Back to reality
So we came back from the snow and the mountains to find…we had no internet.
As if this mere fact was not annoying enough on its own, we also found that due to some massive clerical error on behalf of either the phone company or the internet company (each blames the other), we will be without internet for an undefined number of working days. All I know is that I spent pretty much the entirety of two working days on the phone to various support numbers trying to get an answer from someone, all the while getting very, very frustrated by knowing we were actually paying for internet all these days. It’s crazy and stupid and I will stop talking about it now before I explode.
Suffice to say, I am back to hot spots and open networks. But we’ll make it work so my head can stay intact.
The boy was out with the (other) boys today so actually, it was okay for today to be a working day to make up for those days on the phone. And oh my goodness, my frustration must have fueled some sort of get-up-and-go, because it has been a hive of productivity around here. Sorted all sorts of logistical things that needed sorting for CHA (exciting news about that but…can’t share just yet! Soon!), worked on kits and such for classes at The Oasis and ScrapBowl (big post about both of those tomorrow!) finished six layouts that I can photograph in the morning when there is light, some emails caught up on…and then lots of work done toward the little project you might have heard about in the magazine this month.
If you didn’t see it…the fine print right at the bottom of that We {heart} Journaling article mentions that every day in February, there will be a journaling exercise here on shimelle.com. Yep, every single day! (I’ve even learned how to load everything up early so, fingers crossed, it should work even without internet in our house every day!) So if you want to follow along, you’ll have 29 pieces of writing by the end of the month…that you might like to turn into 29 layouts or art journal entries or blog posts or pages in a diary. The artsy part is totally up to you. But every day there will be something to focus your pen on making it easy to write something that sounds polished. To find your voice. Which makes me all giddy, just thinking about it. I hope some of you will join in. After all, it’s a great excuse to go buy or make a pretty notebook. And I know how you like pretty notebooks.
You have until Friday to find a pen.
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