a peek inside the fishbowl

Call it a resolution. Or a bit of procrastination.  I have a doozy of a post coming up as well as some other worky/writing projects on the go and got to thinking about COMPLETELY UNRELATED THINGS including this little corner of the internet.

I want to challenge myself and make this space into something really really great.

Sometimes I beat myself up about topical FOCUS. More specifically: a lack thereof. This site is a true brain dump. It’s not a diary exactly. And there’s no overall goal. I’m all over the place. If I’m thinking about something, it’s here.

I’m happy with what the Fishbowl has become, but what else can it be?

Why do you come here? What do you like to read about?

Maybe the answers will help me come to some kind of conclusion. Can you help me clarify myself? :)

Christmas Eve turned out to be a beautiful sunny winter day here in Ottawa. So we went to Westboro Beach for a round of sledding. (Which, by the way, is a very pretty place to go, with an easy hill for young kids.) Here’s a view of the river:

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… as referred to in yesterday’s post. :)

This page will be updated in fits and spurts as the day goes on and all updates will be posted below (most recent at the bottom), although the Flickr set will always be updated first. You can click to enlarge too.

Wake:

7:00 a.m. – First official shot of the day!

8:00 a.m. – Survey says

9:00 a.m. – getting dressed for the day, and a new necklace! It’s foxy!

10:00 a.m. – Operation Christmas Phase Two

11:00 a.m. – Unwrapping is done. I’m up and admiring the table and the centrepiece:

12:00 noon – it’s not Christmas without a rubber chicken:

1:00 p.m. – tea time! I’m still waiting to get over my cold. Boo.

2:00 p.m. – Let the gaming begin! This is Donkey Kong.

3:00 p.m. – a much-needed catnap:

4:00 p.m. – time to snap into action and start chopping somethin’:

5:00 p.m. – just about to sit down for dinner:

6:00 p.m. – playing Doodlejump on the iPad

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That’s it! I got my twelve photos, every hour, on the hour. After that last shot we settled down to watch a movie, and frankly, that doesn’t make for great photos. Otherwise I would have kept going. :)

I’m going to spend the next while looking at your contributions to this challenge. They were great. I was following along on Twitter when/if I was able. It was a lovely peek inside your lives. Thank you so much for sharing!