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Project 365: Week 5 and More

Here's Week 5 for my Project 365 album. I also finished the title, summary, and additional photos pages. January is officially complete! I'm so excited for this album and can't wait to see it after the year is over. :)

 

 

 

 

Project 365: Week 4

I finished up Week 4 of my Project 365 project today. I should be getting ready for our Housewarming Party this evening but I have bronchitis so we had to postpone it. Now it's rest time on the couch, digi scrappin', and watching TV all weekend. I'm working on some more challenges for the JSYS Challenge at Scrapfreak and downloading a bunch of digi freebies from the blog train for a new digi site, MScraps (if you haven't seen it, jump on board here).

Back to scrappin' now!

Digi Scrappin'

I've gotten some digi scrappin' done this week.

First, here's Week 3 for my Project 365 album. :)

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Sweet & Simple LIFE January pages (www.weedsandwildflowersdesign.com); font: CK Invitation

And here are some layouts created for challenges at Scrapfreak:

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kit: January Sweet & Simple LIFE - Kit #1 (www.weedsandwildflowersdesign.com); font: SP Purkage

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kit: Snapshot of Spring (www.digitaldesignessentials.com); kraft paper: September 2008 Idea Notebook (www.digitaldesignessentials.com); font: SP Purkage; template: by me

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kit: Surfer Betty (www.digitaldesignessentials.com); black paper: Happy Boo Day (www.digitaldesignessentials.com); font: SP Purkage

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kit: Garden Party (www.digitaldesignessentials); fonts: Kayleigh, Typewriter

Project 365: Week 2

I got caught up tonight on uploading my Project 365 photos to my album and also finished my layout for Week 2! Woohoo! Two weeks in and I'm staying caught up. :)

 

1 Week Down, 51 More to Go!

Yay! I did it! I successfully completed Week 1 of Project 365 AND on time! ;) I've taken my daily photo everyday, journaled every evening, and scrapped my first week's layout. :) I'm very excited and pray I keep this momentum through the year. This will be a super cool record of my year, and I love the first week so far!

God bless Weeds and Wildflowers Design and their quickpages. LOL Quick, easy, and done and I love how it turned out.
 

I also finished this layout this morning for the 1.4 JSYS Challenge at Scrapfreak. I lifted this adorable layout by Holly. Thanks for the inspiration!
 

It's been a lazy day today. Just trying to stay warm with this Artic Blast that's covered the entire U.S. It's currently 28 here with a windchill of 15. I realize that's mild compared to some of you northern gals but here in Texas that's COLD! I've got the crockpot going and tonight we're watching the BCS Championship game... Hook 'Em, Horns!

Project 365

Well, I'm going to do it. Project 365. I guess I'm riding on the high of actually completing my December Daily album this year (and only 5 days late) so I'm all gung-ho that I can do 365 days of it. LOL What have I gotten myself into??!?! Actually I'm very excited! For the past couple of years now I've really wanted to attempt this and I'm going to do it! I bought this super cute kit from Weeds and Wildflowers Design that already has the layouts laid out so all I have to do is plug in photos and journaling. It couldn't be any simpler than that so I have no excuses, right? I just have to remember that all-important daily photo (I think I can, I think I can...) Anyways, I've gotten off to a great start with my daily photos and I have my first week's layout started. I plan on taking a daily photo and starting a simple journal that I'll write down the day's events in each evening. I'll share my daily photos here on my blog in my album *Project 365 - The Photos* over there on the right ----------> and then add my layouts each week as I finish them.

Wish me luck! I'm gonna need it! ;)

Digi Scrappin'

I spent the evening digi scrappin' and watching movies with Kaleigh and my little sister who is spending a few days with us. I worked on some layouts for some fun challenges at Scrapfreak. They hosted a New Year's Day Crop today (well, yesterday technically since I'm typing this at 3am in the morning). Anyways, it's not too late to join in on the fun - the crop was just the beginning of their *31 Days of Ideas to Jump Start Your Scrapping in 2010*. I can't wait to play along and you should, too! ;)

For the *Go Photoless* challenge

supplies - kit: Neutrality by Digital Design Essentials; fonts: ChickieShannon, CK Cursive

For the *Sunshine* challenge

supplies - kit: Crystal Wilkerson's *June 2009 Collection*; fonts: 2peas Scrapbook, CK Cursive

For the *Rounded Corners* challenge

supplies - kit: Crystal Wilkerson's *December 2009 Collection*; distressing brush: unknown; fonts: CK Ali's Hand Official

Thanks for looking!

One Little Word: WELLNESS

I love what a new year brings... a clean slate and so much optimism and excitement for another chance, new beginnings, and change. It's a chance to regroup, refocus, and really think about what I want to improve or change. The past two years I've participated in Ali Edwards' *One Little Word*. My resolutions are the same each year for the most part and I keep working on them each year but I choose one word to really focus on for that year. Like many people *losing weight* is always on my list, but this year I've decided I will really focus on that and make WELLNESS my One Little Word.

I want to be healthier and it seems I always have this drive and then two weeks later fall off the wagon. But I'm realizing I'm only getting older and things aren't getting any easier. Time keeps passing and I'm staying the same. I'm tired of what I've let myself become. Obviously I'm not happy with how I look with extra pounds. Actually I'm VERY unhappy with how I look. But I'm also not happy with how I feel both physically and mentally. Physically I'm not comfortable with the extra weight. I feel like a big slug. And there are headaches and body aches that I'm positive would lessen with having a more healthy, toned body. Then there's the mental aspect. I have suffered from (at times severe) anxiety for over 8 years now. I'm tired of living with this black cloud hovering over me. I'm tired of depending on medication. I want to be free from it. The anxiety has crippled me, and I want to be the independent, strong woman I used to be. I know being healthier would help it so much.

So I'm going to focus on my WELLNESS in both mind and body. I'm going to set small goals. I love food (and all the bad ones LOL) so that will be a slow process improving that area. But I can certainly get my fat arse moving and working out more. And I do love to work out. It's just that for some reason I have the hardest getting to the gym or turning on that workout DVD.

And I also know that being healthier would improve so many other areas of my life. It would restore my confidence and self esteem, give my husband back some of that hottie ;) he fell in love with and married, and motivate me to continue improving the other areas of my life I want to make better.

So that's my goal: WELLNESS. I owe it to myself and to my husband and daughter to be the best woman, wife, and mom I can be.

Here's to a happy and healthy new year!

Today I Am...

I saw this on a couple different blogs and I thought I'd give it a try, too. I'll do these on the 1st of each month and maybe have a little record of what I was up to the beginning of each month this year. :)

Today I Am...

Listening to: VH1's *100 Most Shocking Moments in Music* on TV.

Reading: *River's End* by Nora Roberts and *The Shack* by William P. Young.

Obsessed with: home decor blogs.

Thinking about: maybe getting up off this couch but I sure am enjoying my lazy day. :)

Planning to: digi scrap here in a bit.

Dreaming of: all the fun decor things I want to do to our new home.

Enjoying: these last few days before Kaleigh goes back to school on Tuesday and then it's back to alarm clocks and schedules. :(

Vowing to: get healthier this year!!!

Working on: a book page wreath that I need to finish!

Excited about: going to the movies tomorrow with Kaleigh, my mom, and little sister.