3.31.2008

3/31 Monday Challenge

I have a name for mundane, repetitive, never-ending things at my house like laundry, or meal preparation, or exercise ( Rolling Eyes ). I call them Gerbil Jobs. You know how you have a gerbil and his cage and to give him some exercise you get one of those wheel things and the gerbil thinks its the best thing EVER. He jumps on there and runs and runs and runs and runs and runs. And he never gets anywhere. Just like those jobs.....you can do all the laundry in the house and you turn around and it's there again....like it grew overnight.

Stay with me...I'm going to connect this...sort of. Spring is starting to make an appearance in various areas of the country which brings to mind things like spring cleaning and spring holidays like Easter where you do things like dye eggs, and hunt them. Where I'm going with this.....there are certain things you do every year.....without fail. They're kind of like extended Gerbil Jobs in a way because you turn around and it's time to do them again.

So this week, I want you to create a layout about an extended Gerbil Job...something you do every year without fail. Do you spring clean? Document it. Do you make New Year's Resolutions and write them down? Do you do something to mark the changing of any season? Do you have an annual school shopping excursion in the late summer? Do you have to take a drive to see the changing leaf colors? Do you look forward to the first day of summer fishing? Do you eat Popsicles or ice cream every day in the summer? Do you make homemade ice cream for the 4th of July? Do you take a trip to the same place every year? Gather several photos from across the years and make a layout about what you love about it. I don't know about you, but No Boy Thursday may be making a regular appearance at our house.


We had several takers for last week's old/new challenge....thanks! There have been some really great layouts using old and new product. See what you can do with this week's!
~Catherine

1 comment:

Deanna said...

Wonderful challenge as always that always keeps me motivated!