Nathalie's Project 365

february 8

 

This picture probably doesn't really need a caption, right? As Matt was showing me where he thought our sewer was backed up--causing my relaxing shower to turn into something so vile I won't say more than that about i--Sam decided he would take this opportunity to start eating fistfuls of dirt.  

february 7

Our friend Paul came over to help with what Matt called a "smorgasbord of trim: crown molding, chair rails and baseboards." Thanks, Paul!

Project nearly 365

Project 365 is supposed to be one of those things were you don't feel behind because you work on it in bite-sized pieces and keep it really simple. And yet, here I am in early February already behind by about a month.

I tend to be one of those "procrastination by perfection" people. So with the whole kit ordering debacle, what was supposed to be a simple but extraordinarily meaningful project morphed into this whole mess of details and figuring out how to approximate the kit I've never seen in person. Without a proper system in place, I didn't feel like I could get started.

I've been diligent about taking my pictures--most days--but terrible about journaling. I have my planner and my personal journal but nothing dedicated to the project. This small thing was a huge issue for me. It's partly why I decided to do the blog in addition to the scrapbook, to have a place to journal in the present moment instead of reflecting back on the photos when I finally got them printed. I think retrospection has its benefits but this project calls for more immediate "this is who I am right now" documentation.

Soooo...all that is to say I finally got my pictures ordered from Snapfish last week and am eagerly waiting for that package to arrive. Meanwhile, I am going to get started posting again from today on with possible flashbacks. The only thing I can guarantee you is that I will most likely start and stall, start and stall but I will finish this project even if I have to rename it to something like "Project nearly 365."

Status update

No, it's not a mistake. I really posted a bunch of blank entries. Think of them as placeholders. I've been faithfully taking pictures for Project 365 nearly every day. Already, I love the reminder this project gives me to delight in the ordinary moments.

I figure I still have 335 days before I'm "behind" on the project. I also think it's fair that it took awhile to think through how I'm going to go about putting this together between the journaling, organizing etc. There was a part of me still waiting to hear about the original kit before really getting into it on my own. I continue to be amazed at some of the bitterness and drama playing out in the comments sections of the 365 blogs.It's about the project, not the kit. It's about documenting the days of our lives, while we are ENJOYING being ALIVE. It is NOT about the ribbons, the stamps and color coordinating kits.

Day 22

Day 21

Day 20

Day 19

Day 18

Day 17