Life is Messy...

Elements from Wild Child Add-on kit by Simple Girl Scraps

I am thankful that the scattering of colorful elements around the photo sort of masks the actual mess that is my living room.

Due to weather conditions, Andrea didn't have classes all week. Hole up an energetic toddler who gets bored with whatever she's doing every 15 minutes at home and our living room always looks like a tornado hit it... or in our case, a tropical depression. Ha-ha, pun not intended and that non-typhoon tropical depression that hit us was definitely not funny. Anyway, thanks to pre-school, at least now Andrea knows how to "pack-away" so she sort of puts stuff back where she got them. I say sort of because she's 2 years old... and the way she puts them back is not always perfect.

But I would have a messy house any day to a house submerged neck-deep in flood water so I am not complaining. 

I made this layout as part of Scrappity-Doo-Dah's Birdcage Challenge for August.

Rain, rain, go away...

... and please leave us alone today.

According to the news, 90% of Metro Manila was submerged in flood waters yesterday. I am one of those fortunate enough to live in the 10% that wasn't. 

NBC News: "It's like Waterworld"

Last time something like this happened was 3 years ago, when typhoon Ondoy hit and areas that do not normally experience floods were submerged in flood waters. Yesterday, there was no typhoon, just a tropical depression that dumped tons of rainwater over half of the Philippines. In 2009, I was oblivious to the events unfolding around me. Yesterday, part of me was wishing for the same oblivion. Watching people being rescued from their rooftops, especially families with small kids, babies even, and elderly, by ill-equipped rescue teams as waters literally raged beneath them, was heart-wrenching.

And today, it's still raining, and most areas are still flooded, but life goes on. And rescue and relief operations continue.

-oo0oo-

I started creating this layout today with something different in mind. But I can't get the rain and the flood out of my head so...

Elements from: April Showers collab kit by Sunny Day Scraps and Whispy's Dzines, and Magic Bathtime by butterflyDsign

This photo was taken last weekend when the rain was only a slight drizzle. I consider myself very blessed to not have photos of the flood to share.

I made this layout as part of Digidesignresort's Photo Challenge for August 2012.

Sweet and Adorable

More photos taken at school...

Elements from Sweet and Adorable kit by butterflyDsign; Scraplifted from layout by Sondrateer

I made this layout as part of Scrappity-Doo-Dah's Cardinal Mega Mix-up Challenge for August.