15/365 the new "do"

so here it is guys!

note to all

i am sorry for being behind in my posts. i took pix every day - but just didnt get a chance to post them until today. this past week has been insane with director interviews to conduct, i led 2 workshops at tcu, created a lot of publications, dealt with the new pup, dealt with being sick (both me and the pup), taught at a class at the camera shop, etc, etc, etc. it's been exhausting!

this week will be crazy too - but i will try to keep up with my posts. be patient my friends - im not giving up on this blog!

14/365 snip - February 10, 2007

so i did it. i cut 10 inches off my hair. i will donate what was cut to locks of love. I would LOVE for others to consider doing this. It is a great charity and an easy donation to give.

I sort of impulsively did this today... I had been thinking about it - and decided to just go for it.

I look SO different now... at least i think so.

13/365 say goodbye - Feburary 9, 2007

12/365 grey day

today was very grey outside. grey and cold.

11/365 photoshop

desite not having much of a voice - and having an upset stomach (due to antibiotics thank you).. i taught another photoshop class at tcu today. tomorrow i teach at Fort Worth Camera Supply again. photoshop photoshop and more photoshop!

10/365 the ever growing to do list

staff meeting today. my to-do list is sooooooo long. at least i like doing the stuff im doing.

i dont feel good.

*sigh*

9/365 Sick Red

so i came down with a sinus infection too. my doctor called in an antibiotic over the phone... which after 30 minutes made me violently ill (vomiting, etc... u dont want details). I came to find out that the instructions on the medication was WRONG. it said to take it without food.. on an empty stomach.. when really you were supposed to take it with food. it was just awful.

i got a new prescription for something else... and am ok now... but ugh that was NOT fun.

i hate being on drugs.

8/365 Sick Pup

SO, naturally, I would have a dog that gets a sinus infection. Yes. a Sinus infection.

My poor baby was up almost the whole night Saturday night dry hacking and sneezing. He has a runny nose, and is really congested.

I called the after hours doctor at 4am asking what I should do (note the maternal instincts? heh). The said it sounds like an upper respiratory infection and could be kennel cough. I should bring him in right away. The cost would be $88.

So I decided to try to get him to calm down and get some sleep. It worked. Em took him into his bed and snuggled with him till he fell asleep. In the morning I decided that the $88 was a lot just to SEE him... not including any tests or medication. I had a brilliant idea to check petsmart vet clinics. I found one near Ridgmar that is open on Sunday. I took him in at noon when they opened.

A young kid was the pet tech (i was skeptical). He checked him out and said I needed to have his bloodwork done, so they can see if it is a virus or an infection. So my $33 visit got upcharged a bit. Then he needed to do a fecal. Add a few more $. The vet finally came in(I was relieved there actually WAS a vet) and said he had a sinus infection and needed antibiotics.

The lil pup is doing much better now, 3 days into the meds - and is slowly gaining more energy. He has been cuddling a lot on the couch. He loves burrowing under the flannel. No joke he laid like this himself. I love it.

Let's hope Charlie is all better soon.

7/365 Crack Rice

Tonight Em and I feasted on our new addiction fondly called CRACK RICE from Chopstix Express a few blocks away. We call it Crack Rice, the restaurant calls it "chicken fried rice." I swear, it has to be laced with crack. I am hardcore addicted. So, I had a good evening: crack rice, a big gulp, SVU, Em, and my little pup. Good times.

6/365 work in progress??

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so it has been SOOO busy at work - my office has kind of exploded. it's kind of effecting my productivity right now. i cant focus the past two days. ive been getting things done - but not as much or as fast as i should. ahhhh. it happens. oh well!

i love my job though. so that is good. yay. and it's friday!

5/365 confinement

so im cheating and putting two images for today. both illustrating the same thing. just one sad and one super sad.


today was day one (after night one) of crate training. charlie cried when i put him in there this morning when i was leaving for work. but he was very happy to see me at lunch. it's so nice living 8 blocks from my office. i let him out - he didnt mess his crate at all. we played and cuddled at lunchtime. then he went back in the crate.... i came home after work and he was still doing well - and did not, yet again mess in his crate. HOORAY. this may be working.

the crate i got is huge... really it's enormous. but it's one that he can grow into. theres a divider i put in so it will be smaller for him and can "grow" with him.

i am SOOOO against crate training. but i figured the $69.00 spent on that is definitely better than spending a lot on vet bills (for a wall climbing dog), new shoes for em, replacing a door if he chewed through it someday. so yeah. so far so good. man being a parent is hard and stressful sometimes! but SOO worth it ;)

4/365 charlie "houdini"

so im a day behind in posting this because the pup wore me out yesterday.
i took him to work in the morning and he was GREAt. then i brought him home so i could go out to lunch. i checked on him after lunch - and there was a little mess (expected) but it was ok. so i put him back in after taking him out again... and hoped for the best. you see, i am very anti crate training. it just really bothers me. so i was really attempting to give the little wigglepup the benefit of the doubt...

so i came home after work with a new big box to keep him in while he is young. so i walked in the house... went to the bathroom door...it was closed... i opened it... and there was a bit of a mess (expected)... but NO DOG.

i turn around and he is hopping towards me from the living room. i quickly took him out. then examined the house. he didnt leave a mess anywhere in the house. and hadnt eaten anything important... whew. the next question was HOW THE HELL did he escape? the crack under the door is only about 2 inches high.

so it took me a while and i finally figured out. he opened the cabinet under the sink. and ... much to my surprise (i NEVER open the cabinet under the sink) a huge hole was left by my lovely roommate during one of our plumbing fiascos. See we have an old house and no plumbing access panels... so sheetrock has to be broken in order to get to the pipes. so the little pup crawled THROUGH THE WALL... and out the mechanical closet in the kitchen (that houses our ac/heater unit). he was totally unharmed. but wow. so - - last night i went and bought a crate...

he slept most of the night - and properly whined or sniffed to let me know that he needed to go out. his longest sleep stretch was about 4.5 hours i think. not too bad. yay.

oh and he offically has a name. his name is CHARLIE. yay!

3/365 the big news!!!

i got a puppy!!!! he is a little bitty chocolate lab (mix?). I adopted him from the humane society and i have completely fallen in love with him. he has a GREAT temperment and is my new little shadow. he's so sweet. i am so rediculously happy. trying to decide on a name now..... sort of thinking that "charlie" would be good.... since he is a chocolate lab.... we shall see!

hopefully housebreaking will go well and i will be able to sleep through the whole night.

2/365 January 29, 2007 Preparing for tomorrow's Excitement!

i thought i would try to do this without an explaination, but thought i thought about it - and figured that it might be helpful to look back and see what the heck i was doing/why.

tomorrow's post will be more explanatory of this one...but - my life is going to change forever starting tomorrow. i am so excited. i get to go at 4pm to let the new life begin. plus it is helping me want to keep my house clean haha. hey any little motivation helps. im an artist people - i like to ignore things like being overly organized at home sometimes. im clean just cluttered sometimes. but no more! i have a reason to keep cleaner now. i am SO rediculously excited about tomorrow.

so to be obvious. this is Em mopping the kitchen floor. wooo!

1/365 January 28, 2007 Lazy Sunday

Photo 365 Project

So in a conversation this weekend about photography, I was told about a project called Photo 365.

A good description of this project can be found here.

The point is to take a photograph every day for a year. These photos will sum up your day... no matter how exciting or mundane it may be! Ultimately it will improve your photography, and create a pretty cool log of how your year was spent.