JYC Day Two

Oh the weather outside is... cold! ...for Vegas.

The winds have died down, even though we are use to high winds in the valley, it turned cold suddenly. Dust was blowing like crazy killing anyone with allergies, clouds covering the mountain peaks of our valley. I really felt bad for the people living in California, they are not use to high wind gusts or should I say wind storms. 40-50 mph wind are not unusual for Las Vegas. California had gust upward of 100 mph...WOW. I watch the weather channel most of the day Thursday. Tonight we have a freeze warning in effect....brrrrrr.

All said, I didn't let bad weather keep my Christmas spirits down. I just grabbed my Naughty or Nice Santa hat and seized the day. I giggled to myself as people stared, probably thinking it's kinda early for that santa hat, but I held my head up high.

I like when I visit other blogs and they have free stuff so I thought I try my hand at it. I use these worksheets every year for JYC and December Daily journaling. They are very simple & I enjoy playing around making them up. I found one problem...I should be ahead of the class, so I will try my best to have them up before they are needed. Happy journaling...

get it here

get it here

First Day of December

Yesterday was the first day of Journal Your Christmas & December Daily I'm so excited. Here is my album cover.

Below is the what I used to make my album:

** note some of the items may not be available, I finally used my stash**

I like to journal everyday even if I don't do a layout right away. So at lest I have everything written that I want to remember for later. I use these journal worksheets each Christmas and I thought I would share. This is my first attempt at giving away a download so here goes.

GET IT HERE

Holiday Season Memory Keeping

It's that time of year....

I have attempted each year to complete my holiday albums with no success to date, I have journaled every year since 2008 except last year (due to being sick), but I have never completed an album- pictures, journaling & layout. This year I announced on the JYC forum my intentions of completing my album by January 15, 2012, so I can be held accountable. I'll keep you informed of my progress. I am using last years completed album so I have a head start.

I love participating in these two classes, and hope my kids will enjoy looking through the albums years down the road.

JYC with Shimelle

Gives you journal prompts to follow.

December Daily with Ali Edwards

Free style journaling everyday events of December

What I'm Thankful For...

I had a great Thanksgiving Holiday weekend, I cooked at my own pace, not as much as I usually cook which made for an easy day. Dinner was on the table by three o'clock a first for our house.

We put up our tree Friday and Saturday we started our outdoor decorations.

I could not let this month go by without sharing what I am grateful for in my life

I am thankful for:

1. being alive...waking up each day
2. having a relationship with GOD!
3. that I am learning what is truly important...
4. my daughter
5. my son
6. my ole man
7. family
8. great friends
9. Edonna... friends for 25+ years
10. Quel
11. Carole
12. Monica & her great job that allow us the get comps into vegas show...
13. I have more female friends then ever before in my life...and I'm ok with that.
14. my business
15. all the stuff I own
16. that I knew its just stuff and its not important
17. I can get off the floor without help
18. I can get out of my chair on my own...any chair for that matter
19. I can walk up & down stairs again
20. I don't hurt all the time... any more
21. my hair & nails are growing again
22. my skin has cleared up
23. I'm still a work in progress
24. I took two vacations this year.
25. The fun I had in the Bahamas for my birthday
26. I went Parasailing and loved it.
27. going to New York City
28. seeing a broadway play... Lion King
29. my Ole Man spoils me...I love him so and he loves me
30. I communicate better
31. I've learned to say NO
32. my truck is paid for and runs well
33. that this christmas I won't have a lot of money & I'm looking forward to the experience so my kids will know both worlds...
34. my swim class at the YMCA
35. my two camera's that bring me much joy
36. my apple tronics...yea I'm a MAC HEAD
37. My black suede boots they are so comfy
38. that I can say that being injured on the job has made my life so much better
39. my son is hilarious" mom I used to think your closet was the gate to Narnia cause you had so much stuff in there".
40. my daughter the down to earth kid
41. my nephew Ash... he keep hope alive
42. most of all having a peaceful state of mind....
43. that this is just a few things I can recall to be thankful for

What are you thankful for...

QUICK UPDATE

I miss my blog even if I don' t post everyday...

I'm still in good health Yea...

I start my Business and it's actually doing well, I have gotten a few contracts and working hard to continue that flow

My Sons Birthday is next month he will be 15 wow...

I've started thinking about my Thanksgiving menu, not like there is a lot to think about in my family, we are pretty southern traditional in my house.

My Ole Man..."I want Turkey & cornbread dressing", his vegetable of choice potato salad.

My baby Girl... Who turned 17 this past friday wants couscous.

My Son.... his usual Mac & cheese, peach cobbler.

Myself...I always pick and new recipe that appeals to me, this year its a dessert pumkin layer dessert found here I always substitute sweet potatoes instead of pumpkin.

Our Christmas tree would have been up this weekend but I got lazy and actually didn't work, took three days off... yelp cause I'm the boss! So it well be up this coming weekend have not decided my colors yet. I have this cool blue/turquoise & silver, Or my red, green & gold. Hmmmm so many choices.

My goal this year is to complete my holiday journals. I either finish the journaling or the album but never both, this year I'll use my album I finished last year and just journal.

Yes that means Shimelle's Journal your Christmas is starting soon and my girl Ali Edwards December Daily Album.

Back to the highlight of my weekend. My Baby Girl is 17 time flys...

My Facebook post...

HAPPY 17TH BIRTHDAY TO MY BABY-GIRL...
She has come a long way, 4 months early, 2lbs, 1oz & 14 inches at birth, spent 6 months in sunrise nic unit, sick in the hospital monthly until the age of 4. Now a beautiful young lady that is an AP honor roll student who is an talented artist & bakes the best tasting prettiest looking cupcakes in the world. I'm soooo proud of her. She is my trooper! Love you Chantel...mom

The Crafty Side of ME..

So what have I been up to creatively, or should I say trying to keep up with...

Learn something new with Shimelle has start up.

And of course I'm behind but in doing..

Well I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE all the classes offered on BigPictureClasses.

After yesterday post... WOW two post in a row :)

I signed up for the Album of Awesome workshop it Starts today. I'm looking forward to taking the Good Life workshop by Amy Tan and they have started offering other types of classes besides scrapbooking, this fall Big Picture Classes will offer a knitting-felt workshop called Fabulouss Felting, thinking about this we'll see how it works out.

SOMETHING AWESOME...

Hello blog,

I have missed you but there were a few things I needed to do:

[x] Get control of my health
[x] Get my spirit/soul in a better place
[x] Find a career that makes me want to get up and go to it
[x] Finding something AWESOME everyday

Things I'm still working on:

[] Smiling naturally (family says there is always a frown on my face... I use to smile all the time)
[] daily Journaling
[] balancing family, work, play




Thinking of something AWESOME has become a daily thing in my life and I actually look forward to it. So I wanted to share this on my blog

1000 awesome things blog

TED.COM -AWESOME CREATOR, Neil Pasricla