June Journaling Challenge

This was fun, thank you!

 

Here be mine:

 

My May Faves:

 

eek! We're halfway through June already and I'm just getting started on challenges. When I "unpacked" this fun kit from Little Butterfly Wings, I knew instantly which photo was to be the first with this fun collection. So glad to have her back.

 

Thanks for the challenge! I made a list of places my son's Troop visited during a weekend trip to Washington, D.C. last fall.

 

Thank you for the fun challenge Lynnette! I made a layout of my grandson on a dinosaur hunt at the zoo. He had a blast telling me all about it!

 

Thanks for the challenge.

 

Thank you for this challenge!

 

here's my list of 4 - the for wedding somethings. Thank you for the challenge.

 

2025 06 15 Stops on the way home by echoes77 posted Jun 25, 2025 at 8:47 PM

 

Hi Everyone...
I really wished I had come to this thread and looked at all of the lovely ideas & layout takes on this challenge...then maybe I wouldn't have had to make such a time-consuming layout that took much time to create...I mean the ideas here are amazing!...I just couldn't come up with a subject matter that I could relate to...so I once again,I ended up taking the emotional route,when I could have made the layout less serious and more fun...It just didn't occur to me...My Bad!...So,I ended up creating a very personal layout...very personal...
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***WARNING: VERY PERSONAL THOUGHTS about Familial Mental Abuse ***

I haven't really told anyone here about the struggles I have been going through with my room mate IE : my brother...As a result of the way he treated me,we no longer speak to each other and that is for the best...He has serous abandonment issues and apparently blames me for all of his problems...Something,I wasn't aware of until he moved in with me...He also expected me to pay for everything eventhough he had agreed to pay half of all the utilities when living here...I just couldn't afford it all on my own...So,because of this,I had to go without food sometimes...but still everything is my fault...and still is apparently...as he keeps telling people...I found out today...He is a big part of the reason I have been struggling with my depression and self-esteem issues once again...He tried to manipulate me into believing his crap and tried to get me to believe I was the reason...but I was not the reason...All I did was try to help him,but that didn't matter...He thought it was OK to treat me badly...The rest of the details will remain with me,but I think you get the gist of what I am saying...The abuse was escalating...I was afraid for my well-being...When I did speak to him all we did was fight and I don't want to live that way...I have a really great support system in place and thank! god! for that...or the outcome could have been very different...I threw him out twice but he wouldn't leave...Finally,when I was out getting groceries with a friend,about 2 or three weeks ago now,he just moved out and took all of his stuff without any notice...I was both shocked and relieved...that he was gone...he even had the gall to corner my friend in the parking lot the next day,and give her back the keys to the building and my apartment...when any sane person would have just left them in the apartment the day he left....He was just looking for an excuse to complain about me again...and try to turn my friend against me...She blocked his number now and I have too and that is it for both of us...

But,while all this was going on,I had been waiting for a new place to live through housing NB for almost 3 years now...It finally came through for me...So,I am moving out on Monday June 30th...just days from now...It happened really fast...but it wasn't all that great...They sent me to look at 3 places and I had to pick one or I would be booted off of the list all together...2 of the places were terrible...one was literally a hotel room...Yep!..a hotel room...I was mortified!...and it was in a very sketchy part of town too...The next place was not far from there...still sketchy,the stairs were outside of the apartment?...Yep! outside...and they were old and rickety...I couldn't even walk up them with my cane...So no go again...I was beginning to think I was gonna be homeless...The last place is at least in a secure building and my mail is secure too in lock boxes,like the post office...and the laundry is right across the hall from my apartment...That will help me a lot,as I don't have access here with it being 3 floors down in the basement...I have to go to a laundrymat with my support worker...The apartment is small and not new...but it will have to do...because there are no other choices for me...The apartment is supposed to be ready on June 30th,Monday...So,with the help of my Dad,I have rented a U-Haul for 2 days and my support worker and a few friends are gonna help me move...Honestly,without them, I would be able to do this on my own...My Dad is 84 and he can't help my physically move,eventhough he feels bad that he can't...He helped me pay the outstanding balance on the rent,that my roommate refused to pay before leaving me in the lurch...My Dad was so angry with my brother,he doesn't talk to him either...So,more family drama...My closest friend here,says we are gonna fix it up and make it look great!...She is what I call : my "Ray Of Sunshine" ...always looking on the positive side of things...I hope she is right...I am both scared and nervous,but I can't stay here,as I can't afford it here anymore...So,I have been packing up my stuff,donating stuff and selling my stuff on Marketplace...of which has helped me pay for some of my groceries...I am praying all will go well...You will understand why I have written this to you all,after you see my layout...I only have written this here...but nowhere else...for privacy reasons...Thank You! for all of your support... ...

*As per the rules of this challenge : list 4 items : I have listed 4 unwelcome surprises that happened to me in June 2025 *

*My : Unwelcome Surprises : Layout :
*Credits in My Gallery*

 

The story of my life, I'm really bad at creating a shopping list and sticking to it.