When life hands you lemons...

You throw in some vodka and say "fuck it!" This is a special shout out to an amazing woman out there who's going through a rough time. Love you, Destiny and I'm sending out lots of cyber hugs to you!

Where did June go?

Is it seriously almost over already? How on earth did that happen?

we see you

These plants seem to be looking out the window watching the people pass by on the street below.

Time to go take pictures

It's my day off, it's sunny and I'm feeling better: definitely time to go take some pictures!

I want that Sunday

I came across this when I was exploring the interwebs. It's a Colt .38 that automatically takes a picture when you pull the trigger. On the left is 6 pictures taken with the camera in 1938. Pretty sweet!

slowly but surely

Starting to feel like myself again. Not feeling great, but I can actually breathe through my nose some of the time.

so sorry

Sorry for the nonpost today. Had to be at work at 5am, came home again just four and a half hours later because I'm sick as a dog! I caught Noah's really nasty cold, have spent the last two days in bed and haven't had time to take pictures. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Nevermore

It's all in the wrist

ONE YEAR!

One year ago today, I had my last cigarette! Still can't quite believe that I did it.

home again

So, for months, I've been agonizing whether or not to take my nice camera to Live Oak. On the one hand, I'd get really great pictures; but on the other hand, there's a lot of dust about and nowhere to really keep it safe. I finally decided to take it with me. I charged the battery Thursday before leaving; made sure I had all my lenses; I even contemplated whether or not I should take my tripod (I finally decided against that one). Friday morning, after we had our camp all set up, I decided to start taking some pictures. I turn in on and a message flashed at me: "No Memory Card." I had left my SD card in my laptop...at home...in San Luis Obispo. I did take my point and shoot; but after realizing my stupidness, I was a bit discouraged and lost my desire to take pictures. So, don't look forward to Live Oak pictures this year as there are none. I'll just have to entertain you with other photos.d

Happy Father's Day!!!!!

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there! Hope you have a great day filled with breakfast in bed, an ice cold beer while watching the game on tv, and some delicious bbq for dinner...or you know, what ever floats your boat. And just in case my phone is dead (as I won't be able to charge it all weekend), Daddy, I love you and happy Father's day!

lazy live oak days

Happy Birthday to You!

Happy birthday to my wonderful step-mom, Margot! She's always helped and supported my camera/picture-taking addiction. She's made my mom happier than I ever thought possible. I can't imagine my life without her. (And she's super talented! Check out her blog too!) Happy birthday, Margot!

Live Oak, here we come!

We'll be off as soon as Noah gets home from work tonight. He and I are going to be running around all morning to make sure that everything's ready and we can just jump in the car and go. Here's to three glorious days of no responsibility, no stress and no cares!

chillin out

Tomorrow night, I leave for Live Oak!!!!! I truly cannot wait. It's going to be a wonderful weekend of good music, good company, good drinks and NO WORK!!

going green

Morro Monday

Took this on Noah's birthday. We went out to Los Osos to the golf course. They've recently put in disc golf baskets, and Noah loves disc golf. So, while he and his friend played disc, I took pictures (and helped locate lost discs).

Super Sunday Snack

It's almost summer, which means that it is strawberry season. Talk a walk down your local farmer's market and you can't help but smell that lovely fragrance in the air. That smell of summer...the smell of super fresh, super ripe strawberries. So, since they're so delicious and such a good deal, you buy a lot of them and only realize after you're home that strawberries have a rather short shelf life. So what to do with them? Here's one idea that I've been working on perfecting the past few weeks (which has been working out very well for my friends and coworkers): chocolate covered strawberries. If you go to a chocolate shop, you may spend $1-$2 on these a piece. If you make them yourself, though, you can make make nearly 80 of them for roughly $12. And they really couldn't be easier.


First, you'll need some fresh strawberries. I do suggest going to a farmers market as they'll taste a million times better and be much much cheaper. The stall I go to sells a half flat (which is 6 little green baskets) for $7.


Next, you'll need chocolate. I don't usually endorse products that I sell at work when I'm off the clock, but if you go to Michaels, you can buy Wilton candy melts for about $2.50 a bag. These are very very easy to use.


Just pour some into a bowl and melt in the microwave on 50% power. Start with a minute, stir and keep heating at 30 second intervals until melted.


Once they're melted, simply dip in your strawberries and coat them evenly.


Once they're dipped, put them on a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil and stick them in the fridge for a minute or two while the chocolate hardens once again (another nice thing about the candy melts is that they harden once again rather quickly).


Now, if you like, you can eat and enjoy...or you can do one more step that I think makes them look really special. This is another very easy thing to do: drizzle the top with a different color candy melt. You could do this with a spoon, however I chose to use decorator bags. You can melt the chocolate right in the bag and then just snip the tip and squeeze the chocolate out.


Enjoy! I used about half of each bag of candy melts which made roughly 35 strawberries and still had over half of the strawberries left over to enjoy sans chocolate. So, if you use all the strawberries and chocolate, you can make quite a few. And as I said before, your friends and coworkers will enjoy your delicious snack as well (because I wouldn't suggest anyone eat 80 of them by herself).

you say it's your birthday?

Happy birthday to the best boyfriend ever!

early!!!!

Had to be at work at 5:00am this morning. Think that a nap is definitely in my near future.

the nitty gritty

Petal Perfect

Got the title idea from a comment on a previous post...enjoy!

Oops!

Thought I forgot, huh? Well, it's still technically Monday, so I made it in time. Enjoy a sunshiny picture now that we have the sun back on the central coast!

What are you lookin' at?

What is it about cats and empty boxes? I went to Costco the other day and they put my purchases into this box. Once I got home and the box was empty, Loki claimed it as his own. He's barely moved out of it for three days.

And on a different note...rain, in June? Really? C'mon, I want to go outside and take pictures and I can't do that if it's raining.

TGIS

That's right...thank goodness for Saturday and the lovely weekend I have in store.

one step at a time

Can't wait for the weekend

Have been working a lot lately. Seems like I get to pick up the slack at work a little more than my fair share. But it's almost time for my weekend off! What to do, what to do? Will probably go take some pictures.

June is busting out all over

Can you believe that it's June already? Where is the time going? This is an exciting month every year for me. There are so many birthdays to celebrate, Live Oak to enjoy and the weather turns from allergic to lovely. Looking forward to one of the best months of the year!