I bought myself a present

It's tough to take pictures in January. When the weather isn't gross, the sun is setting to early to do anything after work. Thankfully, the weather was sunny today and I was home all morning. I've done as much as I can with the dogs in this apartment, and we all know how it turns out when I try to walk them and take pictures by myself, so I'm bored with them--as a subject of pictures, not in general ;-). Since I needed to do some grocery shopping anyway, I decided to pick myself up some flowers to photograph. When I got home, I stuck them in a vase, and that's when I snapped...

Flowers make me happy :)

Two a Days

I decided since I was a slacker last week, that I'll take 2 pictures a few days this week to make it up to myself.

This first one was actually taken last night. Well, it was around 11:30 last night so it was today on the east coast...Every night while we're get ready for bed, the same thing happens...Janie jumps up, snuggles up next to Tyler's pillow and waits. Patiently. For belly rubs and kisses. She is persistent. After a few minutes of this routine last night, I jumped up, grabbed my camera, jumped back in bed, and that's when I snapped.

It's out of focus and a total snapshot, but I love them both.

This next one is really from today. Our dogs have been misbehaving lately and the best remedy we could come up with is more exercise. Janie is also a couple of pounds overweight (which is a lot since she's so small), so needs more exercise even if she's being good. So, we made a deal: I walk Janie during the day and Tyler runs with Scout at night. I think he took the short end of the stick because Janie is a breeze to walk by herself. She's easy enough that I can take my camera with me and not nearly die. So this morning, Janie and I went out in search of something to photograph. I noticed this ugly little flower on the side of our path, and that's when I snapped.

There's not much too it, but I think it's cute.

I'm a Slacker

Last week I did not do well with this. Between getting over the nastiness, getting acclimated to a new work schedule, and the gross (rainy & cold) weather outside I was not feeling the picture taking. I gave myself permission to not force it for the rest of the week and that ended up meaning leaving my camera where it sat. I'm not thrilled about the outcome, but I'm diving back in this week and I'm going to make it! I've got a great weekend to look forward to with our 1st wedding anniversary coming up and I'm going to use that excitement to motivate myself to do everything that needs to get done in the next 7 days...including taking a picture each day. That also included cleaning my bathroom today which is what I had just finished doing when I snapped...

And then I got to scratch 2 things off of my to do list :)

Can't Kick This

Ok, it has been a rough week. I've been taking pictures, but I have not enjoyed it this week at all. It was much more of a chore these last few days since these monstrous allergies have knocked me on my butt and then proceeded to hold me down...all week long. And then, just when I thought I was better...BAM! Here it comes again. As you'll be able to tell by the following pictures I've spent my week hydrating, medicating, watching Psych on Netflix and planning our Spring 2011 Road Trip to Californina!

Here's to a better, more creative week ahead.

Cedar Fever

That's where I've been...bed ridden, thanks to those lovely trees that populate this awesome greenbelt we live right in the middle of. For the last few days I've had headaches, body aches, dizziness, sore throat, etc. It's lovely. And it's almost gone...almost.

I did manage to take a picture each day except Sunday when my lovely husband filled in for me. He was awesome while I was sick, by the way. Brought me juice, soup, meds...pretty much anything I asked for. And he cleaned the apartment! I'm a lucky girl!

Alright, lets get started. We've got a lot of catching up to do.

January 9, 2011

I got out of bed and got right back in. It was cold, my head was killing me, and I was sure that I was on the verge of death. It did cross my mind that I needed a picture for the day, but I was in no mood to get out of bed. I was considering giving myself a reprieve for the day, and that's when he snapped...

This is where all 4 of us spent he better part of the next 48 hours.

January 10, 2011

I was still feeling terrible, but Riley was set to go home tonight, so I made a temporary move to the couch where I could properly welcome my good friends back to the lone star state. They arrived, Cajun gifts in hand, then left again without much ado and that's when I snapped.

Scout was already missing her new friend.

January 11, 2011

I was feeling ok. I managed to put in a few hours at work and my awesome coworkers pulled me through it. Once I got home, I settled on the couch to finish the season of Psych that I'd started during my down days. When I got through that, I went to check on the husband of the year, who was playing his PS3 where I had previously been quarantined , and that's when I snapped.

 Isn't he handsome?

January 12, 2011

YAY! I've finally caught up!

Now, you see, my little dog, Janie, she's a couch potato. She was absolutely smitten to be snuggled up in bed for those sick days, and I think she was a little put off when I got up and went to work yesterday. Well, lucky for her, I had this morning off, so we snuggled up to polish off another season of Psych (safe to say I'm addicted to it now). I did, eventually, have to get up and get dressed and when I came back to take them out one last time before I left for the day I noticed she had not moved a muscle (protesting?) and that's when I snapped.

She's got the cutest bed head!

My Backyard

One of my favorite things about where we live right now is that there are miles and miles of trails through the Austin greenbelt only steps from our front door. Since we're dog sitting for a friend, we decided to take all three dogs out on a hike. And I, being a glutton for punishment, decided to take my camera. I know, I know what you're thinking. She must be crazy. or She never learns. And you'd be right. This time it wasn't so bad. Since T came along he took our two dogs and I was only in charge of Riley and my camera.

We all had a great time. The weather was fantastic, the dogs were having a good time, and even though I'd been at work all day I was feeling pretty energetic and was enjoying the afternoon out with my little family (+ Riley). We got to Scouts favorite spot and decided to let the dogs play a bit. Riley and Scout splashed in the creek, and Janie stayed as far away from the water is possible. This particular spot is gorgeous in the summer and I noticed today that's it's just as enchanting in the winter. I passed my Riley duties over to my only other 2 legged hiking buddy and that's when I snapped.

I love it here.

Riley the Westie

I took a few pictures today, and I'm not loving any of them. So, all you get today is a cute little snapshot of my sweet little house guest.

This is Riley.