Nightwolf's Den

is ORGANISE

(supplies from Scrapbook Graphics Art Journal Caravan. Font is Little Days)

This year I want to be more organised. No more hunting for something because I don’t know where it is. No more searching for clean washing. No more searching for ages to find supplies when I want to scrapbook something.
To help myself achieve the goal of being more organised I have decided I will:
* restart the Flylady routines but rejigged to work for me
* do a daily load of washing (of a night when it’s cheaper) & then putting it away as soon as it is dry
* sit down, plan and then put into place a better system for my scrap supplies (this looks like it will be at Mum & Dad’s as Mum is setting up a scrap room. I will be limiting my stuff here to my scrap trolley I’m getting for my birthday)
* sorting out & keeping only the things I use & love (this could be a fight with hubby as he won’t get rid of anything – do we really need nearly 30 coffee mugs – we never have that many people here). The rest will be donated. If I’m not sure about it, I’ll pack it in a box and if I don’t miss it after 6 months, it can go.

On another note, I’m giving Project 365 another go (this will b my third year) & I’m hoping I can actually do a full 356 this year. I usually get to about May or June & give up *sigh* I really want to finish a full year. Maybe I just need a plan of things to photograph.

You may notice a small change in my blog theme. Christmas is now over so it’s time for a new theme. Sticking with something simple for now. And using the Pantone colour for 2011 – Honeysuckle.
(Did you know you can download the Pantone colour palette for the year here.)

Do you know I have never done a year in review post (well not that I can remember anyways) but thanks to the Log Your Memory 2010 logbook I can go back through the year and summarise what happened.

Most of January was spent getting the house ready for bub’s arrival and setting up the office. Grandma turned 94, Dad turned 60 and I turned 32.
February saw the arrival of Miss K on the 16th. Spent 4 days in hospital. Johnathan’s 1st birthday. March came and with it Gran’s 90th birthday. Enjoying motherhood and amazed at this little person. James turned 40 in April and Miss K had her first Easter (no eggs but a giant bunny). Also had her first round of immunisations. April also saw Miss K attend her first Hawks function, her first Anzac Day dawn service and spend her first day away from us when we went to the footy. May and my first Mother’s Day. Miss K gave me a gorgeous silver locket. Mum & Dad headed off overseas for their trip to Singapore, England, Scotland, Crete and then Canada (all in 6 weeks). Got back into art journaling thanks to the Scrapbook Graphics Art Journal Caravan. Miss K has started to sit up supported. Friends gave birth to a baby boy, Austin.
And that brings us to June. Bought myself some Copics through the Lime Tart Copic club – a new obsession is born. Miss K attended her first AFL game. Stayed awake for most of the game. Took a weekender to Hobart to visit my little bro. Mum & Dad came home. Mum celebrated her 60th birthday. July and Miss K is now rolling around. We went to Hawks mid-winter event while Miss K stayed with Mum & Dad. Made the CT for Princess Lala designs. August was Uncle Homer’s 70th and Miss K starting solids. We bought a new bed (woohoo queen size instead of double LOL), bedside tables, tall boy, mattress and room screen. The Federal Election ended up coming down to the line but the ALP won thanks to the Greens & Independents. Miss K’s first word was dada. September was Father’s Day and James got new slippers. Started building a run for the cat’s, it’s gonna b huge! Then we had our kitchen reno but that’s another story for another day. The AFL Grand Final was between Collingwood & St Kilda. It was a draw (so come back next weekend lol – Collingwood won). Into October and we got new laptops. Miss K cut her first tooth, went to the Launceston Show and had her first major ouchie. Finally got around to watching Avatar. My little bro went to Egypt to do some diving. November came and saw Miss K crawling round everywhere. FIL had his second knee op (to fix the one from before – another long story). The Australian dollar reached parity with the US dollar, briefly at about midnight for about 1 minute. We celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary (by doing nothing). We got a new washing machine. Went to Scotsdale show. Had a visit from my godparents. Finally December saw lots of shopping for Christmas, getting our kitchen done, Miss K celebrating 10 months (!!), finally joining the Journal Your Christmas class, Miss K having her first Santa photo and getting her fourth tooth, all of us getting a summer head cold, celebrating Christmas, watching the Dr Who Christmas special on Boxing Day, getting new bunnies and finally spending a quiet nite at home for New Year’s.

Wow what a year! I hope 2011 is an awesome year. I’ll be back later with my word for 2011.

Wow this is the last round up for 2010! What an amazing year 2010 has been. I’m going to do a year in review post tomorrow

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

What books and/or magazines did I read this month? That’s What I’m talking about by Shane Crawford (yeah still reading this – don’t get much reading done at the moment)

What movies, television shows, plays, etc. did I watch this month?
TV – Law & Order, Bones, NCIS, Glee (I’ve become such a fan of this show), Band of Brothers
Movies – TRON Legacy, The Mummy 3,

What fun things did I do with my family and/or friends? Christmas day festivities.

What gifts did I give and/or receive?
Gave – chocolates, homemade goodies, Blu-Ray discs, toys.
Received – a new Pandora charm, stuff for our new kitchen, a Jamie Oliver cookbook, a chicken cookbook (we eat lots of chicken), lots of chocolate, a GC for one of my LSS.

What special or unusual purchases did I make? More Christmas shopping.

What illnesses or health concerns did I have? We all had a bit of the summer head cold, hubby & bub were the worst.

What were my accomplishments this month? getting all the presents bought before Christmas.

What were my disappointments this month? Not keeping up with JYC. Certain deliveries not arriving in time for Christmas (means late Xmas pressies)

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

Anything else noteworthy to include? Had a wonderful Christmas day. Mum hasn’t been well. Miss K now has 4 teeth and more on the way. The UPS on my computer has died.

Tasks to do

1. Back up all digital pictures. Format memory cards. Sort all December 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. DONE
3. Backup my blogs.
4. Clean off my work area, empty my inbox, and clean up my computer files.  DONE

Goals for January
Journal every day. Note to self – Print out LYM 2011 logbook
Take more photos
Finish off Journal Your Christmas album
Try to get at least one day with mum scrapping
Work more on my art journal – enrolled in 2011 Art Journal Caravan & plan on keeping up this time.

Well Christmas has come & gone again for another year. We had an awesome time. Miss K was well & truely spoilt. The day was spent with family & a good time was had by all (except mum who hasn’t been well). Boxing Day was a quiet affair with the inlaws coming over for lunch.

I’ve been slowly working on my JYC album. I’ve got most of the base pages done & just need to add some photos. I’m hoping to get all caught up so I can share them with you soon.

In other news I’ve signed up for the Art Journal Caravan for 2011. I really want to do more art journalling next year.

Can you believe 2010 is nearly over? Where has the year gone?

Ok the little one is back up & I’m off to cook tea.
Until later….

Oops I nearly forgot I had signed up for this class. Bad me lol

Anyways, I’ve actually caught up (go me) so I thought I’d share what I’ve created so far

My Art Journal cover, created using the freebies from Jessica (plus a flower from my stash). I’ve finally got around to creating a cover for my Urban Lily Life journal I won ages ago. So that’s the start of my art journal (which we’ll be using a bit in this class)

This is my dedication page (again using the freebies from Jessica).

The text reads:

“To reveal what existed only in mind and heart,
To soar on creative wings, fulfil my goal
To bring to life and light what never was
Through my art to wake and stir my soul”

Looking forward to the rest of this class now

Today also is the last day of November. I’ve managed to do another month of daily blogging. I’m hoping to blog a lot more regularly now. Look for a couple more themed daily posts and a new look soon.

On another note – I’m starting to create some digi goods again. I’ll be opening up my new blog in the new year. THis blog will stay as is but anything related to digital scrapbooking (well my designs) will go over there

Now off to enjoy a little Bones & a hot chocolate (yay bub is asleep)

Wow November is nearly over already. Seriously that has flown by!

A quick post today to let you know bout a comp over at Shimelle’s – a chance to win a spot in the Journal Your Christmas class for you and a friend. All the details are on Shimelle’s blog.