Christi
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Sunday, January 15, 2012
365 Project 14/15-2012
Sunset pics are SOOC, the sky was really that gorgeous.
This one of Sissy was taken with CJ's new smartphone, isn't she beautiful.
Christi
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Winter arrived!
Fortunately or unfortunately, they were right; winter arrived. By last evening the winds had shifted and the snow started falling. We went from near 50 to around 14 with a 30 mile per hour wind, making the feel like around 0 degrees. When you have a puppy the walks aren't optional, he expects his walk no matter what!! We walked and literally froze our butts off, but he loved every second.
The wind was so crazy that the lake couldn't freeze, but these really neat ice pops formed on the weeds around the edge of the lake. I had left my camera in the car and decided that I needed a picture and walked all of the way back to get it, glad I did; these pics are fun and probably not something I'll see again.
The wind was so crazy that the lake couldn't freeze, but these really neat ice pops formed on the weeds around the edge of the lake. I had left my camera in the car and decided that I needed a picture and walked all of the way back to get it, glad I did; these pics are fun and probably not something I'll see again.
Christi
365 Project-10-11/2012
Out Geocaching right before the weather is supposed to turn ugly. It is supposed to drop from the near fifty it was today to somewhere around 15. We'll see!!!
Took this one on the 10th, loving the sun flare in this one.
Took this one on the 10th, loving the sun flare in this one.
Christi
Monday, January 9, 2012
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
365 Project-6/2012
On the puppy walk today I came across this bathtub in the woods. I loved how it looked so worn and completely out of place. Near the tub were all these rocks covered in beautifully verdant moss, the ground was very wet with what looked like an underground stream.
Christi
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
365 Project-4/2012
None of my shots today turned out. Either the focus was slightly off or the kid looked a little stoned, but none were even suitable to even upload to my computer. Unfortunately or fortunately that means y'all get to see the pics we took on our Christmas day walk. Gorgeous day, not winter weather; but still gorgeous.
(4/2012)
Christi
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Baking Bread and other Resolutions
I have decided to make a few different resolutions this year. Many are the same ones I make every year and I am telling myself, "This is definitely the year that I will follow through!" Others, I've never made before but feel pretty passionately about.
1) Get my family on a budget and keep it! Included in this will be pay down debt and clean up medical bills that I've incurred recently.
2) Start consistently eating at home. I'm hoping to do this through stocking the freezer with meals using OAMC ideas and using Fix, Freeze and Feast; one of my favorite cookbooks. If I have a meal ready to go or meat already marinated, I am much more likely to take something out and use it. The kids have always enjoyed have homemade burritos and homemade waffles in the freezer, lunch and breakfast ready in minutes.
3) I want to make all of my families bread products, from sandwich bread to rolls, hamburger buns to pita bread. I have found many cookbooks and websites to help me do this. Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day is one of the cookbooks that I've gotten from the library and am really enjoying reading. I have also found a few fun websites but Little House on the Prairie Living has been the most recent one that has caught my attention.
I made bread today using this recipe here. I substituted 1/2 wheat flour in, probably should have added some Vital Wheat gluten to help it rise a little more, but it still tastes great!
4) Get my pictures printed out and actually hang some of them. I have none of my own photographs in my home....NONE. How crazy is that? I love the pictures I take, they may not all be technically correct or even close to technically correct, but who really cares! I need to get a lot of them framed and hung.
5) Of course, the ever present resolution, LOSE WEIGHT! I am very unhappy with my body shape and have a very negative body image. I weigh more now than I ever have, I mean ever; even 9 months pregnant. I weigh 181 lbs and am not happy about it. I intend to exercise more, including the daily 2 mile walks we take with Ginseng and eat healthier. I hope to drink more water, but I am not making that a resolution; I hate water.
Here's a couple of pics that I took today. I know everyone is probably tired of pics of the dog, but he's so darn cute; I just can't resist.
1) Get my family on a budget and keep it! Included in this will be pay down debt and clean up medical bills that I've incurred recently.
2) Start consistently eating at home. I'm hoping to do this through stocking the freezer with meals using OAMC ideas and using Fix, Freeze and Feast; one of my favorite cookbooks. If I have a meal ready to go or meat already marinated, I am much more likely to take something out and use it. The kids have always enjoyed have homemade burritos and homemade waffles in the freezer, lunch and breakfast ready in minutes.
3) I want to make all of my families bread products, from sandwich bread to rolls, hamburger buns to pita bread. I have found many cookbooks and websites to help me do this. Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day is one of the cookbooks that I've gotten from the library and am really enjoying reading. I have also found a few fun websites but Little House on the Prairie Living has been the most recent one that has caught my attention.
I made bread today using this recipe here. I substituted 1/2 wheat flour in, probably should have added some Vital Wheat gluten to help it rise a little more, but it still tastes great!
4) Get my pictures printed out and actually hang some of them. I have none of my own photographs in my home....NONE. How crazy is that? I love the pictures I take, they may not all be technically correct or even close to technically correct, but who really cares! I need to get a lot of them framed and hung.
5) Of course, the ever present resolution, LOSE WEIGHT! I am very unhappy with my body shape and have a very negative body image. I weigh more now than I ever have, I mean ever; even 9 months pregnant. I weigh 181 lbs and am not happy about it. I intend to exercise more, including the daily 2 mile walks we take with Ginseng and eat healthier. I hope to drink more water, but I am not making that a resolution; I hate water.
Here's a couple of pics that I took today. I know everyone is probably tired of pics of the dog, but he's so darn cute; I just can't resist.
How silly is this little girl, the hat just begged for a sepia treatment.
Christi
Trying out Tiltshift
I had never heard of tiltshift before, but I stumbled over it at a photography site and decided to try it. I went to this site and uploaded a photo I had taken from the top of the St. Louis Arch, according to the site the type of picture I had was perfect for tiltshift and I totally agree. I think the effect made the picture totally cool and very fun. It takes your photo and makes it look like a miniature, pretty awesome, huh???
Go ahead and click on them, the difference is very cool; I love it.
Christi
Monday, January 2, 2012
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