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I made this layout a few weeks ago for something that didn’t pan out. I love these Compendium cards and was glad to get to use them. All products are from beautiful The Girls’ Paperie. The two-pager is something unusual for me and I don’t think I will be doing it often. Or like ever again… Heh. The journaling is using your word stickers, and it says:
Forever was one of my kids’ book club books. As a young teen, I loved and adored Judy Blume and read many of her books. But I had never read this one. And I didn’t like it. I can’t even really put my finger on why. I felt the characters weren’t as developed as I would have liked. I never really liked the main character as much as I wanted to. The writing felt too simplistic. The big change in the story wasn’t really expected in that it didn’t fit in with the character of the girl, in my opinion and kind of came and went all too quickly. I guess maybe that was the point. I know it’s a young adult book but I still figured I’d enjoy Blume more than I did. I have one more of hers scheduled in book club so let’s see if that one fares better for me.
This is the lego we built on Sunday night, David wanted me to take a photo so I can preserve it.
Have I mentioned that Nathaniel adores stickers? Have I also mentioned he sticks them all over himself?
After naps and work and meetings and some yelling over nose picking that resulted in a lot of bleeding, we decided to sit outside for reading time. So, I couldn’t resist taking some shots with the beautiful light.
He laughed.
And laughed funny. But he’s so handsome. His eyes are so stunning. I can never get enough of them. ever.
Nathaniel was scared of the grass but we walked him across gently and he played while we read.
He was also being his cute little self.
I couldn’t stop myself I just snapped.
and snapped.
Besides the drama with the nosepicking, it was a quiet day. I exercised, finished my book, sketched, worked, and spent time with the kids and booked a short holiday for us. I am feeling exceptionally tired today so chances are that after the kids are in bed I will work on my art journal for a bit and then go right to sleep. I have some emails to return so if you’ve been waiting for one I am so sorry I will try to reply tonight. Other than that I think I am pretty much caught up with life. Let me know if you’re waiting on me for anything. Three Things I’m Grateful For: Three Things David’s Grateful For: And here’s another one of my weeklong pages. This one was inspired by Pam Carriker.I love her journal pages. It was also my first sepia page.
here she is — closer up: I just added some fabric for fun. Stitched it on the page:
Since it was sepia, I decided to journal in sepia too. Here’s the left side, filled:
some details:
Right side: some details:
And here’s the filled page:
This is one of my favorite pages so far. I love the sepia look. 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.
David’s on spring break so both boys have been home this week and while I work, they’re keeping busy. The little boy got creative with his toy fork.
Sticking it right inside the lego box.
And making as big a mess as possible in the smallest time possible. He’s great like that.
David worked on his workbooks.
And then made some faces for me.
He loves making faces.
And wearing funny glasses.
His brother asked him to put socks on him which he kindly obliged.
Then he put the glasses on him, too.
Which definitely made his day.
And then while David played, Nathaniel read his Thomas books.
All in all, a quiet day, I did all my daily work first thing in the morning and I will try to get some blog posts done tonight. We’re thinking of maybe taking a super short vacation later this week so I want to be ahead of the game this week. Oh and I did a lot of work work, too. I got another Beta out and actually caught up to my mail which is a miracle. Plans for tonight include art journaling, blog posts, and possibly furthering my pinterest addiction. How was your Monday? Three Things I’m Grateful For: Three Things David’s Grateful For: A few months ago, I had the honor to be a guest blogger on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog and here’s one of the two layouts I shared:
Journaling Reads: Details:
Happy Sunday!! I am not a fan of Sundays but I went to bed last night with a specific list of tasks so I woke up and did two of them right away. Then I exercised and then I showered and sat outside with the kids for a bit. I read to David. I also snapped some photos while the light was good. David made a sad face when I told him he couldn’t run around (he’s still got the bandaids in his head.)
Nathaniel was pensive, too.
Then he tried to entertain David by pushing his chair.
And he spotted the dirty chair on the corner of the yard so i went and got the clean one for him and he said and made his funny smile.
He really enjoyed sitting there.
I then snapped what’s likely my favorite photo of David in recent history. Look at those eyes.
This little one is super cute, too.
I feel like hugging him pretty much all day long.
We then went inside and Nathaniel went down for his nap, David played and I sketched. Daddy came home soon after and we took family shots.
with tickle time, of course.
there was much much laughter.
Then we went out to lunch but couldn’t find the cafe in Stanford that we were trying to go to so we went to our regular hangout instead. Ran into some friends, had a lovely lunch/dinner and then came home. Some wind down time and now we’re off to play legos for family time. I feel happy and grateful. I still have a few todo items on my list and my art journal’s been neglected all weekend so I will work on that next. then some resting and we’re off to start another week. Phew. Three Things I’m Grateful For: Three Things David’s Grateful For:
David says: I thought it was interesting that someone disguised the cat and how the two cases were intertwined. I also liked that Jupiter figured it out about the cat and helped him realize Sardon might be a disguise, too. I didn’t like that Sardon/Freeman tried to steal the mummy and its case. The part where we found out how the mummy whispered was interesting and clever. I also didn’t like that Freeman stole the cat. I liked that in the end everything went back to its right place. The thieves were caught. The jewels were sent back. And the cat went back to Mrs. Banfry. In the end, this book was fun to read but not as good as the other two we read so far. 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.
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Us Right Now is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here.
I promised myself that I would rest this weekend. I need downtime as usual. I seem to have gone into a long long funk but I will not whine cause I still get stuff done and I am proud of myself for learning to recognize that I need sleep or that I need rest. So this weekend, I have a bunch of deliverables and I will check in on my class but otherwise, I will relax and rest. So this morning I got up late and then took my time. When I got up to exercise finally, David was sharing some of his cheerios with Nathaniel.
He’s been in a really good mood, thankfully.
Then I finished my book, surfed a bit, looked up sketch inspiration, sketched and did some cleanup while Nathaniel finally napped. And then it was time for family shots.
The little one was not in the mood.
one of my favorite parts of these shots is how Jake and I hug and kiss.
David was in a good mood after the shoot, too. Always in a good mood my boy.
Then we finished our book, picked a new one and then it was dinner etc etc. Now we’re hoping to make a quick trip to Target and it’s time for bed. I plan to do some art, check in my classroom, and finally close all the tabs I have open. Love nights with no huge plans! Three Things I’m Grateful For: Three Things David’s Grateful For:
Both boys were at home today and I had a bunch of work to do so the morning was quiet as David colored and Nathaniel played. David then came to show me some of his creations and explained them to me, which I enjoyed so so much.
There he is telling me the stories.
Nathaniel took a a long nap while his friends came to play here. I finally woke him up but then he just wanted to eat. Only after everyone left did he dig into the lego box.
He found a little car.
made some car noises.
and acted just like a little boy! Made me smile as I snapped.
Soon after, David joined in too and they played while I worked.
I rarely do black and white now but I loved this shot so I tried.
Between David’s sickness last week and my allergies, we blow our noses a lot here and Nathaniel has started imitating us often.
I got a lot of work done today and even had an hour of playtime with the neighbors and their kids. Now we’re off to the movies and then I get to art journal for a bit. This weekend is looking to be fun, I hope. I hope yours is too! Three Things I’m Grateful For: Three Things David’s Grateful For: Yes, well, apparently last week’s loss was a fluke as expected. I knew something was off but it still made me sort of sad when I saw the number this week. Especially since I’d gained more than I lost last week so I’m at a gain net net. What a bummer. The good thing is that while I was sad and dejected, I didn’t go and drown my sorrows in some fries or chocolate. Instead I got mad and worked out. I had added 30 leg lifts on each side and 10 crunches to my work out even before I weighed myself and I just kept doing those. There are still 8 months in this year and I am in this for the long haul so we’re good but it still sort of sucks to see the sad numbers there on the screen.. Exercise is actually going ok. 2.9 is not kicking my butt as much as I worried it might and I am making it through day after day. I still dread it and hate it and blah blah but I do it and I am always grateful and proud of myself for doing it. So, there we go with that. And here’s another shot of me with some clothes. These are the tights with a black shirt and some boots. It just shows me that I did lose weight and am getting thinner. One step at a time. and here’s this week’s card:
Healthy for Life is a weekly project for 2011. You can read more about it here. |
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