2-9-09.

No photo.

I have come to the conclusion that I do not enjoy Project365. I love looking at everyone else's project, but for me, I'm not that interested. I think I'm perceiving it as something more for me to do & honestly, I have enough. It was fun while it lasted though. Kinda. :)

So alas I am stopping this project & returning to normal blogging! With photos, of course. ☺

2-8-09.

Bentley. He's now stylin'. Pretty cute. :)

2-7-09.

No photo. I ain't too good at this photo a day thing. And my photos are getting way lame. You know how I feel about lame. ☺

2-6-09.

(There was a photo here - of dove in a tree. It drove me so crazy I had to delete it. So now there's no photo which I prefer. Ha!)

Where's Waldo? ☺ This is a familiar scene every time we walk out our back door. Believe it or not, this isn't half the dove that usually lounge in our trees. Typically there are over 20 in one location.

2-5-09.

Trix. They make me happy. Every time I pour them for my children (which isn't often), I am reminded of all the beautiful & vibrant colors God created. ☺

2-4-09.

Bentley Wii'ing. It's a riot watching him play. :)

Photo manual, no flash.

2-3-09.

No photo.

2-2-09.

For some reason, they were hiding in my pantry. I caught them. ☺

Photo manual, w/ flash.

2-1-09.

It's Miracle Day! You don't know how long we have been trying to persuade Bentley to ride his bike without training wheels. He's almost 8! His training wheels have been removed for quite some time - & he has been so leary of riding his bike. We have shown him, helped him, ran with him, I demonstrated on my own bike (yes I have a bike & it's ancient!), we have encouraged him, praised him, blah, blah, blah. To no avail.

Today we went outside. I told him today that he could do nothing outside. Except - ride his bike. He was angry to say the least. And it worked! Woohoo! He got on that puppy & off he went! Yay! I am so proud of him. He did great! He never hit the pavement one time. He teetered & wobbled, but he caught himself every time. He loves it & even asked to ride his bike to school tomorrow (haha...he ain't that good yet & we live too far). And I love it 'cause I was beginning to think he was going to be 14 before he could ride his bike! We're all happy dancing. :)

Bentley is my 'fearful' child. And I don't like it. After he succeeded at riding his bike, I explained to him that he has to let 'being afraid' go. I told him life is all about taking chances & you just have to go for it. Failing is learning. But if you have enough willpower, anyone can succeed. I told him he can accomplish anything in life he hopes to - but he can't do it fearful. Even if fearful, & we all are, aren't we? But you go. You try. You give it your all. You stare that opportunity in the face & you take that chance. And he did! I hope he now understands.

Way to go sweet boy!



(Photo taken on auto (updated - prior I had typed 'manual', but I meant 'auto'), & I think, w/ flash! I did this intentionally because there was no way I was going to mess up the shot of him riding successfully. I wasn't missing this for anything! I wanted to focus on him, not my camera. :)

1-31-09.

I opened some stick butter last week & discovered two sticks had been taped together. I actually cut thru one of them just to be certain. Is that not weird? I'll be phoning the company next week.

1-30-09.

Someone got scolded. ☺

(photo manual w/ flash.)

1-29-09.

No photo.

Unfortunately, I took on this fun project not knowing the unknown. :) Needless to say it wasn't good timing, but I wasn't aware of that then.

I would like to say I will be consistent with my one photo a day, but I know that's not being realistic at this point.

So, I will post when I capture a photo & will get back on schedule at a later date.

I know you all are so disappointed because I know how much you love my photos. LOL Ok, well, whatever. ☺

1-28-09.

So here we have exhibit A & B.

Exhibit A shows where I store my handy dandy lash divider. LOL Oh look, I've named something else. :) (Btw, I separate my lashes after applying mascara, not before.)

Exhibit B looks like a nail. It's not. It's a straight pin & I do believe I have had that very same pin for about 10 years now. I tell no lies. I always store it in my eyeliner smearer sponge (I don't really think those are the technical terms :) so it never gets lost & the wee ones have no access. ☺

1-27-09.

No photo.

1-26-09.

Piper. Now 3 months old. The vet thinks she will be about 60 lbs. She's also getting much more 'fawn' on her - all the other puppies are fawn (as well as her parents) but her & one sister are white. :)

1-25-09.

No photo.

1-24-09.

Living in Texas, we don't have these often enough.

1-23-09.

Yes, I understand that technically Project365 is a *photo* (non-plural) a day project. However, when one has a child as adorable as this, who can post just one? Not me.

And, to toot my own horn (sorry, but quite honestly, I could use a toot about now) - I'm pretty stinkin' proud of this photo shoot. Which was a quickie. :) I see my progress from when I started way back when (I was so proud of those photos then & now when I see them I shiver...heehee) but - I'm fully aware I have so far to go. Photography is just something fun for me to do. ☺

1-22-09.

Hello, Darlin'.

(Hubby encouraged me to continue my Project365 - so, ok. :)

1-20-09 & 1-21-09.

No photos. This ain't going so good. :(