Day Two Hundred and Sixty-Eight - Family Ties

When I was growing up I spent a lot of time @ my grandparent's house - it was just three doors up from my elementary school. I got along very well with both of my grandparents, although it's fair to say that they were both a bit tempermental - I think it's clear where I got this from. My grandma would often complain that she was "blue" - well, not complain but if my dad asked her what was wrong she would say that she was just having a blue day. Now that I'm older and I have more than my fair share of blue days, I really get it. My family should get discounts on antidepressants [except that we're all too stubborn to take them]. But yeah. Not doing so great this week - stomach issues, insomnia and just general blueness.

Well, this afternoon I was cleaning under the bed [I find cleaning very therapeutic when I'm depressed - if my house is a sty, it's probably because I'm happy] and I found packets of photographs. I'm not really great @ putting photos in albums, but I am great @ buying photo albums. Anyway, most of these photos were ones that were taken by other family members and sent to me which I guess is part of the reason why they haven't found a home yet. I thought that looking @ the photos might cheer me up a bit - not sure that they did, but I started a photo album strictly for family photos. This was kinda sad as so many members of my family have died and even my cat and dog are no longer with us. So, mission not exactly accomplished. And while I'm still not really into scrapbooking [okay - I don't even really know what scrapbooking is] - I like the idea of grouping photos together in some meaningful fashion, other than simple chronology.


This is my favourite page thus far as it features my Guthrie looking super fierce, my devil-red graduation gown and a very nice photo of my parents on their 25th wedding anniversary.