Day 87 thru 91

Day 91 {Who needs a Tripod?}

 I'm pretty sure that my daughters generation is going to grow up with a ton of pictures of themselves an arms length away.

Day 90 {Ride em cowboy}

 Jim had the day off so we all went down to the Ranch to see Rusty.  Everyone got a chance to ride him.  I even rode him for the first time.  Well, I was kind of nervous so I had Jim lead Rusty around while I sat on his back.  It's a start.

Day 89 {Yearly}

I had my yearly exam today.  Somehow the eggs seemed like an appropriate shot for the day. :)

Day 88 {And the Oscar for the best baby ever goes to.........}

We spent the day at the zoo today.  I had a lot of fun shots, but I wanted to share a picture of Ty, my cousins youngest, and the worlds best baby.  Seriously.....this little dude just sat and smiled the entire visit.  They are home now and we are all missing them!

Day 87 {Day at the beach}

Perfect beach weather!

{texture by Shadow house creations}

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 56 {Mini forest}

Kate arrived home from 6th Grade camp last night.  She had fun!  This picture is of the mini forest she created.  I went to six grade camp in 1979, where I also made a mini forest.

We rocked out to transistor radios.  They rock out to iPods.  And the mini forest lives on!

Weekend plus one!

Day 53 {Campers}

Kate and her friends are going to camp this week.  She was a little bit nervous when I dropped her off, but she seemed to feel better once she was hanging with her buddies.

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Day 52 {Polar Bear Plunge}

We went with some out of town friends to Sea World today and experienced the rare treat of being able to watch two of the polar bears rough housing in the water. 

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Day 51 {Cookies for sale}

Our first of many planned site sale.  

This is my troops 6th year selling Girl Scout cookies, so you could say that they are seasoned professionals.  They can tell if a customer is interested in buying cookies or if that person is just going to walk right by ignoring their sweet little faces.

It is actually kind of funny the way people try not to make eye contact.  One women came out of the grocery store, put on her sunglasses, then snapped the hood of her jacket up over her head. 

I understand that people hate saying no, but really.....it's ok (they are used to it).  Saying no thank you is far better than pretending they aren't there! 

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 34 {Newly Near Sighted}

You got my brown hair and his brown eyes.

You got his crooked bottom teeth and my longer than normal legs.

You got his smarts and my eye sight.

Gene's.....it's a crap shoot!

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 28 {Ballet}

I watched some of Kate's pre pointe ballet class tonight.  I am impressed by how much she has improved in the past 4 months.  She is turning into quite the ballerina.

Like the texture?  You can find it here!

Day's 23 thru 25

Day 25 {Polymer clay anyone?}

After spending a good portion of my day figuring out our new insurance and scheduling a ton of appointments I dragged out my polymer clay and did a little scupley sculpting. I'd show you what I am making, but it isn't done!

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Day 24 {Bye bye Little Mermaid and friends}

Sunday I set Kate up so that she could sand off the Little Mermaid images I so lovingly applied 12 years ago. After sanding she painted the outside of the drawers turquoise and I decoupaged the scrapbook papers she selected to the fronts of the drawers. A very cute update.

I didn't realize until I downloaded this shot that you can see the paper bits flying off from under the sander (but I did feel them). I guess that would be why they recommend safety goggles.

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Day 23 {The sun will come out.......}

Beautiful day. After hitting the scrapbook store we did some antique shopping. We couldn't help but walk to the end of the street to see if the waves were still big. Still big-ish, but nothing like a few days ago.

(texture: shadow house)

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Day 22 {Sudden burst}

A block away from this shot it was dry and sunny!

Day 16 {Room rearrange}

New comforter, new curtains and a rearranged room equals one happy 11 year old.

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.

Day 254 thru 257

Day 257 {Check the tags first}

Before washing new clothes I always check the tags first. What I should have done with this funky shirt that I bought for Reid was to check the tag before I bought it.

It is a t-shirt for goodness sakes and it is DRY CLEAN ONLY!

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Day 256 {Spamalot}

We saw Spamalot today. The website warns that the show is for mature audiences. Mature my foot. Farting and waving genitals in your general direction is anything but mature.

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Day 255 {Getting Crafty}

Everyone went down to see Rusty so I took advantage of some alone time and made some organza flowers.

Easy and fun craft. I made the flowers into hair clips for the girls, but after seeing how great they looked on Xena I'm thinking I might need to make her some too!

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Day 254 {What a difference a year makes}

Last year Kate was in 5th grade. I could barely get her to brush her own hair.
Now she is in 6th (Middle School)! What a difference a year makes.

Day 248 thru 251

Day 251 {Back to School}

It was off to their first day of Middle School and High School!

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Day 250 {Labor Day}

The site where the girls and I did some geocaching.

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Day 249 {Lamp}

10:45 in the evening and I am just realizing that I haven't taken a picture for the day.

365er's.....meet my bedside lamp!

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Day 248 {Back to School Hair cuts}

Day 240 thru 243

Day 243 {Something miniature}

I participated in a Photo Hunt this month (you can see the shots on my other blog).
I was missing a shot of something miniature, so I went outside this morning to find something small and much to my delight I discovered that Kate and her friend had left their flower fairy's in the yard! SCORE!
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Day 242 {Jump}

Nothing like a family leap into the pool!
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Day 241 {Smokey Sunset}

It always amazes me how a little smoke in the atmosphere can create the most incredible sunsets. You can see the clear blue sky hovering above the layer of smoke.
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Day 240 {Another Sunset}

Another spectacular sunset.

Day 226 thru 234 {South Dakota}

I'm back! We had a great time in the black hills of South Dakota. In nine days I took a total of 550 pictures.

On most days we would usually leave the house at around 10:00 and not return until 8:30 in the evening. Needless to say our days were full.

I had so many shots that it was hard picking just one to represent each day!

Day 334 {Log cabin with a view}

This is the incredible view from our friends log cabin (where we stayed). This shot was taken early in the morning while the sun was coming up (which is why the black hills look so light).

I was sitting out on the deck enjoy some french toast. This was the most peaceful view to wake up to each morning.

Thanks Linda for a great trip!

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Day 233 {Geo cache Travel Bug}

Today we explored Jewel cave, shopped in Custer and then headed out to do some more Geo Caching.

I found our second cache of the day and inside the cache was a Travel Bug. A travel bug is a trackable geo caching item and I was excited to find it.

Unfortunately I left it behind in South Dakota, but a friend is going to mail it out to me so that the travel bug can continue his journey on the west coast.

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Day 232 {Panning for Gold}

Today was another day of running all over sight seeing. Before heading out to do some Geo caching we stopped at Wade's Gold Mill so that the girls could try their hand at panning for gold.

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Day 231 {Leads SD, strip mine}

Today was one of those days when we drove all over the Black Hills. One of the places we stopped was Lead, a very old mining town.

We stopped and checked out the giant strip mine hole in the ground. About 5 minutes after I took this picture it began to pour rain. That is my mom with the girls!

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Day 230 {Slyvan Lake}

On our tour of Custer State Park we stopped to hike around the picturesque Slyvan Lake.

There were several spots around the lake where you could climb on the rocks. That made my little rock climber Kate happy.....scared the hooey out of me!

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Day 229 {Teddy Bear Town}

Before having dinner at the Alpine Inn, we stopped in "Teddy Bear Town."

Teddy Bear Town boast a collection of 6,500 different teddy bears and on it's sign claims to be a great "time killer."

The woman that owns the collection used to house all 6,500 of her bears in her room at the Motel 8! This picture is only the tip of the iceberg.

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Day 228 {Mt. Rushmore}

Ah, the famous Mt. Rushmore. We cruised down the street to see Crazy Horse as well.

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Day 227 {Exploring Hill City}

Day two and we decided to head into Hill City and look in all the cute shops they have on main street (which is probably 1/2 mile long).

This interesting horse sculpture reminded me of an eye spy book. You could sit for hours identifying all of the crazy parts that make up this sculpture.

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Day 226 {George Mickelson Trail}

We arrived in Rapid City to stormy skies, but by the time we arrived in Hill City the sun had come out.

After dropping our stuff off at the cabin we headed down the hill to take a hike on the Mickelson Trail. A great way to shake off an afternoon of traveling.