Junkin Find

I was thrilled to find this old scrapbook on our flea market trip today, since it was the only thing I bought I was glad it was such a find

 
pages of wedding wishes, gift cards, these are so quaint, the handwriting is all so neat, I wish they had pictures of the wedding, but there were none, just the cards

They took there honeymoon in Niagra Falls. A couple pages with post cards, matchbooks, receipts, business cards. A Hotel receipt showed they paid $4.00 for the hotel room. There was a flyer from Heart Island, I thought it was a neat find since we used to visit this every year when I was a child. I took my children to see it years ago, it's a beautiful castle a man built for his wife.

Baby Congradulations cards..It's a Girl..These are so sweet, nothing as cute as vintage babies...I wonder if they only had the one daughter

Birthday cards..not sure if these were for the women who created the scrapbook or the baby girl she had. I enjoyed getting a glimpse into this womans life, of course it makes me curious who she was, what she looked like..
I look forward to using these wonderful finds, I might use some in my journals

Day Six

Reasons to quit..

Day 6 of 30 Days of Lists

Putting things off

~things will never get done till u start 

~ if it's best for the family it will be worth the discomfort 

~things will be easier once it's all done 

~we will all be proud of our accomplishment 

All these are pretty much related to us building our own home, sometimes I just don't have the drive, but I know it needs to get done.

Day Five

Reasons to start..

Getting Serious about business 

~Money - hubby really doesn't care for his part time job, it would be nice if he could quit

~Independence - not counting on another company to give you a check every week

 ~Vacations - you can never have too many vacations

 ~Debt Free - our goal has been to be debt free before retirement, we are doing pretty good on this one, a few more things to check off

~Retirement - hubby has a good retirement set up, but you never know what the future holds, it would be nice to have a larger nest egg set up for then

 ~Possible work for boys - our boys being homeschooled for the last 10 years, have been taught to find a way to make money, not necessarily find a job..our youngest is a born leader, he needs to be his own boss

Day Four

I Need a Timeout

day 4 of 30 days of lists

when I need a timeout...

if it's just a small need..I take a nap or take a drive in my jeep with the top off and radio up

if it's a bigger need...I go junkin, play solitaire and grab a dr. pepper

if it's a really big need for a timeout..it usually calls for a road trip..my hubby is good at knowing when I need to getaway and he usually plans a little trip for us...stay tuned for more lists

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