I’m not gonna lie: Week 22 got me a little down. I totally live so close to downtown Columbus, but I failed to take a pic. Then, I went on vacation for half of week 23 and didn’t post the summer pic. This is week 24. I will catch up. I am, in fact, catching up.
Watch me.
22/52
Cleveland, Ohio is also known as the "mistake on the lake." At any rate, we drove by Cleveland on our way to New York last week and I snapped this shot. I did, however, edit out a few things. What are they?
23/52
For many parts of the world, but certainly not mine, summer means a lot of hard work. I'm sure this was used many times in its day. However, on this day, it became my art piece.
24/52
Why do guys love to play with fire? This is the third of three steps the guys took to burn some bushes. These bushes were dried out, too. The fire shot up quickly and I just held the release down so shots were taken continuously. Wow!
Our first [small] family vacation was fabulous; however, it will not top the fabulous trip to Greece we had for our honeymoon.
The imperfect Project 52 student,
I know I already blogged about it, but I’m still drooling and swooning over the Kitchenaid mixer I got this week. In my kitchen, it’s like a symbol of potential. Like, maybe–just maybe–I’ll get this cooking/backing thing down enough to actually enjoy it. Little to no anxiety. No burning. No strange results.
Maybe.
And the power lies in this toy:
I’m looking forward to more adventures.
Hopefully,
Today, we threw our second party since moving into our apartment. We threw a shower for Tim and Liz, two people who have been with Oasis for about five years. The shower was co-ed party so the guys could enjoy the fun; we had a cook-out and ate way too much food but had plenty leftover.
I caught this pic just as we finished setting up and between snacking and waiting for more guests to arrive.
I love taking pictures of texture. I may not always be detail-minded, but the details of things I see can captivate me. There are many more pics from the event; check them out!
Best wishes to Tim and Liz as they start their lives together at the end of this summer.
Love,
My fabulous husband loves making pie–strawberry-rhubarb pie to be exact. For Mother’s Day, he visited his mother and made two–that’s right: TWO–strawberry-rhubarb pies. He brought home the second one and it is delicious! No matter how bad my day is, strawberry-rhubarb pie will set me free from those stresses, if only for a while.
Happy jealousy,
This is how I started my weekend:
That’s right: sweet tea and facebook. Just two more weeks of work and I’m free for the summer!
A couple weeks months ago, there was a groupon deal for canvases from Canvas on Demand. For $45, we could get one free 16×20 canvas with our own photo on it. The Hunk was in Chicago; I texted him, confirmed he was up for it, and paid for the groupon. I actually purchased two. Immediately, we got busy and had to wait two or three weeks before we even had time to get together and order the canvases; we ordered them a couple weeks ago. We got them just yesterday and I am pumped! Follow the progression for me, will you?
I watched the FedEx tracking religiously: before leaving for work, during my lunch break, while my students were doing seat work, as soon as I got home from work, before bed… you get the point.
Finally, they arrived! I came home to find them, and brought them into the house.
I, of course, took pictures.
And had a snack while waiting on The Hunk to get home from being not home. I requested he not be home all day since I was also expecting a portion of his birthday gift to arrive.
Then, I waited some more. And talked to my mamma.
When The Hunk arrived, he had work to do. He took five minutes to open the packages (at my request) before we jetted off to run errands and meet with students.
This was The Hunk’s first attempt at opening the first box. I shot some action before jumping in to help get in the way. (Oh, strike-throughs, why am I obsessed with you, today?)
This is the first canvas we opened. The colors are incredibly rich. I love photoshop! AND my wonderful camera!
When we returned from campus meetings and errands, we had to go fill up my car’s gas tank. What fun that is, these days, eh?
We made it home for the evening and got to hang them up. Final-freakin’-ly! Here is how they look.
Finally, I immediately sat in bed and looked at the artwork; and, well, cried. I didn’t expect them to be so special to me. What a fabulous and glorious honeymoon we had; we will forever remember the lovely sunset of the Mediterranean Sea in Greece.
How does The Hunk feel about the new additions?
Well, he loves them, of course.
And I love him!
With more of me than I ever thought I would…
…or could.
He’s such a handsome hunk.
And he’s mine.
Forever,
