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2014 | A Day in the Life | JUNE, JULY, AUGUST & SEPTEMBER

I am still creating memory pages (aka scrapbooking). I spent a great deal of time over the summer deciding what activities bring me joy and what I am willing to let go.  Memory keeping is something I will always do, to some degree. I took a memoir course and actually thought I'd be able to do it well because of the skills honed through album making - ha! Though, through it, I did learn something different but familliar and have plans to incorporate the two in a future project.

In the meantime, I have been celebrating one day each month in more depth than my usual Project Life though I have been inconsistent in my posting. I'd promise to change that, but hey, who are we kidding?

It was a full summer!

2014 | A Day in the Life APRIL

Super long day. Bonus hours but no bonus photos. I'm thinking that, at this point, I can sleep for a month :)

A DAY IN THE LIFE 2014:

January | February | March | April | May | June
July | August | September | October | November | December

2014 | A Day In The Life FEBRUARY

Far from a "typical" day in my life, but February 18 was the day I had scheduled for "A Day in the Life" so there you have it :) It's kind of nice to have something completely different to look back upon. And so much better than more photos of snow, ice and cold which have plagued our every day after every day of this past winter.

A DAY IN THE LIFE 2014:

January | February | March | April | May | June
July | August | September | October | November | December

a day in the life | 09 january 2014

Just a regular Thursday:

For more than a few years I participated in a 12 of 12 project which was a fabulous way of quickly flipping through scrapbook pages to see how my family has grown and changed, month by month, for five years. Grow and change it did! Something happened last summer/fall and I abandoned that memory keeping practice, though months before I had abandoned making pages from the photos taken.

I've decided to do "A Day in the Life" as a part of Project Life instead. It's more flexible with no set number of photos to take and I like the format set out by Ali Edwards in her templates.

My calendar for the year ahead:

• Tuesday 18 February
• Wednesday 26 March
• Saturday 12 April
• Monday 05 May
• Friday 20 June
• Sunday 13 July
• Thursday 28 August
• Tuesday 16 September
• Wednesday 22 October
• Saturday 08 November
• Monday 15 December

What about you? Do you participate in a structured "in depth" monthly project? Tell me about it!

A Day In The Life | June 2013

I've had the Ali Edwards' Day in the Life templates and the coordinating photo collage templates since they came out and I've wanted to do this project for months now. It is much like my 12 of 12 practice, but more flexible as there is no limit to the number of photos. Kind of liberating that way :) Something clicked last Thursday and I remembered my camera - all day long!

Before the day started, I thought it was going to be hard to fill. As it turns out, even my lazy days, with three out of four kids (Cole was still away at OELC camp) can be pretty full. Life is good and gets better every day.

Do you participate in this #dayinthelife project?