Father's Day Craft

Sharing something quick before the weekend gets here.  I found this amazing site a while back and I'm finally putting it to use for Father's Day.

I'm not the craftiest person you'll ever meet, so this is well within my abilities.  The plan is to print the graphic onto an 8 x 10 sheet, have each of the kids sign it, and pop it into a frame.  Ridiculously easy, and the possibilities are endless... you can type in any word you like!

Go check it out:

http://metaatem.net/words/

And happy to Father's Day to all the special Dad's in our lives!


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Photo a Day

I'm not a big New Year's resolutions person.  Motivation to change or improve shouldn't just strike on January 1st of each year.  Self improvement should be a continuous, year-round thing.  I know that if I make a New Year's resolution, I'm most likely setting myself up for failure.  That said, there are a bunch of photo-a-day type challenges that have peaked my interest and make me wonder if that might be just the type of motivation I need to be more intentional with my camera and put it to use on a more regular basis: 

Looking through the photos from the past year, there are all kinds of hockey and soccer photos, along with the obligatory holiday pictures.... but it's an incomplete story.  There is so much ordinary everyday stuff that happens in between, and it isn't being captured.  That's not to say that I'm going to start taking photos of every cup of coffee I buy, but I want to try and fill the gaps in the scrapbook of our lives.

So here's what 2013 looks like so far:

Treats from cupCAKE

Quality couch time.

Stocking up on books.

Random foot.  

Straight up nachos with cheese and no fancy toppings per in-house 10 year old.

Some snow.

Grade 10 art project in the works.

Devil's Food Cake... bundt style.  I can't bake a bundt without thinking of My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

Plenty of hockey.

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Thoughts on Fall

Fall leaves, Mactier, Ontario, 2003

It's official, we closed the pool yesterday which means it won't be long before we're shoveling the driveway. We're well into fall, and probably one of the last in the neighbourhood to put an end to our swimming season. While admiring the fall colours, I found myself reflecting on another summer gone by, full of moments that hopefully memory will serve well. It would be nice to have a mental rolodex to flip through when I'm old but the reality is, most of the moments we expect to cherish someday eventually fade from memory. Although I haven't scrapbooked in a very long time, I think that's what scrapbooking is all about - so we can look back years later and think "Look, we were always smiling! It was always sunny! That was such a wonderful trip!"

So here we are - admiring the beauty of autumn and knowing that summer, as usual, went by way too fast.

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