The starting of the project

We (being Heather and I) are starting a project called the Garfield Odie Project. The project started because Heather's little cousin was doing a travel journal with his school. The purpose of the journal for him was to send it to someone he knew, they were to write something about their city and forward the journal on to someone else. To let the kids know that the journal has been received, we are to send a postcard addressed to him at his school.

Heather and I decided it would be fun to do a journal as well. Here is a copy of what I put in my journal:

Hello there! This journal is part of a project called the Garfield Odie Project. My friend, Heather, and I received a travel journal from an elementary school and we thought it would be fun to do a travel journal as well. My friend and I are both sending out a journal to a person we know. The instructions are easy and are listed below. Happy writing! Thank you in advance for participating in this journal. We are doing a blog with this project, you can follow us at http://www.garfieldodieproject.blogspot.com/ Please know that your stories may be mentioned. However, no names will be used.

1. When you receive the journal, we ask that you write about something going on in your life currently. It can be good, bad, or indifferent. :) It doesn't matter. Write about whatever you want.
2. When you are done with the journal, drop it in the mail to someone you know in another state or even out of the country. It might be best to ask them first about sending them the journal.
3. In order to track where our journals have been, drop us a postcard in the mail from the state where you live. Heather and I both love mail and would thoroughly enjoy getting postcards from you!
4. The instructions start all over again for the next person, and so on...
5. We are doing this project for a year, so till October 15, 2010. If you get this journal and it's a.) full OR b.) close to October 15th of 2010, send the journal back to me. My address is listed below.

That's it. It's really simple and Heather and I are excited about what the journal adventure may bring. Here some pictures of my journal. Heather might post hers, she's has yet to get into the world of blogging, so you'll be hearing from me a lot. :)

Brandy