Day 10

Today's Photo Challenge prompt was just titled Real Life.  I love how Katrina just puts a word or two as the prompt and you can draw from it what you will.

For me, my real life is chock-full of emotions, always bubbling just below the surface.  I tend to wear them on my sleeve, hard as I try not to.  And, more often than not, my real life emotions overflow as tears.  I find that I am in need of tissue more than I would like to admit.  And today was certainly no exception.  It was one of those days where it was everything, yet nothing at all.  I tried to explain it to Rob, but could only articulate that I've had a heavy heart today.  And at bedtime, my heavy heart overflowed, as did the tears, and I was in need of much tissue.

Day 8

Today's Photo Challenge prompt is Discouraged.  First, I thought about what discourages me in general, and it is usually the scale for sure.  Then I decided that I didn't want to focus on something negative, and besides that, lately the scale has not been all that discouraging.  Rob and I are only a few days in, but are doing very well watching what we eat, and the scale is moving for both of us.

So I took liberties and decided to turn the focus around!  What Encourages me today is in fact the scale...and hopefully will for some time to come!  There's turning a negative into a positive for ya!!

And on a side note...I am also encouraged by a new app I read about in Creating Keepsakes, and then downloaded to my phone.  It's called Picfx, and it can do all kinds of cool things...including 'stacking' effects (like adding a border and changing the look), like in this photo.  I'm sure I'll be posting a lot more from this app as I get it all figured out.