Thursday Thirteen : 13 Goals For The Year 2012

13 Goals For The Year 2012



1. walk for at least 30 min three times per week

2. research healthy eating and make healthier food choices for the girls & I

3. budget more realistically and make every effort possible to try and stick to it

4. pay off some debt

5. learn how to Art Journal

6. Capture Your 365 - take photos daily

7. 52 Weeks to an Organized Home

8.  Blog daily and share more of what's in my heart & mind

9. do my dishes every day after supper

10. quit smoking

11. get more than 15 bookings for Sandra Collins Photography for the year

12. 365 (or more) scrapbook pages completed over the year 

13. When the kids are here spend less time on the computer

Thursday Thirteen : 13 Things I Want To Do & See In Vegas

#1 - Titanic The Artifact Exhibition

#2 - Bellagio Fountains

#3 - The Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay

#4 - Secret Garden & Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage Las Vegas

#5 - the Volcano at The Mirage

#6 - The Eifel Tower at Paris Las Vegas

#7 - the Gondolas at The Venetian

#8 - the Welcome to Las Vegas Sign

#9 - Bellagio Conservatory

#10 - Freemont Street Experience

#11 - Gold & Silver Pawn Shop from Pawn Stars

#12 - Open Top Sightseeing Tours

#13 - Haunted Vegas Tour & Show

Thursday Thirteen : 13 Fall Photos

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Thursday Thirteen : 13 Reasons Why I Love Being A Photographer

13 Reasons Why I Love Being A Photographer

1. a camera just feels "right" in my hands, it's so natural

2. I often look at things as if I was looking through a camera, being a photographer allows me to capture things as I see them
3. being a photographer allows me to express myself creatively
4. I love capturing special moments and memories
5. I love sharing my photography with others
6. I love working with people of all ages
7. I love that I am living out my creative dream
8. I love that I work for myself
9. I love meeting new people
10. I love the creativity behind photo editing
11. I love that I still have so much to learn it gives me new goals and new direction
12. I love the feeling I get when I am inspired by a shot I have taken
13. I love the reactions of my clients when they see their finished photos

Thursday Thirteen : Fall

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13 Things I Love About Fall

1. the kids are back in school so we have somewhat of a normal schedule
2. the cooler air
3. the vibrant fall colors (makes for lots of picture taking)
4. my birthday
5. the kids birthdays

6. seeing the kids dressed up for Halloween

7. turkey dinner on Thanksgiving weekend

8. having Thanksgiving at the cottage

9. seeing many of my family when we close up the cottage

10 . taking the girls to the apple orchard
11. our almost annual trip to Saunders Farm
12. carving pumpkins
13. warm meals on cold days

Thursday Thirteen : Projects

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13 Projects I Am Working On

1. Amber's scrapbook
2. Emily's scrapbook
3. my scrapbook
4. In Loving Memory scrapbook in honour of my dad
5. She is ... Me mini album
6. Snapshots mini album
7. Thankful mini album
8. 30 Days of Lists (September 2011)
9. butterfly cross-stitch
10. Color Combos Galore (Aug & Sept challenges)
11. Creative Therapy album
12. It's All About Me mini class
13. Creativity 101

Thursday Thirteen : 13 Quotes to Inspire

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13 Quotes to Inspire:

1. "Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more that you work." Rita Mae Brown

2. "I am not afraid ... I was born to do this." Joan of Arc

3. "It takes a great courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends." J K Rowling

4. "Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet." Aimee Mullins

5. "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." Maya Angelou

6. "Curiosity about life in all of it's aspects, I think, is still the secret of great people." Leo Burnett

7. "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." Marianne Williamson

8. "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing." George Bernard Shaw

9. "What you do speaks so loud I can't hear what you say." Ralph Waldo Emerson

10. "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the things you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour... Explore. Dream." Mark Twain

11. "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude." Maya Angelou

12. "Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive." Howard Thurman

13. "To live a creative life we must loose our fear of being wrong." Joseph Chilton Pearce

Thursday Thirteen : 13 Things To Do Before School Starts

Here's my list of 13 Things I Still Want to Do Before School Starts In The Fall

#1 World Of Outlaws Sprint Car races
#2 Lombardy Fair
#3 Logos Land
#4 Canada's Wonderland
#5 spend as much time as possible at the lake with mom and the girls
#6 go to as many Saturday night races as possible
#7 visit my sister
#8 go to Carleton Place beach
#9 Perth Fair
#10 visit Lisa & Aunt Joanne
#11 go to value village
#12 take the girls on a boat cruise on the St Lawrence
#13 ..... do anything else fun that we have the opportunity to do

Thursday Thirteen : 13 Reasons I Am Excited About Moving

I am moving July 1st and am so excited. The past 8 months I have been living at a friend's house and have almost all things I own packed and in storage and have been sleeping on the couch.

Here's 13 Reasons I Am Excited About Moving.

1. I get a bedroom - which means a real bed to sleep in

2. I finally get a room to myself to go to when I need to relax

3. I get to unpack my rooster collection - I know they are just roosters but I have missed them all the same

4. My bedroom is in the loft which means I can turn half of it into a creating space - I can't wait to unpack all my craft supplies - I can finally start art journaling and tole painting again

5. The kids each get their own bedroom - no sharing and getting on each other's nerves

6. There are two flights of stairs - maybe I can tone up a bit

7. It's right beside the kids school, they can go there to play anytime they want

8. I have some new furniture (well new to me) and I can't wait to see how it all fits

9. It's not as big as where I have been staying so I should be able to keep it clean (**should**)

10. It's got a bigger kitchen than my last apartment so I'll hopefully start enjoying cooking again

11. It's right across the street from the mall and grocery store which means i have more reason to walk

12. It's withing walking distance for the girls to visit their dad

13. I finally get to put up all my photos and tole painting - I have missed looking at these familiar pieces.

Thursday Thirteen : 13 Pictures of Dad's Life

It's been a week now since Dad has been gone. I still can't believe it. I miss him every single moment of every single day. Still can't imagine living my life without him here. Here's thirteen pictures from my dad's life.