January 4, 5, 6

So, work and home life have kind of exploded the last few days, and by the time I sit down at night, I can barely see straight, which is why you're getting three days in one post. I believe the theme from the past few days is attitude is everything and I am hanging onto my positive attitude by sheer grit. I have to believe it will get better.

Thankfully, any home drama is resolved simply because my poor husband has recovered from the flu and I am no longer playing single parent - every time I have to do it on my own even for a few days, I am reminded yet again of the incredible respect and admiration I have for single parents - hardest job in the world.

Anyway, on to the pictures!
Tuesday, January 4

Tuesday night, Eden had her first gymnastics class, and she LOVED it! It was pretty much a free for all of energy burning with some circle time at the beginning and end, but that's probably exactly what she needs right now, so it was perfect.











Wednesday, January 5
On Wednesday, after I picked her up from daycare, Eden and I headed to The Bass Pro Shop to kill some time. Her favorite thing of the after noon was riding the elevator up and down over and over again. We only set off the alarm once, which I consider a success. She also had a nice time sitting by the stream watching the fish. We narrowly escaped being hit by a flying fish when one jumped right out of the tank. A very good day!












Thursday, January 6
Today was a really, really rough day at work, and I was totally wiped when I got home. After dinner, I took down all of our Christmas cards and cut out all the pictures from the picture cards and put them all up on our fridge. We also sponsor one kid and correspond with another through Compassion International and I keep their pictures and information of the fridge so that I see it often. Doing this little project tonight really helped me to put thing in perspective. It's hard to look into the faces of the people you love the most and feel sorry for yourself, you know? I stole this idea from my friend Mollie and I'm glad I did.

I am beyond ready for the weekend and looking forward to spending Saturday with Eden while Josh is doing a rally with a friend. Hopefully I'll be back to daily posting starting today, although considering how this week as been so far, we'll see. I am thoroughly enjoying this little project though, since it makes me take my camera with me everywhere and keep me looking for moments full of awesome.

January 3rd

This? Is a picture of bacon. Honestly, this was the highlight of my day because it sucked that bad. Between work being a total mess of poor attitudes and my child trying to take a header off of a mechanical horse at the grocery store, it was a day. Also, Eden learned how to say her name correctly and that broke my heart a little. I was thinking on the way home that the nicest thing I could say about today is that is was almost over, but instead I decided that the nicest thing I could say about today is that I got to eat bacon. It's the small things, really.

January 2nd

For a while now, I've been wanting to start a blog... a new project. I find that I tend to be a little too ranty and long winded for a traditional blog, and not really consistent enough for a project blog, so I've been searching for a way to make my own way in the bloggy world. Around the same time I was thinking about that, I started putting together a calendar for my parents for Christmas and realized that most of the pictures I have of my daughter come from other people - grandparents and a good friend who also happens to be a professional photographer. I also don't have a lot of pictures of the everyday things in my life, and of the experiences I have with my family. So I decided that my goal for 2011 would be to take a picture a day for an entire year - some of me, some of my daughter and husband, some of various parts of my life. I have a horrible habit of not bringing my camera along places, a habit I need to break quickly. There may end up being a few cell phone photos though.

I don't have a fancy camera - it's a little Canon PowerShot that takes too long to "reset" between pictures. I am hoping to learn to use it a lot better this year and figure out what all the little icons on the top of the camera mean.

My name is Jen and I'm 30. My husband is Josh and our daughter is Eden, she is almost 3. We live in Ohio, and right now it is really cold and it kind of sucks.

I really hope you enjoy the blog and that I can find my voice and community here.

Picture, day 2:

Eden was having a very in depth conversation with her baby doll about what book to read. She is a very natural caretaker and it makes me happy.