It's Been A While

To be honest, this blog thing isn't really working for me so well. It doesn't exactly fit in to the rest of my day. When I'm done with work, I usually just check MySpace and e-mail, and then either grab a quick shower (my family is laughing at me for the 'quick shower') or head right out the door to hang out with David for a couple of hours. By the time I get back, I just feel like there are so many other things that I should be doing - Washing/putting away laundry, vacuuming, cleaning off my desk...

Work has picked up for me quite a bit over the past couple of weeks, also. I'm glad for it, tho. I definitely need the money; especially since I owe the stupid IRS $1300!!!! How ridiculous is that? And for no other reason than the fact that I work at home...BULLSHIT!!

Anyway, I'm gonna give this a little longer. I don't want to quit it so soon after I started. Maybe I need to make a few changes in the 'Time Management' department. I dunno. Hopefully it won't be so long before I post next time. We'll see how it goes...

Dehart's Going Away Party

Last weekend was Dehart's Going Away Party. He joined the Air Force and leaves on March 31 (I think). Anyway, we couldn't let him leave town without a party...So we had one!! Janie and Zeeshan even came up, and we haven't ALL partied together since...I don't even know. It's been a while. Boys will be boys and the night had an interesting ending, but it was a blast anyway.

Good Luck Dehart!!

This is pretty much what controls most of my day....I feel like if it had a hip, I'd be attached to it!! I was just thinking earlier about what my job would be like if it were like everyone thinks it is (hopefully that makes sense). Most people find out I work at home and suddenly roll their eyes and huff about how 'That doesn't count. You work at home.'

That's a REALLY long rant, so I won't subject you to it. But trust me, my job DOES count, and I still have to work for my money just like everyone else.

Today is Mommy Dukes' birthday.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY DUKES!!!

OMG - So, I lost my ring this weekend. The first one my sister gave me about four years ago that I've been wearing ever since. I woke up on Sunday after the party we went to Saturday night, and it was gone! I was soooo upset....I just kept thinking about it! I had an idea of where I probably lost it. I just kept praying and praying, "Please let me ring be there! Oh, please!!"

David took me to look for it today. We had to turn around because we missed the spot, but as SOON as we pulled up, we both saw it at the same time. We didn't even have to look. It was just laying there on the ground shining right in our eyes! YAAAAAAAAAAY!!! And then all I could think was, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!!"

I was just so happy about it that I had to put it in here!!! :-) :-) :-)

And I think that's all, folks! Gonna go hang out with the family for a little bit, and then get rested up for tomorrow - Got LOTS of work. I'll be posting again as soon as I get a chance, so hopefully there will be more new stuff here soon.

Annnnnd.....These are from this past Saturday night. It started out pretty much like Friday - Went to a party and we weren't really diggin it, so we left. This time though, we ended up at Hard Times. The guys ended up getting a pool table (hence the first picture of David and Richard), while I had a beer with Dodge, who I ran into at the bar (the second picture). Only thing about that is the bar closes at 2 AM, and we weren't ready to go back home. Carmen walked in right as we were leaving so we took her with us, too. We ended up back at the party LOL (the last two pictures...David and I and Me and Carmen)!!


Anyway, we had a pretty good time....Until the end, anyway. Too much drama for me, but we'll let that go for the sake of still being able to enjoy the memory of the rest of the night.

With the Guys

So these are from this past Friday night. We had planned to go to a party and were on our way there when I took the first one (it looked kinda crazy to me...I think it was the beers I had before we left)! I kinda dig it.

Buuuut....The party ended up not being so great. We left about 10 minutes after we got there!! LOL We ended up at McDonald's and the bowling alley. Too bad the bowling alley was closing in 20 minutes!!! The guys played games though (go figure) and I figured I'd take a couple of pictures.

'Scrappy'

Meet Scrappy - My cuddle buddy, leg warmer, bodyguard, riding companion and quite possibly one of the coolest, most loyal friends you could ever want!! This is my FAVORITE picture of him. It's also the one that is in the Bissell Pet Photo Contest for this voting period. You can go to Scrappy's photo directly here: http://www.bissell.com/redirect.asp?page_id=47128&Pet=2161 or stop by Bissell's site to vote on OTHER photos at the OTHER site below (but hey, you heard about it here first, right): http://www.bissell.com/Vote_on_Photos.aspx
Voting for Scrappy's photo ends on March 11. I have entered one for the next period also, though, so be sure to check back.

I am 99.9% certain that you'll be seeing a LOT more of his cute little face on this blog, so I sure do hope you think it's as adorable as I do!! :P

Can't Upload Photos Tonight...

I wasn't technically 'tagged', but since I can't upload any photos tonight anyway (something going on with the site) and I came across this, I'm gonna go ahead with it...


Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more (no cheating).
Find page 123.
Find the first 5 sentences.
Post the next three sentences.
Tag 5 people.

The 'nearest' book happened to be an entire bookshelf, so I just picked my favorite: "Message From 'Nam"

'She cooked for him at night when she got home from work, or sometimes he met her in the city and they went out for dinner. And she was crazy about her job at the paper. They gave her interesting stories to do, and sometimes she just stood there and read the Teletypes, feeling as though she had a finger on the pulse of the world.'

Don't really have anyone to 'tag' I don't think...But if you come across this, feel free!

Laylah

This is Laylah - Janie and Zeeshan's little girl!! I don't get to see her as often as I'd like, so I try to always get pictures. She was feeling pretty sleepy in the first one (right before Mommy left with the girls to go out a couple of weeks ago), but she was wide awake the next morning (when Mommy had a hangover and needed some sleep)!

It's pretty hard to believe she's almost a year old...And she's starting to walk!! She looks more and more like Janie every day, and I'm putting money on it that she'll end up being a lot like her, too!! Wonder who her accomplice will be? :P

Janie's Birthday

So....I didn't take either one of these. The first one is Shai, Janie and I at the end of the night on Janie's birthday (2/2/08) and the second one is Janie with her salt shaker (see below). I've kinda decided to make this blog a little more personal than just posting photos - I wanna take it a step further than just being a 'photography' blog and actually make it about the photos AND the photographer (ME, silly!!!), which I think is just genius since I only have to have ONE blog instead of a personal and a photography.

Anyway, these are from Janie's 24th birthday. Janie and I have been friends for about the last 6 or 7 years. We have had some of the craziest times together!!! Her birthday was the first time I had gotten to go out with her since Laylah was born, so I definitely tried to make sure we had a good time. Both of these were taken at the end of the night. For as many as we had that night, I think we came out looking pretty damn good! And though none of us have any idea how, Janie ended up with a salt shaker from the club. I had a rose that someone gave me in the bar, but I splattered it all over the sidewalk on the way to the car. (Note to self: Wedges + Intoxication=Disaster)
Ya know...I got a t-shirt from the Captain Morgan girls that night, too, but Shai and I are currently in the middle of a custody battle over that little guy!!

In my first post last week, I was talking about how I DEFINITELY did not plan on spending this past weekend watching the guys play games. Literally two minutes after I posted that, I got a message from Janie letting me know that the girls were going out again!! YAY!!!!

We had TONS of fun, and while there are pictures, I'm waiting to get them from Janie and Saima. I'll post them when I do.

'Doodle'

This is Doodle (AKA 'Cuddle Bug'). I've posted this photo before, but this is the second one that I entered in Bissell's Pet Photo Contest, which the voting opened on today. So....If you happen across this anytime between March 4 and March 11, stop by Bissell's site and vote (http://www.bissell.com/Voting_Period_9.aspx).

If you decide to, you can go directly to Doodle's photo and vote on it there (http://www.bissell.com/redirect.asp?page_id=47118&Pet=1748).