day sixteen....playing along with simple things...{a day late}

cold diet coke straight from the can
crossing things off the to-do list
red starburst candy
surprise kisses on the back of my neck
a clean house
a possible yes
new fuzzy flannel pajamas and big puffy pillowy slippers
raspberry flavored lip gloss
new jersey sheets
a perfect pot roast done in the slow cooker
deep relaxing sleep
birch bark trees
playing with modeling clay
the smell of markers
hot foamy bubble baths
getting lost in a good book

more simple things here...go see...
you won't regret it.

day fifteen...in which i do a last minute blurb and call it a post...

hmmmm...
i'm starting to feel like this is kicking my ass...
two days in a row
and i can't come to the keyboard
with a completed 100 ideas in hand

7 kids underfoot all day
including two 3 year old
adorable but busssssy twins...
a christmas card photo shoot...
one birthday party at the movies...
driving in pouring rain,
scared of hydroplaning...
one trip to horrible mcdonalds for supper...
an hour's worth of dishes to wash this morning...
one long nap on the couch after all the kids
had gone to their respective homes...

and i am done for the day.

hope to be back in full swing monday
with the 100 ideas...picking up where i
left off.
{in between an 8:30 am meeting and
3:30 photo session an hour's drive away...}

but i love my life right now.
love, love, love it.

day fourteen...in which i am exhausted and ready for bed

i had three photo sessions today...
one at ten, one at twelve and one at three thirty...
all in different areas...
then i grabbed some groceries
and now we are going to have pizza
with our own 2 kids
and the 5 extra kids spending the night.

my husband volunteered to watch the kids.

i am going to eat my pizza...
run a hot bath complete with relaxing scented
bath salts and a mug of hot chocolate...
put on my new fuzzy pajama pants
and smurfy tshirt
and climb into bed with a good book
{and maybe another mug of hot chocolate}.

so...
no 100 ideas today...
i will it tomorrow...
tomorrow, i will gladly draw a map
of everywhere i went today...

but not today.

night.

day thirteen...in which i make lists...

100 ideas by keri smith::number 11
Make a list of everything you buy in the next week.

i was a little confused by this one,
to be honest...
things that i would buy in the next week
or things i had bought...
things i want to buy
or things i should buy
{in comparison to things i can buy}
and then i thought
you know what....

i'm reading too much into this.

it's my list...
so it became things i would/could/should.
{would if i could but i should...}

and since today is friday i'm in love
i also wanted to share something
i am so proud of...
inspired loosely, i think, by kelly rae
(how could you not be inspired by her)
i painted this on the front of my new journal
and
i
am
so
happy
with
it.

it was one of those times that
what was happening in my head
was matching what was coming out
on paper...


everytime i look at it...
it makes me happy.

other friday i'm in love's::

this week's episode of glee and greys anatomy...

sunshine

afternoon naps

good news regarding photography business
{another step forward}

this list which sucked up a lot of time but
gave me so many ideas in return!

the book i am reading right now...

day twelve...daydreams on wheels...

100 ideas by keri smith::number nine:
Draw your bike.

hmmmm...
another day of drawing...
this is pushing me outside of my box a bit
because
i don't consider myself able to draw...
i have a few things
i can draw recognizably
but i really struggle with
depth and scale and
trying to get any sort of correct
angle on something...

but i did it and i'm glad...
it was actually fun.

and the ironic thing is
i have a bike...
a hardcore expensive mountain bike
that my husband bought for me
that.
i.
never.
use.

i should.
but i don't...

but the idea of owning a vintage bike
with a basket and a bell...
that makes my heart beat faster.

{plus imagine all the photos opportunities!!}