perpetual calendar **worth every minute it takes to make!

i made a handful of these last january. i didn't want to post about them until i had used it for awhile to make sure the idea really stuck (and because i gave the rest as gifts this christmas and i didn't want them to see it and make it before i could give it to them!)

basically, you write down 1 little or big thing that happens each day. then move the card to the back for the next day. but, the FUN, precious, amazing part is that after a year (or 2 or 5) you see what happened on that day in previous years.

for example, yesterday...

and then i got to add:
"2012: the day lincoln REALLY hugged me"

january 4 is a pretty special day, huh??

many of the days say things like, "went to library" "pat came home early" "cleaned the bathrooms" - not everything is monumental! just something to remember that day - it also helps give you perspective on your day to think back over it.

i won't go into the step by step - you can find it here.

it wasn't hard. a little time-consuming. i bought the holders online (search for fruit baskets) and the stamp on amazon.

i keep mine on my kitchen windowsill. i typically write on it while i'm cleaning up after dinner.

and can i just say how happy my windowsill makes me??

from left:
just replaced the picture in the frame with a picture of pat. happy.
pat got me an ihome to go with the kids ipad. it plays my music LOUD! which i LOVE! mostly i play the same 2 songs over and over - you love me anyway by sidewalk prophets and the world version of how great is our god by chris tomlin. over and over and over. happy.
my perpetual calendar. happy.
a lego calendar that my parents gave joshua and he and i made together - just the 2 of us - over christmas break. usually he wants pat to do his lego's with him. he asked me to do this one. happy.
medicine bottles. safe from little hands.
plate thing i write things on. "COME ON SNOW!" we need some snow around here. :-) happy.