Week In The Life : Thursday

Love the quote!! My world was turned upside down last year, due to illness, & I was having a difficult time trying to record life "now" as my WITL. The quote reminded me, that I will someday appreciate "this" time!

I love your pictures, too! :) I'm in awe of how you're able to capture the light in your photos. That picture of the evening bath is superb. How in the world do you do that? My bath pictures always come out dim and blurry if I don't use the flash, or way too bright and washed out if I do. What settings do you use on your camera to get such great light?
The quote is wonderful. I'm going to save the ones you've posted this week and may include them in my Week in the Life album. Thank you!

so many great photos - I especially adore the one of Anna in the bath - that's one to frame!!
thanks for sharing the quote - I've read it here before - it's so good.

love that quote. totally making that my FB status today! doing my WITL at the end of may...working full time makes it hard to capture daily stuff of my kiddo, so choosing a week we will be home more, even if that is not a "normal" week for us.

I love this!! This is the way most of us live daily and you have captured it perfectly and what great pictures!!

Great post again Ali...BTW you look great! Hmmm...how to squeeze a workout into my everyday??? Gotta work on that...LOL! Guess what I did last night when I got home from work? Yep, took a photo of the dirty dishes piled in the sink & then got busy with the cleanup chore...looking forward to TGIF...though it started out a bit bumpy things are looking up...@ least the sun is shining!!!

I am so inspired by this project! Even though my routine is fairly similar every day, I am loving taking the time to look at my world through the camera lens. I am noticing so much more going on around me. Thank you!

I love the photos too Ali, but I love the quotes even more :) Thank you for sharing them this week. The "I Really Love Quotes" lady.

What is ordinary? Not sure since every day brings new...and yet the same routine. Crazy how in the midst of journaling my week, I see a routine mixed in with the chaos of a busy family of 5. Love this quote. Today I embrace ordinary...and chaos! Happy Friday Ali!

ali, let me just say that i am thrilled to do this project. it is my first time and i am loving it! i learned how to use my self-timer (pathetic, i know) and i dug out the tripod that i have had for approx. 6yrs. and never even took it out of the bubble wrap! u have gave me the little push that i needed. and the pictures and encouragement really help! i was delighted to see lil anna's shirt on thursday...both my girls had the same wonder woman shirts yesterday! i let them wear it just so i could save the old navy tag for my "stuff"! thanks so much, u are such an inspiration!

yay for the all-day bed! ...although ours often ends up with nothing but the fitted sheet if my girls get the chance to turf the doona off when i'm not watching... ;)

Love "first breakfast, second breakfast, third breakfast" -- my daughter does exactly the same, and that's *exactly* what we call it! :o)

I think the chaos is what's ordinary :).

Hi Jenny - the original (unedited) photo of the bath is much more yellow/orange (taken without a flash but with a higher ISO...probably 1000). In Photoshop I adjusted the levels to get it that much nicer (and more true-to-life) white.

I was wondering what I was going to put on the last page of my week and your quote today is perfect. What a great way to remember that every day is important. Could you share some sources for finding great quotes like the ones you've posted this week? Thanks for sharing this project and your life with us.

Hi Miss Niki - yes, definitely using the timer :).

Hi Patty - sorry I missed that question :). That shower curtain is from Anthropologie...purchased a couple years ago now.

Thank you for the reminder that I really need to appreciate the normal in my day and that one day I won't have it and will desperately want it back.

love the pic of anna's bath time, so cute! I'm also loving your bedding and it has inspired me to add more pattern to ours...I painted our wall blue because I have a large "Starry Night" Van Gogh print but I'm obsessed with new bedding and already want to change it after only lived there for 6 months! am I crazy?! haha

I am truly finding inspiration in the "normal-ness" of daily routine through this project. Thanks for the inspiration!