The next page was Nathaniel’s tag. I love this photo of him! 
I love that he says he is into programming.
And finally for day 15, I put photos of all our new ornaments for this year. I love this new batch a lot!
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Day 13 is telling the story of Nathaniel and Dad going to archery class. I love love love these photos.
this year’s proving to be pretty simple but i love all the stories i get to capture 🙂
I picked up The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue for my Young Adult book club and I wanted to like it because everyone seems to have. But alas, it wasn’t for me. I don’t seem to connect with characters that go frolicking around regardless of what century they are in. Your Best Year 2018: Life Edition was my new reflection/planning purchase for this year. I did 14 pages of journaling thanks to it on the plane to Sydney. I am enjoying using this book so far and look forward to continue using it. I’ve read all the pages up until the planner part starts which I will use in January. I also finally got to read The Heart’s Invisible Furies which I’d checked out twice before. I made a list of books I want to make sure to read before 2017 is over and this one was on my list, so I decided I was going to tackle it for once and all. I am so so glad I did. I love love love loved this book. Even though I find Irish literature so difficult most of the time, this was a fantastic book. It was touching and funny. Some of the best dialogue I’ve read in a while. Loved this one. The Deal of a Lifetime is a short story by the wonderful Backman. I figured he wouldn’t disappoint me and of course he didn’t. It’s super fast read and I read it twice. Fewer books this week since the Boyne book was so long. But so so worth it. Books I Read this Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here. Day 12 is telling a story that actually happened last Friday but I haven’t managed to tell it yet. This is about my visit to Nathaniel’s class during Choice time to do some crafts together. I added the photo of the kids working on it and then the sample Nathaniel and I made together.
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I think this might be the week I quit coffee again. Nourish Me Week 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here.
I know all the faces here are blurred except Nathaniel but I wanted to capture this story mostly for how wonderful it feels to see that Nathaniel’s already made some great friends at his new school. He was recently invited to a sleepover birthday party and even though he didn’t spend the night, he had an absolute blast. These photos make me so so happy and grateful.
Stories from 2017 is a year-long project for 2017. You can read more about my projects for 2017 here. Day 11 is about work David and I are doing together. We are on week 8 of a Calculus class, both of us learning together. The last time I did Calculus was in high school so it’s been a while. The teacher is pretty awesome and funny so we’re enjoying it.
On the right side, I put a piece of paper where we’re solving a problem or two. [Using the chain rule!]
Love these stars.
Day 10 has two stories: on the left it’s about Turkish tea I had in this cafe in Mountain View that I randomly stumbled into without knowing they were Turkish. On the right it is about flowers. This year has been such a flower year that I couldn’t not have one in the book. The pages are relatively simple but this book is not about the artsiness for me, it’s about all the stories.
Weekly Intention: This is hopefully my last week working fulltime until 2018. The kids go on break this Friday and I’d like to go on break with them. I really enjoy taking two weeks off during this time of year so I am hoping it will be possible. Here’s to hoping! To that end, my intention is to:
Things I want to get Done: Here’s the list for his week.
This month’s intention is: Shine Slowly: And here it is. The end of one more year. You made it through. Tough times, joyful times. Celebrations and trials. Changes and all. You did it. Time to slow down. Time to make space for the next year. Growth comes after downtime for you. Take this time to store some energy so you can hit the ground running in 2018. Ways to Shine this week:
I am looking forward to: holiday party and david’s culmination This week’s challenges: getting through planning. ugh. Top Goals:
I will focus on my core desires (bold, mindful, nourish, love) by: not worrying so much and just getting things done. This week, I will say yes to: being productive. This week, I will say no to: allowing email to pile up. I am worried that: i won’t exercise. i’ll eat poorly, make bad choices, not get enough nutrition. i’ll disappoint the kids or jake. I’ll drop the ball at work. planning won’t be done. I won’t be able to take the following two weeks off. This week, I want to remember: that all i have to do is show up and do the best i can with what i have. Day 9 is about Nathaniel and I doing some coding and math together. I took a screenshot of the Python class we’ve been taking, and added some journaling to it. On the right side, I put a piece of paper where Nathaniel solved a math puzzle that his grandfather gave him.
Here he is, solving it.
I accidentally ripped some of the photo which is why I added a slew of stickers here.
I am sorry for the terrible lighting in the photos. If I can do it again, I will. Love love love this project.
How I shone this week: Oh man. I shone bright this week. I had a long week with a lot of meetings, a lot lot of work but I still went to Nathaniel’s class for a craft project, to the school for Lit Club, out with my friend Leslie, and date night and date afternoon with Jake. And I got some major rocks moved at work. All with jet lag. It was a tough week and I made it through. Things I wanted to get Done:
I celebrate: lovely news at work. I am grateful for: our lovely babysitter. I nourished myself by: honestly: coffee which is not at all nourishment. Reflecting on my worries: exercised a lot. ate okay but snacked poorly. was quite tired but showed up anyway. car was ok. card seems to be okay i think. december daily is also okay so far. I let go of: keeping up with everything this week. Core Desire Check-in (bold, mindful, nourish, love):
What made me laugh this week: can’t remember anything specific this week honestly. What I tolerated this week: really really long work week. My mood this week was: exhausted. Here’s to a great week 50. I can’t believe we’re down to three weeks! Day 8 is about exercise. If you’ve been reading here, you know I had to capture this story 🙂
I loved journaling on this 3×8 page. Fun to have some different sizes.
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I skipped Erdrich’s previous novel but I loved the one before that (Round House) so I was excited to tackle her new dystopian novel: 
