Bits and Pieces

My daughter-in-law took this picture last week and the whole Tampa family is there.  Except for my daughter-in-law (cause she’s taking the picture) and grandson Justin who was out-of-town. I like this picture because It’s a great photo that captures the moment and tells a story.

But what I love about this photo is that Kendall is stealing my cake.  That is SO Kendall.   

So are you doing any resolutions? 

I’m trying to get my priorities straight.  

Cutting back on “multi-tasking”.  Pay attention to the here and now.  “Live in the moment”. 

And a few goals that I started back at my birthday for my 60th year.  

First, take more pictures! (Could I take any more pics than I already do?) Okay, maybe take better ones.  So I started the Project 365 page on my blog to push me in that direction.  

I already play my banjo almost daily but I’d like to spend more time with my piano.  And I have a ukulele now which I haven’t touched.  I want to dedicate some time for music every day with the goal of getting over my insecurity of performing in front of people. Some of my crazy friends and a few relatives actually want to hear me play.  

I’m planning to read more books and remembering them!  Now after I read a book, I’m writing a quick blurb to myself about what it was about and how I felt about the book.  If you have any recommendations, let me know.  My all time favorite book for 2014 was Life after Life by Kate Atkinson.  So good.

Hmmm, guess that’s it.  Got any goals for your new year?

and I’ll cry if I want to… 

Just kidding.  I don’t mind having birthdays.  In fact I LOVE having birthdays.  It’s an excuse to celebrate with a party and cake. And beer.

I don’t particularly like saying

Fiiiiifffffftttty Niiiiiiiine.

But how often do people actually ask you how old you are? 

Not Often.

364 days until the big 6 0 ! 

And I think there might be many celebrations over the next 364 days–just to practice for the big party.

I’ve decided to document this big year.  In case you haven’t noticed the new tab on the menu, there’s one called Project 365.  I linked up with a photography blog that is taking a picture a day and posting it on their blogs.  Some of the participants are creating new blogs, but I figured a new page was good enough. 

While I’ve read it’s difficult to actually take a picture every day, I think for me it will be difficult to pick out which picture to post.  Cause I take a lot of pictures. 

And they won’t be a bunch of photos of me.  They’ll be photos of our life.  And maybe a lot of Maggie. 

I’ll be using three cameras, a Canon EOS Rebel T3, a Fujifilm FinePix XP70 (It’s water proof and shock proof for my kayaking shots) and my iPhone 4s (way out-of-date!)

So, check out the new page once in while, and see what’s happening in my almost 60th year!