Photo Day 48: For the birds.

Photo Day 48:  For the birds.  I currently have a weird obsession with ceramic birds.  So when I saw these salt and pepper shakers, I had to bring them home.  I love how they are perched on my stove, almost like they say "hi" to me everyday.  Almost.  No worries....I know that birds don't talk....especially the ceramic variety!

However, there are a few real birds pirched in the trees outside that talk trash to Paris all the time but that's a story for another day.

Photo Day 47: Stupid Bus

Photo Day 47:  Stupid Bus.  Missed the bus.  Twice.  No kidding. 

Thanks to the time change and the arrival of winter, it's getting too dark outside to walk home from the gym.  I tried to catch the 5:55 bus but I got there just in time to see the bus driving off. Oh well....I'll catch the next one which I thought left at 6:25.  So I head into the bus hub @ 6:21 and no bus.  After several minutes and still no bus, I check the schedule.  Holy crap! It left at 6:20.  Are you kidding me?!?!.....I missed another one.  Next bus leaves at 6:50.  So I walked home.

Photo Day 46: Post Card-esque

Photo Day 46:  Post Card-esque.  This is the view from my office window at work.  The snow looks so beautiful, right?!  Unless you are one of the people who bit the dust on the ice this morning….twice to be exact.  Thankfully, it was not me but I hear the view from the ground sucks.

Photo Day 45: Chair Renovation

Photo Day 45:  Chair Renovation.  Me vs. the chair and I win!  Crazy chair was reupholstered by some serious professional who knew what they were doing and wanted their work to last forever.  Sometimes I wish people would do a half-assed job!

Photo Day 44: Winter is here!

Photo Day 44:  Winter is here!  After snowing for only an hour or so, the hubby tells me I should go outside an make a snowman.  Hummm…it’s cold and wet and just enough snow to get me in the Guinness World Records for the world’s smallest snowman.  Yep…I passed on that idea! 

Photo Day 43: Daylight...Wait Up!

Photo Day 43: Daylight...Wait Up!  Procrastination.  Patience.  Just finish it.  Too cold.  Hurry up.  Prioritize.  Daylight fading fast.  But do it right.  Don’t feel like it.  Snow incoming tomorrow.  Laundry.  Dishes.  Lots of dishes.  Snow all weekend.  More dishes.  I hate dishes.

Okay...here's the game plan:  Off work @ 4:30.  Walk home (quickly).  Change into painting clothes.  Add 2nd coat of stain to the ottoman.  Dishes (ugh!). Cook dinner. 

Ready.  Set.  Go.......Halt!  What an amazing sunset...the sky is beautiful!  Stop all plans, find the camera, rush to the second floor balcony, take pictures.  (And while doing it, notice that the next door neighbor is staring at me from his window.  Until he sees me looking him, then he quickly closes the curtains.  He should have waived "hello" instead....it would have been less creepy!  LOL!)

Photos taken - check.  Okay....resume game plan. 

Photo Day 42: Nap Like a Pro

Photo Day 42:  Nap Like a Pro.  I went upstairs to get ready for the gym and this is what I found….two cats – passed out!  I firmly believe this kind of sleep can only be achieved through years of dedicated daily practice!  Wow....makes me feel like such an amateur!

Photo Day 40: Dinner Ready?

Photo Day 40:  Dinner Ready?  Our cats totally amuse me!  So I totally cracked up when I just happened to notice Paris sprawled out next to the stove while I was cooking dinner. 

However, if I'm a cat looking for a cozy spot to nap....I don't think this would be my first choice.  Paris says, "it's a cat thing - you're not a cat - so you wouldn't understand."  Okay then.

Photo Day 39: Getting Toasty

Photo Day 39:  Getting Toasty.  Hummmm....maybe our house is too cold during the day?  Makes me wonder when I see the fur-wearing members of our family regularly gathering in front of the heat vent.

Photo Day 38: Fall Back

Photo Day 38:  Fall Back.   I planned for the time change and it still caught me by surprise.  How does that happen!  The clock said 4:54am when Paris decided it was time to get up (ummmm...she starting clawing the bed).  So imagine my surprise when I see the atomic clock in the kitchen and it says 3:56am!!  Ughhhh 4am!  really?!?! 

I guess the upside to getting up at 4am (it's a stretch...I know) is that I had some extra time.  Yeah....I would have rather been sleeping but the ottoman got some stain instead!

Photo Day 37: Wings

Photo Day 37:  Wings.  Gotta love a friend who wants to celebrate her birthday with some chicken wings.  I know.....it's incredibly hard to imagine that I am friends with anyone who would eat such a thing! 

Photo Day 36: C'mon Trees

Photo Day 36:  C'mon Trees.  Not looking so good for the recently cleaned, bug-sprayed, pruned, and repotted ficas trees.  I'm guessing I was a bit over-zealous this time.  Hummmm....more is not always better!  Poor trees.  They were the recipients of my procrastination. 

Well....they each still have a few healthy leaves.  Maybe just enough to come back to their former glory.

Photo Day 35: Mascara

Photo Day 35:  Mascara.  Finding the perfect mascara is turning into some kind of science experiment!  I currently have 5 different ones that all promise to create voluminous lashes while being waterproof, smudgeproof, flakeproof, clumpproof, blah, blah, blah.  Well....they are all failing in at least one area!  I'm about to start calling the 800# on the product and start asking for refunds.  This morning I tried combining two of them and spent waaaayyyyy too much time applying mascara.  Guess what?  Still clumped, took forever to dry, and smudged within a few hours.  Hummmm....don't those stupid little tubes say WATERPROOF?!?!  So I'll try a new combination tomorrow....ugh!

Photo Day 34: Clothes Chaos

Photo Day 34:  Clothes Chaos.  Why is it that everything moves toward chaos instead of order?  And why is chaos a bit comforting in some weird I-need-therapy kinda way?  Today I must tackle the mound of clean clothes that has taken over our spare bed.  But first I must admit that it's been strangely free-ing the last few days to toss clothes around while trying to dig out a pair of matching socks. 

Photo Day 33: Whatcha doin?

Photo Day 33:  Whatcha doin?  Today is turning out to be one of those days when everyone I encounter is all too concerned about my biz-ness!  Full moon?  Nope.  So there's no explanation except that it's a state full of nose-eey people who are all "Minnesota nice".   My theory is that this "nice" culture breeds more nose-eey-ness since everyone is too polite to say "butt out"!

News flash people:  I'm NOT from Minnesota so if you insist on being nose-eey, don't be shocked when I'm not nice about it!

Photo Day 31: Halloween

Photo Day 31:  Halloween.   So....we also had a "new dad" ring the doorbell.  He was trick-or-treating for his infant who was sleeping in the stroller at the bottom of our porch steps.  Not only was the guy (aka - grown man) NOT dressed up in costume but if the kid-0 was in a cute getti-up....we missed out on that too.  And I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure feeding candy to infants is frowned upon!  So basically....some strange man rang our doorbell and we gave him candy - no questions asked.  Kinda creepy.

Isn’t it amazing that we had 2 trick-or-treaters dressed in costumes that look eerily similar to our cats? 

Photo Day 30: Free 50!

Photo Day 30: Free 50!  "The early bird gets the worm" or in my case…$50 buck-a-roos! While enjoying my Chai Tea Soy Latte (I’m still coffee free), I was doing some window shopping at the mall. A few stores opened early and it just so happened that Ulta was one of them AND it was their grand opening. So I wondered in to look around, get a free gift bag, and did a free-be drawing dealio. And whatcha know…I pulled out a $50 gift certificate! Hummm….now what do I spend that $50 on? Make-up, nail polish, maybe a new blow dryer or flat iron…ahhh….gotta love free!