Project Life - can it really be done?

To begin with let me say that for continuities sake I do actually know that today is Monday March 15th, 2010 but if you know me, you know that if I'm going to do things they're going to be done right. So if I should have started this on Jan 1st, 2010 - well then this is now dated Jan 1st.

So anyway, Project Life Brodrick style....I love the concept, but I'm the ethereal procrastinator. I'm also one of those crazy entrepreneur people who has all these "brilliant ideas" but get bored after about 10 minutes of putting the plan in action.

So what is Project Life - Here's a glimpse:

In layman's terms, it's pretty much a folder that you can put photos and captions in that chronicles 12 months of your life.

So my question is, can I do this for 12 months? I highly doubt it. And I know that Brian will say that there is no way in hell that I will. He will probably say that I won't even last 2 months. So instead I'm challenging myself to a project life blog. 365 days of Brodrick madness.

So for the next few weeks all I'll be doing is backdating. I'm not crazy enough to post every single day, but then again I might be - who knows. Let's just see what happens when I catch up.

Wish me luck.

And the bedroom debate continues

So today I've moved out the couch so I can have a better look at what I'm doing in there.

Picture 1 & 3 are taken from the same spot and picture 2 is just to show the amount of room on the floor if I left the expedit sideways.

I really wanted it to work sideways, but now I'm leaning toward against the wall.

Oh and please excuse the messy expedit - I'm still moving stuff around everywhere.

A little bit more work in Imogen's room

Well that empty Expedit from my last post, is now in Imogen's room and I'm having a bit of an internal debate over where to put it.

So for the time being the bedroom is set up like this:

Picture 1: Standing in the doorway looking right. Now my idea with this area between the expedit and cupboard was to have different frames and a mirror all a kid height. I was even considering on getting one of those wall stick on chandeliers to sit above the pics.

Picture 2: Is standing next to her cot looking back the other way. This pic is really to have a look at the height and to suss of how it's looking on that angle.

Picture 3: Is standing in the doorway looking horizontally across the room. Now bear in mind that the couch is not staying. I've taken this photo more so that you can see the edge of the Expedit to get an idea of how it's going to make the room pan out. So the plan is, in the corner next to the window will go the chair I'm reupholstering from this post with the cushions you see on the couch. I'm thinking of either buying or trying to make some ginormous floor cushions to go up against the wall between the chair and the expedit.




Ok, so eye for detail people what are your thoughts? Is having the expedit on this angle just crazy and making the room look too small? Should I just put it flush against the wall where the couch is and push it closer to the cupboards so that I can still put my chair in the corner? What does everyone think?

Oh yeah and for those that have noticed, I was trying out different handles on the drawers to see if I liked them. I think I'll go with the silver handles, but in a brushed finish rather than all shiny.

What does one do with an empty expedit you may ask?

Well in this house we pretend that Mummy is a fancy ass photographer and play stick the kid in the hole.




Or at least that's what we try to do. :P

To the baby sister I've never known

Given that today is the International Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day it's got me thinking about you. I wonder who you would be like?

Would you have blonde/brown hair like me and your big brother or red like your little brother and sister? Would your eyes be hazel like me and your big brother or blue like your little brother and sister? Would you have the good ol' childbearing hips that me and your sister were lucky enough to inherit or would you be a string bean like your brothers? Would you have been an avid reader like the rest of us are? Would you have found some imaginative way to dispose of peas when Mum and Dad were not looking like the rest of us did? Would you have followed the insane Hungry Jacks family trait? Would you have added to our brood of nieces and nephews?

Would you...

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Sarah Beth Robinson 

Born 21/01/1980 too early, too small, too precious but to last a few hours in this world

"Sara, Sara, no time is a good time for goodbyes" - Starship