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In My Life + Winners + Etc

I'm super thrilled that there has been much excitement regarding the In My Life project over at flickr.  When I first thought of the project, I had imagined that it would be an easy peasy project to do.  And yet, it has taken me nearly two weeks to get my own images up!  Egads! Why?  Well, I'd start the day snapping away.  Morning?  Check!  Noon? Check!  Afternoon?  Check! Evening?  Zzzzzzzzzzzz.  The evenings are always a flurry of activity 'round here, and most of the time, I'm crossing the finish line in a state of exhaustion.  But!  I managed to get a series up and uploaded.  Yay! Yay!
Behold: 
"Morning"

Since summer has started, the kids and I have been in summer mode, waking a wee bit later than normal.  Our mornings start out at a more leisurely pace, and as you can see I've got a bit of chores to do here!  While I was making breakfast, the kids managed to take a ride in their "spaceships."

Go see the whole series here.  A special thanks to Kathleen for keeping our flickr group on track!

Okay, and now onto the really exciting news!  Drumroll please. . . the winners!  Oh the winners of my contest!  Are you ready?!

The lovely winners are:
1.  Kirsty of Two Lime Leaves
2.  Jessica of Funky Finds
3. Capello of No Appropriate Behavior
4.  Jo of Mummy Jo
and last but certainly not least,
5.  Alicia A. of The May Fly!

Ladies! Stay tuned for an e-mail from me shortly!  Congrats! And thank you to Hank for pulling the names! :)  I also have to add that I enjoyed reading everyone's tidbits and jokes!  You kept me laughing all day!

And one final bit of exciting news:  Hope just launched a new line of greeting cards: Paper Vignettes! Go check 'em!  I had the honor of witnessing her creative process unfold as she designed her cards one by one.  I ordered up a bunch, and I have to say that they are the bee's knees!

And I am terribly behind on e-mails and responding to comments left on this here blog!  Please know that I read every bit that is sent to me, but it does take me a bit to get through everything!  So in time, my friends, in time!

In My Life

I love reading other people's blogs to learn more about them, especially if they live in another country.  Like for example, I love peeking at pictures of Yvonne's house -- and after spending many a moment chatting with her on the phone, it's easy to become intrigued with all things Dutch!  And I even find neighbors intriguing too.  I like the fact that SoCal pal, Kathleen, starts her morning in her secret shangri-la.  How wonderful is that?

All my spying and photo touring has inspired me to start this flickr group: In My Life.  I invite anyone and everyone to join.  The concept isn't new, of course, but I still thought it would be fun to chronicle your day with photos.  Wherever you may be, near or far, join me won't you?

Here's the nitty gritty:
Choose a day in July to chronicle.  Get out your handy dandy camera, and snap away!
At the end of the day, choose FOUR photos that best represent your day -- and then add them to our pool.  Please tag your each one of your four photos with the the corresponding tag:  morning, noon, afternoon, and evening.  Oh, and tag your photos with "inmylife" as well.  It'll be fun to see how this unfolds. . .

Oh, and be sure the snag the button up above!

P.S.  I will draw the names for the raffle later. . . I'm too tired (and lazy!) to do it right now!  Yawn!