Category: General

Do I sign up for Shimelle’s Journal your Christmas or do I do Ali Edwards’s December Daily?

Which would be the best one for recording our little one’s first Christmas?

I love both ideas & am torn between the two.

Open to suggestions

(well one of them)I just love this photo of Miss K. She pulls the cutest faces now.
Still can’t believe 8 months have gone by already!

(The idea & questions for my round up come from Katie the Scrapbook Lady.)

What books and/or magazines did I read this month? Scrapbooking Memories, That’s What I’m talking about by Shane Crawford

What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
TV – Cold Case, Law & Order, NCIS, Krod Mandoon, Bones
Movies – Predators

What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? Took Miss K to the Launceston Show.

What gifts did I give and/or receive? Nothing

What special or unusual purchases did I make? Started Christmas shopping for Miss K. LYM Logbook 2011

What illnesses or health concerns did I have? nothing.

What were my accomplishments this month? Starting back up on FlyLady.

What were my disappointments this month? nothing

How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals) Still journaling. Taking more pics on my phone.

Anything else noteworthy to include? Kara is crawling& pulling up on things. Two bottom teeth.

Tasks to do

1. Back up all digital pictures. Format memory cards. Sort all October photos into 2010 folder. Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD. DONE
2. Backup any other documents or files as needed. DONE
3. Backup my blogs. DONE
4. Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.  DONE

Goals for November

• Journal every day.
• Take more photos
• Work more on Kara’s album
• Try to get at least one day with mum scrapping
• Work more on my art journal
• Create album for December Daily

Since NaBloMoPo is coming up I thought I’d get in the swing of  getting back to posting daily. So at this stage Saturday will be my day to share a review of an iPhone app that I am using.

First on the list is HomeRoutine.
(Quick bit of background, I’m restarting on the FlyLady routines (again) and while flicking thru the Aussie group post I saw mention of iPhone apps and came across this one so thought I’d try it out)

Site: http://www.homeroutines.com/
About: HomeRoutines is simple, encouraging, and designed to support the structure of housework systems that you already know and love, while still remaining flexible to your own customizations or your own way of working.
Works with FLyLady, Organised Home Household Notebook, Daily 7 jobs from Totally Together Journal, Brain on Paper from HabitHacker
All those sorts of lists fit very easily into the HomeRoutines app on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
Get it here 
Cost: $US4.99

What I think: I’ve only been using the app a couple of days but it’s been great so far. The site goes thru setting up the app to follow the Flylady baby steps.
It’s easy to use, easy to customise. I love the accomplishments list, means I can look back at the end of each day & know I have done things.
I like: the gold stars, the accomplishment list, ease of setup/customisation, the daily message
What I’d like to see: the ability to add a menu plan (I currently have it set up as a routine)
What I don’t like: haven’t found anything yet

Since NaBloMoPo is coming up I thought I’d get in the swing of  getting back to posting daily. So at this stage Saturday will be my day to share a review of an iPhone app that I am using.

First on the list is HomeRoutine.
(Quick bit of background, I’m restarting on the FlyLady routines (again) and while flicking thru the Aussie group post I saw mention of iPhone apps and came across this one so thought I’d try it out)

Site: http://www.homeroutines.com/
About: HomeRoutines is simple, encouraging, and designed to support the structure of housework systems that you already know and love, while still remaining flexible to your own customizations or your own way of working.
Works with FlyLady, Organised Home Household Notebook, Daily 7 jobs from Totally Together Journal, Brain on Paper from HabitHacker
All those sorts of lists fit very easily into the HomeRoutines app on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. If you want to run it on both your iPhone & iPad, you will need to buy both versions
Get it here
Cost: $US3.99

What I think: I’ve only been using the app a couple of days but it’s been great so far. The site goes thru setting up the app to follow the Flylady baby steps.
It’s easy to use, easy to customise. I love the accomplishments list, means I can look back at the end of each day & know I have done things.
I like: the gold stars, the accomplishment list, ease of setup/customisation, the daily message
What I’d like to see: the ability to add a menu plan (I currently have it set up as a routine)
What I don’t like: haven’t found anything yet

What Pencil Lines is all about?

Pencil Lines is a blog all about using sketches to expand your artistic horizons, get you outside your box, and lift you out of scrappers block and to help you get more layouts done. It is about thinking outside your normal processes to create something wonderful

(above text taken from the Pencil Lines blog)

Another one of my favourite go-to sites for inspiration. Go check them out & help them celebrate 4 years of inspiring scrappers 🙂

(The idea & questions for my round up come from Katie the Scrapbook Lady.)

• What books and/or magazines did I read this month? Scrapbooking Memories, That’s What I’m Talking About by Shane Crawford
• What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
  TV – Spicks & Specks, Gruen Transfer, Law & Order, Warehouse 13, Eureka
  Movies – The Wolfman
• What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? Watched the AFL Grand Final (St  Kilda Vs Collingwood – it was a draw),
• What gifts did I give and/or receive? nothing
  
• What special or unusual purchases did I make? More Copics. New clothes for Kara
• What illnesses or health concerns did I have? nothing.
• What were my accomplishments this month? Getting the kitchen reno started
• What were my disappointments this month? not being able to use ovenand hotplates (but on the upside, we got new ones). Not getting any scrapping done
• How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals) Still journaling . Taking more pics on my phone.
• Anything else noteworthy to include? Spent a week at Mum & Dad’s while reno was going on.

Tasks to do

1. Back up all digital pictures. Format memory cards. Sort all September photos into 2010 folder. Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD. DONE
2. Backup any other documents or files as needed. DONE
3. Backup my blogs. DONE
4. Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.  DONE

Goals for October

• Journal every day.
• Take more photos
• Work more on Kara’s album
• Try to get at least one day with mum scrapping
• Work more on my art journal

(The idea & questions for my round up come from Katie the Scrapbook Lady.)

• What books and/or magazines did I read this month? Scrapbooking Memories
• What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
  TV – Dr Who, Sherlock, Gruen Nation, Chaser
• What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? Uncle’s 70th birthday. Sophie’s baby shower
• What gifts did I give and/or receive? Recieved – Shane Crawford’s book (signed), new camera bag
  
• What special or unusual purchases did I make? More Copics. A new bedroom suite. New car seat for Kara
• What illnesses or health concerns did I have? nothing.
• What were my accomplishments this month? Getting the washing caught up
• What were my disappointments this month? nothing
• How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals) Still journaling (now phone thanks to Momento). Taking more pics on my phone.
• Anything else noteworthy to include? Kara is soo close to crawling. Started teething.

Tasks to do

1. Back up all digital pictures. Format memory cards. Sort all Augustphotos into 2010 folder. Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD. DONE
2. Backup any other documents or files as needed. DONE
3. Backup my blogs. DONE
4. Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.  DONE

Goals for September

• Journal every day.
• Take more photos
• Work more on Kara’s album
• Try to get at least one day with mum scrapping
• Work more on my art journal

(The idea & questions for my round up come from Katie the Scrapbook Lady.)

• What books and/or magazines did I read this month? Scrapbooking Memories
• What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
  Movies  – Zombieland, Sherlock Holmes, Fast and Furious
  TV – Dr Who, Sherlock, Gruen Nation, Chaser
• What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? Caught up with my cousin from Hobart. Spent a day with Mum & Dad
• What gifts did I give and/or receive? Received – more stuff for Kara (mainly from my mum)
• What special or unusual purchases did I make? Copics, more scrapping stuff, books for James. More apps for my iPhone. A Jolly Jumper.
• What illnesses or health concerns did I have? We’ve all had a head cold.
• What were my accomplishments this month? Actually doing some scrapping
• What were my disappointments this month? Being sick
• How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals) Still journaling. Taking more pics on my phone. Got another page done for Kara’s album. Had half a day scrapping with Mum
• Anything else noteworthy to include? Kara is rolling everywhere. Will be crawling soon.

Tasks to do

1. Back up all digital pictures. Format memory cards. Sort all July photos into 2010 folder. Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD. DONE
2. Backup any other documents or files as needed. DONE
3. Backup my blogs. DONE
4. Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.  DONE

Goals for August

• Journal every day.
• Take more photos
• Work more on Kara’s album
• Try to get at least one day with mum scrapping
• Work more on my art journal

(The idea & questions for my round up come from Katie the Scrapbook Lady.)

• What books and/or magazines did I read this month? Scrapbooking Memories, Politically Incorrect Parenting by Nigel Latta, BabyBliss by Jo Ryan
• What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
  Movies  – Memoirs of a Giesha, Mao’s last dancer, Nightmare on Elm St (the remake
  TV – Dr Who, Blitz Street
• What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? Welcomed Mum & Dad back from their oversea trip
• What gifts did I give and/or receive? Received – more stuff for Kara (mainly from my mum), a gorgeous necklace
  Bought – a scrapping GC for Mum’s birthday
• What special or unusual purchases did I make? Copics, more scrapping stuff, books for James
• What illnesses or health concerns did I have? Winter sniffles
• What were my accomplishments this month? nothing major really.
  
• What were my disappointments this month? Nothing I can think of right now.
• How did I do on my goals for the month? (Or any current short or long term goals) Still managing to journal everyday & am up to date with my Project 365 🙂 I’ve done more digital scrapping this month. I’ve been doing lots of planning for Kara’s album and laid out the first page.
• Anything else noteworthy to include? Still enjoying motherhood.

Tasks to do

1. Back up all digital pictures. Format memory cards. Sort all June photos into 2010 folder. Make a backup copy of the photos onto my desktop computer and EHD.
2. Backup any other documents or files as needed.
3. Backup my blogs.
4. Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.

Goals for July

• Journal every day.
• Take more photos
• Work more on Kara’s album
• Try to get at least one day with mum scrapping