And it happens again….
I am officially at a point where working out is in my routine and (I know this is crazy but) I am actually enjoying it a little bit. Not so much the actual workout – but the feeling afterwards and when I don’t go I feel yuck. I literally hit this point about 1 week ago, after months and months of regular work outs. So what happens….I hurt my foot! No clue how but it started bothering me last week after this ridiculously stereotypical aerobics class I go to on Monday’s to sweat my ass off. It was not that bad until I decided I HAD to wear heels on Saturday night and walk a million miles. So it is pretty bad now. I had to leave my ridiculously stereotypical aerobics class last night because it hurt so bad I was almost in tears. I probably should not have gone, but I burn like 800 calories in that class and that is awesome!
I am going to go to spin today to see if I can at least do that. This is not great news – I don’t want to stop going to the gym because if I do I know it will be way too hard to start back up. I finally feel like I am in a good place with working out and have a good schedule set and have come to terms with the fact that I just HAVE to do it no matter how much I un-enjoy it. This is what has happened to me every other time I have regularly worked out in my life. It always seems to be a foot injury too, hum….
Think happy thoughts that this will pass. It does not feel like a broken bone it feels more like a pulled muscle. But it is painful with every step – neat! Boo! Thumbs down!
OH NO!
My next door neighbor with the really annoying barking dog moved out a few weeks ago. I was nervous about getting a new neighbor because you never know. Well the new neighbor moved in yesterday and guess what….yep!…her dog is WORSE than the other one was! I was awakened at 6:30 in the morning by her small dog barking outside her back door to come in! Later this morning the dog was sitting in the backyard howling at the back door for a good 30 min. GREAT! This is gonna be fun!
“Hey nice to meet you, I am Jackie, your new neighbor. Oh by the way can you not let you annoying dog sit outside and bark all morning long. Thanks. Welcome to the neighborhood.”
Awesome – why oh why did Val not get to move in next door – boo. Why are people so inconsiderate of others? I would never let my dog just sit in the backyard and bark.
The dog is outside crying by the door as I type this message….BOO!!!!
Correction…
I apologize – Dylan Welch also reads my blog. He just has a hard time commenting. I believe that my dad also secretly reads my blog regularly but does not comment – just like on facebook!
Last Assignment
My mom and I finished our photography class yesterday. It was a good class and I learned a lot about my camera and taking good photos, but we were both ready for it to be finished I think. The best part about the class was seeing everyone’s photos and talking about what they did. They were very different ideas and some really great photos. It was fun to get out and use my camera and actually be aware of the features it has. Now I just need to keep using it and practicing.
Here are this week’s photos:
Assignment 7: selective focus
This one is great because Biscuit NEVER looks at the camera. I think I am gonna have to frame this one.
Assignment 8: Nighttime shot of a street scene.
I went to go take pictures of the tower but was afraid there would be like 10 other tower photos like the week before with the capitol. So I started taking photos of this stained glass window and they turned out pretty good.
Thanks for this week’s helper Nicole! She spent her Friday night riding around town with me so I could have company while taking photos.
Next stop – I need photoshop lessons – anyone?!
Third Assignment
This week was tough for me. The framing photo was easy, the leading lines photo was not so much easy for me. Now of course I think of all these things I could have done that would have been better, but oh well. Maybe I am not as creative as I need to be – practice makes perfect I guess.
Assignment 5 – Use the technique of leading lines:
Assignment 6 – Use the technique of framing:
Second Assignment
Here are the photos from this week’s assignment:
Third assignment: Person, medium close up position against a background like a street scene. Use a telephoto setting – make the person’s head about a third of the frame
Forth assignment: take the same photo using a wide angle lens, leave your settings the same and the head should still be about a third of the frame.
I love this city! I love that you can go to the dog park and see some of the best skyline views in town. Note all the construction – lots of high rise condos going up – I still don’t know who is going to be living in all these condos.
Thanks Casey, one of my best models, for giving up your Sunday evening to run around the park with me and of course Biscuit (not pictured) for coming too.
First Assignment
Here are the selections for my first photography assignment.
Assignment 1 was a well composed photo of a person with a soft background and a minimum depth of field. The winner is:
Best part about this one is that you can see Josh in the background
Assignment 2 was a photo of a subject in motion that visually demonstrates that motion. Winner is:
Please note the look on Josh’s face.
It just so happened that my first assignment coincided with a visit from my 2 most loyal readers. Thanks for letting me take 5 million photos!
Picture pages, picture pages
Ok not pages but just pictures. One of my favorite things is photography. I love to take pictures! For my 30th birthday some of my wonderful family members all pitched in a got me a really, really awesome camera. It is a Cannon Digital SLR with manual controls. I have had it all this time and have not used it much because I don’t really know how it works. Well after tonight I hope that won’t be the case!
My mom and I are signed up to take a UT informal class on the beginnings of digital photography. We will meet once a week for 6 weeks and hopefully become expert photographers. Ok so maybe not after these 6 weeks, but we should have a better idea on what to do. I am really excited to get out there and take some awesome photos! Be ready to look at them!
Father’s Day
My dad would probably consider himself a bit of a foodie. He loves a good meal and has taught us all to enjoy fine dinning. A few years ago we started a bit of a tradition where we kids will make a nice gourmet meal for dad at home. So he has the meal of a fine dinning restaurant (ok maybe not that good – but good) in the luxury of his own home. Meaning he is in the pool until 5 min before we eat.
My sister inherited my dad’s cooking gene and was our lead chef until she decided to move to Chicago. Last year Natalie took the reins but we had Brian to help with the grill. Now that Brian is a dad it was pretty much up to Natalie and I to do most of the work – my moms helps too.
We did pretty well I think. We had steak, twice baked potatoes, a grilled squash zucchini medley and best of all chocolate cake! It was a pretty yummy meal.
Here is a photo of my dad making the most of this father’s day – sleeping in the recliner with golf on – what better way to spend the day?
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- Happy Father’s Day
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- Paw Paw and Daddy “watching golf”
Happy father’s day daddy!
