This week’s Happy Planner layout is flowery — because, well, people in Manila are currently bringing flowers to the cemetery for All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day. Haha! Joke lang. What actually happened was: what I wanted for this layout didn’t quite work out, so I ended up adding flowers and leaves instead. Hence, that curved floral thingy smacked right in the middle of the spread. Such an ugh layout, but oh wells. I used the Happy Memory Keeping Floral Memories and The Encourager sticker books for this week’s spread. Sentiment for the week: Girl, you are super amazing. Crafty things I worked on last week I finally turned my Bee Happy Weeklies Aall & Create “paper dolls” into cards ! It was a little #Inktober inspired project I worked on one afternoon just so I could play with my Distress Oxides again. I made a hybrid scrapbook layout for Traci Reed’s Sketchy Sunday — it’s a layout for my...
After two weeks, I think my body might finally be easing back into its regular sleeping pattern. But honestly, it’s been weird - like, fall-asleep-after-dinner-at-6:00pm weird. Then wake up at midnight, struggle to sleep again, and only doze off between 4:00-6:00am. Not exactly ideal, especially for my husband who has to be at work by 8:00am. Last night though, I managed a semi-normal 10:00pm to 4:00am stretch - still early, but better! I even tried to read after waking up, but that just made me lose all my sleepiness.
The funny part is, this doesn’t even feel like Seattle jet lag anymore - it’s more like Philippines time. Which made me think of our Malaysia trip (that was just a few days long and a month ago already!). I guess I’m just weird - my jet lag is weird too.
So here I am at 6:30am, blogging about this week’s planner spread.
For this week, I reached for my Happy Planner Live Creatively sticker book, since I’ve been pushing myself to catch up on DT projects and also joined the #Stashtember / #Stamptember daily challenge this month. I wanted my layout to really reflect that creative energy, so I picked stickers like “Think Happy, Plan Happy, Be Happy” and “Have an Attitude of Gratitude.” I also set up a little “brain dump” corner to jot down any project ideas that come to mind.
But of course… I couldn’t stop there. I wanted more color and more stickers, so I pulled out the Color Me Happy sticker book and added a few pops, including a colorful “Good Vibes” sticker that made the whole spread feel extra cheerful.
Now that my post-trip chores are officially wrapped up (and after our mini post-trip getaway to Bahrain - blogged about that here!), it feels good to finally be back to “regular programming.” Next up, I get to look forward to our holiday trip back home, and yes… big trips are already being planned for 2026 too!
Outside of planning, I’ve been enjoying some reading time again. I’m on my 4th book this month (11th for the year!) - currently reading Love, Mom by Iliana Xander. No binge-worthy series yet, but I have been following the Senate Hearings on Flood Control every Monday. It’s honestly chaos and comedy all at once—but hopefully it ends with accountability.
And because I can’t resist a seasonal note… the Christmas countdown is at 106 days! I’m torn between decorating on September 15 (my usual 100-days-before tradition) or waiting until after Halloween since I’m joining Sarah's annual Halloween Craft Countdown this year again. But since we’ll be in Manila before Christmas, I kind of want to enjoy having the house decorated earlier. Let’s see - maybe next week’s planner blog will already have photos of my Christmas decorated living room.
That’s it for this week’s spread!
Colorful stickers, good vibes, and a brain dump ready for all the creative ideas coming my way.
Until the next layout… may your week be happy, colorful, and full of stickers!
Your frequent overseas travel greatly affected your circadian rhythm.
ReplyDeleteCircadian rhythm is your body's 24-hr clock that regulates physical, mental and behavioral changes most notably your sleep-wake cycle.
Six locations within 2 months this sounds like literally a circa meaning around. Around the world in 30 days and Jules Verne had it for 80.
Imagine these changes, your body surely has gone haywire!
Time difference between SAR and Abudhabi is 1 hour,
SAR and Malaysia is 5 hrs, SAR and Seattle is 10 hrs.
SAR and Alaska is 11 hrs.
Don't worry give it a few days or a couple of weeks for your body clock to be back to normal.
No time is wasted time with you anyway. Even if you are up during the wee hours, you have lots of things to do like this beautifully crafted colorful planner, reading books, watching Netflix and the QuadComm or giving Lucky the attention.
Just rest and relax because before you know it you will be traveling again 😆 Hahahaha
-aMOMymous