Day 7

Day 6

Prompt 6
Hold out your hands to feel the luxury of sunbeams.
Helen Keller

What do your hands say about you.

This is not a new picture, this is a LO I did for my BOM, I think this said it all about my hands, so I chose not to do a new one.

The Journalling reads


These are no ordinary hands, these are the hands of a Mother, a lover, a daughter, a wife, a friend, a sister, an aunt.These hands dont wear fancy jewellery, just two rings- these rings show the world how lucky I am~for they signify the love and devotion that I am priviledged to have~they show the world that I am proud to be part of something special and that I am truely blessed to be married to a wonderful man~who is and forever will be my soul mate and best friend.These hands have held a new born baby, they have cared for a daughter and a son. they have wiped away tears, they have soothed fevered brows, they have provided comfort against the hurts of life~They have held the hands of my children..making them feel safe, happy and loved.These hands have soothed a troubled friend, have displayed tenderness and comfort to those suffering, they have prayed for guidance from my Lord.These hands hope someday to hold my grandchildren, with love and tenderness. These hands have been truely blessed by God, who has given them the ability to produce these pages and also to work at a variety of other crafts that havee brought pleasure to me and to those who have received them...These are no ordinary hands.Someday when I am no longer in this life, place your hands in mine and know that I will hold them.

Today I am grateful for - My hands - thanks to them I can do so much.

Day 5

Prompt 5
"I am beautiful no matter what they say"

Todays prompt was to get up close and personal, well this is just about as up close as I can manage....scary or what. Took a lot for me to post this picture, I am bad enough with pictures of me when I am looking half decent. But, I commited to doing this, so here goes.

"I am beautiful, no matter what they say", "I DON'T THINK SO" :LOL:

Today I am grateful for - the fact that I inherited such a strong character from my father, there is so much going on in my life at the moment, that would overwhelm me, If I had a weaker nature. So I suppose I am grateful for strong "Genes". Thanks dad.

Day 4

Prompt 4

"Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are"

It may seem strange to some that I chose my laptop and phone as something I treasure on a normal day, but to me it does not seem strange at all. Thanks to these two pieces of equipment I can talk to my friends all over the world at any time of the day or night. A few weeks ago my laptop was ruined in a flood and it was awful not being able to communicate with the people I know only on line, but whom I have become extremely fond of....so yes it is a "Treasure".

Today I am grateful for - my home - when I awoke this morning it had been snowing and pretty as it was it was extremely cold, the snow had fallen for a good part of the night when I was safe and warm and tucked up in a nice cosy bed. So I am grateful that I am not homeless with no way of getting in out of bad weather.

Day 3

Prompt 3
"Life is too short and too amazing to spend time worring about imperfection "

This statement is so true, I am not perfect, I never have been perfect and I never will be, in fact the older I get the more imperfections I have on show.....these imperfections however, do not show the person that I am on the inside. They are little bits of me and lucky for me, my friends and family see beyond the little things and see and love the big picture.....that is "Imperfect Me"

Day 3

"Imperfection"

Today I am grateful for - Friends - I am very fortunate to have lovely friends, both around me and in cyber space and I look forward each day to talking to them and hearing about their lives and telling them what is happening in mine.....and knowing that no matter what they care.

Day 2

Prompt 2 - Journal your feelings today, or give one word that sums them up. I am journalling in a notebook, but if I had to choose one word to sum up my feelings for the day, that one word would need to be: -

Guilty

Quote 2
"I´m gonna make a change,
For once in my life
It´s gonna feel real good
Gonna make a difference
Gonna make it right
I'm starting with the man in the mirror"

Micheal Jackson

Day 2

"All Change"

A very appropriate quote for today, as it sums up exactly what I want to achieve this year and that is to change not only how I look, but also somethings about my life that I am not too happy with.

Today I am grateful for - My health - I have spent today with both members of my family and members of my husbands family and was really aware of how old both of our respective parents looked, but apart from that how unwell a few of them looked....and I think that health is something we are never grateful for until we lose it....so yes today I am pleased to say, I am grateful for my good health.

Day 1 (a day late)

This should have been posted yesterday but I was unable to do so, so it is a day late...I hope that is not a sign of things to come in the year ahead. This blog is created for me to record my 365 (+1 as its a leap year) Challenge pics, as well as various bits and pieces related to it. Each day Anna B will post a quote and a prompt for anyone taking part to follow, check it out here or in the link section(http://scrappingangelsuk.typepad.com/365_days/). I dont honestly know if I will be able to keep up with doing it everyday, but I am going to try.......so here goes.

Prompt 1 was make a list of 10 things you hope to do or achieve this year...well here is my list: -

1. To walk the Moonwalk in Edinburgh (half moon).
2. To lose the weight, if not all then some of what I gained when I gave up smoking, so I suppose this is really to adopt a healthier lifestyle.
3. To be a better person and friend.
4. To be more organised.
5. To make a bigger effort with researching my family tree.

6. To start the quilt I have always wanted to make.
7. To learn some new craft techniques and use some of the ones I do know but have given up on.
8. To scrap at least 1 layout a week.
9. To read my bible more often than I do at the moment.
10. To find one thing everyday to be grateful for.

Quote 1
"A day without laughter is a day wasted" - Charles Chaplain

Day 1

A smile should alway reach your eyes

Today I am grateful for - My Family....we had a quiet evening just the 4 of us, well 5 as my daughter had a friend staying. I compared us to all the people with a house full of people having parties etc and realised I was exactly were I wanted to be, not having a wild time, not on my own, but sitting safe, happy and loved in the heart of our home.