June 30 "The Last Thing I Bought Myself Was..."

2012  The last thing I bought for myself was shirts.  I am ALWAYS complaining I don't have enough clothes.  I choose to buy things for my kids over myself.  Mostly this stems from a dislike of shopping for myself, I don't love how I look in clothes right now so I don't enjoy it, but picking out cute stuff for my kids (especially a screaming deal) is very enjoyable.  Norm hates seeing me in his old ratty t-shirts or my bleach stained cleaning clothes (I don't really like it either).  He so generously gave me a $100 gift card he had won at work by getting a client to do a video "comment".  I ran in Samsclub to get me a couple of just plain t-shirts to wear around the days I am at home.  They actually had some other cute shirts too.  So, I ended up with about 8 shirts for about $100 bucks!

June 29 Today I Was So.....

2012  Today I was so happy.  I woke up after at my Mom's house with Tenley snuggling next to me.  I woke up without an alarm clock waking me up.  I had a bagel while I read John Grisham's "Timothy Boone Kid Lawyer".  I snuggled with baby Rydge.  Had a hilarious conversation with Ryder and got to see Ruby's cute smile.  I was able to watch both my girls display great mothering/babysitting skills.  They love those little peanuts.  I am happy that my Normie is coming home tonight from a week long work trip to Florida.  I am happy that Cole has taken on some serious responsibility this week.  He made some grown up decisions - like not spending two nights over at Grandma's because he had painting for a neighbor to do, and other jobs at home that he needed to get done before going out of town for the weekend.  I was able to visit and laugh with Adrienne, Lindsay and my Mom.  I also was able to skype with Lauren and Bridget in New York.  Happy Day!

June 28 What Was in Your Mailbox Today?

2012  Nothing exciting was in my mailbox today.  A junk letter from Comcast and an ad from a dentist... Booring!

June 27 What Was the Smartest Thing You Did Today?

2012:  The smartest thing I did today was take care of my back.  I woke up at 4:30 to go to the bathroom and couldn't stand up straight, my right side of my back was in a knot and pulling my right shoulder down towards my hips.  I had planned to get up at six to help my neighbors line the street of our former bishop who won the republican nomination for the State Attorney General, but I decided against bending and hammering in rebar posts... SMART.  I layed in bed for a while with pillows under my knees... SMART.  I divided up my cleaning responsibilities and gave any chore that required bending or lifting to my girlies... SMART.  I waited to clean Jenni's house until Cole could come so he could do the bending and lifting there... SMART.  I feel that all my SMART decisions have paid off, my back feels pretty good and I am not flat on the floor!

June 26 Were you 'good' or 'bad' today?

2012:  I like this question, it sparks all kinds of thoughts.  But my gut reaction was towards my eating and exercising habits.  In that regard I was 'bad'.  I didn't exercise and my eating was mediocre if not terrible for Weight Watchers.  I took my sister's kiddies while she was at the doctor and had a fantastic two hour lunch visiting and chatting with her.  In that regard I was 'good'.  Hopefully we all have good moments, because I know we ALL have bad ones.  Let's just keep the good ones coming more often than those nasty bad ones.

Let me explain... there is always (almost always) a method to my madness

I am not a journal keeper.  I never have been.  I do consider my scrapbooking obsession of the 1990's to count as journaling.  But, after my third baby was born, I just didn't keep up on it like I wanted to, so I pretty much quit.  I have done some digital scrapbooking, but nothing to mention really.  So, the past almost ten years are spottily documented to say the least.  I have a plethora of photos that are organized by dates on my computer, but no memories or notes to go along with them.  The thought of "catching up" is beyond overwhelming.  So.... as I was exploring Pinterest (or maybe I should say wasting time on Pinterest)  I came across this journaling idea... so maybe it wasn't wasted after all!  It was a simple list of about 30 questions that you answered each day.  I thought "I can do that!"  As I clicked and clicked I ended up here:

365 Questions -- a five year journal found here {http://debbiehodge.com/2012/01/5-year-journal-01/}

She suggests answering the same question on the same day for five years.. Interesting thought...  For example, June 26th's question is :  Were you 'good' or 'bad' today?  How will I answer that today and how will I answer it next year and the next and so on.  Interesting concept right?

She has a little box with 3x5 type cards that she decorates all scrapbooky and it is adorable.  But I want to do this project, right?  So, I shun that idea, no offense.  It's just not my thing.  She suggests, for those of us less inclined to do the cutesy thing, to get a notebook.  I like that, but I just might misplace it or forget about it.  After all, I am on the computer EVERY DAY!  So, here is my plunge.. I created a blog just for this.  This is the method to my madness today.