Tuesday, Jan 15 - Whiskers

Whiskers is our really fat cat. She wasn't that way when we got her from the humane society, you could actually see her ribs. Unfortunately, I didn't know that the diet I was feeding her was making her this fat. She used to weigh 24lbs. She's down to 21 now due to the dietary changes we had to make for Harvey.

Monday - like comparing apples to oranges

I really like the way this photo came out.
Lucky me, I am not one of those parents who has to bribe their kids to eat their fruits/vegetables - they actually ask for them. My son used to dump out his whole bag of Halloween candy and eat the apple from the fire department first.

I skipped Saturday and on to Sunday

Friday nights frustration seemed to ooze into Saturday and I didn't take any pictures on Saturday (that and I hadn't realized my battery was dead and it sat on the charger instead of being in my camera).
Harvey
The worlds most expensive cat...just cost us over $1500 due to a urinary track blockage. We've changed his diet quite drastically and he's doing well now. If you look at his front paws, you'll see they had to shave them to put in IVs.
He is the coolest cat ever - he fetches things (especially his pink mouse) and just overall acts more dog-like than cat-like.

Jan 12 - The Track Meet

My son is in Indoor Track. While I support him in his efforts, I must say this sport is boring enough to make your eyes bleed. See this? that's the action... an ungodly amount of teenagers sitting around. People walk across the track while runners are competing !

I got really frustrated with my camera and not being able to make it do what I want.... I know it has a "burstable" setting, so I should be able to take a series of photos click,click, click and catch runners, right? um, no... they usually end up looking like this...which is kind of cool in an abstract art kind of way, but not at all what I was going for.

January 10th, 2008: The birthday boy

Birthday cake doesn't get eaten in my house. There. I said it. I spend a lot of time making cakes (I made great ones when the kids were smaller with all kinds of candies and shapes, no one asks for them any more boohoo). Now I make the cake, we all have a piece then and the rest goes forgotten until I throw it all out.
So, Jody asked for cupcakes for his bday. Here he is blowing out the candles. We usually use number candles, but in 15yrs of birthdays, the "3" seems to have gone missing. I thought I picked out plain ole boring candles (for emergencies such as numbers missing).


It turns out...they were "magic" candles which continuosly re-light themselves and put a ton of smoke in the room. Look at the smoke - do not look at the desk I am trying to organize while trying to get tax stuff together. Or the curtains I haven't finished altering so they look right. Or the laundry on the loveseat.
The Birthday Boy.

Kitchenaid and cupcakes 1-9-08

My kitchenaid and I have become friends again since Christmas time. I really think leaving it out on the counter makes a difference in how much I use it. If only I could figure out how to keep the counter "decluttered" looking without it on there. Perhaps it's a lost cause in my house.

January 8, 2008

A totally gorgeous day in western NY. In Rochester they said the high was like 67, but my Jeep said it was warmer than that - and since we're about 25miles south of Rochester I'm sure it was right. After working in the yard raking leaves (kind of missed that time in November!) we went to Ontario Pathways. The sky was really greyed out most of the day, but overall it was such a gorgeously warm day. It might not seem like a big deal to be in the 60s, but normally the high is in the 20s !

We discovered this waterfall along the way. The last time we were here, it was just a trickle and looking nothing like it does in this pic.

I love this picture of the water. It is the shadow of the trees and the leaves you see are actually settled in the water.

More little waterfalls off of the big one.

Close up of the water. I swear it looks like beer.

This is what I was standing on. I take a lot of these kind of pictures because I love the texture.

This is one tree. I like the contrast of the bark. When the picture is bigger it looks like crackle paint on the left.

Tree roots. I think I am going to experiment with making this one black and white.

Fallen tree - cool,eh?


Here's a photo from my backyard. Oh look, we had 5 minutes of actual sunshine ! there are big, dirty piles of snow everywhere. I always think that's so weird when it's almost 70degrees.

Way more than one picture today ! I can't wait until it is nice all of the time here. It is so scenic here when it's nice and not a speck like NY City (which is what everyone thinks it is when you say you live in NY).