the start of the week

: Another Monday has come and gone...it was pretty decent by all accounts. I caught up on my long list of emails from being out on Friday and accomplished quite a few things. I laughed with my coworkers and had a meeting at lunch with Chris and our Morgan Stanley rep...I did zumba after work and Aspen joined the class.  Not a bad start to the week.

:: Made chicken nuggets, roasted potatoes and onions, and olive quinoa for dinner...tasty!

:: I started working on my weekly project last night...am not really sure how to go about it now. 77 photos needing to dwindle to 16...I don't know if I should just do two spreads? It just isn't as straightforward as I had hoped it would be. Or maybe our life is just too interesting to strap into 16 pics! At any rate, I just need to figure out what the heck I want to do. I am sure once I get set on things, it will move right along. On that note, I just realized that I didn't take a single picture today for this week...so maybe week 2 won't be as bad! :)

:: Today was Kim's birthday!!! She is so dear to me, and it sounds like she had an amazing day! So happy for her...she deserves it!

:: I'm typing this on Chris' laptop because Aspen is using mine for a physics project...his laptop is weird! The keys don't seem to be in proper placement! Odd.

:: It is cooler here and everyone is loving the weather. It was downright chilly this morning when I let the pups out. Perhaps Fall has actually arrived. The only thing I do not like is that it gets dark so much earlier now, and it is still pitch dark when I wake up in the morning. That makes it very hard to do anything in the evenings, and even more difficult to get out of the bed in the morning!

:: I am having trouble getting into book 3 of the Narnia series. It is very different from the first two books and it feels like it is even a different writer. Weird. I need to try to get a little farther into the story so that I can get to the meat of it. Hopefully it will improve.

:: I guess that is all I have for today...tomorrow is a brand new day, let's make the most of it!

Edited to Add:

 Wanted to share this...this is what I decided on. I stripped it down to just the 17 photos, and one textured background. Journaling. I had planned to add digital embellishment, but really think I will just focus on the simplicity of the photos and the words. Keep it at that. And I am just going to narrow it down to 17 and that's the week. Any "routine" photos can be used any week that perhaps I don't have a lot of other photos. So, we're off and running...simplicity is the theme!