found.

I didn't get any pages done enough in my Journal Your Christmas journal to show you today but I do have a few other things to share!

I would like to direct your attention over to the Free Money section on the left side bar. You will note it has been updated! Since last January, I have been putting all the money that I found in a jar. Even though I've been finding a dime here, a nickel there, I hadn't updated my Free Money. And guess what? My MOM busted me! In fact, she sent me a card with some "found" money for my jar as a reminder!

Isn't this the best??!!! So with my mom's contribution of .32, the total in my found jar is now a whopping $2.60!

In addition to thinking my mom is just the coolest ever for even sending me the card, she also wrote something in it that I LOVE! She read that found coins aren't just spare change, but "unassembled dollars." That is SO cool!

As you can see, the money I found, or that found me, it didn't add up to too much but you know what? It was still fun saving up it all up for one year. And that got me thinking about something. With the new year approaching, are there other things I would like to save or keep track of for a year. January 1 is gonna be here in a flash! Here are some things that I'm gonna try to start doing January 1:

• Save all the heads up pennies I find for one year.
• Keep track of all the books I read for one year.
• Keep track of all the movies I watch in a year.
• Keep track of my receipts for scrapbook supplies for one year.
• Keep track of how much we spend on groceries for one year.
• Keep track of how many rainbows I see for one year.
• Keep track of the people that are nice to me for one year, ala Truman Capote's A Christmas Memory. Maybe even make them a fruitcake next Christmas! :-)
• Keep track of how much money I spend on parking downtown for one year.
• Keep track of how many gallons of gas I use for one year.
• Keep track of how much I spend at Starbucks for one year.
• Keep track of all my expenses for a year, or otherwise, start a budget!
• Keep our checkbook balanced, starting January 1.

I LOVE this kind of stuff! I love starting over with each New Year. Making resolutions or commitments or declarations or promises or whatever you want to call them. So here's my chance...a new year.

Oh and then one other thing! I finished making our Christmas cards for this year.

With all the rubber stamping I've done this year, I just really felt the need to do something very simple for our cards. I just bought a QuicKutz and so just used that to make some stars, some purty paper and wrote "peace." That's what I'm feeling this year. And that's what I wish for the people I love and care about. And that's what I wish for the world.

Peace.

Comments

[Lilli]

The 4th item on your list..."Keep track of my receipts for scrapbook supplies for one year"...made me shudder! Ugh! THAT would be too uncomfortable for me, although in the process of purging some of my stuff recently, I've had to face my spending demons. Truth is always good :)

[Sharon@norah'S]

Your Mom is the best! You didn't know it but we all have been watching your Free money tot. Love your list. I too have been working on one. Always do.

[Cat]

oh dear! Are you really sure you want to track your scrapbook receipts?? yikes . . .

[Malou]

Your MOM is just awesome. I loved how she said that spare change is an unassembled dollars, by joe she is right!! I totally love that! The cards are just beautiful!

[GMa Jean]

Loved your cards. So special and loving!