A Post: A holiday, A boy, A friend, and a weekend with the dogs

Hello, all! I have a few pictures. Nothing too special (Though, I'd like to point out that every subject in these pictures IS MOST DEFINITELY SPECIAL (perhaps the doughnut less so)), but, forcing myself to put some up, and to chronicle my week, you end up with some weeks that aren't as fabulous as others. So it goes. Valentine's day was this past week. I've never been huge on it and the boy and I don't really do anything special on it because of it. But! We did have some fantastic doughnuts that were themed. Other than that, I forgot the camera at home when I took the rents out for some T West, and I spent the whole weekend house sitting, so I don't have any real gems for you. But, deal with it. :)

This is the delicious V-Day doughnut.

The boy will be pissed that I put this up, but, dude, this is how he stretches. Crazy, no?

Jojo with his shadow.

Dinker. I think she looks like she is smiling, and I think it's because I slept on the couch with her all weekend.

Did I mention that I gave Bert a bath? He was none too amused by it. This was after he sprinted in a circle around the living room about 30 times.

 So, there you have it folks! My Week. Til next week, ciao.

A Post: A scheduled post coming!

Just wanted to let all you lovelies know that I wasn't around a computer much this weekend so I will be updating within the next few days. (I'm hoping tomorrow) with new pictures.

A Post: A little lady, a few friends and me.

Well, since I gave you all a bunch of pictures without people I figured I'd post a second post with people. This past week the Steelers played in the Super Bowl. It sucked that they lost, but it was a great excuse to see my sister and her family. There are two pictures of my niece below as well as some pictures from wine night at the boot. Enjoy, handsomes!

This is what happens when my dad tries to eat an orange

This is my darling niece, Haylie.

Haylie

Travis

Cheli and Brandon

And ME! With my scarf. photo by Travis

A Post: A bunch of dogs and one of me

Hello, friends! I have some of my pictures. over the past week and a half I have taken more pictures of my dog and my parents' dogs and I'm sure there will be many more to come. I'll try to keep it to a minimum. But! You can't fault me when they are this adorable!

bert laughs at you

bert the creeper

Dinker

Lenny

Sleepy Bert One

Sleepy Bert Two

And Me! photo by Jimmy

I will be posting some pictures of people (and ok, one where the dogs outnumber the person) in my next post. In fact, I may do that now.


All my love!

A post: A few googled images

Hello, my loves.  I have a few pictures for you.  I hope to have more of my personal photography soon, but I want to secure some photoshop ish in order to edit properly. That doesn't mean that you have to wait on that, I may forego the photoshop editing and post some pictures before I get it, but at this moment, you get to see some stuff that I i'm really digging right now.

First, I am in love with the idea of finding/creating some unique lighting for my apartment.  It's been needed for a while now but I'm actually really particular with my lighting choices. Not saying that things like black floor lamps with glass bowls are bad, but I've really tried to dedicate myself to thinking things through more. Buying a lamp because it's cheap and i think it will give lighting doesn't help me out since I have enough lighting to get by and I'd be pretty annoyed with the purchase.  So, I stumbled upon this lighting fixture on a blog.  It's fantastic. I want to make stuff like this.







I also stumbled upon these awesome watches. There is one on ideeli for 80 bucks (opposed to the 135) but I'm trying to save up some money since I just bought my camera and a TV.  But, honestly, how amazing is the idea of going more green (the idea, the practice, like most things, tends to be hazy)? Also, who doesn't love a more natural feel to their surroundings? The textures and colors and general design make these a win in my book.


So... I guess I will leave you with a final thing that I'm in love with right now.  That would be the band Tennis and their album "Cape Dory." It's definitely not going to be the best album of the year. It does, however make me happy. The husband/wife duo don't try to accomplish more than they are capable and seem to channel a retro/beach boys vibe in a winter season that seems to be never-ending. I think you should check it out, especially the tracks "take me somewhere" and "marathon."  To me, it feels like Best Cost if Best Coast didn't whine so much about needing a man.  And I like Best Coast, except for the whining, so Tennis is a natural fit for me when I want to relax and sink into the sound of high tide.

I promise, my loves, more actual photojournaling coming soon.  I am also working on changing up my apartment some, so that will help get things moving. Oh! I will also do better with my setup. I'm limited right now because I'm on my work machine. All my love!

A Post: A Format Change

Well, my lovelies. It appears as though I have not come back to this journal like I said I would. But! NOW! I have some things starting that I hope to continue with. One, crafting. I'm going to do it. Mainly sewing, crocheting, knitting and embroidery. If I don't suck, I will post pictures and products. Two, I also recently purchased my first non-point and shoot camera. It is a beloved canon from my good friend, Josiah (http://wewilltastetheislandsandthesea.blogspot.com/).  I don't intend to be an amazing photographer, but I hope to get some beauty captured, edited and shared.  And this here blog should get some of those things. I may also do more culturally relevant stories and such (nothing intense, just like my favorite album of the moment or something like that).  I don't believe in deleting entries, though.  I know that seems dumb to a lot of people, but I've regretted throwing away old writings, so I have decided to just leave the previous entries here.  eventually they will become buried and forgotten, so really, it doesn't effect anything.  

Finally, I am going to actually start following people, so that means that if you would like me to stalk your blogtastic mind babblings and beautiful poignant postings, please, follow me or just let me know where you are and don't mind me peering in.

ok, loves.  hopefully I will have something here in the next few days and i will try not to forget about you!