5/365

The "Baby" as she is named in the family.

4/365

I laced up again today and was sorely disapointed in myself. Taking time off to make my knee feel better and to enjoy the holidays has taken a severe toll on my running time. I'm not a runner, by any means. But I had gotten up to three miles in about 40/45 minutes. Today was two miles, switching between running and walking on an incline, in 33 minutes. It's about calories, not distance or time.

Back to work for me :)

3/365

Today we met at Barnes & Noble with the little boy I watch (from here on out, Ninja) and his Mom. Ninja, aged twenty months, is into everything of course. Emmy, almost five and ever the princess, was calm while I looked around and then asked if she could go play with the trains.

I always see pictures of children on the internet that are dressed with whimsy and envy the parents whose children have such creativity. While in my heart I am a dressed up woman, we are jeans and t-shirt people. I took this today and realized that Emmy is NOT a jeans and t-shirt girl. While the majority of her clothes are one or the other, she is an ACCESSORIES girl. In this picture you cannot see her snowman pin with dangly legs, her several bracelets or the carefully chosen necklace from one Aunt Gigi.

Emily knows what she's doing. She asked me today, "Mama, can you not look so boring? I'm fancy and I want you to wear your fancy coat."

2/365

My sunglasses. Because I miss days that require them.

1/365 - Winter in Orange

This is a plant I have that I love to pieces. It thrived for a very long time and then got trunk rot. I have been trying to salvage it for about a year (funny, actually, that the plant's struggle and demise correspond to my lack of writing) and it is finally showing small signs of fresh life. I can't give up on it.

Also, my living room is lit by orange paper lanterns and I love the glow it gives off.

Project 365

Hello world, she's back. My last post was about ten months ago, and that will be changing today or I am just going to delete this. I don't do resolutions, and I don't do promises. I do, however, do goals. I have quite a few for my life (because that's how I do them... I can't just have a goal for a year and be satisfied) which will be discussed throughout this year, I'm sure.

One of those goals is something I haven't tried before. It is to begin, do and complete a Project 365. I've seen them done in other forums, but have never seen one completed by anyone I know personally. A friend of mine, one Randi Sue that I have been fortunate enough to meet in person, is beginning one in her blog for this year and I'm following suit to begin one as well.

I don't have a great camera, and I don't have a lot of time. I do have some technique but I won't be able to show that here. Maybe next year I can try to hone some skillz (yes, with a "z"), but this year, I just want proof that I'm living. Because despite evidence to the contrary, I am.

A New Effort

Life has changed significantly. I graduated in May with Honors and am now the proud owner of one genuine Associate's Degree! Whoo! I restarted school three weeks after graduation and am FINALLY on the road to my B.A. BORING.

The Girlfriend and I are no more. It's something that's very sad, and is a large contributing factor in my lack of writing, not only here, but in general. However, after several months of trying to figure something out, I've figured out that I can't figure anything out and the best thing to do is to just write.

I have a new job, one that involves watching children and my dear Emily, who is HUGE now. PS, she read her first sight word book a few weeks ago. It's pretty exciting.

Things to look forward to: Open letters! Of course I have opinions! And thoughts! And I want to share them! Right now, I need to go to bed. Because, you see, I have also begun to work out like a maniac. New, exciting life. Right?