MIA

I know I haven't been here on a while but I have been taking pics everyday, well almost everyday and as soon as I get a break, I will be posting my daily pics.  Work has been keeping me busy and I have been working long hours.  I haven't even looked at my fellow challengers pictures either, but hopefully work is winding down a little and I can begin to breathe again.  I do have a wedding and a maternity shoot coming up next weekend and weekend after next so don't give up on me.  :)

Star Light, Star Bright - Day 41

Can't go to sleep! So what do I do? I get up and try and catch the half moon setting at 12:30 a.m.  By the time I got my camera set up, I pretty much missed it.  Then I noticed the stars shining brightly so I took a few shots of it. Can you see the big dipper in one of them.  The picture with the lights is of my neighbor's house about a 1/4 mile away. 

My Latest Goodies - Day 39 and 40

I'm up in Guntersville again this week.  I had seen several thrift stores that I wanted to stop at when I was here two weeks ago, but the weather was awful, rainy, cold and snow.  I stopped at a few yesterday and a couple more today.  I struck it rich (so to speak) for props for my photo shoots so I am sharing these with you.  I had been looking for a briefcase and was not going to spend a small fortune for one.  Well, I found one!  Perfect condition, leather and just perfect.  You will not beleive how much it cost....$5.99!  Then I found this mini easel that I want to use to hold my card up for taking pics, .29 cents!  There is only one item that was brand new and I just could't pass it up, this beautiful Cheateah chair.  It is adorable and I have so many great pic ideas for this one, I thought it was worth it for $50 (yeah, I know, a little steep but I will get use out of it)  Here are my finds from the past two days.

Is this not too cute?

This cute rocking horse was $4.99

Look at how great the condition of this suitcase it.  $5.99

not a scratch, rip or anything, just a little dirty on top. 

Perfect to hold my handmade cards on.  .29c

My aunt found these and they were just $6.95

another one for $6.95

Word plaques were 40% off $8.00

Going to Huntsville this weekend and I can't wait to see what I find up there.  I love thrift stores and finding a bargain!

Special Order of Smelly Jellys - Day 38

Thankfully, I have been getting orders lately.  My latest order was for smelly jellys.  What is different about this order is that she wanted them in wine glasses.  I wouldn't normally do this because there is no way to put a lid on the glasses to keep them from spilling.  She lives fairly close and I am going to deliver them to her so I don't have to worry about shipping these.  I thought that they came out pretty good and based on her comment and wanting some more, I guess they are a success!

Love Spell, Pomergranate, Sweet Pea, and Amber Romance

Gi-Gi's Cupcakes - Day 37

I had a meeting in Huntsville and everyone has talked about Gi-Gi's Cupcakes, so I decided to get a half of dozen and bring them home to the boys.  Unfortunatley, they didn't make it intact but they were so pretty.  I put them back together and tookk a couple of pics.  Wasn't too impressed with the taste and there was more frosting then cupcake and I was expecting some cool flavors but to me they tasted just like yellow cake basically. 

Day 35 - A little bit of Action.

Due to all the snow that we have had, the kids missed several days of school,.  In order to make it up, they are having to go to school on Saturday.  Today was the first Saturday that they went.  Ryon pitched a fit about going and didn't want to go and said that I was mean.  I don't know what he was complaining about.  He didn't do any schoolwork and he left early for his last basketball game.  It's not like he would've done anything different if he was at home.  I told him that he would get over it :).  Here are a couple of pics from the game.  Keep in mind that I do not carry my SLR everywhere I go, these were taken with my Kodak that I carry with me everywhere (a whole lot easier to carry, but not always the best pics.)

Diaper Party - Day 35

One of my co-workers is having a baby and instead of having a regular baby shower, we decided to give her a diaper party.  What mother can't use diapers and wipes.  I took a pic of the table before everyone got there.  I wasn't able to stay because I had to make a home visit :(

Lunch at Hooters - Day 34

I had a meeting in Birmingham and my co-workers and I went to Hooters for lunch.  Needless to say that we were the only females there during most of our lunch.  They had some funny signs haning around and decided to take pics of the signs and then asked the girls if they would pose for a picture.  My co-workers ran out the resturant when I asked them, thinking that I am totally crazy.  Hey when you have a photo opt. you got to take it and I hadn't posted pics in the past couple of days.  Here you go.

Where do the other "Men" go?!?