Week In The Life : Thursday
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The morning coffee.
The morning screech.
The morning blooms that are just about done.
The morning's second breakfast (yogurt).
The morning goodbyes.
The morning's third breakfast for her and first for me.
The morning unloading of the dishwasher before the morning work-out.
The morning pick-up.
The morning/mid-day work.
The all day bed.
The mid-day outfit.
The afternoon pick-up.
The afternoon drive.
The afternoon capture.
The afternoon swim.
The afternoon swim wrinkled toes.
The afternoon peonies.
The evening bath.
The evening playtime.
And, the evening snack.
My overwhelming thought about this project today: I love photos.
I definitely recovered from the frustrations of yesterday. Thanks for all the nice comments and I'm so glad that so many of us are familiar with the event known as "waking up in the morning to a kitchen full of dirty dishes from the night before."
Thursdays around here follow a similar progression as Tuesdays - with Simon's swimming lessons in the afternoon. His swimming lessons have become a treasured Mom & Simon time. Rather than the bus bringing him home, I pick him up from school and take him to the athletic club for swimming lessons. Because of the time of the lesson we are able to not be in a hurry - I bring him a snack, we sit in the lobby together, and then we make our way downstairs to the pool. He really loves being in the water (definitely takes after his mama) and is making really great progress. It's a great part of our weekly routine right now.
And for today, one of my most favorite quotes from Mary Jean Iron that I recite to myself often:
I wish you a wonderfully normal, ordinary day.
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Thank you so much Ali for the continued encouragement with the project and the wonderful photos of your everyday life. I have sincerely enjoyed taking a glimpse into your life; it gives me inspiration to keep on trekking with my photos.
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I love this!
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I am having a very ordinary day today - love it and thanks for the quote ~ thank you also for sharing your life with all of us - just love it that we are all "fabulous" in our own unique ways
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This is absolutely precious!
P.S. While scrolling through the photos I realized at the moment I came to "the morning/mid-day work" I was sitting exactly as you were. Made me feel connected which is pretty cool.
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I've been playing along with this project all week... my kids have HAD it with me and my camera. Getting a little bummed because I have almost no pictures of them today since they are now running and hiding when I come around with the camera. Anyone else dealing with this issue? :)
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Love Anna's Wonderwoman T-Shirt!! That's hilarious!
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Ali, I love you.
So much to love here, but first ... the all-day bed is perfection. I need to get a closet mirror photo like this myself. Glad you've shared that.
Have a great weekend.
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Can I say thank you for a week that shows such human-ness! I've had stacks this weeks and extra dishes and plans gone awry and I have felt a kindred spirit in your pictures! Thank you!
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I just realized I used the wrong name to reply to Laura's question about journaling.
This is for you laura not Kimberley. Sorry for the mix up.
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I love the idea of this project. I'd like to give it a try in the next month or so I think (I found you a little late to start on Monday). I really like that you have lots of pictures of yourself - I'm always forgetting to get pictures of me. I'm going to have to use my timer more often.
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Hi Ali, I love your design style and always know I can count on your blog for an inspiration boost. Recently I ran across this interesting idea and thought of you. First of all, have you heard of Photojojo (http://photojojo.com)? It's a site for photography aficionados that think outside the box. In their newsletter they spotlighted a project called "What's in your bag?" See pictures here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasontravis/sets/72157603258446753/?utm_source=Photojojo+Newsletter&utm_campaign=e5dfaf643b-What_s_in_your_bag4_12_2010&utm_medium=email
This is a cool way to capture the nitty gritty of the here and now. My current purse seems to swallow up anything placed inside it, and so I'm thinking this would be a great time to zoom in on all those ordinary things that tag along with me wherever I go.
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Ali, I have loved doing this project for the first time. I have found it hard to keep going as the week continued. And I'm usually good at keeping pace but a very busy time for our family (getting ready to put our house on the market). Bottom line -- LIFE :) And exactly what you said about not keeping notes and trying to remember at the end of the day rarely works (not well for me anyway!). Granted, you told me, I should have listened more the last 2 days :) But regardless, I have learned so much about my self, our family, routines and not so routine. And I have truly loved the process even when I wasn't as dedicated to taking photos as I wanted to be. Even then...I stopped with the guilt business because above all else I have realized how incredibly blessed I am living this life of mine!!! Thank you Ali! I can't wait to finish up my week and consider how to put this awesome week in my life album together. Heidi p.s. I still don't know how to use my timer :O should I admit that? ha
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Wonderful, beautiful, ordinary day! What a treasure this will be!
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That quote is a treasure Ali! Feels SOOOOO good to know that. :) Thanks for sharing your life, you're always an inspiration and I'm learning a lot from it. I hope you had a good Friday! Cheers! - Cathy
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Hi Ali, even though I didn't make it this time to participate for this project, I'd like you to know that you really inspire me. You make me realize that beautiful photos don't need formal postes and perfect tidy background. The natural ones are the most beautiful ones!
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I love the honesty of your blog..good days and bad days. Dirty dishes, laundry to do and making breaksftst. The reality of a persons life. Thanks for sharing without the pretense.
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Great photos as usual Ali and I love the idea of using 'The morning...', The afternoon...' and 'The evening...'. Thanks for sharing your everyday life and inspiring me to capture mine, albeit with less quality photos!
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Wow! What a great week so far. I can't wait to see what you do with it. It is very inspiring!
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Every year I love this project more and more. A glimpse at our WITL (in progress)...
http://jillconyers.typepad.com/life_as_i_see_it/
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Ali,
I love the quote you left us with your pictures were great and ordinary just love that. It reminds me of time long ago when my boys were little, now my life is much different without them underfoot. Not bad just different your photos reminded me of those happy times. Have a great weekend!
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