Organize

Now that I've taken a year to really concentrate on the joys in my everyday life(which I am going to continue doing), I want to think about getting organized.  So, the next few blogs will be about how I'm getting organized.  I've always though I was fairly organized, but when I got sick, then Mark had his stroke, I realized I wasn't necessarily organized in the places I needed to be organized in. 
Starting really small, on Sunday December 31st, I was going to go grocery shopping for the week.  I had our meals planned, and a list in hand ready to go.  Mark said to me "Hey, let's re-organize the pantry before you go grocery shopping, it's a bit of a mess."  It was a great idea. We took everything out of the pantry, and lined it up on the kitchen cabinets and table, re-organized it, and put it back.  BOY DID I FIND A LOT! So much, that I didn't go grocery shopping and we are trying to eat from what we have for a week or two? I needed milk and butter, so we got that today, but Eat from the Pantry is underway!
Sunday 12/31- I had beef stew planned, so made that
Monday 1/1- My mom invited us over (Yea MOM!)
Tuesday- I had been to a Tastefully Simple Party and had a Potato Cheese soup mix(which I added leftover ham), and Bountiful Beer Bread


Stay tuned for the rest of the Pantry clean out!!!

Organizing is great!

New Blog Title

I've decided to keep #findyourjoy as my 2018 theme. I've also decided to turn it into my blog name.  I kept My New Journey, as I'm always on a new journey as the event that caused me to start this blog with that title had such a profound impact on me.  So..... I'm going to use that hashtag when I post, and I'll be blogging about other words I contemplated using as my 2018 word.  I hope that this blog as well as my posts bring you joy, and help you when you need to remember your joy.  Plan on seeing more posts from me, and when you are having trouble finding your joy, reach out to me, and this community of wonderful people who have written to me about finding their joy.