project Life 2014: Week 5

Sunday: Paperwork galore, SOP review time

Monday: Building my 1st snowman of the season

 Tuesday: Prize package arrived in the mail, yeah for new books!!

 Wednesday: Day 1 without power, board games by candlelight

 Thursday: Day 2 without power, working on a mini album in the living room in front of the kerosene wrapped in blankets and wearing gloves

 Friday: Day 3 without power, a makeshift refrigerator (cooler buried in the snow) so the food didn't go bad!

 Saturday: Visiting the local giant snowman, wish I had the tools to build one like that!!

2013 Week 44 completed pages, Pages all design A, 1 insert 8.5x11 for the Autism walk we completed as a family

Still Counting 1000 Gifts: #1311-1332

1311. Abby's beautiful solo during the Sunday morning service

1312. sharing pictures with friends

1313. girl scout cookies

1314. Carrie lent me her new super warm gloves to finish shoveling out my car!

1315. snowman snow

 1316. went with my gut about taking a picture :)

1317. Brandon helped with the monthly

1318. learned how to email pictures strait from my picture program

1319. a gas (not electric) stove during the power outage

1320. Brandon's personal goodbyes

1321. board games by candlelight

 1322. dad lit the kerosene heater before leaving for work so we'd all wake up warm

1323. safety on the roads driving during the ice storm

1324. receiving a a giveaway prize, a box full of books

 1325. extra huors for going above and beyond

1326. being creative without electric

1327. Carrie left her fully charged kindle home for me to use

1328. knowing my Lord is in control of the storm

 1329. perfect scores on all my testings

1330. getting electricity back and taking a hot shower

1331. playing by the rules, relearning an old game a "new" way

1332. family trip to take pictures of the local giant snowman!!

Project Life 2014: Week 4

Sunday: reading thru the Bible with my church this year

Monday: taking some pictures for a 100 things I love mini album (yes I will share the results!)

Tuesday: Completing my gowning retest at work

Wednesday: trying a new recipe for Hamburger soup, I found it on pinterest!

Thursday: Working on my verses while waiting/carpooling with mom

Friday: Finally taking down the Christmas tree

Saturday: Field trip to the Eastern State penitentiary! Awesome!

Still Counting 1000 Gifts: #1284-1310

1284. missions trip planning

1285. my "lost" pictures finally arrived

1286. emails with prayer requests

1287. being one of Hope's closest friends

1288. page/idea sketches

1289. even though it's cold, the sun and the wind are slowly getting rid of the snow

1290. having dinner with my sister

1291. $20 Shutterfly birthday credit

1292. God sees

1293. Field trip to Eastern State Penitentiary

1294. Brandon was able to take care of my pay change

1295. keeping my word

1296. just being silly

1297. communications

1298. had an awesome time skating with many friends

 1299. no rollerskating injuries

1300. many visitors

 1301.went to dinner and hung out with an old coworker and her family

1302. dad home early

1303. getting my windows washed

1304. fresh glazed donuts

1305. 100% on my 1st plating/testing

1306. completed all my platings

1307. gift gas card

1308. fun workout songs to keep me moving

1309. hanging with Jodi

1310. spiritual conversations

Still Counting 1000 Gifts: #1262-1283

1262. God doesn't call the equipped, He equips the called

1263. praying specific prayers to see God's specific answers

1264. Carrie's homemade chicken nuggets

1265. celebrating mom's birthday

1266. hot pink sunset through the trees

1267. keeping quiet and not getting caught in the middle

1268. making cheesy mashed potatoes with my sister

1269. free Frosty's with my parents

1270. mini rainbows in the morning clouds

1271. bushes covered with ice that shimmers in the sunlight

1272. a mother's advice

1273. sitting by a hot fire on a snowy morning

1274. guardian angel protecting my car

1275. family snow day

1276. warm, homemade tapioca pudding

1277. crafty ideas swirling around in my head

1278. a God that is never too busy

1279. watching dad be "Mr Nice Guy" and snowblowing for the neighbours

1280. the speed and ease of a snowblower

1281. morning devotions that speak directly to me

1282. icicles

1283. finding animal tracks in the snow

Completed Project Life pages

Just wanted to share a few more of my completed pages from 2013's Project Life album. These are weeks 42 and 43. I have completed 2013 and will be trying to get all the pages photographed and shared here over the next few weeks. As of right now 2014s album is up to date with the exception of pictures. I just ordered all of January's pics up to this point and simply need to slip them into the pockets. easy peasy. Completed pages just like that. I do still need to figure out my title page, somehow that is always my weakness, maybe by the end of February!?!

Week 42: design A, with 2 inserts, a 8.5x11 page and a Snap 6x8, with 2 4x6s

Week 43: Also design A, with 2 inserts, a WRMK page protector (similar to design F, but with 2 4x6 slots) and a Martha Stewart 8.5x10 2 pocket page

first side of insert 1 includes all pictures from my first experience with lobster, my dad did all the work as I refused to even touch it!

Back side of insert 2, all pictures of a day trip with my sister to Longwood Gardens, these pictures didn't even scratch the surface of the almost 200 pictures we took so I also made a mini album to document the super fun day.

Insert 2 was simply to hold a bunch of random pictures from the week: a clothing exchange we participated in, the Halloween car show trunk or treat event, and my 1st ever enlargement over 8x10 (it's the little things!)

Project Life 2014: Week 3

Sunday: free Frosty's with my parents, thanks to some leftover Halloween coupons that were about to expire and were almost thrown away!

 Monday: Running errands with my mom, thought it was too cute how she keeps track of her gas mileage and prices

 Tuesday: Family snow day!! Spent the majority of the afternoon playing card games

 Wednesday: Snow clean up day, we ended up with a total of 8 inches, no problem with the snowblower!

 Thursday: Bible study with Hope, we were lucky enough to snag seats right in front of the fire at Panera!

 Friday: woke up to a funny gurgling sound, the falls (that we forgot to unplug) froze over almost emptying the entire pond. Trying to dig through the ice to disconnect the falls and refill the water without waking up the hibernating fish. Not a fun task!

 Saturday: Family workout night. I think we manage to workout as a family maybe once a year (and I take pictures every. single. time. just to prove it!