I think after the past few weeks, we all deserve some humor. Maybe that’s why the Bernie mittens memes are going crazy right now. We all need a laugh! Let’s start the week off right with a little fun.

I love finding creative people who inspire me and I’m excited to share a new find with you today. Meet Jason Naylor, author of Live Life Colorfully and a really cool artist whose mission is “to spread color and positivity across the globe.”

I’m excited to share my newest tutorial with you. These ideas will work for all types of memory keepers and I even include a few tips and ideas for photographing your pets. Hope you enjoy it!

Do you have any fur babies in your home? My daughter got a brand new puppy right after Thanksgiving and we finally got to meet her at Christmas. She is such a sweetie and it was fun to have her in our home. We had a golden retriever named Ginger for 10 years. We rescued her when she was 3 years old and we were so sad when she passed away from cancer. We also had a cat named Figaro for several years so I have plenty of pet memories to document. I’m really excited about this new collection and can’t wait to use it for my own projects. All items are available separately or if you want the best deal possible, check out the Big Bundle for the biggest savings!

You’ve probably seen the templates that I have designed for digital scrapbooking. I use them all the time for scrapbook layouts, but I was so excited when my daughter Riley used one to create a vision board for her 2021 goals.

I’ve been following Ali Edwards’ inspiration for choosing one word to guide my year since 2008 and this has become a tradition for everyone in our family. This is the first time that I have been the last one to choose my word. My husband Jeff picked Onward. My son Alex picked Change. My daughter Riley picked Steps. All great words! I have to admit that I have NOT felt like picking a word. It just hasn’t clicked for me this year.

I finally got all of my Christmas decorations put away yesterday so it feels a bit bare around here, but also fresh and clean. So far, the first few days of January have mostly been about working on unfinished business from last year. I cleaned up Christmas, cleaned out the fridge, and completed my December roundup. I also tallied up our stats from the year (husband’s travel, Jazz games attended, etc.) which didn’t take me very long since most of that all stopped last March. I also put together a year-end recap page. It feels so good to get these tasks done!

We start off the calendar year with a brand new slate for telling our stories so it’s a natural time to make some decisions about how to document our daily lives. While I do want to emphasize that we don’t have to have everything figured out for the entire year as of today, it’s also a good time to consider some overall approaches as some of them depend on daily action.

Coming out of the year that changed everything, it’s no surprise that I’m feeling a little different about setting goals than I have in the past. I’ve always been an avid goal setter and that has helped me accomplish and achieve a lot in my life. I still believe in the power of goals and will continue to set them, but I’m going to embrace some new attitudes that I think will be beneficial and more satisfying.