12 January 2008

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roject 366 2008 Jan 12 012/366
Day 254 of Project 365


This pictures was taken in the hopes that hubby will do a paiting of him some day.

Grattitude: I'm grateful I got to spend the day with my hubby when I thought he'd be sleeping all day due to working tonight. We discovered "The Mixx" a few weeks ago - went there today it's a great lunch place - nice fresh tossed salads made to order and wonderful soups. Soup is one of my favorite foods. Then we looked at Andy Goldsworthy books at the store while having coffee. This guy was perusing a magazine and his face just begs to be photographed don't you think?

Portraits aren't so much my thing but unitl I go outside I'll practice the occasional enviornmental portriat since I'd like to be able to take good travel photos should I ever get to travel....

Uploaded by GButterfly on 12 Jan 08, 8.21PM PST.

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cloud chasing pinicized .jpg
Originally uploaded by GButterfly
project 366 2008 Jan 11 011/366
Day 253 of project 365
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so - in picnic - I upped the color, upped the red and blue - and sharpened then of course added the usual frame.....

origianal here www.flickr.com/photos/42037390@N00/2185755345/

Uploaded by GButterfly on 12 Jan 08, 9.33AM PST.

Grattitude:I am grateful for the puppies wanting to play outside at just the right moment. for a quiet day and for the yummy dinner we'll be having tonight...details: mom gave us a gift certificate for christmas to our favorite fancy resteraunt. we decided to dress up and make use of it. I was going to take pics of the food but i decided to just sit back and enjoy it undestracted by trying to get in a snap....

10 January 2008

making dr. who


making dr. who
Originally uploaded by GButterfly
Project 366 2008 Jan 10 010/366
Project 365 Day 252/365 Jan 10, 2008 (started in April 2007)

hubby wants a dr who scarf. i still have a couple of feet to go -then of course all of the ends to weave in... pretty boring knit stitch all the way but i can motivate myself to work on it becuase it's what he wants. OF course it wasn't really snowing on my as I knit this - just thought it fit the knit..

Grattitude: grateful I learned to knit grateful to work with people I respect. grateful for a warm bed to lay in when my back hurts as it does today.

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simplify.jpg
Originally uploaded by GButterfly
an extra - advise i need to heed.... yep I need to simplify, declutter, prioritize, etc......

09 January 2008

lunch with my love day 251 of 365


lunch with my love
Originally uploaded by GButterfly
Project 366 2008 Jan 8 009/366
Project 365 Day 251/365 Jan 9, 2008 (started in April 2007)

hubby had to come up to work during the day so we had lunch together - with tea. yumm. it's been a good culinary week so far.

Grattitude: I'm grateful for the days when hubby and I get to spend time together at times we wouldn't normally - lunch, we drove in together, and we're home together tonight. I'm grateful we enjoy each other's company.

dinner at pangea Day 250 of 365


dinner at pangea
Originally uploaded by GButterfly

Project 366 2008 Jan 8 008/366
Project 365 Day 250/365 Jan 8, 2008 (started in April 2007)

We were too tired to cook and wanting soup. panera didn't have any soups i wanted so we went to pangea - for soup and another small plate. yumm

Gratitude: toight I came home tired and it was my turn to cook - but my sweet suggested we go out for carry out. once we decided on soup we did decide to stay at the resteraunt....i was such a more relaxing night. they have yummy soup. in fact,, I love everything at pangea

why even ordinary days are lovely Day 249/365

why even ordinary days are lovely

Project 366 2008 Jan 7 007/366
Day 249 of Project 365

...He makes even the ordinary days nice ... and that is what I'm grateful for today!

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Project 366 2008 Jan 6 008/366
Day 248 of Project 365 (started april 2007)

Gratitude: I'm grateful to have time off with my sweetie to enjoy the beautiful weather and spend time trapesing around a local lake. I'm grateful for secluded places to hike. And, since this was not a naturally occuurring lake, I am grateful to the army corp of engineers for building it. I'm grateful to my husband for encouraging my frequent photo stops - I know it sometimes slows us down quite a bit on our hikes. I am grateful to god for the eagle posing and the weather being warm enough for us to venture out.

i was able to get in somewhat close but unfortunately when i tried to move to a place where the branches wouldn't be so cluttery - off he flew. and my lens isn't good for fast movement like flight it's a clunky old manual 1000 mm there are a few more but they have all these branches too

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jan5 caipirinha 6 (1).JPG
Originally uploaded by GButterfly
playing with picnic - i have turned my caipirinha into a midori sour - but it still tasted like a caipirinha :-)

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Project 366 2008 Jan 5 005/366
Day 247 of 365

Grattitude: today I'm grateful that we like in a big enough city that we have diverse choices in food, in markets, in whatever. We picked up some teas at the asian grocery - and some spices.... I'm happy to have that chioce.

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Daily Examen - things to consider each day

1. Express Gratitude 2. Petition for light (see self & ohters in God's eyes, ask to see the role only I can play) 3. Review the day: look at day's actions, omissions, thoughts & desires what does this tell me aobut myself in relation to self, others, God, the world 4. Lift out something & ask for help 5. look ahead - how do I want to carry on (today - the rest of my life what / who do I want to be master of my life? what are my core values? )