Happy (almost) New Year!

Well, I'm alive. This new work schedule has really screwed up my days. I was looking over my photos this past year and calculated how many I have taken with both of my cameras. A whopping total of *drumroll please* 2,726! Can you believe it? Of course not all of them are great, but at least photography is the one thing I keep up. I just wish the weather would get a little more photo friendly so I can find some cool, winter subjects. So Happy New Year and here's to 3,000 photos!

Productiveness

i was productive today -- on this site at least. i put up the new layout for my artwork. it's based off of my vintage camera collection. it only took me a month to get the gumption to do it, but i did it. i built it so long ago i almost forgot how to set up the coding for it, but it wasn't too bad to figure out. now all i need to do is update it. that is my next goal.

ugh

UGH! what a hectic few weeks. it's just been unbelievable with all of the changes at work, plus all of the projects we have to finish in such a short amount of time. mom and i went to an antique show. i got some random things and at least one christmas present. i plan on making a list tonite of the christmas presents that i need to buy or make. we went to the mall today and it was already pretty crazy with the shopping. i still can't believe it's almost thanksgiving. when becca s. told me on monday i was in shock. i guess i knew, but it didn't sink in until she mentioned it. it was astonished!

weekend

mom and i went to 5 craft shows yesterday. they're ok. but i think i like going more just b/c my likes them and it's something we can do together. we went to 1 by our house, 2 in highland and 2 in munster. we really didn't get too much. i always try to find a really crazy handmade christmas ornament for the tree. last year i found this little bear that was dressed like an angel librarian. i had to buy it. this year i already found a crazy cardinal made out of poof balls. i'll have to post pix.

crazy puppy

this is one wild doggie. i was out taking pictures of one of our trees the other morning and mila began rolling around in the leaves. this basically captures her true essence -- she's wild.

work was super crazy today, there's a lot going on an a lot to take in. i'm so glad it's the weekend. i can't wait until monday for our bead making class, plus it's Becca's birthday!

in honor of halloween

this has been a very long week and a super busy friday. it really helped that i have some really great friends to help me throughout the busy days. Tomorrow is girls nite, i'm so excited. it's always a blast, then my mom and i are headed to brown county for a few days. i just finished backing up my photos and updating the ipod. i am going to miss my little puppies while were gone. i'm watching scarey movie 3 right now, it's pretty funny, i've never seen it before.... lol

i *heart* youtube.com

went to the apple orchard today, fun times. i am so pooped tho. we got apple and pumpkin donuts, plus some gala apples. did i ever tell you how much i LOVE apples?! :)

just picked it up from the bodyshop and i have to take it back photos

look ma it's two toned! it was a bad day today, it doesn't sound like they're going to fix my car. we meet with the insurance guy thursday. (i cried at work - so that's never good) and if they don't fix my car i don't know what to do. i hate it. i can't stand to look at it, it makes me sick, literally.

the car

first image is of my car the day i bought it (July 05). the other 2 photos are of it right after the accident. tomorrow i'll post the "i just picked it up from the bodyshop and i have to take it back photos". yea that's right, i picked it up and now i have to take it back. the colors of the replacement parts are NOT the same green as the rest of my car, the check engine light is on and the headlights are different brightnesses. this sucks. and i returned the rental. so now luckily a good friend is taking me to work tomorrow. oh yea didn't i mention i'm broke b/c of the rental car AND the insurance hasn't even sent the check to reimburse me. UGH!!! *pulls hair out* i just want to cry.... some more.....

fallen flower

went to game night sat. and didn't get home until 4am sunday! insane. i've never been out that late, i was so dead tired, but i had such a blast playing spoons with all of my work friends. the only way that i was able to stay awake was the intense sugar high from all of the cupcakes, gummy bears and jelly beans that i consumed. yum....

sunflower fest

i hope to finally finish my portfolio layout soon. it's actually done i just need to code it (which is not as fun as designing, lol). i've got game night tonite, we're dressing up. i am so tired, i don't know how i'm going to make it. i am such an old fart.

laziness

i am so lazy when it comes to blogging. i don't know why it's really not that hard. it just a matter of doing it. i shot this at the sunflower fest

great weekend

Well I had a great weekend. Yesterday I went shopping with Kathy and Becca, we had such a great time. I love how honest we are when trying on clothes, if they weren't with me I don't know what I would buy. Today mom and I went to the Dunes and were there for almost 3 hours. We sat at the beach for two hours and then drove around through the forest. I realized today tho that I really need to buy a new memory card for the camera b/c I have a nasty habit of not cleaning them off. I'm thinking at least 1GB. Then we went to the antique store. I got 2 little strawberry shortcake figurines and mom got 2 elephants. We ate Tortellini for dinner, which was super yummy. I hope to post some photos soon. I'm going to download tomorrow and then I need to finish the coding for the new gallery layout. I'm working on it, so hopefully soon!

prison break

another great prison break nite, it always keeps me on the edge of my seat and makes me look forward to mondays! :-)

test

i'm having archive problems, once those are solved I'm working on photos

Easy Saturday

Such a beautiful day out today. I went to the Lowell Labor Day Festival, took a bike ride (a couple of them) and cut part of a tree down. It was just nice to be outside in the blue sky :)

site's back... almost

well this is actually a pretty simple layout for me. it will do for now.



today was my birthday and i got a bike! it was a really crappy rainy day, so we went to the movies and saw little miss sunshine. it was a great movie, i haven't laughed that hard in so long -- it was great! mom and i were crying, i couldn't breathe, it was almost like i had some jamba juice -- almost. :)

i must say prison break was amazing tonite (why do i watch that, it just kills me ugh) and the shake up on fresh meat was great!

i found

this neat little site. Post a Secret
it kind of makes you wonder what type of secrets that the people you see on a daily basis are keeping from you.

and i thought this xbox 360 came out already. they keep showing it on tv over and over and over....apparently i was wrong. it looks really cool. i like to wonder how someone came up with this or designed it. technology is amazing and i'm rambling. goodbye. lol

revamping

i would really love to revamp this site, i am so sick of this design. it needs a new life. the only thing is...I can't find my HTML book, I have no idea where it is. I've looked everywhere I thought it would be...um yea.

oh oh, I found this nifty little link today: Panda Cam at the San Diego Zoo. When I was on the site, there was a little one rolling around SO CUTE!

someday...

i want to visit Chincoteague Island, Virginia to watch the ponies being hearded across the river to the mainland for auction. awe to see a childhood book come true. i'm speaking of Misty of Chincoteague this site gives you an idea of Misty and the history. i loved that book as a kid and just happend upon this site tonite. it would be magic. the sad part of this story is that they have actually stuffed poor misty and one of her foals. their remains are now on display. eww. poor misty.