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Project 365 2012: Week 4

January 30, 2012
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The fourth week of the year has passed and, as I imagine they say in Hollywood, Project 365 week 4 is “in the can”. This week, I had a too-many-photos problem. Despite a pretty quiet week, I took a lot of pictures I wanted to include in my album and once I had them in [...]

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Project 365 2012: Week 3

January 23, 2012

Three weeks in and I’m still right on track with my photo a day project for this year! So far I’ve easily been taking photos ever day and often I’m taking several pictures that I want to include in my album.  I’m also managing to keep up with the album about which I am pleased [...]

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Project 365 2012: Week 2

January 17, 2012
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Does it feel like it’s been all scrapbooking all the time around here? It feels that way to me — just a little bit — but I’ve been on a roll keeping up with my projects, so I’m just going to go with it!
I’ve finished up the second week of my 2012 project 365 album, [...]

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Scenes from a Merry Christmas

December 26, 2011

The big day has come and gone and the Copley family had a lovely holiday! Here are some glimpses of our celebrations:

We hosted my husband’s family for a very laid back Christmas eve celebration. We had a very simple menu of chicken noodle soup and snacks so I decided to make it a little more [...]

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Our December, So Far

December 15, 2011

We’ve been having a pretty great December so far. Somehow we’ve managed to pack a bunch of fun stuff in while also keeping it pretty low-key. I’m not sure how things are working out like that, but I’ll take it. A lot of the stuff we’ve been doing are activities from the advent calendar but [...]

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Shaving Cream “Snow”

December 8, 2011

One of the activities I put on our advent list this year was an idea that came from Family Fun magazine: create a snowscape with shaving cream. My kids had no idea what that meant when they pulled the little card out of the box but they were pretty excited once they figured it out.

I [...]

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