I wished I had asked my Grandmother what her favourite meal was, or indeed my Grandfather or my Dad but sadly I did not. I will be asking my Mum though .... and my Mother-in-Law and anyone else I can find who will answer my questions!
All too soon our family history is lost isn't it, and I don't necessarily mean the who married who, how many kids they had and where they lived .... but the every day stuff that makes us who we are. I've never taken a photo of something as simple as my lunch before .... but as I was making this meal and remembering this and that, it suddenly occurred to me that this kind of mundane 'stuff' is what families are made of. I wish I could read all about my family's 'stuff'. So as I made my lunch I wrote what it means to me .... how this is my all time favourite food and why it evokes such memories.
Yes it is a simple meal of mackerel on toast. The journalling says it all really (including a terrible spelling mistake that somehow I will fix up one day). I just wanted to record my thoughts for my children and their children.
I am embarrassed to say this is the first time I have cracked open the packet of Autumn Spice Designer Series Paper - wow is all I am going to say. I need to find the time to use the rest up before it expires in July. I also opened the Cajun Craze ink pad which I received as a freebie from Stampin' Up! last year - more wow!
I hope this page makes you think about something that is so 'everyday' that you don't think to scrap it. I am going to make sure I scrap more of these memories for future generations of the Sadlers. They will probably look back and say .... gee Granny Sadler was weird! LOL
Nikki
Oh, I do love the idea behind this page, Nik. However, I just can't come at tinnned fish in tomato sauce!!! Lovely layout and journalling.
Posted by: Christine Blain | 21/07/2011 at 08:56 PM
Great layout Nikki. You're so right about the everyday stuff getting lost along the way. We should all scrap more about the everyday moments.
Posted by: Tina G | 11/07/2011 at 10:36 PM