One Word Challenges

shutter sisters
is having a challenge...
a one word challenge...
using a word for the month of february...
i chose to use my "word for the year"
dare
and try to use that word to guide my
photos for the month, starting feb 1st...

i will be posting some of them here
but mainly on flickr...
i'm looking forward to the challenge,
i need to push myself forward.

check it out...
i dare ya.
:O)

friday i'm in love...

~with days getting longer...

~with the fact that my kids spent two hours
just hanging out in our room, play fighting and tickling
impromptu conversations of importance
happening in between the giggles and
"who can be quiet the longest?" contests...

~with the feeling of finally settling into a routine
with my new job and commute...

~baby steps toward our bathroom renovation...
i can't wait to see what it will look like when it is finished!

~the support that i receive here, that reminds why
i feel like something is missing when i am not coming
to the page, when i am not making time for that
side of myself...thanks for all the comments on my
word for the year.

and the word is....

dare.

i dare.

i dare to put myself out there in 2009.

i dare to step forward.

i dare to open myself to interpretation.

i dare to let go.

this year, i will not only
continue to do the things that i love
but i will also push myself
to take things a step further,
i will dare to book a table to sell cards/crafts/photos,
i will dare to enter a story in a contest,
i will dare to photograph a wedding,
i will dare to show my photos in an exhibit,
i will dare to start a website or etsy shop,
i will dare.
i will put myself out there.

have you found a word of your own?
come on...i double dare ya.

slowly...


i'm still trying to get to the page.

i am catching up on other people's blogs
but finding it hard
to find words for my own.

dark when i leave in the morning,
just turning dark on my way home...
no camera inspiration.

still transitioning i think
into this new job,
the commute, it steals time.

things will fall into place....
i just need to let it happen.