Life is in the Details

One last trip

On my way to make one last round of donations for the year. What a year of decluttering it has been!! This is from Jessi's and Ryan's recent clean out this week.

Time to make the pizza dough

Just finished mixing up a batch of our favorite pizza dough.

One Little Word 2012

My One Little Word for 2012 that will help focus my attention and keep me on the path that I want to travel this year is....

 

N O U R I S H !!!!

There's so much goodness in this word.

This year I will be concentrating on...

• nourishing relationships,
• filling my days with activities that nourish my soul (painting and creating art figures into this in a BIG way),
• cultivating inspiration,
• creating daily habits that allow my creativity to bloom,
• finding ways to nourish authenticity (and saying no to things that don't make me want to scream YES!),
• practicing mindfulness and taking time to notice those little details that take my breath away... the emerging sunset while taking the kids to school, the aroma of my little boy's hair that makes me squeeze him in a little tighter so that the smell can be imprinted on my memory, the feeling of Mike's hand nestled in mine, the lilt in my mom's voice when I call her that tells me she's genuinely happy to hear me at the end of the line, the curves of rose petals blooming so perfectly and curling slightly at the end
• nourishing my body (and those of my family - husband, kids, and extended - and friends) with all sorts of healthy and delicious food (which is SO MUCH FUN for me) so that we can all be full of that good energy and vitality that is needed to make our drreams come true (I have one in mind that I'm working on, which is also a secret word that I have for this year)
• nourishing others by continuing to teach yoga classes and creating some cooking videos to post in this space (maybe even teaching some cooking classes... we'll just have to see!)
• putting in place some nourishing traditions

I feel like having NOURISH as my one little word is akin to inviting a warm, gentle hug into each and every day. And this sounds so goooooood!

The last two year's words (nurture and balance) transition so beautifully into this year's word - it's almost like they are a trilogy - as they all have invited me to do some similar things (declutter, slow down, prioritize) which take a long time to integrate fully. I'm still working on decluttering something each day (okay, *most* days, I'm human!) and though I still have a ways to go until I'll be where I want to be in that area (there's the guest room and the storage area still to go through and these are biggies), but NOURISH will allow me to continue on that project in making my home a place that nourishes me and all those who enter. 

NOURISH....

promote growth

encourage passion to flow

sustain with food or nutriment

supply what is necessary for life, health, and growth

cherish, foster, keep alive

strengthen, build up, or promote

cherish, comfort, cultivate, encourage, foster, furnish, maintain, nurture, promote, provide, supply, support, sustain, tend

I can't think of a better word than NOURISH to hold dear to my heart this year. 

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See more One Little Word posts here.

2011: Balance (layout)

2010: Nurture (layout)

2009: Explore

2008: Discovery

2007: Connect

 

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This is my Project Life spread for the week beginning October 16, 2011, including a beautiful view of the Potomac and other photos from a family hike, visiting Ryan and his friends at lunch, baseball and swim team fun.

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This is my Project Life spread for the week beginning October 9, 2011, including Ryan and I playing ball together in his room, a peek at decluttering my magazine collection, a family photo, a computer picture Ryan made at school, a book Ryan wrote and illustrated, the kids' art room (the room formerly known as the dining room that I hope to one day return to) under plastic due to continuing roof issues, and more bread baking!

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Yes, the Project Life blitzkreig continues.... This is my Project Life spread for the week beginning October 2, 2011, including Jessica running for treasurer and making her campaign posters, some more vegetables from the garden, black-and-white cookies, and a family visit to the basketball courts (love those shadow pics!).

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This is my Project Life spread for the week beginning September 25, 2011, including getting our roof replaced, another drawing from Ryan, Jessi painting faces at the neighborhood festival as a part of her swim team, and details from Rosh Hashanah. 

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This is my Project Life spread for the week beginning September 18, 2011. I love when the kids want to be a part of this project and this week has one of Ryan's drawings. Also featured are some photo booth photos and an invitation to our friend's son's Bar Mitzvah, bouquets from a late summer visit to the farmers market, and a momentous visit Mike took with Steve to Yankee Stadium (where they saw Mariano Rivera get 602 saves!).

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This is my Project Life spread for the week beginning September 11, 2011... a peek at J's swim team practice, Ryan teaching me how to make new styles of paper airplanes, how I love seein glunch boxes packed up in the fridge, J & I preparing a few of our favorite Indian fishes for our lunch, Mike cracking up at the names of the paint that I chose for our bedroom at the hardware store, J visiting a new accessory store for the first time that color coordinates the entire store (I was in color heaven)!!!

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This is my Project Life spread for the week beginning September 4, 2011... our leaky roof, Ryan's birthday party, a note from Ryan about being excited about turning 7, Mike attending the fantasy football draft (and making awesome champion hangtags for him and his fake football teammate), and getting closer to making the perfect chana masala!

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Click here to see more of my Project Life pages.

Project Life is a versatile album kit that comes with everything you need to for a fun life-documentation project in which the whole family can get involved. For more information about using and customizing Project Life visit Becky Higgin's website. You can purchase it from Amazon.com.