scavenger hunt sunday + more about my job {finally}

i've always wanted to participate in ashley sisk's scavenger hunt sunday... have always intented to, but kept forgetting. well, today, i happened to see someone else's s.h.s. post on my dashboard when i logged in to blogger and was thus reminded of it. so i grabbed my camera and did just that... went on a scavenger hunt to see what i could see.

we were prompted to find and photograph five things... crossed, a glimpse, handwritten, bliss and grey.
{i know it's only saturday, but the sunday part comes in because that is when she encourages linking up on her blog. i'm hoping i remember to do that part tomorrow.}

without further ado, here are mine {except, i changed the order for a better visual flow}...

i found my little guy reaching for the knob on my dresser.

actually, it's not a knob, but rather a metal piece that masks the hole where the knob came off.

he loves to feel the various textures of things under his fingers.

i'd say that 95% of the time, i find him reaching out to discover what his surroundings are all about.

here is a glimpse...

 

i also found my grey pleated skirt hanging in front of the bedroom window.

i know you can't tell it's grey in a black-and-white photo, but i've got proof a little later in the post.

are you like me?... do you prefer spelling grey with an e instead of an a?

i use an a to spell it when it's something i don't like... such as a dreary day or a murky mood.

but when it's earl grey tea, or my favorite snugly grey sweater, or a soft grey winter mist, then i use e.

so this is my pretty, pleated grey-with-an-e skirt.

did you know pleats are supposed to be all the rage for fashion this year?

i say, when weren't they lovely enough to have that honor bestowed on them.

they are a timeless style, if you ask me.

this new trend is just a recycling of an age-old fashion.

but this skirt has been one of my favorites for years... even when not the necessarily the "in" thing.

too bad i can't wear it anymore... or at least not for a while {see my last post}.

that's the reason i have it out... it's going in the garage sale pile.

oh, i do go on!... here is the photo already!

i'll miss you, little grey skirt.

and i found this... just got this little handwritten note from a sweet friend today.

she always sends me the nicest notes written in her delightful handwriting.

so perfect for today's hunt!

i did not need to go very far at all.

 

look what else i found!
bliss... pure bliss.

 

i could look at him all day... need i say more?

last, but not least, i found crossed.

not very original, i know.

but, again, i didn't have to go far to find it.

and i loved the way mr. b's feet looked kicked up in his new pseudo man-cave

with the lovely afternoon light pouring in.

there you go.

a glimpse into my abode... a cross section of the rooms in which i roam...
the blissful scenes i daily enjoy... pictured in shades of black, white and grey...
written by my hand, from me to you.

click this little guy {below} to see a bunch of others' takes on this photo scavenger hunt...

and here is a five-in-one response...

i added the "handwriting" in photoshop. sunny days are pure bliss to me... especially when the light streams into my room. grey skirt. see?... i told you it was grey. pleated lines intersecting with the lines of the blinds... crossed {sort of}. all making up this small glimpse into my quiet space.

. . .

last, but not least, one more glimpse... or sneak peak, rather. i've been hard at work setting up my new office. here is just a sliver of the space.

{when time permits, i'll try to get more pictures of it... just for fun.
hey, i just noticed this... there is a magnifying glass in this office photo... in the desk caddy.
how appropriate for scavenger hunt sunday! that was just a coincidence, i swear.}

remember when i wrote about how we switched what was once the man cave with what was once the office? well, when i found out i would be working again, it was my goal to finish getting the office completely set up and organized. you see, my new job is temp work that i am lucky enough to do from home! {this particular project will be about a month long, but there will quite possibly be more work that comes of it.} so you can see why i would want my office to be completed... organized and comfortable.

working out of my house is so ideal for my situation as a stay-at-home mom... but i'm finding it very difficult to juggle both. i am really hoping that it is only during this initial stage that that is the case, though. once i have become familiar with the project, i think {or hope} it will go more smoothly, and the work load of my "real" job and continuing to be a mom will become easier to handle.

this is not a very creative project, but it is something along the lines of the production artist "hat" that i have been wearing on the job for the past twenty years {minus the past year and a half}, so it will keep me from getting rusty and it will pay the bills, and that is great news for us right now! it is definitely challenging, because it involves new territory of the publishing industry that i am not accustom to... the digital side, as opposed to the print side. but i love challenges, and i am excited to get to know a new side of the industry... not just a side, but the direction that publishing is inevitably shifting in. this is a great opportunity, and it will be really good for my resume of experience and skills.

but tough, none the less... especially while i get through the up-front learning curve {which is why i have not blogged in quite a while before yesterday... well, that, and trying to get this office finished}.

if you think of it, send up a prayer for me. like i said a few posts back, i have not worked for a year and a half. it is taking a bit of time to get those gears moving again. but at least i can work in my pajamas. *wink*

thanks for tagging along on my scavenger hunt and written-out thoughts about working again. i hope your weekend is shaping up very nicely.