I wish I had something interesting to write about today, but nothing interesting happened today. It was a usual, uneventful Monday.

I spent an hour or so yesterday afternoon purging my rubber stamp collection down to a reasonable level, and all today I was thinking about additional stamps I could get rid of, and how I wanted to organize my newly reduced stamp collection. I've decided to sort them by theme: holidays, words/phrases, people, flowers, animals, etc. I toyed with the idea of organizing them by size - keeping all the large stamps together, and all the teeny-tiny ones together, but some large stamps and many small stamps are the same theme, i.e., Christmas. The one thing I'm trying to avoid is, having to look in multiple places to get all the stamps I want to use. When I want to make a Christmas card, I want to only have to open one drawer to find all the stamps I need. Certainly there will be times when the all the different stamps I need to make a card or picture will all be in different places, but if they're organized and clearly marked, I should be able to easily find my "Congratulations, Graduate!", my flying mortarboard, and my graduating kitty cat stamps quickly. That's the plan, anyway.

While I was at Pechanga, my mom organized our new craft armoire, filling it with all the blank cards, decorative papers, and stamp pads I've collected over the years. I cannot wait for all this organizing and purging and getting rid of stuff is done! I cannot wait to be able to just go and do crafts, or stamp something, or . . . whatever! I just can't wait!

On the fitness front, I've started the Induction period again for SBD. I decided after my indulgent vacation that it might be a good idea, and might help with my cravings, as well as improve my poor eating habits. Today went pretty well, and I'm really excited about hopping back on the diet and fitness wagon! I know I've said this a hundred times before, but I really think I'm going to make it this time. I just feel really good, both physically and mentally, and feel very emotionally and spiritually strong. I think I've been finally able to get over all the crap that's happened to me, and I'm actually looking forward to a good second half of my life.

Reading: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

Classic Book: Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens.

Previously: Animal Farm by George Orwell.

Listening to: Nothing.

Writing: Nothing.

Gratitude: