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Adventures in Thursday

Thursday's are my busiest days work wise. I have six kids plus two group sessions at Chyrsalis. With drive time and traffic, I'm gone for about eleven hours. Needless to say I didn't get too many pictures today. I'm hoping I do better tomorrow and Saturday.

Here's the best of today:







As you can see , the fridge is pretty bare. Grocery shopping is on my to do list. With Shawn out of town until yesterday, I didn't really feel the need to get groceries, beyond a quick trip for a few needed items yesterday. I'm thinking I'll need to go tomorrow or Saturday, unless we just start the birthday celebrations early and go out for the next few days.

Today:
up at 7:30
shower, dressed, morning routine
pack lunch, gather stuff for the day
cereal and email
dry hair
run out the door 5 minutes late
drive and chat with mom
session with J.K.
drive and NPR about book called Hannah's Dream...now on my to read list
post office....but it closed, no time to find another
session with A.A.
call Shawn for post office addresses
time to kill...head to Michael's to get yarn, adhesive
eat lunch in the car
arrive at Chrysalis to a crazy day
group session 1
group session 2--the wild boys
session with L.W.
session with K.C.
drive
find mailbox to mail bills
2 hour session with M.H.
session with S.S.
drive home and listen to debate on NPR
check mail, unload stuff from the day
dinner
dishes
email, internet, update blog

Tonight:
knit
read
hang with Shawn

Eat:
cereal, blueberries, raspberries
Kashi cereal bars
yogurt, raspberries
crackers
apple
leftovers for dinner

Thoughts/Observations:
funny kids today
crazy session at Chrysalis
hoping today is last 100 degree day
thinking about Christmas presents

Notes From Today

I took more photos today than yesterday, but my batteries started to die this afternoon. Stupid battery charger must not be working right. It's nice to have the little camera for purse convenience, but I want to play with the new camera. I had a couple of my kids take photos today and got some cute shots of one of them playing piano, but can't post them for confidentiality reasons. Lots of everyday shots and some self portraits today. Enjoy the photos and daily update.







Today:
Hit snooze button and fall back asleep, deeply
second alarm...blah time to get up
shower, dressed, morning routine
cereal, email
take out recycle
off to work
session with V.D...lots of Mamma Mia singing
downtown to drop off billing
drive and NPR
session with J.V.
drive and snack
session with A.A....sleeping
talk to Kellie about lunch
get gas
pick-up curbside at LGO
head to Kellie's
eat, play with Lucy, talk to Kellie
bug Kellie about not napping while I'm still at her house
talk to mom
take self portraits at Kellie's
head back to work
session with M.P....started off a bit rough, but got better
drive through a favorite neighborhood
session with C.P.
drive past my favorite house
session with S.M.
chat with Kathleen
head home
stop at Fresh and Easy for fruit, veggies, cereal and meat for Shawn
Shawn's home!!
unpack, check mail....first birthday card!
open card from Ellen....anthro gift card YEAH!
make dinner
eat
email, internet
unload dishwasher, do dishes
hang out with Shawn, watch Fringe episode again
upload photos, update blog

Later tonight:
Criminal Minds
hang with Shawn

Eat:
cereal (second day with no berries or peaches, boo)
slice of raisin challah
tuna sandwich and fruit
Kashi cereal bar
wheat thins
black bean, brown rice, avocado burrito

Thoughts/Observations:
Yeah, Shawn comes home tonight!
love my Wed long lunch break
interesting NPR show on Huntingtons' disease
still too hot today
tired today
can't believe it's already October
I LOVE October
Adorable window display at Frances
Indian School road looks so different with light rail almost up and running
Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere...LOVE!
Cuddling is the best

Good night.

Picture challenged

As someone who scrapbooks and loves photography, I'm not so good with the daily photos. I tend to take pictures at events or gatherings, when I have a project or page idea in mind, or randomly as the mood strikes me. I don't typically take my camera everywhere I go. This "Week in the Life" challenge has been a good push for me to take more pictures, practice more photography skills, pay attention to the details and capture the everyday. It's been a bit rough the past few days getting in to the swing of constant photos. I must admit, I haven't taken nearly as many pictures each day as I should. I'm hoping as the week progresses I get more natural at whipping out the camera for random "life" photos and become more creative with the images I'm capturing. In the mean time, here are a few shots from yesterday, my fun and exciting day off. Really, I cleaned and puttered around the house most of the day, so nothing to captivating to capture on film, but I did my best.

Here are a few shots from today:






Now for my "Notes from Today" section.

events:
up at 7:45
Today show, computer time
put away dishes from drying rack
cereal
paid bills online
put away laundry from drying rack
putter in the scrap room, organizing and finishing up sleeve mini album
photograph mini album
SRG billing
talk to Shawn
create new blog header
new look for blog
shower and get ready
charge camera batteries
pack lunch
work on 52 Card
talk to mom briefly
off to work
eat yogurt and berries while driving
session with L.C.
drive and eat apple
session with M.P.
drive and NPR
session with M.P., chat with his Dad about reflux issues
drive
CVS for dental floss and snack
session with A.S. and A.S., home with raisin challah from their mom
drive home
chat with Michelle
unpack lunch bag, go through mail
talk to Shawn
feed koi
make dinner
eat and computer
upload photos
blog

Eat:
cereal
kashi cereal bar
yogurt and berries
apple
wheat thins
veggie sandwich
slice of challah

Thoughts:
I love having late start to work and enjoying my mornings at home
just getting motivated with my 52 cards and time for work
is my car invisible today?
eating the world's most perfect RED apple
missing Shawn
24/7 financial reporting is starting to really stress me out
good tv tonight

Tonight:
watch House and Fringe (new favorite)
talk to Jessie again?
knit
read

Thanks for bearing with me....not the most thrilling blog post I know, but helping to keep me on track with this project.

Glitter Glitter Everywhere

Yesterday Kellie and I had a little crafty afternoon. She wanted to make glitter pumpkins like I made last year and I decided to pick up the Martha Stewart glitter chandelier...totally silly, but a fun addition to my Halloween decor. As you can see, Kellie got a little messy with her glitter, choosing to use her hands to spread it around her pumpkins. She glittered three pumpkins and got more and more glittery with each one:


more glitter (and jazz hands):


Full on glittery fun:


Here's one of Kellie pumpkins and the fun orange walls in the dining space of her place:


And my chandelier, which looks so cute with Kellie's orange walls:



Saturday after work I hung out with Stephanie and brought Amelia her pumpkin hat. The hat is too cute and looks adorable on her.


We accidentally woke her up when we put the hat on her and she didn't want to go back to sleep. She looks a little sleepy in this picture:


I finished another baby hat last week for my cousin's baby shower. I decided to try stripes and a new style. It turned out pretty cute I think. Seems I'm obsessed with knitting again, especially with baby hats. They're just so darn cute!


In other news, I'm attempting to participate in Ali Edwards' Week in the Life challenge. I think I will try to blog everyday this week and include bits and pieces of my day so that I have a running log of the week. This is mostly for my record, but it will give my blog readers a glimpse at my daily routines as well.

Today:
computer time and breakfast
talked to Shawn
cleaned the house
did 5 loads of laundry
shredded mail
shower, dressed
recycle and garbage out
lunch
pulled out and put up Halloween decorations
one make-up session
bank
home again, snack
cleared dining table and new tablecloth
uploaded photos
checked in online and posted some layouts
dinner
blog updating
talked to Jessie

Tonight:
timsheet
Heroes
clean sheets
knitting
read

Eat:
cereal
hummus, pita, veggies
popcorn
veggie fritatta, apple

Thoughts/Observations:
My to do list for today was too long...wishing I got more of it done
hoping it cools off, even just a little bit, soon
wanting to scrap, but other priorities
wishing I had time for some decor/remodel projects right now
enjoying my last week being 30

Life in the fast lane

Where does the time go? Seriously, it seems like August was just a few days ago and I look at the calendar and see it's almost October. Craziness! Seems like the days are just flying by....

Time definitely flew by this weekend and I'm having a hard time grasping the fact that tomorrow is already Wednesday. I had a pretty busy weekend. Friday night was supposed to be date night, but Shawn had a migraine, so we stayed in and had takeout and laid around watching random tv. Saturday I worked all day and than headed to a crop at Debbie's house. I had a great time with the usual scrappy girls and got to meet a few new ones, including the amazing Tara Anderson. There was tons of food and lots of chatting and laughing. I did manage to get a few pages done, including these two:


Still working on using up older kits. I have too many to handle these days.....ok, not really, but my stash is getting a bit ridiculous.

Sunday I helped Kellie move from a one bedroom condo to a two bedroom condo in her complex. It was pretty much me and Kellie and a dolly working away for a couple of hours before my parents arrived to help out. We pretty much spent the whole day carting things from one place to the other. By the time I got home that evening, I was tired, achy and ready for a hot shower. Another take-out and tv night....

Monday I had lunch with Michelle at Pita Jungle, which is always delicious, and than headed to Aloosions for a facial. It was lovely. I left feeling nice and relaxed. Too bad I had to stop for groceries on the way home....I'd had enough take-out though!

Today, before heading to work I played a bit with projects from Wilna's class. We are making some really cute projects and I can't wait to get them finished. Having fun playing with watercolor, fabric, collage, and sewing.

Oh yeah, I was tagged by the fabulous Heather the other day. Thanks!



I'm supposed to tag 7 other people with blogs I love, so consider yourself tagged:

Jessie
Andrea
Choir Prez and Sound Guy
Silvia
Nicole
Stephanie
Dina

here are the rules:
1. if you've been tagged, you can put the logo on your blog.
2. link the person from whom you received the award.
3. nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. put links to those blogs on yours.
5. leave a message on the blogs you've nominated.

Ok, Shawn is waiting on me to watch Fringe...such a good show.

Time Suckers

So I once referred to video games (old school Nintendo specifically) as a "colossal waste of time." I still stand by that decision, although there are a few video games I can get sucked in to playing. For me the darn computer is such a time sucker. I easily get lost in blog land, often linking from site to site and getting sucked into sites recommended by others. I love to look at other people's art, scrapbook pages and crafts, so online galleries and scrappy sites suck me in as well. These days I'm finding lots of knitting sites I'm hooked on too.

Here's a few of my newer time suckers:

• facebook
• goodreads
• domino magazine's deco file
• My Commitment

Some of the old standbyes:

• etsy
• itunes
• you tube

Than, of course there's Studio Calico and SIS and other scrappy sites, blogs galore, my favorite stores, knitting sites, craft sites, cooking sites, green living sites, political links, autism sites, kiddy music sites.....the list is long, my friends and time is not so......

What are your "time suckers?" Because, clearly, I need more...