Weekly Diary – February 23 2014

Here are photos from this week:

I still have to take our valentines photos but my boys made this fold out with a QR code in the middle. When you scanned it, it said Happy Valentine’s Day. Geeky, I know.

Little boy posing for me.

We had David’s birthday snack at school, which he loved. Madelines and Susie cookies.

then the next day we went to observe Kindergarten which Nathaniel starts next year and then I went back to David’s class for Valentine’s Day party. The kids all got a whoopie cushion from their teachers.

I took some shots while I was in the classroom.

the teachers made bags for each kid and all the other students wrote what they liked about that student.

i loved loved loved this idea.

My love got me some beautiful tulips for Valentine’s Day.

David’s been going to Speech Therapy for a few weeks now to correct his “th” vs “f” sounds. He gets homework each week.

Jake bought a yoyo to have some fun and to teach the kids.

Nathaniel was a big fan.

David had his birthday day with his best friend. Going back to the Lego movie, having some milkshakes and then playing games all day at home.

then we left for Tahoe to go skiing. Photos from that coming next week. When we got back, we took family photos.

we love skiing!!

and giggling.

I just love looking at these photos so much.

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.

February 23, 2014 | Family, Weekly Diary 2014 | Leave a comment

Learning with David – Week 4

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.

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

Today I Know – Week 7

This is based on the amazing, amazing sketch by Jen Olson here. I used color pencils to color her.

The journaling says “today i know how it feels to feel so relieved after” and I wrote about how I stress when I have a bunch of things in a row that need to all work out and how I stress and stress until it’s all finished.

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

February 21, 2014 | Mixed Media, Today I Know | 2 comments

Stitching Circles – Week 7

This week I went back to my happy white muslin. This week’s stitching comes from here. I’ve loved this for a long time. I used satin stitch, stem stitch, french knots, chain stitch and back stitch on this one. The little word is bliss.

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

February 20, 2014 | Stitching, Stitching Circles | One comment

A Book a Week – A Tale for the Time Being

I picked up A Tale for the Time Being because it was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. I had never read Ruth Ozeki before and I figured there’s no time like now.

I read this book on the flight back to San Fran and I have to say it wasn’t the best time to be reading this book. It’s not a super-fast moving book. At least it wasn’t for me.

But I really did like it.

Especially once the twisting part started.

The problem is, there is a lot of sadness in this book. Some terrible things happen. And I’ve sworn off reading books where terrible things happen. So this was a challenge for me.

February 19, 2014 | Books Read in 2013 | One comment

Savor Project – 2014 – Spread Four

This week’s all about the biking. I changed the page to accommodate the photos I had because I wanted them side by side like that.

I am also trying to include our family photo each week, as much as I can.

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

February 19, 2014 | The Savor Project | One comment

Remember This – Week 7

And this one is from Life Book week Two. The bonus assignment this week was to do some art honoring your word and wishes for this year. I decided to tackle my core desires. In honor of the bonus nature of the assignment, I kept things easy and small. I drew the birdies with stencils and then painted them all with heavybody paints and then just had fun.

nothing too sophisticated with this one.

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

February 18, 2014 | Mixed Media, Remember This, Weekly Art Journal | One comment

Listen with Intent – Week 7

Continuing with the theme of Listening Deliberately, I thought a lot about what I would like to focus on this week. Slow down is what came up. Maybe I should have switched last week’s intent with this one since it feels like slowing down should come before making a choice does, but alas this is how it showed up and I’m sticking with it.

Maybe it’s the universe’s way of telling me that I will have to slow down this week if I want to be deliberate. I am not the kind of person who slows down very often. I don’t mean the lack-of-focus: I can sit still and read a book for four hours straight. But when I am doing a task, I tend to rush through it. I tend to want to “get it done.” It’s not even getting it over with as much as it is being able to check it off my list.

Considering the size of my list, if I want to check things off, I am not slowing down very often.

And yes, when you don’t slow down, you miss things. You miss important things. You are not being deliberate. You’re not even present, how could you be deliberate? So the intent for this week is to slow down. Way, way, way down.

Let’s see how I do.

This week’s lettering is here and I chose the meditating girl for my sketch because meditating is an excellent way to slow down.

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

February 17, 2014 | Lettering, Listen With Intent, Sketching, Watercolor | One comment

Weekly Diary – February 16 2014

Here are photos from this week:

This week was mostly about David’s birthday which started with donuts and candles.

which he blew effortlessly.

then it was swimming and basketball.

while the little boy found his own friends.

the team won their third consecutive game. there was much joy.

then we came back home and it was time for presents.

David was delighted to get another one of his calculator watches (he lost the previous one and was very sad.)

then we went on an adventure of watching the LEGO movie, which was sold out in quite a few places. We did eventually get to see it and we loved it. And then it was time for cake.

David picked an ice cream cake this time around.

then he went about the business of putting together his new legos while Nathaniel played with the presents Jake’s parents got him.

and then it was photo time.

laughter and joy, as always.

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.

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

Nathaniel Reads to Mommy – Week 3

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.

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

Today I Know – Week 6

This page didn’t turn out how i wished but I still like it. It was inspired by this lovely piece of art. I still need to work on my doodling and making smooth lines. It just doesn’t come naturally to me. When I watch others do it with so much east, I am always awed.

I think I used the neocolors on this page too. watersoluble crayons and then some gelatos and pencils on the background.

the prompt says: today i know what it feels like to envy

I wrote a lot about how grateful I feel and putting everything in perspective.

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

February 14, 2014 | Doodling, Journaling, Mixed Media, Today I Know | Leave a comment

Stitching Circles – Week 6

This week’s stitching also comes from urban threads. I decided to try one more non-white background but this one was super super painful. Halfway through, I spilled some tea which melted the dissolving water so I had to wing it for the rest of the way. By the time I was done, I was so so done with this butterfly. And I didn’t even like how it turned out. Meh. I used just back stitch on this one. The little word is fly.

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

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

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