Scavenger Hunt Sunday | December 1, 2013

Starts with S

Sunset

Texture

Putting up the Christmas tree.

A Blessing 

These people in my life.

Warmth

I went….

to my 5th Matt Nathanson concert and it was fantastic!

Around here

We will just call this month the sick month.  At least that is what it felt like when you are sick for an entire week and then break out into a rash all over because you are allergic to the antibiotics you were on.  Thankfully it ended on a little nicer note with Thanksgiving.

101 in 1001 Update | 1 Year 6 Months

A year and a half into this project and it is awesome!  I still have a lot more to go, but I think I'm making decent progress.  Can't wait to see what I accomplish in the next 6 months!

Go here to see my progress as it happens.

Completed:
1.  Get a job :: May 7, 2012
2.  Develop a bill station :: May 27, 2012
3.  Put flowers on the graves of my deceased family members :: May 28, 2012
4.  Grow carrots :: June 16, 2012
5.  Plant a tree for Earth Day :: June 24, 2012
6.  Make a playlist of 26 songs A-Z :: June 30, 2012
7.  Play bingo :: July 6, 2012
8.  Search for a rainbow on a rainy day :: August 8, 2012
9.  Watch 5 Disney movies to discover what I missed during my childhood :: August 12, 2012
10.  Buy a new lens for my camera :: August 21, 2012
11.  Photograph a wedding :: August 25, 2012
12.  Buy a new phone :: September 21, 2012
13.  Have a Godfather marathon :: October 27, 2012
14.  Learn to make cheesecake :: October 28, 2012
15.  Go wine tasting :: November 3, 2012
16.  Vote in the next election :: November 6, 2012
17.  Don’t eat fast foot for a month :: November 27, 2012
18.  Send Christmas Cards :: December 21, 2012
19.  Have a game night with family :: December 21, 2012
20.  Watch all the Best Picture Oscar Movies :: December 28, 2012
21.  Take one photo a day for a year :: December 31, 2012
22.  Go to the Kansas City Aquarium :: January 12, 2013
23.  Get a Massage :: March 23, 2013
24.  Visit a State I’ve Never Been to Before :: March 26, 2013
25.  Go to the Omaha Zoo :: March 26, 2013
26.  Visit a butterfly sanctuary :: March 26, 2013
27.  Grow tulips :: March 27, 2013
28.  Don’t eat sweets for 2 weeks :: April 15, 2013
29.  Answer the 50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind :: April 19, 2013
30.  Ride a roller coaster :: May 11, 2013
31.  (Donate hair to Locks of Love) Try a new hair style-cut :: June 6, 2013
32.  Start an herb garden :: June 8, 2013
33.  Make pizza from scratch :: June 10, 2013
34.  Paint a piece of furniture :: June 25, 2013
35.  Visit Mall of America again :: June 29, 2013
36.  Visit my childhood home :: June 30, 2013
37.  Visit a lighthouse :: July 1, 2013
38.  Visit a waterfall :: July 2, 2013
39.  Go to a fireworks show on the Fourth of July :: July 4, 2013
40.  Take a yoga class :: July 28, 2013
41.  Take an online class (Originally Ali Edwards’ 31 Things Class.  Never completed; iPhone Photography) :: August 7, 2013
42.  Watch all the Best Actor Oscar Movies :: August 21, 2013
43.  Adopt an animal :: September 27, 2013
44.  Be in a parade :: September 28, 2013
45 .  Paint the front porch :: October 19, 2013
46.  Go to a high school football game :: November 16, 2013
47.  Go to a concert :: November 21, 2013

In Progress: (14)
Create and keep a gratitude journal for 1 year (331/365)
Do 10 projects from my Pinterest Board 5/10 (10 projects planned)
Do Ali Edwards’s One Little Word Project in 2013 (9/12)
Do Project Life in 2013 (46/52)
Do Week in the Life (2013)
Eat 3 things I’ve never tired before (2/3)
Forty Bags in 10 Months (14/40)
Make a collection of 25 black and white photos (3/25)
Read 50 books (14/50)
Try 40 new recipes (17/40)
Visit 5 museums (2/5)
Watch all the Best Actress Oscar Movies 42/85
Watch all the Best Supporting Actor Oscar Movies 26/77
Watch all the Best Supporting Actress Oscar Movies 28/77

Still to Go: (42)
Build a blanket fort and sleep in it
Clean out the garage
Complete a 5000 piece puzzle
Donate blood
Find a personally inspirational quote and work in into a piece of art
Get married
Go back to Washington DC with the family
Go horseback riding
Go on a family vacation
Go on a hike
Go on a picnic
Go to a drive in Movie Theater
Go to a midnight showing of a movie
Go to a show in Branson
Go to a tulip festival
Go to Shatto Dairy farm with the family
Go to World War I museum in Kansas City
Go whale watching
Have a John Hughes movie marathon
Have a pancake dinner reunion
Have a yard sale
Learn how to mow the lawn on the tractor
Make a quilt
Make my own ice cream
Meal Plan
Paint a wall an outrageous color
Pay for the person behind me at a drive-thru
Pick strawberries
Read a chapter in the bible every night for a week
Research my family tree
See a Cirque de Soleil show
See the Pacific Ocean
Send a letter to someone living outside of the United States
Stay up and watch the sunrise on New Year’s
Take a cake decorating class
Take a hot air balloon ride
Take a pottery class
Travel to Hawaii
Try 5 new local restaurants
Visit the Northwest
Volunteer at a soup kitchen

Project Life 2013 | Week Forty Five and Forty Six

Hello Week Forty Five and Forty Six (November3-16)!

The left side is Week Forty Five.  It was a slow week and not much happened.  Mom and I had a little date while dad went to Mayo Clinic again.  I also had the beginning of a cold brewing.

The right side is Week Forty Six.  I was sick this week.  Really sick.  And then I broke out into a rash.  So not fun.  But it is a part of life.  Saturday I began to feel a little bit better and I went to a College Football Game with Dakota and his friends.  It was a big rival game that his school he graduated from played in.  And they won, big time.  It was fun.  I, however, was still heavily drugged so that made it a little interesting….  But the main thing is that they won!  Yay!

Meeting Joshua Radin

Week Forty Seven

November 21, 2013

It was the first night of ‘winter weather’ this year.  It was cold and rainy (which turned a little icy) and we had an hour and a half drive ahead of us to go to a concert.  D was supposed to go with me but couldn’t so mom took his place.   She was not happy about driving in the bad weather, so my dad decided he would drive us and hang out in Lawrence while we went to the concert.

When we got ready to leave the house, our car had a nice layer of ice covering it.  Mom and I decided the trip wasn’t worth it, but dad was adamant in going.  So we all hoped into the car and prayed we wouldn’t hit any ice as we drove to Kansas.  But that is the kind of dad I have.  The one that will drive an hour and a half just to wander around a little town and sit at a diner for 3 hours while mom and I go to a concert.  And then drive us back home.  (Mom went to college there and she began dating my dad while she was there so it was fun for them to see how much the town has changed.  And it made the 3 hour wait for my dad a little more bearable.  But still….)

The concert was for Matt Nathanson, one of my favorite singers.  I had seen him in concert 4 times prior to this concert.  When I bought the tickets back in June I had no idea that another one of my favorite singers, Joshua Radin, would be opening.  Double plus!

So, we get to the concert and the opening act, Joshua Radin, was already singing.  He was incredible!  And after he performed he told the audience to come see him at the back table, right where mom and I were standing.  So we hop in line and get a photo with him.  IT.WAS.AWESOME!

A few minutes later, Matt got up on stage and rocked.  Out of all 5 times I’ve seen him perform, this was definitely my favorite.  He sang all my favorite songs and you could tell he was having a lot of fun with our audience.  It was an awesome night!

Week Forty Six

November 13, 2013

This has been a rough week health wise for me.  I spent four days in bed watching old episodes of One Tree Hill and taking my temperature every other hour and attempting to keep food in.  The day of this photo I went to work and made it half a day before needing to go home and take a 3 hour nap.  

Ugh so not fun.

Week Forty Five

November 9, 2013

Project Life 2013 | Week Forty Four

Hello Week Forty Four!

 

This week was dad's birthday and he went to Mayo Clinic to discuss his case.  It didn't go well and he came home the following day (but ended up going again in a few weeks). 

The right side is all about fall and the pretty colors.  I left it pretty simple and let the photos speak for themselves.

Project Life 2013 | Week Forty Three

Hello Week Forty Three!

This week I had pink eye.  So not fun.  I didn't have much content since I worked and then would keep low in the evening to recover. 

This week I used the Midnight core kit and a embellishments from freckled fawn and studio calico kits. The white diagonal stripes are painted on a transparency sheet.  I was going to save it for my December Daily project, but I'll probably just make a new one.  I love the see thru effect. 

12of12 | November 2013

It is inevitable, at least one of the twelves in each year I am stuck at home sick.  Swollen lymph nodes that make if difficult to swallow, a 100 degree fever, and a little vomiting.  

Awesome.

01.  Morning sunshine through closed curtains.
02.  Day 4 of laying in bed.
03.  One of my nurses checking in on me.
04.  Attempted some soup for lunch.
05.  She thought I should share.
06.  3 seasons in 4 days.
07.  Bed head.
08.  Dad checking out a cool bird that was feeding under our pine tree in the backyard.  He called me out to come see it.  (He forgot to take one of the lens caps off too.)
09.  More entertainment for the sick.
10.  Nap time.
11.  Never too far out of reach.
12.  Goodnight world.

Project Life 2013 | Week Forty Two

Hello Week Forty Two (October 13-19)!

I so love this week, even though I struggled this week too.  That part I so do not love.  But as far as this spread goes, I love it.

The week started off great.  Rory and I had a very fun play date Sunday morning.  (Dakota was playing video games.)  I think we have a ninja cat!  He was doing all sorts of jumps and flips.  

That quote from my mom about me being like my dad just makes me happy!  Especially with what will unfold in the rest of the week….

There have been some really stunning sunrises lately and I’ve become obsessed with capturing them while I get into my car to go to work each morning.

The notes made this week include a quote from our new owner at work, discussions about what is next in dad’s battle with cancer, and the awful day that was Friday.  To which dad said, “Well you ALMOST got into a wreck and you ALMOST blew up at work, but you didn’t so it was a good day.”  Yeah, where is that positive attitude when we are disusing cancer 
treatment!?   Boys….

The bottom part of the right side is a few photos from our fall social for Junior League.  We had a bonfire and hayride for all the leaguer’s kids.  I was in charge of taking photos and when I posted them on facebook I got a great response!  It was definitely a great feeling!

Hugs

Week Forty Four

October 28, 2013

Hugging my dad as he leaves for Mayo Clinic.

It was a fluke that I captured this photo.

But, to me, it is perfection.

We hugged just a little longer than normal.

And both said I love you.

He said have a good rest of the day at work.

And I said let us know when you get there.

Then we both got into our cars

And drove down the highway in opposite directions

As tears streamed down my cheek.

Project Life 2013 | Week Forty One

Hello Week Forty One (October 6-12)!

The week was also the 12th so I included an insert for my 12of12.  This one was extra fun because the 12th was on a weekend, my favorite!  I especially like this month’s grid because all the important people are represented.   Mom, Dad, Abby, Dakota, and Rory.

This week was just a normal one.  Some changes at work began to take place.  Dakota was out of town for a night so I got to spend time with Rory.  Abby had a very fun afternoon playing with a peanut butter container.  Fall has started to take place.  Dad had the surgery in his  esophagus to have precancerous cells burned out.  You know, because that is so normal.

Pink

Week Forty Three
October 24, 2013

This week was rough in a difference sense.  I some how picked up pink eye and had a very swollen face for 4 days.  Tuesday was the worst day and I kept a washcloth over it for the entire day.  Surprisingly I wasn’t given any antibiotics and just had to let it run its course.  I was able to work all week but took it easy every afternoon and just watched movies.  In this photo you can’t really tell I was sick; it was taken after the majority of the swelling went away and I was well on the way to recovery.

Project Life 2013 | Week Forty

Hello Week Forty (September 29-October 5, 3012)!

 There was really only one big thing that happened this week and it was our annual pumpkin patch outing.  It is one of my favorite traditions and like always, we had a lot of fun.

The left side has the date card and Ms. Abby.  I cut up a large photo of all of us on our outing.  Love it!

The right side has more photos from the patch.  I love the smile on dad's face in his photo.  I included the flyer for the annual fall party at my grandparent's old neighborhood.  

Links:
Plastics : Big Pack of Design A
Antiquary : October 2013
Freckled Fawn October 2013
Printer: Picture Mate
Project Life