a no throw away project

Every year people make New Years resolutions and every year those resolutions get broken. I know I have been guilty of it. The  problem is we tend to be hard on ourselves when we don't or can't keep them. I mean seriously, how realistic is it that you are never going to get mad at anyone ever again, lose 50 pounds, turn into Martha Stewart, and send your kids off to school with a fresh hot cooked lunch every day. (Just for the record, my kids got pb&j every day and loved it. No they didn't like it, but hey, it beat the cafeteria food)

So this year I have decided that going into the new year, I am going to start it off with a new project. Oh boy, have you seen my depository for failed craft projects. 

That is why I have made it a simple one. One that anyone can do. Even those of you who claim that you aren't crafty.

All you need is an empty jar and bits and pieces of paper. 

It's a gratitude jar.

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Here is my gratitude jar. It is empty right now, but tomorrow I am going to start filling it with all of the things I am grateful for in 2013, and I know there are going to be a lot. 

So Happy New Year sweet friends. Your names are the first thing I am putting in my gratitude jar. Hmmmmm!!! maybe I need a bigger jar.