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Have a great week!

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I know many of you have probably already seen that Elsie has started a Four Simple Goals challenge, and I am FINALLY jumping on the bandwagon.  I’m always setting goals for myself, but for some reason I’ve had a hard time coming up with these… I don’t know if it’s because they’re public, or because they have to be completed before the new year and I don’t know how busy this semester is going to be, or what, but I’ve been stuck!

So anyway, here’s what I’ve come up with…

1. Paint. I’ve wanted to become a better painter for a while now but it’s always something that gets pushed to the side.  I want to try and make sure that I paint at least every week for the rest of the year… it doesn’t matter what it is, just as long as I get started and do it.  Getting started is always the hardest part for me.

2. Run. I’m running a 5k in three weeks and hopefully a mini-marathon next May, so I really need to start focusing on increasing my miles!  I want to start running at LEAST 3x/week, and run 9 miles at once before the year is done.

3. Interact. This summer I had a little rule for myself, where I wouldn’t say no to anything social.  Especially during school it’s very easy for me to say no in order to get work done, hang out alone, or just with my boyfriend, and I really don’t want to fall into that rut this semester.  I know I won’t be able to say yes everytime I’m asked to do something social, but I’m going to try as hard as I can to do so!  I enjoyed it this summer so I don’t see why I shouldn’t continue.

4. Cook. I want to cook as much as possible this semester and eat out less, and I also want to start compiling a recipe book of recipes I actually know and use.  Maybe I’ll post that here once I’ve made it?  I want cooking to be a more routine part of my life, so I can eat healthier and save some money.

Thanks for reading!  And feel free to join in, I’ll be posting updates on how I’m doing =)

Here are the 1st seven photos from my daily photograph project!  They include my birthday, a plane trip, lots of painting and a little bit of lake fun =)

Hope you enjoyed =)  Have a great weekend!

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Today is my birthday =)  And I decided that I am going to document this 23rd year in photos, since lately I have been HORRIBLE about using my camera.  Horrible.  Very bad.  So it will be like the whole 365 project (I know I’m a little behind the trend!) and I’ll post my pictures each week right here.

Anyway, that’s all =)  I’m off to celebrate my birthday with some friends I haven’t seen since EXACTLY a year ago today (hi Amanda & Brian!) and my boyfriend in New York (ooh fancy.)  Check back next week for the first photos!!

Aside from the shaving cream painting that I did every week with my art campers, I also did several other activities: plaster sculpture, basket weaving, clay, oil pastels, charcoal self-portraits, nature print photograms, theater, and more.  It was a very full week and every so often I would remember to take out my camera to document their work, so I thought I would share a few with you here =)

I wish I had taken more!  The days were so busy and the kids took their projects home as soon as they could, so a lot of great projects slipped away.  I had some very talented campers =)  What do you think??

Remember back when I said I was going to paint a mural?  Well, it got put on hold because of art camp, but I have now officially started!  It is very scary but is going well so far, and I have enjoyed every minute of it.

All I have done is the background (the sky, water, & sand) and when I am back in town next week I am going to add all the details: palm trees, a sailboat, dolphin, sandcastle, etc etc!  It doesn’t look that exciting yet but I wanted to share the process here.

Now that I have gotten started I want to keep going with it, but I am out of town so it is going to have to wait.  Once I make more progress I will share photos =)  wish me luck!

Hope you’re having a good week =)

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