#This Life (week 2)

a week in review 

of my photo-a-day project...

using my galaxy note 2 

and a couple of apps

and instagram

trying to find and make and keep balance in my life.

#ThisLife

I have been taking a photo-a-day
since Jan 1
with no expectations on myself.

They do not have to be perfect,
they do not even have to be pretty...
they just have to be a quick snapshot of my day,
a moment where i stop
and notice what is going on around me.

It has been a good exercise for me so far...

here are some of the recent snaps...

 i like that i have been using my phone
(which is always on me)
and using instagram
but i kind of regret that i started putting them on facebook
from the start.
because...i censor myself on facebook a little more than i do
on instagram and much more than i do here.
i feel like if you are on instagram,
you get it.
i feel more...judged...on facebook...
i am not sure why that it is,
but...
it is.
it is what it is.
and maybe because i know that this little blog is not overly read
and not by many that i actually "know"...
maybe that's the difference.

either way, i am enjoying the project so far...
:)

Snippets of a Saturday

So far, the word balance has been working for me.
I have been making a point of planning out my day
and ensuring that i incorporate a little of what i HAVE to do
in with
some of what i WANT to do.

i feel calmer and quieter. 
my mind still races...but the anxiety is less...
because i know i have a start on the things that have been
on my plate for far too long.

i am getting at the stuff that i have put off
until the point that it was nothing short of overwhelming
to even think about it
so i wouldn't even think about it
except in moments of major panic and anxiety.

but i am also making time to stop what i'm doing when the kids come in,
to really listen to them...to their stories...their opinions.

to go grocery shopping with S, planning out meals as we wander up and down aisles,
not in a hurry, making jokes and stopping every now and then for a quick kiss on the forehead.

to take Pugsley out for a run down the middle of our street in the dark of early night,
laughing out loud and hard at how excited he is to be back outside after a cold snap, how he skids on an unexpected patch of ice.

to cuddle on the couch in the evening after work & editing & catch up tasks & housework is done...
to watch a movie with S... under blankets, hands touching, Pugsley wedged on a lap, the cat sometimes gracing us with his presence, too.

to take photos with my phone and to read on my lunch hour...

i am making the time count.  and, so far, it has been working.
the only thing is, this is also my period of down time...
the weddings have all been shot and for the most part, edited...
it is too cold out for family photos...
it will be interesting to see how balance comes into play
once the crazy spiral of wedding season starts again...
but this gives me a chance to have the practice down pat.

time will tell.

saturday sweetness

there were so many things that blew my mind today
found in the vast enormity of the internets...

1.
stumbled across this
and it took my breath away...
this guy can speak.

2.

strawberries soaked in sugary syrup on chocolate chip pancakes with a side of bacon...mmmm

3.

this killed me.
killed me.
i laughed so hard i could not breathe.

4.

i need to see this
{thanks to wee wonderfuls for sharing these originally
or i may have never know about them}

5.
a contest...with a diana camera...i know...i'm drooling
i'm trying to control it..


happy saturday...

A seed of a poem....a kernel of truth scribbled onto a sunshine yellowpost it note...

A seed of a poem....a kernel of truth scribbled onto a sunshine yellow post it note...#photography #wordsIlovewords, originally uploaded by gkgirl.

lemon yellow
sweet as sugar
you melt like butter
in my mouth
and leave me
panting in a puddle
on the floor...
you are the colors of the ocean
and
you come in hard
like the tide...
a bated held breath surprise