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A Week in the Life 2016?

So how are you doing ladies? We have superwoman Anne, although I haven't seen an update. Bestcee, how are your pages? How about you Tracie with your more introspective approach (hope I have that right). Lynnette are you able to keep up with photos and notes? Just wondering or maybe I've missed a thread. I love writing at night (I actually have been going to bed early to do it) so during the day is just playing with what I can.
 
that starbucks page @carilyne so artsy and fun! I am on 4 pages into Wed done...and pushing thru. Today was a full day, and I still took photos..that has really been something that I always struggle with, on day 5, 6 and 7! I just get tired of taking pics. Here is Tuesdays pages:

I am trying to get Wed done tonight, and between service push thru Thursdays. My goal is to send this book out by the 20th of this month...eek!
 
AnneofAlamo said:
that starbucks page @carilyne so artsy and fun! I am on 4 pages into Wed done...and pushing thru. Today was a full day, and I still took photos..that has really been something that I always struggle with, on day 5, 6 and 7! I just get tired of taking pics. Here is Tuesdays pages:

I am trying to get Wed done tonight, and between service push thru Thursdays. My goal is to send this book out by the 20th of this month...eek!
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Nothing like a tight deadline! I wondered how you were doing with the weekend. They are busy for you it seems. Good luck. You can do it. You could always have the book sent to your parents and ask them not to open it until you get there. That could give you a couple extra days.
The frappaccino was fun. I loved their signs (can you tell) so it had to be artsy. I think on the stories that don't have pics I may go artsy too. I'm trying to stay in the BYOC Colors so I'll have to find a M3 that goes long. Loving this so glad you joined and Tracie too. I'm sure the others are having fun too -- I'm finally taking pics daily too.
 
Courtney can't believe I forgot you are doing this too. You are one of my top cheerleaders! Hope it's going okay today. @bestcee And Karen you too. How's it going? Now I'm drawing a blank on your forum name.
 
carilyne said:
Bestcee, how are your pages
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Thanks for asking! I'm just been trying to journal at night, no pages yet. I'm going to go through the collection in Lightroom on Sunday and figure out how I want to put it together.
 
bestcee said:
Thanks for asking! I'm just been trying to journal at night, no pages yet. I'm going to go through the collection in Lightroom on Sunday and figure out how I want to put it together.
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Sounds like you have a plan though. Glad to hear you are still doing it.
 
@carilyne Good for you for finding a way to make this project a valuable part of your life as it is now. I always love how Ali keeps it real with her stories. Life does have some dark times and times we wish weren't happening to us or ones we love. But we find the good when we look for it...incl frappuchinos!

I have a lot of photos but am not sure I am going to use them for this. I think I will still stick with our upcoming week in AZ. All I know is that I think I'll do a 2 pager for each day with a full photo on the left and a collection on the right and make it in some of Ali's old templates (back when they were in the $4 range!). I also found that I could easily convert 6x8s to 8x10s and vice versa. Maybe not the exact proportion but good enough for me.
 
cookingmylife said:
@carilyne Good for you for finding a way to make this project a valuable part of your life as it is now. I always love how Ali keeps it real with her stories. Life does have some dark times and times we wish weren't happening to us or ones we love. But we find the good when we look for it...incl frappuchinos!

I have a lot of photos but am not sure I am going to use them for this. I think I will still stick with our upcoming week in AZ. All I know is that I think I'll do a 2 pager for each day with a full photo on the left and a collection on the right and make it in some of Ali's old templates (back when they were in the $4 range!). I also found that I could easily convert 6x8s to 8x10s and vice versa. Maybe not the exact proportion but good enough for me.
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I thought you were waiting for your trip. Sounds like you have a good plan. I haven't figured out the full or big photo thing for this year but I'd like to do it for like a daily divider. Mostly how do you come up with a good photo representative of the day. At least that's my holdback. Maybe I have too high of an expectation. I'll cheer you on when you do your week in AZ.
 
I took my last photos tonight, kinda sad it was over. I kept thinking I need a cute ending...and my brain wasn't cooperating. Then I just smiled and remembered...this is my book for my kids and parents...and it doesn't have to be cute or perfect, just be us. I finished scrapping Wednesday...and think I may take a few days off. I started Thursdays...but need some more papers...so I am gonna go and shop my stash! lol
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AnneofAlamo said:
I took my last photos tonight, kinda sad it was over. I kept thinking I need a cute ending...and my brain wasn't cooperating. Then I just smiled and remembered...this is my book for my kids and parents...and it doesn't have to be cute or perfect, just be us. I finished scrapping Wednesday...and think I may take a few days off. I started Thursdays...but need some more papers...so I am gonna go and shop my stash! lol
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I don't know, a husband involved in a crime investigation is pretty good.
write a poem, get someone to take a pic of you at the computer sleeping,
I'm having the same feeling sorry it's almost done. Since I started Monday I have todays and make-up photos. It sure has helped my journal so I may pretend for a while or do the challenges along this line. Think I finally have an idea for the Random Challenge.
 
carilyne said:
It sure has helped my journal so I may pretend for a while or do the challenges along this line.
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There's no rule that you have to stop! I've seen people online that do a daily project life project. If parts of it are really working for you, and therapeutic, keep it up. I fired the Scrapbook Police a long time ago.
There's a therapist who's a scrapper (online name Mercy Tiara). She encourages her clients going through big changes or stresses to create scrap pages. Not all of them, but quite a few depending on interests and personality. Some are art journal, some are thrown away, some are printed and cherished. Most people who did it found it healing, or helpful in some way.

I didn't take too many more photos overall, but I did take more photos of the mundane things that I miss a lot. And it helps me remember to document our routine. Ali does a Day in the Life project too. I can't remember if she still does it once a month but that's going on my list to do.
 
bestcee said:
There's no rule that you have to stop! I've seen people online that do a daily project life project. If parts of it are really working for you, and therapeutic, keep it up. I fired the Scrapbook Police a long time ago.
There's a therapist who's a scrapper (online name Mercy Tiara). She encourages her clients going through big changes or stresses to create scrap pages. Not all of them, but quite a few depending on interests and personality. Some are art journal, some are thrown away, some are printed and cherished. Most people who did it found it healing, or helpful in some way.

I didn't take too many more photos overall, but I did take more photos of the mundane things that I miss a lot. And it helps me remember to document our routine. Ali does a Day in the Life project too. I can't remember if she still does it once a month but that's going on my list to do.
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I will have to look up that therapist. I would really like to incorporate something like that.
Speaking of scrapbook police I decided pictures did not have to match the journal and I don't have to write about every pic. Maybe a caption at most. I also have a few art journal pages to do. Thanks for the tips and encouragement
 
Sounds like your project at the end of your week is really going to display the emotional side of your week, @carilyne! I can't even begin to imagine how much you will cherish this after it's done!
 
I need to catch up on the comments here, but my WITL project ended up going much the same way it's gone every year... downhill, sigh.

I start out strong because our weeks always start out fairly slow... then as things build towards the weekend, I lose control of the project. We had my in-laws here this weekend and I kind of had a bad attitude about it (they showed up late, missed grandparents day at my daughter's school, and then talked about what they were missing of their other grandchildren's activities this weekend - keep in mind that they only visit us in Chicago twice a year and live right by the other grandkids and go to ALL of their activities... okay, this is turning into a rant, sorry!). So with the bad attitude came a lack of desire to take any photos with them in them. I took a few on Saturday, but not many. Sunday I completely forgot to take any! I think since I do PL Sun-Sat, I thought I was done since my week had ended! I took enough photos this week and have enough journaling written down that I don't want to fully abandon this project... but I'm going to have to get creative with some after the fact photos. Trying to figure those out now.
 
Phew! I survived! You ladies are awesome. I love all the support and cheerleading here! :cheer It has been a busy week so I haven't checked here much, but I did keep up with the photos and notes... just not as many towards the end of the week. :giggle I also didn't use my DSLR hardly at all this week, mostly phone photos which I don't love as much, but without the phone I don't think it would have happened. Oh well, that's how it goes and I'm grateful for the things I did capture. Now to do something with it all! I really love seeing your pages @carilyne and @AnneofAlamo ! Great inspiration for me as I start to pull everything together!
 
tkradtke said:
I need to catch up on the comments here, but my WITL project ended up going much the same way it's gone every year... downhill, sigh.

I start out strong because our weeks always start out fairly slow... then as things build towards the weekend, I lose control of the project. We had my in-laws here this weekend and I kind of had a bad attitude about it (they showed up late, missed grandparents day at my daughter's school, and then talked about what they were missing of their other grandchildren's activities this weekend - keep in mind that they only visit us in Chicago twice a year and live right by the other grandkids and go to ALL of their activities... okay, this is turning into a rant, sorry!). So with the bad attitude came a lack of desire to take any photos with them in them. I took a few on Saturday, but not many. Sunday I completely forgot to take any! I think since I do PL Sun-Sat, I thought I was done since my week had ended! I took enough photos this week and have enough journaling written down that I don't want to fully abandon this project... but I'm going to have to get creative with some after the fact photos. Trying to figure those out now.
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Oh I so understand the in-law thing. It's hard and they guilt you for it. We had similar situations. I'm sad they did it to you again.
Hang in there and so glad you aren't giving up. Be sure and journal out the in-law feelings not for the book but to get them out on paper. Then you can always burn or shred it.
 
klee73010 said:
Sounds like your project at the end of your week is really going to display the emotional side of your week, @carilyne! I can't even begin to imagine how much you will cherish this after it's done!
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Thanks Kristine. It will be a collection of a lot but definitely the emotional will be there. I have not done well at journalling through transitions before and always end up wishing I had.
 
oh boo on WITL being ruined by the very peeps you love to have look at your books..that makes me so sad. My kids were so good this week about letting their faces show, cause they knew grandparents were gettting the book. Last night, as my son walked in at 30seconds before curfew...he came in and posed...cause he saw me with the camera, and said. oh wow, week in the life ends tonight? lol yeah! lol
 
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