Week In The Life : Wednesday Photos + Words

I started last Saturday and have been keeping up well. The challenge is making me take a fresh look at my life, why I do the things I do, and question whether or not I need to do some of the things I do. I am enjoying this very, very much!!

Ali, Thanks for the inspiration to do this project. Besides the fun of capturing our lives right now, it's started some interesting conversations about WHY exactly I have a camera at the bus stop, etc. Also, I've had my camera to catch some precious moments not related to my family - like the two darling little girls laying on a blanket while their mom worked in our CSA gardens. Beautiful!
I do have a question. I love all of your little close ups of daily life. They make for neat compositions. I haven taken some of those, but I need tips on how to make the "big picture" photos (of an entire room or whatever) come out looking well-composed. Sometimes these seem to be the ugliest shots, but also the most interesting down the road. Thanks again for the inspiration! Carol

Ali -
This week has been amazing -- I find that I am so much more aware of my day and sometimes even the choices I make (hmm.. do I really want my kids to remember chicken nuggets for dinner or roast chicken -- not that I am making changes for the week, but I am thinking more about the choices we make all the time. Was so made at myself yesterday when we went for a walk on the perfect fall day and forgot the camera! Ugh! I love reviewing my day every evening and my parents who live far away love receiving my photo composites every night.

Having so much fun with this project. My camera has been everywhere..church, dentist, school, Target, mall, kitchen, trashcan, laundry... Thanks for the inspiration and your continued posts! It would be fun to do this the same time next year to see how my life has changed just in 1 year! Thanks again...Jenny, TN

I'm playing this week :). I've been using my remote to take pictures of myself or me and my friends together.
One thing this projects has taught me is to be more THERE. Does that make sense? Maybe more present is a better word. I'm enjoying the process very much.

Still here, Ali!! Yesterday got photos of our local Wal-Mart where I do most of my shopping, my Mom's 70th birthday and a few other things. I am becoming more aware of my daily life and my surroundings. Keeping up with the journaling, too. Today my husband and I leave for a mini break for our 16th anniversary!! Looking forward to those photos I take. Also can't wait to create this next week. AND I have several receipts from yesterday, too!!!
Les

It is going better than I expected. As the week progresses I seem to get better, ecspecially after I figured out the self timer thing. Take a couple shots of each picture I want just in case I need to choose in the end. As for the question about "stuff" here are a few things I have been keeping, receipts, grocery list, city newsletter, cable bill that arrived on day 1, I printed out the weather report for Wednesday, a happy email from a friend, the packaging of my favorite tea, a candy wrapper of the candy I was snacking on durning my scrapping on Tuesday, the AC wrapper from teh album I bought for this project, a extra envelope from the bank stop I had on WEdnsday....just some of my stuff.

ps..What will you do for the first page of the album?..I noticed on some of the past albums from your class that there was a calendar. Thanks~Jenny, TN

Hi Ali
I am enjoying this little challenge alot. I was wondering when you use the trading card page protectors do you cut your pictures to fit or get them resized somewhere. Thanks

I absolutely love your clipboard calendar! Did you make the calendar pages yourself? The simplicity is wonderful!!
Becci

i noticed your comment about Chris going to the baby appts.. my husband made it to all of mine for both girls, except one.. and my doctor phone conferenced him so that he could hear the heartbeat.. my sisters all laugh at me when I got excited when he could go... but it's nice to know I am not the only one out there who likes it...
:)

Hey Ali!
Love watching you through this process. I started out playing along on Monday - had several pictures going. But then my week took a very bad turn when I had a miscarriage. Which leads to my question. Do we only scrapbook the good things? Because sometimes in a normal average week - we just get this huge blow and it changes everything. I think that it is important to remember the good and the bad. LIFE. I think I am going to try next week to start this project over. Perhaps it will be a good way to count my blessings when I am feeling blue.

Hi Ali,
Thanks so much for doing this. When I first read about it, I thought, "Yeah, right. Like I have time for that." But reading your words and seeing your pictures made me realize how important this is. The little day to day doings/routines/activities are really what says this is who we are RIGHT NOW. So, I started yesterday and it has really made me become so much more aware and thankful for my family and my life. And it's fun not worrying about getting perfect shots. A blurry picture of a dog chasing 2 cats through my house with backpacks and books in the shot says it all. Thanks for the idea and encouragement!

I'm still on this adventure. This has been so much fun. Mav (has Autism)has even picked up a few words this week one of his favs is "Say Cheese" when the camera pops out of the bag. Still working on the gathering of supplies haven't been able tot find the album I want here locally so I may venture out or get one online. Thanks again for inspiring me!Have a great day!!

Inspirational Ali, Can you share the recipe for the yummy looking pasta? It looks like a alfredo marinara mix?!?!
p.s. This week is the busiest week I have ever had in my career life so I haven't had any time to pick up my camera. I am starting this 7 day inspirational project on Sunday as my sister (My inspiration and best friend) runs her 1st marathon. Thanks for all your ideas. I can't tell you how much I enjoy taking two minutes each day to read your ideas. I even talk about you at work when we discuss inspiration. Good luck with your pregnancy. My baby is 7 months tomorrow!

Ali, I hope you will save your posts for this project to a link. I definitely want to do this project but it will have to wait. I started working on another project--a Christmas mini album--and I don't want to lose my momentum on that. I've enjoyed reading the posts and contemplating what things I would document and how I would go about it. Thanks for the inspiration!

i have not really gotten in any of the photos but am still trying to take some everday. it's so hard to stop and think to do it thougH!
i feel like i am missing a lot!
but i am having fun! i didn't collect that much stuff either, a receipt, a few things from the girls. that's about it!
but it's FUN!
thanks for hosting this!
tara

Ali,
I have a question for you. On day 2 of this project I became very sick with a cough/cold and my routine has been different than it normally is. Another thing that happened is that my husband's car broke down and it made for some changes in our regular routine as well. My week so far doesn't look anything like a normal week would. Should that matter? I thought about postponing this project until I'm better so it can reflect our daily lives. Any thoughts on this?

I am LOVING this. I had no idea it would be so meaningful. And it's so weird to me that people (mostly family and friends) who've been reading my blog have been loving it too. I've been doing what you have and trying to post about each day.
I too hope to revisit this project in a few years again.

It's the first time I've done this. Still hanging in there. I sent the camera to the sitter today to get some pictures of my boy's day.