Rainy Day

This morning as I woke up to the sound of thunder and rain falling from the sky I thanked God for the rain! I don't know exactly how long it has been since it really rained in Southeast Texas (we've had only a few short sprinkles here and there), but I know it has been a VERY long time to the point we were in an exceptional drought which is the worst category of drought there is. I looked on the KBMT website and found this information on the drought..

"The 2011 Drought is the 3rd worst since 1895. Only 1918 and 1956 were worse droughts in the state's history.  The eight month period from October 2010 through May 2011 was the driest ever.  Half of Texas is in an Exceptional Drought - the worst category."

There have been too many wildfires to count and I know seeing the rain today was an answered prayer for many people all over this area especially the farmers. I know my little blackberry bushes and the grass were thankful for a good drink of water.

I love rainy days when I am home and get to stay in my pj's all day and not do much of anything. Today was one of those days except I did work on a project I have been wanting to do. I updated my planning journal that I made a while back.

This is the first one I made. I found the idea on a blog and printed the free printables from that blog to make the journal. They are cute but they really aren't my style and I never did like it that much.

So, I bought some decorative paper at Wal-Mart and made it more me. I love zebra print and pink together and I like it so much better now. I am thinking I want to decorate my new classroom in zebra print and pink or red..but that's another post :)

I also updated the sections in my planning journal. The sections I included are: budget, goals, to do, to buy, ideas, crafts, important information, and contacts. Most of the sections are pretty self explanatory such as budget, goals, contacts, and to-do. The "ideas" section is for blog ideas, organizational ideas, decorating ideas, craft ideas, etc. The "crafts" section is for information on crafts I want to make or pictures of crafts that I would like to try and make. The "important information" section is for any information I want to store and keep such as passwords, important paperwork, phone numbers, etc.

I used the extra paper and made pages to put in each section. I made a page to record my spiritual goals, long-term goals, my bucket list, and a wish list and put this under the "goals" section.

I made a spreadsheet for my finances on Word and put it under the "budget" section.

I found this to-do list at http://www.printabletodolist.com/ and printed several out and added it to the "to-do" section. I love that website because everything is free to print and they have several different types of to-do lists to choose from.

I printed out Karen's Kingsbury's book list and added it to the "To do" section because I want to read all her books and I can mark them off as I read them.

I added this information on how to crochet under the "crafts" section.

I found a 2011 at-a-glance calendar and printed it on the zebra paper and added it to the "budget" section.

I love how cute it turned out and it is such an inexpensive and easy way to keep everything together and stay organized. The binder cost me $3.00 (I used the same one from last time), the paper was $1.50 at Wal-Mart, and the printables were all free or I made my own. It's crazy how much I enjoy doing things like this :)