Week in the Life : Friday Photos + A Couple Words

week in the life : waiting for a bagel by you.


Waiting for a bagel.


week in the life : checking out the city by you.


Checking out the city from the Center for Health & Healing.


week in the life : 10th floor OHSU by you.


10 floors up.


week in the life : crosswords while waiting for the doctor by you.


Crosswords while waiting for the doctor.


week in the life : bagel breakfast by you.


Eating his morning bagel.


week in the life : waiting for the tram at OHSU by you.


Waiting for the tram.


week in the life : on the tram by you.


Riding the tram.


week in the life : crossword at lunch by you.


More crosswords at lunch.


week in the life : napping in the car by you.


Driving home. Love those legs all folded up...just like his sister on the ultrasound. 


Dottedline


We were all pretty tired after our adventure up the freeway yesterday that we were really mellow around the house for the rest of the evening. I need to jot down some more thoughts from yesterday today. I think I will probably take some more shots around the house to supplement if I need them. 


I am getting excited about putting this all together. Hope you have a great Saturday!


Dottedline


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  1. Deirdre says…
    10/04/2008

    My word for 2008 was "now"...and the challenge of A Week in the Life led to my most consciously "now" week all year---thank you so much for all the inspiration and encouragement.

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  2. PJ says…
    10/04/2008

    Love to see all your photo's! You've captured the everydayness of your life so well! Much better than all my pictures, but that also due to the fact that i'm a part time working mum with less time on hand to take a lot of pictures during the day! Anyway... i'm excited to see how you're going to put your album together too.. i'm glad to say i decided on the format already... and i made a design for my pages too, so it will be much easier to stick everything together next week!

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  3. Robin says…
    10/04/2008

    This has been such a great project to work on. I know I don't have every shot that I would have wanted, but I have enough I think. Today my car died after I dropped my daughters off at a public school to take an SAT test. So, I walked home, walked back and then they walked home with me. It wasn't too far and it was a beautiful day. My husband was able to finish his project for the day and go with me to fix it this evening. So, I have more interesting things happening for my "normal" week than was planned.
    Thanks for encouraging us all to scrap our week.
    ~Robin

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  4. Tiffani says…
    10/04/2008

    Thanks for challenging and encouraging us to do this project. I've really enjoyed this week of documenting our lives, and am kind of sad that part is over already! Hopefully I can avoid procrastination, and follow through with the album in the coming week.

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  5. Jessica says…
    10/04/2008

    Congrats on your pregnancy! Love all your pics. I would love to know more about your plans on being green with the baby. I saw you are using cloth diapers. Sorry if I missed it, but could you share what brand you are using and the method of cleaning both baby and diapers you'll be using?

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  6. Ange says…
    10/04/2008

    Ali Thankyou so much for this project.
    In Sydney Australia it is school holidays. I am loving documenting our school holidays. It is a two week break, so not too long. I love catching the kids in their play, because they have so much time together their adventures are quite involved and complex. At the moment our cubby house has become Roald Dahl's Cafe with recipes from all his books. Thankyou for prompting me to capture this wonder.
    Ange

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  7. kelly says…
    10/04/2008

    Oh Ali - I can't get over how Simon is starting to look so grown up. That picture of him holding his bagel just made me stop in my tracks as I remember so clearly some of your early pages and how tiny he was!
    Love how you're documenting this! Wonderful shots/moments you're getting :)
    ~k.

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  8. tara pollard pakosta says…
    10/04/2008

    ali,
    this has been so much fuN!
    i am getting shots i would have never gotten! tonight we went to barnes and noble and there was an author there and we got a pic. he came and talked to my 8 year old, who has written one book herself and wants to be an author. it was so fuN! and she is so inspired and i have it on filM! thank yOU! can't wait to put it together! i bought a little notebook from Target tonight for it to go intO!tara

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  9. Monika says…
    10/04/2008

    Hi Ali,
    My biggest challenge is the downloading & printing of my photos. I am so technically challenged, but I won't let that stop me from having a great scrapbooking project. I have been having a great time taking pictures of so many situations and my kids even have been taking photos.
    Should we have our albums already chosen because I really don't know what I want to use. I'm leaning more towards the 8.5 x 11. What size albums is everyone else thinking about?

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  10. Denise Hubbard says…
    10/04/2008

    Ali, LOVING this project and it has helped me see so clearly all the special moments of everyday life! YOUR SIMON IS ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!! And Chris isn't too bad either! (he's adorable too)

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  11. Ali says…
    10/04/2008

    Monika - there's no rule on a time line for choosing your album. If you are on a roll with this project than I suggest making a decision and moving forward with the other parts: printing photos, choosing products, etc.

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  12. Heather says…
    10/04/2008

    Ali, I'm not sure if my question perhaps got lost, but I was wondering if the 12x12 mixed pages from Scrapworks can work in a regular 12x12 3-ring album? I'm really leaning towards setting up the book that way. I know if I try to do layouts it won't get done. Ever. But I like the idea of assorted pics and then journal cards and one or two embellishments.

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  13. tara says…
    10/04/2008

    LOVE the 'fertility' sign by simons head! LOL! Your guy reminds me a lot of my 8 year old with autism. I keep taking pictures of my food and my 10 year old daughter finally said, 'MOM! why do you take pictures of all your food?! It's really creeping me out!' hahaha!

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  14. Ali says…
    10/04/2008

    Hey Heather - sorry about that :). When I have tried them in the past they were too long (coming out of the edge of the album - not at the top or bottom but on the side). I would recommend using clear page divided page protectors from another source.
    If someone else has tried recently I would love to know if this is still the case or if they fit into a "regular" 12x12 3-ring.

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  15. Fonda Darter says…
    10/04/2008

    Congrats on the little one on the way! I love all your photos, they are so clear and sharp. I've been playing along with the "week in the life" and loving it. Today I was driving to town for shopping at LSS and had to stop and write some things down. Besides what we SEE everyday I thought why not write down what we Hear, Smell, Taste and Feel (Touch). I'm not sure what brought it on, just the nice Fall day and that I could "notice" all these things at once! Thanks for sharing this journey with us!

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  16. sarah says…
    10/04/2008

    A GIRL!!! :) congrats on that news.
    and thanks for this weeks journey it has
    been a lot of fun, especially having my kids so involved with the process of this assignment - now its an eceryday occurance when one of them makes a statement - like "are you going to write that down" lol.. LOVE IT -
    thanks....

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  17. Suzie says…
    10/04/2008

    Love the picture of Simon and the bagel and the fertility sign in the background. Makes me laugh a little, because you had to be fertile to have him and his sister (lol). I see so many resemblances of Simon and Chris. It's so fun watching him grow up and experience sooo much now. You're looking just adorable. My sister is going to have her baby girl in January also (not sure if she's going to OHSU again though).

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  18. o says…
    10/04/2008

    Great photos, Ali. The composition of all your photos are so simple yet so interesting & telling. I like those kind of photos. I strive to do that in my own photography. In this new batch of photos, if I may say, Simon looks so much like Chris. :) Sometimes I see you in Simon's face when I see pictures of him but these newest ones I definitely see Chris. Hope you're having a nice weekend. I'm looking forward to putting all of this 'week in a life' stuff together. :)

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  19. Judith says…
    10/04/2008

    hi ali, i just love this project!! Finished my week and put some of my favorite pictures on my blog. Now I am thinking about the size of my album :) Have a nice sunday!! love from Holland, Judith

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  20. Kylie says…
    10/04/2008

    Hi Ali,
    I had so much fun this week taking photos and documenting our week (Its Sunday here in NZ- so the weeks finished). But I have a quick question...
    On Friday night I was admitted to hospital due to complications with me and the pregnancy, I spent 24 hours in hospital. The 24 hours were pretty much a blur, and obviously I took no photos. Anyhow, My question being - how would you suggest I document in the scrapbook those 24 hours (Friday night and the whole of Saturday.) ? I still want to scrap the week, because no week is normal (esspecially this one!) and I thought about a photo of the hospital, but the hospital I stayed at was over an hour away, so thats not realistic. Any suggestions would be helpful and much appreciated.
    Thank you for sharing your week and personal life with all of us.
    Kylie :)

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  21. Sam says…
    10/04/2008

    Hi,
    I just wanted to say I have enjoyed sharing a week in your life, and I have just started the project myself (Friday). I'm not sure if I'll manage to do the scrapbook anytime soon, but at least I'll have a blog record of my week to look back on.
    Thanks for sharing the project.

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  22. Lisa Dickinson says…
    10/05/2008

    I kinda caught your blog it the middle of your documentation - but it is really inspiring (like everything you do!) Thanks for the reminder that these little details of daily life deserve scrapbook time, too! :)

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  23. Catherine at Design Editor says…
    10/05/2008

    That last shot is beyond cute. I'm trying to get in on the action slowly but surely!

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  24. Shelly Kettell says…
    10/05/2008

    Just like his sister!!!! The name game begins! You look GREAT and cute and happy.
    Thanks for sharing...what a good week!

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  25. Rinda says…
    10/05/2008

    I'm sure you had already mentioned you were having a girl. . . quite a while ago, right?
    Rinda

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