Month of Thankfulness & A New Blog

Many of you may remember my Month of Thankfulness last year in November. This year I wanted to do something similar, but was challenged by this blog to do more - to keep a daily record of gifts (things I'm thankful for), and ultimately, work my way to 1000 things.  As Ann Voskamp says - not 1000 gifts I want, 1000 gifts I have.  I decided to start a new blog for this project - one where I can continue my thankfulness list even beyond the "Thanksgiving season".

I know I could do this here, on our "family" blog, but I also know that not everyone who is interested in keeping up with us (family, friends, etc.) are interested in these sorts of posts.

Lately I've also been considering starting a photography blog, but I don't really do enough photo sessions to justify having a completely separate blog for it.  So...I've decided to combine my thankfulness project, my photography, and whatever else (recipes, home stuff, etc.) on a separate blog.

Don't worry, we'll still have this blog for more family-related things.  Things that grandparents and aunts and uncles want to know as they're trying to keep up with us.

If you visit my new blog (emilyoneal.blogspot.com), you'll notice that I started my Month of Thankfulness (perhaps I should re-name it my "Year of Thankfulness") back at the beginning of November.  I wasn't sure if I could keep up with posting every day, or if I would even finish out the whole month, but by God's grace, I was able to!  If you'd like to go back and read all my thankfulness posts in order, you'll have to go here and go to the bottom of the page to find my first day (then read backwards!).