Your distressed background really gives the sense of ships with lots of travel behind them. Great layout!

I like the way your Christmas theme is very understated in this layout, but you can tell right away it's a holiday page!

This layout is so charming! I love how the different photos grouped together represent your story and the subtle Christmas vibe from the elements. Standing O for you!

I like this layout by ~Karen~:

I've had a membership in the past but never used it. My now-ex husband bought a membership for me when he got his own. I have no idea if it's still active. I turn 65 this year so I'll have to look at all sorts of options for programs to enroll in and might take a look then.

How pretty! What kind of clay is that? Do you bake it?

Congrats on your GSO!

I just love all the gingham and polka dots! Such a cheerful layout. Congrats on your GSO!

I used this challenge to make a new page for my recipe album. Thanks for the inspiration!

I made these for the first time this Christmas, although I've had the recipe from my MIL for years.

I don't think I've ever let a book that I've started hang around! If I start one and find I don't really care for it, I just hurry up and finish it so I can move on to something else.

This was us yesterday morning: My daughter texted me a picture of the snow they got in Texas. She lives near Dallas. :brrr:

That is me 100%!

I love series books, and yes, you absolutely HAVE to read them in order! I'm too frugal to buy random books anymore--if I've read a book from the library, I'll end up buying it if and when I want to read it again. Nowadays I buy my books in e-pub format so I can read them on my tablet.

I used to do all my reading on audiobooks! I'd listen to them in my car to and from work, and then when pulling weeds or some other activity that allowed it. My lifestyle is so different now, I prefer to do my reading with my eyes instead of my ears.

I appear to be in the minority! I know I've read more than one book at a time at least once, but it's pretty rare for me!

The discussion in the other thread about good books to read got me thinking---are you one of those people who have several books going at once? Not me! If I read a book, or more accurately, a book series that captures my imagination, I read that book/series to the exclusion of other books and...

My aunt's name was Magdalena but we all called her Leni. My sister's name is the same, but that turned into Magda in German and then Martie in English.

What a fabulous ATC! Congrats on your GSO!

And now I see you got a GSO! Congrats again!