Holdin' Down the Fort: Journaling Class

Friday, June 20, 2008

Journaling Class

We had a Mother/Daughter activity at the church a week ago. Lizzie was wild (in fact she wet her pants), and Jillian and Erin had a good time. We made headbands and lipgloss (recipe includes shortening, food coloring and Kool-aid!!). I sat in on a journaling class by Karli Cleaver. I learned a few new things I would like to share with all the bloggers in my life:

blurb.com is a site you can "slurp" your entire blog to...and they make a book out of your blog! Karli had hers there...it was so cool! I am now committing to this blog, so when the year is over, I will have "Nielson 2008" bound nicely in a hardback cover!

Something I already knew, but I needed this reminder for better scripture study:
Keep a journal nearby during personal scripture study. Before you begin your study, list questions you have, problems/trials you are experiencing. The answers you need will come during your scripture study. (I can't remember who the source is for this...it reminds me of Eyring). I am amazed at the difference this makes! What help I glean as I read and study!

Fontifier.com is a site that converts your personal handwriting into a font for $9.00...if I loved my handwriting, this would be tempting.

For those who are dieting...Karli recommends a food journal. Write down everything you eat for the day; it is a way to become accountable for your intake. For me, this would be a frightening experience.

1 comment:

smdc said...: Thanks for the blurb.com info... I was wondering how to keep this!!; June 21, 2008 at 8:57 PM

Post a Comment

View From the Hill

How do we reduce the pressure and enjoy our families more? "...recognize that the joy of motherhood comes in moments. There will be hard times and frustrating times. But amid the challenges, there are shining moments of joy and satisfaction. Author Anna Quindlen reminds us not to rush past the fleeting moments. She said "The biggest mistake I made {as a parent} is the one that most of us make...I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of {my three children} sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages six, four, and one. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less" (from "Daughters of God", Ballard April 2008; click on image for complete article)