We ended up having a snow day today, so I'm really late on the blogging front. (The snow, sadly, was nothing to get really excited about. While it did snow quite a bit yesterday, much of it melted because we had temps close to 50 the day before that. Still, temps dropped below freezing last night, and much of the melted snow then freeze, which resulted in today's snow day. Ahh, the joys of living in the South.)
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Here's a look at my 12 photos for the day. Just a few notes about my process: I had planned to take a photo an hour -- just a random collection of whatever was going on at the time my phone reminder went off. Instead, my photos are grouped into morning, afternoon, and evening. That just ended up making more sense with the rhythm of my day. These are processed through Instagram, but I took them with just the regular camera on my phone, so I have plain, unfiltered files to use (if I want) on my layout. I like having the two options -- Instagram is fun for blogsharing, tweeting, and even Facebook posts, but I prefer having unfiltered images to use on my scrapbook layouts.
Morning: As I was dropping Cami off at school, the cold rain was just beginning to turn into snow. The first thing I do at work each day, after booting up my laptop, is check my agenda to see what needs to be done; much of my work involves planning for upcoming projects and presentations. Just a quick shot of three of my favorite things: my Fossil Key-per tote, my gray Converse sneakers, and corduroy pants. When I left for lunch, it had been snowing for several hours, covering the bushes, ground, and cars.
Afternoon: Beatrice spends much of our lunch hour just lying on the rug, near us. A random shot from my living room: a vintage typewriter I found for $5.00 -- I love the faux wood detailing and the red spacer key. Cass was all smiles when I picked her up from school this afternoon. Snow kept lightly drifting along the edge of the car windows; I was amazed at how downy it looked, rather than icy.
Evening: Cami came home with this little monkey toy from the school's 4th/5th grade Jamboree. I spent the evening catching up on some laundry; it's so much easier to fold it as soon as I take it out of the dryer (why don't I do this more often?) Any time we go into Cami's room now, the ratboys run to the bars of the cage to see what's going on; they've become quite nosy. I headed to bed fairly early, mostly to warm up and to spend some time reading; I finished one book and made it about halfway through another before falling asleep.
