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Saturday, December 17, 2011
16-17.
Day 16 is for thinking about our blessings, what we're grateful for this season. I made a pocket and put my journaling inside, because it's private this year.
Day 17 is about a perfect gift, something we're excited to give or have been given. I feel amazingly "blah" about most of the Christmas gifts I'm giving this year, so I focused on an unexpected gift I was given instead--our four days in Florida last week. It really was wonderful.
I'm slopping around the house in my PJs today, till it's time to get showered, dressed and made up for Todd's office Christmas party this evening. His company is holding the party at the Hampton Air and Space Museum this year, so I think it's really going to be fun!
Day 17 is about a perfect gift, something we're excited to give or have been given. I feel amazingly "blah" about most of the Christmas gifts I'm giving this year, so I focused on an unexpected gift I was given instead--our four days in Florida last week. It really was wonderful.
I'm slopping around the house in my PJs today, till it's time to get showered, dressed and made up for Todd's office Christmas party this evening. His company is holding the party at the Hampton Air and Space Museum this year, so I think it's really going to be fun!
Thursday, December 15, 2011
13-15.
I did another big catch-up this morning...after mailing ALL my packages and picking up a couple of Christmas gifts. I rule Christmas. So far, anyway.
Day 13 is about music--I used a picture of my new red memory stick dedicated solely to Christmas music. A 4x6 photo goes in the front:
And the journaling goes on the back:
Day 14 is about gifts...I took a photo of the gifts under the tree (before they went into boxes) and added a neat sticker I found at the post office. I thought a USPS sticker might be a nice memento in ten years when we're back to sending smoke signals and telegrams because USPS is no more.
Day 15 is about visitors and visiting. We'll be receiving guests this year rather than being guests. I'm okay with that, except it means I need to clean my house in a big way.
Just got a big box from Amazon plunked onto the front porch by my awesome mailman, so I'm off to wrap presents and maybe have a cup of tea for my scratchy throat.
Day 13 is about music--I used a picture of my new red memory stick dedicated solely to Christmas music. A 4x6 photo goes in the front:
And the journaling goes on the back:
Day 14 is about gifts...I took a photo of the gifts under the tree (before they went into boxes) and added a neat sticker I found at the post office. I thought a USPS sticker might be a nice memento in ten years when we're back to sending smoke signals and telegrams because USPS is no more.
Day 15 is about visitors and visiting. We'll be receiving guests this year rather than being guests. I'm okay with that, except it means I need to clean my house in a big way.
Just got a big box from Amazon plunked onto the front porch by my awesome mailman, so I'm off to wrap presents and maybe have a cup of tea for my scratchy throat.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Trees present and past.
Day 11 of my "Journal Your Christmas" is always about the Christmas tree. This year we put up our big tree for the first time in several years, and I used all my old ornaments, as I mentioned before, plus gold ribbon and the snowflakes my Grandma Clark crocheted for me about ten years ago.
This page has a fold-out page protector--the side with the tree photo folds out, allowing for two more photos:
Day 12 is about Christmases of the past...I found an old Christmas tree photo from the 1970s on Flickr, and used that as a jumping-off point for writing about the homemade star that was on top of our tree through my early childhood years. My mom made it from cardboard and tin foil, and I've been trying to find one like it (which is of course impossible) my whole adult life.
The two pieces for Day 12 fit into the back side of the Day 11 page protector. I love having all these different sizes and configurations to play with.
This page has a fold-out page protector--the side with the tree photo folds out, allowing for two more photos:
Day 12 is about Christmases of the past...I found an old Christmas tree photo from the 1970s on Flickr, and used that as a jumping-off point for writing about the homemade star that was on top of our tree through my early childhood years. My mom made it from cardboard and tin foil, and I've been trying to find one like it (which is of course impossible) my whole adult life.
The two pieces for Day 12 fit into the back side of the Day 11 page protector. I love having all these different sizes and configurations to play with.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Home, and catching up.
We got home from Florida yesterday afternoon and did the usual "get milk and bread, catch up on the mail, unpack a little, sit and chill" routine. I also worked on my Christmas journal a bit last night, and more this morning.
We had an absolutely wonderful time in Florida. We stayed in a hotel right on the Gulf, and then Todd had about a 15-minute drive to the company he was working with. (They're making a part for the project he's been working on for NASA.)
Todd ended up not having to work quite as much as he'd expected, so we were actually able to drive around and do quite a few things...we went to the historic Kenwood district in St. Pete (lots of Craftsman bungalows, which we love) and to the Dali Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts. We had dinner at the Vinoy resort on Tampa Bay, a gorgeous hotel from the 1920s, all pink and white like a wedding cake. Our last day there, we drove up to Orlando and went to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party at the Magic Kingdom, and then flew home from Orlando the next day. The weather was mostly perfect, especially near the water. A couple of mornings, I sat on the hotel's deck, about 25 feet from the water, and wrote out all my Christmas cards. It was idyllic, to say the least. I was so glad that Todd wanted me to come along with him.
To continue with my Christmas journal, here's Day 6. The theme is "two Christmases," one good and one bad, but I have never enjoyed thinking about bad Christmas experiences--and have fortunately not had many. I saw another class member's journal entry for this day where she wrote about how her son likes to sleep under the Christmas tree at night, and that made me think of lying under the Christmas tree with my glasses off as a child. I loved those blurry lights, they seemed twice as pretty!
Day 7 is a "to do" list. I actually have quite a bit yet to do for Christmas. I wrote down everything I could think of, but I know there's more...
Day 8 is always about the sights of Christmas. This was fun to do this year, since on the 8th we were in Florida and I could get some pictures of a tropical Christmas. This page protector opens out, so here's the two 4x6" slots on the front:
And here's the inside, with photos:
And here's the back side:
Day 9 is about traditions. We simply don't seem to have any--at least not anything we do every year. I wrote about decorating my tree with all my old ornaments, instead of vintage Shiny-Brites, this year.
And Day 10 is always about wrapping paper. Last year I found two rolls from Hallmark that I'd bought the year before on clearance--of course, I didn't find them till I'd already bought paper for Christmas that year! So I knew this year I wouldn't need to buy any at all. I just wrapped a piece of cardstock like a package. I know that lovely ribbon will get squished when I put the page in the album! The tag is from a Trader Joe's grocery bag--they have all sort of gift tags printed on them this year.
Back to Mount Laundry for me.
We had an absolutely wonderful time in Florida. We stayed in a hotel right on the Gulf, and then Todd had about a 15-minute drive to the company he was working with. (They're making a part for the project he's been working on for NASA.)
Todd ended up not having to work quite as much as he'd expected, so we were actually able to drive around and do quite a few things...we went to the historic Kenwood district in St. Pete (lots of Craftsman bungalows, which we love) and to the Dali Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts. We had dinner at the Vinoy resort on Tampa Bay, a gorgeous hotel from the 1920s, all pink and white like a wedding cake. Our last day there, we drove up to Orlando and went to Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party at the Magic Kingdom, and then flew home from Orlando the next day. The weather was mostly perfect, especially near the water. A couple of mornings, I sat on the hotel's deck, about 25 feet from the water, and wrote out all my Christmas cards. It was idyllic, to say the least. I was so glad that Todd wanted me to come along with him.
To continue with my Christmas journal, here's Day 6. The theme is "two Christmases," one good and one bad, but I have never enjoyed thinking about bad Christmas experiences--and have fortunately not had many. I saw another class member's journal entry for this day where she wrote about how her son likes to sleep under the Christmas tree at night, and that made me think of lying under the Christmas tree with my glasses off as a child. I loved those blurry lights, they seemed twice as pretty!
Day 7 is a "to do" list. I actually have quite a bit yet to do for Christmas. I wrote down everything I could think of, but I know there's more...
Day 8 is always about the sights of Christmas. This was fun to do this year, since on the 8th we were in Florida and I could get some pictures of a tropical Christmas. This page protector opens out, so here's the two 4x6" slots on the front:
And here's the inside, with photos:
And here's the back side:
Day 9 is about traditions. We simply don't seem to have any--at least not anything we do every year. I wrote about decorating my tree with all my old ornaments, instead of vintage Shiny-Brites, this year.
And Day 10 is always about wrapping paper. Last year I found two rolls from Hallmark that I'd bought the year before on clearance--of course, I didn't find them till I'd already bought paper for Christmas that year! So I knew this year I wouldn't need to buy any at all. I just wrapped a piece of cardstock like a package. I know that lovely ribbon will get squished when I put the page in the album! The tag is from a Trader Joe's grocery bag--they have all sort of gift tags printed on them this year.
Back to Mount Laundry for me.
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