{"id":2819,"date":"2010-02-07T07:38:57","date_gmt":"2010-02-07T12:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:15:10","slug":"38365","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elisalou.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/07\/38365\/","title":{"rendered":"38\/365"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4932\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335508739\/img_4932.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2697\/4335508739_3caf7d4f5d_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4932\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> My poor Zoey girl.\u00a0 She really is pathetic.\u00a0 Even with her jacket on she just can&#8217;t deal with the snow.\u00a0 And then we all laugh at her because she can&#8217;t walk when it all balls up on her like this<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4935\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4336256010\/img_4935.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2753\/4336256010_6089952fd4_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4935\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I took her straight to the dog shower and had to soak her to melt her snow dingle-berries.<\/p>\n<p>Right now Blake is sitting next to me playing the acoustic guitar- a medley of Green Day, Chili Peppers, Nirvana- I can&#8217;t tell you how cool it is to hear my son playing my fave bands.\u00a0 Anyway, Zoey hates the guitar.\u00a0 So she is laying next to me and growling the whole time.\u00a0 We laugh at her about that too.\u00a0 Poor girl.<\/p>\n<p>Have I mentioned that Blake has started writing his own songs?\u00a0 So so cool.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>I have realized that I am not using this 365 project to improve my photography at all.\u00a0 In fact I am going the other direction.\u00a0 Because I am taking more shots, I tend to treat it like a point and shoot and just grab and shoot.\u00a0 Oh well.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4975\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4336290660\/img_4975.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4034\/4336290660_ef00bb4858_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4975\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today we took the kids to get their passports.\u00a0 They had been playing outside it the snow so they are all a mess of hat heads.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>I find that I am using the &#8220;Project Life&#8221; as less of a scrapbook and more of a place to put everyday things that tell our story.<\/p>\n<p>Like my birthday cards from the boys<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4976\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4336292050\/img_4976.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4027\/4336292050_f8d86ce9d0_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4976\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have done a few pages of regular scrapbooking lately and it feels good!\u00a0 To get the stories down before I forget them<\/p>\n<p>Because I do.\u00a0 Forget, that is.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4964\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4336272148\/img_4964.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4007\/4336272148_53236ec1f3_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4964\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4977\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335548303\/img_4977.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4052\/4335548303_d616840d85_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4977\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4988\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4336299332\/img_4988.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2721\/4336299332_a87ab345c5_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4988\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>when this happened today, Andy and I looked at each other and said, &#8220;crap&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4989\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335557499\/img_4989.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2704\/4335557499_5725b70133_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4989\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> not good<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4991\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335555261\/img_4991.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2734\/4335555261_39c8ab8a44_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4991\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>There was some serious snow fort building going on in the front yard<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4968\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4336332858\/img_4968.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2718\/4336332858_1709dd655f_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4968\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4971\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335586339\/img_4971.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4056\/4335586339_cb3abd9770_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4971\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a> the tongue out in concentration always cracks me up.\u00a0 I do the same thing<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4972\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4336287724\/img_4972.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4041\/4336287724_20b7503f79_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4972\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4978\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335549391\/img_4978.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2677\/4335549391_4695983d2f_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4978\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4981\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4336296422\/img_4981.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4041\/4336296422_e02349c930_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4981\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4984\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335551743\/img_4984.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4039\/4335551743_57eab44161_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4984\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a> And while this was going on, a girl sat at the door and watched<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4938\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335512279\/img_4938.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2740\/4335512279_12b1f2926c_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4938\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> She is not feeling 100%.\u00a0 Some kind of stomach issue.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4946\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335513781\/img_4946.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4023\/4335513781_77026e663d_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4946\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> And then look, a brother comes to say hello<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4950\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4336261740\/img_4950.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4005\/4336261740_d46d1997d1_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4950\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4948\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335515109\/img_4948.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4006\/4335515109_d3afab13a8_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4948\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4955\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335521257\/img_4955.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4046\/4335521257_60ba887667_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4955\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4952\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335519671\/img_4952.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2739\/4335519671_20d878c2da_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4952\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> And then another one<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4954\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4336263362\/img_4954.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4051\/4336263362_b006430c82_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4954\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4958\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335524581\/img_4958.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4019\/4335524581_ff5ff12290_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4958\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4956\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4336268326\/img_4956.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4055\/4336268326_6d566ecd36_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4956\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>And then Shiloh decided to kill her toy<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4995\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4336305488\/img_4995.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2726\/4336305488_7519b2267d_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4995\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_4997\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4336307794\/img_4997.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2754\/4336307794_c3d78101dc_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4997\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5001\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335564135\/img_5001.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4032\/4335564135_c296567cb0_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5001\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large\" title=\"IMG_5002\" href=\"https:\/\/elisalou.com\/blog\/photos\/photo\/4335566137\/img_5002.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4066\/4335566137_b9c8d2f6ef_b.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5002\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a> And then the boys went sledding and Eva and I stayed home to clean house.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s a wrap on our Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My poor Zoey girl.\u00a0 She really is pathetic.\u00a0 Even with her jacket on she just can&#8217;t deal with the snow.\u00a0 And then we all laugh at her because she can&#8217;t walk when it all balls up on her like this I took her straight to the dog shower and had to soak her to melt her snow dingle-berries. Right now Blake is sitting next to me playing the acoustic guitar- a medley of Green Day, Chili Peppers, Nirvana- I can&#8217;t tell you how cool it is to hear my son playing my fave bands.\u00a0 Anyway, Zoey hates the guitar.\u00a0 So she is laying next to me and growling the whole time.\u00a0 We laugh at her about that too.\u00a0 Poor girl. Have I mentioned that Blake has started writing his own songs?\u00a0 So so cool. &#8212;&#8212; I have realized that I am not using this 365 project to improve my photography at all.\u00a0 In fact I am going the other direction.\u00a0 Because I am taking more shots, I tend to treat it like a point and shoot and just grab and shoot.\u00a0 Oh well. Today we took the kids to get their passports.\u00a0 They had been playing outside it the snow so they are all a mess of hat heads. &#8212;&#8212;&#8211; I find that I am using the &#8220;Project Life&#8221; as less of a scrapbook and more of a place to put everyday things that tell our story. Like my birthday cards from the boys I have done a few pages of regular scrapbooking lately and it feels good!\u00a0 To get the stories down before I forget them Because I do.\u00a0 Forget, that is. &#8212;&#8212;&#8212; when this happened today, Andy and I looked at each other and said, &#8220;crap&#8221; not good &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;- There was some serious snow fort building going on in the front yard the tongue out in concentration always cracks me up.\u00a0 I do the same thing And while this was going on, a girl sat at the door and watched She is not feeling 100%.\u00a0 Some kind of stomach issue. And then look, a brother comes to say hello And then another one &#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211; And then Shiloh decided to kill her toy And then the boys went sledding and Eva and I stayed home to clean house. 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