First week in January:
Left Page: the one actual photo (far left in the middle) is of my cousin Bill, playing trombone, in a band. His birthday is January 1st so it's fitting to have a picture of him here. The first journaling, in the middle is:
Week One of Project Life 2012 … I’m really excited about doing this! I believe it will help me stay more focused on what’s happening in my life and especially to document my 2 beautiful granddaughters! Brooklyn and Izzie are 1 and 4 and I don’t want to miss a moment as they change!
I’m following Ali Edwards, Becky Higgins and several others who do this every year. It started with Becky wanting a simpler way to scrapbook the life of her family.
I’ve also chosen my word for the year … CREATIVITY! At first that seemed like a strange one for me (I know I’m creative) but realized I could apply it to my goals of decluttering my house. I am approaching it from a POSITIVE word instead of a negative (decluttering is not a FUN word). This may be my last chance to decorate the house THE WAY I WANT IT because I know Mike will be moving back home whenever Mary sells her house and moves into an a retirement center.
"Do not be anxious about anything, but with prayer and petition present your requests to God and the peace of God which transcends all under-standing will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus." -Philippians 4:16-1
Right page has 2 journaling posts (see below), 2 quotes, a picture of some cool stones with virtures written on them and finally ... in the bottom right corner is Paula Deen. (I LOVE Paula Deen and will be including her in my Project Life album. (As far as the controversy over the announcement she was diagnosed 3 years ago with Diabetes II - I'm a fan and intend to continue being a fan. That's it - that simple)
On the right page (upper left) is my Love List. Rather than making a list of resolutions I choose to focus on what I want to accomplish this year. If I do all of these events then I know I'll have an amazing year.
My LOVE LIST for 2012:
Blog at least 3 times a week
Get together with Ruth every month
Get together with Andrea at least every other month
See Doylene as often as possible
Focus on having fun
Walk 10 minutes a day
Quit smoking by 2/14/12
Do a monthly double page layout EVERY month
Send birthday cards ON TIME
Get my nails done every month
Save money every month for Christmas
Finish my Christmas shopping by 12/01/12
Go the Texas State Fair
See Josh Groban and Michael Buble’ in concert
Make ornaments and photo gift tags for all the girls
Declutter 15 minutes a day
Make red hat Renuzit angels – Doylene, Ruth, Andrea, Sally, Nancy
Make list of family birthdays, addresses and phone numbers
Keep track of how many scrapbooking layouts I do
Weekly Journaling box:
What happened the first week of Sunday, January 1-Saturday, January 7, 2012?
What happened the first week of Sunday, January 1-Saturday, January 7, 2012?
1
– Bill Emery turned #55. I called to
wish him HB and he put me on speaker phone and I got to visit with Uncle
Wilbur, Cliff and Cathy.
4
– I watched the girls while Tiffany went to Metro Care. They wound up coming back and spending the
night because their electricity was out. Brooklyn has learned how to hold her
smile. I made Magic Cookie Bars this
afternoon.
5
– Took Mike some of his meds today.
6
– Went to Joann’s tonight and worked on my December Daily.
7
– Discovered a wonderful new blog called Nathalies Notes at:
Facebooked
with Lisa Olson and she is going to send me my HS graduation that she just
discovered in one of her scrapbooks. I
know I don’t have a copy of it. What a wonderful addition to my Family History album.
Karen
