Week in the Life : Thursday Photos + Words
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10.02.08
- Simon up before the alarm again (in our bed again too).
- Overheard at the breakfast table: "I am scared of the milk in Daddy's cereal. I can't look."
- Start chicken stock in the crock-pot.
- Make coffee. Walk around and turn off lights.
- Shower.
- New blog post.
- Man, my coffee gets cold fast.
- Talked to Tricia on the phone.
- Working on Designer Digitals products. Talk to Katie on the phone.
- Feeling baby move.
- Listening to NPR/OPB.
- Lunch: leftover chicken noodle soup. Walk around and turn off lights.
- Hang stars in Simon’s room and remove a few more things for donation/keeping for new baby.
- Way too much surfing. Anticipating the debate tonight.
- Listen for the bus.
- First thing Simon says when he gets home: “We got to play Star Wars in PE.”
- First thing he does when he gets home: put on the Darth costume. And he is super excited because there is no school tomorrow.
- Movie of the day: Star Wars (he has gone in reverse order this week).
- Rainy outside. Cozy inside. Just the way I like it.
- Going through boxes. Picking up piles and moving them to new pile locations.
- Seriously wasting time right now.
- Cooking dinner. Making eggplant parmesan – find out I have a bad eggplant. Have Chris pick up another one at the store. Takes way longer than I thought it would but totally worth the wait.
- Simon grabs a snack out of the pantry.
- Eat dinner while watching the VP debate. Second helping :).
- Play Palin Bingo while watching the debate. Neither one of us wins.
- Simon takes a bath.
- We watch debate commentary.
Very few photos today. Planning to take more on Friday.
I will be away for a while this morning but back in the afternoon to answer questions if you have them.
Have a great Friday!
A complete list of posts related to the week in the life project can be found here.


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Wow! Look at your pretty baby-bump!!! woohoo!
Love this project...
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Loved me my Palin Bingo!
Look at that baby bump of yours. I can't believe it!
Did the baby squirm about during the debate? :))))
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Your bump is TOO CUTE!!! Congrats:)
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No one really wins in Palin bingo, do they? Ugh.
Agree with first post--love the baby bump shot--we're due in Dec and mine would have been sitting on the desk in that shot! :)
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Thank you for everything this week. I've been playing along.
Question though, your photos are always so crisp and life like, how do you do that? Do you edit them with software before posting them?
I have a Nikon D50 camera and love it, but need to learn to use it manually. Right now everything is on automatic. Do you have a favorite setting?
I'd love to learn to take such great photos! Thanks!
Jen
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Love the photo of his room + the one of his clothes + the one of your pregnant belly.
By the way, I am so rocking this project.
:)
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I am LOVING this project. I can't wait to see the end result. Thanks, Ali.
Jenell
PS - baby bump is darling . . .
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I {love} this project! Unfortunately, this was not the week for me to do it, but I *AM* going to do it one week this month...just waiting for my ("hubby's") new digital SLR to arrive ;) You are so cute with that little baby belly!! Almost makes me want to have another...
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I have watched this project and have meant to ask... I work in a secure facility and cannot take pictures. Most of my day is spent here (I work 8-5), so I'm not sure what I could put for that part of the day. I also cannot bring anything home. I am in the Air Force, so I could put some AF stuff in, but there's not that much to say/add. Any ideas?
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Gotta let you know. like so many others. how wonderful this week has been for me. Documenting my family's life has made me so much more aware of them minute to minute, everyday. Thank you for this gift of insight that I was letting slip by.
Also, have to admit that this has been more difficult than I thought -- I have had motivating slumps but thank you for your posts as they have motivated me to take a few extra minutes and write things down now.
QUESTIONS --- these are kind of weird, but I hope you will answer --- On Tuesday's photos you have a pic of your husband working at his computer. Above hime on the wall is a great photo of him and Simon. I love the size. Did you take this and if you did where did you get something like that made?
The other question is what is OPB?? I listen to NPR everymorning too and love it! I love the Morning Edition stories and aren't the voices nice and calming in the early morning hours!
Have a wonderful weekend!
OH -- What do you define as your week? Will you continue this through the weekend??
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Ali! Love the lights on Simon's room. His room looks so nice and organized...not my boys room (but they are 3 and 2)! lol
Anyway, I have to say, you look so CUTE with your round baby girl belly!
Have a great weekend!
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I really enjoy your blog...it is one of the best sb blogs out there! I just wish everyone would stop poking fun at the candidates in the election, no matter who you're for.
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Great photos Ali! Especially Simon as Darth Vader and your baby bump. CUTE! I've actually finished my Week in the Life challenge and now can't wait to start putting it all together! I'm thinking of doing this challenge maybe every month...like a snapshot of each month in our lives! You're such an inspiration. Thanks!
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I love your pictures, esp of your baby bump! I hope you are still feeling well. I like your son't room!
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In the picture with your little head in your hand, your dog is to your right, to the left as I look at the pic. I stared at it for the longest time. I couldn't figure out what your dogs head was. It looked like a headlist black turkey!! I can't explain it but I finally started scrolling thru the rest of the pics and saw it was your dog.
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I mean headLESS black turkey!
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It make me so happy to see the little baby bump picture! After meeting you at one of your classes a couple of years ago, I always made a special effort to keep up with you and yours. I know that this is going to be so great for you, Chris, Simon, and Lily! Take good care of you and yours - always included in my prayers!
Michelle
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the belly and the laptop? priceless.
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first of all I love the series and the idea for a week in photos :o)
second...I just had to laugh! when I first saw the photo of you sitting behind the desk...I noticed the black in lower left corner of the page...it took me a few min. of looking at it before I figured out it was the dog...I kept looking at it thinking it was a small black t-shirt just floating there (bwaaaaa ha ha)
just goes to show ya...everyone looks at things differently :o)
~simply~
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Thanks for your blog! You are a beautiful example of a well lived life.
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