Tiffany
Keeping a Diary
I wrote on my bucket list that I’d always wanted to keep a diary. I know it sounds silly but I never knew exactly how to keep a diary. I mean what do you write, I went to Walmart today? I know I wished I’d written things about my children cute things, things that I sometimes forget and then remember and think wow I need to write that down.
I have friends who keep diaries and I have been instructed that in the event of their sudden death to burn them, the journals not the friends. What’s the point in that? Do you just want to keep all your stuff for you to review and reflect on?
I have even went out and bought several beautiful journals and they are blank. 
So here is a serious question and I’d like for whoever reads this to leave a comment, what do you write about in your diary?
My Bucket List
1. Visit London! I don’t know why but ever since I was a little girl I’ve wanted to go there.
2. Stay at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Co. Growing up my parents worked there and it was like my own personal play ground (yes, I ran around a five star hotel like I owned the place) I’ve never actually stayed there though.
3. Go skydiving!
4. Ride along in a Jet with The Blue Angels.
5. Take car racing lessons at the Texas Motor Speedway. I’d also like to learn how to drift.
6. Buy a Big ol’ RV so that the hubby and I can take the kids on a super tour like to the East Coast and see them learn the history of our great country.
7. Spend a Christmas in Vail with my whole family.
8. Be able to see all my children graduate from college. I started but didn’t finish and it’s always pleasing when your kids reach higher than you did!
9. Buy my dream car, a 1965 Mustang.
10. Have a maid. Yup, I hate house work and I would be creating a job for someone and my kids would insure her or him job security. 
11. Go snow skiing! I lived in Colorado many years and never went.
12. Be able to keep a diary. Yes, a “just do it” thing but I’ve tried and haven’t been very good at it. I would like to do one that I could leave to my kids.
13. Buy a home on land with a “party barn” so that when all six of my children are grown, I can have them, their spouses and my grandchildren over to have great times. Barn would be complete with stage, dance floor, lots of tables and a commercial kitchen.
14. Like to become a financially successful writer so that I could easily afford the above mentioned things.
15. Help needy families without them ever knowing it was me. You know like just walk in the water department and pay the bill for a year anonymously.
I wrote this for a contest but decided to leave it on so I could come back every now and then and see if I get to accomplish any of this stuff.
Great Toys – No Batteries Required
Years ago I set out to have a battery free Christmas. It wasn’t easy with five young kids but I did pull it off. I was so tired of buying batteries for all these electronic games the kids had. The cost really adds up and even though, I’m not seriously into “being green” I do think about the environment.
So, this past Sunday I noticed that we only have a short 90 days until Christmas! I thought I’d better get going on some of the gift buying, so that I’m not out on Christmas Eve feeling anything but the holiday spirit. I sat down and made a list and checked it twice and thought I would start with my grand-kids.
I wanted to find them both something that was fun and didn’t take batteries and happened upon a site which has the coolest baby travel gear! I found this super cute monkey rolling backpack for my oldest grandchild to have for when she comes and stays the night with us.
After cruising around the site a bit, I also found two other great gifts for them on the Melissa and Doug page, which has games, puzzles and other things that are both educational and fun! And best of all no batteries!
For the wee one I found the Toolbox Fill and Spill.
And for my granddaughter that is just learning all her states in school I found this awesome U.S.A. License Plate Game.
Have you started your Christmas shopping yet?