How to find time to scrap???

[Rora]

Just recently I was a full time college student and finding the time to scrap was not easy!! Now, I didn't have the children or a profession to deal with but I had a messy roommate (my fiance), tons of school work to do, student teaching, term papers to write, blah blah blah.. just as much as everyone else.

I scrap in chunks. I think that's the best way to do it!! If no one is home (keep in mind, it's just me and DF) I pull out the scrap stuff. I've also found that being organized really helps. I don't have a scrap room yet (DF says I should wait till we buy a house ) so I have all my scrap stuff in a huge, rolling, plastic chest of drawers!! It makes it so much easier.

I hope you find the time to scrap!

 

[OurDogCisco]

Sadly... I don't scrap as much as I use to. I haven't scraped much in the last 12 months. Been difficult. I'm trying to slowly get back into it. I just finished the Bazzil swap and I'd like to do the next challenge. I think, challenges would be helpful for me.

I guess, we are all busy doing something. Even though my kids are in school for 6 hours a day, I still have tons of other things to do like PTA treasurer stuff, swim team stuff, soccer stuff, and then, I gotta do all the house stuff plus, I work part-time from home. Also, I like to exercise daily. So, it is tough to fit it all in. And, I gotta cook dinner and run my kids to all their after school sports. Yeah... I have tons of extra time, not. Sigh... I know it is just the age of my kids and hopefully, I'll get some free time. Oh, I'm off to paint my dd's room.

 

[CoP Luv]

I haven't done one page in months. I just got married in July and returned from our honeymoon last week. Now that the wedding is over I plan to set aside one night each week to scrap...which was the plan before the wedding happened.

What is a problem for me is that if I don't get my laundry folded before I got to bed, I put it on my scrapbooking desk...and then it stays there for some time.

I now have 600 photos from our honeymoon that need to be sorted out! I better get a schedule going!

 

[bigbabyblues]

I have time that I can scrap, even though I work almost f/t during the day and have two DS' and a DH. I just don't realize that I had the "extra" time until it's bedtime or something. Does that even make sense?

My boys are really liking board games right now (they're 7&5) and I tend to do that, and read to the 5-yo and with the 7-yo, even after homework and such.

 

[ILuvCrush]

I actually schedule my scrap time...like a dentist appt
and like a dentist appt... I KNOW that it will take forever to reschedule, so I can't cancel it!!!

I look at my calandar for the next 4-6 weeks... and see where I can fit in an "appointment" among work, dance class, soccer practice, gymnastics meets, etc. Once I figure an evening/morning or 2 it gets written in my calandar with INK!!!

Paula

 

[Belle0101]

My neighbor has been scrapping for at least an hour everyday since the end of July, every single day. I know she means well when she keeps asking me why I don't scrap more, when will I scrap with her, why don't I go to our CMC crops, etc.

So yesterday as I'm folding the mountains of laundry I'm trying to figure out how she has the time and I don't.

Then it finally dawned on me ... my DH needs to make some changes! He needs to spoil me like her DH spoils her!

They both work a full-time job, their daughter still lives at home but she's almost 20 (mine are 8 & 13) and he does the vast majority of the housework. He does all the grocery shopping (she admits she doesn't know how), he takes care of all the bills (again, she admits she has no idea who they owe, how much money they have, when things are due, etc), he cleans the house on his day off, he does the majority of the laundry and the majority of the cooking.

I called my DH at work and told him he needs to shape up because I need more scrap time. I think he's still laughing over that. It was worth a try.

 

[PrincessNancy96]

My neighbor has been scrapping for at least an hour everyday since the end of July, every single day. I know she means well when she keeps asking me why I don't scrap more, when will I scrap with her, why don't I go to our CMC crops, etc.

So yesterday as I'm folding the mountains of laundry I'm trying to figure out how she has the time and I don't.

Then it finally dawned on me ... my DH needs to make some changes! He needs to spoil me like her DH spoils her!

They both work a full-time job, their daughter still lives at home but she's almost 20 (mine are 8 & 13) and he does the vast majority of the housework. He does all the grocery shopping (she admits she doesn't know how), he takes care of all the bills (again, she admits she has no idea who they owe, how much money they have, when things are due, etc), he cleans the house on his day off, he does the majority of the laundry and the majority of the cooking.

I called my DH at work and told him he needs to shape up because I need more scrap time. I think he's still laughing over that. It was worth a try.

At least you tried!!!

I have the same issue.. I just have to schedule ME time.. and you know when it usually is.. while doing laundry! Yep, I scrap in my basement in/next to the laundry... I keep my LOs open and go in several times a day.. so yeah I may get an hour a day total...but it's not an dedicated hour... Heck, I asked for last Sunday afternoon.. every time I went to work something or someone need me..and they didn't want to bother dad because he took a nap...but I did get 4 pages started..and completed them yesterday... Now, to work on some more....(the kids are due home in an hour...will it happen... uh, probably not because I need to get some things for PTO finished, sketches for the PTO fall festival signs done to be finished this weekend)...oh and I still need to update the dry erase calendar...and bake 5 dozen cookies for school....the never ending list!

 

[Forever a Princess]

My neighbor has been scrapping for at least an hour everyday since the end of July, every single day. I know she means well when she keeps asking me why I don't scrap more, when will I scrap with her, why don't I go to our CMC crops, etc.

So yesterday as I'm folding the mountains of laundry I'm trying to figure out how she has the time and I don't.

Then it finally dawned on me ... my DH needs to make some changes! He needs to spoil me like her DH spoils her!

They both work a full-time job, their daughter still lives at home but she's almost 20 (mine are 8 & 13) and he does the vast majority of the housework. He does all the grocery shopping (she admits she doesn't know how), he takes care of all the bills (again, she admits she has no idea who they owe, how much money they have, when things are due, etc), he cleans the house on his day off, he does the majority of the laundry and the majority of the cooking.

I called my DH at work and told him he needs to shape up because I need more scrap time. I think he's still laughing over that. It was worth a try.

 

[Forever a Princess]

I actually schedule my scrap time...like a dentist appt
and like a dentist appt... I KNOW that it will take forever to reschedule, so I can't cancel it!!!

I look at my calandar for the next 4-6 weeks... and see where I can fit in an "appointment" among work, dance class, soccer practice, gymnastics meets, etc. Once I figure an evening/morning or 2 it gets written in my calandar with INK!!!

Paula

I think I'm going to try this. Instead of "penciling" in scrapbooking, I'm going to write it in in ink.

 

[BernardandMissBianca]

well, it's been almost 2 weeks since you've posted you original question. Have you gotten anything done?

 

[Bikergranny]

My neighbor has been scrapping for at least an hour everyday since the end of July, every single day. I know she means well when she keeps asking me why I don't scrap more, when will I scrap with her, why don't I go to our CMC crops, etc.

So yesterday as I'm folding the mountains of laundry I'm trying to figure out how she has the time and I don't.

Then it finally dawned on me ... my DH needs to make some changes! He needs to spoil me like her DH spoils her!

They both work a full-time job, their daughter still lives at home but she's almost 20 (mine are 8 & 13) and he does the vast majority of the housework. He does all the grocery shopping (she admits she doesn't know how), he takes care of all the bills (again, she admits she has no idea who they owe, how much money they have, when things are due, etc), he cleans the house on his day off, he does the majority of the laundry and the majority of the cooking.

I called my DH at work and told him he needs to shape up because I need more scrap time. I think he's still laughing over that. It was worth a try.

I feel for ya; I do almost ALL the work in our house too, but that's part of the "deal" for me being able to stay at home and work my own business (I own a pet sitting service). It doesn't earn me enough money to live on, but it keeps me at home where I can steal away time here and there to clean, cook, shop AND SCRAP. And, after being the good little Wifey, Mother, and Grandmother, I even earned myself (FINALLY) my very own scrapbook room. I waited a while for it (used to be my Granddaughter's nursery), but it was worth it. It's the room right next to my office, so I basically run laps between the two rooms all day and night, LOL!

When work and 'life' get too busy for me to scrap, I end up getting stressed out and scrapbooking is my "release". I have spoken with some of my friends who look at scrapbooking as a "chore" that they just don't have the patience or time for, but for me it's my sanity check. It's what I do when I begin to feel overwhelmed with my workload or all the demands on my time...I just force myself to step away and work on a layout.

We work hard ladies, we have EARNED the right to scrap! Just make the time to do something for YOU!

 

[ColleenG]

My neighbor has been scrapping for at least an hour everyday since the end of July, every single day. I know she means well when she keeps asking me why I don't scrap more, when will I scrap with her, why don't I go to our CMC crops, etc.

So yesterday as I'm folding the mountains of laundry I'm trying to figure out how she has the time and I don't.

Then it finally dawned on me ... my DH needs to make some changes! He needs to spoil me like her DH spoils her!

They both work a full-time job, their daughter still lives at home but she's almost 20 (mine are 8 & 13) and he does the vast majority of the housework. He does all the grocery shopping (she admits she doesn't know how), he takes care of all the bills (again, she admits she has no idea who they owe, how much money they have, when things are due, etc), he cleans the house on his day off, he does the majority of the laundry and the majority of the cooking.

I called my DH at work and told him he needs to shape up because I need more scrap time. I think he's still laughing over that. It was worth a try.

Where did she find her DH, Fantasy Land? I'm lucky if mine takes out the garbage after I've asked him 3 times.