30 Days of Thankful...week 1 and AEDM day 8

Hello and Happy Friday! We've made it thru the first week of November, YAY!! I have to say it went by pretty slow for me, love when that happens. Here is my thankful for today, waking up to this beauty really sets the day off right with me. I like that there's a mix of sun, clouds and blue sky all in one. It's still like this 4 hours later, I could stare outside all day on day's like this.

 

I was hoping to share my first week of Project Life for November with you but it's not going so well. My ideas aren't working, my pictures didn't get ordered like I thought and I'm missing some. I have been working on it too long and finally pushed it away so I can get rethink my plan and reorder my pictures. Hoping to have it done soon but for now thought I 'd at least share the in process page.

here is the right side, the left is way off but I'd hope to have at least this side done. I'm not sure I like the white Today cards?? I didn't like that I had to cut Renee's picture with her sewing projects either. Thankful for this PL but not for the overthinking part I do sometimes. Wish me luck.

 

I am also linking my PL pages each week with the AWESOME Cathy  where she is sharing her thankful album and letting us link up ours. Being thankful and documenting it daily is one of my favorite parts of November, I'm thankful all year but this month I actually put it in my album. I love Cathy's style and her sense of humor and the way she keeps it real for us, she can make me laugh like nobody else can. Please stop by her blog and say hello and check out what others are thankful for right now. I will be linking my PL pages each Friday, hoping the rest will go easier then today's.

 

My other project near and dear to my heart are my thankful leaves. We have been doing this for 4 years now and I still get excited about it. So far everyone has done a great job doing one or more leaves a day. When we have visitors or the little ones over I have them fill one out too. Here is a look at our leaves on the kitchen door as of last night. I did two more this morning and Summer did one but they haven't been taped up yet. We are almost out of leaves, so guess what I'll be doing today.

look how awesome and filled with gratitude our first week was.

You can click on the image to read them if you'd like. Sam's are always hardest to read, he writes to light and in pencil. I love seeing these all day when I pass by or am in the kitchen. My heart does a happy dance every day!! If anyone would like to start doing these it's not too late, just start today and keep going the rest of the month. I keep my leaves right on the kitchen table so it's easy to do at dinnertime or whenever is good for you. I like that it's a family project too. Sienna and Colt are doing this at their house again this year too, YAY! Next year Colt will be able to write his own out.

I will date these and add it to the back of my Project Life album. I love going back to reread the past ones. Will show you a picture of this each Friday so you can see how awesome it is.

 

BIG THANK YOU for the comments and prayers from my post yesterday. You ladies are the best! I didn't do any journaling this morning, had to head right to the store and lots to do today. May take the weekend off from posting but be back here on Monday with some new art and update on PL I hope.

 

Today I'm thankful for...

Sam's birthday in 2 day's....YAY!!!

The sweetest cashier lady this morning

The basketball game of a friend's we went to last night

For the best blog friends a girl could ask for

For last night's yummy dinner and for dinner tonight

For Grey's Anatomy being so good last night

For Sam getting fun day at school today for having good grades

For the quiet house today before a busy and kid filled weekend

For the sibling hugs for Sam and Summer

For Renee and Sam getting along for 4 days now, YES!!

For Cathy and her clean and simple way of scrapping

 

What are you thankful for today?