Photo Overload.

Last month I attended a photography workshop - hosted by my oh so lovely wedding photographer Leslie Spurlock. I've started blogging the images from there. I look at these photos and smile. I feel quite accomplished looking at how far I've grown as an artist in a year or so's time. I hope to just continue growing and learning as much as possible. I love it so much. I dont have any plans to make the jump to being a full time photographer anytime soon. I dont need to. I enjoy it almost as much as i enjoy my day job, and sometimes those two worlds collide too! So until those world's become one, if they ever do, - I'll just keep pushing forward with both. I already feel like I've succeeded in both, so anything further from here is just a plain ol' blessing.

If you'd like to check out the cool stuff from the workshop, hop on over to my photo blog!

The Great Toilet Paper Debate

Toilet paper oh toilet paper. not a big deal...right?! I'm not talking about the over or under thing..that's a whole other thing on it's own...and frankly, i dont quite care...i just care that it's ON the rolly thing it's supposed to be on...as I am continuously putting it back after Justin takes it off because he says...it's easier to use that way. and i havent yet been able to get him to put it back on the holder when he's done.

When i moved in...I brought my Angel Soft with me. It's cheap. It works.

Apparently, Justin is much more picky when it comes to what touches his bum.

He insisted we buy something else. He picked Charmin.

I hate it.

You see - Justin had gotten sort of used to the Angel Soft and it being...thinner, he says. But when we got the Charmin...he used the exact. same. amount. of tissue. Which led to the toilet being clogged. all the time. i think we're finally getting somewhere and improving that tho.

Until yesterday.

The weather here is AWFUL right now, and has been for weeks, if not months on end - and there was just no way we were going to the grocery store to get toilet paper last night. But...we needed gas in one of the vehicles for me to drive today - and i made Justin run into the convenient store and grab some TP. They must not have had Charmin.

He came back with Quilted Northern. I think this is a brilliant compromise between the cheap thin Angel Soft and the too freaking fluffy Charmin. He agreed we could buy this one from now on.

Hallelujah.

You can have it any color...so long as it's black!!

Id been without my black beast for a week and half. But I got 'er back!! Back with a brand. new. paint job. Been a long time comin. I figure, it was cheaper than a new car. And it's still running like a champ. Even if it wasnt, im not sure i could get rid of it. So - off went the car to Welsh Collision Center. I'm sure my car will be on the before and after page soon. Brad says my car sold him to two more customers while it was parked out front. bwaha. So go see Brad if something unfortunate happens with your vehicle...you can tell him me and Justin sent you :-p


Who thinks the weather right now in Houston sucks?! i do. I can deal with cold. this wind is horrid. I wanna go DRIVE! and take new photos. cause right now im confined to the driveway in between rain clouds. and that just gets old.

My favorite part of the whole car is the spoiler. It was A.W.F.U.L.

 

Much better now.

Another pic before it was completed.

 

I shall have sweet dreams now.

Annnnnd Moving On.

I dont even want to talk about Alicia at the moment. There's so much unknown crap, im just tired of hearing about it...cause i know my family, and it's just not going to change. Plus i've got my mom to worry about and take care of now...So as usual...i'll just move on.

Thanks to Liz over at Blame it on the Toes for sending me the Kreativ Blogger Award! Well it might be the Beautiful Blogger award! I wasnt quite sure! But the rules are the same!

Here are the rules:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award.

2. Paste the award on your blog.
3. Link back to the person who gave you the award.
4. Share seven interesting things about yourself.
5. Nominate up to 7 more beautiful bloggers.
6. Link the seven bloggers you nominate.




Let's see if i can think of 7 interesting things about me that you may or may not already know.

1 - I've played the trumpet for 13 years. It's been a little less frequently since i graduated HS in 2003, but i still play and i play well. I started reading music in 4th grade. Started trumpet in 5th. Moved to a new school halfway through that year, that didnt have band yet. So I moved again to start 6th grade, i was ahead of the game :)

2 - Holy crap I've moved alot. I mean really. No one should have to move as much as I have. It hasnt even been anywhere interesting like another state. or even another country. Just lots of places all over the Austin and Houston, TX area! I lost count a long long time ago. My mom would move one place, I'd move another with my grandma. Mom would get married, id move back there. and this continued til i was 18.

3 - When i was little i wanted to be an interior designer. I'm pretty sure that wouldnt have worked out real well considering my walls are bare.

4 - I've been driving since i was 12. but i didnt get my license til I was 18.

5 - In case i didnt post this in my intro post way back when - we have 3 mustangs. a silver 2000 GT that's supercharged, a black 2000 GT with every bolt on imaginable, and a '66 coupe that's being restored!

6 - I've never met my biological father. And i really dont quite care to either.

7 - We used to travel to Colorado every year. We'd drive through Arizona & New Mexico on the way...When i was little, like 6, i almost fell into the Grand Canyon. I was doing flips on the railing. Way to go me. Mammaw caught me thankfully.

And well...im supposed to nominate some others...but the ones i read have probably already received this thing at one point...so lets see who i can find!

Mrs.LoversKnot - cause she likes fashion and photos!
Cherise - for her new blog to support her new lifestyle!
FutureMrsLewis - for being so freaking creative with her DIY wedding crafts. Now if she'd just update her blog to show off her new table numbers!

Alicia was Found!!

Alicia and her friend were spotted walking down the Hardy toll road this evening!! Police stopped and they lied about who they were. BUT - police took them in, and they are being interrogated for the lies they've told so far. Charges WILL be pressed for lying to law enforcement. But the girls are SAFE. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!! We're still trying to get to the bottom of it obviously, and there may have been some foul play involved since Thursday - but they're in custody!