December Daily - Day 5, 6 & 7

I'm almost caught up with my December Daily after being away for the weekend!
here are day 5, 6 & 7:

day 5
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Day 6
It was a huge day. We had a Christmas party for my Mom's side of the family, so i added a extra page for saterday.
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Day 7
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December Daily - day 4

December Daily day 4:

Not much happened yesterday. I mostly got more Christmas stuff out.
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"Google" tag

Yes, i know. I'm pathetic. This is my second tag today. What can I say, it's been a slow day. I got this from Tasha's blog.

Type the following things into Google image search and see what comes up:
First Name: Jolynn

Middle Name: McDonald (I don't have a middle name so i used my madien name)

Last Name: Payne

Favorite Pastime: scrapbooking or reading

Age: 34

Nickname: Growing up it was Joey. Now DarRell calles me Love

Something on my wishlist: printer

Favorite Movie: It's a toss up. Either Popeye, Pete's Dragon or Mary Poppins

Dream Vacation: Europe

Occupation: SAHM; Livestock Auction Clerk

Favorite Holiday: Christmas

Favorite Snack: Chocolate

Favorite Color: Yellow

Favorite Food: Chinese

"I" tag

my baby sister, Brandy tagged me. So here it goes:

I am: way behind on laundry
I know: that a bad day at my job is really, in fact, a good day. I enjoy my job that much
I want: a bit more job security for our family
I have: a strong love for food
I dislike: religious fanatics. Religous=good. Fanatic=bad. Expecially those who judge and are "holier-than-thou"
I miss: my family and friends
I smell: a dirty diaper (it's changed and gone but it's still lingering bleck)
I cry: when i get angry or frustrated
I search: for Riannes lost shoes way too often
I wonder: why people can't accept each other for what they are... individuals
I regret: not doing more
I love: the rare times when all 3 kids are playing nicely together.
I care: way too much of what people think of me
I worry: about Daylon's grades
I remember: that things happen for a reason
I believe: that times are tough but we'll be ok
I dance: like Elaine on Seinfield
I don't: like mashed potatoes
I argue: with the kids to clean up after themselves
I write: important stuff in my scrapbooks, but not nearly enough
I win: because i'm the mom
I lose: when i argue with a 2 year old
I wish: I could work more often
I listen: to just about any kind of music
I am scared: of the kids getting the nasty stomach bug going around and ruining this weekend
I need: to lighten up a bit
I forget: to give my kids their vitamins every day
I am happy: watching my kids grow

MAN! was that hard. So... on to the tag part of it. If you are reading this... YOU are tagged! Link back so i know! I wanna read!

December Daily - Day 2 & 3

I know i'm a day late on my December Daily post, but yesterday i worked and it didn't leave much time for me to finish up what i had started on day 2. So bright and early i finished up Day 2 and threw together day 3.


Here they are:

Day 2:
front of day 2:
i used the back of day 1 to extend my day 2 page. I took a few pictures that summed up the day and made them small. The swirlies are foil rubons... LOVE them. the transparency covers the main picture for day 2.

back of day 2:
I kept it super simple and let the picture do the talking. It's a typical scene with DarRell with Sam (and with either Rianne looking on or joining in)




Day 3:
front of day 3:
I love when the kids calm down enough to watch a movie together. It doesn't happen often when all three are there together but when they are, they usually sit like this. It just melts my heart every time. I left it as was and put a little bit of journaling around the picture. More journaling on the transparency for the next page.

back of day 3:
left it simple. Everything was said on the journaling box on the front of the transparency. I just needed to cover up the adhesive on the back side so i covered it with patterned paper and some embellishments i have sitting around.

Day 4 to come tomarrow.

a littel bonus in a not so bad day

...catching up with a old buddy that i grew up with. In fact, i don't have many of them left so it was great talking with him. He recently moved again so going to visit him and his family is a little more difficult when i go north to visit my family. Even a better bonus. He talked me into using my webcam that hasn't been used in, i dont' know... forever! Of course i had to load it and then troubleshoot to get the stupid thing to work. And when i was about to give up, it started working right.

So now that i've got it working, here's to more face to face with my friends. I defintaly feel a new New Years resolution coming on. I've been a terrible friend and there really is no excuse not to make time for friends.

December Daily - Day 1

As promiced, here is my day 1 for my December Daily album. I'm quite disappointed in the pictures, but there is just no light in my house due to the overcast skies.

front of page 1:
Mostly just some journaling about our usual December 1st traditions about getting out all the Christmas decorations. Usually the Christmas tree is the main focus, just as it was this year.

back of page 1:

I REALLY wanted the focus to be on this one picture of Daylon and Sam so i made the whole page a 8x8 photo. The picture is really grainy but i loved that they were both just so enthrawled in decorating the tree. I had a few other pictures that i loved too (which are also very grainy. Obviously the lighting in our house is much to be desired) so i added them to the back of the journaling spots from the front. I added a few stickers and called it good.