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Monday's


I don't mind Mondays so much now, mostly because I really like my job! But who wouldn't when your job is about deadlines and making lists if you are a planner!

Another thing I do on Monday's is that I like to think about my weekends and the best things we did!  We celebrated my husband's birthday and also attended the Metro Parks Summer Event!  It was so much fun.  If you follow me on Instagram you saw my post about the stick journal, probably my favorite thing ever!! Working on it with my son I just LOVE! He is my little artist and nature buff, so this was right up his alley! 
   

Vincent is using his as his Nature Journal (we are letting him work on spelling through sounding out words, so it's his own creative spelling). He is planning on doing rubbings and drawing the things he sees out on our nature walks! If you are interested, you can check out my IG (@shelliesstory) and there is a pic of my Stick Journal and the Instructions, a super fun and quick thing to do with your kids! 

I am working on trying to use the Happynichi process, right now though mine tend to look like a small journal. I am going to work on that this week! Try to improve my "doodles" and bullet points.  Hopefully I will have something at the end of the week to show of for my attempt. 

I have also been trying to come up with usable notes for myself and others are welcome to download! Here's some pic's of what I have created, if you are interested, you can find them here. 
 






























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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