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Project 366 {WEEK 48}

12/4/2016

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"All of the king's horses and all of the king's men
Couldn't put my heart back together again.
All of the physicians and mathematicians too,
Failed to stop my heart from breaking in two...
Oh you got the glue, there's nothing I can do."

- Humpty Dumpty Love Song, Travis
Ribs slipped again. Two of them. Back to that old routine, it appears. Thought I was done with this. Thought all the hours spent stretching and strength training were doing the trick. Thought I was just dealing with a little rotator pain and some lower back issues...Thought wrong.

Also just so happens to coincide with the news that I will be hosting Christmas at my house this year. Perfect timing. Nothing says 'Merry Christmas' like a festive cocktail of muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatories. I'm seriously considering hybernation this year. Maybe if I sleep until spring, I won't have the opportunity to do anything stupid and my poor body can finally heal itself. Though with my luck, I'd still find a way to dislocate something in my sleep.

Just need a little glue and everything will be fine.
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Day 332 {Best Day Ever} - Here We Go Again

Time to decorate the trees again. Had to round up all my little helpers, but we managed to get all three trees decorated this weekend. Now it's time to sit back and enjoy the lights.

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Day 333 {Technology} - Rainy Day Technology

Started to pour just as I was about to walk out of the house. Had to make a detour to the treadmill in the basement. Bummer!

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Day 334 {Available} - Ready and Waiting

All dressed up with nowhere to go.

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Day 335 {Understood} - Christmas Card Outtake

Shot while we were trying to set up for our Christmas card photo shoot. I promise the end result was well-worth the effort.

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Day 336 {Me} - I Still Remember That Girl

“I'm not anything like I used to be, although it's true, I was never attention’s sweet center, I still remember that girl: She’s imperfect, but she tries, She is good, but she lies, She is hard on herself, She is broken and won’t ask for help. She is messy, but she’s kind, She is lonely most of the time, She is all of this mixed up and baked in a beautiful pie.” -Sara Bareilles

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Day 337 {Begins with D} - Decked the Halls
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Day 338 {New} - Prepped

New shovel ready for Sunday's snow.

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Project 366 {WEEK 42}

10/23/2016

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Guess who won the "Stupid Award" this week?

I may have jumped the gun slightly last week when I said that my rib was "holding steady." Apparently lifting heavy, awkward objects out of tight spaces in the basement is not part of the healing process. Before I could even finish the thought, "I probably shouldn't be doing this..." I felt the pop.
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Day 290 {Imagination} - Dream By Day

"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -E.A. Poe

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Day 291 {Yellow} - Yellow Fellow

I think his time has just about expired for this season. He was looking a little dazed and confused as a result of our unseasonably warm temps today.

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Day 292 {So Good} - So Darn Good

So good, yet so bad. One of life's great conundrums.

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Day 293 {Vignettes} - Wind in the Shadows

"Give me shelter, or show me heart...Watch me fall apart." -Ben Howard

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Day 294 {Faceless} - Vampire Girl

A quick dress rehearsal for halloween. She says she's a "nice vampire that gives blood instead of taking blood." I'm cool with that.

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Day 295 {Bliss} - Enthralled

Her first time watching The Princess Bride...True Love!

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Day 296 {Free Choice} - Festive

Keeping it simple.

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Project 366 {WEEK 41}

10/16/2016

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Just a quick 6 month update on my Humpty Dumpty Saga: Ribs seem to be holding steady for the moment...[pause for applause]...and I had my 5th traction treatment this week which seems to be helping the disc in my neck, despite a few zingers that I still experience every so often. We're now moving on to the beast that is my decades-old shoulder injury. Hopefully with some more butt-kicking PT and continued strength training I can get my wing back into working order. It's not going to be easy to undo all that's been done, but I'll get there eventually.
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Day 283 {This Happened} - (Mid)Life Goals

Spent the weekend with family at a Wisconsin Dells Resort and Indoor Waterpark. I was not allowed to leave Sunday until my brother beat the arcade pop-a-shot record. He's a legend.

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Day 284 {Inspired} - Kickoff

Inspired by Sunday night's Green Bay victory.

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Day 285 {Orange} - Fall Colors
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Day 286 {In the Moment} - Living in the Moment

"I can't walk through life facing backwards, I have tried." Thought I could squeeze in my walk before the rain came, but I was wrong. Made it about a mile before the downpour...I was soaked.

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Day 287 {Leading Lines} - Art Therapy

"We draw our lines with very different ends."

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Day 288 {Wonderful} - Hand Painted

We have one maple tree tucked away in the back yard and today it was showing off it's true colors.

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Day 289 {From Where I Stand} - You've Been Served

Long day of sports for this fella; football in the morning and volleyball all afternoon. Tomorrow he plays lacrosse. So much for a restful weekend!

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Project 366 {WEEK 38}

9/25/2016

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Laying with my neck in traction, a bit chilly, counting ceiling tiles; 5, 10, light fixture, 15...wondering how the heck I ended up here.

My husband laughed and made a few jokes when I told him, my mom seemed overly nervous for me and I just felt anxious as I waited a week for my first treatment. Traction has somehow earned itself a pretty negative stigma over the years, (picture hospital beds and various body parts rigged up to strange contraptions), so honestly I was expecting the worst.

I'm happy to report that other than looking a little awkward, it's surprisingly relaxing and feels like Heaven on my achy neck. I only wish I had my headphones along so that I wouldn't have overheard another patient candidly discussing various, um, restroom habits from the other side of the room...
TMI sir, T - M - I.

Anyway, back to those ceiling tiles...20, air vent, 25, another light fixture... 
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Day 262 {Pleasure} - In Secret Kept

"The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed." -Bronte

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Day 263 {What I Wore} - She Wears an Apron

Armed with an apron and a whisk...Watch out oven mitts, I'm coming for you next!

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Day 264 {Free Choice} - Midnight Serenade

"Words, from a thousand miles away, at a lonely time of day, Leave it up to the night to quietly remind us. Time, though it mostly slips away, doesn't seem to mind the wait. It's a midnight serenade." -Katie Herzig

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Day 265 {Awesome} - Blackjack

A lot of "awesome" happened today: I witnessed the awesome power of a thunderstorm, I had my first traction treatment for my neck, which felt awesome, my kitchen light fixture unexpectedly fell from the ceiling - NOT awesome, but an awesome neighbor helped detach the wires for me so it wouldn't come crashing down in the middle of the night...see, awesome! And since I didn't manage to get a photo of any of that awesomeness, I decided to shoot the awesome mirror caps on my awesome car.

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Day 266 {Natural} - Au Naturel
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Day 267 {Autumn} - Fall Fell

"The days grow short as the nights grow long, the kettle sings its tortured song. As green to gold, and gold to brown, the leaves will fall to feed the ground, and in their falling, make no sound." -Ray Lamontagne

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Day 268 {Vegetables} - Autumn Veg

I hate to end the week with such an unattractive photo, but hey, when the theme is "Vegetables" and it's officially squash season, what's a girl to do?

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Project 366 {WEEK 37}

9/18/2016

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The key to keeping your balance is knowing when you've lost it.
It's been a dizzying week. Life just keeps throwing me curves.
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Day 255 {Over} - It's Official

Football and Chili. And just like that, summer has come to an end.

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Day 256 {Quirky} - Quirky Girl

It was past bedtime, but this goofy girl insisted on sorting all her football cards. I'm thinking she should've started this project a little earlier.

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Day 257 {Fresh} - Garden Fresh
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Day 258 {Snack} - Grape Escape
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Day 259 {From Where I Stand} - From Where I Land

Unfortunately I didn't do much standing today...Having almost passed out after a round of trigger point injections in my shoulder today, I spent a chunk of my day in bed with a case of the dizzies. I'm still feeling a little dazed tonight, like I had a few too many Appletini's. And so my Humpty Dumpty Saga rolls on.

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Day 260 {Framed} - Don't You Dare

And don't think for a second that she wouldn't. She totally would.

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Day 261 {Tools} - The Measure of Love

"The measure of love is to love without measure."

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