CURRENTLY.

 It's all about:

1.  Walking around the yard and taking photos of all the flowers

2.  Watching Matt plant lettuce in our garden.  Can not wait to harvest our own veggies.

3.  I ordered some photos from Persnickety Prints I had turned into Polaroids for my 365 day project.

4.  Having a fence built around part of our house.

NINETEEN.

My youngest turns NINETEEN!

These were the only candles I had in the house. 😜  

We celebrated by going to Dutch Bro's for her FREE birthday drink.  She ordered a 32oz. Churro Freeze.

She wanted to go to Runway Fashion in Medford for some clothes.  She is currently wearing her new shirt jacket and it looks great on her.

Took her to Target for a puzzle she wanted.

She got some new paint and brushes for her sketchbook.

She requested pasta with pesto and grilled chicken for her birthday dinner.

Two of her friends came by with homemade cupcakes to wish her a happy birthday.

(After a 7 year hiatus, I'm going to try blogging again. 🙌)

JANUARY : CURRENTLY.

listening to the grammy's in the background.

relieved I finished most of my grocery shopping today.

preparing Brussels sprouts, broccoli and sausage for the oven.

enjoying all the green smoothies I've been making in my Vitamix.

baking lots of sweet potatoes for my lunches.

feeling a little stressed over building our new house.  contractors never give you enough of an allowance.

spending time gathering papers and documents for my grandmother's CPA.  2017 will be her final return.

using lots of hand lotion for my super dry skin this Winter.

checking my health insurance website daily for payment made to Callie's speech pathologist.

pleased that McKenzie received a $27,000 scholarship to the University of Oregon.

finding it easier to cope with my anxiety with the help of these over-the-counter remedies:  L-Theanine, 5-HTP and DHEA.

loving that our snow levels have been manageable and I'm still able to drive my Prius.

eating lots of plain baked sweet potatoes.

going to bed around 10pm and waking around 3am and then falling back to sleep until my 5:45am alarm wakes me.

watching my favorite show; Criminal Minds every Wednesday night.

spending time every morning making green smoothies for my girls.  I'm happy they will drink them.

planning on what kind of material we will use in our new house.  So many decisions Matt and I will have to make.  So very exciting but so very stressful too.

worrying about my 18 year old going off to college this Fall.

making weakly appointments with my therapist.

WEEK IN THE LIFE / TUESDAY.

TUESDAY : alarm wakes me up @ 5:40.  heat water in kettle.  take shower.  callie’s up at 6:00.  add coffee grounds to french press.  callie puts 2 frozen waffles in toaster.  i finish getting ready in the bathroom.  pour coffee.  mckenzie’s up at 6:20.  fix myself a bowl of cereal.  drop mckenzie off at the bus stop.  read some blogs on my computer.  leave house at 7:30 for callie’s 8am appointment with dr. koutnik.  matt and i take separate cars because i have errands to run after callie’s appointment.  take callie back to school.  sign her in at office.  get coffee at human bean drive-thru.  drive to medford for 11:00 therapy appointment.  talk with therapist about my grandmother’s death.  i’m feeling better.  drive to kid-to-kid to pick up $10 cash for my consignment yesterday.  went to access to donate a cane and phone that belogned to my grandmother.  order lunch at panda express and eat it in my car.  donate a wig that belonged to my mother-in-law to the american cancer society.  drive to talent post office.  back home at 2:15pm.  open mail.  download photos from yesterday onto my computer.  mckenzie calls me at 4pm because her stomach hurts.  pick her up.  she misses track practice.  matt picks callie up from the bus stop.  back home.  callie’s snacking on cheese puffs and playing with her nintendo d.s..  walk out to garden.  matt’s planting more veggies.  back inside and editing photos for this book.  callie’s using my computer to work on a homework assignment.  make large salad.  heat up 1 chicken patti for callie, and veggi patti’s for the rest of us.  callie gets tablet time before bed.  matt’s on the couch watching t.v..  take shower.  read in bed.  lights out at 10:40.

WEEK IN THE LIFE / MONDAY.

MONDAY : alarm wakes me up @ 5:40.  heat up water in kettle.  take shower.  callie’s up at 6am.  make coffee in french press.  make callie’s lunch.  callie fixes a couple frozen waffles for breakfast.  she eats them plain.  mckenzie’s up at 6:40.  she snacks on some cardamom bread i made yesterday and an apple.  drop callie off at bus stop at 6:55 (she usually has speech on monday’s in medford but her teacher called in sick).  back at house finishing coffee.  mckenzie is making her lunch.  unload dishwasher from last night.  mckenzie finishes getting ready for school while i sit on couch and watch the local news.  matt’s still in bed.  leave house at 7:30.  drop mckenzie off at ashland hospital for her internship  (she’s doing a pharmacy rotation today).  drive down road to human bean for coffee.  back at hospital reading a dean koontz book; hideaway while she finishes her 1 1/2 hour long rotation.  mckenzie’s done at 9:30.  take her back to school.  stop by bank to cash a check.  drive to medford to take a box of 4-5T clothes i found in our shed to a consignment store.  picked up mail at our talent post office and received two condolense cards for my grandmother’s passing last tuesday.  i’m back at home at 11:20.  matt’s working in the garage.  heat up left overs from last night (ham, pineapple and bell peppers) for a snack.  found a few frames to take to goodwill.  leave house at 12:20 with matt.  visit goodwill.  stop by his mom’s talent house (that’s currently up for sale) to pick up a few items to be donated.  went to restore in medford to drop of donations.  went back to talent house to get stuff for a dump run (that’s for another day).  back to ashland.  eat lunch at a mexican restaurant.  stop at the ashland grange for plants and manuer.  head for home at 4pm.  bus drops callie off at 4:30.  callie plays with her guinea pig, brownie outside.  she has her wrapped in a towel and placed inside her bike basket.  she rides her around.  leave for house at 5:35 to pick up mckenzie from track practice at ashland high school.  back at home.  matt’s planting lettuce, broccoli and walla walla onions in our garden beds.  callie’s still playing with her guinea pig.  matt feeds brownie a piece of lettuce while callie holds her. she devours it.  head inside house to relax and watch an old episode of criminal minds.  mckenzie has my lunch left-overs from today (chicken tostada) for dinner.  callie has some peaches and chicken taquitos.  mckenzie makes a delicious large salad we all enjoy.  callie gets tucked in bed around 9pm.  lights out for me at 9:40.

HAPPY SUNDAY.

Hope everyone is having a great Sunday.  We've been pretty lazy around here with the exception of Mr. M doing the grocery shopping and picking up a few plant starters at the Grange and potentially selling his mom's (she passed away 1 1/2 years ago) Talent home. We are so ready for this chapter of our lives to end.  I'm starting to heal emotionally after loosing my beautiful grandmother last Tuesday.  She was 95.  My 17 year old daughter became a legal licensed driver and the weather warmed up enough so I could bring this gals bike out of our storage shed.  My to-do list is growing and I'm thinking of embarking on a new week long photo project that I'll start tomorrow.  I'm super excited about this.  I'll be taking long deep breaths as I start crossing things off my list.  I'm READY!!

DAY IN THE LIFE | NOVEMBER 4TH.

my day in photos yesterday. taking one photo (using only my iPhone) every hour from 8am - 9pm.

1.   making maple pumpkin muffins. 2.   post oven baking. 3.   late morning shower. 4.   ready to paint a dresser. 5.   first coat of paint complete. 6.   Mr. M cutting firewood. 7.   birthday lunch at my favorite Chinese place. 8.   just us. 9.   reading Harry Potter (the 5th book) while waiting for Callie's bus to arrive. 10.   creative play in her room. 11.   making brownies. 12.   picked up my girl from a pizza/pasta party. celebrating the end of cross country and their success, dedication & hard work taking them to the state championships tomorrow in Eugene. 13.   wish making. 14.  popcorn & a movie.

hoping this project inspires others to take their own "day in the life photos."

note: mosaic made using Big Huge Labs.