Mary, you may have just sparked a few more not to quit. I too LOVE this project and love taking the photos. I also cheat here and there because frankly shelter animals are not what my book is about (although that could be a great one for next year. . hummm).
I started off wanting my book to be a photo journey, but LOVED how everyone's journaling was going and changed to add journaling, too. Like other's said, there is no right or wrong way to do this. Mine will now have 4 extra pages in July for our vacation so it will be a 365 DAYS book not a 365 photos book and will probably titled something that doesn't even have 365 in it.
I hope you girls are able to put any stress involved away. Pattie and Linda are not grading anyone.
I'm already getting ideas for next year's book from so many in the gallery. Thanks everyone for sharing a little of yourselves with us.