365 : This Week In Photos & Words
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JANUARY 26 : Hello sweet, happy girl. You are a lover of life. Easy-going. You are just a few days shy of your first birthday. Almost-walking without any assistance (you actually ended up walking on your own on the 27th). Silly. Those blue eyes.
I am excited to watch life unfold for you.
Photo © Kim Ackerman
JANUARY 27 : Currently reading The Book Thief
and carrying around Food Rules
(loved Michael Pollan's other books). Up next: The Happiness Project
.

JANUARY 28 : Thursday lunch. Turkey, avocado, and some cheese. Pineapples. Most days I try not to eat lunch at my computer. I go to the table. I spread out the paper...and read the news that I have already heard on NPR in the early AM.

JANUARY 29 : This morning I took three pairs of sweat pants (his pant of choice on no-school days) out of Simon's drawers because they are way past the point of being way too short.
I think he thinks there will be a prize. I need to ask him what will happen when he is taller than me...
All these words & photos are going into my Project Life
album. I am uploading and writing daily (or almost) on Flickr. You can read more about my approach to this project here.

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Gorgeous and inspiring as ever Ali! I can't believe your little angel will soon be one year old! Jo x
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Love it! Happiness Project is my next book, after current read. One of my bloggie friends is going to set up a blog book club about it, if you are interested. :)
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My baby will be 14 tomorrow. He is one inch shorter than me (I'm 5'11"). I think he thinks that is when he will be considered grown up. I wanted to thank you for directed us to Donald Miller. Loving all his books and sharing them with many.
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Wow. . .is that a killer smile??? She is so big. . .how fast the year has gone.
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Hey Ali. How do you choose your next great reads? Do you have a dynamite reading list you could recommend?
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Love the daily photos -- I need to start doing this. The Book Thief is an EXCELLENT story -- one of those that I am so glad I took the time to read -- I gained a perspective I never had before.
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Good for you Ali! I so enjoyed P365 in 2009...I LOVE following your project :o) Great photos of everyday life!!! LOVE it!
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Hi Ali, I've been following your Project Life plans and loving it..remininding me of your Week in Life class (looking at that album gives me such great memories of Provo & class!). Anyway I've tried to order Project Life with no luck and finally find out from Amazon they won't ship to Canada. Tried Beckys site to see if I can order anywhere else but no answers yet. Do you have any ideas where else might have it?? ev in Squamish :)
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We grew up being measured on a door jamb - when my parents moved out (after probably more than 30 years there?) they took it with them! (after replacing it of course ;)) When we had kids, my parents gave us a wooden height measurer that has a duck head slider that was used on the tops of their heads to position the actual height marks. Once we had it positioned we'd tell the person being measured to "Duck" out from under so we could pencil in their mark. We had it hanging in our dining room/family room for years & it has the kids' height measurements, ours, friends that wanted to be measured, a whole history of heights! It's tucked away while we remodel our room - I'm hoping to find a spot for once we finish, it's such a great "measure" of our family history!
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Oh Ali! The Book Thief is SO good... I'll be curious to know what you think... ~ kim
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Love the tags...and anything PAPER!:-) Thanks for the chance to win!
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Those are three great books in your pile. My book group (4 couples) loved The Book Thief; I just finished The Happiness Project (loved it!), and am almost done reading Food Rules. It's becoming the topic of conversation in my kitchen!
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I am really loving "The Happiness Project"....there is something there...enough to get me going on a project of my own. I will have my head in this one for a while.
I have Michael Pollans "In defense of food" and I haven't yet dived into it. I do believe I will have to get Food Rules. Sounds lovely!
WOW....Anna is one already?
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Anna is gorgeous, Ali. She looks a lot like your sister! (and Simon) :)
Jennifer
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Another lover of The Book Thief here! I am on the library wait list for The happiness project- what a great idea- taking photos of what I'm reading! Neat way to keep track.
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Thanks! Looks like fun!
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Hi there! : )
Just a couple quickies I had to chime in on:
*The picture of Anna -Awesome!
*Your sandwich -is making me hungry : )
*Food Rules -on my wish list. . .saw the Author on Oprah last week. . .Wow.
*Love that your height measuring area is visible for guests. . .ours is on the back of our laundry room door. . .we decided on that place so that if we ever moved we would be able to take it with us. {silly, I know} But really like that others can share in the joy your brings.
Have a wonderful weekend. : )
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Your daughter is so precious. She has the cheeks that any Mimi or grandmother would love to kiss.
Mary
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Love the picture of Anna, she's adorable, thanks for sharing.
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one of my students suggested i read "the book thief" . . . honestly one of the best books i have ever read!
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