Daily Diary – January 2 2011

My plans for today fell through early in the day but I’d already exercised super-early (for me) and so it would mean that I had the rest of the day to be productive. Instead I was just tired most of the day. The kids did their playing and running around. Nathaniel talked about choo choo of course and held the book close while he watched some Thomas.

Then he tried to master the Google TV remote so he could just put more choo choo on at will.

Then he went to go sit with his brother. When he saw me grab the camera, he made sure to pose.

Briefly, Thomas got his attention.

And then he decided David’s game was much more interesting.

As he often does, he got bored and decided to play with his toys instead.

I spent most of the day on the couch, thinking about my todo list but not accomplishing much. I did make one CHA layout which I am happy about. I still have to do my portrait tonight. David and I are almost done with the Wizard of Oz and he starts school tomorrow. Life will likely go back to schedule in a day or two. I am off tomorrow so my guess is it will take until Thursday or so for it to feel normal again.

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I finished a CHA layout. I am always nervous when making those since there are limited supplies and I can’t just go run out and buy more if I mess up. But alas, I try to remind myself to just glue it down and make it work. Which always inevitably happens. (except when it doesn’t but even then it turns out okay.).
2. I am grateful that I have one more day to rest. My whole body is aching and my back is hurting so I think I will plan to lie down and read most of tomorrow.
3. I am grateful that I found a new TV show to watch on reruns while we’re in the off season. I really really miss my TV.

Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that i played with my legos {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played on the computer
3. I am grateful that I played with Nathaniel

January 2, 2011 | Daily Diary - 2011, DPGallery | Leave a comment

Daily Diary – January 1 2011

1.1.11 – here it is. The new year. All this leading up to it and here it is. Just like any other day.

Well I did pretty good on most of my projects today. I made an art journal page, a portrait, exercised, did my pushups, and read with david (and by myself.) but I didn’t do so great on the photos. I took one shot of David playing Wii but it was so so and it’s been so dark here that the ones I took of Nathaniel are very noisy.

He’s watching David play.

He didn’t get to watch much TV today cause it was David’s wii day. So he kept walking around and saying “choo choo.”

Then he found a Thomas book and turned every page and pointed at every single train saying “choo choo” every time. It was so so so very cute. I love him so.

And here we are. The first day is almost over and I still have several things I’d like to get done. But I must admit that all the exercise is definitely getting me tired. Let’s see if I can motivate myself to scrap. I hope your first day of the year was great!!

By the way, if you got my newsletter and have feedback please do send it to me. I’m sort of figuring it all out as I go along so I’d be delighted to get some feedback.

Oh, and, if there are digital downloads you’d like to see in 2011 let me know. I’ll be making one set for each newsletter, and one other one each month here on the blog.

Three Things I’m Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that I made an art journal page today. It even almost turned out the way I visualized it in my mind. that’s rare for me.
2. I am grateful that I was able to up my daily exercise to 2.6 miles. My plan is to up by .1 mile a month so that by June I am walking 2 miles and running 1.1 miles which adds up to 5K daily. Let’s see if I can make it work.
3. I am grateful that I have fun, exciting books to read. I’ve noticed that having a page turner really really helps the exercise process.

Three Things David’s Grateful For:
1. I am grateful that Daddy and I watched a lego movie {* his pick for the journal}
2. I am grateful that I played wii
3. I am grateful that mommy and I read the Wizard of Oz

hello 2011!

January 1, 2011 | Daily Diary - 2011, DPGallery | 2 comments

2011 Projects – Daily Diary

If you’ve been reading Karenika with any regularity, you’ve already noticed that I do a daily post each night that has these four components:

1. A random photo (might or might not be taken on that day
2. Photos + words of happenings around our house – my kids, hubby and me – from that day
3. Three things I’m grateful for that day
4. Three things my older son, David, is grateful for that day

While this takes a little bit of my time each night and I often worry that it scares away my blog readers, I love doing this project and it’s my version of Project 365+. So I decided to continue them for all of 2011. Depending on how the year turns out, I might or might not add some more to it. Maybe a feeling of thought of the day or something. Any ideas?

I love having a daily record of my life, even if it’s just a few words. And I’ve learned that I can stick to projects much better if they are frequent and consistent.

Here’s to hoping I can stick to it in 2011 as well.

December 25, 2010 | Daily Diary - 2011 | 6 comments

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