Scripture Journal - Pages 3-4

These two pages are very simple. I've been studying a lot more in depth, and recording the things that stand out to me. I'm really enjoying this focused way of studying the Gospel.

Organizing Part 2

I got so many things done today! I still didn't have the important documents that I needed, so I went to work on the area under my writing desk because I remembered sticking a couple stacks of papers down there. **Confession: If you haven't figured it out already, I'm a TERRIBLE stacker...** anyways! this is what it looked like: 

I always sort everything into piles before I actually start putting things away; it's much easier than constantly walking back and forth around the house. I had a lot of piles this time, but I was also able to add a couple more things to the Yard Sale Box and the recycling bin. Here's what my piles looked like:

A lot of it was just relocating things to other areas of the house (stacking!), including on top of my writing desk, which is mountain of horror. The box sort of under the table was the one that I had to repack with office supplies yesterday, but I figured out a solution for that! I grabbed an empty bin and arranged everything neatly inside; I was even easily able to get something out of it later in the day! Tah-Dah!

The stack of things on the dining table was a bunch of frames and stuff. One was just relocated to a new pile because it needs to be fixed, but I'm missing a piece. I was able to fix a broken mirror, though. The glass and back had separated from the frame, so I hot glued the glass back in place, screwed on the back again, then nailed it in as well because the screws were kinda stripped. I also used Elmer's glue on a corner that was coming apart, so I'm letting it cure overnight. I really hope everything holds up!

You can see the little golden nails that I hammered in.

I also was able to hang our temple marriage certificate and frame a picture of the DC Temple to start my "Temple Wall," which is a project I've been wanting to start for a few months now. I can't wait to get more pictures and frames to fill up the wall.

And I relocated our FHE board that use to be on that wall to the living room.

And I got all this done before lunch!

I was still missing a couple things I needed, so in the afternoon I tackled the next most likely stack: my computer desk.

I'm just letting it all hang out! ;)

I made my piles again, while Annabelle watched Nick Jr. on my computer and Joseph played one of his Xbox games.

I was also able to fix the doors on our TV stand because one was starting to fall off and it was missing the actual locking mechanism inside, so Charlie kept taking the game disks out.

I recycled another chunk of papers, relocated a few more things, and straightened everything that needed to stay on my desk.

I have a lot of reminders, which are the green Post-It's, and the stack of papers on top of the books are the things that I need to "get to."

I have no idea what I'm going to attempt tomorrow, maybe nothing because our schedule is a bit full. But I'm proud of what I accomplished today.

Today's Project - Organization

I decided to tackle a corner of our dining room today, mostly because I misplaced some important documents that I need for Annabelle's HeadStart eligibility appointment on Thursday. It had a bunch of boxes and bins that I've been stacking things in for months. It was pretty scary:

After I got about halfway through sorting, I was worn out, so I took a long break to watch a movie with Mitchell. This is what my dining room looked like then:

I was eventually able to empty all the boxes and bins. I had to relocate a lot of things to other areas of the house. I put a huge pile of papers in our recycling bin and threw away a small bag of trash. I also started a "yard sale box" of things we don't want and/or need. I did have to repack some things just because I don't have anywhere to put them; it was all my old blank notebooks and envelopes and other similar things that I used to have drawers for, but sold in Utah. So this is what it looked like at the end of the day:

From this angle, you can't see the huge piles of stuff underneath and on top of my writing desk. That's tomorrow's project. *fingers crossed*

Scripture Journal - pages 1-2

I've been studying about the Law of Sacrifice. I've done up the first two pages with things that I've learned from the scriptures. I just used a black art pen and colored pencils for this. I liked taking the time to draw a couple little pictures.

More Excuses

I managed to injure my neck somehow, so today has been crazy. My kids are still awake, running around, while I'm laying on my stomach with my head hanging partway over the edge of the bed.These conditions are not conducive to scripture journaling...

Busy

I'm currently looking for a job, and I'm researching into college majors, so I've been pretty busy. I think they are good projects, though!

Scripture Journal

I have started a scripture journal. I'm super excited about it! I've been feeling prompted to study the scriptures more, but I wanted a place to keep track of everything. So I started looking for ideas.

I found this website on Pinterest a while back, so I looked it up again and used it as my inspiration. I used her Table of Contents to create my own in OpenOffice (a free Word-knockoff).

And I found the Scripture Color Code on Pinterest awhile back, and have been using for the reading I've done on the iPad. But I wanted to be able to use my Scripture Journal without the iPad, so I printed one off. She also has blank ones to add your own colors and meanings. I might do that eventually.

So these are the first two pages, with the color code and the Table of Contents.

I wanted to make the Table of Contents look pretty, so I grabbed some pink ribbon out of my craft bag. I had fun putting it all together: measuring the ribbon, burning the edges so they won't fray, using glue dots to make it stick, etc.

As I complete more pages, and come up with more ideas, I will keep posting about this. This journal will probably be my main project for awhile.

Final 30 Days of Summer

I didn't get all 30 pictures... But I tried my best to take photos! I only took a few of them with the themes in mind, the rest just happened on our trip. So here's what I did do:

Day 7: High Angle

I was trying to stand on a stool to get above her. 

Day 13: Reminds Me of Childhood

I had a snorkel and flipper set when we lived in Spain, and I wore it all summer long. Joseph loves his set now.

Day 15: Action

I love everything that is going on in this picture, but especially Annabelle.

Day 16: Mason Jar

I took this after a hot day in the pool on our patio.

Day 18: Eyes

Her eyes look so beautiful in this one!

Day 19: Summertime

Charlie is watching fireflies in the backyard, which are a huge part of summertime! I used a filter to enhance the streaks of light that are the fireflies.

Day 20: Water

Day 23: Black & White

Day 28: Transportation

Day 30: Family

Thanks for looking at my pictures everyone! I'll let you know when I figure out my next project.