Working towards "planner peace"

I love my planner, I mean seriously LOVE my planner (or maybe I’m just addicted to stationery LOL) but I am yet to find “planner peace”. You know, the one planner you wan to use over and over each year.

When I started back into the world of planners I had an awesome A5 size pink planner from Inner B. Wasn’t a huge fan of the colour but I loved the planner. When they stoped doing inserts I decided to try a Kikki K A5 in lilac. I LOVE it but the paper the inserts are on suck. It is too thin for me. I grabbed another set of Kikki K inserts for this year but I’m still not a fan. Fast forward a couple of months into 2016 and I grabbed a Heidi Swapp personal size planner. LOVE the paper but the size is too small for me. Since I hardly used it I’ll gift it to Miss K next year as she keeps asking for a planner to decorate.

What’s a girl to do? I’ve got the planner coming from Leonie Dawson as part of my Shining Academy membership but I don’t know if I’ll use that as my main planner yet.

I’m drawn to bullet journaling as it looks so simple. Etsy is just evil as there as so many cute planner pages on there. I guess I need to sit down and work out what I want to put in my planner and what I’ll use my planner for. I love pen and paper but find myself using my phone cause it’s just easier :/

Edited: I’ve splurged and bought a Leuchtturm1917 Bullet Journal. I’ll be back in a couple of weeks to report what I think

Currently #13

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WEATHER: raining and windy

EATING:   the yummiest chocolate aniseed rings

DRINKING : Coke, water, hot chocolate

LOVING :  having my Ps (finally!) 

READING : recipe books

ANTICIPATING : our family holiday in December.

LISTENING TO : MUSIC :  lots of different things PODCAST :  Simple Scrapper member podcast, Conversations with Richard Fidler 

WATCHING : Dice, Camera Action; Lethal Weapon (the series); Lucifer

PLANNING : albums and scrapbook pages 

LOOKING FORWARD TO : warmer, drier weather, my next Uni course

CREATING : Awesome Ladies Project layouts,  Project Life

NEED TO FINISH : organising scrapbook stuff

WISHING : December would get here

MAIN GOAL : get album done for hubby before the end of the month

What are you โ€œCURRENTLYโ€ doing?

Instagram it

Round up of your favourite Instagrammers! Who should we follow?
(in no particular order)

I want to get away…

If you could go anywhere in the world, where would it be? Why?

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Scotland. Why? Cause it’s where my family are from and the scenery is amazing!

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Canada. Why? Wolves!! Scenery. And there is a personal reason I won’t go into here ๐Ÿ™‚

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New Zealand. Why? I visited there when I was 16 and I always wanted to go back. Love the place. And to visit family.

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Crete. Why? My grandfather served there during World War II

and finally…

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Wales. Why? Doctor Who of course!! Oh and the scenery.


 

The music of 2016

Create a playlist. What you’re listening to now, what encourages you, holiday favourites, etc..

A little while back (OMG back in 2013!) I made a playlist of my 100 (or was it 101) favourite songs. You can check out that list here and here.

Anywho, time for a new playlist – the music of 2016. Some of the songs may be the same, some will definitely be different. It’s a snapshot of the type of music I’m listening to now. Oh yeah, it won’t be 101 songs long ๐Ÿ˜‰ For your listening pleasure, I’ve created it as a playlist on Spotify. You’re welcome.

This post is part of Blogtember 2016

Birthday memories

What was your most memorable birthday?

Honestly nothing really jumps to mind. I spent most of my birthdays when I was younger with family or friends. None of the big parties kids have these days. Simple things like pass the parcel and games like that. I remember having lots of fun and having awesome cakes – most from the iconic Women’s Weekly Children’s Birthday Cake Book (I still have the original edition even though it is slowly falling apart and the kids love choosing their birthday cakes from it) or ice cream cakes. Back when birthdays were simple but awesome.

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I also remember my 21st. My partner at the time thought the new Star Trek was more important so I went and got drunk with some friends and had an awesome night at Karaoke.

Another memory was getting to choose what we had for tea for our birthday. If I remember correctly my choice was often Chinese.

Currently # 12

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WEATHER: Itโ€™s officially the forth day of Spring so it’s warm, then cold, then sunny, then overcast

EATING:   Coconut ice (homemade), cupcakes, chocolate, more Flavour Stack recipes 

DRINKING : Coke, water, hot chocolate

LOVING :  that the weather is starting to warm up. 

READING : more uni notes. books on crochet

ANTICIPATING : getting to sleep in of a weekend after soccer season finishes.

LISTENING TO : MUSIC :  Disturbed, FNM, Nightwish, lots of 90s stuff PODCAST :  Pocket Talk, Simple Scrapper member podcast

WATCHING : WWE Cruiserweight Classic; Dice, Camera Action; Acquisitions Inc. โ€“ The Series; Force Grey 

PLANNING : uni assignments

LOOKING FORWARD TO : warmer weather, PAX West live stream

CREATING : Awesome Ladies Project layouts,  Project Life

NEED TO FINISH : cleaning up 

WISHING : it would warm up, our tax return would come in 

MAIN GOAL : get uni assignments done NOT the day before it is due

What are you โ€œCURRENTLYโ€ doing?

Also linking up with the Blogtember challenge today ๐Ÿ™‚

Bye Bye Winter

Now that summer’s at an end, share a list of favorites from the season! Except here in the Southern Hemisphere it’s more like Now that winter’s at an end, share a list of favorites from the season!

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The birth of this gorgeous little angel. Sadly taken way too soon. A very precious niece. Toasting marshmallows in the fireplace. Soccer jams for soccer season.

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Amazing sunsets. Winter Solstice. Fresh homemade pumpkin soup.

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Footy season!

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Our baby turning 2! Book Week (Purple cat from Brown Bear, Brown Bear & Dory)