I just caught up my Project Life album.......here are my latest P 365 pics! I'm really loving this so I hope I can keep up with it!!!
I've been a bad blogger! I have not updated in forever! So here is the scoop on some of my latest projects.....
For the past 2 years I have begun P 365.......only to fail to keep up with it the whole year. (SIGH!) So this year I looked for a way to make this super simple......with a baby on the way I knew I would not succeed (AGAIN) unless it was super easy to keep up with.....taking the photos is not the problem...oh no.....I take loads of photos every day. It was the documenting and journaling part that always threw me.
So enter Project Life!!! I love it! This makes P 365 easy and sooooo doable! For the past 2 weeks I have kept up with it and I really LOVE the way the album is turning out! I take about an hour or 2 on Monday afternoon and print out my pics.....get any journaling for the past week done and then put it all together......so simple yet so worth it!!!
Here are some pics of my first few weeks!
The pocket pages make it really easy.....I can add memorabilia and I have decided to only journal the stories i want to tell......some pics don't need journaling at all!
I also want to post my P 365 pics here if I can......if it is to much to keep up with I might not....so we will see!
Here are my first 2 weeks of photos.....I am editing in PSE 8 and using actions as well.
You can also see from my pics that I've taken to crocheting! Another reason I have not been on the computer as much......I have made all kinds of things for the baby and winter hats and scarves for the boys as well! Right now I am making Claire a manta ray.......I'll post a pic when it is done! I really think if i can stay organized about this I just might finish it this year!!!!
For the past 2 years I have begun P 365.......only to fail to keep up with it the whole year. (SIGH!) So this year I looked for a way to make this super simple......with a baby on the way I knew I would not succeed (AGAIN) unless it was super easy to keep up with.....taking the photos is not the problem...oh no.....I take loads of photos every day. It was the documenting and journaling part that always threw me.
So enter Project Life!!! I love it! This makes P 365 easy and sooooo doable! For the past 2 weeks I have kept up with it and I really LOVE the way the album is turning out! I take about an hour or 2 on Monday afternoon and print out my pics.....get any journaling for the past week done and then put it all together......so simple yet so worth it!!!
Here are some pics of my first few weeks!
I also want to post my P 365 pics here if I can......if it is to much to keep up with I might not....so we will see!
Here are my first 2 weeks of photos.....I am editing in PSE 8 and using actions as well.
You can also see from my pics that I've taken to crocheting! Another reason I have not been on the computer as much......I have made all kinds of things for the baby and winter hats and scarves for the boys as well! Right now I am making Claire a manta ray.......I'll post a pic when it is done! I really think if i can stay organized about this I just might finish it this year!!!!
Here we are New Years eve on the edge of a fresh year to start anew in! As I have been thinking and praying this week God has revealed to me that this will be my year of "BEING".......yes.......just BEING.
Being (not doing)
Being present in every moment
Being in Christ and Him in me
Being prayerful
Being atttentive
Being still
Being available
Being able
Being all I can so I don't miss out on the blessings of this moment in time......this day......this hour ......this minute.......I want to be in the here and now...not thinking about the next thing or the next moment but taking the time to be and ponder in this second God has given me.
My "being list could go on and on and I'm sure as God reveals more areas of my life I will add to the ways I want to be........but mostly I want this year to "BE" a season of growing closer to my Savior and not missing a second of what he is trying to do............ through my list of "being" I hope to do this.
Being (not doing)
Being present in every moment
Being in Christ and Him in me
Being prayerful
Being atttentive
Being still
Being available
Being able
Being all I can so I don't miss out on the blessings of this moment in time......this day......this hour ......this minute.......I want to be in the here and now...not thinking about the next thing or the next moment but taking the time to be and ponder in this second God has given me.
My "being list could go on and on and I'm sure as God reveals more areas of my life I will add to the ways I want to be........but mostly I want this year to "BE" a season of growing closer to my Savior and not missing a second of what he is trying to do............ through my list of "being" I hope to do this.
He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.”
Psalm 46:10
December went by fast and furious.....I fell behind in doing the reverb prompts......my December Daily photo album did not make it past day 4 and I could of felt really overwhelmed with all of it but instead I decided to let it go......all of it. And I have to say that felt pretty good! Oh, I still took a lot of photos and I will make a small 2010 album out of them but I might not do it until who knows when!
I am happy with how the Holidays went and we spent a lot of family time just being together.....celebrating advent and making cookies and candy. There was an under lying quietness to this Christmas that reflected how much my Dad was missed........but all I had to do was remember that he got to celebrate at Jesus' table this year and that is such an amazing thing!!!! Praise God for His mercy and grace!!
I am now thinking towards the new year.......praying about Gods direction for me......my next post will be all about the word He is revealing to me for the upcoming year......
I am excited about this new year and all God has in store for us.......I am always amazed at how He shows Himself to me as the year goes on! So bring on 2011 and let Gods plan be revealed!
I am happy with how the Holidays went and we spent a lot of family time just being together.....celebrating advent and making cookies and candy. There was an under lying quietness to this Christmas that reflected how much my Dad was missed........but all I had to do was remember that he got to celebrate at Jesus' table this year and that is such an amazing thing!!!! Praise God for His mercy and grace!!
I am now thinking towards the new year.......praying about Gods direction for me......my next post will be all about the word He is revealing to me for the upcoming year......
I am excited about this new year and all God has in store for us.......I am always amazed at how He shows Himself to me as the year goes on! So bring on 2011 and let Gods plan be revealed!
Describe a Party you went to this year that rocked.......
Hmmmmm, I might just have to pass on this prompt.....parties were not big this year. We did attend a family gathering for Brian's grandmothers 90th Birthday. But I would not call it rocking!! HEHE!
We are going to a Birthday Party for Jesus at Church this coming Saturday.......so maybe I will come back and add a note about how amazing that was!
Hmmmmm, I might just have to pass on this prompt.....parties were not big this year. We did attend a family gathering for Brian's grandmothers 90th Birthday. But I would not call it rocking!! HEHE!
We are going to a Birthday Party for Jesus at Church this coming Saturday.......so maybe I will come back and add a note about how amazing that was!
Think about what makes you different.........what makes you beautiful?
this is a hard prompt......I'm not sure I like writing about about what I think of myself.....what makes me different...
I know as a Christian I am supposed to stand apart and look very different then the rest of the world....but do I? Yes, we have a large family, we homeschool, we are very involved in our church. But what about the inside of me the stuff that makes up what I think and how I act and react to those around me.....am I different there? Am I being Jesus to a world in need? Or am I just doing my thing and going along? I like to think that I try to be more like Jesus....that I am in different in that way but the truth is I don't always succeed. SO I am thankful, so thankful for His grace and forgiveness that covers my short comings and forgives me.
I am different......I am following my savior and growing more like Him every day and it might look messy and strange to this world but to Him I am truly beautiful........and really that is all that matters to me!!
this is a hard prompt......I'm not sure I like writing about about what I think of myself.....what makes me different...
I know as a Christian I am supposed to stand apart and look very different then the rest of the world....but do I? Yes, we have a large family, we homeschool, we are very involved in our church. But what about the inside of me the stuff that makes up what I think and how I act and react to those around me.....am I different there? Am I being Jesus to a world in need? Or am I just doing my thing and going along? I like to think that I try to be more like Jesus....that I am in different in that way but the truth is I don't always succeed. SO I am thankful, so thankful for His grace and forgiveness that covers my short comings and forgives me.
I am different......I am following my savior and growing more like Him every day and it might look messy and strange to this world but to Him I am truly beautiful........and really that is all that matters to me!!
