Day: December 5, 2011

Journaling Café: Christmas Preparations

Christmas season has officially started, and for most of us that means lots of preparations need to be made. Today’s journaling prompts are all about those preparations. Sometimes we can get so focused on documenting those special moments in our lives that we tend to forget to record that part that has to do with the everyday little things, and yet, it’s those little preparations that help so much to make our special moments unforgettable. I hope these prompts will help to inspire your journaling this week, and enjoy telling your stories! The font used here is my own handwriting font DJB Squirrels In My Pants by Darcy Baldwin (available at the Sweetshoppe).

Thrown for a Loop

Got off on the wrong foot today. At least that’s what it seems. First thing I realized after getting up this morning was that it was raining. Yet again. Now, rain isn’t necessarily a bad thing -except when it rains on Mondays or Tuesdays. That’s when my classes are on the far end of the campus, which means, I have a long way to get there. And when it rains, I can’t really ride my bike to class, and that means, I need twice as much time to get to work, which is twice as much time to get soaked by the rain. Second thing, last night, I wasn’t able to get the copies I needed for class today, so I had to get them this morning before class. But you know how things work when you leave them to the last minute (which is why I usually do everything I can to avoid that) – they throw you for a loop. Now, in order to avoid that loop, I made sure to get up …