The guilt

I'm keeping up with my thankful album. Truthfully, it's made me reevaluate things that may otherwise be pains. Yesterday, for example, I forgot to give the boys their meds before school. I could have left my school during my prep, run them to the school, and then returned to work, but what stress! So I turned around and went home, thereby witnessing the most beautiful sunrise I would have otherwise missed.

And today? A woman at Leann Chin's let me cut because she had a long order. It's all about the small blessings sometimes.

On to the guilt: I scrap my younger son more than my older one. Truly, he seems to appreciate it more:


Still, I am lately making myself see the stories in my older boy's life, since his days are filled with (generally) less drama, so I notice them less. I am ashamed.

Here's a page I did about his life's passion right now, Legos.


I used Studio Calico's October kit for this and Sketchy Thursday's sketch.

30 Days of Thanks

A week of November has gone by, a tiring week since Derick was gone from home. So it is with joy that I embarked on a project this month: putting together a daily journal of gratitude.

The idea came from a post on Scarlet Namvong's blog. I also took creative inspiration from Studio Calico's recipe challenge. I pulled out last month's kit On the Easel and started putting together this mini-album (click on the images to see them larger):





It would have been easier to format the months on Word and print it out, but I don't really like figuring out margins, and I like stamping, so all is well. Since I opted to embellish with gems and buttons, this is going to be a chunky book, but that's OK.

I'm still finishing stamping the months and embellishing the pages with paper and flowers.

Today I think my thanks will include Derick coming home and taking to boys to a movie I didn't really want to see. Yay Derick!