I’m seeing a wave of hatred for Obama that stems from a very ugly place.  Attacks are hurled, rumors are repeated and embellished and none of those making the charge are staying around to hear a response.  It’s like carpet-bombing.  If you drop enough bombs, they’ll never be able to put out all the fires.

So, all this to say I’m supporting Senator Barack Obama in his bid for the Presidency.  I appreciate the thoughtful consideration he gives to each question he’s asked and I applaud his grace under pressure.  I admire his brilliant mind and can’t wait to see him put it to the task of making positive change in our country.

I’m not going to lay out his platform - there are better sources than me for learning about the details - but I assure you I’ve done the research and I’m not making this decision blindly.  So now, for a fun take on “Getting Out the Vote”, I show you Big Hit Buda performing “Elect Obama.” 

 

And, just to prove that I haven’t fallen into a deep pit of political discourse and forgotten my project - I’ve broken 100!

It’s true.  I’ve completed - all the way down to the journaling - 100 pages of my album project.  Sadly, with very few exceptions, I’m only up to July 2007.  And those darn kids just keep doing things and growing and saying stuff that makes me want to write it down for a layout.

My 9-year-old daughter asked the other night if she could make pages, too, and it broke my heart to tell her that I couldn’t teach her yet.  Her computer isn’t capable of running Photoshop and I can’t keep up my pace while teaching her the basics.  I’m happy that she’s interested, though.  She loves the pages about her and her friends and never seems to tire of my incessant picture-taking.  Sometimes I think she’s destined for fame.

 

 

     

The left page of the Baltic Sea layout is just a revamped page that I used in my daughter’s album but I included it because of how it now coordinates with the right page.  Like how I reused that template?  That one’s getting a real workout.  I think I’ve used it on 4 pages in this album, already.  Also, the cluster on the second page accounts for about five of the designers listed in credits.  I had to pull from all over the place!

Credits:  ON Designs, Seni, Amanda Rockwell, GinaMaria, Ztampf, Elegant Wordart, BrenTBoone, Yin, Jofia Devoe, Terri Martin, Raspberry Road and TSD.

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