February 12 of 12

Wow, I suck. I haven’t posted anything since January’s 12 of 12. Am I the only one that seems to thik life is just zooming by?? Well here is my 12 of 12 for February. This is Chad’s project and this is also the last year he will be doing this. So if you have thought about participating, now would be the time.

The 12th was a Friday… a very hectic Friday at work, plus I overslept. Ugh. That is why you will see a clump of shots in the morning before work and the rest are clumped in the evening. So basically these are all shots around the house, which explains all the animal and kid shots. I hope you enjoy.

7:08 AM Treats for daycare.

7:11 AM Nice boots, eh?

7:11 AM I don’t really know when he became a little boy.

7:49 AM The purple door to the “good” daycare.

Fast forward 12 hours… insert crappy day at work here. lol

7:59 PM My boys having some quality time… sorta.

8:00 pm The rough life of an old dog.

8:00 PM The jake-o-rama striking a pose.

8:12 PM Playing one of his games… up close.

8:33 PM This face cracks me up everytime!

9:11 PM The Tyler-Y

9:12 PM All those toys and he plays in a quilt.

9:13 PM - Hunter playing peek-a-boo… he loves hiding in a blanket.

January 12 of 12, the final year

Five years ago, Chad Darnell started the 12 of 12. I think this is my 4th year, but I’m not sure and too lazy to look. The concept (all Chad’s) is to take 12 pictures on the 12 of every month and submit the ling to Chad’s site. There he compiles all the links from around the world… a lot of work, no doubt.

Chad has announced that this year is his last. That makes me sad, but I totally understand. I am grateful for Chad’s contribution.

Without further ado… my 12 of 12.

6:00 am - Wet hair - just from the shower.

6:11 am - dry hair - apparently it takes me 11 minutes to dry my hair… it sure seems longer than that.

6:23 am - Letting the puppies out.

7:00 am - Hunter eating a banana, just before we leave for the morning.

7:03 am - Coffee for the road, trying to break the Starbucks habit.

5:17 pm - the view from my office window.

5:18 pm - the view from the other side of the office… hey… I’m know… I’m stretching the 12 out here, and the sunset DID look cool.

5:22 pm - News truck outside work… never a good sign.

5:43 pm - It’s bowling night for me and school night for Kev, so Grandma is on Hunter duty. Grandma and Hunter like to go to McD’s.

5:48 pm - New Motorola Droid phone *random* p.s. LOVE this phone!!

6:25 pm - Bowling alley

8:49 pm - What really happens at bowling. (that’s my buddy Dar)

Thanks for checking it out. Tuesday’s are rough days to do the 12 of 12, but I guess you got a real look into my day. Don’t forget to check out Chad’s site.

~S

Doesn’t really need words…

December 12 of 12

On the 12th of every month people from all over the globe take pictures. Post 12 of them on the Internet and send a link to Chad who hosts all the links… Chad’s brain child. This month’s 12 of 12 was on a Saturday… a pretty full Saturday.

Here we go:

10:00 AM Relatively early start for us on a Saturday. Here is the frozen car we are waiting to thaw before getting into.

10:00 AM (be patient… there are 3 at 10… I take pic fast! lol) Hunter playing in the snow… I mean ice. Now is a good time to teach him (and his toes) the difference between snow and ice.

10:00 AM The sun coming thru the frozen trees is so pretty. This is the side of the front yard.

11:31 AM Sally’s Beauty supply… where I get my “fix” hehehe get it fix… Before Sally’s we went to breakfast with Grandma.

11:31 AM Hunter acting up with a sucker…this is an over the sholder shot from the front seat.

1:33 PM Have you ever seen a lazier dog? Of coure he does have a bad knee… but really….

2:14 PM Our local fire department had a little Christmas party for the kids. Free Cookies!

2:14 PM Hunter and a fire truck.

4:07 PM Hunter helping me make cookies. He is a very good helper, he unwrapped most of the hersey kisses and didn’t eat one.

4:07 PM First he sorted all the red ones….

5:22 PM Cookies!!

8:35 PM Some adult fun, Kev and I went to a Texas Hold’em party.

Well there it is… thanks for checking it out. I maybe doing a year recap, I don’t know how many 12 of 12 I missed…

Captain’s log…

My husband is too funny. I’m sitting here on my laptop and he walk in and says “writting in your captain’s log”…nice title I thought.

I went and shot some pics of my friend’s band last night. I haven’t been through them all, but here are a couple of shots to give you an idea. I like the way they turned out.

Hope you enjoy.

Until tomorrow…
~S

nAbLOpOmO day 15

November 12 of 12

Today I am posting my 12 of 12. This is Chad’s deal and it’s really very cool. You take 12 pictures on the 12 of every month and then Chad puts all the links in one post on his blog. It’s very cool to look through people’s days from all over the world… you really should head over and check some out.

On to my day… it was a day off for me.

8:35 AM Frost on a plant hanger, I thought it looked cool.

8:36 AM Two right feet… my foot prints in the frost on the deck.

10:50 AM Just left Starbucks and now I’m on my way into Borders to just look around (yea, right).

12:53 PM Just leaving the hair cut place - new do pic later.

6:03 PM The love of my life…

6:03 PM The men of my life, on our way into Chili’s for dinner.
I do love this shot of Dad and Bug.

7:29 PM Here you go… new do

7:33 PM It’s dark out so now I bring you my last desparate shots to make sure I have 12 for the day… here’s Willow.

8:16 PM facebookin’ (told you I was desparate)

8:31 PM Hunter watching TV in his favorite pose.

9:10 PM Froggin’

9:58 PM Bloggin… nAbLOpOmO calls

Well there you have it, my day yesterday.

Until tomorrow…
~S

nAbLOpOmO -day 13

Day 2 - the best thing…

I really like finding new blogs; November and nAbLOpOmO are the best times to do that.

I was hoping to have some pictures to show you, but this time change crap is really going to make that difficult. Plus work was super busy today, not leaving any time for getting out for lunch.

Tomorrow is election day, don’t forget to exercise your right.

Yep, that’s why it’s called crap-o-rama; just a bit o’ everything today.

Ok, so I will leave you with one shot I took in August. It’s the leaves from my Lavendar Twist Weeping Redbud tree. I like how the processing turned out.

Until tomorrow…
~S

NaBloPoMo… take 4 (I think)

Dad: “Hunter? Do you know what today is?”

Hunter: “what?”

Dad: “It’s trick or treat day.”

Hunter: “WOOO WHOOO! {arms flying in the air in celebration} YEA!!!”

Hunter: “Dad?…what’s trick or treat?”

LOL

Beauty and the beast. Hunter is lion and the way he was holding his tail was cracking my up. He went trick or treating with his cousin Katie.

Welcome to nAbLOpOmO aka: National Blog Posting Month
I believe this is my fourth year participating. It’s sad that peer-pressure is what can make me blog everyday. Last year I was unable to post every day, but that is mostly because we went up north and there was not Internet connection.

If you’d like to participate, go here. You can participate or just look around, there are thousands of blogs that register. It’s a great place to find new blogs.

October 12 of 12 (edited)

This is the placeholder for my October 12 of 12. I took the shots, but haven’t had a chance to upload them. I had hoped to at least be able to make this a 1 of 12… but time has just gotten away from me. I should have my 12 of 12 posted by the end of Thursday… hopefully.

Either way, there are plenty more entries (and I’m sure they have pictures in there’s) lol … please go to Chad’s site and check them out. Accept no imitations.

Ok, so here are my shots. I’m not putting times… sorry.

Hunter is very much a morning person. This was a little after 7 in the morning and it was the beginning of a very enthusiastic version of “Stand up and shout if you love my Lord”.

A cheesy smile before daycare.

Starbucks for me before I go get my tire fixed.

Ok, this is the third car repair place; 1st didn’t have the tire I needed, 2nd fixed my tire but then my brakes went out so this was the 3rd and most expensive, I have to have my back brakes completely re-done. Needless to say I never made it to work today. grrr.

“Tree pretty, fire bad” {Buffy} lol

Seriously, you’ve got to love a Michigan fall.

TV time.

It’s like he doesn’t even see me.

Rock, paper, scissors… I know, can you believe he gets it. Actually it was Hunter’s idea.

Tyler-Y

Rockin’ it out with his son.

Lastly, a few minutes of “Mom’s game” before bed.

Sorry it took me so long to post these shots. I hope you enjoyed them.

~S

September 12 of 12

Holy crap… is it September already??

Now is it me or is this year just zooming by? Well by now you should know how this goes; 12 pictures on the 12th of the month. Chad Darnell is the brain child and one who puts in all the work with linkage and whatnot. Please click over and check out some of the other 12 of 12 participants… hell why not join in yourself next month.

Here’s my Saturday (late starting, but hell, it IS Saturday);
11:27 AM Out to check out the garden and I find our wonderful jalepano plant has no leaves… I guess the deer don’t like the peppers.

11:33 AM – Hunter is playing chase with the dogs, only this time it’s actually working. Running with a bisquit in one hand and the ball in the other is a great motivator for dogs. Lol

11:35 AM – dirty toes.

11:46 AM – Garden goods, including all the leafless jalepanos.

1:01 PM – We are at the cider mill. I haven’t seen this smile before, but I suspect I will see it again.

1:19 PM – Feeding the ducks. Living at the cider mill, I’m surprised the ducks are fatter… of course the cider mill did just open.

1:20 PM – Hunter feeding the ducks with Dad.

BONUS SHOT taken by Dad. More photographic proof of the exact same eye color.

1:22 PM Feeding the brave duck from a rock. This is the last shot before the duck took food out of Hunter’s hand… I’m still not sure he was okay with that.

4:19 PM – Making salsa with garden fresh ingrediants. (thanks Kayte!!) Oh, ignore the onion in the bag… hehehe

7:32 PM – Outside for a little bit of baseball.

7:35 PM – Helping Dad set up stuff for the bonfire. Hunter is such a little helper.

8:02 PM – I took several shots of the bonfire… man can you find creepy things in those shots. But I just liked the way this one looked… besides the one with the skull face just creeped me out. LOL

Hope you enjoyed a look at my Saturday with the family. I have to admit they are way more fun than work days.

If all else fails… I will at least see you next month. LOL

~S