Learn Something New Everyday

Some of you may be familiar with the scrapbooker, teacher, blogger, cupcake maker, Shimelle Laine. She is known for her annual class, Journal Your Christmas. I try to do this every year and usually end up with only a few journal pages. This year she offered another class that stared on September 1st called Learn Something New Every Day. Basically, she gives you writing prompts and art journaling/scrapbooking ideas every day in September. The idea is to learn something new about yourself everyday and document it.

Now I haven't been bitching much about it here, but if you follow my tweets, you know that I am completely overwhelmed in my life right now. I certainly don't need to take on another project. The reason I decided to do this, however, is because Shimelle gives us participants digital templates for everything. All I have to do is plug in my information and photos. Quick and easy and I get to do something creative. Plus I am not pressuring myself to do it everyday. Some days I learn the same lesson over and over again!

So, I give you my first entry for September 1, 2009. Most of the elements on the page are created by Shimelle. I did, however, create the background paper (although it is almost an exact copy of Shimelle's page) and the date label tape at the bottom.

Yesterday, I had to literally be four places at once. Somehow, I worked it out so that Karen took care of one thing, Gary took care of another and I took care of two things at once. What were they? Well, I had open house at the little boys school last night. I was supposed to speak to the assembled parents, so I needed to look presentable. As I drove Cole to all of his therapy appointments, I had my hair in knotted in little buns all over my head to make my hair curl without frizzing in the rain.

I was barely late picking up Cole from school, so I had to get out of my car and walk through campus to aftercare looking like this. Children laughed when I walked into the room. Then I took him to PT, then a quick trip to a furniture store and another evening activity without taking my hair down. Oh I forgot we went through the McDonalds drive through and got gas and a snack at 7-11, too.

I put my make-up on in the Publix parking lot 15 minutes before open house began.

September 1, 2009 - Mission Accomplished!

1. picked up Cole from his school

2. had Luke and Jack picked up from their school (Karen)

3. got gas and a snack

4. Cole to PT

5. homework done for Luke and Jack (Karen)

6. peanut butter sandwich for Luke before football practice (Karen)

7. get Luke in pads and take him to football practice (Karen)

8. check out Labor Day sale at Robb and Stucky

9. McDonalds drive through for Cole's dinner

10. take Cole to activity in Winter Park

11. put on make-up

12. go to open house, make speech about joining Parent Club

13. Cole picked up from Winter Park (Karen)

14. text Gary reminding him to pick up Luke and get fast food for Luke, Jack and himself.

15. meet with Luke's third grade teacher and hand out invites to my birthday party

16. skip out last part of open house and head home in the rain

17. get home and find out that Gary did not read my reminder text. He remembered Luke all by himself. He didn't know to bring home food.

18. make Cole and Jack take showers (Luke already showered) while Gary goes back out for dinner

19. make myself Lean Cuisine (BTW Lean Cuisine not helping blooming weight problem)

20. eat quick dinner with the family.

21. put boys in bed

22. read e-mail that has been neglected all day

23. help Gary make template for lettering on new Outsource trucks.

24. pay 3 big bills online.

25. GO TO BED

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