4/27/11

Wordy Wednesday

Obsessed with this:




You can find it here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/69766747/dear-fork-letterpress-card

I want it big enough for my kitchen wall! :)

4/25/11

I Heart Faces :: Pets

Y'all know how I adore my casa pets... check out the other furbabies at the I Heart Faces weekly challenge (click the button under my pic).


I wish this picture had sound... he was purring the ENTIRE time! :)

4/24/11

Happy Easter!



Thats my Great Grandfather, GWR with the suit on in the back, and my Aunts and Uncle. I know the date says November... but I love this picture and it could totally be an Easter Sunday!




I borrowed my friend Dave's Quote of the Day from Facebook:

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; and where there is sadness, joy.


- Francis of Assisi, 1182 - 1226

4/21/11

Giveaway!

Not mine... sorry to say!

I am such a sucker for a giveaway... and I'm entering another! Check it out here:

Deal Seeking Photographers Giveaway

4/15/11

Rub-a-Dub-Dub

Most dogs I know dislike bath time. Not this princess...










Looks pawsitively awful doesn't it??





Brie's favorite part is definitely the towel dry.









Being beautiful is an exhausting job.

4/10/11

MCP 54 Stumper - Help!!!

So I've been pretty bad about following the themes for the challenge. I submit photos, but I've had a really hard time going with the abstract inspiration.

This week's theme is "What people think about you". I was excited at first.

But then I was befuddled.

Bemused.

Discouraged.

What DO people think about me? I get some of the same things over and over. But what IS my 'persona'?

Help a girl out?

(you can leave an anonymous comment if you need to. )


Update (4/14): Thanks so much for your amazing suggestions. I had this grand idea of having my kiddos write words that describe how they see me (which, certainly, would be even more complementary than those you left! :) )on our mini white boards and hold them up in class. They are totally used to me doing random stuff at school and they ask where my camera is if they haven't seen it in a few days... so I knew they'd be game. Was there time this week? No. Not a single spare 5 minutes to be found. Eh. So it won't get done this week... but maybe next week? (haha!)

Oh Sheet.

There are few things I'm intolerant of in my life. (No, seriously.) One of those intolerable things is people who "hate" cats. Just because you were taunting your neighbor's cat when you were eight and it scratched you (I'd probably do the same thing.) or whatever doesn't mean you should lump all cats into the same category.

I dislike many white wines - but I don't say I HATE them... People can dislike a movie they went and saw but not boycott every movie for the rest of eternity! Why all the hatin' on cats?

Cats have unique and individual ways and means, and like people aren't all compatible, not all cats are compatible with all people. Cats have their own set of rules, their own quirks, and their own personalities.

Take Turco.

He moos instead of meows. He chases his tail. He doesn't like to cuddle or sit in your lap but he loves  to be in the same room with you. He's the first to greet you when you walk in the door. He bumps-and-runs to say he loves us.

And he LOVES "helping" to change the sheets.

Oh yes.

I try to be sneaky and hide fresh out of the dryer sheets under towels or other clothes. I smuggle them upstairs to the bedroom. I shut the door to make the bed in peace. But he always knows.


He has no interest in the fitted sheet. It must not be very much fun. But as soon as the flat sheet makes its way to the bed... He's there. Appearing out of nowhere to... play?


Between the flat sheet and the fitted sheet, Turco enacts his own battle of sorts.


He waits for just the right moment to strike out against the helpless cotton.


As it gets tucked in and stretched over the bed he works hard to keep his little spot secure.


He bends, stretches, reaches, and makes the funniest gurgling growl/purr.



What is he thinking about under there? Is it like a kiddo playing "fort" in the living room?


Is he just being obnoxious and in the way, knowing that I fear his talons more than I want to get the bed made?


Who needs to be afraid of monster's under the bed when this monster is hanging out IN the bed?



Once he thinks the sheets have submitted he retreats back into the depths of the gently scented cotton.



Only to appear on the other side of the bed ready to nest and take a snooze.


This one, on the other hand, is none too amused. I'm sure she thinks its juvenile to chase mythical sheet monsters and appaling to stand in the way of make-Martha-proud hospital corners. Look at that judgy face! I love it!

4/2/11

Announcement!

It's nerve wracking making an announcement like this...

No. I'm not pregnant.

But this is no less of an adventure.

With my family's and most importantly, FMG's encouragement and love I've launched arg photographs. My goal is not to be the next "it" photographer... but rather to expand my skills and broaden my photographic horizons. I'll focus on natural light, casual lifestyle images. I have several fun shoots coming up in the next few weeks - babies, seniors, and little ones in between!

I'm still in the process of getting everything up and running on my dedicated blog site and Facebook page but I hope you'll visit and "like" me respectively.

Whew.

That wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.