How can that face not make you smile?
Friday, November 8, 2013
Just Because....
I took this picture last night and it just captures Bob-the-Bulldog perfectly and I love it so I thought I would just go ahead and post it:
How can that face not make you smile?
How can that face not make you smile?
Thursday, November 7, 2013
This Time of Year
You know I love this time of year. Well technically it would have been a couple of weeks ago but Fall seems to have hit later and the colors have been really pretty last week and this. Like this:
And this:
And this:
Now I really wanted to take pictures with people in them, like Sean Michael and Mom and Hector, and I had actually planned on doing that this past weekend. I even took Sean Michael and Mom to the railroad tracks on Saturday, just to discover that the memory card I had in the camera was protected, so I couldn't use it. Darn!! And by then it was already 4ish, and I didn't want to go back home and get a new one, etc etc etc, so we didn't get it done. I figured ok, we'll do it Sunday and Hector will be there too....except it turned out too chilly so we didn't.
As I've driven around these past couple of weeks, a part of me wishes that I had my camera with me to take pictures of all this beautiful nature around me, but then I think I would really rather have people in them and not just trees. But as you see in these pictures, there are no people in them, though I did try to get Sean Michael to get out of the car once so I could have him in one, but he declined. Bummer.
Probably by this weekend all the leaves will be gone and I won't get any pics of the family in the leaves which is just my luck because the weather never seems to want to cooperate with me when I want to take pictures.
Still, of any of the four seasons, I think Fall is my favorite especially when it comes to taking photos and putting me in the mood to get out there with my camera.
If only the weather would be nice......
And this:
And this:
Now I really wanted to take pictures with people in them, like Sean Michael and Mom and Hector, and I had actually planned on doing that this past weekend. I even took Sean Michael and Mom to the railroad tracks on Saturday, just to discover that the memory card I had in the camera was protected, so I couldn't use it. Darn!! And by then it was already 4ish, and I didn't want to go back home and get a new one, etc etc etc, so we didn't get it done. I figured ok, we'll do it Sunday and Hector will be there too....except it turned out too chilly so we didn't.
As I've driven around these past couple of weeks, a part of me wishes that I had my camera with me to take pictures of all this beautiful nature around me, but then I think I would really rather have people in them and not just trees. But as you see in these pictures, there are no people in them, though I did try to get Sean Michael to get out of the car once so I could have him in one, but he declined. Bummer.
Probably by this weekend all the leaves will be gone and I won't get any pics of the family in the leaves which is just my luck because the weather never seems to want to cooperate with me when I want to take pictures.
Still, of any of the four seasons, I think Fall is my favorite especially when it comes to taking photos and putting me in the mood to get out there with my camera.
If only the weather would be nice......
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
One More Pet Peeve
You know those people who are driving (a lot of my peeves seem to have a lot to do with driving, you know?) in the fast lane, yet they are going 10 miles under the speed limit. And they won't move over. Self-appointed cops, my grandma used to call them. Also people in the middle lane and going 10 miles under. They should at least be going the freakin' speed limit. Grrrr.
Also any traffic north of Richmond, in case you forgot. :-)
Also any traffic north of Richmond, in case you forgot. :-)
Friday, November 1, 2013
My Top Pet Peeves
I was going to make this my Top Ten Pet Peeves, but then thought I probably have more than 10, so I left the 10 out. So here they are (not like anyone cares, but this is my blog so I don't care if you don't care.):
1) Driving in Virginia any where north of Richmond
2) Putting on my turn signal so that I can move over to the next lane and the cars in that lane speed up so I can't get into it
3) Driving in Virginia any where north of Richmond (can you tell I hate driving here?)
4) People that mean "lose" and spell it "loose" (also "their" instead of "they're")
5) Rude people
6) People taking everything but the kitchen sink onto an airplane, even though they KNOW they have too many AND their bags are too freakin big to fit in the overhead compartments
7) When it comes time to get off of an airplane, and people take their sweet time getting said luggage from the overhead bins
8) Driving in Virginia any where north of Richmond (in case you forgot)
9) When you are trying to back out of a parking space, and you're halfway out, and yet cars come speeding by and won't let you out
10) Stupidity
11) People who think Obama can do absolutely no wrong
12) Well, come to think of it, Obama period.
13) Driving in Virginia any where north of Richmond
14) Getting old (yeah that one definitely sucks)
Ok I'm done for now. :-)
1) Driving in Virginia any where north of Richmond
2) Putting on my turn signal so that I can move over to the next lane and the cars in that lane speed up so I can't get into it
3) Driving in Virginia any where north of Richmond (can you tell I hate driving here?)
4) People that mean "lose" and spell it "loose" (also "their" instead of "they're")
5) Rude people
6) People taking everything but the kitchen sink onto an airplane, even though they KNOW they have too many AND their bags are too freakin big to fit in the overhead compartments
7) When it comes time to get off of an airplane, and people take their sweet time getting said luggage from the overhead bins
8) Driving in Virginia any where north of Richmond (in case you forgot)
9) When you are trying to back out of a parking space, and you're halfway out, and yet cars come speeding by and won't let you out
10) Stupidity
11) People who think Obama can do absolutely no wrong
12) Well, come to think of it, Obama period.
13) Driving in Virginia any where north of Richmond
14) Getting old (yeah that one definitely sucks)
Ok I'm done for now. :-)
Friday, October 25, 2013
If I Could Stay Home
Sometimes (okay, all the time) I wish I was rich enough where I didn't have to work and I could just stay home. I would not be one of those types that would be bored staying home; nope, I could find things to do. Besides keeping the house clean, and having the time to do all the things that need to be done and not enough time to do them or the incination to take leave to do them, there would be a lot of other things I would love to do.
Like scrapbooking (and I have thousands of pictures that need to go into albums...not that anyone really cares about these pictures except for me but that's besides the point) and photography (you know, to add even more pictures) and reading and even writing a book. And I'd like to take a class or two, buy an old El Camino and learning how to restore it, and plant a real garden with flowers and maybe some fruit and veggies.
Of course too if I were rich, I would like to travel to places that I have on my bucket list (that I finally started) and see some of the world. I used to never have to desire to go to Europe but I do now, and I would love to take the grandkids so they could see it too.
Ah to be rich.........
Like scrapbooking (and I have thousands of pictures that need to go into albums...not that anyone really cares about these pictures except for me but that's besides the point) and photography (you know, to add even more pictures) and reading and even writing a book. And I'd like to take a class or two, buy an old El Camino and learning how to restore it, and plant a real garden with flowers and maybe some fruit and veggies.
Of course too if I were rich, I would like to travel to places that I have on my bucket list (that I finally started) and see some of the world. I used to never have to desire to go to Europe but I do now, and I would love to take the grandkids so they could see it too.
Ah to be rich.........
Friday, October 18, 2013
Books I Love
Since I was young, I have loved to read. I more than likely got it from my mom who got it from her mom, and Nicole got it from me. (Unfortunately, most of the males do NOT like to read.) Anyway, I would read books by the dozen, re-reading old books of mine when I didn't have any new books to read. Because I have read so much though, I have to admit I can't remember hardly any of the books I have read.
However, there are books that for some reason have always stuck in my mind, the #1 being:
I remember checking this out of the Sunnyside library when I was in junior high and I just loved this book. And I know I checked it out over and over again to read it. It was just a sweet romance between teenagers and made me always want to get a boy's ID bracelet to show we were going steady. Sadly it has been out of print forever and it goes for $1000 on Amazon, and I would love to have it, but not for that much. And I'm not the only one; I've seen message boards with women asking for this book too. I wish the publisher would reprint it, but until that happens (and I'm not holding my breath), I guess I'll just have to wish from afar for it.
Another book that I loved to read was:
It is set in California about a young girl (12ish which is about the age I read this) who finds a secret room filled with books and she loves sneaking away and going to this velvet-draped room to read and dream. Since I loved to read, this resonated with me and has always stayed in the back of my mind.
As my teenage years went by I know I still read a lot, but "being in love" and all that jazz, I don't remember much of what I read. There was Valley of the Dolls I know, and I enjoyed that, along with the movie. When Danielle Steel came along in the late 70s, I devoured all of her books, along with the V. C. Andrews series. My favorite and the one I remember the most of Steel's is
and it was very romantic and sad but then they find each other again through incredible odds and make you believe in love. (Yeah, sure.)
V.C. Andrews' book
was creepy and incestuous and made you distrust your own grandma and not want to eat powdered sugar donuts anymore. But I know I read that book more than once too.
Sometimes I wish I had made a running list of books that I have read just to see how many there were. Sometimes when I pick up a book I can start reading it and know right away I've read it before, while others I get a nagging feeling I have but just can't remember for sure.
The sad part is, now I hardly read at all, and not for lack of time or books, but just because I don't feel like it much any more. I do go to the library and pick out a huge stack of books, hoping that they'll make me want to read, and I might actually read a couple, but then the rest just sit there, getting renewed time after time, until I finally give in and take them back. It's been like that since we've lived here in Virginia and I don't know why.
But, at least I have read. I know how to read. And I remember the books that were important to me. And I'm not giving up reading. Who knows, maybe the stack of books I have now from the library with inspire me again. We'll see.
I still love books.
However, there are books that for some reason have always stuck in my mind, the #1 being:
I remember checking this out of the Sunnyside library when I was in junior high and I just loved this book. And I know I checked it out over and over again to read it. It was just a sweet romance between teenagers and made me always want to get a boy's ID bracelet to show we were going steady. Sadly it has been out of print forever and it goes for $1000 on Amazon, and I would love to have it, but not for that much. And I'm not the only one; I've seen message boards with women asking for this book too. I wish the publisher would reprint it, but until that happens (and I'm not holding my breath), I guess I'll just have to wish from afar for it.
Another book that I loved to read was:
It is set in California about a young girl (12ish which is about the age I read this) who finds a secret room filled with books and she loves sneaking away and going to this velvet-draped room to read and dream. Since I loved to read, this resonated with me and has always stayed in the back of my mind.
As my teenage years went by I know I still read a lot, but "being in love" and all that jazz, I don't remember much of what I read. There was Valley of the Dolls I know, and I enjoyed that, along with the movie. When Danielle Steel came along in the late 70s, I devoured all of her books, along with the V. C. Andrews series. My favorite and the one I remember the most of Steel's is
and it was very romantic and sad but then they find each other again through incredible odds and make you believe in love. (Yeah, sure.)
V.C. Andrews' book
was creepy and incestuous and made you distrust your own grandma and not want to eat powdered sugar donuts anymore. But I know I read that book more than once too.
Sometimes I wish I had made a running list of books that I have read just to see how many there were. Sometimes when I pick up a book I can start reading it and know right away I've read it before, while others I get a nagging feeling I have but just can't remember for sure.
The sad part is, now I hardly read at all, and not for lack of time or books, but just because I don't feel like it much any more. I do go to the library and pick out a huge stack of books, hoping that they'll make me want to read, and I might actually read a couple, but then the rest just sit there, getting renewed time after time, until I finally give in and take them back. It's been like that since we've lived here in Virginia and I don't know why.
But, at least I have read. I know how to read. And I remember the books that were important to me. And I'm not giving up reading. Who knows, maybe the stack of books I have now from the library with inspire me again. We'll see.
I still love books.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
If You Know A Furloughed Federal Employee.......
Do NOT ask them how their "vacation" was. Because it isn't funny and it wasn't a vacation. I'm pretty sure that most of us didn't pack a bag and head to Hawaii to sit this out on the beach. The 4 days we were home, the only thing we could really focus on was when are we going to be back to work and paid again. And I imagine a lot of other furloughed feds who are still at home are doing the exact same thing.
Sure, some have enough money to wade it out. But I would bet the majority only have so much, if any, to be able to do that and are living paycheck-to-paycheck and aren't just living it up because they aren't working. Some are probably depressed as all get-out and just don't feel like doing much, while others are doing the chores they never have time for when working, and still a few others very well may be in Hawaii.
Had I been off this week, I would have been one of the ones tackling chores around the house that need to be done but not enough time to do them on weekends or worth taking leave for. Anything to keep busy and trying to keep my mind off of what may or may not happen.
As it was, I received the call on Monday morning to come in to work, so I did. And that was when I started getting "Welcome back from your vacation!" Grrrrrrr. (And, to make matters even worse, I hadn't had my Starbucks or ANY coffee yet!) So I did tell a few it was no vacation, I hadn't put in any leave, and it isn't fun to stress over making no money. Actually, even though I am back to work, it is without pay until they get their heads out of their butts and fix this mess.
Then to hear that ass Harry Reid (after he called this a paid vacation as well) say that the bill for us to receive retro pay wasn't important enough to pass through the Senate (even though the Senate said they would pass it and Obama would sign it) really pissed me off. I know a lot of people think we shouldn't get the retro pay, but you know, we didn't ask to be pawns in this little political game, and we already lost a lot of money this past summer from those 6 days of furlough. So go pick on someone else. Really!
So anyway, if you know a furloughed fed, don't ask them how their "vacation"" was/is. Instead, buy them a cup of coffee or invite them over for dinner becauase they really might need it.
Sure, some have enough money to wade it out. But I would bet the majority only have so much, if any, to be able to do that and are living paycheck-to-paycheck and aren't just living it up because they aren't working. Some are probably depressed as all get-out and just don't feel like doing much, while others are doing the chores they never have time for when working, and still a few others very well may be in Hawaii.
Had I been off this week, I would have been one of the ones tackling chores around the house that need to be done but not enough time to do them on weekends or worth taking leave for. Anything to keep busy and trying to keep my mind off of what may or may not happen.
As it was, I received the call on Monday morning to come in to work, so I did. And that was when I started getting "Welcome back from your vacation!" Grrrrrrr. (And, to make matters even worse, I hadn't had my Starbucks or ANY coffee yet!) So I did tell a few it was no vacation, I hadn't put in any leave, and it isn't fun to stress over making no money. Actually, even though I am back to work, it is without pay until they get their heads out of their butts and fix this mess.
Then to hear that ass Harry Reid (after he called this a paid vacation as well) say that the bill for us to receive retro pay wasn't important enough to pass through the Senate (even though the Senate said they would pass it and Obama would sign it) really pissed me off. I know a lot of people think we shouldn't get the retro pay, but you know, we didn't ask to be pawns in this little political game, and we already lost a lot of money this past summer from those 6 days of furlough. So go pick on someone else. Really!
So anyway, if you know a furloughed fed, don't ask them how their "vacation"" was/is. Instead, buy them a cup of coffee or invite them over for dinner becauase they really might need it.
Friday, September 13, 2013
Breaking A Habit
For as long as I can remember, there is one thing I always do on September 13th. But today, September 13th, 2013, I'm not going to do it, I'm breaking myself of this one habit. (Certainly there are a lot more habits I could and should break, but I'll just start with this one.)
Now the funny thing is this habit isn't bad, it doesn't affect anyone (not even me), and no one will care or even notice if I break it or not. But I decided that I needed to stop it and so I am.
Oh I am tempted to do it, and I find myself wanting to do it. But I haven't yet and that's something anyway.
Yeah I know this is a really cryptic post and I myself don't like cryptic posts. But this particular one will just have to be that, cryptic. Sorry!!
Now I just have the rest of the day to get through to not feed my habit.
Only 13 hours and 6 minutes to go.
Now the funny thing is this habit isn't bad, it doesn't affect anyone (not even me), and no one will care or even notice if I break it or not. But I decided that I needed to stop it and so I am.
Oh I am tempted to do it, and I find myself wanting to do it. But I haven't yet and that's something anyway.
Yeah I know this is a really cryptic post and I myself don't like cryptic posts. But this particular one will just have to be that, cryptic. Sorry!!
Now I just have the rest of the day to get through to not feed my habit.
Only 13 hours and 6 minutes to go.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Trying Too Hard To Be Funny
The other day Sean Michael was watching one of his tv shows in the living room and while I wasn't really paying too much attention to it, I did hear bits and pieces of it, and it struck me on how hard they were trying to be funny without trying to be funny. And of course there was the requisite "audience" laughter in the background, just in case you didn't know it was supposed to be funny (without really meaning be to of course) so that you would laugh right along with the (non)joke. Frankly I just thought the show (and the others like it) was really stupid. But hey, I was raised on Gilligan's Island and F-Troup and Here Comes The Brides.....shows I am sure that by today's teenagers' standard would be pretty lame and possibly stupid too. Still, I'd watch my 70s shows over their 2010s shows any day.
Then there are the blogs out there. I like to read other people's blogs, and there is one popular one with the initials PW that I always think she is trying way too hard to be funny also. I can see throwing in a funny here and there (I do it myself), but with her there is a lot more of them and consistently and to me, they really aren't all that funny. More annoying, actually. True, I don't have to read it, but I still do, because sometimes she might write something interesting. If only she would just stop trying so hard to be funny.
I do enjoy shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway where they have to be funny at all times and they are really good at it. I like it when people play off of each other and don't even have to try to be hilarious, they just are, and the cast of WLIIA is very good at that. I've had friends like that, who we just play off of each other and have fun with it. But when it starts to be forced, ya gotta quit.
So let's be funny. But let's not try. Let's just be. :-)
Then there are the blogs out there. I like to read other people's blogs, and there is one popular one with the initials PW that I always think she is trying way too hard to be funny also. I can see throwing in a funny here and there (I do it myself), but with her there is a lot more of them and consistently and to me, they really aren't all that funny. More annoying, actually. True, I don't have to read it, but I still do, because sometimes she might write something interesting. If only she would just stop trying so hard to be funny.
I do enjoy shows like Whose Line Is It Anyway where they have to be funny at all times and they are really good at it. I like it when people play off of each other and don't even have to try to be hilarious, they just are, and the cast of WLIIA is very good at that. I've had friends like that, who we just play off of each other and have fun with it. But when it starts to be forced, ya gotta quit.
So let's be funny. But let's not try. Let's just be. :-)
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Happy 16th Birthday to My Grandson
Today I am the grandmother of a 16-year old. Wow. In my mind I am not old enough to have a grandchild that old....heck, in my mind I'm not even old enough to have kids. lol Of course in reality I am, and I do love my grandkids very much and am so glad they are in my life. Especially since Nicole said she was never ever ever having kids so I'd better hope that Beau had some. (I don't see that happening, but I can always wish for it to happen.) But it is interesting as I have never been all that crazy about kids in general and when Nicole was pregnant, I (and Nicole too) wasn't sure how great of a grandma I was going to be. But come to find out, a really good one, if I do say so myself.
But then too Sean Michael has made it pretty easy for us, as he has always been a pretty laid back kid. Of course, how could you not love this adorable little face:
(Ok, so maybe his little sister isn't looking quite so adorable at that moment, but normally she is too.)
And now he's morphed in this:
His hair is a little (a lot) longer, and it isn't as straight as it used to be, and he's taller, and he's now old enough to drive (funnily enough, he doesn't even seem all that into driving, which is so different than when I was 16 and couldn't wait to get behind the wheel) but I still see that same three year old little boy with those bright blue eyes that everyone commented on and I smile, thinking of what a sweetie he was then, and what a sweetie he is now. He isn't perfect, but he is my pride and joy and I am very proud to call him my grandson.
So Happy 16th Birthday Sean Michael. I love you very much. :-)
But then too Sean Michael has made it pretty easy for us, as he has always been a pretty laid back kid. Of course, how could you not love this adorable little face:
(Ok, so maybe his little sister isn't looking quite so adorable at that moment, but normally she is too.)
And now he's morphed in this:
His hair is a little (a lot) longer, and it isn't as straight as it used to be, and he's taller, and he's now old enough to drive (funnily enough, he doesn't even seem all that into driving, which is so different than when I was 16 and couldn't wait to get behind the wheel) but I still see that same three year old little boy with those bright blue eyes that everyone commented on and I smile, thinking of what a sweetie he was then, and what a sweetie he is now. He isn't perfect, but he is my pride and joy and I am very proud to call him my grandson.
So Happy 16th Birthday Sean Michael. I love you very much. :-)
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Family
For the past few evenings, we've been catching up on this season's episodes of Blue Bloods, which is a about family where all the men were/all cops, starting with the grandpa and ending with the youngest son. The dad is played by Tom Selleck and he is the Police Commisioner. Anyway, while I don't really watch too many cop shows, I like this one because it isn't only about being policemen, its about family. They always show at least one scene where they are having their usual Sunday dinner and everyone is there, the daughter with her daughter, the son with his family, and the single son.
And it made me think back to when I was a kid and we would go to family things (well, not my father who didn't like my mom's family and vice versa) and have Thanksgiving with the other half of Mom's family (who did like Dad and vice versa). (Confused yet?) And when I met Ed and started going with him, we were always around family and having big dinners and hanging out.
But somewhere, it all fell away and now almost no family. Which makes me feel bad for Sean Michael because he only has us and his sister and his aunts. I don't know if he really cares or not, but it still makes me sad for him. I can remember having a lot of fun with my cousins and Ed's cousins and always having someone to talk to.
I know Blue Bloods is just a tv show, but I think the concept of family dinners every Sunday is a nice thing to do. And it makes me wish I had a big family to have that with; maybe not every week but once a month.
And then again maybe I am just old-fashioned liking that kind of stuff. It's kind of funny to think I'm old-fashioned in this modern world, but if it means family and family dinners, then I'm good with it.
A little old-fashionedness never hurt anyone....and could make for a better world. Too bad it's gone by the wayside.
And it made me think back to when I was a kid and we would go to family things (well, not my father who didn't like my mom's family and vice versa) and have Thanksgiving with the other half of Mom's family (who did like Dad and vice versa). (Confused yet?) And when I met Ed and started going with him, we were always around family and having big dinners and hanging out.
But somewhere, it all fell away and now almost no family. Which makes me feel bad for Sean Michael because he only has us and his sister and his aunts. I don't know if he really cares or not, but it still makes me sad for him. I can remember having a lot of fun with my cousins and Ed's cousins and always having someone to talk to.
I know Blue Bloods is just a tv show, but I think the concept of family dinners every Sunday is a nice thing to do. And it makes me wish I had a big family to have that with; maybe not every week but once a month.
And then again maybe I am just old-fashioned liking that kind of stuff. It's kind of funny to think I'm old-fashioned in this modern world, but if it means family and family dinners, then I'm good with it.
A little old-fashionedness never hurt anyone....and could make for a better world. Too bad it's gone by the wayside.
Friday, August 9, 2013
The Bucket List, Part II
Yes, I have finally done it. Started a Bucket List. Why, you ask? I was reading a magazine the other day and there was an article about Amsterdam and it just looked so pretty that I thought I would really love to go there and see it. So I put it in my note section on my phone, and while I was doing that, I started thinking of other things I wanted to do in the future, and then it hit me that yes, this could be the ever elusive Bucket List.
Right now there are only those four things on it, and each one is something I had been talking about just recently, and I figured they were as good as any to put on the list. I've always liked to write and have been jotting down ideas and titles for books to write; and last week we were watching one of those shows about fixing up cars and they had this El Camino on it and oh my they took this old rusty heap of one and turned it into an absolutely beautiful car and I was like, I really need to own another El Camino in my life time. And it is a car that is still around and there are ads for them. I did actually go to Hawaii once.....for an hour. It was the first time I went to Okinawa back in 1976 when Ed was stationed there, and we landed there long enough to get a glass of fresh pineapple juice (nothing else like it...it was delicious!). So after joking around a week ago about Sean Michael flying home alone and hopefully he wouldn't end up in Hawaii but if he did I definitely would go get him, I decided that should go on the list too.
So there we have it. I have a Bucket List. Or the beginnings of one anyway. I'm not sure how long or short they're supposed to be, I suppose it doesn't really matter? What matters is trying to make them happen so you can cross them off and be able to say "Yep, I've been there" or "I've done that" or "I own that". Here's hoping.
Someday.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Project Life
Have you heard of Project Life? Or Project 365? It consists of taking a picture every day for a year of your every day life. You can start it on January 1st, the beginning of a new year, or on your birthday, or just whenever you want to. And whether it's a picture of a meal you've eaten or the price of gas or a special occasion or a holiday, anything is fair game when it comes to taking the photographs. It's all about your life in a year. I've seen blogs where people post a picture a day and then there are kits out there to make a scrapbook out of all the pictures and journal about them.
I've known about it for a few years now and always thought it would be a fun thing to do, except that I felt like my life is too boring for it. But this year, I decided that one of my New Years Resolutions would be to just go ahead and do it, boring or not, beginning on my 56th birthday. (I really would like Sean Michael to do it also when he turns 16 in September.....we'll see how that turns out....) Luckily there was a scrapbooking show on HSN in March and they had the Project Life album kits for a really great price and I ordered a couple, which also helped galvanize me into starting it.
So, on April 24, 2013, I began the project. I had gone to the zoo with Janie and she took my picture at the Sea Otter exhibit, and I took a few of the giraffes. Since then, I have taken a picture almost every day (there has been a day here or there that was missed, but for the most part I have been very consistent) of whatever suits my fancy of whats happening. It's interesting too that I have had things to take pictures of almost everyday, and actually more than one picture at that. Here are just a few:
My sunglasses collection that I just took yesterday:
My porch that I finished this weekend:
My mom and Nicole and Sean Michael on Mother's Day:
Sean Michael in an iris bed at a rest stop the Saturday before Mother's Day:
And a Mother's Day card from Beau:
Now I haven't actually printed out the pictures yet because my phone needs to have an upgrade (which everytime I try it just won't do it, so I have to transfer the pics to the computer to a memory card), but eventually I will get all that done I hope. My laptop has seemed to have died, and my craftroom is a disaster area after the basement flood so I can't quite get to that computer yet (well, if I would get in there and clean up I could. lol), but hope will prevail! In the meantime, when I take pictures with my phone (which is what I have been using for this project), I then go into the notes section and put in the day and what I took a picture of, so that when I do put it all in the album, I will be able to remember what day and what pic, etc.
Anyways, I'm almost a month into Project 365 and really enjoying it, boring life or not. Of course in the end I may be the only one who ever looks at it and cares, but maybe 30 years from now someone will find it and think "What a cool thing to do!" Or not. I suppose as long as I enjoy it, that's all that counts.
So if you see me with my phone in hand, ready to take a picture, smile for me. We're creating memories and history.
I've known about it for a few years now and always thought it would be a fun thing to do, except that I felt like my life is too boring for it. But this year, I decided that one of my New Years Resolutions would be to just go ahead and do it, boring or not, beginning on my 56th birthday. (I really would like Sean Michael to do it also when he turns 16 in September.....we'll see how that turns out....) Luckily there was a scrapbooking show on HSN in March and they had the Project Life album kits for a really great price and I ordered a couple, which also helped galvanize me into starting it.
So, on April 24, 2013, I began the project. I had gone to the zoo with Janie and she took my picture at the Sea Otter exhibit, and I took a few of the giraffes. Since then, I have taken a picture almost every day (there has been a day here or there that was missed, but for the most part I have been very consistent) of whatever suits my fancy of whats happening. It's interesting too that I have had things to take pictures of almost everyday, and actually more than one picture at that. Here are just a few:
My sunglasses collection that I just took yesterday:
My porch that I finished this weekend:
My mom and Nicole and Sean Michael on Mother's Day:
Sean Michael in an iris bed at a rest stop the Saturday before Mother's Day:
And a Mother's Day card from Beau:
Now I haven't actually printed out the pictures yet because my phone needs to have an upgrade (which everytime I try it just won't do it, so I have to transfer the pics to the computer to a memory card), but eventually I will get all that done I hope. My laptop has seemed to have died, and my craftroom is a disaster area after the basement flood so I can't quite get to that computer yet (well, if I would get in there and clean up I could. lol), but hope will prevail! In the meantime, when I take pictures with my phone (which is what I have been using for this project), I then go into the notes section and put in the day and what I took a picture of, so that when I do put it all in the album, I will be able to remember what day and what pic, etc.
Anyways, I'm almost a month into Project 365 and really enjoying it, boring life or not. Of course in the end I may be the only one who ever looks at it and cares, but maybe 30 years from now someone will find it and think "What a cool thing to do!" Or not. I suppose as long as I enjoy it, that's all that counts.
So if you see me with my phone in hand, ready to take a picture, smile for me. We're creating memories and history.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Three Months Later.....
Apparently I am only good at keeping resolutions in my mind and not in actuality. Because I do think about blogging and then....don't. But mostly it is still being depressed and just not feeling like doing it or, for that matter, anything else. Sometimes I think I should go get on some Prozac or something, but the thought of gaining weight from it makes me stop from asking for it. Rather a double-edged sword here. Because even if I take something that is supposed to make me feel better, how will I if I am gaining even more weight? Of course exercise is supposed to help you feel better too, and I usually do afterwards. It is just getting in the mind set to actually do it that I have a problem with.
But, as they say, tomorrow is another day. And maybe I'll do better.
But, as they say, tomorrow is another day. And maybe I'll do better.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
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