Life is in the Details

Sketchbook peek

lisacohen — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:32:00 -0500

Some doodles from my sketchbook. Some are filled with color, some still await their watercolor bath... pages like this are perfect to bring along with me when I'm on-the-go. It's like having my own custom-made coloring book.

Kids Yoga Classes - registration now open

lisacohen — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:21:24 -0500

I'm really excited to share a new project that I have in the works. Starting in February I'll be teaching a kids yoga class on Tuesdays after school at the local elementary school once a week. Sign-up for the upcoming 7-week session starts today (and I just got finished printing out the flyers and putting them in the teacher's mailboxes for distribution). Class will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis and I'm limiting class size to 12 for this first session due to the room that we are holding it in. We'll see how it goes with this many and then open it up, if we are able to, for future sessions.

My adult classes are growing as well, as my current students asked if I'd be willing to add another day of classes so they could come twice a week. So good things are going on over here! I'm trying to manage growth in a sustainable way and I need to find/make some space in my schedule and may need to look into an additional space outside of my home so that I can have classes for more than 3-5 people. I've been resistant to doing this so far because it's nice (and convenient) to be able to have it my home so far but we're definitely close to approaching a space limitation with my current house configuration. It's definitely a good issue to have, don't get me wrong, it's just now I have to do some thinking on *how* I want this to grow and will be adding some items to my "to do" list. It's nice to be able to think about the possibilities of this and other heath and wellness classes that I'd like to offer including cooking classes/healthy eating workshops.

Okay, now that I've shared the good news, I need to go and do my workout for the day (it's a cardio day)... kickboxing here I come!

Project Life 41

lisacohen — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:06:00 -0500

This is my Project Life spread for the week beginning November 27, 2011: Ryan doing his and Jessi's laundry for the week, visiting Linky's grave on her birthday, the first frost of the season, a note from Ryan, a map that our friends brought back for us (along with some dark chocolate) from their recent trip to Hershey where they did a hot cocoa tasting, everyday stuff like getting new art supplies and Ryan putting them where he wanted them, my freezer cleanout, Jessi going through the crayon bin taking out the small, broken crayon bits.

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Project Life 40

lisacohen — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:02:00 -0500

This is my Project Life spread for the week beginning November 20, 2011 which includes preparing for Thanksgiving, some new throw pillows I made for the sunroom, and more of the Pokemon craze (did I tell you that Mike and I have our own decks so that we can play with the kids... I think I was the first one hooked out of all of us! LOL!).

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Cooking Adventures Video: Mee Goreng

lisacohen — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 06:11:00 -0500

I've been wanting to do some more video posts on this blog for so long, and I finally DID. So here we go... Cooking Adventures w/Lisa. Join me as I cook from my cookbook collection. This episode is of my making Mee Goreng from Plenty by Yotam Ottolenghi.

Hope you enjoy!

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lisacohen — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 06:12:00 -0500

This is my Project Life spread for the week beginning November 13, 2011 which highlights the Pokemon craze that came over our house, my first painting in a long time, J's Writer's Workshop class presentation, and some everyday photos (art time together in my studio, a photo of our hands which is an ongoing photography project that I do from time-to-time that, when finished, will show the passage of time through our hands, Ryan playing, etc.)

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lisacohen — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 06:07:00 -0500

This is my Project Life spread for the week beginning November 6, 2011 which includes our trip to FL (theme parks and brother-in-law's wedding). I hope to get some more wedding photos to include but I'm not sure if my brother-in-law has gotten the digital files or hard copies from their photographer yet.

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Gratitude

lisacohen — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:43:45 -0500

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow. - Melody Beattie

So much to be grateful for today: waking up healthy, getting and giving moments of serenity, my family, cozy jackets, nourishing food in the fridge, how he tilted his head and nuzzled it into my arm (to show his happiness at my presence), for sitting down to practice, for finding time to help two children that need extra reading help in one of my kids' classes, for words, finding a good home for a special preschool book the kids have outgrown

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lisacohen — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 06:09:00 -0500

This is my Project Life spread for the week beginning October 30, 2011 which included a library visit, a broken garbage disposal (I'm awful with these and I don't even want to count how many I've destroyed), the Haloween book character parade at the kid's school, bread baking, and Halloween itself.

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Instagram correction

lisacohen — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:22:39 -0500

Oops, I messed up when I mentioned my Instagram username yesterday... it's lisamcohen. I forgot the middle initial. Hope that didn't mess anyone up. I'll be correcting yesterday's post to reflect the correct username too. Sorry about that!!