5 minutes to lift off...

6:47 am
almost time to run out the door
lunches in hand
and ready
to drive
into the rising sun.

5 minutes to write...
what do i want...what do i want.
i want to start coming back to the page...
any page
the blog, a journal, a scrapbook, a notebook
scribbling in the seconds that are left
before the next big thing begins.

it is two days to fall
and i am thinking of incorporating some of
mondo beyondo wishes
into one project
{although fresh in my mind is the august project
i signed up for and then only posted once...sigh}

but i'm thinking about it
and that has to say something, right?
{i have the want...i just need the time.}

it has been a long time...

i cannot beleive how long it has been since i have been here....
summer went by in a blur of weddings
and birthdays
and anniversaries and a job promotion...
but i'm feeling good
about where we are going now...
16 has started a new school
commuting back and forth with me
instead of attending our local school
and i think it was a good choice...
a fresh start is always welcome.

speaking of fresh starts,
i start a new job tomorrow in the same office
but new workload...
i'm excited and nervous all at once...

the car has been cleaned out,
the computer space has been decluttered
laundry is getting caught up
and routines are being found

so far fall has been kind to me.
:)

August Break 2011- Day 2

i realize i have no pictures loaded on the computer of her at 16 but that will be tomorrow's post :)
big weekend...
15 turned 16
in the blink of an eye.
wedding rehearsals and wedding days held
on the beach
sister-in-laws marrying new brother-in-laws into the family...
flowergirls playing in the sand
and 16 singing
in front of a crowd of family
in a pale yellow dress
and how hard it was to work the camera
while i cried
because she did such a good job
she was so beautiful up there
who is this
young
woman...
this interesting, funny, compelling and intriguing person...
so separate suddenly {yet so much still a part of me that it hurts...}
wow.
16.
you blow my mind
{with happiness}{and pride}...
i love you.

August Break 2011- Day 1

now that i am fully-dead-head-on into wedding season
and the accompanying craziness that brings
i thought this
august break idea
would be perfect for me...
words or no words,
an image will suffice...
no hard and fast rules...
once a day or once a week or whenever the mood strikes you...
that's my kind of challenge for this month of shooting and editing and answering countless emails.

check it out...maybe you need an august break, too...

5 days

i have the next 5 whole days ahead of me
all mine
free and clear
5 sweet days in a row...
and i am so looking forward to it...

other things i am loving right now
right here
in this moment, this second, this space...

the fact that 15 sat in the backseat of my car
with her friend
and when suicical tendencies came on
15's friend said..."your mom is not going to like this song"
and 15 said
"are you kidding me?  this is my mom's cd!  i wouldn't even
know about suicidal tendencies if mom hadn't shown me..."

heehee...for that moment, i felt cool.