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Daily pic: 30 Jan 14

Today, we were focused on getting ready for the girls' ringette tournament which starts tomorrow morning. We had their skates sharpened this morning which is why they're sitting here, outside of their equipment bags.

Daily pic: 29 Jan 14

My mid-morning snack every work day. If I don't have veggies and homemade dip, I miss it! (Not a great photo from my BlackBerry, but it's a piece of life documented and that's good enough for today.)

Daily pic: Weeks 3 & 4

Almost one month down. And it wasn't too much trouble. Yay! A couple of these days, I stayed up 15-30 minutes later than I should have - vacillating, editing... I'll try to nip that in the bud.

Daily pic: 28 Jan 14

Thirteen years old! I promised her a hot chocolate to come to the rink for M and G's ringette games rather than staying home alone on her birthday for 3+ hours. She was a good sport hanging out with us at the Coop this evening. :)

Daily pic: 27 Jan 14

Due to the windchill warning, I took the girls to school and went to work an hour later than usual. This was my view of sunrise in the industrial area where I work. (Shot on my BlackBerry; edited in Snapseed.)

Daily pic: 26 Jan 14

For her 13th birthday, I took S and two of her friends to Boomers Airpark, a huge place with wall-to-wall trampolines. They jumped for two hours and loved every minute!

Daily pic: 25 Jan 14

The girls going into church for the 5 pm mass. They were enrolled for first communion and confirmation today. (Sophia had first communion in 2009.)

Daily pic: 24 Jan 14

Our friends' dog, Chloe, often comes to our house to hang out with our dog. She was here three days this week.

Daily pic: 23 Jan 14

Attitude pose.

"Mom, take a picture of me!" Click. And off she went. Gotta love it when one shot is all it takes.

Neil and the girls went public skating with friends of ours from Irish dance.

Note: Edited in Analog (Boost).

Daily pic: 22 Jan 14

Neil started selling Steeped Tea recently, so I took some to work for my coworkers to try, and I wore my running shoes at work today because we were having a fun "Office Olympics" event at lunch time. (Today's event was a typing speed competition so I didn't really need my runners!)

Daily pic: 21 Jan 14

Mostly cloudy with a bit of blue peeking through. Best I could do today.

P.S. Georgia played centre this evening and scored her team's only two goals!

P.P.S. Fitting description for this day, as well; many frustrations. Sigh. 

Daily pic: 20 Jan 14

Sick day. G had a fever last night (39.4 C) and a headache this morning, so we kept her home from school and piano. This evening, she seems completely well! (Taken at 9:30 am. The light in our living room is pitiful this time of year.)

Last week, S missed 2.5 days of school with a fever, chills, headache, sore throat, and congestion.

Daily pic: 19 Jan 14

S loves styling her hair. She's always putting it in a bun, braiding it various ways, and adding accessories. She dyed the bottom half with Kool-Aid on September 2 and it's still this red!

She played well in ringette this afternoon: 3 goals, 2 assists, and 2 penalties (and they weren't "bad" ones).

Daily pic: 18 Jan 14

M (far left) and G (far right) in their Irish dance class. It was M's 11th birthday today and I took birthday pictures, of course, but I chose this picture because it's rare for me to get a good dance class photo (especially one I can post - no faces) and it only exists because of this project!

Neil made M's favourite meal for her birthday: chicken fingers (homemade) and fries. I also made her a birthday cake with real-whipped-cream fluffy frosting.

Daily pic: 17 Jan 14

Today was all about housework and dog sitting. We had three dogs here; our own (Dash) plus two from different families (Chloe and Yogi). Madeline took this picture of Yogi and me after I took some pictures of them which were not as good. I'm using it since I initiated the picture-taking and my 365 project is more about capturing our life than sticking to rules!

Daily pic: 16 Jan 14

When I got home from work today. (Sky, sunrises, and sunsets are favourite photo subjects for me, and will certainly show up often during this year!)

Daily pic: 15 Jan 14

Mise en place. Mmmm, we had a tasty supper tonight. Asian Pork Lettuce Wraps (with real butter, not what the recipe calls for) and toasted almond brown rice with broccoli (from The Fresh 20 - past subscription).

Daily pic: Weeks 1 & 2

So far, so good. It hasn't been too challenging to get my daily pictures done (other than the lack of daylight this time of year). And I'm happy with them. Collectively, these pictures say "January" to me, and I like that.

P.S. I took a screen shot from my gallery at CaptureYour365.com.

Daily pic: 14 Jan 14

We spend a lot of time at this place during six months of the year. We're lucky to have such a nice facility with six rinks in our city!

Daily pic: 13 Jan 14

Monday night is eggs-for-supper night at our house.