Day 25 - Sleeping

I almost had to take a picture of my daughter for this one as very often she does fall asleep in positions that seem to defy gravity and well known physics. I however decided to stick with my goal of few pictures of my daughter for this challenge and I hunted down our pet cat.

Jessie very often cuddles in the middle of our bed, but I found her huddled sleepy eyes on her pillow. It was almost a year before she even set foot on the pillow, but we kept it on the floor in our closet (one of her favorite places to sleep) and we made sure to keep everything else picked up.

She's a cutey and loves to lie near your neck and purr her little heart out. I couldn't have asked for a better lovable kitty.

Day 24 - Togetherness

I've mentioned before that I love taking photos, this is just a small sampling of my photos before I went digital. One box are my panoramic pictures while the other box is sorted by various subjects. Each mini album contains one type of subject and makes locating my photos a lot easier. Although you cannot see it in the photo, the two boxes are sitting on a file box which contains older photos sorted by subject as well.

Most of these photos are photos of my family and I cannot think of anything else that represents togetherness more than that. I have always believed that family comes first and that spending time with my daughter - be it just watching tv or creating art projects is more important then cleaning the house or doing laundry. I try to balance this out since the birth of my daughter so that she can learn good habits - as my habits are not the greatest ones and I want her to be a better person than I am.

Although I am not the neatest person, when it comes to finally putting something where it goes or organizing my papers I am borderline - ok no border I am downright anal about how it goes. As I mentioned, each mini album has one subject inside, the front of the album carries a title (ex. Caves, Towns, Sisters, names of the individual pictured inside). The file box below has one section where I store the negatives in file folders labeled with the date and subject and then another section with the actual photos with their date and subject matching the negative folders. Even my photos on the computer are organized in a manner similar to this. I once came across a hint (and it may have very well been on Gotta Pixel) about labeling my photos with the YEARMONTHDAY_SUBJECT_ORIGINALFILENAME.JPG/GIF/BMP - I go farther then that and often have file names that look like this 2010January20_365Challenge_Day20_picture1.jpg --- if I have the time I am even known to fill out the properties including comments I have about the photo... how anal is that??

Day 23 - Weakness

Candy is a huge weakness of mine, but not just any candy. Lollypops, bubblegum, and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups (I have none in the picture because I refuse to buy more then one at a time because otherwise they are all I would eat.)

I wasn't sure how I was going to accomplish this picture since I tend to not purchase the candy I want to eat. I am terrible with self control when I'm at home but I'm great at least when I'm buying items at the store.

Day 22 - Addiction

I am addicted to my computer/typing/chatting. I have been doing it for many many years and can usually be found with a keyboard in my lap or my cell phone in my fingers and I'll be typing away.

I have gone without using a computer for a couple periods of my life, but I am more likely to turn off the cable tv and keep my internet connection if I'm watching how I spend my money.

I can always watch movies and tv shows on my computer, but I can't keep in touch with my family and friends through my tv!

Day 21 - Shoes

I've mentioned before that I don't like to wear shoes; however, as I've grown older I have found that my toes are almost always freezing so during one of our first winters here I requested a bunch of fuzzy fun slippers. These are my favorite ones and I wear them almost none stop.

It has even gotten to the point where I am known to wear them while wearings socks because my toes will still be freezing - I wonder if it is a sign of old age or just a really cold winter!?!

Day 20 - Architecture

I don't really pay that much attention to buildings, I might say "Oh that one looks neat/cool (insert other adjective here)" but for the most part I look to mother nature and not man made features.

I took this shot of or portion of our house - one of the features I love in addition to our fireplace, which I've posted pictures of. There were originally glass shelves between each beam and the wood was a green color of paint. These posts are in a section of the house that had some other wooden features and all were different shades. They all now sport this darker shade of paint to resemble a cherry wood.

It took me a lot of thinking about this one and made me wonder about how I look around the world around me and how I take the man made features around me for granted. I am known to appreciate sculptures and other artistic pieces but very rarely do I look at a building as artistic.

Day 19 - What the . . .

What do you see?

These are my favorite type of photos to take of Mother Nature. Natural objects, that to my knowledge, have not been altered by human hand. This was the photo that really spurned me on this quest when I am out and about. When I look at this particular stalagmite it seems to make the face of a dragon to me.

I wonder what you see when you look at this object. The stalagmite pictures was taken many years ago, I can no longer remember when exactly.

Seeing things within nature is something that comes as a second nature to me and I often wonder what this says about my personality and imagination. I like to think that it means I have a creative and active imagination and is one of things that keeps me young and entertaining to those around me.