December Reflections - 2019

So there are days when I have lots of time and days when I have none.  While I love the freedom that working from home has given me all these years, I think it's time I try to figure out some sort of routine.  That's one of my goals for next year.  I'll be making my vision cards soon so I'm gathering bits and pieces to do that.  Blog post about that coming. 

For now, we have a few days of the Reflections that I have only posted on Instagram and I'll share them here. 

Day 10 - Gold  - Some little ornaments I have hanging in the studio. 

Day 11 - 10 years ago.  This showed up in my newsfeed for that day.  I don't remember anything specific that happened on December 11 but I do know that 10 years ago is when my husband hurt his back at work and our lives have not been the same since. 





Day 12 - Made me laugh. - interestingly, I have nothing for this.  Do I not laugh enough? 

Day 13 - 5 things about me.

I always find it hard to think about different things about myself.  For this I said:  1)   I have 3 sisters and all of our names start with the letter "J."   2)   I've been to Alaska and seen the "North Pole."   3)   I love Koala bears but owls are starting to capture my attention.   4)   I've lived in 7 places but they are all within a 5 mile radius of each other.    5)  I love blackberry or boysenberry pie better than chocolate. 

If you are really interested, you can see five more things about me here.








Day 14 - Floral - Have to admit, I just added this one today!  One of the pictures I colored earlier this year. 









Day 15 - Best decision of 2019.  Deciding to try different types of transcription instead of just medical.  It has been interesting and will be of financial help as well.  Never too late to teach an old dog...

Day 16 - Hot  - Struggling with this one as it is definitely NOT hot here but "cold" is coming up later in the month so I guess I'll use these:

And that time we had an explosion:

I may come up with something else for hot later in the day but I wanna get this out for now.  How's your December going? 

August Adventures - August Break Days 2 - 5

This August Break with Susannah Conway is so fun to watch unfold.  Each day brings a new prompt and the way that everyone interprets that prompt is personal and there are some amazing photos being shared in the Facebook group.  You can also find some of them on Instagram with the tag #Augustbreak2017.  I am @scr4pl80 if you want to connect with me!

I showed the first photo the other day.  Here are my interpretations of days 2 through 4 with a sneak peak at tomorrow's day 5.  I am using them also as my 365 pictures so the numbers correspond to that.

#214 - Gold

I am not as excited to be offered a Gold American Express card as I am to use the junk mail in one of my journals!

#215 - Roses

I notice a lot of roses when I go for my walks around the neighborhood but I don't take pictures of them very often because I don't want the neighbors to think I am a stalker or something!

#216 - Where I live

 A lot of people interpreted this prompt as in what town or city or country they lived in.  I feel most alive when I am in this room scrapping and creating.  

Sneak peak to tomorrow's entry.  The prompt is Bicycle and this is from a scrapbook I am making to document my husband and I.  He is four years older than I and spent part of his growing up in Germany while I have never lived anywhere but the San Francisco Bay Area.  This page shows that even though we were so far apart, we still did some of the same things, birthday parties and bicycles.

#217 - Bicycle

Fun fact, I just figured out how to put text on my photos, both on my iPhone and in iPhoto on my computer so now I can put my mark on them so no one can steal them!  Ha-ha, like anybody wants my photos :)

It's not to late to join the August Break if you want to play along!