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This month the challenge was to use puzzle pieces on your layout. The color scheme was olive, blue and aqua.

 At first, I thought Jan used the puzzle pieces as a mask. But what she did was lay the pieces down and cut around them to make the border.

 I love the photo frame Barbie made with her puzzle pieces.

 She stamped the pieces and then added some Stickles glitter glue to accent them.

This was the perfect assignment for Kathy as she just happened to have photos of her son doing puzzles in "piecing it together."

 Kathy was a couple months behind. This was her "a day with..." layout with strip journaling.

 Kathy's layout using a song title. Hers is "At Last" by Etta James.

 Linda took an old layout and added some tiny puzzle pieces. Her granddaughter is doing a puzzle in one of the pictures.

 Pam's layout about how her family is growing one "piece" at a time.

This is my layout. The subtitle at the top reads: "puzzled by these flowers." I painted my puzzle pieces. The journaling is about a trip to Oklahoma. I had hoped to identify these flowers via the internet, but couldn't because there were 100's listed.

This month, the challenge is to do a layout in brown, red and cream with a "One" in the title. I got the idea from some cigarette coupons I found at the flea market. I'm anxious to see what they come up with.

AYM 1 and a confession

The confession first. I do not have my layouts finished. And I didn't get last month's layouts finished either. I did get Connie's done, but with being sick and then on vacation, it was all I could do to get the kits and handouts done.

This was a really light month. There were only 4 of us at the meeting. Next month will be BIG!!!

Without further ado:

Jeanne's layout---"Strange Addiction" (journaling below) and "Travis"

Janet's layout:
 Special Agent Man and Trains

My dad (Claude “Jack” McClure) worked for the Burlington railroad as a Special Agent, which was equal to a police man for the railroad. His job consisted of investigating items left on the tracks, people walking on tracks , accidents at crossings and even when things were thrown at passing rail cars. He would have to look into train derailments, check on broken into rail cars and some times set on stack outs to try to catch the thief’s.. Growing up it was nothing if our phone to rang in the middle of the night, He was quite often called out to a rail road site at any time .We were also programmed that before picking up the phone we had to find out if he “was home or not”, so when asked we gave the correct answer. He carried a gun everyday just as a cop would, It was interesting when I found the article he saved about  a railroad Theft and he was named as the one that fired a shot that hit the thief’s truck. We were never told this story. Also I found a check stub from,the then CB&Q  RR, around that time (1951-52) his net pay was 165.99 for a weeks work.   On several occasions I would go to work with my dad on the weekends. Some Saturdays we would go to the main office that was located on what is now the landing, It was an old building then with 12 ft ceilings, no elevator for 4 floors but had a great view of the river. The family went there a few times to watch fireworks on the river The rail yards were dirty places but it was interesting to watch the round house on Hall St and signal men help move the rail cars from one line of tracks to another, to set hem up for the next stage of their journey. My dad liked his job even though the hours could be long and at times the conditions not the best. He was proud to be a Special Agent for the Railroad.

 Connie's page that I did: "So many books, so little time" and "Telelphones, Typewriters and Tie Shoes."

Each month, I look forward to Karolyn's layouts. She has the best memorabilia from her childhood. Here, her "s" page is "my Schwinn bike" and she actually still has the book that came with it. She doesn't have the bike, nor even a picture, but she was able to pull one off the internet. "Tapestry bag" was her next layout. She tells the story of carrying Boone's Farm Strawberry Hill wine (2 bottles) comfortably in her bag while in college.

 Pam's layouts: "Queen" and "Rollers"---loved this one about hair rollers in the late 60's and 70's.

 I love Judy's layout---it looks like she even put a really pair of sunglasses on the page.

Judy's second layout even includes a tooth! The ultimate memorabilia!

That's it for this month. Not too many, but enough quality to make up for it.