Marcia's project 365

March - week 2

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lovely Etsy parcel from Japan - this is the best looking parcel I've received in years :)

who would have thought you'd find this in the heart of Johannesburg? Well, Chartwell.

my no-sew handbag from jeans I cut off into shorts

Kendra loved the handbag above and kept it on all through doing her puzzles

Connor seems bored with me, doesn't he?

Cricket World Cup!

my gorgeous bedroom ceiling

some more getting my craft on - this time little notebook from a bookmark

March - week 1

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Had to take a pic of these tiny shoes.

I said, "Kendra, take your shoes to your bedroom"

Evidently this is her bedroom - at least they're neatly placed together :)

we had a work thing at this beautiful venue.

I always wonder why they bother to pay for such gorgeous venues when you only have 30 minutes to actually be outside.

this is my favourite pic from the week

Excuse the blur but I just love the way he's feeding her bread. They're being naughty together :)

Chasing chickens (yes, really) at a party

I love both their expressions

Smooch!

And some more

Trying on hats in Woolies

She was tickled pink :)

Weekly winners a week late

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I thought I made a mistake when I was downloading but no, no pics of the kids this week that are non-blurry.

Connor after he fell off the bed and bumped his head.

I've been getting my craft on. The babies are on a nutritional supplement for a few months and I couldn't throw all those tins away.

So I covered them and made them cute. Those tags are the back of my cute moo business cards

I realised I've seriously gotten minimalistic with the toiletries the babies use - wipes, vaseline, lotion and baby powder. That's it.

making elastic books with postcards inspired by Aimee

mmm, sky above the church where I did a talk on organising (that's the kids' playground)

less is more - moved to a smaller handbag

my first flower from Connor

and last, but by no means least, my goals for Feb, honoured in a frame

I'm linking these pics to Lotus's Weekly Winners. Come see the gorgeous photos.

weekly pics - 27 Feb

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Valentine's cupcakes at work

minimalist kids

decluttering jewellery

the rest of the jewellery, organised

my handstamped jewellery (aka etsy obsession)

the babies got into the butternut cubes in my freezer

(I'm a sneaky chef fan)

apparently it was good :)

playing in the tunnel

enjoying lunch - baked beans, tomato and sausages

weekly photos for the week ending 20th feb

2011-02-20T11:09:00.000+02:00

Valentine's cupcakes at work

minimalist kids

decluttering jewellery

the rest of the jewellery, organised

my handstamped jewellery (aka etsy obsession)

the babies got into the butternut cubes in my freezer

(I'm a sneaky chef fan)

apparently it was good :)

playing in the tunnel

enjoying lunch - baked beans, tomato and sausages

Strategising

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Lavenders Cafe, PE

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don't you love that bench?

my weekly photo winners

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Connor wants a kiss on his neck...

I don't know what they're doing either but apparently I need to "talk to the hand"

this is a terrible quality pic but I LOVE the naughtiness :)

Organising - do you use shoe holders to organise?

these are just 4 of the CDs stolen from my car on Tuesday - yes, I was very cross. Those are my favourite worship ones on the bottom. These are just the cases.

this sight never fails to cheer me up

my word of the year necklace from this etsy store (I have 4 of her things!)

All my "courage" stuff together

Print from artsyville, another etsy store

pretty yoghurt ready for the babies

and then this is my true weekly winner - I love this series of pics of Connor.

He looks like a baby again *sob* and amazing, he was still so none of the shots are blurry!

Have a look at the rest of the weekly winners submissions at Sarcastic Mom - there are absolutely STUNNING pics this week!

Sneaking around at work with my camera :)

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Coffee shop observations - Vivo Telo, Port Elizabeth

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hot chocolates

waiting for food to arrive...

February - week 1 pics

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We're trying out our canvases in different areas of the house to see where they look best.

Here's the one of the babies... (I am SO glad I got this crawling one -love this stage)

and here's the one of us. This is our bedroom wall - the colour's called parsley or something similar :)

then my friend gave me this lovely red pencil with

"Keep calm and carry on" printed on it - I love it!

Connor's new thing - he flings himself down anywhere when he wants to sleep. Why doesn't he just tell us?!

A very successful lunch at Mugg and Bean - the babies had funny face breakfasts (yes, for lunch). As you can see, Connor LOVED it.

Kendra also did - the face is because she wants water at that precise moment and Dion wants to feed her food

And then... finally, the babies' plastics are contained and pretty!

This is my weekly winners post :)

Weekly winners and that's January done!

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Looks like I'm turning over a new leaf. Look at me - 1 Feb and up to date with Jan pics :)

My colleague, Ros, always does the MOST beautiful food for her birthday. She did a huge spread and this is just one platter full of yummy fruit. Here is last year's pic of yet another pretty platter.

Later that same day, taken through my office window

Connor loves cars. When I arrived home, he was out of that door so fast and this is him exclaiming, "car!"

And then later, Kendra saw where I hid her dummy (pacifier). Look at that excitement, poor thing.

I was on a course in another building at work and just as I was about to jump in my car and race out of there, I happened to glance through the pillars and saw this...

I noticed graffiti artists a few weeks ago on Louis Botha Avenue (you need nerves of steel to drive here - crazy taxi drivers) and finally got a couple of shots. I just stuck out my arm, mostly held the shutter down and hoped for the best.

Walked to the gym to try out yoga. Hated it but on the way back to the office, well, look at this - put me right back in a cheerful mood.

Ps 19:1 All of creation shouts out God's glory

They are obsessed with my camera case.

Connor concentrating...

Kendra (look at baby hands)

then I get the evil eye because her brother took it from her.

It's survival of the fittest around here :)

This one was taken at church, in a rare moment of stillness

My favourite drink, ready and waiting for me in a meeting room first thing on Monday morning.

I'm linking these up to the weekly winners meme at I am Lotus.

Pssst

2011-01-28T23:07:00.001+02:00

Check out my new header

Made by me!!!

Huge achievement for someone decidedly non-arty :)

I can now cross it off my 36 things list!

Last week in pics

2011-01-23T21:54:00.000+02:00

I am clearly loving not taking a daily picture for project 365 because last week I took versions of only these 4 happenings (and 1 other thing that I can't post for confidentiality reasons - a mindmap of some work strategy).

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When I walked out of my Zumba class at the gym on Wednesday night, I saw this gorgeous sky

Then I commissioned the man down the road to make two of these wicker drawer sets (one is peeking out on the left of the pic) since this desk has no drawers.

This is the "before" I started decluttering the desk and moving some items to the desk drawers.

I will have to take some "after" pics since it's just about done...

And this is a Mondo Beyondo prompt - things that bring me joy

It's been storming in Johannesburg and I love it. At work one day I was walking back to my desk and saw the absolute beauty of the rain clouds. See the reflection of the office lights? That's how dark it got outside.

My week in pictures

2011-01-16T21:45:00.004+02:00

Date with Dion at Piza e Vino

my favourite drink, water with lemon

D's pizza

mine - we ordered half and halfs (fabulous idea for indecisive eaters like me)
I had tandoori chicken with peppadews, coriander (mmmm) and yoghurt, and steak strips with caramelised onion (not as caremelised as I'd have liked) and rocket

Melrose Arch - love the angles

Back to work and this, a sign from God to get my body back into shape

a lovely rainy day

with some bright and happy colours

I couldn't resist picking up these two brochures from Flight Centre and drooling over them...let's call it inspiration

this afternoon, getting photos printed and up on the walls

I'm linking to weekly winners

P52 - 1st week of Jan

2011-01-09T21:51:00.000+02:00

I'm sorting out my photos and found these from the first week of January.

I was back at work and looks like no-one else was. Look at the empty basement...

and my bulging bag of CDs. You can just spot Air Supply's greatest hits peeking out.

I've since decluttered and organised my car CDs so that they're easier to get to - need to take a picture of my lovely lime-green woven basket

Moo mommy cards

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Cap obsession

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Things I learned while doing Project 365

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I can't tell you how glad I am that project 365 is nearly over. I have never been this happy to finish a project ever.

Seriously.

I started out well and then, well, flaked.

Big time.

I learned that I don't like to be forced to take one pic every day. Some days I want to take 20 pics of grey skies and other days I don't even want to open the camera case.

I want the freedom to do that.

Otherwise, it'll be a pic of my handbag or bedside table as I remember at 10.30 pm that I'm supposed to have taken a pic.

I also learned that if I don't organise photos every single week, they become this huge mountain of photo organising drama that I really don't enjoy.

Weekly it's about a 20-minute or less task which is doable.

Whatever you do, don't sort your pics into categories before you take out your P365 photos - you will never find them again. *ahem*

Learn from my mistakes.

That is why April is not complete and why I can't find all the pics for June, July and some of August.

On my birthday (6 Aug), I decided enough is enough and to start doing this photo organising system properly again.

It worked.

Because of the weekly thing.

So I'm calling this done.

I will finish posting December pics and if I find those missing pics, I'll post them. Otherwise, it'll just have to do.

It's actually kind-of fitting that it's mostly there, but not. 9 months are totally complete and the rest are bitsy-piecy.

A bit how I am. Mostly there but not totally.

I do like the imperfection so maybe I won't even bother looking further for those pics :)

Going forward

I do like having a photo challenge going on.

I was thinking of doing a weekly photo challenge. I think I could do that.

Any ideas? Any good ones around on the internet?

P.S. Is anyone reading??? How did you do with your Project 365?

Getting that last little bit of energy out before bedtime

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Art

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Do you think he's tired?

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New use for ice buckets

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You interrupted the playing for this?

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Christmas Day, on the way to lunch

First visit to the library

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aren't these the cutest little chairs?!

Sipping is serious business

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When did she become a teenager?

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Unpacking

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Seagull

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Christmas lunch number 1 - 2010

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Cute little babies at the beach

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The second and final "beachworthy" day of our holiday

Eyes

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Tired boy

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Coffee shop organisation

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First time on the beach

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Daddy

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PE weather

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Squirmy kids at OT airport

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Kendra in her "my little seat"

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Reflections

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Mini apple pies

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Potato sweetcorn bake

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The tiniest little Christmas tree

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Eating leaves

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Christmas party fun

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Arches

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Just before leaving to film Life's a Journey

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Wearing red on World Aids Day

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Healthy supper

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Thank-you card

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Kendra love

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Parktown

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Our photo DVDs

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Hot

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The Westcliff, up close and personal

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Sibling love

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Turn your back for 2 seconds and this is what you have

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Thursday and Friday

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that's what these teddies are called :)

Where are your toes?

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My favourite hand-stamped jewellery

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Baby hands

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Contemplation

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Meetings

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Beauty

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Teddy love

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Gift from Kobus and Bernie for their dedication. This one's called Friday :)

Mother love

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He doesn't like the wallpaper

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Unexpected gifts

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I hadn't even noticed these flowers blooming right outside my front door.

Connor also loves them :)

Oh, how I love trees

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Took this one at a robot (traffic light). I like that it gives me something to do instead of getting impatient :)

Chocolate

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I have to start watching what I eat in front of the kids.

They're still not allowed sweets, chocolates, etc. but when Kendra caught me nibbling on a chocolate covered pretzel, I had to share.

She loved it!

I love this smile

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And then, beautiful blue skies

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This is because he wants the camera

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He can open the fridge

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A storm brewing

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The storm was brewing from the time I left work and I so hoped and prayed that it wouldn't have started raining before I got home so I could get some pics.

I literally parked, jumped out of my car and ran into the street to take some pics.

Minutes later, it rained. Perfect timing!

Lights

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Pot-pourri in a fireplace

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Rainbow around the sun

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Yummy yoghurt

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Gorgeous view

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Medicine

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Waaaaahhhh

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Relaxing

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Palm trees

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Ponytails

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have no idea why she's so grumpy - maybe the camera in her face?

Whining

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Teamwork (2)

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Bedtime bottles

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Hot

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Taking the stairs

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Rain

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Birthday cards

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Gorgeous baby arms

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We train them young

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View over the M1

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Fuzzy self-portrait

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Old work notebooks

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Making the bed

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Pics on desk

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Boys

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