The Seine in Paris from last May (2014), which I momentarily thought was the Rhine…
*sigh* It's early…ish. :)
Have you ever seen the BuzzFeed article where Americans try to put Europe on a map? That's me. ;) Traveling there last year really helped though, I have to admit. And if it makes you feel any better, which it probably should make me feel even worse, I'm no better at labeling a US map than the Brits were… Geography is just not my thing…
I think the general idea, as a member of IWSG, is to share writing successes and not-successes on the first Wednesday of every month, so here goes…
General Successes (not just in writing):
1. Coming up with an idea for baby shower invitations. – Justin and I spent about 3 hours on Sunday exploring Sam Flax trying to figure out what we needed to make my dream invitations come true (for someone else). He added his input and decided to take on screen printing which I am extremely nervous about doing since we have all of maybe 2 weeks (?!?) to put these things together and send them out. In the mean time, I found the cutest font to use on the invitations (Sweet Peony ftw!) and bought a watercolor recipe book to get my colors just right. Can we do this? Will we be successful? Time will tell! I'll keep y'all updated! :)
2. I actually liked some of the wording on yesterday's review of Clumpie's. Some days the words just flow – I have variety and detail. I do wish I could use puns better…
3. Almost completed Blogging 101! Just two more activities and I'm done! (And I'm only 3 days behind…)
4. I knew I wouldn't be able to finish Fatal Vision by the beginning of July, and I haven't… BUT I did manage to read nearly 200 pages in the last 2 days! Woo! Only 200 more to go! (It's a 650 page book.)
Things I'd Like to Improve:
1. Picture editing, as always. Wordless Wednesday has encouraged me to get in there and edit an image a week and post it even if I'm not sure if it's good. And I just keep moving forward… one image at a time. They say with photography, it's all a numbers game. The more you shoot, the more you edit, the better you will become at doing both.
2. Still trying to figure out this writing thing. I need to expand my vocabulary.
3. … And read better books. I'm not sure the badly written ones (like Fatal Vision) are really helping me with my writing style too much…
So what's going on in your life? Are you participating in Wordless Wednesday (Does this post count?) or IWSG? Have you had any major successes or failures (that you've learned from) lately?
Edit: Apparently I don't know how to pronounce Seine River. It's all good. Learn something new every day! :)
