End of vacation week

My vacation week is coming to an end.  I head back to work in the morning. So while I've not been posting my 30 Days of Thankful pages on a a daily basis like I had hoped to, I have been very aware of the many things each day I have to be thankful for.  I think, too, it's important to live your life first and document it, second.  So I've been living and creating this last week.  Now to show you some of my finished pages for my 30 Days of Thankful album. 

 I've been having a lot of fun with Pinterest this year and actually creating/doing several of the ideas I've pinned!

Day 20 - thankful for Pinterest  




Day 21-thankful for Pumpkin (our youngest cat)

Day 22 - thankful for Patch (our oldest cat)

Day 23 - thankful for weather alerts
We've had some snowy weather (a foot of snow one day!) and some really cold temperatures so it's good to be prepared!

DIY Gratitude Ornament

To continue your journey of thankfulness and gratitude throught the Christmas season watch the YouTube video DIY Gratitude Ornaments.  Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/v/oXRErciT65o?autohide=1&version=3&attribution_tag=7HH_06oGCBKQuuAVKOezXQ&autohide=1&showinfo=1&feature=share&autoplay=1

I think this would a great Thanksgiving Day activity with the whole family and/or friends.  Just add to your Christmas tree or wreath when done!

Gratitude inspiration

The first few days of my 30 Days of Thankful have been fairly easy to find what I am thankful for.  My challenge has been finding the time to sit and thoughtfully consider what comes to mind.  And time to work on my pages.  I did, finally, get my album ordered (see the Amazon box on the right for a photo of it).  I already had the page protectors on hand.  I think I'm going to need to carve out some time in the morning before I go to work to look at my pages with a fresh mind!
I can see, too, that as the days go by I may be in need of some fresh ideas.  So I cruised Pinterest for some journaling prompt ideas last night and I really didn't find much which suprised me.  
So I need to do some brainstorming....feel free to share your ideas in the comment section.
I'll leave you with this thought..................

30 Days of Gratitude

I'm starting to prepare my pages for Cathy Zielske's 30 Days of Gratitude beginning November 1st.  Hard to believe it's mid-October already and I know I'll need time to get this put together.  
I'm using her printable kit from 2012 as I still haven't mastered Photoshop.  The link describing it is here:

http://cathyzielske.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/10/30-days-of-thankful-a-gratitude-album-project.html

Cathy's blog just announced the 2013 kit  (a digital kit only) and you can find that information here:

http://cathyzielske.typepad.com/my_weblog/2013/10/announcing-the-30-days-of-thankful-album-project-for-2013.html?cid=6a00d8341c5c3753ef019b000ca98d970c#comment-6a00d8341c5c3753ef019b000ca98d970c

This is my first year doing a gratitude journal but I hope it will be the start of a regular practice.  
What about you?  Do you keep a gratitude journal or gratitude album?

Note:  The wood veneer in the photo at the top is Cathy Zielske's design and can be purchased at www.studiocalico.com