Day 12

**Just a note to everyone - I seem to be having some problems leaving comments!  Some seem to be publishing twice and some not at all ... think blogger is playing silly buggers.  Please be assured I've visited all your blogs and seen all your fab photos :D**

Some of you were intrigued by the course I'm doing ... I did link to it in yesterday's post, but if you're interested you can read about the Altered Bottle Workhop here! Next one starts in March :)

Yesterday was an easy one ... can't have you all slacking off too much though! Today's word is ...

translucent

Show me something translucent in your world today! (I have no idea what I'm going to do for this one!)

Here's mine!  This is the back of my altered bottle so far ... after two stages the glass is now translucent :)

Day 11

The prompt for today is ...

an item of clothing

back later! Rushing out the door on the school run ... day off for me :D

Right, here's mine! Not exactly something I wear every day, but I've just started an online workshop for part of which you have to wear latex gloves ... *evil grin*

Day 10

Well there were lots of water problems around yesterday, weren't there?! Hope everyone is sorted now ... or at least on the way to being sorted!

Today is a double birthday in our house. Both my children were born today ... but they're not twins! There is three years between them and today they turn 13 and 10! One teen and one into double figures! In 8 years time they will turn 21 and 18 on the same day ... we'll have to plan a massive party for that one :)

Anyway, the word of the day has nothing to do with birthdays or celebration. The word today is

metallic

Here's mine! Freddie got a funky new guitar for his birthday ... it has metal(lic!) strings :)

Show me what you've got!

Day 9

It's back to work for me today *sad face* (I had a few extra days off because of the heating debacle) so I'm testing out a scheduled post ... hopefully this will appear at 6am :).

So, first of all, I had a couple of you asking how I choose the word of the day. My original intention was to have a whole bunch of words in a jar, and pick one out at random each day. So it would be as much of a surprise to me as it was to you. But then I got involved with the photography challenge on UKScrappers, and I wanted those who wanted to follow both Snap: 2012 and 365+1 to be able to do so without much more effort. Snap: 2012 centres round a weekly theme, so the easiest way to merge the two was to have the daily word fit in with the theme. So I went into super-planning-overdrive and planned out 52 weeks worth of themes, with 7 words each week that fit that theme. Unfortunately this took out the spontaneity for myself - I know all the words in advance, but I'm still taking the photo on the day. It seems to be working well so far (I did swap out yesterday's word ...). I absolutely know that there will come a time when this becomes a drag and many of you will drop out for a while and I will WANT to give up, but I promise to keep posting at least the word every day :D

Anyway ... as I mentioned, today sees me returning to work after the Christmas break (I'm extremely lucky to work term-time only!), and also marks the beginning of the pre-holiday-in-the-sunshine healthy eating quest. One of the changes I'll be making is to drink more ...

water

Think literally or laterally, interpret as you wish or not at all ... my photo will be up when I get home from work (hopefully).

Here it is! How much water did I manage to drink today?

Day 8

Woohoo! We made it through week one!  I've been so thrilled with everyone's enthusiasm for this challenge, and LOVE seeing all your photos!  It's amazing to see how differently everyone interprets the word of the day.

Today, my heating is fixed (yay!) and I am sitting here in the dark (three teenagers asleep on sofas/floor) drinking a cup of coffee (that green tea box from yesterday?  Anyone know where it is?!  hehe) and it feels very ....

cosy

So there you go! It's Sunday, there must be some cosying up going on!

Here's three teens looking very cosy:

Day 7

Busy busy busy here today!

The word for today ... which some of you pre-empted yesterday :) ... is

drink


hot drink, cold drink, alcoholic drink, someone or something drinking, something that drives you to drink!  Interpret as you wish, and remember, you don't have to use the word at all!  Snap what is happening in your life :)

Here's mine ... it's kind of a new year's resolution of mine to get healthier, and green tea is one of the things I'm trying ... although as yet I haven't had a single cup of it! With the freezing temperatures in this house, coffee is the only thing that's keeping my insides warm! Tomorrow I will start with the green tea ...

Day 6

More mayhem here today ...

Today is the first day of the Snap:2012 challenge on UKScrappers.  If you're participating in both challenges you will notice the daily words will now be linked (sometimes tenuously!) to the weekly theme ... If you're not a UKS member you won't really notice any difference, so keep on snapping and sharing your photos!

Today's word is frost

If there's no frost around where you are (there's none here today!) this will pose a bit of a challenge, but dig out those thinking caps and put them on!  What's happening in the freezer?  Got some frosted glass in your bathroom?  Interpret the word in your own way :) Or, of course, you don't need to use the word at all - snap something else entirely!

Here's mine - no frost on the ground today, but the workmen are in again and all the doors in the house are open ... my hands are feeling decidedly frosty!

Some of you will be pleased to know that yesterday's cupboard of death spewage resulted in FIVE BLACK SACKS full of crap for the dump! Hurrah! The rest will be going in the shed, with a few things going back in the cupboard of death ...