Day 97 {Bark}

Looking for something super easy and yummy to make?  Well, this Rocky Road Bark is just what you are looking for.  I shared some more pictures and the recipe for this most delicious recipe on my One Crafty Mama blog.

Day 62 thru 67

Day 67 {Lunch}

 Homemade salsa, zucchini and black bean tacos.   MMMMM!

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Day 66 {New Do}

 Kate got her hair cut on Saturday!  Silly me didn't bring my camera so this is the day after shot. She is loving her new bangs and layered cut.

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Day 65 {Mexican food}

 Saturday night dinner out.

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Day 64 {Silly Teens}

 I actually didn't take this shot (mine were boring), but it is my Nikon 550S point and shot camera so I can use it......right?  I love how much fun the girls were having taking pictures of themselves at the JV Soccer Banquet.  I thought this was such a fun creative pose.  

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Day 63 {Tile}

I was out looking at tiles and granite samples for our new kitchen.  I am always drawn to glass mosaic tiles.  We might be using them in our new back splash.   I really do wish there weren't so many choices though.  It is over whelming!!!


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 Day 62 {Texture}

Shadow House Creations (link on side bar) has a tutorial up on how he creates his awesome textures.  After reading it I ran around taking pictures so that I can make some of my own textures (this is a shot of that threshold on our back patio door.....I didn't realize it was so jacked up).

I'll let you know if I come up with anything worth sharing!

Day 58 thru 61

Day 61 {Salsa}

The tomatoes are sweating because they are about to become salsa!

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Day 60 {Ick}

Today I had the plans for our kitchen remodel redrawn.  I will not miss this disgusting sink!

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Day 59 {Babies first pair of spikes}

 I swear, kids are money pits!  Reid is now on the track team.  Which means new running shoes and spikes.  Money pits!
 

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Day 58 {It's raining it's pouring....}

The title kind of says it all.  We had a strange day of off and on bursts of rain.

Grilling and chilling!

Day 49 {Inspiration}

First I want to thank all of you for the wonderful comments you leave. Your comments inspire me to try to be more creative with my photo's (and editing).

On to the shot of the day.  I had some time to kill before picking up our Girl Scout cookie order,  so I headed to this artist village that is just down the street.  I L-O-V-E this village. It is so colorful and funky. I always find something yummy to photograph.

I was so thrilled to see that one of the studio artist had repainted some of the walk way. Color like this just make me want to run home and start painting.

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Day 48 {Grilling}

It was dinner time and I realized that I hadn't taken a picture for the day.  So naturally the first thing that crosses my mind as I check to see if the chicken is done is to take a picture of it.

  As I came back in the house to grab my camera (sans grilled chicken) Reid and Jim laughed at me.

Really?  Surely they are used to me shooting pictures of ridiculous stuff by now!

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A note on photo editing.  I have learned a lot about using photoshop CS3 on Youtube. Once you learn how to work with layers and masks then applying textures to your photo's is a piece of cake.

Every time I find a new tutorial I am amazed by how much there is to learn.  Just when I figure out how to change the contrast in a photo one way, I find a completely different way to do it.

For example, in the top photo all I did to get that picture to pop was to make a copy of the background and then used the soft light blending mode at 100% opacity.  I learned that quick tip from Coffeeshop.

Day 43 thru 47

Day 47 {Pleats}

One of the things the girls have learned to do over the years (thanks to their dad) is iron their own clothes.  They do this every morning.  Even though Kate's polyester uniform skirt could go through a hurricane and still have pleats in it, she likes her pleats to be extra sharp.

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Day 46 {Lady bugs}

The gorgeous weather has brought the lady bugs out to play.

(textures: Shadow house creations)

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Day 45 {Happy Valentines Day}

Need I say more?

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Day 44 {You scream, I scream....}

Cold Stone ice cream......my poison for the evening = sweet cream with a brownie.

(I took this shot with my Nikon Cool pix 550)

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Day 43 {Apple peels}

Reid and I made two apple pies to take to a friends house for a dinner party. They were heavenly.

Day 36 & 37

Day 37 {Lazy raining Saturday}

Saturday morning it was just me and the Bee and our newly purchased craft books.  I see some sock dolls in our near future.

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Day 36 {Treats}

We had a Girl Scout meeting today. The treats I made were a big hit with the girls. 

Three substandard shots!

Goodness gracious....I downloaded my shots from the past three days and all I can say is yuck!

Day 31 {Girl Scout cookies for sale}

It is that time of year again (well at it is around here). Anyone need a couple dozen boxes of Thin Mints?  :)

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Day 30 {Saturday night dinner out}

Eating out at our favorite Japanese restaurant.

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Day 29 {T.G.I.F}

Most of our friends are so used to my "picture a day project" that no one thinks it strange when I whip out my camera to take a picture of the glass of beer sitting at our table.

Day 27 {The bottom of the bag}

It always kind of annoys me that the kids never eat the last bits of cereal.  Why do they always do that? 

Well, I dared reach into the ignored bag of Footloops and discovered why were still hanging out in my pantry.  They were stale! Yuck!

Mellow Yellow

Day 18 {Let there be rain}

Proof that we don't always have 75 degree weather in Southern California.

It's gray, it's wet and it's really windy.

Don't the flowers kind of look like little traffic cones.

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Day 17 {Corn on the cob}

This is what you get when I wait until the end of the day to take a picture.

Day 302 thru 304

Day 304 {Happy Halloween}

I think this is the first year that the girls are wearing costumes that looked similar!
Kate is a Polar Princess and Reid is an Indian.

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Day 303 {Stackers}

This project makes me do weird things with food!

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Day 302 {Long legs}

Not your traditional ballerina.

Days 299 thru 301

Day 301 {Fly away}

The wind today is so strong that I had a hard time keeping it steady while taking pictures. I came over to take a picture of all these cormorants sitting on the cliff when they decided to take off. I think they were being bugged by the seals that were on the rock next to them.

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Day 300 {Leafy}

We literally have one tree on the block that has leaves that change colors and fall off. It is on the property line between my house and my neighbors.

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Day 299 {Mmmm...mmm...good}

Do I need to say more?

Day 271 and 272

Day 272 {Rainbows}

This is the Rainbow that came out at 6:00 right after Reid's field hockey game.

The game that my girlie scored her FIRST goal in!

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Day 271 {Gluttony}

I keep telling myself that I will resist eating anymore of Reid's left over birthday cake.

Apparently I have no will power, because I keeping eating it.

The next time one of my kids request a Costco cake that feeds 48 people I will say no!

(thats not true, because I love Costco Birthday cakes)

Day 264 thru 270

Day 270 {Accessorize}

Kate thought that Rusty needed his "bangs" out of his eyes while he ate his "cookies."

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Day 269 {14 year's old}

Reid shares her birthday with her Daddy, but for the past 14 years the day has pretty much been all about Reid.

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Day 268 {Summer}


Day 267 {Kate was here}

Kid graffiti!

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Day 266 {Lovely site}

So creepy, yet so pretty.

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Day 265 {Jump}

Field Hockey Rule: If the ball hits your foot possession turns over!

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Day 264 {Nature}

Day 235 thru 239

Day 239 {Coffee Mug Cake}

I saw a recipe for microwavable coffee mug cake on a friends website and the girls decided they had to try it.

It looked less like a giant turd once it was sliced! It will never replace real baked cake, but it was kind of yummy (with a ton of icing on it).

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Day 238 {Sunset}

There is a fire somewhere in the LA area. Smoke in the air equals brilliant sunsets.

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Day 237 {Screaming Fun}

Reid made the Field Hockey team at the High School and on Tuesday they went down to the beach to take their team picture.

Afterward Reid and her friends took off their uniforms and ran in the ocean. We were at a beach that has shore break waves and they were BIG. You could hear them screaming all the way down the beach!

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Day 236 {You've got mail}

What I hate most about coming back from vacation!

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Day 235 {Rusty the Wonder Horse}

Meet Rusty the Wonder Horse (he is on the right).
Rusty is the newest member of our family.

Days 220 thru 222

Day 222 {Drug of choice}

I wish I was one of those people that didn't like sweets!

It sure would make losing weight a lot easier.

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Day 221 {Sunday Morning}

Jim surfed while I ran/walked 4.2 miles of the beach!

It felt oh so good.

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Day 220 {Farmers Market}

Gerber daisy's always make me smile.

Day 206 and 209

Day 209 {Etsy purchase}

I got out my Etsy purchase to play with today. A kit to make glass pendants. Oh joy!

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Day 208 {Sign of the times}

This church is near my house. Over the years it has become a place to worship for several different religious denominations. It is even houses a French school for children!

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Day 207 {Cookies}

Day 206 {Surfers}

I wish I could say that I took this picture while floating in the ocean, but I took it from the safety of the pier. After we had dinner at one of our favorite Mexican dives down by the beach we took a stroll out on the pier.

A storm off the coast caused larger than normal waves for this time of year and the surfers were out in full force enjoying themselves.

Reid commented that as the waves passed by the the tops looked a lot like jello. In the evening light it did look a bit like the jiggly stuff!