Daily Diary – June 3 2010

Long day here. I think I’m just exhausted and having a hard time catching up on sleep. Tomorrow’s Friday and I am hoping I will get to rest a bit this weekend.

Uneventful day here for the most part. Jake was home so he took David to school while I went to a kindergarten information session at his new school. They showed a little movie and I got all teary eyed. My son’s old enough to go to kindergarten already?

Then I came home and got to work. Jake got David, I fed the kids, put Nathaniel down and went back to work. The mailman brought the June kit from A Million Memories. An absolute stunner. I lay it all over my table and worked to match my photos with the papers as I always do.

Nathaniel woke up from his nap and had that tired look. I love that look.

Here he is still out of it a bit.

And then he woke up and smiled.

I caught him sneaking a few snacks behind the cabinets.

And walking away with them.

We played around for a bit and then the kids had their baths and just went down. A little later than usual today cause of the late afternoon bath.

A few things:

1. Several of you asked about my new BPS class. It’s a process class about putting together a process that will help you collect, track, organize and use your stories. I am a firm believer in telling and preserving your stories. A lot of people tell me that once they put their page together, they never know what to write about so my goal with this class is to create a process that’s custom made for you that allows you to have your own stories at hand at all times. This way, when you sit to scrap, you always have a story idea waiting for you. Feel free to ask questions about it if you want in the comments and I’ll make sure to respond. It’s scheduled for early September as of now. I’ll make sure to let you know when it’s open for registration. Thank you so much for asking. I haven’t taught much in 2010 so I’m excited to teach this class. I’m also hoping to teach more in 2011 so if there’s a particular kind of class you’re interested in taking (especially one you want to take from me.) let me know and I will do my best to put it together.

2. My plans for June are actually right on schedule as of now. I haven’t posted my projects yet mostly cause I am tired and busy and working on the projects. If I can finish my todo list early tonight, I’ll come back to post them. If not, tomorrow. I just got another project added to my list so I will have to adjust three days around a bit.

3. Apologies on the delay on the digital download. That’s likely coming tomorrow, too.

Thank you for your kind words on my opening images. That was one of my goals for 2010: to take more non-family photos and I’m enjoying them so far. I really appreciate your kind words.

Note to Self:
I listened to a book on tape today while I worked and I have never done that before and I really enjoyed it. It was fiction even! This was a reminder that sometimes I should try new things even when I think I already know how I feel. I don’t always know how I feel. Lesson learned in the nicest way possible.

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I’m grateful that it looks like David will be attending a good, happy school. I am thankful that we have good public schools where I live.
2. I am grateful for everything I’ve already accomplished this month. Some important things I wanted to get done are already done.
3. I am grateful for the nice, beautiful weather we’ve been having. it’s a little bit too hot but I love the sunshine and I am trying to enjoy every moment of it.

Two Things David’s Grateful For:
1. mommy (yey!).
2. nathaniel.