Day 20

This one was hard for me. I have quite a few pictures that I have taken and I adore. Over Spring Break this year we went to see some of our best friends in Arizona. On the trip back we decided to stop at White Sands because our kids had never seen it. I was SICK!!!! Super sick, the kind of sick where you walk 5 feet and then cough for an hour and nearly pass out. But I decided to be a trooper and I wanted pictures of my kids playing. They ran off and left me though so I walked slowly and took some fun pics anyway. This one is probably the coolest thing ever! 

Day 20 - Fave Photo You've Ever Taken

I love how my foot prints look raised instead of being impressions. Just the right sunlight at the right time and I got lucky with a cell phone camera. No filters, no cropping - just luck. 

I did this in the first place because of a picture I took back in college when I was in a photography class. I had taken pictures of my footprints in freshly fallen snow with an old 35mm. I know I have the picture somewhere but I can't find it. My plan is to do it in mud too and then have all three framed and hang it in my future house in the mudroom...the present house is tiny and has no mudroom ;)

Of course I have a lot of favorites, I think those of us who seem to be passionate about all manor of things tend to have a lot of favorites. This is just the one I am choosing for today.

Day 19

Story of my life!

Day 19 - Imperfect

Laundry everywhere...constantly!

Day 18

This is where I think I might be crazy. I had always just done this and never thought it was weird until I actually had to type the words...

Anyway, this is 

Day 18 - Something We Don't Know About You

I have my books on the shelf chronologically by publishing date, and by author. I also had dust jackets on all of them...yes I am a geek. After I typed those words when I posted to Instagram I thought it sounded a tad creepy. I went to my room and started taking off the dust jackets and restyling the shelves. I can't go completely the opposite direction with this and I have too many books for my shelves to be technically "beautifully styled" but hey...they are BOOK shelves right? They are supposed to hold books ;)

Sorry about the light flare...these shelves are on either side of a window seat in our master bedroom and it's difficult to photograph them during the day. After doing all the restyling I was told that because nothing was alphabetical that no one would've known about my sickness because the shelves didn't "look" like I was OCD...oh well ;)

Day 17

Day 17 - In Your Bag

My bag is usually horribly messy and has receipts, gum wrappers, and a few hair bands tossed in. Luckily though, I had just cleaned it out. I also have this obsession with orange tic tacs...it's probably like my sickness with puffy Cheetos or maybe I just have a thing for orange stuff who knows!

Day 16

We didn't go to any stores or do anything particularly interesting today as far as shops and scenery go, but we did spend time with family over the weekend. This is my husband's aunt's backyard. To me it was the perfect 

Day 16 - Out and About

They have a great backyard and it's awesome to sit in and just relax. That was much needed!

Day 15

I cheated a little. Yesterday while I was at my parents I happened to look ahead because my mother seems interested in what I am taking pictures of for the challenge. I saw that it was yellow and had to take pictures while I was there. I like yellow...my husband does NOT, so as a result of that we don't really have any yellow in our home. My mother LOVES yellow. Her entire master bedroom and bathroom are done in shades of yellow, gray, cream, and rich dark woods. My mother also has a love of glass and dishes, a love that I share intensely! She has some gorgeous pieces and a few of my favorites are yellow.

My mother has 6 of these glasses and a pitcher that matches. Vintage of course, she got them in the late 60's and has had them my whole life! She uses 2 of these glasses in her master bath and they are fabulous

Day 14

When the week seems longer than you ever expected you sometimes count down the minutes until you're off work. It was one of those weeks people, and this was Thursday! Friday's aren't usually too bad though so I was excited that today's challenge was 

Time

My living room clock the second I was off work! I was excited, can you tell?

This is my other favorite thing to do with time in our house. This is my daughter's hourglass given to her by her great Aunt Vicky. We use it almost daily to time what Jade is doing. However, it's not flowing as freely anymore and occasionally gets stuck! She loves it though so it isn't going anywhere for a long while!