WITL

My favorite photos from Sunday. You can find more of my Week In The Life photos here.

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OUR DAY

Sunday was a quiet day, with me down with the cold and the weather warm and sunny. The thunder storm in the afternoon lasted for a couple of hours, leaving us plenty of time to watch the dark clouds approaching and enjoying some outdoors card games. It was a normal Sunday, really, with me having the day off from work we decided to stay @ home and hang out together. In the evening a neighbor kid came by and MT went out to spend some time with him before he had to go to bed.

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PHOTO COUNT: 119 | 1 (MT)

This is the last Week In The Life post for a while. I want to give room for a few other things, both here on my blog and in my life. I’m having a week off from work and want to make the most of it (even with the cold that are slowing me down a little).

I loved the project, even though it was hard at times and even though nothing much happened most of the days. But this is summer. Work, play and sleep Have a great Tuesday! I’m going to clear out some paper garbage.

My favorite photos from Saturday. You can find more of my Week In The Life photos here.

OUR DAY

early wakeup &  back to sleep | sunshine & rain | clearing & cleaning | popcorn & movie night
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PHOTO COUNT: 55 | 6 (MT)

Saturday was the hardest day to document, I didn’t feel like writing and I only took photos in groups morning, midday and evening. It was the day with least photos taken, but strangely enough I have just as many photos that are my favorites as the other days.

My favorite photos from Friday. You can find more of my Week In The Life photos here.

OUR DAY

beautiful sunshine | summer feeling | outside living | grass mowing | family visiting | hot dogs for dinner | lots of laughs
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PHOTO COUNT: 109 | 16 (MT)

I’m playing a little catchup with the photos today, since I’m down with the cold and can’t do what I planned to do. Makes me feel like I, at least, accomplished something… Have to say it’s strange not picking up the camera every few minutes of the day – it started to feel like the new normal – but also good to let go of the ‘have to catch everything that happens’-feeling too and just enjoy this beautiful summer day as it is (with runny nose and all). Can’t wait to see the actual album (or book – haven’t decided) come together, though, with all my favorite photos + even a few more than what I have been able to share here. But right now I’m taking a few days off, I need some breathing room and want to let last week and all I collected during it (photos+words | bits&pieces) sink in. I also have my one last week of vacation this week and have lost of plans and plenty of things to do.

For Thursday I decided to do things a bit different. I wanted to have one photo for each hour during the day. And to be happy for that one thing documented each and every hour. I also took a photo of the sunshine bright and early in the morning and ended the photo shoot with the sunset as seen from my garden. So here are the photos, a time stamp and a few words:

06:00 - golden morning

09:00 - inspired to create

10:00 - breakfast in the sunshine

11:00 - happy playing in his room

12:00 - computer time

13:00 - card game

14:00 - nature

15:00 - catching up on the words

16:00 - surf board (MT's choice of photo/thing)

17:00 - reading cartoons outside while it rains is so cozy (MT's words)

18:00 - watching

19:00 - dinner in the making

20:00 - lots of room

21:00 - brushing his teeth (finally we got our water back!)

22:00 - sunset

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PHOTO COUNT: 139

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THOUGHT ABOUT THE PROJECT

It wasn’t all that easy to remember to take photos each and every hour. I used the alarm on my phone, but still almost forgot it. I liked this way of capture our day and am so glad I have at least one such day.
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I can't believe July is almost over. It went so fast.
It was filled with rain - but also so good!!

My favorite photos from Wednesday. . You can find more of my Week In The Life photos here.

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OUR DAY

• We had the morning at home.
• I went to the post office to get my box from Studio Calico. Fun!
• Tested the remote (to my camera) I got for my birthday. It worked!
• We met Grandma by the church for lunch.
• Had a wedding.
• Went to the mall and ate some ice cream.
• Another whole day without water in the house.
• Still feels like I’m at camp. But seriously glad for the rest room by our church.

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PHOTO COUNT: 123 | 9 (MT)  

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OTHER STUFF

Saved a few recites from today. Nothing much else.

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THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PROJECT

Still loving the words + photos. So interesting to capture my days like this.

I really wish I could get Aperture to upload the photos to flickr in the right order. Drives me crazy!

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It was so nice to spend some of my day with my mom.
I loved living on the west coast, but having family close is really a gem
(most of the time).

My favorite photos from Tuesday. It was a rather busy day and we spent most of it away from home. You can find more of my Week In The Life photos here.

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OUR DAY

• Up early in the morning.
• Went to my brother’s to borrow their shower (since we had no water in the house).
• MT spent time with my brother’s family.
• I went to work.
• Spent some time with my brother and his wife. Nice.
• Went to the city to pay my respect to the dead and wounded after the terror attack on Friday 22nd.
• Bought with us some water and went down to church to gather some more.
• Brushed our teeth in the church’s toilet. Felt like we were on camp somewhere.

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PHOTO COUNT: 111 | 14 (MT)

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OTHER STUFF

I have a few photos of my brother’s family that I would add to my album, but not here on the blog.

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THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PROJECT

Right now my biggest frustration is getting the photos from my photo software and on to flickr in the right size. Any Aperture + Flickr users please send me your best tips for getting them to work together.

My notes are helping me remember the details (but those are for next week).

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Have you ever written down the details of your day?
We forget so much, there are gems in the little things.

Here is a few of my favorite photos from MONDAY. If you want to see more click over to flickr, there you also can find a few words explaining each photo a little. Each photo below are linked to flickr as well, so you can click on the photos to read the words.

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OUR DAY

• We spent the day at home. Doing a lot of everyday good stuff.
• The weather wasn’t too nice, but we still managed to be outside some of the time.
• I did 2 loads of laundry and 1 run of the dishwasher.
• We had on shorts despite of the gray weather.
• We found time to enjoy the day. Monday is generally my day off and the day I relax as well as do a few things around the house.
• Loved spending the day with MT, he’s been visiting his Grandparents for the weekend and I missed him.
• Just when I thought the day was over I found that we had lost all water to the house. I went down in the basement to see if there were any leaks, but I found no sign of that. So I went to bed, nothing to do about this before tomorrow. Really don’t like the thought of not having water, though. And it’s kind of funny after all the rain and flooding during the weekend. There shouldn’t be a shortage of water right now.

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PHOTO COUNT: 211

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OTHER STUFF

I plan on saving the newspaper from today. Lots of articles about the tragic shooting and bombing in Utøya/Oslo. It happened before this week started, but it’s sure setting it’s mark on this week as well. I also plan on saving something (newspaper or printout + my own photos) from the flooding in the city on Sunday.
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THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PROJECT

I’ve found that Week In The Life is both fun and hard. Sometimes the snapping of photos doesn’t come as easy and sometimes the words are hard to find. But other times it’s so fun finding and appreciating the details of our day. All in all I’m so happy I decided to do it and I can’t wait for the finished result. I use a notebook to write what’s going on during the day, as detailed as I can manage and then I try to take photos all as well. Sometimes I go by the hour, sometimes it’s what’s happening that gets me to snap the clicker.

I wanted to learn more about my new photo software (Aperture) during this week so it’s been a struggle figuring out how everything works so I could develop a work flow that suits me and doesn’t take more time than necessary. I’m still working on it, but getting the Monday highlights up and running helps a lot. Now I have made a few decisions that I’ll stick to when editing the other photos from the rest of the week.

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Hope you find some beauty in your everyday life. It's all in the details.