Weekly Diary – March 23 2014

Here are photos from this week:

Last week, we were gone skiing so I didn’t get to post our photos. We did take family pictures so I added those to last week’s post but I will put all the other photos here. So this one might be a bit longer than usual. I haven’t been taking a lot of photos this year though. I can’t decide if I want to change that.

David was gone all day at a birthday so Nathaniel and I painted with watercolors.

and color pencils.

I showed him how to draw a poppy (which I just learned during my class with Lisa).

then he practiced his lowercase letters.

here they are, finished.

then he filled the certificate.

and i reminded him that he was practicing his lowercase letters so he had to do it all over again.

he had a playdate this week, too, where they played minigolf in the house.

and then we left to go skiing. I didn’t take any photos all weekend but at some point we went downstairs to the firepit to make some smores and i grabbed my camera.

and asked Jake to take some photos.

my face was so burned from skiing in the sun.

but i love them anyway.

the boys liked the smores.

and had a few each.

and they really liked the skiing too.

and got much better.

they get report cards at the end of the day.

which i love reading.

when we got back, it was time for family photos.

we said we love skiing.

and then tickled.

and tickled more.

just looking at these makes me smile even now.

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

March 23, 2014 | Weekly Diary 2014 | Leave a comment

Learning with David – Week 6

This class is by udacity.com and it’s a math class called Introductory Algebra Review.

Learning with David is a project for 2014 that I am doing with my 9-year-old son. You can read more about it here.

March 22, 2014 | David, Learning with David | Leave a comment

Today I Know – Week 11

This week was all about wings. I randomly googled wings and picked the first one I liked. I then drew and painted the inside with white paint. And then I used my peerless watercolors and some watercolor pencils to add some color inside the wings. And then I used the Stabilo All to outline each feather. And there we are.

prompt says: today i know that i am still afraid of

I wrote about how i am still afraid of not knowing what the future will hold.

Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

March 21, 2014 | Mixed Media, Today I Know, Watercolor, Weekly Art Journal | 3 comments

Stitching Circles – Week 11

This week’s stitching also comes from urban threads. Something simple this week. Just backstitch and satin stitch. The word says “warm.” Nothing super special but, still, I like it.

Stitching Circles is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

March 20, 2014 | Stitching, Stitching Circles | Leave a comment

A Book a Week – If I Stay and Where She Went


I read If I Stay because I read that it was going to be made into a movie and I knew I had to read it first. And then I had to read Where She Went too, of course.

I read them both in one sitting.

Swallowed them up. They were absolutely great. If this genre is your cup of tea, you will like these.

And hopefully the movie will be as nice, too.

March 19, 2014 | Books Read in 2013, Literature | Leave a comment

Savor Project – 2014 – Spread Eight

This week’s a mishmash. Some valentine’s leftovers, some fun one off photos I love, etc. I journaled about David’s day with his best friend and about being at the kids’ school.

Love that happy photo of Nathaniel.

Savor Project is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

March 19, 2014 | Family, The Savor Project | Leave a comment

Remember This – Week 11

This week, I decided to switch to showing you my work from The Walk. The first week, our assignment was to create a collage to represent The Carnival and the Campfire. Without going into all the detail of the class, the Carnival represents the distractions that take you away from your essence and places where people tell you who and how you have to be and how you’re never enough and what you do is never enough, etc. And the campfire is where you’re perfect, enough and accepted (welcomed even) just the way you are. This is different for everyone, of course. For me, it always about being enough and accepted.

Instead of using collage, inspired by someone who posted on the fb group, I decided to draw a ferris wheel for my carnival and a fire in the woods for my campfire. I then wrote all my journaling along the lines of the wheels and the bottom of the fire (as well as the flames.) The journaling is all about what you hear in these two locations.

This was a very powerful assignment for me and I am struggling with both locations in different ways. My version of my carnival is mostly active in my head and my campfire seems mostly unfeasible so my biggest takeaway from this is that I am the biggest impediment to my healing. (Not that this was a huge surprise.) On the positive side, this also means I don’t need anyone or anything else to heal. I just need me.

Remember This is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

March 18, 2014 | Classes, Remember This, The Walk | 3 comments

Listen with Intent – Week 11

Another step in brave listening is releasing what I am holding on to. For me to be able to really hear, I need to stop the noise and I need to release the thoughts, ideas, beliefs I am holding on to. Part of listening and hearing is not carrying preconceived ideas. So this week’s intent is to release.

The lettering I used here comes from Calligraphy Alphabets Made Easy.

I chose to do a balloon because it’s a great representation of releasing something I might cherish and hold on to and releasing it in the short term feels a bit painful.

Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

March 17, 2014 | Lettering, Listen With Intent, Sketching, Watercolor | Leave a comment

Weekly Diary – March 16 2014

Since I am posting these retroactively, I will just post our family photos for the record.

nathaniel loves making faces.

just never smiley ones.

david ran away after the tickling.

and here we go. so grateful for my life. i hope your week was lovely, too.

Weekly Diary is a project for 2013. You can read more about it here.

March 16, 2014 | Family Diary, Weekly Diary 2014 | Leave a comment

Nathaniel Reads to Mommy – Week 5

Nathaniel Reads to Mommy is a project for 2014 that I am doing with my 4.5-year-old son. You can read more about it here.

March 15, 2014 | Nathaniel, Nathaniel Reads to Mommy | Leave a comment

Today I Know – Week 10

This week was one of those where I just didn’t feel inspired by anything and after spinning and spinning, I settled on an oldie but goodie by Abigail Halpin who is just amazing. I drew my little girl, colored it with some crayons and pencils and called it done.

Some weeks are just like that.

prompt says: today i know that i want to change my mind about

I wrote about how i want to change how i see myself.

Today I Know is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

March 14, 2014 | Journaling, Mixed Media, Sketching, Today I Know | Leave a comment

Stitching Circles – Week 10

This week’s stitching also comes from urban threads. I love this sketch. I used satin stitch and back stitch on this one. The little word is bold. I also tried to attach this one to the back in a different way to see if I liked it better. I haven’t decided. What do you think? Do you like the little bit of gold showing or did you prefer the blanket stitch way?

Stitching Circles is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.

March 13, 2014 | Stitching, Stitching Circles | One comment

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