This Week's Journaling

I bet you thought I had given up on this project already!! Not a chance. :) As I stated, this project is so easy because I can just jot down a thought or activity from the day on a piece of paper and go and write about it later. I spent some time this morning catching up on my blocks. I still have 3 more to do, but I wanted to come here and give you a list of my journaling so far:

Feb 21 - Buying fabric with Kolby for him to make a quilt
Feb 22 - Our freezer defrosting
Feb 23 - Going to our favorite sub shop
Feb 24 - My son playing his Nintendo DS before bed
Feb 25 - My son going swimming at the Y
Feb 26 - My son's "girlfriend"
Feb 27 - My husband's Civil War reenacting meeting
Feb 28 - Going Bowling
March 1 - Reading a "Spooky I Spy" book with my son
March 2 - Forgetting my lunch & money at home
March 3 - Eating Lean Cuisines
March 4 - Playing War with my son
March 5 - My house is a sick ward

As you can see, I have a good mix of exciting activities and more mundane ones. All together this wide variety of journaling will give a true picture of our life this year.

Happy Quilting!
Rachel

Pictures!

Finally got a few pictures of my quilt, nothing too exciting, but it will show you my progress anyway. I have the first row of the quilt all written on and I am starting on the second row now. I have a good idea of how I am going to finish this quilt that I will share in another post soon.

Here is an overall picture of the quilt qhere you can see the top row done, and how I started on the second row:


You'll notice that the third block in has my son's writing, I am going to have him do this a few times on the quilt, but especially towards the end so we can see how his writing changes in just one year. The second block in has my husband's writing on it too. I think it's good to have both of them be a part of this quilt.

Here are two close-ups of blocks:





If you're working on this project too, I'd love to see pictures!

Rachel

Week Three Journaling

This week just flew by!! Luckily it was easy to write my blocks after the fact this week, and I was able to get all caught up this morning. I know this quilt will be a really special thing for me since when I write this post, even just a week later, I have already forgotten what I wrote about. I can only imagine how special it will be at the end of this year when it's all done or even in 5, 10 or 15 years. This is a really simple project that I would highly encourage for everyone. You don't even have to make the blocks as big as mine if you aren't great with journaling!

Here is my journaling for the week three:

1. Valentine's flowers from hubby
2. Taco night
3. Snow day
4. About our kitty, Ciao
5. My son doing homework
6. Srapbooking & surprise flowers from Kris
7. Annual meeting for our reenacting group

Anyone else all caught up?

Rachel

Journaling for Week Two

I will get a pic of the blocks soon, but I just finished writing up the final blocks for week two! Two down, 50 to go!! :) I really like that I can jot down notes from the days and write the blocks later if I want to, it makes this project so much less pressure!

Here is my journaling for the week two:

1. Superbowl square with names written by each person at the party
2. Schedule of our night
3. My Grandmother's Garden quilt
4. Surprise snacks brought home by hubby
5. Hubby's second job at Blockbuster
6. Our budgeting system
7. Son's first sleepover

So are you caught up? I'd love to see what you have done so far!!

Rachel

Journaling Week One

So I have been good this week and kept up with my blocks, I will try and post what I journal about each week to hopefully give you some ideas if you are following along!

Here is my journaling for the first week:

1. About starting this project
2. Hubby's journaling about his flat tire
3. Son's name written by him, and explanation of his reward chart at school
4. My son being sick today
5. Working overtime at my job
6. My favorite snack & hubby making dinner
7. Hubby overcooking breakfast

As you can see none of these things are overly exciting parts of my life, but I think it will be exciting to read it all later. As a whole, this quilt will give a true slice of our lives together.

Let me know if you have started on this project yet and what some of your journaling has been!

Rachel