I found a cool article with the same inspiration I've had recently!

So instead of me writing about it... I took her story of it all... There's a trackback at the end if oyou want to read more similar...



It's about Composition book journals... or more... making something special just for ourselves:) A neat idea... an artistic outlet and an enmotional one as well. It doesn't break the bank, and serves as an inspiration with a catharctic element to get you in touch with deep down things... and maybe draw some out... thereby , possibly helping you to know you better... thus helping to connect with others and to God, and allowing Him to connect more readliy with you--or us(depending in which person you're reading this in... as I haven't decided which person to write it in ;P... and it's getting too late to think on it too much ... but for the main point-- and that's that getting/drawing closer is His goal. drawing closer and healing...

when healing happens... that(healing and going deeper) brings Him closer.. as we are the more open to Him while looking inside (and the two kind of go togther... right?)

anyway... I liked this idea and I'm planning on making some to share...

I googled for some references or how-to's and see that others have the same idea :) so here's a one ... and a couple links to others (below)



The gal writes--



I write 2-3 pages in a journal just about every morning. They're my "morning pages," and I started writing them earlier this year when I read The Artist's Way.



The first few months, I just wrote my morning pages in a standard plastic-covered spiral notebook. Then it dawned on me that I should decorate my journal. So I tossed together my first covered composition book at a stamp club meeting. It wasn't anything fancy, but I was happy with the way it turned out.



I was really surprised, though, at how nice it felt to make something just for me. Writing in my own specially-made journal made me feel more positive. Even just catching a glimpse of the journal as I walked through the room made me feel proud. Giving myself that gift reassured me that I'm worth spending my own time and energy on. I think a lot of us could stand to send ourselves that message more often.



The holidays can be filled with doing things for everybody else. Buy or make gifts for the family. Send cards to friends. Bake goodies for co-workers. Clean the house for company. And while all those things are great and can be very rewarding... it's also important to do some nice things for you. Maybe that means making yourself a journal (if so, stay tuned for info on how I made mine). Or maybe it's making yourself some jewelry you just love. Or even just taking a nap!



Whatever it is, I hope you'll take some time to really enjoy yourself this holiday season!





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http://gomakesomething.com/ht/gluebooks/cover-comp-books/

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a few misc.pics from over the last few months ;)

Noelle and Ava with Phoebe (on her first day at our house)

a furtive Ava look... sweetheart <3 style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 400px; display: block; height: 205px;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413125672895524594" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2h_86rEpqDA/Sx9JHpl8LvI/AAAAAAAAA-M/OssLfWlGrZI/s400/IMG_6114.JPG" border="0">There's a foot of snow outside and we're expecting
another in the next couple of days... but it's always warm inside...

Tom & 'lil Ava at the big lake, summer 09
a Northwoods sea gull...
Hobbes hanging loose... he's getting to be quite the couch... er (recliner) potatoe

Noelle & Ava at the end of a long day

Noelle and Ava take care of baby Randall.... they both love babies,

(Ava doesn''t think she is one...)

sweet, sleeping Ava (baby) :)

a couple more...

Hobbes for the ride ( Hobbes is always for the ride!)

Noelle ready for ski season... (actually she is modeling for me for a photo shoot a couple of yrs ago....)

a few more....

...Phoebe...running from?

Salutations :D

Noelle (summer 09)

end of summer fleurs

Tom, me & Tom and a new addition...

Dear Thoms, Dear reader, My dear Lord in Heaven,



I taste the bitter night of tears, their trail gleams a path softly over my face, heading downward, downward... so much like my hope, a trail of pain... to follow, once again, a well worn trail, one I thought I had learned to dhun and take heed the warning after--ever flowing downward, as my face falls, eyes downcast and full of shame... and swollne with more tears, tears! agin! Oh Lord, I cannot bear up under this kingd of revisiting without You--hold me tight, and don't let me go while I shiver in the dark, alone, quaking in my heart, that all too famliar tempest, heart that had believed it had leaned to shun the shadows and that wanted to dance with you in the Sonlihght of the kind of lve that transcends all... the dance of the SoI could never be enough with out You LOrd to still the temppest within our hearst...thr combines tragedies that interplay among our hopes and fears.