Daily Diary – August 24 2011

Still completely exhausted here but a relatively productive day nonetheless. I do wish I were less exhausted.The boys played quietly and wonderfully.

a few smiles for me.

after a bunch of begging, of course.

david, trying to balance a water bottle on his head.

watching tv while giving me a smile.

and then sneaking one look (after much begging and threats).

and then the “what? I’m looking at you” face.

and Nathaniel smiling while looking at the TV too.

I love these kids so much.

especially the funny smiles.

but really every single thing about them. i adore them. i am so grateful that they are in my life. that i get to share some of their life with them. i am making sure to soak it all in. i love every bit of these moments.

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for some incredibly nice emails today. I am so grateful when anyone takes the time to send me a nice note or leave me a comment. I feel so touched and special. thank you deeply.
2. I am grateful for a wonderful and unexpected package of new My Mind’s Eye goodies. They are always so incredibly generous and their products make me want to drop everything and scrap immediately.
3. I am grateful that I might be taking a day off on Friday.

Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I watched Daddy play Sims * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that we finished our book.
3. I am grateful that I played with my legos.

August 24, 2011 | Daily Diary - 2011, DPGallery | Leave a comment

A Book a Week – Thirteen Reasons Why

After Elsewhere and Before I Fall, Thirteen Reasons Why was the third book I read in a row where the main character dies or is dead. I don’t know if this just a coincidence or there are just a lot of young adult novels with death in them. I have to admit that this was the most morbid of three but it’s likely because she commits suicide in this one (not a spoiler, you learn about it on the second page) whereas the other two are outcomes of accidents.

And while this was sad and profound in its own way, I didn’t find it as unique as Elsewhere and as profound as Before I Fall. I will say that it’s another reminder to always be the nicest person you can be. You never know what the other person is going through and how your kindness (or lack thereof) might have a deep impact on them.

August 24, 2011 | Books Read in 2011, Literature | Leave a comment

Art Journaling – Strathmore – You Are not Alone

Here’s the next page:

Here are some details from the page:

I didn’t keep track of what I used for this page and I can’t remember now, I am sorry! I do know it was pan pastels and Crafter’s Workshop stencil (for the bird) and some white pen. If you have questions about anything specific, just leave me a comment and I promise I will respond.

I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for July and August (and maybe longer). You can read more about it and the book I am using for these pages at the top of this blog post.

August 24, 2011 | Art, Mixed Media, Weekly Art Journal | 10 comments

Excited to be Celebrating Daddy’s Last Day and His New Life

This is one of the projects I did for Authentique Paper for CHA Summer.

Journaling Reads:
On March 31, Daddy had his last day at work. He came home that night to find the sign that David made for him that day. We were all very excited for Daddy to start his new adventure. His own company. We love you so very much Daddy and we are so very proud of you and so very happy for you. We are also excited that this also means we wll get to see you and play with you more often.

Details:

August 24, 2011 | Authentique Paper, Layouts, Scrapbooking | 7 comments

Daily Diary – August 23 2011

I’ve been cranky lately. I’d say I don’t know why but I think it’s cause I am not sleeping well and I am tired. And this boy hasn’t been napping:

Here’s David doing his math.

Nathaniel looking for birds in the backyard.

and then saying “where are they?”

David still doing math.

and a small break to give me a smile. a stunning smile.

I am going to go out and eat dinner with my family right now cause I need to get out. Back later and hopefully I will do some art.

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for a quieter day at work and some good progress.
2. I am grateful for the kind words at BPC about my video today.
3. I am grateful that we will take a break to go have dinner together.

Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that we are going to dinner * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I watched some movies.
3. I am grateful for my brother.

August 23, 2011 | Daily Diary - 2011, DPGallery | 3 comments

Weekly Art Journal – Weeklong for July 25

This weeklong page was originally inspired by this wonderful canvas. I loved how unique it is.

Since I liked the art so much, I didn’t do much more, just added little bits here and there.

here’s the left page:

And the right side:

And here’s the filled page:

I love this one, too.

Weekly Art Journal is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here. And you can find out more about the weeklong daily journaling here.

August 23, 2011 | Art, WAJG, Weeklong Daily Art Journal | 3 comments

Daily Diary – August 22 2011

Today was mostly about work work work. The kids played on their own while I just did a lot of work.

Nathaniel decided to skip his nap so he was unpredictably happy and cranky all day. He’s eating nuts here while tears are still in his eyes.

David decided to take a nap and Nathaniel lay right next to him.

it was seconds before they started laughing like mad.

Nathaniel laughed long after David was done.

and kept going.

I am feeling tired and a bit overwhelmed today. Mostly cause I have so much work. It’ll all work out, of course. I am sorry I’m behind on comment responses, I’ll get on it asap.

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for a sweet interview at artsee blogs.
2. I am grateful for some art time tonight. I need it.
3. I am grateful that my kids are kind enough to play on their own when I need to really focus at work.

Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I watched an episode of Jake and the Neverland Pirates* {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played with my legos.
3. I am grateful that I laughed with Nathaniel.

August 22, 2011 | Daily Diary - 2011, DPGallery | 2 comments

Which has more stickers: the paper or your shirt?

This is a layout I made for the August My Mind’s Eye newsletter.

Journaling Reads:
Little boy, you absolutely love stickers but instead of sticking them on paper like you should, you like to stick them everywhere but. You especially like to stick them on your shirt and then you take them off and put them on the paper and then back to your shirt. Which of course doesn’t work since they don’t stick anymore and I end up picking them up from all over the floor. You’re lucky you’re so cute.

Details:

August 22, 2011 | Layouts, My Mind's Eye, Scrapbooking | 8 comments

Daily Diary – August 21 2011

Today I was too lazy to take more photos but we, of course, have the family ones. I snapped a good one of the boys today.

David is super-seriously focusing on taking the photo.

we spent most of today’s session laughing.

Even before the tickling.

Though the tickling was super-fun too.

and made for some awesome expressions, of course.

I was a quiet day here: my favorite kind. I did some art, some scrapbooking, watched some TV and just relaxed. Now it’s game night time and then we go out for date night. A wonderful way to end a great weekend. I hope yours has been so, too.

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for more art time. I need to take some time and think about all this art i am doing but I am having too much fun doing the art.
2. I am grateful for fun TV to watch while I work.
3. I am grateful for family night and date night. Yey!

Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that we will play Blokus * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played soccer with Daddy.
3. I am grateful that we will also play connect four.

August 21, 2011 | Daily Diary - 2011, DPGallery | 4 comments

Art Journaling – Strathmore – Be You

Here’s the next page:

The first thing I did for this week’s art journaling page was to use the dried-up baby wipes from the last two art journal pages. I cut hearts out of them and lay them on my page.

Then I colored the whole background with pan pastels and added some tissue paper. Some gaffer tape, a canvas shape (that i colored with pan pastels), a lot of stamping and here we are again.

i was out of the “e” and “o” so I substituted numbers instead. I stitched like crazy. The wings are old old old melody ross stickers.

on the upper right corner is a thicker with a bling and The Girls’ Paperie stickers that says “you love you.” Some stamping and a lot of stitching.

on the bottom right, i added a flower, stitched through the hearts, a bling heart, and my favorite stamp saying “be you.” And some leaves.

I like this one. It’s not my favorite but I like that I tried some new things.

And for your viewing pleasure, here’s a little movie, too:

I am creating multiple art journaling pages a week for July and August (and maybe longer). You can read more about it and the book I am using for these pages at the top of this blog post.

August 21, 2011 | Art, Mixed Media, Weekly Art Journal | 6 comments

Reading with David – Harriet the Spy

David says:
I gave this story one star because I thought it was boring. I didn’t like that Harriet was spying on people and going into their houses. I also didn’t like that she wrote down mean things about people.

She went into places without permission. Ole Golly was also mean because she would make Harriet do things right away. I did like the part when she and her boyfriend took a walk together.

I thought it was cool that Sport wanted to be a ball player. I felt bad for him though because he had a hard life having to take care of his dad all the time. I liked Janie because she likes chemistry and likes to blow things up.

Overall, I didn’t like this book because, nothing interesting was happening in it and I didn’t like Harriet and how she was being mean to people and doing things without permission.

Reading a book a week with my six-year-old son David is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.

August 21, 2011 | David, Dbooks 2011, Family, Reading with David | Leave a comment

Daily Diary – August 20 2011

Saturday means family photos. I love this one cause David’s sitting on Nathaniel’s lap.

David didn’t want to smile (he has a boo boo in his mouth.)

but he was willing to make faces.

This is how most of the photos are. Both kids looking in different directions.

Nathaniel’s getting in the mood of things (but David not so much.)

So we resort to tickle time.

cause it never fails.

then it was time to play, eat, and then nap. I made some art journal pages, a layout, and some more art and some sketching. Then it was time to go a BBQ so we all got dressed up and I asked Jake to snap some shots of me with the boys. (David still won’t smile.) I actually just wanted a photo with David but Nathaniel saw Jake taking the photo so he just came in and sat on me.

They both laughed when I tickled them of course.

My boys.

Love my boys. Long day today. Highs and lows. I need some mental and emotional quiet time. So grateful for another day off.

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful for some wonderful art time today.
2. I am grateful for good, solid friends.
3. I am grateful that I am feeling ahead of my todo list.

Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that we went to a party. * {his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played playstation with daddy.
3. I am grateful that I played wii.

August 20, 2011 | Daily Diary - 2011, DPGallery | 2 comments

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