Day 53

Mmm...granola.

I was given a great recipe from a friend for granola, and now I'll only eat the granola I make. It's just better...at least in my opinion. One element I love about cooking is that I know exactly what goes into my food. With granola I don't have to worry about preservatives; when I make smoothies I know that there isn't a ton of sugar being added, et cetera.

Day 52

I had two competing themes for this week...kitchen or Wesley. I was leaning towards the Wesley theme, and looking forward to highlighting all those things I love so much about my job. Then I forgot to take a pic at my discipleship family brunch, so the plan changed.

Kitchen.

I love it. I love cooking. When I'm given giftcards I tend to use them for kitchen appliances. I also now have two aprons and I LOVE them. Service and giving gifts are some of my "giving" love languages, and I really enjoy cooking for people. This Sunday was spent in the kitchen. I had my girls over where I made some whole-wheat blend waffles, and then I made brownie pies for my St. James community group and to give as thank you's.

Day 50. No Day 51.

I almost did not want to post this picture. It is awful. Not framed well, poor lighting...just not good. However, I did not expect indigo to be an easy color to find, and I wasn't dissapointed. After keeping my eyes peeled all day (side note, what a horrible phrase: "eyes peeled") this was the closest that I could find. I was a nanny for a few days last week, and the little girl had a birthay party at "Pump it Up", where I saw this close cousin to indigo. I was the only babysitter amidst the group of moms (most who were more stylish that I'll probably ever be), so I settled myself on a bench with a book, and fixed my charges hair as necessary. I facebooked a couple times about how awful the music selection was. I understand that I may be more sensitive than normal about wording in music, but still! Yikes.

I had plenty of purple shots I could have taken on Saturday. I carry a purple purse. The child I was nannying put on a purple shirt because I was wearing one. We went to a candy store with plenty of purple. But the pic didn't happen. Anh.

Day 48 AND 49

Green AND Blue.


I saw something that would work for my green shot on Wednesday, but I wasn't crazy about it. And then I got distracted and didn't bother with my pic. Oh well.

Work today. During a staff meeting I look over and see Jim kicked back, and notice his socks. Both colors and fun to frame. Done.

Day 47

YELLOW.

Driving home.
"Golden rod" yellow parking permit for work reflecting on the windshield (which when I first saw thought was a crack in the glass).
Done.

Day 46

ORANGE.


I'm a to-do list maker (surprised?). I don't make them for the pleasure of crossing items off (though I do enjoy crossing items off when they're done). I make them out of necessity--I have to have them to keep everything that I'm doing straight. I have multiple ones going on at one time--events that I do get their own list (also referred to as "action plans"), I'll have a list for things that need to get done in a particular day and another for the week, et cetera. When I realized I had to find an orange item for today I thought I'd have to end up staging something later in the evening. Then, I noticed my to-do list for the morning was being written with orange sharpie. Check.

Day 45

This week I choose to embrace a theme for my pic of the day, and it definitely made the project more fun. This week's theme: ROY G. BIV. This theme reminded me of a book that I want to read/finish. I started reading it this summer and thought that it was incredibly interesting--Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay. It covers how colors are/were made, the history behind them, et cetera, and is organized by one color per chapter. I got through one color before I had to leave it behind, and I definitely want to find a copy so I can work on it some more.

Sunday obviously started off with...RED.


Sunday was also Valentine's Day, a day filled with a plethora of red items. So why go with the red panic button on my car keys? Was I in a panic about my current dating situation, or lack thereof (NO). Feeling cynical on Valentine's Day (Again, NO. I actually find the day to be pretty cute.) But rather, when I made the decision to embrace this theme I was walking from my car to the front door and I thought, "I need to go hunt for red", and I looked down and there was red in my hand.