This path I take
No major explanation on this photo. It was also taken at Whalen Lake near me.
No major explanation on this photo. It was also taken at Whalen Lake near me.
-Jenny-
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Day 19 | 365
Faith
Some days, faith, is all we have to hold on to. Today, this plaque that I received from my mother-in-law at a time when I wasn't sure how much more I could handle in life, called to me to take it's picture. It was almost like a feeling that it knew I would need this saying today and I do. I found out today that my grandfather is in the hospital and not doing too well and this sign can help me realize that things are in God's hands and I just need to trust in Him that things will be alright. I am not in the writing mood tonight so I am just going to close with this quote, "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference"
-Jenny-
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Day 18 | 365
♥Our Pretty Kitty♥
Our 3rd child, or should I say my husband's 3rd child. This is our kitty, Sylvia. She is a gray short haired tabby cat that we have had for around 9 years. If you ever come to my house, you will probably never see her unless you happen to look like my husband. She and him have this bond that cannot be broken...maybe because he is the one that feeds her (I would forget since she hardly shows her face). When my husband goes to bed she is sure to follow him and she even gets under the blankets for about 2 minutes or so until she is ready to get her rubdown and get cozy on my side of the bed. I will say, no matter how much I cannot stand her hair all over the place and the smell of her nasty food, she is and always will be a part of this family. I mean, what would we do without a cat that can act like a squirrel (stands on her hind legs with her front paws up) and growls like a dog when she hears a car pull into our driveway. =)
-Jenny-
Monday, January 17, 2011
Day 17 | 365
My Monday Macro
Well, I put my poor man's macro to the test today. It is a working progress, but will not give up. I absolutely love macro photography, but I'm not too sure I will get the shot I want without a macro lens, but I am willing to wait. This is a knob from our armoire. I don't know if it is just me, but I think things look more beautiful up close.
-Jenny-
Day 16 | 365
Whalen Lake
This photo was taken on my little outdoor excursion at a nearby lake. I have always wanted to capture this old barn and I finally was able to get out and get it with the beautiful snow covered ground and I love the way it turned out.
-Jenny-
Day 15 | 365
SURPRISE!!
So, my day started out like a typical Saturday...wake up, get the kids ready to go to church, and this Saturday get them packed up for a weekend over at Grandma and Grandpa's. Me and the hubby were very excited to have a weekend to ourselves and to hang out and relax. Well, since our little girl was sick on my birthday we were going to go out and enjoy a nice quiet dinner just the two of us and I couldn't be more excited after the past month of craziness we have had. It was nice to have the break.
It was a great day. We got home from church and shockingly Vince said he wanted to clean the house since he had people coming over for the Bears game Sunday (so he said). I took advantage of it and I went out and snapped some photos outside at a nearby lake still having no clue of what was taking place. I got home and was amazed how well Vince did at cleaning in the short amount of time and thought he should do this more often. lol Well, we were on our way to dinner and I was just excited to enjoy a dinner that I didn't have to cook or clean up after and I get to come home to a nice clean house...the night couldn't possibly get better?! Well, it did!
Apparently there were family members at our house while we went to dinner decorating like mad and setting up food and waiting for my return. Well, dinner didn't go as planned...took a little longer to get seated and fed so our family and friends were waiting a little longer than planned. So, here we are done with dinner and are heading home while I am telling Vince that I just can't wait to get home, put on comfy pants, and relax on the couch watching a movie...he just nonchalantly nods his head in agreement probably chuckling under his breath and nervously hoping that everything goes off without a hitch. We pull into the driveway and make our way to the door and I enter into wonderful screams of "SURPRISE!" and a house fully decorated and full of delicious food and desserts. I was completely shocked and so grateful to all that helped pull it off. I have to say I have the best husband and the best family and friends!
What a way to make a memorable birthday!
It was a great day. We got home from church and shockingly Vince said he wanted to clean the house since he had people coming over for the Bears game Sunday (so he said). I took advantage of it and I went out and snapped some photos outside at a nearby lake still having no clue of what was taking place. I got home and was amazed how well Vince did at cleaning in the short amount of time and thought he should do this more often. lol Well, we were on our way to dinner and I was just excited to enjoy a dinner that I didn't have to cook or clean up after and I get to come home to a nice clean house...the night couldn't possibly get better?! Well, it did!
Apparently there were family members at our house while we went to dinner decorating like mad and setting up food and waiting for my return. Well, dinner didn't go as planned...took a little longer to get seated and fed so our family and friends were waiting a little longer than planned. So, here we are done with dinner and are heading home while I am telling Vince that I just can't wait to get home, put on comfy pants, and relax on the couch watching a movie...he just nonchalantly nods his head in agreement probably chuckling under his breath and nervously hoping that everything goes off without a hitch. We pull into the driveway and make our way to the door and I enter into wonderful screams of "SURPRISE!" and a house fully decorated and full of delicious food and desserts. I was completely shocked and so grateful to all that helped pull it off. I have to say I have the best husband and the best family and friends!
What a way to make a memorable birthday!
-Jenny-
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Day 14 | 365
Timeless Treasures
Today we went and visited with my family at my grandparents house. I hadn't done my photo of the day yet to that point so I still needed something, but have recently started getting mind blocks on what to photograph. I know I have been completely overthinking things, but just like writing and other art forms you always come to some dead ends...now I just had to turn around and just observe my surroundings while I back track some steps to choose a different path. With that, I made sure my point and shoot was in my purse just in case something struck me and yelled "Take my picture"! =) Well, that kind of happened. I have been to my grandparents house plenty of times, but when you get older you start looking at things a lot differently. Everything that is in my grandparents house brings up a ton of great memories that will always be close to my heart like going through my grandma's closet to pick out which shoes I wanted to wear that visit or getting out the wired rack on wheels (our cart) and go grocery shopping in her kitchen and using her big adding machine to do our checkout. Then there were the simple things like when I slept over and shared the bed with my grandma, we would simply use a flashlight and portray a sunrise and the hours of the day by where the "sun" would be across the ceiling. So, going into my grandmother's bedroom has now taken the turn to "Wow, this piece of furniture is over 60 years old and still beautiful". This is why these little things are part of my photo a day...the way of living back 80-90 years ago was so simple and seemed less complicated and it was the little things that were important and not how much something costs or the brand name. Life today is about who has the most money and who has the best and newest things...is that really how we want to look back and remember our lives? I know I don't want to look back and think, Damn, I wasted that much time for what, while missing out on the things that really count.
These photos represent that you are not defined by the things you have or will have, but the memories that come with them. Also, the photo is of my Grandmother's mother, who happens to have the same birthday as Lexi. I am so glad that I used this photo today and it now has a story to go along with it.
-Jenny-
These photos represent that you are not defined by the things you have or will have, but the memories that come with them. Also, the photo is of my Grandmother's mother, who happens to have the same birthday as Lexi. I am so glad that I used this photo today and it now has a story to go along with it.
-Jenny-
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