Well, it has certainly been a rather interesting day around here. I was starting to straighten up a bit as we will be having a guest staying over this weekend. I was cleaning out the boot tray, which sits in our breakfast nook, when I noticed that the cover on one of the outlets looked like it was coming off. Upon closer inspection, I discovered that this rather soft plastic covering was warping away from the wall, the plugs themselves felt a bit warm, and there was moisture running down the wall from under the cover. Yikes! THe outlet is directly under a window, so I can only assume that there is some sort of leak on the interior of that wall (wish I'd found this a week ago before our new home warranty ran out). I think the problem has been going on for a while because I noticed what looked like a drip mark beneath the outlet 3 weeks ago, but I thought I'd splashed something out of the boot tray and just cleaned it up. Anyway, the electricity to the outlet has been turned off (after many tries to find the fuse that belongs to said outlet), and I'm now waiting for hubby to pull the thing apart and decide what comes next.
Enough with the homeowner drama, though. It's time for the rest of my shower album.
This was another two sided insert tucked into a pocket.
In this next pocket page, I tucked some papers that we used for playing games at the shower behind the photo insert. As you can see, the photo is labeled 'prizes.' Since the prize is a rather silly one, I will leave it discreetly hidden inside the little pocket!
This was one of several funny stories about some of the wedding gifts we received. I had registered for this pretty glass pitcher at Belks. For whatever reason, the fact that someone had purchased said pitcher was never reflected in my registry, no matter how many different times it was scanned in. So I received two pitchers at this shower. And a week later, I received two more. There's no telling how many pitchers we would have ended up with if I hadn't finally just deleted it from my registry completely! But I love them, and ended up keeping two of the four. They've been used a couple of times already, and are sure to be filled with much sweet tea in the future.
One cool thing that some of the guests did was write down a short story about a favorite memory of me on the back of a card enclosed in their invites. I tucked those cards inside the last pocket in the album.
The inside back cover was used to display one last photo:
And there you have it. Wonderful memories of a wonderful party in a wonderful little album.
I leave you with a snapshot of my most foolish cat, loving on my broken toe, which was (thankfully) safely protected by this ugly black boot.
Til next time, stay safe and be crafty!
2 comments:
Glad you discovered the outlet problem before it became serious... water plus electricity = yikes! I really like your scrapbooking photos too, it looks like everyone had an excellent time. Take care of your foot - I recommend some cute stickers on the boot to help the healing process :)
--shaunterria
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That's scary about the electric outlet!! I hope it turns out to be a minor problem and not a major expense or headache. Don't we always find these problems after the warranty runs out? Sigh.
Love seeing the rest of your album. So sweet to have those memories from your friends -- what a great idea that is! lol about the pitchers! Modern technology is good at messing up at times! You have me curious about what the silly prize was. lol! Now take care of that toe! I know that pose your cat is in very well. lol!
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