a photobook ate my computer

Okay, maybe that is a bit of an exaggeration, but since my last post, all of my spare time has been consumed by prepping photos and assembling the photobook that I was eleven months behind on. Though my procrastination over this project was well-established, MyPublisher rallied me into action with the temptation of a 40% off coupon code. It expires tomorrow, so I was on a deadline. But it's done; looking at all of the photos from 2009 made me very homesick for Thailand (weird, huh?) and wistful for the tiny baby who is now a two year-old hooligan, but I think that I am going to love the book when it's here. 

Oh, and yes, I did post last month about wanting to  give up on MyPublisher and it's silly dimension/resolution nit-picking, but I just couldn't get into the page templates at the other reputable photobook sites, so I downloaded a trial of PSE 9 and made my peace with the painstaking process of scaling down my photos. It was hours of work, still, but on the upside, this album is going to have a lovely photowrap cover. Anyway, that's enough with the free compliments ... 

While I was ignoring everything but digital photos and my kids, I did manage to check out one of my fave blogs - Dinner with Julie. Yes, I've been a little obsessed with her blog lately. I blame it on the post about homemade cocoa mix (which I can totally do here in Vietnam), and now she's posted about peanutbutter cocoa and making marshmallows shaped like Peeps. Resistence is futile. 

And before I go, can I just say that my December schedule has been slammed by special programming at Madeline's school? A Christmas concert, Christmas party, charity book sale, charity bazaar, field day, and I swear that there is something else that I'm forgetting, all within the next three weeks. Unreal. 

Comments

[jesser]

Ahh December. The time of year when we eat the worst ... and it's not because of Christmas cookies. It's because of our insane schedule. Subway is about to become my new best friend. :P

I love that blog ... though I hate to have ANOTHER one to add to Google Reader.

Congrats on getting your photo book done. I should do the same ... but I probably won't. Cards and calendars is my limit.