project 365 - part 2 of 4

Yes, I realize part 2 of 4 of my Project 365 should have come after JUNE was over, not July, but here are my pictures-of-the-day for April, May, June, and July! Cousins, grandparents, weddings, crafting, music, books, beaches, backyards, playgrounds, playdates...oh my we have fun.  What a wonderful life.

Want to start your own Project 365?  You don't have to wait until January!  Why don't you start taking a picture each day today?

project 365 - part 1 of 4

I may have fallen of the Project 365 bandwagon in 2012, but I hit the ground running in 2013!  (So what is Project 365 anyway? It's the challenge to take a photo every day for the entire year.  I love remembering all that we did!) Now that a quarter of the year has passed, I can safely say that I'm "doing" Project 365 this year.  Here are the first three months, ALL (well, 98%) from my phone camera this time and using various filters from Instagram, Aviary, and Vintique!

The "Project 365" iPhone app helps me keep them all organized and gave me the images above (I added a different month name and the colored borders over at PicMonkey because the originals weren't quite cute enough).


You don't have to start this endeavor in January.  Why don't you start yours today? 

this week in pictures

It was a VERY busy, but good, week!  

Highlights:

 saturday: breakfast at randy's

 sunday: pie crust

 monday: class poll: boy or girl?

 tuesday: my newest read

 wednesday: dreaming of maui

 thursday: our ultrasound! my class was right--it's a BOY!

friday: my revived jade saying, "spring is coming"

2011 in review

It started one year ago--my resolution to take a picture each day during the year of 2011. I thought, as with all resolutions, it would get abandoned around valentine's day, but I managed to hang on...a photo a day for the whole year! Presenting ... my finished Project 365! Here are some favs:
1. 1.1.11, 2. 1.7.11, 3. 1.12.11, 4. 1.19, 5. 2.5.11, 6. 2.8.11, 7. 2.18.11, 8. 3.2.11, 9. 3.13.11, 10. 4.8.11, 11. 4.15.11, 12. 4.17.11, 13. 4.23.11, 14. 5.14.11, 15. 5.29.11, 16. 5.30.11, 17. 6.8.11, 18. 6.21.11, 19. 6.25.11, 20. 6.28.11, 21. 7.4.11, 22. Wheat (3), 23. 8.2.11, 24. 8.12.11, 25. 8.18.11, 26. 8.20.11, 27. 8.29.11, 28. 9.24.11, 29. 10.3.11, 30. 10.8.11, 31. 10.22.11, 32. 11.17.11, 33. 11.25.11, 34. 12.4.11, 35. 12.6.11, 36. 12.24.11

... see the whole shebang over at my flickr page!

So there it is--2011: the good (fun times with friends! trip to europe! and wait...is that a baby shot???) the bad (yes, I did take several shots of my laptop screen while doing homework), and the boring (did I really take a picture of my mac n cheese?).

Don't you want get started on your own Project 365 for 2012? Well what are you waiting for??? Go get started!

summer happiness

It's been a very busy summer, but I've been keeping up on Project 365! Here are some shots that highlight summer goings-on....

many happy hours

more rainbow projects

hanging out with O & O

I bought a bike! (and a sweet bike bag from here)

bike rides with alli

a trip home

lots of sewing (of course)

making whoopie (PIES!)

sampling french wine . . . to get ready for our upcoming trip to Italy & France!

Of course there was a lot of going to class, researching, reading, and writing too, but we don't have to remember all that.

Off to Europe!

last week in review

Sheesh! Last week was so busy that I fell off the Project 365 wagon! :( Rats! Well, I'm cheating a little, and have improvised by including a few pictures that were inspired by that day.

These two have been constantly on my iPod/iPhone:
The Forgotton Garden (Kate Morton) is so so so so good. Exactly the kind of book I like!

What else has been on my mind? Rocks! Rocks, rocks, and more rocks. The topics of the unit I'm designing for my curriculum design class. Therefore I get to spend A LOT of time thinking about rocks. More than I ever though I would in fact. And I love geology.

I had a retail therapy moment when I purchased a shiny new binder for my kids' reading assessments...go crazy!!
So there you have it! Guilty pleasures, great books, rocks, and school supplies. Yep, I'm living the dream!

Hello 2011

Well hi there! It's been a long long long time! It was a very very very busy fall! Now that I've had a chance to breathe for 2 weeks (Christmas vacation from school), I've been able to catch up and start a new incredibly long list of Things I Must Do.

One of the items on the list should help me become a better blogger...Sissy Shannon challenged me to a photo project: Project 365 -where you take a photo every day for the whole year. It's on...who will drop out first? :)

My first photo of the year is above--a pic of my first project of the year! I made over my camera strap because it was entirely too boring. You like?

Here's to a Happy 2011...and to taking a moment to slow down each day long enough to capture life flying by!