figuring out 40

project life : week forty-seven

And...I'm caught up! Woooo hoooo!!!

W47 with 2 inserts. A sweet card from Steph, and a Thanksgiving insert. 

W47 sans inserts. 

Finished up Spirit Junkie. So much love for that book. Notice how my OLW is sprinkled throughout the quote.

The front & back of the Thanksgiving insert. 

Digital Design Essentials flag.

Another Cathy Zielske story saver, and a Kelly Purkey digital stamp. 

Approximately 2.8 minutes after I took this picture, Austin shaved. He just couldn't take it anymore. 

 

project life : week forty-six

W46full. I didn't plan for the green-theme. It just happened!

If we didn't have project life, what in the world would we do with all of our random photos of food?

Sometimes I need something mindless to do while I'm on conference calls - so I line up my latest projects on my cubicle wall. Don't laugh. Conference calls aren't always fun (and neither is color matching all of that pink!).

Yes, I drank that smoothie. Delish.

Austin looks strung out in this picture. I promise that he's not. I shouldn't wait until late at night to take photos! 

project life : week forty-five

Election week!

W45 Full. 

Still loving these day of the week flags from Design Editor.

The "High Low" header is from Cathy Zielske's Weekly Wrap Ups - just modified a bit for the smaller size.

No Shave November - movember - began.

A quote from Austin's current favorite author. 

And proof that even grainy, fuzzy, taken-in-dark-bar iphone pics belong in Project Life. 

project life : week forty-four

This was a week of very few photos.  This was also the week of Hurricane Sandy. We were under watch here, but saw very little storm activity. (and yes, that's my dinner guests browsing through my PL albums. It's kinda required when you come to my house.)

Although the picture is less than stellar - the chocolate chip lava cookies were superb. 

I'm digging the Project Life Journaling Cards.

Our library prints out this record when you check out - yeah, I pretty much save everything.

 

project life : week forty-three.

WK43 - one thing that you'll notice about the "catching up" weeks - very little journaling. I'm thankful that photos can tell stories. 

WK43 left. Random bits of life. 

Austin looked at this week & said "I like that you put Austin vs. tree on the opposite page from student of the month." Yin & yang, buddy.

WK43 right. Austin was honored as a Student of the Month. I love that they included the nomination letter on the back side of hte certificate. Since I'll put the certificate in his 10th grade file, I retyped the note for PL. 

I blame Barb for the fact that I've listened to this Taylor Swift song about 2200 times. It's My Jam digi-stamp from Kelly Purkey (who will probably smack me for using her stamp with a TSwift lyric. Sorry KP!). 

And with that, I'm in the current month with PL - wooo hooo! 

project life : week forty-two

Week 42 started out a little slow...but ended with some high-fives to the universe.

Week 42 full. I actually don't love all the white going on over on the right side...but meh. It's done!

WK42 left. Austin & I "built" a new desk for the family room - 2 sawhorses & a door. Done! We saw Argo (fantastic), and Austin celebrated Spirit Week at school. 

For Decade Day, he channeled Don Draper. I offered to write him a note to give permission to walk around school with a cocktail...but he didn't think that would go over very well. 

WK42 Insert - I included a manifesto from Danielle Laporte - or as Austin calls it "another manifesto that is basically like the hundreds of other manifestos that you have around here."

  The back of the insert is just my OLW. I've loved having custom flair with my OLW...definitely planning on doing that again for 2013.

WK42 right. If I was going to do this over again (which I'm not), I'd probably change that bottom card with my Moo cards. Love the cards....don't love the white background.

The big news this week was that the court granted my motion to waive the 6 month waiting period for our divorce. We had purposely taken our time, and worked through EVERYTHING prior to filing...so the waiting period just felt like nonsense. I opted to NOT include lengthy journaling about the legal stuff...focusing on gratitude for the outcome instead. 

project life : week forty-one.

Major catching up happening over here! Yay for 4 day weekends! 

week 41 full. I really rely on emails, my blog, and instagram to remind me of what was going on in these weeks! 

W41 left. Not one, but TWO blog posts in this one - hello monday, and ventage tuesday. The Turning Endings into Beginnings card is courtesy of Barb - via Marc & Angel Hack Life. 

I do love capturing Austin-isms. I email them to myself, or jot them down in my notepad on my phone. One simple insert this week - the info sheet from the Dalai Lama event. 

W41 right. It's really all about the Dalai Lama! That pattened paper 4x6 will have my event ticket added to it...when I find it. Oops. 

I had to include this funny email from Barb. Really, my friends are the best.

Added a QR code that links to the actual speech - used Cathy Zielske's Story Savers brush (modified a bit). 

Week 42 coming soon!

project life : volume 3, cover page

I posted this on instagram last night (if you're there...THANK YOU for the instalove!), but want to include it here as well. Ihave had this page in bits & pieces for a few weeks, but just as I was heading to bed last night, I decided that it needed to be finished. I kind of love it.

The Hello Everyday Life card is courtesy of Ali Edwards via Becky Higgins. 

project life : week forty

Dude. Forty weeks of this project? I don't even care if I'm "behind" - I've completed 40 WEEKS of this project. Yeee haawww! 

WK40: Why yes, that IS the super-trendy big-photo-cut-into-pieces that you see there. I'm not ashamed to imitate/adopt genius creative ideas. 

Oh, this week just makes me happy. Must have something to do with those sparkly orange Thickers.

I do dig the large photo thing. I also dig avocado for breakfast. Can you tell?

Somebody special turned 16 this week! I'm planning to print out this blog post & slip it into an insert. 

This photo had a lot of indoor-light-sucky-color going on. Easy solution? Convert to black & white! 

You realize what this means, right? Only 5 weeks to get current (not including the week that we're in). Woot!

project life : week thirty-nine

Week 39 is a wrap. Well, it was a wrap several weeks ago - but now it's a wrap in my album. 

Google Images saves the day again! I rely on Google for movie posters & TV series promos (among other things)

WK39 - new boots, new scarf, new song, and new TV shows. Yay!

It's possible that I take more pictures of kale than of my kids. Don't judge. 

WK39: a fun/fave quote, sushi for lunch, another On-the-Spot award, cheating on Sbx, kale!, IAM products, and a daily fashion email.