Week in the Life : Tuesday Photos + Words (and a workshop giveaway)
Tags:Just a note that Stacy Julian organized a really cool project encouraging everyone to give ourselves the gift of the present moment. This is precisely what we are doing with this week in the life journey. Check out her blog today.
From Tuesday:
Went with the simple list idea again - not as detailed as day one, but still much more than I would ever do without this project.
1. Super happy Simon wake-up this morning. He came into our room around 2am. I stayed for a bit and then went to his bed (which happens to be a bit more comfortable because of a firmer mattress). He joined me at about 5:45am just before the alarm went off at 6am.
2. Breakfast routine same as Monday: bagel + cream cheese for Simon, cereal for Chris, and me, I have to wait a bit for my thyroid medication. I usually eat after Simon leaves for school.
3. Every morning that Simon is cheerful I am so very thankful.
4. Working on a project for Australian Creating Keepsakes.
5. Listening to OPB.
6. Head out to the Farmer’s Market. Pick up spinach, carrots, celery, red onion, raspberries, and flowers. Grab a toasted bagel from Bagel Sphere.
7. Ship package to Australia.
8. Look up some recipes at www.allrecipes.com. Do a bit of meal planning for the week.
9. Text Chris to pick up a couple things at the grocery store.
10. Make German Apple Cake + eat hummus and pita chips for lunch.
11. Clean up kitchen.
12. Move laundry around.
13. Back to work. Internet. Emails.
14. Talk to Mom on the phone. Ask her about how to get the cake out of the bundt pan.
15. Totally bummed that Mothering.com message board has been down today.
16. Simon comes home on the bus.
17. We check out his Communication Notebook. Looks good. He brought home the same library book he brought home almost every trip last year.
18. On comes the Darth Vader costume and Star Wars video.
19. Chris talks on the phone. Mom reads about cloth diapers.
20. I take a little nap.
21. Dinner is tostadas (Chris cooks). Dessert is the German Apple Cake.
22. Simon does his math homework (no complaints tonight) at the table and then puts on his PJ’s.
23. Reading homework on the couch.
24. Family light saber battle.
25. Simon in bed. Read Green Eggs + Ham.
26. Back to work for a bit.
27. Watch Tivo’d John Stewart.
This week I am excited to give away a spot in Kolette Hall'sGiving Well (In 2-hours or Less) online workshop at Big Picture Scrapbooking.
Kolette is one of my favorite people and happens to be having a baby right around the same time as me next year. She is a fabulous product designer and instructor who really keeps the emphasis on things being meaningful and coming from the heart.
Here's the basics of Giving Well:
Gift-giving is an art. From the gift tag and wrapping paper to what's inside the package, you are saying something when you give a gift. Back by popular demand, Kolette Hall has designed a fresh round of fabulous, manageable gift ideas for the holiday season and all year long. This class is literally packed with everything you need to give well for the holidays or any special event all year long - and Kolette has designed every idea you will see in this class!
Every other day, you will receive a new idea for "Giving Well (still in 2-hours or less!)." True to form, Kolette has also included her exclusive downloadable artwork to help you create the perfect gifts, holiday cards and gift tags. As those of you who joined us last year for Giving Well know, you will be amazed with what you get in just four weeks of class time.
You asked for it, so we're starting class a month earlier than last year to make sure you have plenty of time to get those projects done for the holidays! Whether you are mass producing one gift idea or choosing to craft a different gift for each person on your list, you'll get tons of ideas for creating personalized gifts in less than two hours. Come join Kolette as she guides you in your new art form: the art of Giving Well.
You can read all the details about this online workshop here. It runs October 9 through November 5th. While you are there you can also check out her year long workshop for 2009: A Life Well Crafted.
To be entered leave a comment below and let us know if you have started planning for the upcoming holiday season yet. Comment section will be closed at 5pm today (Wednesday) and the winner announced shortly after.
A complete list of posts related to the week in the life project can be found here.
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Hey Ali- I would love this price. I am taking my first ever Big Picture class and loving it (with Elizabeth Dillow). My toughest gift each year is for my father in law. For Father's Day I made him a frame with a poem he liked inside. Maybe for Christmas I will do something with photos of his grandbabies!
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After reading a post on Emily Falconbridge's blog, I have begun thinking of Christmas, how to make it handmade (affordable), and how to keep myself from going crazy! I am inspired to start Christmas planning now!
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As I type this ... I have a gift I just bought for my daughter's teacher sitting inside my mini-van. As I held it in my hand and left the store with it I knew it's the thought that counts, but really not a lot of "thought" went into the gift. Not sure what I'm going to do with the $15 coffee mug "basket" (oh, now I do), but it won't go to Mrs. Syrcle. Would love a book to lead me through a better "giving" process.
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Have not thought much about the hioliday except how hard it will be without my Dad who passed away July 29th.
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My plans have gotten as far as I'm having my family from Michigan come for our Christmas celebration the saturday before christmas. That's as far as it's gotten..we don't exchange...I'm trying to earmark some money for the children so we don't charge up a storm and end up being poor in January when it's time to pay off the cc's. Translation...I'm going to try to pay for Christmas gifts with cash.
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I have completed a few small gifts for my coworkers, and have a few items to alter for family. I would love to win the class to get some new ideas!
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Yes, I have started my holiday planning. I plan to have a lot of great ideas for gifts, creating new family traditions, and doing holiday crafts with the kids. Then I plan to either have a huge project at work, or a rotten virus run through the entire family, or, what the heck, maybe I'll do BOTH of those this year! Then the crafts won't get finished, traditional activities will be forgotten, shopping will be done at the last minute, and we'll mail our Christmas cards on New Year's Eve. Yep, that's my plan for this year. Again.
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I have a few things put away for stockings but no major gifts planned yet. We are hosting Thanksgiving and Christmas this year and I want to have much of the "work" done before hand so I can enjoy the moments as they happen.
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I've collected albums and supplies for the great-grandparents and grandparents, but haven't started the projects yet.
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Kolette keeps it so REAL. Love the class concept.
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What a great class to get motivated and organized. I have started to pick up a few gifts but that is all and I need to be better organized this year, would love to win!
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Hi Ali - oh yes, planning for Christmas - one of my favourite things! I am great at planning early then suddenly it's December and I wonder what happended to my great intentions... This year I aim to really really get everything made! I have actually started too :)
PS Thanks so much for the Week in Life project - I have always wanted to do this and it amazes me how you inspire people all over the world - here I am in NZ working on the same project as you!
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i ordered a kit to make and duplicate for our parents. pictures of our kids for the year. i am excited to start it! cool giveaway too!!!
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Christmas seems to come earlier and earlier each year. The class sounds really interesting. I would like to get some homemade gift ideas.
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We moved at the beginning of this year. It will be our first Christmas in many years that we won't be celebrating with extended family.
My plan is to recycle all those pics I receive from nieces and nephews every year; I want to make a photo college for each of our sibling's family, of their children over the years. My kids don't get to see their cousins very often, so using Lisa B's folders KOTM, I am using the folders to make my kids a "family tree"; each family gets a folder with pics over the years as well, some with all of us together, so when my kids are missing their cousins they will have something to look at. I am making some about grandparents and great grandparents as well.
Hope this makes sense, lol.
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I have requested lists from my 4 kids who are all away at college. Hoping to have them by Friday so I can get started!
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Except for designing my in-laws christmas card and planning a trip home in early December, I have done nothing to get ready for the holidays. For some reason, this year - everything seems so very far away.
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Love your pics! :) the dahlia's are gorgeous!
I have started picking out my Christmas cards already... I have my halloween cards made and will write them up this weekend to send out early next week.
:) I LOVE preparing for the holidays!
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wow that would be an awesome class, especially with a tight budget this year! I have starting planning Thanksgiving, since it will be our first in our new house. I have to start thinking about it now or I will get too stressed out!
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I made a Christmas planner...nothing is written/filed/done in it yet ;)
I was thinking that I made it pretty easy to change the date on it to "2009" so that may be my excuse for not using it...have you ever seen this website?
http://organizedchristmas.com/
It's pretty cool...you can print planner pages and make a notebook (or mini book;) for the planning season.
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