Saturday ...

Wow.  The final day.  And it turned out to be a day not lived behind the lens.   That's real life.  Started the day with coffee and reading the paper....and lingering deliciously long.   My friend came to the door and I was still in "bedhead and jammies" mode.    She's like a sister and can see me that way.  We spent the morning and early afternoon working on a slideshow  about the mission trip our youth group attended, in Washington DC.

 And then I was off on a road trip for the rest of the day.  25 of us had an early dinner and attended a play named "Vimy".   I was able to ride with some very  favourite people.  I'm so lucky to have amazing friends, who feel more like family.   One of them wears these flip flops :)

 It takes a small convoy to transport 25 people through the country side.A lovely, toasty-warm day for a drive....a day away ... together. I'm a big fan of "together".

Here we sit in the lovely shade, in the lovely little town of Blyth, with the cute litte playhouse that seats just 500 people....such an intimate setting.   I love these people from my church family.

  And I love visiting the shops in little towns. Who could resist these little sparrows? Certainly not I.  


Thanks for coming along on my WITL.  I will try to put it together over the next week-ish.

Friday (Really?)

 I got it at a yardsale!  Honest!  Today I woke up really late 8:40 and drank coffee outside.  It was warm and sticky already.   Upside?  The rain we received won't evaporate right away!!! Like Martha says:  "It's a good thing."

My dishwasher is not working.   I love a sink full of hot suds.

"His eye is on the sparrow and I know He watches me."     Seeing this little guy on the windowsill when cooking or washing is a great reminder that I'm not floundering away on my own down here.    He always loves me.  Always!

 Love this guy!!  And the slightly freakish hound at his side is okay too!

 One of my favourite blog features is OTTT ( On the TurnTable Today).  These find themselves in my 5 disc exchanger today.   I still love CD's and liner notes...all the best ones have fallen into the dishwater at least once.  

 I think blue is my happy color.  Actually, I KNOW blue is my happy color.    And green.   I love green.   Especially this green.  

 ....and I love this candle from one of my soul sisters.    And this clock which I got from IKEA.   

 ...and I love my bathroom.   I am a cleaning dervish.   Just a blur.   Super-fast.  Super-efficient. Super-clean.  Superwoman.   You can borrow my cape if you want to.

 Does your family love "I Spy" as much as ours does?   Little B and Joe had a great time with these for a bit of mellow time this morning :)

 ...and they colored.  I'm keeping the finished art in my WITL binder!

Before supper I dyed two shirts.  Dye-ing is easy.  Just do it!  

I did NOT cook chicken and zucchini stir-fry in the same pan.   A few months ago I picked up a new Jamie Oliver cookbook. Good food.  So simple. So fresh.  So yummy. 

And that's about it for today.  I took more photos than I thought I would today.  It was grayish and muggy all morning.   And I thought my chores would be boring subjects.  But I'm amazed at the fun photos that came out.

One thing that I've been doing is writing an essay each day.  It may about something I want to remember or it might describe a photo I took.  I love to write and it's only natural that I include something written each day.   Some days it flows and some days it doesn't.   I love the way I can make this project mine. 

I'm taking more photos than I thought I would.   And I'm going to develop more than I thought I would.   I ended up with great photos of our family doing their thing around the house.  My siblings live really far away and it's fun to show the everyday that I talk about.   I'm really thankful for this project.   It has become OUR Week In The Life....not just mine.

Thursday

We  woke up to RAIN...YEAY!!!

 And happy 21st anniversary chocolate :)

 And then coffee, in another one of my favourite cups.

 "Raindrops on roses..." well....red lillies from my MIL's old house.

 ...and on the Siberian iris....

 We have a bad habit.  We leave shoes by every door and stairway.   The downside is that it creates clutter (..of which I am not a fan!) but the upside?  there are always shoes by the door when you need to dash outside for a moment....when your hands are full with the laundry basket  or you just need a tomato from the garden...

 This is what the counter looks like when my teenagers cook their own lunch.    Upside?  Cooking for self is a life skill.  Next step?   Cleanup is part of "playing" and cooking!!

Below are photos of myself and my honey baby.    It was our anniversary yesterday and our eldest took a photo.  I actually love the photo of myself.  I can't say that very often and I know very few people who enjoy taking their own photo.    I had left my setting on continuous shooting and while the preceding 2 shots show me with my mouth in various talking poses...this is of me getting a kick out it.    And then my honey baby came out for a moment.    21 years and it still gets better everyday.    Good times.  

Wednesday

How can a person possibly eat oatmeal for breakfast when the first thing you smell is eggs!  Mmmmmm. With fresh ground pepper.
And coffee in a favourite mug.   Each time I drink from this mug I think about a fly-in canoe trip that I went on last summer. 

I ALWAYS listen to music at work. I think if I was going to be stranded on a planet on the outer edges of our known universe, that I would bring this Phillips, Craig & Dean CD!  Favourite track? Be The Praise of My Heart...
The praise of my heart
The worship I bring
The life that I live
Is the song that I sing
Let it be real
Each note that I play
Every moment of every day...
Be the praise of my heart

This afternoon we had to go to the dentist...The tv was tuned to HGTV :)  Little B was mesmerized by the aquarium.    Me tooo!

Our last stop was the library and Little B and I were looking for a book or three to take home.   I loved reading Dr Suess to the boys. I forgot how much fun we had reading the silly nonsense over and over and over again.  Just seeing the title brought back good times I hadn't thought of in a long time.  It  reminded me that doing WITL will help me remember today's stories...just by documenting them.  

Garlic and basil shrimp and new potatoes. I grow a few herbs in pots and love cooking with them. And if you can grow an African violet then you can grow herbs :)

End of the day.  This is the view from my seat at the kitchen table. I can see my gardens and the pots on my deck.  Strategically placed for my maximum enjoyment!!  The little things you might not otherwise notice. Joe's glove is still on the ledge and there is a cup of dogfood beside it. He was playing catch with Little B and they have to bribe Blixie, the other wise slumbering Springer Spaniel, with kibble to give up the ball. The patch on the door is courtesy of the pup too...but she has now figured out how to open it with her nose. She just....forgets to close it. The grass is blonde. In the spring it is green but after three weeks without rain growing on pure sand....it dries up.  When we walk on it...it just breaks off.  In the spring we cut it three times in one week and now we cut it one time in three weeks.

I wonder what tomorrow will bring....:)   First thing?  Orthodontist appointments. No aquarium.

Tuesday

I work at my church, Westmount, and really like being the caretaker...it was fun taking my camera to work for the first time and looking around through my lens.  Today was garbage day :) 

At 10ish we break for coffee with who ever happens to be in the building...my colleagues, service technicians...and landscape contractors.  Nice job on the mulch guys!

Our sanctuary...I work AND worship here :)  I think you can worship God with your gifts and abilities everywhere you work.  

 And then home for lunch.   Ham, egg, and cheese wraps and milk.  It was nice and cool so I ate out on the deck.  

The bounty of my garden. Every year I love my garden and every year it is different.   I love how it changes from year to year.  This is my first year growing Zucchini.  They're monsters!    Remember: August 8 is "Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbour's Porch" Night!!!

This week I'm taking photos and sorting and posting my favourites.   Yesterday I took 62 photos and have put the ones I want to process into a separate folder for the end of the week.   

I find that I have large stretches of unaccounted time on my journal sheets. :)  This reflects my penchant for surfing and finding inspiration in other places, and the fact that I have a REALLY good book on the go!!   

Monday

A first attempt Week In The Life begins.... I took 38 photos of various pieces of the day.  Of moments.  Of feelings.  Of  routine and ordinary things.  

I finished downloading photos of our holiday and spent a lot of time still in Killarney in my mind while folding the camping laundry.  The 3 parts of a holiday: anticipating, participating, and remembering.  Nice.

Each day starts with coffee in a favourite mug.  Tune in next week to read the story behind the mug!  (and my favourite table cloth :)

And then the day took over, as it often does.
I loved the journaling sheets to help keep track of the day.   I used to do that for my daycare families. I love to write!!  Thanks Ali for the PDF's!!!!