Resolutions Check-In

At the beginning of the year I made a few loose resolutions for 2011. I thought I'd take a few minutes to check in on where I am with them.

Working out: Um. Yeah. I'm sooooo not doing well with this. The problem? I'm lazy and I HATE working out. But I'm going to do it.
Cutting back on my ice cream portion: This weekend I bought myself a special ice cream only bowl, just for me. I bought it in purple and it's great! It's actually a dip bowl from Pier One, and it fits perfectly in my hand. I got the purple one because purple reminds me of my Nana and she had little bowls shaped a lot like this that she used to serve me ice cream in when I was little (emotional eater, much??). Last night I tried it for the first time and it held less than half of what my old bowls held. I used a smaller spoon and was able to savor my ice cream for quite a while! LOVE it! Here it is:

Less looking, more doing: Ok, I'm still doing a lot of looking. But I'm also doing a lot of DOING. I'm definitely spending a lot more time down in my craft room.
Project 365: I'm doing well with this and really enjoying it! I've missed 2 days since I started, and some days I take a photo just to have at least 1 photo but most days I'm playing with my camera for a little while, trying to capture bits and pieces of our every day life.
More blogging: I think I'm doing ok with this so far!
Drink more water and milk: Another to work on!
Business of my own: My brother gave me a book about this that I've started reading. Haven't come up with any brilliant ideas yet but I'm off to a good start.
Baby: Still working on this one. We had a bit of a set-back which I'll share more about at another point in time but without giving too many details, we're definitely still working on this and the doctor said everything looks "good to go!"

And because I can't have a blog post without a photo of LP, here are a couple of cute ones:

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What Winter Looks Like...

(Welcome to anyone arriving here from Blue Zebra Photography !) (Oh! And this is post # 500 on Ye Olde Blogge. Wow!) I mentioned earlier that I'm participating in two different photography projects this year with other members of the Bloom Forum . The second project I'm participating in are monthly photos that relate to a certain theme or word. For January, the theme is "Winter." We've had an odd winter so far here in Massachusetts. Hardly any snow at all and over the weekend it was actually in the 50's which is pretty unusual. We did have a brief snowstorm last week though and while LP and Eliza were cozied up on the couch together I wandered around and took a few photos of the scene. I love how cozy it is in our house when it's snowy out and wanted to capture some images that conveyed that... From the Inside, Out: View From the Back Door: From here you can head over to Kelly Janssen's Photography...

A Bit of Sewing….

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February: What Shadow Looks Like

(Welcome if you’re coming from Suzanne O'Brien Studio in Northern California!) This month’s group photography theme was “shadow.” I’ll admit, I had a bit of a hard time with this one. We’re in the middle of the February doldrums around these parts, and while the sun does shine from time to time it’s cold and blustery and damp most days. It was tough to get motivated and creative about this, but that’s the whole point of the challenge! The kids and I were in the living room one afternoon and LP was lining his toys up on the windowsill. The (frigid) afternoon sun was pouring in and I realized that there was a sort of lightbox effect. I enlisted LP’s help in photographing some of his favorite toys (and one of Eliza’s) so he was the “stylist” for this little photo shoot. I think if we ever have a dedicated play room I might frame some of these photos for the walls! Sophie the Giraffe: Army Guys: Captain America (I never noticed how r...

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