Hooray For The Everyday

HA :). I'm fairly predictable.

That's cool Michelle! Tell him thanks!

I'm in Oregon. This new home is awesome in so many ways but in the time we've been here I've already seen 4 snakes (yes, they are small little ones but they are still snakes). It's been years and years since I've seen one outside a zoo. I can deal with just about anything else: spiders, etc...but snakes seem to push me over the edge. It might be the price I pay for the yard I totally love.

Oh have fun Kat!!!

Hi - you can still do that :). If the person leaving a comment includes a link you can click on their name and it will take you to their site.

Yep! It works! I must have just been trying ones that had no link. Sorry.

Here's my story about that...yesterday I found one under the front tire of my car when I went to run an errand. It slithered farther under the car as I got in and gagged (yes, how gross is that...they make me gag). I turned on the engine and hoped it would slither away because I didn't want to run over it - running over it would mean I would have to clean it up. After waiting a couple minutes I backed up and looked into the driveway and it was still there so I thought for sure I must have squished it with the tire.

Yuck. The whole time I was out running my errand I was thinking about how I was going to have to clean it up. I would normally ask Chris to take on a task like that but he's unavailable.

Here comes the hooray. As I was driving back home I decided I needed to embrace the part of myself that could take care of this dead snake in the driveway business. The strong, independent part of myself that could also take on the task of changing the faucet that broke yesterday afternoon.

Of course, when I got home, there was no snake in the driveway...it had made it safely away to taunt me another time.

So really, the hooray was for me deciding that I could handle it :). LOL. How's that for a response?

Ali,
That's a great story. Reminds me of the time my boyfriend was out of town. I went to his place to feed his birds, which were sweet little finches, and one had died. :( He had recently moved the cage and it was in the sun. Well, I had to suck it up and remove the bird and bury it, all the while trying not too get too overwhelmed. So here's to you being ready to do the same!

My husband took a job last year that has required much travel. In 2010 he has only been at home 2 weeks. I have had to tap into that strong I can do this part of me too... I CAN move the giant generator and plug it in when the power's out. I CAN fix plugged drains and loose screws and trouble shoot broken appliances. I even had to have some talks with my preteen son that I really wish dad had been able to handle.... I miss hubs terribly but boy have I grown!

Oh that's seriously something to look forward to + shout hooray!

We totally want to go there too Amy. Maybe next year :). Simon would go crazy!

Hi Dawn - just want to clarify...are you asking about Project Life or Week In The Life? You can see my posts about what I've done with Project Life here: http://aliedwards.com/projects/365-project-life (last update was in March) and all posts about Week In The Life are here: http://aliedwards.com/2010/01/week-in-the-life.html

I just pulled Project Life out of a moving box and am looking forward to getting back in the habit again. In general I just leave it out in my office and add stuff as I go about my days (and photos when I get them printed). I'll probably do an update post in October.

thanks for getting back to me Ali.... what I mean is what did you put in your Project Life album during the week you did your Week In The Life album. Because I took so many pictures and so much journaling I've left that week blank still and not sure how to do it. I've thought about putting an extra page protector in for that week and adding a layout of that week also. But was wanting to see what you did for that week before I decide, hope this helps thank so much.

Gotcha! I haven't done that week yet in Project Life either :). I'll let you know when I tackle that...I missing some big chunks in April and May. I've got bits and pieces throughout June, July, and August.

And I think the idea of adding in an extra page protector is a great idea. I've done that for a few things that were larger.

glad to hear I'm not the only one not totaly caught up on their album. Now that the kids are back to school I am catching up on it and enjoying it I actually missed working on it. Please let me know when you do that week if you can. Have a great weekend. Good luck with Simon going back to school. Sam says third grade is the best grade ever and is very happy with his teacher so hooray for that.