Roman Roadwalkers Adventures

October 28, 2007

Taking the challenge

Well, I entered my first challenge. I've been looking for the right one to try and finally decided to just go for it.

There is still a week to go. so we will just have to see how it turns out. I attached the one I submitted.

Wish me luck.
RRW

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October 26, 2007

I started a group today.

Being one of the only guys I know of who enjoy scrapping, I decided to start a group to meet others.

http://www.scrapbookflair.com/groups/Guys_that_Scrap

If you are a guy (or know one) who scraps, please send them along. I would love to meet other guys who scrap.

RRW

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October 25, 2007

Memories

I think over the last few weeks I know why people scrap. It's to remember. Sure there are other ways to remember. I could journal, but eventually the words would lose the ability to make me see. I could make a photo album but there is no context to a bunch of random photos.

If a picture paints a thousand words, a scrap page paints a memory.

I made a page for my dad today. He died over 18 yeas ago. That's almost half my life. I found a photo I had lost and was surprised that I couldn't remember his face. I had forgotten what he looked like and that hurt. So I made a page. There is not a lot on it. His favorite colors, a watch band because he was never fully dressed without his watch. A guitar, because his second life was muxic. Finding just the right guitar was a job but I found one that was perfect. I used his full name since most people probably did not even know it. To the world he was Bud.

To me, he was Papa. And I never want to forget him again.

RRW

My Papa
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October 24, 2007

How I got started Scrapping (whether I liked it or not)

A few weeks ago I visited friends in Kansas. I go every year for a week or two to catch up with them and as a chance to get away. I rarely go anywhere so any trip is a big deal. I traveled with my friends mom. She gets a companion for the trip and I get a free trip. We are great friends so it works out well all the way around.

Well this year I find out that Mom is a budding Scrapbooker and wants to teach her daughter and the grands how. Well that left me with the choice of scrapping or sitting in a corner and being quiet. Now anyone who knows me, quiet is not in my vocab. TV was not an option as they did not have cable. The Internet was not really an option as they use a Mac and those machines hate me.

Well I agreed to "give it a try". I made a page and loved it. I made another, and another. Long after eveyone else was moving on, i was still scrapping. I ended up at a Walmart where I blew almost my entire trip budget on supplies. Now I am hooked. I am trying to find a group of friends at church to create a Scrapping group. I don't like scrapping alone. I will, but a group is so much more fun.

Finding Scrapping Flair is a godsend for me. Now I can scrap to my hearts content and share my work with friends, family and friends to be.

I don't if they have Scrappers Anonymous, but if they do, I refuse to go. This is one addiction I plan on feeding and enjoying.

Until next time.

Huggles and Happy Scrapping
Roman Roadwalker

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