Day Three

Today's list is the one I always dread, It's such a hard question to answer, if I say I'm nice and sweet am I being realistic and if I say I'm moody am I being too hard on myself. So what I did was ask my sons and hubby...

I think motherly and crafty are safe so I started with those, my 16 year old son said different, I asked if he meant that in a good way or bad way, he says however you want to take it..so I'm different..I like to think of it as I'm unique

My 20 year old son says I'm worrisome..well I have three boys that have no fear..of course I am worrisome...that's just what mom's do.

My 16 year old comes back and says goofy, ok i take that as a good thing, fun, funny..I like that one

My hubby calls as I'm writing them down and I ask him...he says wonderful...what a suck up..lol..he never has a negative word to say about me

I've heard people call me helpful so I added that one.

The title page is a vintage flash card with tags and an added butterfly stamp. The journal page is from an old accounting book. I created the book before I knew what the journal prompts would be or what order...so I had added this tape that says gorgeous*perfect...I just thought that was funny when I turned to the next page..so not what I think I would be described as...but ads a bit of whimsy

Day two

I have a pretty good list of goals for this month...weather I get them all done or not is another story

~ work on house - finish walls (we are building our own home, the walls are being made of clay/straw slip, it's been a very time consuming job) Shower (my hubby wants a waterfall in the shower and he plans on doing the shower all in rock) Stain floor (I recently did some stain samples to see what I like, honestly I am procrastinating doing the whole floor, it means moving everything out, cleaning the floor thoroughly, but it does need to get done)
~plan Halloween party (I've been wanting to do one for years, my plan is that the house will be done enough to have one there this year)
~Do more chapters in 'Soul Mapping' a great book I found at a yard sale, gives thoughtful questions that make you look at your past present and where you want to be in the future
~Consistent blogging - as you can see my posts have not been at all..but my goal is to make my blog an inspiration and great resource
~visit hubby's parents - they live about 3 hrs south of us closer to the beach, we've been so busy on the house we've not been down in a few months
~help gramma with auction - my gramma has finally decided to move from FL and be closer to the rest of the family, we are all so thrilled to hear this (she was in FL with just one of her sons) She plans on having an auction to sell all the stuff she will not be bringing with her.

of course I may add to my list as the month goes on, and ignore or put off a thing or two.

so far 30 days of lists has given me something to look forward to everyday. Not just doing my journal but seeing everyone's list as well.

Day one

Today is day one of 30 days of lists..

I am a lister because

~I have a horrible memory -- I forget what i did yesterday and would not remember important things I need to do tommorrow

~ I can't sleep with thoughts in my head - I have to write things down

~If I write things down I can visualize what I need to do

~ I love to make check marks -- it didn't happen if there's no check list

My first page is from a book of letter between 4 teen girls, I like the handwriting, I added some washi tape to the top

Second page is vintage inspired scrapbook paper with flags

Junk Journal

I've been collecting more and more papers to use with my junk journals..I try to use ordinary and not so ordinary papers..I'm excited about this one...it has some neat surprises

 music sheet and a page from an art book

 I added tags, mini envelopes, hidden spots along with a wonderful collection of 'junk' papers along with some scrapbook pages..this one is now available in my etsy store

30 Days of Lists

I've always had a passion for paper and Lists. I've keep many journals and even created a few. I recently came across 30 Days of Lists which is right my alley. So I signed up right away. I decided to create my own journal. I've been creating jotters for my etsy shop, I decided to make mine a little bigger.I can't wait to get started.

 I used a book cover for the front cover, then added stickers for the title. I put it all together with ring clips to add additional pages if I want later.

 I used scrapbook paper and found papers, this one is a score card with a sticker at the top

 next is an accounting sheet and a sold tag

 more accounting pages with scraps of pages attached

 workbook sheet and message paper

 scrapbook paper and story book page with stickers added

 scrapbook page and envelope

scrapbook paper and a paint chip with sticker attached

I really enjoyed creating this book and since have made a few, I now have them listed in my etsy shop...I enjoy finding vintage papers and goodies to add to these notebooks, I look forward to making more

Book Review - Soul Mapping

I picked up a few books while junkin this past week..I had mostly cookbooks, when going back through the books I noticed this one, 'Soul Mapping'

 not sure what attracted me to it, but I opened it up and started reading it. At once I become engrossed in the reading and went thru the entire first chapter. It prompts questions of things you've done and want to do, kind of a way to get to know who you are and where you need to be heading. 

I had just picked up a few of my favorite journals by 'Markings' I got one in hot pink, aqua and lime green. So I grabbed the lime green one, and started journaling based on the prompts given.

It's been a great soul searching tool, it brings to light things about yourself you may not have realized or not have focused on. I hoping it will help me find my purpose and a direction

End of Deer Season

 Here we are at the end of Deer season. Richard and Kyle did go hunting a couple of times, but no luck. I've heard it from others, there just aren't as many deer out there as there used to be. We were lucky to get 2 deer from a friend that wasn't able to pick his up. So we brought them home and processed them ourselves. We enlisted the help of one of Kyle's friends as well. it was alot to get done in one night.

 Our saw was at the land and we had limited tools here, so the guys got creative and used hedge clippers to cut the bones.

We ended up with about 50 lbs of meat that I either cute into cubes or ground. We decided against any fancy steak cuts. Richard placed the bigger bones in a large pot after we cut as much meat as possible off them first. After the meat fell off the bones, I picked out the bones and we saved the boiled meat. The rest of the goodies went into our already full freezer. I knew we were getting these deer so I cleaned out the freezer this past weekend. As you can see I have a shelf of catfish, a shelf of shrimp, a shelf of sausage and deer, the bottom tray is seasonal fruit, with misc scattered here and there. I've moved all items that only need to be reheated into the kitchen freezer.