150/365

may 30, 2011

i basically did nothing on memorial day. nothing at all. i had big plans, but they all fell through.

131/365 - my giraffe collection

May 11, 2011

Oh, silliness. ;)

130/365 - happy early birthday, todd! :-D

May 10, 2011

Tonight, after Adrienne and I went skating downtown and we were riding home, Sylvia called me basically asking if Todd would like to finally (after years of us saving up and then something bad happening to eat our TV savings) have a TV for his birthday, even though his birthday isn't until next month. ;)

It's GREAT!

110/365 - the office/studio

April 20, 2011

Finally cleaned the office. This is where Jerry will be staying when he's with us. This used to be the "catch all" room so it was totally crazy junky because I never really went in there unless I needed to put something out of site. How sad, considering this is also supposed to be my "studio".... sadness.

98/365 - our little space.

April 8, 2011

Sorry about the crappy cell phone photo. Sometimes I get so caught up in actually having a life these days, that I forget to stop and take a photo of it. ;) Regardless, here is a photo of our clean living room! 

We also had dinner at Sylvia's. Calzone's from Paula's Pizza... yummo.

81-83/365 - coffee & coworkers

March 22, 2011

March 23, 2011

March 24, 2011

A couple of my favorite co-workers, Angel & Sheresse. :)

77-80/365 - this & that.

March 18, 2011

After working all day and then driving all night to get to my parent's house, this was pretty much the only picture I had the energy to take. The tiny little touch lamp over the head of Jerry's Spongebob Squarepants bed. Le yawn. Goodnight.

March 19, 2011

I took this Saturday during our photo shoot with a cute little boy. ;) I should've posted one of the outtakes from that shoot, but I'm pretty much in love with this photo.

March 20, 2011

March 21, 2011

(If you think really hard about my photos and where I am on certain days you might figure out that I sometimes may cheat. Please don't think too hard.)

66/365 - Construction Stinks.

March 7, 2011

There is a lot to say about this photo but... it exhausts me.

60-64/365 - KETCHUP.

March 1, 2011

Hehe.

March 2, 2011

I'm so sorry these pictures are sucking. I keep forgetting to take them until I'm in bed, and then all I have is my cellphone and a boring bedroom because I'm too tired to get out of bed.

March 3, 2011

After my first (real) roller derby practice, I had this weird, red blood-like blister instead of the normal white ones. Weird. I also fell on my last lap of the night (after 2 hours of skating and exercises and working out) and ended up falling wrong and my legs/knees went splayed beneath me, hurting my hips and my left knee. Owch.

March 4, 2011

Another lazy bedside photo op.

March 5, 2011
My sleepy husband and our big-ass cat. ;)

56/365 - a fridge can tell you a lot about a person.

February 25, 2011

Lots of interesting things here... Letters from Jerry, Nanny's funeral pamphlet, and so on... zoom for details. ;)

55/365 - cupid's still here.

February 24, 2011

I've been enjoying the cute little window decals for every holiday. Makes me feel like I "decorate". And it's cheerful. :)

54/365 - this actually happened.

February 23, 2011

There are really no words... except I took this picture to send to my landlord after Todd's foot went through the floor while using the bathroom. More tiles are loose, and no, you don't need to tell me the underlying problems that caused this. I know what they are, and yes it is horrible, and honestly I am just thankful we do not own this house.
With that being said, I feel so bad that things like this happen and our landlords have to come fix it. They are so, so good about being there when things go wrong with the house (washing machine giving out, ceiling fan motor burning out, the roof leaking into the house, the kitchen sink not having any water pressure because of corroded pipes or something, etc), so we see a lot of our landlords, more so than I've ever seen of any landlord in the past (considering none of our landlords ever came around, Ever, for anything). Funny thing is, they are unlike most landlords, and are extremely nice & understanding and I don't mind having them around at all.

But I can honestly say I love living in this house, despite it's age and quirks (or faults, whichever you prefer). It's tiny, but it's brought us closer. It's taught me how to be a bit more organized, how to consolidate my belongings, and get rid of things I don't need.

It's also taught me how to sit sideways on the toilet so I don't fall into a deep, dark abyss, or portal to the underworld... that just happens to be in a vital part of my bathroom.

The happy ending to this story is they are thinking about hiring an outside contractor to come in and re-do the entire bathroom! I am praying SO hard that they decide to put in a bathtub! A pretty, cheap, fiberglass shower/bathtub combo so I can get home from work and relax in a bubble bath just like I used to.

God, I miss having a bathtub.

52/365 - Today. Was. Amazing.

February 21, 2011

Thermostat didn't turn on all day long! I had the doors open and the warm winds were blowing ever-so-lovingly through my little home. :) It was such a wonderful little taste of spring that.... today I left for work and completely forgot my jacket and froze to death. I can't believe less than 24 hours later there can be such a temperature shift. Crazy.

Anyway. I'm itching for warmer weather, playing outside and friends around fires.

48/365 - two for one!

February 17, 2011

The Grand Tour ;)

47/365 - our special place.

February 16, 2011

This husky pup was my Valentine's gift from Todd. ;) 

This is also a section of our bedroom, all nice & clean.

Here's the other side, so you can see how our room is arranged.

I'm giving you a tour of our little house. ;)

46/365 - just a little section of my life.

February 15, 2011

Working on  making the wall in my studio look interesting and inspiring. :) I haven't made a great deal of progress.

18/365 - alive since july.

January 18, 2011

Don't let the yellowing leaf fool you. This is a peace lily that was given to me after my Nanny passed away this summer, and believe it or not, I've taken good care of it. Probably the first plant I've been able to keep alive this long.... or at all.

I wasn't even sure if this was a peace lily at all, or even how to take care of it. I've basically just kept it near a window and made sure the soil never got completely dried out, giving it a good shower in the sink every now and then. I try to pick off the dead leaves and stems, which I read somewhere is called "dead-heading" and helps keep your plant healthy, because the plant doesn't have to do all that extra work trying to keep dead leaves alive. Makes sense. Kind of like cutting off an appendage that doesn't work. ;) No need to have blood going to it, right?

Right. Anyway. Where was I?

Googling Peace Lilys, so I can make sure to keep this one alive. I want more house plants.

16/365 - counting blue cars

January 16, 2011

I just finished rigging this up for my necklaces. I have a small jewelry box with only 6 hooks for necklaces, and they would all get tangled up, and even worse, the doors close magnetically, causing the necklaces to be drawn to the magnets and tangled more. Ugh. So I started looking up DIY necklace organizers, and came up with this. It's 3 pieces of colored string, braided together for some strength and then simply tacked on the wall. It looks pretty sweet.

I also hung up one of Todd's pictures that had been sitting on the floor for months, meaning to go in this very spot. It's just so hard to put a nail in a wall sometimes...

11/365 - Maps (they don't love you like i love you)

January 11, 2011

I've been having a bit more fun with my 365 project this time around. Granted almost all of my photos have been taken inside the house thus far... I need to get out more. I took my camera to the daycare today to get some shots but just stayed too busy doing art stuff with the kids. My room is a mess and it's driving me crazy. I still haven't done a board for January! It's killing me.

I might just get started early on Valentine' decor. That'll be fun. Oh yeah. It's almost my 1 year anniversary at the daycare!

7/365 - New Curtains.... kinda.

January 7, 2011

OK, I know this picture is really lame. Project 365 is kind of just as much documentary as it is a challenge for me to be creative... or that is just an excuse for this last minute, ohmygod-it's-almost-midnight-I-need-to-take-a-photo-quick kind of thing.
If you saw my photo from this day then you may have noticed the clusterfuck of mess on my counter, including a curtain rod. When we moved in this past summer, I bought a curtain set. It was supposed to go on one window (like a top and bottom kind of thing), but my windows were small so I decided I would just split them up. I got 2 rods, but one was too short for this window! I swear both windows looked the same width. This house is wonky. It took me months to find the right size rod. Literally. So this poor curtain has been through hell being shuffled around the house waiting to be put up. Am I the only person that does this? Anyway, it finally had it's moment and it's up. Kind of covers up the cool light effect that I used to get in the kitchen from the sun pouring through my wine bottles.
Oh well. I've been meaning to hang those bottles on my apple tree out back. I'm sure once that's finished I'll be posting pictures. :) Maybe in the spring or summer.