mandylouwho's PhotoBlog

Cheating

2009-01-05T17:17:33Z

I'll admit it, these pictures are not from today. How was I to know that when I posted my picture of the day that we would get a last minute invitation to go out to dinner at one of my favorite places (the place that swings the lamps, like my September Post)? I really love this restaurant - we always have a blast there. But, but I'd never looked at it with my (now slightly more trained) photographer's eye! I was like a kid in a candy shop - which is why it's such a big set of pics. I hope the pictures make up for the cheating :-)

Used Book Store

2009-01-03T17:44:55Z

This is just some of our books - I never really thought that the flood in our basement could lead to a new revenue source, but we really do have a ton of books that we really need to get rid of.

Just Wrong

2009-01-03T02:10:26Z

As a scrapbooker it seems horribly wrong to throw away pictures - but I did it anyway! I had so many pictures that were duplicates, fuzzy, bad lighting or extra in some way (some just plain didn't make the cut to get into the album). So I did some house cleaning and got rid of them. Though I'm still fighting the urge to go get them out of the trash :-)

Day 367?

2009-01-03T01:52:48Z

I'm still here, I can't keep away :-) The more I thought about it, the more I realized that I really love doing a picture a day. I love how it's changed my perspective on things. Also, since my dad loved photography it makes me feel more connected to him. And I have to hang out to support my sis and my friend who are both taking up the challenge this year (go take a peek, it's ok, I'll wait). So this is how I spent my day - sitting around watching football, the only fitting way to spend New Year's Day.

What Are You Doing New Year's? 366/366

2009-01-01T19:38:03Z

This is it - the end of the year, the end of the 365 (well, 366)! I hope that you all had as great a time with this as I did, and a great New Year's as well.

Crazy Cat Lady 365/366

2008-12-30T23:33:31Z

Not that I have a ton of cats (just three), nope I'm crazy because I have organize the cat food! My Hubby thinks I'm nuts, he says the cats don't care. But every time I buy cat food I arrange it by flavor and brand and then make it as random as possible - who wants to eat the same thing every day (even if you're a cat) p.s. I'd hope that my final shots would be more interesting, but no, you get cat food - sorry!

Water Logged 364/366

2008-12-30T23:16:13Z

The saga continues... By 4am I was shin deep in water, setting sandbags - wearing my candy corn jammies, lime green fleece hat and gloves and my polka dot wellies (I've never been so happy to be the one behind the camera). We spent the rest of the day setting pumps, renting extra pumps, buying hoses and more hoses, running to pick up extra sandbags and stressing out over on-line updates. It was a long day, with not much sleep. By 4pm the ice jam that was blocking the flow of the river was cleared and the water had finally begun to recede - and I was finally able to take off my (very useful) wellies.

Water World 363/366

2008-12-29T21:19:30Z

Alright - I had a post all planned out (it was a good one too) but then the days events took a turn and I realized that so did the picture of the day! At 2pm the river in our back yard thawed, not usually a big deal - until it was. By 4pm the river had overflowed it's banks and was headed toward the house (it also sort of looks like we may have relocated to the Okeephenokee Swamp). At 10:30pm we had a heard of firefighters placing sandbags around our basement doors. When 2am rolled around we had the Fire Chief ankle deep in water helping us with our sump pump. The night continued on, with lots of sandbag carrying, water pumping and worrying.

Weary Traveler 362/366

2008-12-29T20:59:02Z

We got home from the airport sometime after 1am and to bed sometime after 2am. So when I had to get up to get the dog and grab some milk and bread, I sure was glad to see this little corner market in the fog.

Flying with Clover 361/366

2008-12-29T20:46:39Z

Today might have been the best flying experience we've ever had! The flights were on time, the attendants pleasant, and our change of planes was ridiculously easy (we literally walked off the first plane, across the concourse and on to the next). The best part was we got to fly with Clover and Foxy!