time flies.

it really does.

did i say excellent?

current song: friends
artist: band of skulls
good song.

so i was looking at the pioneer woman's blog today. love her. you can find her here. she takes excellent pictures and i was thinking, "i want to take excellent pictures too". and then i thought "you know i could take excellent pictures if i had an excellent camera." ok well maybe i couldn't, but how will i ever know if i don't give it a try? but the truth is that i don't know the first thing about cameras or photography. i wouldn't even know what kind of excellent camera to buy.

do you have an excellent camera?
i need help.
also, i need money.
thanks.

you know who else takes excellent pictures? my mother. that's right. my very own mom. so it's gotta be genetic or something. she actually just got back from a middle eastern excursion in Israel (why is that the only word i've capitalized so far? actually it really bothers me to not correctly capitalize words when i'm typing, but honestly i'm too lazy to do anything about it.)
anyway...back to my photographer mother. she's great. if you don't believe me, see for yourself...

yeah she's good.
love you mom.

why do i continue to do things that kill me?

that's what i asked myself when i woke up today.
why? because last night i did this...well not exactly this. i played indoor soccer last night.
and i can guarantee you that i looked nothing like that girl because she's got game.
let's be honest, i probably looked a little more like this kid...i would like to thank the very nice guys and gals who let me play on their team though.
they were very nice and didn't make it obvious that they were annoyed
with how absolutely horrible i was.
but regardless of playing horribly and my body being in complete revolt
today, i completely enjoyed playing.
i'm ready to play again.
so if anyone wants to be on an indoor team, let me know!

sore

today is day 4 of working out. i am beginning to remember why i never worked out regularly before. i think the last time i did any kind of regular exercise was in high school when i played sports. yeah, it's been a while. i'm determined though. i've never been so determined to get in shape. so this better work...

get excited

teddy bears

you know what i don't like?

teddy bears.
no, i don't have an aversion to teddy bears in their purest form.i can appreciate this guy for what he is. i mean, i don't mind them as stuffed animals.
but when people take the teddy bear too far, you end up with things like this...
the ever popular teddy bear baby room. one lesson that can be learned
from the 80s is that teddy bears should never EVER be used as a design motif. period.

but some more extreme uses of the teddy bear include...
the teddy bear jacket? that's right folks. get yours now before winter hits.
i've got mine ordered already.
and then there's this...

somebody took their love for teddy bears so far as to try and become one. this picture honestly just made me laugh so hard that i had to include it. i mean, really...why?

ok i feel better.

adele and reminiscing

right now i'm

listening to adele

(i recommend this album if you don't already have it)

and reminiscing over some old photos.
here are a few. i know you may not know some of these people. indulge me.
it's ok to laugh at them.

high school...

high school sweethearts
college...
who's the guy in the red? oh wait that's my husband. isn't he handsome? i don't know those other weird guys...
well that was fun.