Kirsten 252/365
Finally got my big mirror hung up :). Now I just have to build the black
frame to go around it.
Kirsten 251/365
Tonight Turner got whipped By Wyatt. Wyatt for some reason decided it would
be a good Idea to whip Turner with a necklace over and over. He was able to
hit him across the back, arm, shoulder, and face :(.
Kirsten 250/365
Cheat photo. Bailey two years ago wearing Mr. Potato Head's glasses and
looking sophisticated. lol
11.07.2009
ROBIN 251/365
Tree in the sunset. I almost froze my fingers off getting this shot.
It was cold today.
Liz 251/365
Wedding Countdown Week continues! I totally stole the idea for these little
flags from a wedding forum I've been reading. I heart them.
Renatta 251/365
I took some time out of a frustrating day at work and put up some new pics
in my cubicle.
Renatta 252/365
Seen on my walk through the cemetery today -- this leads to a group of
several graves from the 1800s.
Monique 251/365
As I’d mentioned in a recent post, ‘tis the season of rainbows in the
mountains. This eventually grew to a single full arc and about a quarter of
the outer arc before the fast-shifting cloud cover cut off the light to
bring in a pelting rain shower.
11.05.2009
Renatta 250/365
Sometimes work isn't really "work," like today. I was at this thing for teen
driver safety and got conned into trying on "drunk goggles" at a "sobriety
checkpoint." And luckily I work at a newspaper, so there's usually a
photographer/coworker someplace nearby, as I obviously didn't take this
picture.
Jean 250/365
As of today, it's official. Starting in January, I'll be the Director of
First Year Experience and Learning Assistance at my university. I am
THRILLED. I've worked really hard over the last several years to set myself
up to be ready to take over this job, and I'm SO excited about the potential
for challenge and change that it's going to bring. It's been a happy night,
but oddly an emotional night, too. But in a good way :) (this is me with
my signed contract right after I got home from work)
Liz 250/365
Wedding hair! Not quite what I imagined, but it works. Now I just have to
duplicate it by myself next Tuesday.
Lynn 250/365
This is one of the pedestrian bridges over the Deschutes River. It
is always decorated with colorful flags. The flag colors change based on
the season, holiday and even special requests. I guess these are their fall
colors.
Margie 250/365
I farmed with our neighbors this afternoon. This is a load of
soybeans Larry and I are getting ready to take to the Elevator.
Monique 250/365
The crown jewel of my in-home photography options: Fuzz Thing in motion!
He got a wild hair going and decided to flirt with doom by teasing his
sister, who only quit trying to neuter him for such behavior when she
realized we’d had it done professionally. Now she just goes for the throat,
but some days he gets all brave about it anyway.
Rachel 250/365
The longest 7 minutes of my life occurred between the time I found out about
this and the time I heard back from my cousin's wife. My cousin is stationed
a Fort Bragg and was away training when the shooting at Fort Hood occurred,
and his wife and two young children were at their house which is about 2
minutes away from Fort Hood. They're all okay, but it was very stressful
waiting to hear that.
11.04.2009
Monique 249/365
I waited almost as long to see Queensryche live as I did for Robin Trower
(back in July; his name got cut off the post about the show), and I was not
disappointed. I’m actually glad I saw them now as opposed to in their arena
heyday—I could *never* have afforded riot-wall seating at an arena! Out
here in the hinterlands and so many years later, getting to stand ten feet
from the gigantic speaker stack (with earplugs in and I have never gone to a
show without ‘em!) was easy as well as a surreal shot of wish fulfillment.
Sure, I had to dodge a few flying elbows since it was an all-ages show with
a bar, but I’m short and I duck really well (grin). This shot of Geoff Tate
in full howl is from about fifteen minutes in, during the set of songs from
the ’86 album Rage For Order, which I believe came along just before their
monster commercial success with their conspiracy-theory rock opera
Operation: Mindcrime and its video companion Video: Mindcrime (which if I
remember correctly starred a very young Adrian Paul long before his success
in the Highlander TV series…). Weirdly enough, we were listening to RFO on
the way to the show, and the song ‘London’ starts with something like ‘It
was November fourth’. I’d check for exact wording but it looks like I left
the CD in the truck.
Jean 249/365
Dinner tonight--fresh homemade pesto, from basil grown in our garden (and
then transplanted inside for the winter). I loooooove pesto. Mmmmm.
ROBIN 249/365
Close-up of flowers from yet another Trader Joe's bouquet. These are
alstroemeria (aka Peruvian lilies).
Liz 249/365
More wedding stuff: My necklace (#203) is done! When I take on projects like
this I always forget that I know nothing about properly finishing off
strings of beads. Oh well.
Jennifer11 249/365
for the first time in what feels like eons, i actually got outside and lunch
and went for a walk.
Kirsten 249/365
Bills bills bills. We are used to the utilities coming mid month not at the
beginning. This is going to be a tough month for money :(
11.03.2009
Rachel 248/365
Oh great... a fever's on its way :-P It got as high as 100.4 before the meds
started to work. Stupid school making me sick all the time.
Jean 248/365
They don't do this very often--had to take a picture of the rare sight of
the two of them sharing a couch!
Kirsten 248/365
Cheat Photo. I found my old pictures and this one is from Prom. Sadly the
other ones didn't come out very well. So you get an action shot :)
Monique 248/365
This is a scenic shot from the trip home yesterday along Hwy 93. It’s
already winter in the high, wild mountains…
Lynn 248/365
We went up to Odell Lake today in search of bald eagles. We read that
during November the eagles like to congregate at the lake. Unfortunately
our information was a little off and we were a month too late. However
there were 4 eagles still left at the lake and we got some great views of
them. Very Exciting!
Liz 248/365
This month's calendar page takes us back to Santorini. Note my WEDDING DAY
circled in red!
Jennifer11 248/365
my ipod headphones bit the big one, so my hubby asked me if I'd like a new
pair as an early birthday present. he talked me into these and i gotta say-
they are the cat's pajamas!!
11.02.2009
Liz 247/365
Wedding countdown has begun! I'm afraid it's going to be almost all wedding,
all the time for the next week or so. This weekend I finished my flowers!
Jennifer11 247/365
that's Squirt playing lifeguard.
Squirt is Lucas's stuffed penguin, but he's so much more than that. He has
his own language that consists of the word "mi." He has whole conversations
with Lucas and Squirt has developed his own little personality over time.
He's very funny sometimes and loves to sing and dance. Squirt mostly likes
to eat fish, but he won't say no to ice cream. His favorite thing in the
whole world is sleeping snuggled up with Lucas and reading books about
penguins.
I look at Rolin, my 15 year old, and know that some day very soon Lucas will
abandon Squirt and won't want to go on adventures with a stuffed penguin.
But I also know that Squirt will live forever because a little boy loves
him.
Monique 247/365
Just the same mountain I see from my balcony and photograph so often, but
taken while I was out running errands to the south and west of home.
Kirsten 247/365
I REALLY need a new can opener. This one I really liked. It was one that
hung under your cabinets. When we moved though we had to cut the screws. So
now I get to hold it and its hard to use this way :(
Lynn 247/365
I am feeling a bit "squirrely" today, hence the use of this picture that I
took a couple of weeks ago. It always seems takes me a couple of days to
adjust when we go in/out of daylight savings time. I always feel out of
sorts and pooped. Since we gained an hour you would think I would be full
of energy....nope, pooped.
ROBIN 247/365
For Joe's sake and my mental health I HAD to get outside today. I
walked like an 80-year old carrying a tray of coffee cups filled with
nitroglycerin but walk/hobble around these gardens I did.
11.01.2009
Liz 246/365
Almost forgot my costume! I figure it's a costume because I bought it in the
Juniors department. Not exactly appropriate work wear for a 50yo. :)
Jennifer11 246/365
3 weekends spent decorating the yard + 60 full sized candy bars = about 7
trick or treaters this year. : (
Jean 246/365
Finished final garden clean-up today--these were the zucchini that we let
grow wild at the end of the season. I swear a couple of them weighed 8 or
10 lbs. a piece. Crazy. I wanted to carve them for day-after Halloween
fun. C. suggested we just throw them away instead. :)
Rachel 246/365
Last night I sat down to do my homework that was due today, and Eddie
decided to clean my entire room... which was random, but the nicest thing
ever because now my room, even my messy counter is clean (including the sink
and the mirror)... as well as the floor swept, rug vacuumed, bookshelf and
dresser dusted, trash taken out, and later he's helping me do laundry. Oh,
and he poured me a glass of wine while I did my homework too that was
apparently bottomless because it was never empty. :) Best boyfriend ever.
Kirsten 246/365
Bailey came to work with me today. She wouldn't stop asking if SHE could
carry out the garbage. lol
ROBIN 246/365
Saw this through the patio door and I escaped from my prison long
enough to snag a few shots. This was the best of the bunch.
Monique 246/365
This is a surprisingly common sight: blue sky above the mountain, sun at
its feet, and snow falling like crazy in between.
10.31.2009
Liz 245/365
He loves it! It would work better if he had a Sonic-shaped head, but it'll
do. (I did cut little holes in the pupils and a slit under the nose so he
could see and breathe.)
Rachel 245/365
Technically this is a Sunday morning picture... It's me and Eddie at the
campus Halloween party... which was rather strange because there were frat
boys dancing and singing along with Miley Cyrus's "Party in the USA" which I
found rather disturbing... This was, out of all the pictures Eddie and I had
taken of us, this one turned out the best.
Monique 245/365
Autumn in Montana means a lot of things…golden hillsides, low-clinging
clouds, chill winds, migrating birds leaving while high-mountain species
edge downhill, rowdy weather, and so on. It’s also rainbow season; some wet
weeks feature a prismatic display every day and sometimes more than one a
day. This was the afternoon show and a much narrower but longer arc than
the morning’s mountain-based spectrum that went up further west. If I had
to sum up a southwestern Montana autumn, I’d say it’s all ravens, rainbows,
and rough weather.
Margie 245/365
My baby bro Will getting ready to leave for a big Halloween party in
town. Mother and I had so much fun dressing him up as a Tavern Wench!
Jean 245/365
Happy Halloween! We finally got them carved. Clint's pumpkin was
apparently kind of old and was like carving in wood. I think his pirate
turned out really well considering he was trying not to break knives while
he carved! I took the easy way out and went completely with a pattern, but
I still love how my guy turned out. :)
Happy Halloween!
Seeing as it is Halloween today I will be taking a break from posting. I might do some posting once we get home from trick or treating tonight but if not I will be playing catch up tomorrow morning and afternoon.
Have a great Halloween everyone!
Sarah
10.30.2009
Rachel 244/365
Happy Halloween everyone! Eddie and I had two parties to go to, and the
first was our friend Laura's birthday/Halloween party. All of us girls that
went on the summer trip were together for the first time again, so we had to
take a picture together, of course. We had a lot of fun roasting hot dogs
and making smores and stuff.
Jean 244/365
These have been sitting here for days. I THINK we'll get them carved by the
time it gets dark tomorrow, but I'm starting to wonder. You can also tell
how long it's been since we've done laundry based on the amount of crap
sitting on the washer and dryer. Heh.
ROBIN 244/365
Yes, I know the white balance is not right but it fits how I feel -
blue. When you are gimping around in pain and can't get outside for a
even a short walk, then a nap at 3:30 in the afternoon is exactly
what's called for.
Monique 244/365
Neither of us in my house has kids or even could be said to like them; my
sweetie’s feelings on the matter are pretty much a perfect replica of my
own. Easter is a day when we stay home if at all possible! Halloween,
however, is another story. The little kid still barely remaining in each of
us goes bonkers for horror movies, extravagances of costuming in the media,
and the general air of revelry in things normally discouraged or forbidden.
Instead of an Easter basket, I make a Halloween basket. Included in this
year’s are: squeezable body part toys (two skulls and a heart, if I recall
correctly), stretchy rubber animals (the piranha and the black rat behind
it), a stretchy skeleton, a coffin-shaped keyring ashtray, the Oingo Boingo
album ‘Dead Man’s Party’ (he loves all things relative to the early years of
the Elfman brothers—he even owns the movie The Forbidden Zone, but not this
album), a couple of z-grade creature features (Atom Age Vampire and Revolt
of the Zombies, plus a cartoon), Pop-Rocks (we’re hopelessly stuck in the
80s on a lot of things…), a box of Rainbow Nerds candy (Wonka for the win!),
a glow-in-the-dark plastic skeleton kit I forgot I bought in Portland, OR
last June just for today, horehound candy (another childhood throwback in
his case), and the well-hidden intended centerpiece, a foot-tall candy corn
candle in honor of his favorite seasonal vice. Shopping to fill the basket
every year also keeps me on my toes for Christmas! In the course of
collecting for this, I probably knocked off a quarter of my small Christmas
items with random finds.
Lynn 244/365
We went to see a play tonight - Evil Dead, The Musical. Hilarious. Its a
campy show spoofing the cult classic slasher/screamer/zombie movies (and
yes, it was a musical). By the end of the show most of the audience had
fake blood splatterings on their clothes (you knew when the chain saw came
out to duck). This is the program from the show and yes I did use it to
block some of the blood splatterings. A very fun Halloween date.
10.29.2009
Linda 243/365
Stopped by one of our local garden shops. They have these miniature scenes
set out all year long. I love the Halloween ones! They are so cool and I
would love to have them all but really...where the hell would I put them?
Rachel 243/365
I figured I'd send this in early because technically it's from today. I'm
waiting up for Eddie to drive down here for the weekend, so me, my
suitemate, and our friend Jonny went to Steak and Shake. This is Jonny at
Steak and Shake at like 12:01 am... so it is technically a today picture,
even though I haven't slept since the one from yesterday. It's just easier
to send it in before Eddie gets here because I never have time to send
pictures in when he's around.
Monique 243/365
A day with almost no photography while I worked on other things, such as
cleaning up the house before the holiday, still yielded a sunrise cloud
formation I thought was fairly interesting.
ROBIN 243/365
Gray skies are gonna clear up,
Put on a happy face;
Brush off the clouds and cheer up,
Put on a happy face.
Sometimes that's what you have to do even though the day contains
major suckage. I have a torn meniscus and have to live with the pain
for at least two more weeks thanks to my !#@$%^&*(*^@$#%#$% insurance
company.
Kirsten 243/365
Had an appointment today, it was hell! Didn't help that I feel like shit and
have had pinched nerve in my neck for over a week now. Oh and had to take
three kids,one that is still in a car seat (7months old) which really hurt
to carry :(.
10.28.2009
Rachel 242/365
Long story short, Eddie and I bet cards that can be redeemed for anything
from dinner to back massages... We were starting to dispute over how many
each person had (I have 5, he has 3), so I decided to make us each a deck.
This is my favorite one. I won this (and another one) betting on the WWE
Bragging Rights match between John Cena and Randy Orton.
Liz 242/365
It's surprising what can be done with fleece, sharpies, spray adhesive,
cardboard, scissors, a spool of monofilament, and a needle). And a 10yo who
insists on being Sonic this year.
Next year I swear he's going as an old-school bedsheet ghost.
Monique 242/365
I’ve learned to recognize most of the common bird voices around here, so
when I heard what sounded like the cadence of migrating Canada geese played
on a flute chorus, I went racing outside—and for good reason. Another life
list sighting awaited, although from this distance I can’t distinguish
between trumpeter and other species. Still, no matter which one they are,
these are immortalized as my first wild swan sighting. I forgot entirely
about the chill morning and cold breeze, snapping frames until they were
lost against the clouds to the south.
Jean 242/365
Remember yesterday's "no accumulation?" Tonight on the news they said we
got 5 inches. About 15 miles north of here they got 11 inches. It's still
October. (sigh, again)
ROBIN 242/365
Halloween decoration at the office. Normally it's Frankenstein's face
that you see but we made a mask of our resident 'badger' and yes,
there is candy in the bag. Snickers bars are preferred.
10.27.2009
Renatta 241/365
Sorry for the awful picture... but this bumper sticker was a funny ending to
a looooong day getting back from South Carolina to Pennsylvania. Route 28
(travels northeast out of Pittsburgh) is constantly under construction
(hence this driver's hatred of the highway) and of course we got stuck in
traffic there at 7 p.m. after U.S. Airways made us miss our our connecting
flight from Charlotte to Pittsburgh.
Lynn 241/365
We took a nice hike today in Shevlin Park near Tumalo Creek. I must admit it was a weeeeeeeeeee bit chilly - in the mid 40's but it was sunny and we got some lovely views.
Jean 241/365
Not a great picture--just a quick grab through my office window. These are,
however, the first snowflakes of the year. Not supposed to accumulate, but
as I'm typing this, we've already got about an inch on the ground. (sigh)
Monique 241/365
That’s not dirt on my lens…this happens every year and still weirds me out
a little. I’m too coastal (after spending most of my life between the
Cascades and the Pacific) to quite be sure about snow falling while I’m
looking at blue sky.
Liz 241/365
Cold morning fog. This is the view from my front porch. Apparently there
used to be an elementary school there.
jennifer11 241/365
welp... it's official. my stepson can drive.
oh one hand- it's very very cool. on the other- it's scary as shit.
Kirsten 241/365
Gotta Love nap time/ quiet time and a little girl who loves doing puzzles by
herself :)
10.26.2009
Annette 240/365
Tried using a highly recommended tracing paper to transfer the pumpkin
patterns, but it just didn't work out well for me. Back to glueing the
pattern on!
Monique 240/365
Now that it’s colder and there’s snow more than halfway down the mountains,
the magpies are getting hungrier, bolder, and more tolerant of people. I
really like this shot of one hopping around in the tree behind my neighbor’s
apartment.
Liz 240/365
Shoot! The tree and the sculpture didn't quite line up like I'd hoped. From
where I was standing it seemed like I had x-ray vision and could see the
skeleton of the tree.
Margie 240/365
This is Dick, he lives in my Great Aunt Suzy's house, but actually
belongs to my cousin Eric.
Rachel 240/365
It rained again all day :-P So I forgot to take a picture.... so here's
another installment of The Adventures of Laura the Chipmunk and Friends
ROBIN 240/365
Joe eating days old pizza while I practice changing the white balance
setting on my camera.
Kirsten 240/365
Love carving pumpkins. Spongebob always has to make an appearance each year.
Hopefully Mickey mouse can show up before Halloween.
Jean 240/365
Blood work came back today. Low Carbon Dioxide levels? Really? Until two
hours ago I had no idea that was even a possibility. Weird.
10.25.2009
Monique 239/365
Now that it’s colder and there’s snow more than halfway down the mountains,
the magpies are getting hungrier, bolder, and more tolerant of people. I
really like this shot of one hopping around in the tree behind my neighbor’s
apartment.
Jennifer11 239/365
every year we make this huge display for halloween in the yard.
we've been talking about making a vampire bride for years and now... she's a
reality!!
Jean 239/365
I decided I'm going to start drinking tea. Maybe I'll even be a tea snob.
We'll see--this was my first cup. I drank it out of a mug I got in Prague
while I was in grad school--one of my very favorites.
Rachel 239/365
So... I was debating dropping my Art History class because it's unnecessary,
a waste of time, and the paper she wants us to write does not have the
sources necessary to complete it well.... anywhere. And as I was considering
dropping it, I picked up my agenda... and out fell a signed withdrawl slip
from my advisor. Sign? I believe so. Freedom - here I come!
Lynn 239/365
If there is a yoga pose for "laying flat as a board" then I believe my cat
has perfected it.
Margie 239/365
Our crazy sunrise, at the same time in the west there was a HUGE
pink/purple Rainbow...but that picture didn't come out so good. I was
standing in the yard staring all around me just struck dumb by the
beauty of this morning!
ROBIN 239/365
Joe digging a hole for one of the fruit trees we planted today. The
man does fill out his jeans quite nicely, doesn't he?
Liz 239/365
I can't tell you how long it's been since I've had to deal with one of
these. I do know, however, that this stuff wasn't available OTC way back
then.
10.24.2009
Renatta 238/365
The Boyf and I playing in the cold water on the only nice day we had in
South Carolina.
chelle 238/365
trying to avoid pasta and bread. trying out some tomato basil sauce with
added spinach and parmesan on rice. it's not the same.
Jennifer11 238/365
toucha-toucha-toucha touch me!!!
i can think of no better way to celebrate hubby & my upcoming anniversary
than with action packed romance, transylvanian parties, gorgeous gals and
lotsa larfs & sex.
what an absolutely pleasurable evening!
Liz 238/365
Last week this tree (oak?) was ablaze with gold. Unfortunately, a rain storm
got to it before I did. Still love the shape, though. It's my favorite
neighborhood tree.
Monique 238/365
Many, many moons ago I got a wild hair going and bought a bunch of star
confetti to strew all over the floor of my car, which at the time was the
ill-fated ’77 VW Rabbit that got me out of a fugly home life and kept me
mobile until its spectacular demise on Interstate 5 just north of Seattle.
My next car, the (among my friends at least) legendary “Fnord” the ’79
Plymouth Volare 4-door that was invisible to police unless I actually hit
something, also suffered the indignity of stars on the carpets. One friend
still remembers, and recently sent my sweetie a birthday card packed with
little shiny stars. There’s a blue star still on the steps, and this one
(or more; they like to cluster) is on the porch in front of the door. I’m
leaving them until they disappear of their own accord, because they catch my
eye and make me smile. Heck, come spring thaw I might just scatter a few
deliberately.
Lynn 238/365
Bend is a big dog lovers town. Many places provide water for the pooches.
I thought this guy was a very cute addition to the water bowl outside a
local restaurant..
Jean 238/365
Another sunset from the back yard, but this time looking from the back over
the fence across the street toward the front yard. It was just beautiful...
Rachel 238/365
Still don't feel very good. Makes me feel bad for wasting what is the first
nice fall day we've had so far.
10.23.2009
Liz 237/365
This is what happens when you wear the same ring for 25+ years. The base of
my left ring finger still thinks it's 20 years old.
Jean 237/365
This is a reenactment of the look on my face in the car this morning when,
for a minute, I thought I had forgotten to take a picture for day 236. I
really thought, for the first time in well over 200 days, I had forgotten to
take one. Took a full minute and checking my camera to realize I'd taken
one and sent it in already. Whew. This look was followed by one of
complete relief.
Rachel 237/365
Had a wonderful migraine for most of the day, so this is the only picture I
managed to take... it's my Halloween costume. SOOO excited for Halloween!
Ziva 237/365
I was feeling gross and Coke helps the nausea, so Mom brought me some.
Otherwise, I'm fine.
Monique 237/365
I didn’t do much by way of photography for the day, but I did catch a
lovely sunrise moment off the balcony.
ROBIN 237/365
Saw this tree on my walk today. It reminds me of that creature from
the Pirates of the Caribbean movies - the Kraken.
10.22.2009
Annette 236/365
I finally got myself a separate monitor. I love my laptop, and I love the
portability of it, but after a while my neck really starts to hurt. And if
I sit in a position where my neck doesn't hurt then by back does. So I
picked up a monitor so that I can have something at the correct height and I
just love it.
Rachel 236/365
This sign makes me giggle for several reasons. It's posted on every door
around campus, but on the residential side, no one listens to it. It's a
pointless law, in other words. AND it still has Blagajvich as our governor.
Ziva 236/365
And here is another thing from BFF and her daughter. She brought me a
smoothie, and my mom brought me dinner, plus that muffin. I am loved!
Lynn 236/365
We took a hike up to Canyon Creek Meadow. About part way into the hike we
came upon this moss covered forest. Unfortunately the picture doesn't do it
justice - it was so pretty with the light filtering in and all the lovely
shades of green coming from both the moss and the trees.
Monique 236/365
As you can probably imagine, I wasn’t the only one taking photos at the
post office! This is Jasper, a neutered, declawed, captive-bred bobcat who
lives in his owner’s house and rides everywhere with him. From this angle,
remarkably, the harness that strap is attached to is completely
invisible—unlike the truck’s additional brake light, which is on because
yes, the truck was moving (slowly, but still moving) when I snapped this
frame. He hopped casually back down into the bed just a moment later.
Jasper was completely friendly if very fidgety, and I was enthralled to
notice that when he made his weird ratchety purr, the fur just below his
jawbone vibrated along. The owner, whose name I didn’t get, was very mellow
and gracious, obviously used to causing a stir. I have to empathize, since
one of the reasons I rarely take my snakes out in public is how often that
kind of exotic-pet stir turns to tension and fear around serpents.
ROBIN 236/365
The orchard has a NJ Adventure Garden with various displays about NJ
history (people, events, discoveries, inventions, trivia, etc.) This
is the display for the famous 1938 Halloween broadcast by Orson Welles
which had the people of the United States believing that martians had
invaded sleepy little Grover's Mill, NJ.
Renatta 236/365
"Leave me alone, I'm trying to eat."
For work today I went on the local conservation district's fall tour and one
of the stops was this dairy farm. It was way better than sitting in the
office for three hours.
Jean 236/365
Not a scary Halloween monster--just Chili patiently (?) waiting behind the
couch for someone to throw her a ball.
Liz 236/365
Damn, I'm behind again. Oh well.
Today (I think) is my dad's birthday. He would have been 78. Like many
people. I have conflicting feelings about my dad but I love this pic of our
tea party, which probably was taken in 1962 or so.
10.21.2009
Ziva 235/365
I didn't take a picture for 2 days. I was busy sleeping. I really don't
feel that bad, but I am tired. I just HAVE to take a week off because I'm
contagious and they don't want it spreading. Anyway, today BFF brought me
food and it was wonderful. She got me Taco Bell and her daughter drew me a
picture.
Lynn 235/365
We took a short trip up to Suttle Lake to enjoy the lodge, get some hiking
in and get a last glimpse of the fall colors (the colors are quickly fading
here). This is a picture of one of the prettiest trees we saw near the
lake.
ROBIN 235/365
Swans on the lake. Notice the raised foot on both of them? It's like
synchronized swimming.
Rachel 235/365
It's rained all day, and our campus and its sidewalks are dangerously
littered with wet leaves. Oh, the hazards of college in the Midwest.
Monique 235/365
Just a couple of bunches of forgotten balloons in the wake of the second or
third open house so far. This proved a terrible choice of times to build a
new complex and get draconian about rules (from $250 per dog/cat deposit
when we moved in to $500 for even tank pets, no dogs on top floor, no dogs
over a certain weight on bottom floor, and I’m not sure pets are allowed in
the new complex) and they’re having a heck of a time filling units. “They”,
in this case, are the absentee California-based owners of all 4 of the
apartment complexes in this particular corner of Montana. We were actually
offered 3 months’ free rent to move across the street, but declined on the
grounds that 1: my sweetie loathes moving and would freak out; 2: our highly
territorial & neurotic cats would freak out; and 3: Social Security requires
me to pay half the rent *no matter what* and my having a “resource” in the
form of even temporary free rent would cause them to freak out. My sweetie
I could deal with—he has PTSD as a result of chemical poisoning and the
stresses of the couple of years following, so I can handle his particular
twitches. The cats would eventually get over it…maybe. They’d at least
resign themselves to tolerance. Social Security, however, likes to freak
out by way of case audits, and that’s way more stress than my nerves could
take so here we stay in our comfy little home, looking at half-full parking
lots and the empty playground equipment.
Jean 235/365
Tonight, I am wearing my gorilla slippers AND my monkey pants. It's the
little things in life...
Kirsten 235/365
Had a Pampered Chef show tonight. Brought in an average sale which is better
then nothing :). Also have a possible recruit which would be awesome since
she would be my first!
Linda 235/365
Stupid Halloween candy...making me eat you....except you, Almond Joy....I
don't like your kind...
Monique 235/365
Not much of a day for me photographically, but very frisky weather-wise!
This fleeting moment of clouds and light blew through early in the morning
and had me captivated.
10.20.2009
Rachel 234/365
Sold cupcakes today as a fundraiser. We had planned on selling them for two
days, but we sold out in the first day (yay!) so we didn't have to sell them
the second day. :)
Liz 234/365
The green sticky mocks me, reminding me that I can't keep up with my photos.
What's my problem, anyway?
Linda 234/365
APL Kittens of the Week: Dew Drop & Rain Drop. Completely white. One has
blue eyes and one has green eyes. Thankfully, they were on hold for
someone....otherwise they would have been coming home with me.
Lynn 234/365
I joined a health club, hoping that it may be a good place to meet people.
I am fairly shy so I have to really make an effort to get "out there" and
make friends. I haven't met anyone yet but I am getting really sweaty!
(hmmm maybe that's not such a good thing when trying to meet people....)
Jean 234/365
Final meal in Vegas. I love Chipotle almost more than I have words for.
Nothing like a burrito as big as my head to end the trip with.
ROBIN 234/365
This is what you get when it's almost midnight and you haven't taken a
single pic all day. I had this big empty space on my dining room wall
and decided to fill it up with a few of my shots from the Photostate
project. Makes me happy to look at them even though they are not
professional photos. One day I'll take a better shot of them with
better lighting and no glare.
Kirsten 234/365
Stopped into my old work Pet N' Pond. Man how I miss this place. Worked here
for almost 6 years. This is half the store dedicated to fresh water fish.
The kids loved it.
Margie 234/365
I am Chicken Sitting this week!! So prepare yourselves for a week of
pictures of chickens, eggs, and broody Hens like this girl.
Jennifer11 234/365
and one i made for my desk... i look at it and feel instantly peaceful.
ahhhhhhhhhh!
(you can't see it, but the moss looks like tiny little ferns.)
10.19.2009
Liz 233/365
At lunchtime I often drive down the hill to this parking lot and spend athe
hour in my car reading. I realized one day that I wasn't the only one --
several of the cars had a single person inside, either reading, eating, or
sleeping. I decided the parking lot should be called The Introvert Cafe.
:)
Annette 233/365
It's weird, but in a way I really like taking out the garbage and
recycling. It feels good to be getting rid of the old.
Rachel 233/365
So, we were in our school's guest house baking cupcakes, and Jon decided to
play the piano while the cupcakes were baking. It went really well, and he's
a really good pianist... but then his iPhone fell in the piano... which
caused quite some time to be devoted to trying to get it out of the piano.
He did eventually get it out... but most of the time spent was devoted to
him complaining how there wasn't an iPhone app for getting the phone out of
the piano.
Kirsten 233/365
My nephew has a VERY hard time falling asleep if not being held. After
7months he should be able to be put down and fall asleep. I have found a
bean bag chair works wonderfully at getting him down. I will put him down
just before he is asleep and he passes right out :)
Lynn 233/365
Very, Very sad day for my hubby - he sold his baby. He is in process of
researching cars that will do a weeeeee bit better in the snow.
Margie 233/365
Having dinner at a friend's house, forgot to take any pictures today
until right before pulling in his driveway.
Monique 233/365
May blessings rain down on my sweetie and his cat! Yesterday’s medical
test was easy, just an external ultrasound, but it really took the wind out
of my sails. I wound up sleeping most of the day, and when I groaned that I
had yet to even pull my camera out of its bag last night around seven, my
darlin’ promptly started brushing on his cat. As you can sort of see, Fuzz
Thing can’t decided between “Yes, O pink monkey, attend to my comforts and
spoil me with attention” and “Like, OMG, there *has* to be a way this thing
is edible!”
Jean 233/365
Me, this morning, trying to plan our day. Please note that I'm wearing my
special Vegas thinking cap and my brand new monkey pants (bought them our
first night in town).
Renatta 233/365
Looking forward to getting out of the chilly Pennsylvania weather and into
the (hopefully!) warm South Carolina weather later this week!!!
Jennifer11 233/365
i am absolute dork for miniatures. i recently checked out a book on
terrariums from the library and have been itching to make one.
i've been gathering interesting mosses and little plants. here's the
terrarium i made in a two gallon jar that sits on my kitchen counter. : )
10.18.2009
Liz 232/365
Yay! Finally caught a spiderweb! It was so sunny out that I couldn't tell if
I had it in my viewfinder or not.
Doesn't that bush look fake with all those berries?
Ziva 232/365
I knew I was sick. I was dizzy, my chest hurt, and I had a fever for the
first time since I was a child. I ended up going to the urgent care place
because I was so worried about my chest hurting and it turns out I had
H1N1. And that means an entire WEEK off school. Well, what can you do. I
was crying here, because I just had never felt like this. I knew something
was wrong and that it was not just a cold.
Kirsten 232/365
Redid the bathroom today. Stripped down the 'moldy blue' wallpaper, textured
the wall and painted!
chelle 232/365
took this monday morning but it does in fact represent what i spent most of
sunday doing.
Margie 232/365
Driving home from work, typical around here to be stuck behind farm
machinery. Glad that harvest is picking up though!!
Renatta 232/365
The place where we moved my grandmother to today has these little "memory
boxes" outside of each of the rooms to help the patients on the dementia
wing to associate the items in it with their room. Some people don't have
anything in their boxes, but my cousin and I decorated hers.
It was sad to leave her there, but I think it's the best thing for her right
now.
Monique 232/365
The flash changed the color of these (dahlias?) a bit…in natural light they
were just a little browner than rust, which is an interestingly somber color
for bouquet flowers.
ROBIN 232/365
I asked Joe to organize some photos into chronological order. He made
a chain of single-file photos snaking from one end of the house to the
other. Men...that's all I can say.
Rachel 232/365
Hey guys, I'm back!!! Eddie was here the whole weekend for our anniversary,
so I didn't have much time to upload pictures and such because we were
constantly out doing something (haunted houses, shopping, dinner, movies,
etc.). It was sooo much fun :) Anyways, I got a box from my grandma, and
this little guy was inside. He tells bad Halloween jokes (Did your mummy
dress you like that? - How do you like the music? I decomposed it myself),
which continues her tradition of sending me a decoration every year at
Halloween (and Valentines Day too).
Jean 232/365
This is always one of our favorite spots to pass evenings in Vegas. Tonight
didn't disappoint!
Jennifer11 232/365
my mom & i spent the weekend out at Girl Scout camp for an adult training
weekend. we both teach classes to leaders. Mom teaches a science class.
This is her as The Mad Scientist...
10.17.2009
Annette 231/365
I was attempting to take a picture of some kitten snot on Will's face, so
that I could show it to the clinic, and somehow managed to get this weird
picture of Will looking like he's passing through a time travel tunnel.
chelle 231/365
helped a friend decorate her house for her halloween party. a little paint
to touch up and some flair turned this $20 wal-mart set into something
pretty damn cool eh?
Rachel 231/365
Eddie and I went Halloween costume shopping today (well, I shopped, he tried
on a Power Rangers outfit then decided he was poor and would just wear last
year's costume). I got a super cute gangster outfit (and a hat) which I'm
sure I'll take a picture of later. Anyways, after shopping for most of the
afternoon, we went out to dinner at Olive Garden... then dessert at Chili's
because we are addicted to the Molten White Chocolate Lava Cake and I wanted
Olive Garden breadsticks..... so the compromise was both. Yay compromising!
Linda 231/365
Terminal Tower on Public Square in Cleveland. From 1930-1964 this was North
America's tallest building at 708 feet.
Jean 231/365
Dinner our first night in Vegas at Cafe Ba Ba Reeba--one of our very
favorites. Here we have sangria, yummy bread, and bacon wrapped dates
(they're amazing--trust me). Just the start of an amazing dinner!
Kirsten 231/365
Finally have all the boxes out of the kitchen. Hubby finally put up the
nicer desk of the two we have. Makes it look more like an office area then
before.
Monique 231/365
We’re having a nice spell of autumn weather, and it has evidently prompted
a late hatch of ladybirds like this one. I’ve seen spotted and clear shells
in the same area, so more than one species is enjoying our mid-sixties
daytime temperatures. This photo differs from most if not all the rest I’ve
submitted in one regard: it’s just cropped, not resized. I love the macro
on this camera!
10.16.2009
Liz 230/365
I've been letting my eyebrows grow in so I can have them waxed for the
wedding. I'm thinking it's getting to be about time to pull the trigger on
that.
chelle 230/365
got to work and my right eye started bothering me. couldn't see clearly.
went for the spare contacts. took out the old ones before i realized i had
two left eyes and no right eye. geh. back to glasses for the rest of the
day.
Rachel 230/265
Eddie and my one year anniversary was today (Oct 17). I had to work at the
football game, but afterwards we went to TGI Fridays (which has always been
"our restaurant") and then out to see Couples Retreat (because movies have
always been "our thing"). Anyways, this is what Eddie got me: a Wii-mote
charger, "his and her" (aka pink and blue) Wii-mote and nunchuck covers,
Mario Party 8 for Wii (You can't tell he works at a video game store and I'm
sort of a nerd as well, can you?) and a Salsa DVD (because I've always
wanted to learn and he and I tried to learn at a school activity - where we
brought in the people that made the dvd actually - and he was better than me
because I was sort of... gone. yes, that's how we'll word it... lol).
Jennifer11 230/365
the road to girl scout camp... one of my absolute favorite places on earth.
also, where i'm spending this weekend.
Lynn 230/365
We took a guided hike today in Rimrock Ranch. It is a privately owned ranch
that is being set aside for land conservation by the owners. The land will
never be able to be developed - which is a pretty big sacrifice for the
owners (once they sign this type of agreement the value of the land
immediately drops). The ranch is beautiful - it is 1200 acres with several
meadows, 6 ponds and a lovely creek. Big Bonus - to our surprise the owner
served us lunch in a little picnic area she developed by the creek. It was
a great day - and it actually got over 70 degrees - yahoooooo!
Linda 230/365
One of my cousins is getting married tomorrow. Found these adorable shoes to
wear. Yay!! New shoes!!
Monique 230/365
God bless a good friend in tough times! See, my sweetie and I are devoted
fans of bad monster movies. Our Netflix queue could probably be considered
admissible in court for several reasons. He often says nothing is so bad
that a sorry-*ss-lookin’ monkey suit can’t make it better, and I’ve heard
his stories about decades of crappy birthdays. Last year I got him a monkey
suit, and I really don’t think I’ll ever do better at gift shopping .
This year, with me too sick to go out on the day the cake needed to be
ordered, the lovely blonde gal from my 10,000th photo stepped up and hit a
home run. That there on the cake she ordered is my sweetie in his monkey
suit, a photo I don’t have a hard copy of yet because unlike her I don’t
actually own a standard camera any more. The ladies who work in the
supermarket bakery were thrilled to find out this was for “the zombie
birthday guy” from last year—when I found him a “Zombie Birthday To You”
card and had it scanned onto the top of the cake, to their unending
amusement (and his). This year, it’s: Monkey-suit cake for the win!
ROBIN 230/365
My afternoon went from my annual gyn exam to having a tooth pulled.
Ugh. What a way to end my vacation.
Margie 230/365
The leaves are turning here. The yellow house behind the trees is the
house my Great Grandparents built to live in when they turned the farm
over to my Gramps.
10.15.2009
Annette 229/365
New winter tires for my car! Sure they SAY that all-seasons are just fine
in winter.... PPHHPPTTT!!! My car had zero traction with all-seasons. Now
I don't have to dread driving in snow (I just have to dread the snow
itself!).
Rachel 229/365
Eddie and I went to Statesville Haunted Prison, and this was the bus that
they parked out front by the street entrance. Now, anyone who's ever been in
the Chicagoland area around Halloween knows about Statesville Haunted
Prison. It's been ranked the area's best haunted house for the past 8 years,
and I believe is ranked nationally as well. I'd never been to a haunted
house before, so, since I'm a big fan of going big or going home, I chose
this one... that and Eddie and I have been talking about going for longer
than we've been dating, so for our first anniversary (which was Saturday,
the day after we went here) I took him to Statesville. From the outside it
doesn't look like much... but on the inside, it is AMAZING.
Jean 229/365
This thing pulled up right outside my office window today and started in
with a jackhammer that lasted ALL day. I have enough trouble concentrating
as it is. Sheesh.
Linda 229/365
Finally did the Halloween decorating inside the house. This is just a
portion of the mantel.
Kirsten 229/365
Got the kids weather chart today. This is just a small fraction of what came
in the weather set! Lots of pictures number and letters that I can use. The
kids already love it. Hopefully this will help teach days of the week, Days
daddy gets to stay home (weekends in red) and weather we can go out and
play.
Renatta 229/365
A few weeks ago I wrote an article about this fall festival the local
hospital's auxiliary committee was having today. I bought this there, it's
soup -- just add water and crushed tomatoes, that's an easy dinner for this
girl!
ROBIN 229/365
Playing around with depth of field while stuck at home on a cold,
rainy, nasty day...thank god the avocados were cooperative.
Monique 229/365
More geese at sunrise. I may try staking out the field over the weekend,
but not today. Today is my sweetie’s birthday (though I won’t be taking
pics of him because he hates it more than just about anything else in the
world) so I’ll be sticking close to home.
Liz 229/365
Finally caught up from 9/30 on! I had to back fill a few, but I'm finally
back on track.
November is coming up fast, and not only am I getting MARRIED, but I'm going
to do NaNoWriMo (http://nanowrimo.org) for the second time. Last year in
Nov. I wrote a 75K word draft of my very first novel. I'm hoping to hit two
for two this year.
Will I ever go back and edit them into something readable? Dunno. But it's
fun writing them. all the same.
10.14.2009
Annette 228/365
Sorry this pic is so washed out. Kelsey has taken to climbing up on top of
the bunny condo (that's about 5 feet high) and getting into things there,
including their hay.
Rachel 228/365
Set a new record for term paper writing - a little over 11 pages in about 2
hours. How, you ask? Well... it's all in picking the right movie to watch. I
got 5 pages done in 50 minutes while watching Blues Brothers, and the other
6 and a few lines in about 70 or so minutes watching A Knights Tale. So
there you go... the secret to my magic.
ROBIN 228/365
Let me tell you when you have been wandering around the woods by
yourself for an hour or more (with no other living souls around) and
you stumble upon this abandoned car (in the middle of nowhere) you can
be spooked beyond belief. I heard the theme from Deliverance and I
imagined people with shotguns and no teeth suddenly stepping out from
behind the trees. I really shouldn't be allowed out alone.
Linda 228/365
Know what sucks? Being in the middle of Target having your right boob slowly
being sliced off because the underwire in your bra broke.
Jean 228/365
I love when the religious crazies come to stir up controversy on campus.
Weird, though--on every other campus where I've worked, these guys are
surrounded by people who want to argue with them and throw insults around.
Here, people just ignore them. I kind of think it has something to do with
how religious and conservative this "public" university where I work really
is. Sorry that it's kind of a crappy picture--I was afraid if I got too
close and they saw me snapping the photo they'd try to engage me in
conversation, and I was running late for class!
Monique 228/365
And here is the coercion I described yesterday in action! There might be a
run of cat pictures; we’ve ruled out my stomach as the source of my current
ills, but that just means my gallbladder is next under scrutiny. This could
take a while, but there’s always a silver lining. I saw the doc yesterday
about the stomach images taken last week, and my ultrasound for gallbladder
is today. Some things move very, very quickly in a small town! Hopefully
I’ll be up to hiking around and freezing for my art pretty soon, but until
then I’ll be really glad all you readers seem to really enjoy our weird,
neurotic little inbred-hillbilly kittens so much
