Birthday Journal
Just so you know, it was my birthday today. I got a chance to do some of the things I like best. One of those was to have a lovely long black coffee in my favourite café, Gelare, while I filled in the last page of my current journal. As a treat I ordered a waffle. The owner gave me special birthday treatment by giving me a large waffle instead of the small one I ordered.
I also did a little shopping for a new journal. My sister-in-law gave me one of those in-store gift cards. I found two journals in Target. A thick spiral-bound one with purple tones on the cover and a hot pink cloth-bound hard cover one. Not bad for $15. I plan to start with the purple one.
I’ll always think of these journals as my birthday journals. That reminds me to make sure I write a good descriptive entry in my journal tomorrow listing everything that happened today. Looking back over the birthdays each year is an interesting exercise.
One lady I know keeps a birthday journal and writes entries for each family member on their birthday each year. It takes a long time to fill a journal, but it’s easy to look back to see what gifts were exchanged, where you ate, what you ate, and other memorable moments on that day each year.
I hope you find this idea useful for your own journal writing.
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7 opinions for Birthday Journal
taorist
Jul 10, 2006 at 6:35 pm
Happy Birthday!!!! May you have many many more!!!!
rift
Jul 10, 2006 at 6:52 pm
Happy Birthday, Heather!!
Sounds like a brilliant day, journalling at your cafe and shopping for new blank books! Yay!
And don’t forget, you can’t fit all the birthday celebrations into a single day… So:
Happy Birthday Week! :D :D
Heather Goldsmith
Jul 10, 2006 at 11:57 pm
Thanks to the both of you for the birthday wishes. Looks like some of those celebrations are spilling over into the other days, too. ;-)
Drew
Jul 11, 2006 at 12:29 am
I’m a tad late, but happy belated birthday. Hope it went well. Look forward to reading more of your journal.
Heather Goldsmith
Jul 11, 2006 at 5:58 am
Hi Drew,
Thanks for the birthday wishes. I hope to see more comments from you. Your input is most welcome. ;-)
Drew
Jul 11, 2006 at 11:25 am
I’ll try my best to come back and comment. I like to visit a lot of blogs, so it gets hard to keep track of them sometimes.
Heather Goldsmith
Jul 12, 2006 at 6:01 am
Thanks, just know you are welcome. ;-)
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