December 27, 2010

December Daily™ 2010 | Day Twenty-Four & Day Twenty-Five

December Daily®

Welcome to Day Twenty-Four and Day Twenty-Five!

I am really one of those people that is DONE with Christmas on Christmas Day. Even putting these last two pages together was a challenge for me as I'm just ready to move on to the next thing. I think, actually I know, that's a big reason why I put a lot of effort into keeping up throughout the month - I know that I am so over-it by December 26.

It's time to clean off my desk, put away the Christmas stuff, and get ready for One Little Word, Yesterday & Today, and I really want to work on 2010 Project Life before starting 2011.

Still left to do is the intro page, a closing page, and figure out if there's a different option other than the rings. I'll be back in a few days with those.

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DAY 24

Definitely a favorite capture from the weekend.

A simple second page with two photos and a strip of Christmas Twill.

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DAY 25

Merry, merry Christmas morning. It already feels like a huge blur.

I love this shot because it's got a bit of everything: tree, kids, jammies, presents, lights, etc.

The ISO on my photos, especially for Christmas morning, was way, way to high. Trying to work with them in photoshop/aperture and not getting very far. Embracing, embracing, embracing...and just getting over it.

For page two I decided to just go with a photo of the family and journaling.

JOURNALING : We had a really nice, really simple Christmas here. It was filled with the voices of two kids: one age eight and one almost-two. They were both excited. Simon was full of anticipation and could not wait to go to bed on Christmas Eve. Chris and I stayed up way too late watching The Cove (all presents were wrapped) and then when we headed to bed around 1am in walks Simon saying, "Merry Christmas!" and wanting to know if Santa had visited yet? He crawled into bed with us and went back to sleep before waking at 5am ready to celebrate. Mommy + Daddy were tired (note to self: get in bed earlier next year). We were able to hold him off a bit longer and then we made our way downstairs after hearing Anna's wake-up yell of "Mama!!!" If Simon could have dived into the pile of presents I think he would have - he was seriously so, so excited. It was chaos and magic and delight and fun. Simon danced around the room after finding that Santa brought him the Lego Hogwarts Castle. Anna's favorite was a new baby doll. Chris' parents and Grandparents came over for dinner. They actually brought dinner over which was a very special treat for me! I really, really missed my parents, siblings and their families.

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Comments

74 comments

Dec 27, 2010 3:54pm

I love that picture of Chris and Anna. so so cute!

Dec 27, 2010 3:55pm

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Dec 27, 2010 4:14pm

Hallo ali,
i love your work.

Greets from Br00ke

Dec 27, 2010 4:20pm

OH Ali that picture of Chris and Anna took my breath away, just perfect.
I am done with this too, finished it up today.
Ordered a few things for my One Little Word Class, can't wait for it to start
Thank you so much for shareing your album with us I love doing this and already planning on next years

Dec 27, 2010 4:23pm

I wish I were as far as you...but I decided to wait & print all of my pics @ once and complete my book - hopefully all in one sitting! I already have the base pages in, just need to add pics & journaling. Thank you so much for sharing, you have inspired me to push on a finish this book. My "to-do-next" list looks just like yours! Can't wait to jump into it all with you. Thanks Ali!!

Dec 27, 2010 4:23pm

Love that photo of Chris and Anna, the one of Simon and Anna cute and priceless also. So happy for you and the happy times they had in the morning. We were up by four with the kids excitement and could only hold them off till 445 so by 5;30 the presents were opened and the games began. I too am done with the album, need to finish my PL2010 and get ready for 2011. Thank you sooooo much for helping me create this journal and these precious memories of our month.

I have looked at four stores for your Sharpie poster marker and can't find it anywhere, where did you get yours? Thanks for helping.

Hoping to have my finished album up later today or tomorrow.

Dec 27, 2010 4:33pm

Great final pages! Thanks so much for the inspiration and motivation throughout the month. I am still going on my book: I made it to go to the end of the month because I wanted to include New Year's too. Being a teacher, I am using this week off of school to get caught up on my book. You mentioned rings: I was at a scrap weekend back in November when I designed my book and didn't bring any rings with me. It was probably close to midnight and I went to the vendors looking for rings. One lovely lady happened to have shower curtain hooks that she displayed her products with. She generously gave me three and I used those to hold together my book. It is something different certainly and I love that I didn't have to purchase something new. The ones I have are gold- but I am sure you could find them in a variety of colors, etc. Best of luck!

Dec 27, 2010 4:46pm

Love the photo of Chris and Anna! I wish I could dive into piles of presents too!

Dec 27, 2010 4:51pm

Love the photos. Oh Anna is getting so big! Thanks for sharing. I too am in "embrace" mode, as I get frustrated that the pictures out of my printer don't look like those on my screen.

I see your new Selphy in the back? Liking it? Santa brought me one, although he didn't realize the printer cartridges were sold separately.

Dec 27, 2010 4:53pm

This has been a really great project and has given me the opportunity to pay more attention to things that are important.

Please let me know what you use to hold this book together, ribbon is not working, rings are not working!!

Dec 27, 2010 5:25pm

Congratulations on finishing your December Daily album! I'm only on Day 8. :o( But I'm actually working on 2 albums at the same time. The foundations are done. They are similar in terms of the material used, but in a different color scheme. The contents will be almost exactly the same. I am going to send one to my sister who just moved to New York.

I have some 2-inch rings and seemed to be working fine, but I'm open to other options. Please let us know what you come up with.

Dec 27, 2010 5:29pm

oh wonderful. I know what you mean.. I am still doing my 25th.. it is harder to do when it is done.. but I have my mind to finish it all off today and post it later. It was a great idea to do it everyday, it kept me on track. I loved all the work everyone has put into their albums, it was so enjoyable to visit all the links. Can't wait for Next year.. this years was fabulous. Now to figure out how to bind it .. the rings are just too small.

Dec 27, 2010 5:56pm

I left a link to my blog frontage that is entirely dedicated to December daily as I am documenting it up to the 1st of January. Hope it's ok!

Dec 27, 2010 7:53pm

Great pics Ali! Oh, btw, my youngest, Ethan (just turned 9) got the Hogwarts Castle for Christmas as well. He spent 8.5 hours separating and sorting and assembling the day after we opened our gifts. Have to love Legos--hours of entertainment!
Thanks again for all that you do to inspire us each day.
All the best in 2011!

Dec 27, 2010 8:01pm

Hi, Ali! Just wanted to say I love the expression on their faces in that photo! Wonderful capture! =)

Yep, I know what you mean. I was determined to make my last Christmas cards on the 24th because I knew I'd have zero energy when the actual day of Christmas would pass by.

Happy holidays to you and your wonderful family! =)

Dec 27, 2010 8:29pm

I am so behind on my album, so this week will be the final battle to complete it. Then I want to find a way to get my one little word started and begin a fresh start with my crafting this year! Thanks for all of this Crazy December memories!

Dec 27, 2010 8:33pm

Love these pages! And the photos really do look great. I am not nearly finished, but wondered how you manage to keep your journaling so short for the 24th and 25th? I seem to end up recording EVERY gift and every step of the process ... and its really sort of mundane. Especially when we have 3 parties within 2 days. Do you try and focus on one aspect? Or just one feeling? Or one story from the whole day? I am drowning in photos and stories ...!!

Dec 27, 2010 8:36pm

Took down our Christmas stuff today and finished my December Daily yesterday! I was wondering if you know of anyone that carries 2 inch d-rings for albums, I really like d-rings but can't find them anywhere? Beautiful pictures of your family!

Dec 28, 2010 1:28pm

I bought mine from ebay

Dec 27, 2010 9:58pm

Can I hire someone to pack up my Christmas decorations? I am ready for the new year!

Dec 27, 2010 10:31pm

My husband and I are retired, so have had a great Christmas getting ready and celebrating with the 10 of us together for 4 days. It's been busy and now I want to sit down and enjoy my decorations and the leftovers and I don't plan to take down the decorations till Jan. 2nd at least. Also I will enjoy finishing up my Dec. daily more if the house is still Christmasy. I have received the things I ordered for the One Little Word class. And I already have my chosen word on a Scrabble piece charm that I gave myself for Christmas last year. Thank you Ali, for the Christmas inspiration all month.

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