Sketch This #40 with balloons

I feel like I haven't done much this week. Been pretty busy with everyday life & that's fine too. I did do a layout though & now I can't remember if I did it this weekend or last week?

Anyway, it's from Sketch This's #40 sketch, which was actually last week's. I totally love this sketch & this picture. I want to use both of them again. I'm not certain I like how this layout turned out, but it's done.

I'm hoping to get some scrapping done this weekend. I've got sketches sitting on my desk for cards & layouts, not to mention I need to get my birthday cards in the mail.

Ashlyn also wants me to make her a bookmark, so how can I deny her:) We're both doing a reading log for her school, so any amount of time I read counts. She's so excited to be "reading" with me & I'm enjoying reading again, so a pair of bookmarks would be kinda neat.

And, since I didn't tell my really good friend Jeannie about my birthday, she planned a little surprise for me tonight. I'm not the type to be center of attention, so believe me, next year I will remind her:) I handle the office, at the dance studio, on Thursdays, so over the course of the entire evening, she had girls from her classes & parents come & give me a balloon until she had given me a total of my age (which will not be given:). AND, she expected me to take them home!!! Which I did! It was actually kinda fun & I thanked her....she's thoughtful like that. So, if you remember my "perpetual birthday calendars" I had made with noone to give them to..............guess who's getting one now!! Yep, I'm gonna gather all the birthdays she needs, put them on the calendar for her & give it to her. Maybe next year I'll get a nice quiet dinner with my good friend!!

Anyhoo.........I hope everyone has a great Friday!!