Everyday Happenings

Friday, 12 October 2012

Fiji 2012 Daybook

This has been a long time coming, and by that I had to actually print the pictures and complete the task.

I do this often, I take my time to record big things that we have done. I find this works for me. It helps me document the things I want to remember without having the pressure of having.to.remember.everything.

I reminisce well. Very well and this works for me.

The day book is an Amy Tan Montage Day Book and I love it!
If you are looking for one for yourself go to here to
Polka Dot Creative {PDC} grab some and a few other things and say HI to Jodie for me :0)
You will see mainly Amy Tan products through out the pictures. Which are also found at PDC.
I also used a variety of other things from my stash.

Anyways... Lets share some pages shall we.


I totally went all out on the front cover... seriously though... what more does it need...? And yes I still have the cover on it. I leave it on while its been handled a lot through creating and then when its first completed, once the novelty wheres off a bit I will take the cover off.

There she is, in all her memory filled glory.

I tried to keep it all 'light' when it came to the embellies. AND YES I did outline just about every photo.. this is because I didnt want to mat all of them but they needed something... annnnd I like the look.

The left is my boys watching the ceremony take place, the right is out side the chapel


In real life these pages are my favourite, they don't seem to take true form on the camera though.

I love how you can see snippets of other pages on any page you are on

There are two pockets in the day book. I utilised one.

When you pull the photos out entirely to look at them, there is a journalling card full of information for the photos.

I loved adding little words on the back page, I did this on the first as well.

If you follow me on Instagram you would have seen this.
This is our son helping me document my day book

These are some of the photos he took.
We have taught him from very young {since he showed interest} how to use and respect the camera, this is really just if he did get a hold of it unsupervised at least he wont trash it completely.
He is getting pretty good at picking up the details.
Except every now and then his finger gets in the way... we are still working on his hold.

Well thanks for stopping by and having a squiz.
A little photo heavy, but you may have worked out I haven't shared all the pages.

Those links again
Amy Tangerine
Polka Dot Creative

Have you used Day books before?

I would love to see them!
Have you been to Fiji?
Any questions at all about anything above let me know below. :0)

This is in no way a sponsored post, I love these products and PDC for such products and service.
If it was sponsored by anyone it would have to be my Husby who worked hard for the money so that I can create such pretties.
And for this I thank him.

Flashback Friday

Lets flash back to our first family photo.

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Wordless Wednesday

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Tuesday, 9 October 2012

The way we shop

We {read I} shop monthly here at the Everyday Happenings house.
There is nothing special about it, I don't have magical shopping fairies who do it for me {I wish}. But people have asked how/why we do it.

There are many reasons why we do it...
Convenience.
It saves us a lot of money.
We can buy in bulk if we need

We meal plan to make it easier. I have also found that doing so there is less wastage and since shopping monthly there has been hardly any food wasted at all.
There is the occasional thing forgotten about that gets lost in the back of the fridge abyss. But we are only human.

Preparing myself for this mammoth task - because that is what it is... mammoth. Takes mental prep... sounds ridiculous I know but I have to physch myself up for it, it takes an effort here at home to get organised as to what we are actually going to buy and what we need to buy and then the task of making sure everything we need is on the list so that we dont forget it because if it isn't on the list then that's it to bad we dont get it till next shop. Unless of course its a necessity.

Basically I break this task down as follows.

What meals we would like for the month.

I always make sure there is enough for 31 meals and sometimes I ad a couple more for safe keeping.

I include lunches for the three of us

I include snacks

I also include things that I might want to bake.

I write all those things down on lists

These are lists that I have created because nothing I have found doesn't really work for me. From there I get layout that I have and write down each meal and write down each and every ingredient that is needed for that meal.

I then transfer

those ingredients onto my shopping list divided up into sections that work for us, Groceries, Cold, Clean, Hygiene etc.

I then add

the things that we may need, things we have run out of, things that hubby would like to try etc.

The one thing I do use that is store bought is the kikki-k monthly planner, I use it to write out what happens for our month and I use another one and add the meals to. Easy.

I then do my magic trick of making it all happen at the supermarket in a sane manner of affairs.

Our son singing the ~~house~~ supermarket down

I usually tackle the task of shopping on a weekend because then hubby can give me a hand, we ~~usually~~ always end up with two trolleys.

Doing our bit for the economy

Its a task, it can be full on depending on the month we have ahead.

But, its only done once a month. BAZINGA!

The only thing we have to go back to the supermarket for are the fresh things... milk {which is almost every day at the moment!!!}, cheese {if we run out}
Vegetables we get from a green grocer usually weekly sometimes fortnightly.

So there you go. And to those who had messaged me on how I get it done, sorry its taken so long.

Do you shop weekly, fortnightly??? Monthly???
What are your tips and tricks?

Sunday, 7 October 2012

Struggling

Struggling

Definition: Have difficulty handling or coping with
- passengers struggle with bags and briefcases

As I sit here and think about what is happening in my brain I find it hard to even know where to start.

Do I say, I'm struggling with the fact that I would do anything in the world to have another child, but physically it seems impossible.

Because it is.

Do I say, because of this I am finding each day at the moment a struggle.

Because it is.

Do I say, that this is playing out in other areas of my life and these areas are starting to affect my life negatively.

Because it is.

Do I say I am avoiding most social occasions because it can all just be to hard.

Because I am.

I get so cross with myself because of these struggles.

~~Sometimes~~ all the time, I wish I wasn't held back by these inhibitions. They haven't always been there but when typing that and really thinking about it I can remember different situations throughout my child hood where I have talked myself out of doing things because there may be a negative effect. It just seems to have gotten worse... a lot worse.

There are days were I get caught up with it and that is what we call a bad day. I celebrate at the end of those days because there is always hope the next one will be better.

They usually are.

There are days were I just think to myself. What are you worried about... just go with it... Cant sorry. Just doesn't work like that.

I am at the point where I am starting to think it will always be like this.
I do not want it to always be like this.
It is time for help I think.

Thanks for letting me vent

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