This week in photos....

......aparently not a very exciting week..........I only have 2 photos for you. I take that back, it HAS been an exciting week, just didn't tak photos!

I bought this onion when Ty and I went down to the very southeast corner of MN to go caving and camping. There is a large amish population down there and we decided to take a tour. We bought an audio CD that brought you to several amish family farms. When and if I ever get a large sum of money.........there are a few pieces of furniture that I will be blowing it on. AMAZING! Sense I'm not flush with money, we bought jams, honey, and this little beauty. For 60 cents, this GIANT onion may be the best deal ever! (spice bottle for size comparision only!)

Saturday night, I did some senior pictures for the daughter of one of Ty's co-workers. Lots and lots of editting to do but here is a sample.

A day late but not a dollar short...

....I guess the end of summer means more frequent blogging activity. At least this is what I keep telling myself sense I'm convinced my lack luster posting activity has to be blamed on something.....and summer is as good as an excuse as any.

Ty and I are heading down to Southeast MN to go camping, caving, and amish people harassing. But before I go......I will leave you with today's (or yesterdy I guess) ThankfulThursday.

Today, I am thankful for.........

...my chacos..................made the fair sooooooo much better

...speaking of the fair....pig noses.........arn't they the greatest?

...clean sheets....what could possibly be better????

...Dryer sheets......mmmmmmmmmmmmm

...people who actually pay me to take their senior pictures.....isn't they like double dipping?

...cinnamon roasted almonds.......in the top 10 best things I've ever eaten

...toe nail polish.....how else do you cover up ugly toes?

...a dog who will do anything to make me laugh......or at least I convince myself its on purpose:)

...garden fresh potatoes......I have never tasted anything like it....AMAZING!

...THIS guy!

Because it is a physical impossibility....

....to wait until I'm actually done editting all of the photos until I share them.......her are a couple of Miranda's senior pictures! I will post more when I'm done! What do you think?

Class participation needed....

.....I want your favorite quotes, stories, poems, knock knock jokes........whatever makes you smile, gives you courage, or just a chuckle.

A couple of weeks ago, my friend Brittany posted this on her blog and I havn't been able to get it out of my head.

Come to the edge
No we will fall

Come to the edge
No we will fall

They came to the edge
He pushed them and they flew
-Guillaume Apollinaire

Or Jes and Kurt told me this AWESOME joke!

what's brown and sticky???? (A STICK!!!)

But the one that has gotten me through the most lately was from a small poster hanging on the wall at the Dr office that read:

Courage
doesn't always roar
sometimes courage is
the quiet voice at
the end of the day saying,
"I will try again tomorrow."

So bring on the participation!

Life altering lesson learned at the como zoo.....

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Life isn't always black and white.............

sometimes the grass really is greener on the other side of the fence!

Ha! I crack myself up!

ThankfulThursday

Is it bad that I'm thankful that I'm not the only one that lets blogging go by the wayside in the summer? Kinda of like misery loves company....

Here goes....
I am thankful for...

1. Insurance pays at least a part of the $46 dollars a box of contacts that I have to purchase 2 of every 3 months
2. My $1 planner that has more than earned its keep..........its fueling my list obessesion
3. My Pfaff...........we are having a love affair, MOVE OVER TY!
4. Tour de France........well and the fact that my dad doesn't have cable and is forced to watch it at my house. My dogs always have someone to let them out on time:)
5. SmashBurger.....mmmmmmmm
6. Etsy..............www.etsy.com
7. Cheese graters......seriously...think about shredding cheese with out it
8. My talent....ability....magical power to french braid my own hair:)
9. Water proof mascara
10........................YOUR MOM!!!!!! .......cause if she didn't exsist, you wouldn't be here to read my ridiculous posts!

A good reason...

.....to deal with power tripping security guards?
...to stand for 3 hours smashed into a sweaty...sweaty place?
...to lose 75% of your hearing for and hours after the noise is over?


....to live the evening with paranoia because a certain previously mentioned security guard tried to take one of your lens to you camera because he says its to long and then you hide it and sneak it into another door and use it anyways.

...to stay up until 2 in the morning at which time you have to go deliver newspapers and don't actually get to bed until 4 in the morning when you didn't go to bed until 3:30 the morning before.

....is it a good reason to get to enjoy the single best show you have ever seen in your life?

.....welll.....is it??

You bet your hiney it is!!! GREEN DAY was absolutely the best concert I've been too! If you ever get the chance...I would suggest. Or.....just wait for me to win tickets again and hope I invite you this time. In the last year I've won 4 sets of tickets from the radio.....so you can calculate you odds.....

So let's talk about the single worst security guard in the city. When I was getting ready to leave, Ty called the Target Center to see what their policy on cameras was. I didn't want to bring my SLR and then be told it wasn't allowed. Target Center said that as long as the camera didn't have video recording or sound recording (which really what camera BESIDES an SLR doesn't have that feature) it was okay to bring in. So we go to get in and the guy asks to look into my bag. He pulls out my camera and proceeds to tell me that it is a video camera. After telling him 3 times that it was not he decided to try and tell me that my lens was too long. All this time he kept trying to ripped my camera out of my hands. You don't grab an expensive piece of equipment away from someone, or at least someone like me, and not expect me to get a little snarky about it. There were too other female security guard who kept telling him to let me go in. So when I started to walk by he grabbed my arm and told me he was calling his manager and I couldn't leave. Well the manager called back and said that I would have to go put the lens in my car. Are you kidding me? This is downtown! Not like there are parking lots conveniently located near by. So I ripped my stuff away from this dude and walked away. I then proceeded to put the smaller lens on my camera, hid the long lens very well in the many compartments of my camera bag and go to another entrance. The security guard there started to tell me I couldn't bring an SLR in but when he saw the length of my lens he told me I was fine.

So what did I do??? As soon as Green Day came on I switched lenses! Ha!