Hi Thunderbear

That sucks that your husband is so nosy.

Anyway... if you want to get back to journaling, I know a lady who keeps her journal locked away in a safety deposit box at her bank. Since she works very close to the bank, she goes over there for lunch, writes in her journal, and then locks it away when she is done.

I have also heard of some people who keep them locked away in a small locking fire proof safe, which they either store in their house or in the trunk of their car. Here is an Internet link to Sentry Safe. They are sold by many retailers in the USA.

http://www.sentrysafe.com/products/safesForHome.aspx

Anyway....isn't there some nook and cranny inside your house where you can hide your journal?

When I was a teen I used to hide mine in a heating pipe. I just pulled the register grate out and placed it down in the pipe and then put the register thing back in.

Other spots you might want to consider are the underside of a drawer bottom (if it is a slim tablet), inside a piece of furniture (some furniture like a sofas have fabric tacking underneath that is easy to remove... making it easy to place the journal up inside the springs or foam padding.

You also could hide your journal on an encrypted USB memory stick too. If you don't mind keeping your journal electronically, a USB stick is tiny and very, very easy to hide. The other good thing about it is that you can take it with you anywhere and use it anywhere there is a computer available.

Whatever you do... if you do get back to journaling again, be sure to always write someplace in your house where you can keep the door locked. That way you won't have Mr. Nosy walking in on you, discovering what you are doing, and later going on a search and spy misson.

I hope this helps.

Peppermint Patty