witl + sick child

witl = Ali Edwards' Week in the Life

sick child = Selene

our lil one has been sick since Xmas Eve after coming back from the ER for my hubby's nose injury.  poor guy.  he's okay, just bruised up and possible scarring.  but he's ok.  but 5 minutes before he was done, a little girl with her mom came into to check in at the ER and she was coughing up a storm.  i was like oh no and thinking selene is gonna catch it and but i hope she doesn't. and a little after we got home, selene started feeling crappy. then it was off and on since then. she was doing really good Sunday, but later that night she was not herself.  so she has been just wanting to stay in bed.  slight fever that goes away once medicated. one night she was coughing non-stop and hubby found something on the internet about putting Vicks Vapor Rub on her feet and then socks.  believe or not, it worked along with her night cough medicine and slept soundly.  but yesterday and today, no play, just lots of sleeping, medicine, water and popsicles (that's all she can seem to be in the mood to eat).  poor baby.  hoping and praying she gets out of this rut soon.  i miss seeing her being happy go lucky.

on another note, i decided to participate in another Week in the Life from 12/26/15 thru 1/1/16. perfect timing since we are currently a family of 5 for this week.  so, it made sense to do it this week. i actually created a private album in my FB account and documented those photos this way.  here are a highlight of my photos (not all shown):

12.26 Saturday

12.27 Sunday

12.28 Monday

i'll post my 12.29 and on later this week.

i know this is not the actual week but oh well, doing this on my own.  hoping next time Ali Edwards does another WITL, i'll be on time.  hahahhaaha.  I can hardly wait to get all my photos printed out, put them in an album, journaling and minimal embellishments and see the end result.

why do i do this?  because it makes me notice things that i don't usually pay attention to and appreciate my everyday moments not just the big events that happen.  and i have something documented in photos and words for my kids and grandkids and other family members and close friends to look at what life was like from my viewpoint.  why do you do it?

#44

oh yes, i did one... happy 44 to me!  aaa-oo!!!

detailed but still clean & simple. see...i'm trying to embrace my inner minimalist.

and yesterday, i worked on de-cluttering my scrap stuff...BIG time!  i just combined and organized all my cocoa daisy kits i was keeping in a big bin. finally got all the supplies out of those plastic/brown bags. getting rid of stuff i know for sure i will never ever use or are just not my style.  see all of those lined up on my table and on the floor...those are the ones i'm keeping.  aaah it feels good to be a semi-minimalist of my supplies.

and this is what happened too yesterday...

a visit from santa

after playing, she went back to sleep...

my first ever attempt of making homemade cherry-strawberry pie...

caught hubby cutting up his prime rib he just got hot out of the oven...

and just around the neighborhood on xmas afternoon...

have a good one!  and i'll be going to someone's zumba class, just gonna be a student for a change and then our 2 teenagers come home today!  yes...the family of 5 again!

almost a year...what a record? LOL!

oh my!  it's been almost a year since my last post...  bad jenn!   life has been extremely busy.  i have been teaching more Zumba almost everyday, subbing and my own classes.   the girls' activities have also been on my calendar as well.  gymnastics, volleyball, etc.  but now i get these next 4 days off!  especially since it's my 44th birthday this saturday!  i'm so excited!

i have not scrapbooked anything not even a card for almost 5-7 months...and i'm not sure exactly when and what...i think it was my girlfriend's going away album that i made for her...and i think i deleted those photos...shoot!  (no pun intended)  but i recently got so inspired at my hubby's squadron's holiday party last week...

so i started blog surfing some of my fave scrappers/project lifers... ali edwards, amanda zampelli, rachel delgrosso...to name a few to get inspiration.  i'm also participating ali's one little word 2016 to jumpstart my creativity and to start of the new year on a good scrappy note.

after all this blog stalking... i mean surfing... i decided to do a day in the life album too....had over 40 photos but chose only 35 of them...not all of course are shown here...just wanted to show my fave layouts in the album...

i used the project life midnight edition core kit.  this is one of my fave pl kits.  I have a collection of PL kits but i seem to go back to this one (and the seafoam kit too!).  they are just more neutral in color and tone, so versatile.  plus i am changing my approach to doing PL now, more the minimalistic way.  this is not to say i won't use my other kits...wink!

so...my goal is to start focusing and doing my PL albums, and finish them!  right now, i'm still working on my PL 2013 and am doing lots of layouts for may & june '13.  i have a printer that can print photos, but it gets costly with the ink.  so whenever snapfish & shutterfly have photo print sales, i go for it!

i'm still working on uploading and sometimes editing photos for 2015.  i'm gonna be doing april soon.  yes, i'm that behind.  oh well, it will get done, on my time.  i so admire those who are doing current PL's, but...it just hasn't been that way for me with my schedule.  I haven't even done a scrap page, which i miss doing, in soooo long!  blame it on Zumba!  hahahhaha...

i have had a busy Zumba teaching schedule the past 2 months now... but it will be one class less in january 2016, a nice break (but man i love to teach!)

BUT.... i did some scrapping during the first half of this year...

wow!  only 2 scrap pages and the rest cards... pretty good for someone who hasn't scrapped in awhile.   

i traditionally do a birthday layout either the day/night before or the morning of my birthday.  and yes...i'm doing one!  i have 2 photos printed out and the supplies i plan on using for it. i plan on using about 5 different cocoa daisy kits for it.  i am thinking i'm going to keep it simple this time.  i usually go all out but like i said before, i am gonna try to be a minimalist this time, something different.  in fact, i think i may start it after this post.  lol!

for 2016 i hope:

• to keep teaching Zumba 
• finish up my 2013 PL album
• start up a PL album for selene's 0 to 5 (maiya has one for 0 to 8 yrs)
• scrap a page or a card every other month
• keep up with my blog posts
• pass my ACE personal trainer certification in May 2016
• be a better military spouse (especially now that hubby has recently ranked up)
• keep improving on being a better mom & wife too (there's alway room for improvement, if you say not so, then you're lying to yourself)

a few things i want to do next year...not a long list but these are things that do take time....and i can hardly wait to tackle them.

what have you been up to?

out with the old in with the new...

o mi gawsh!  its a new year!  yey-yah!  i'm so looking forward to this year.  i don't make resolutions. i make goals.  hmmm what's mine?

• complete my CEC's before the end of this year
• new Zumba/dance routines every month, at least one
• get my credit card debt in check, pay it down every month (if i won the lottery, this would be the first thing i'd take care of)
• keep improving my relationships, both personal and Zumba-wise
• make a Zumba commercial for my Zumba FB page by the end of winter or earlier (i may have a hookup on that, one of my students is into photography and videography!)
• scrapbook at least one page per month
• complete a few project life layouts every other week
• do my Zumba record keeping on a regular basis

thats just a few of them...

i turned 43 this past December 26!  and i created this layout especially for this moment.... used one of the cocoa daisy kits of course...just listed my accomplishments this past year of my life.

i got these on my day too...

spent my day with these peeps, my fave peeps in the whole wide world...and we ate at Spenard Roadhouse and i had one of my faves there...

a little last selfie before the night was over....

perfect ending.