Although He's a Little Early....

This must be God's version of an April Fool's Day joke...

This is Me Challenge from Scraploft #2

The second prompt from the This is Me Challenge from Scraploft is Mind, Body, Soul (whatever this means to you). I had a really hard time with this one, so I took the easy way out. Oh well, I still like it! Dh is holding a boa that we gave my niece for her birthday. I thought it was a funny picture. The layout was made with the Studio Calico February kit.
It's only week 2 - we'd love for everyone to join us!

More Scrappy Goodness

I had the chance to do some scrapping last night. Here's a layout about Dh and my nephew. This is using the new Pink Paislee line. LOVE it!
Here's my niece drawing. This one is using the March kit from Studio Calico.
Another one of the niece. This is using the February kit from Studio Calico.
And here's a sneak of my layout for the Scraploft Challenge tomorrow. It's another good prompt!

Funny Haha

I just made a comment on Alli's blog, and this is what Blogger gave me to verify that I was indeed a person and not a spammer:
x-slut-nub? Now that's funny.

Easter Wrap-up

Thanks to the Easter holiday, I actually was able to take pictures of real human beings! Not just dog photos here.

Here is my precious niece with her Easter bonnet on. She's not too happy to have a member of the paparazzi (or someone who acts like one) for an aunt. That's my Mom holding her.
Here's my nephew blowing up baloons. DH taught him that if you hold the end and let the air out slowly, the balloon will make a really loud screeching noise. Yes, he's going to hell for that one.
Here's Dh and my nephew playing with cars. I love that both of them are making noises like cars. (look at their lips, you can tell they're going "duuu"
Here's my niece coloring with those cool new markers for toddlers. The only bad part is that she's wearing white and they didn't come with tops.
Overall a great Easter. And it was fun to practice taking photos of real people!

Reason 500 Why I Love My New Camera

Prior to me getting the new camera, I may have gotten this picture of Orion:

But WITH the new camera, I was also able to get this:

A question was asked if I'm using the manual setting of my camera. Not yet. Still on auto - but for these I was in child mode to get fast movements. Believe me, when he's fighting for the toy, those ears are a flappin'!

I Spy Cool Stuff!

Here's my spy for the week - #6 something comfy! It's Orion getting comfy on my lap for a little nap.
And look what I found in US Weekly:
How cool is that?

A New Challenge

The ladies at Scraploft are hosting a bi-weekly challenge called This is Me. Here's my take of the first one - Who I am:

Paper is Basic Grey, Label Sticker is Paper Source, Black letters are Opposites Attract from Cricut, Small Letter Stickers are Making Memories. I hope a lot of you are going to play along!

Spying Time

I'm finally catching up on my I Spies. First is #4 Festive - This is the invite for my niece's 2nd birthday party this weekend. I can't believe she's going to be 2!! As for #5 - Something Green - I had a hard time with this. It was hard for me to find anything green around me. It's not like my coat, purse, couch, dog's collar, most of my clothes, my eyes, table cloth, bathroom, plants, or even my kitchen counter top is green or anything! :) Yes, green is my favorite color. So here's two green things - first, Orion with his green color and green eyes, sitting on my green couch.
Second is my Easter towels in my green bathroom. These are so cheery!
Good Spy this week, Ladies!

Fierce!

If you love Project Runway - than you will love this!

Photos

I finally had some time to upload some pictures from my new camera. Here's a picture of Baron. I love how his nose is what's in focus, especially since that's all you can see most of the time! Here's my peace lily, which is still blooming.
Orion sitting at the top of the stairs.
Baron sleeping behind Dh on the couch. Love that his paws are in focus.
I'm still learning, but hopefully they'll just keep getting better!

I Must Have Been A Good Girl...

I finally got my Christmas present - but it was worth the wait!

Yes, that's a Nikon D60 SLR!! Woo-hoo!! This obviously was taken with my old camera, an Olympus point and shoot. The battery is charging as I type on the new one, so I won't be taking any pictures until tomorrow. I'm so excited!! Dh is the best!

Thanks for all of the well-wishes. I've been feeling a little better, but not great. I did make an appointment for the Mayo Clinic at the end of the month. Here's hoping I make it until then! :)

You Know I'm Not Feeling Well When...

I didn't mention at all today that my birthday is a month away. Every 4th of every month, I say to at least 5 people that my birthday is so many months away. I didn't even realize it was the 4th until I wrote out a check at Target after work. That's sign number 40 that something's not quite right.

Top Model is doing makeovers tomorrow. My favorite episodes of the show. Project Runway finale tomorrow to - Go Jillian! Now if my head would stop pounding, it would all be good.

And, yes, even I'm sick of my bitching about my headaches. But it's my blog - so there. :P

Headaches are a Headache

Damn. These stupid headaches are back. Most likely sinus headaches. I was on antibiotics (or actually, still am, I end them tomorrow), but that hasn't even touched it. Thank God for vicoden. But now that's gone too. Now for the hard part, do I use my very few vacation days to trek down to Mayo and hope they can help? Or do I try something else and see what happens? Ah, the joys of chronic sinusitis. Believe me, I know everyone gets headaches, but not like this. It's hard to do anything or concentrate on anything with these babies. Maybe I just need a lobotomy.