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Keeping a journal is an exercise that confers benefits far beyond merely storing observations, experiences and feelings for posterity
Originally posted. April 18, 2006
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I have a special bag for my “on the go” journaling supplies. I take it with me everywhere. Sometimes I don’t even get as far as taking it out of the car, but it always goes with. I never want to miss an opportunity for a good journal page.
My bag is stuffed as full as I can get it. My mom says I carry everything but the kitchen sink. Hah! I carry several kitchen sinks, just don’t tell her that.
I keep things like watercolor pencils, water brushes, a small spray bottle, twinkling h2o’s, scissors, a small container of gel medium, some acrylics and brushes, glazing medium, a glue stick, some bits of papers for collage, some gold leafing sheets, and my favorite pens.
What’s in your bag?
Originally posted. August 3, 2007
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but a review of a great concept concerning books. That counts, right?
I’m the type of person who can never remember to take books back to the library on time, same way with movies. I love the movie services where you fill your que and they send the movie. You send it back when you are done. With BooksFree.com, you can do the very same thing with paperbacks and audiobooks.
I’ve been loading audio books on my laptop during naptime for the daycare kids lately so I can listen while I do paperwork so I thought I’d give this a try. I love it! The books ship quickly, are in perfect shape, and I can listen to as many as I can in a month, unlike other services where you buy each one, or get credit for a couple of books for a much more costly subscription price. I can keep it as long or as little as I need, and as soon as I send it back, the next one is on the way.
They have a great selection. And with dance and football season starting back up in another month, I can pop one in the cd player in the car while I’m waiting for the kids at their practices and get in some “reading” while I wait and get some of those books out of my “to read” list and into my reading journal where I write about what I’ve read. Very, very nice indeed. I started with the first Harry Potter so I could refresh my memory before the last book in the series comes out. Wish I’d found this site sooner, because I would have listened to the whole series and would be ready for number seven.
Originally posted. July 18, 2007
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Write a lovenote to your Valentine. The catch?? You have to love yourself first and foremost. Write yourself a love note. Include all the reasons someoen should love you. Are you creative, kind, caring, funny? Write at least a page.
Originally posted. February 14, 2007
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A junk journal. Here’s the link: http://www.junkcreation.com/junk-journal
The owner of this blog is keeping track of what and the amount of stuff they throw away each day in order to live a more planet friendly life. There’s also some fun stuff there about re-using things you would normally throw away–which I’m all for and love to do in my artwork.
Originally posted. August 9, 2007
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Do you sit at work, daydreaming about your ideal job? Do you dream of working in an exotic job with lots of oversea travel? Maybe your dream is simple, like my brother, who’d love to be in business for himself as a mechanic instead of working for someone else. But you are held back, like him, by start-up cash. He needs big money for car lifts to get his dream moving. I’d love to either be a full time writer/artist, or have a shop for fiber artists and mixed media artists where we can all gather, take classes, and buy supplies. I’m held back by money, too.
What’s your dream job? Pull out your journal and write about it. Journal writing about your dreams may help manifest it into reality.
Originally posted. February 18, 2009
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I hope to be back to blogging regularly now, but there are no guarantees. The move is over, but my son has been very sick. He’s having stomach pain and the doctors haven’t been able to find the cause yet. We’ve been dealing now with a doctor from Riley Hospital for Children, so hopefully we’ll get some answers soon. He has an appointment for a test on Wednesday to look at his intestines to see if they are twisted or kinked. The only thing I’m unhappy with is that they won’t do anything for his pain. They put him on medicine to control IBS, hoping that would work and there would be no need for further tests, but so far it hasn’t. The doctor basically said he didn’t want to be responsible if in 20 years my son was in drug rehab because he allowed him to have pain medicine. I hate to see him hurting, and don’t see any reason with modern medicine as it is, they can’t do something more for him. He’s only ten and has lost over 4 pounds in a month.
Anyway, that’s the situation in a nutshell. So hopefully I’ll be back to more regular posting for a while since I’m not dealing with moving and a sick child, just the sick child.
Originally posted. November 4, 2007
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It’s so hot here! We’ve been under a heat advisory for two days now. I remember when I was a kid, and even heat advisories didn’t stop me from playing outside all day. I used to get up early, and go sit on the porch to enjoy what cool air I could get that morning, because I knew the day would be a scorcher.
I used to love to ride my bike on days like this to catch a breeze. And, I loved looking for those little tar bubbles on the road that pop up when the pavement gets really hot and ride over them with my bike and pop them. I guess it was the poor kid’s bubble wrap.
What do you remember most about the dog days of summer and being a kid?
I like to write these sort of things down. Some day I won’t be here any more and I’d love for my grandchildren and great grandchildren to read the silly things I did when I was a kid. Or for my kids to see that some of the feelings they have as parents or husbands or wives are perfectly normal and that Mom had the same worries too.
Take time at least once a week to sit down and reflect. These entries for me are usually a “what’s gone on so far in my week”, but today the heat advisory brought my reflection back to my childhood.
Did you post a midweek reflection on your blog? Click Mr. Linky and let us know.
Originally posted. August 8, 2007
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