Love More

I was so tempted to just go to bed and not do todays photo so you better appreciate this!! I chose to take a photo of my closet door because of all the doors it's what holds the most meaning to me...as much as a door could. This door is located in my room, in a house where I have lived for 9 months - a small house with three rooms and four people, a house filled with love, a house where I have learned a lot about myself. I love this house, and I love the people who live in it! My closet contains so many pictures that so appropriately capture what is going on in my life - it has our photo reel from nursing formal, wedding invitations, Christmas cards from people who matter to me, pictures of some of the little people in my life, a commitment to the career I am about to start, thank you cards and a weenie flyer! I see that door and my heart is full, I think about the room where the closet door is located and my heart is full, I think about the house that the room where the clo...

Back on track!! June 8 - Six-O-Clock  This is me at six-o-clock, sitting at work and menu planning for the week! (Actually taken on June 10) June 10 - Best bit of my weekend  Well since I worked Fri-Sun nothing was really that great (it will feel great when I get paid on Thursday) So instead I'm posting pictures of my Calla/Kim day at Gage park since that was the highlight of my week! ( Taken with the nice camera pre lens disaster)  In other news, I went to Bell Arte today and a new lens for my Nikon will be 170$ which isn't as bad as I thought so after a couple weeks of saving I should be able to get a new one!! Hope no one melted today!!

I see a familiar pattern occurring here, one where I commit to doing a monthly photo blog and then I get about a week in and then I just stop doing it. NOT THIS TIME! I have a valid reason (maybe not) for the delay of the last few posts - I BROKE MY CAMERA LENS!! It's not a secret that I'm accident prone and things in my possession tend to break - objects not people just to clarify, that could be bad for my future career. ANYWAYS I have handled my new camera so carefully and then on Thursday I went outside to take some pictures of the impending storm, placed my camera onto my car seat, and then .... it fell off. It wasn't even a far drop I just think the way that it landed was the exact way to mess something up with my lens. Good news, I ordered a new one. Bad news (kinda), It's a telephoto lens which is great for far away shots but not the best for closer shots. So my game plan is to bring in my current lens to Bell Arte Camera down the road from my house a...

Here's me In a hat Yup

First let me start off by saying, I apologize for the long title - I got carried away. Second, I took more than one picture and this blog post will be longer than most - but Gage park is so great and holds so much so close to my heart that I couldn't just take one picture - SO THERE! (There were a lot of "so's" in that last sentence) The official June 5 picture - Sign Eucharist started almost two years ago in a small building just adjacent to Gage park, I think before coming to Eucharist I had only heard about Gage park I had never actually been there - being someone who lived in middle of nowhere Lynden I would be the first person to state my hesitation about downtown and take a strong stand on (fill in cliche downtown comment here). Then Eucharist happened and we met every Sunday in this really cool space. Eucharist's first building - took this picture from the park I had a good chance to really reflect on my life since Eucharist first met ...

I took a picture of jelly beans for a couple of reasons; One is that they are colourful and make for a good photo-op Two is that they in some way represent the power of the community I am in. These Jellybeans were used as a prize in Aaron and Cath's (two dear friends of mine) stag and doe. Justine won them and then gave them to Anne after a comment Anne left on a picture. There is SO MUCH generosity in my community and I am proud to be a part of it! Again, I know this is short - I am tired which dosen't make sense since I did NOTHING today.

As I mentioned before I started this - June has some lame photos - this being another one. BUT there is a story behind the food on this plate;  My dad used to tell me that no matter what you make if you make it with love somebody will notice. One of the many advantages of living with the Cumby's is that Anne expresses her love (well it's one of the ways she expresses love) is through her cooking, which is amazing. So basically anything on my plate made by Anne is amazing and makes me feel loved! Tonight's dinner - Asparagus and a chicken kabob with bacon,  pepper and onion                                          

I know it's "technically" Sunday, but it's 130 in the morning, I would rather be sleeping then posting this SOOOO Here ya go! Before After - an EMPTY (see what I did there) counter space!  No big inspirational blog for this one, I initially had a totally different idea for today but - well - ya. ALSO don't judge the before picture three very busy individuals live in this house and sometimes dishes take a back seat! That being said -my theory is, is that the whole house seems cleaner if the kitchen is clean!

So for my first post (posted on the right day might I add) I took pictures from the second I woke up and then a photo for each hour increment until noon when morning officially ends! Literally the second after I woke up - 8:30am  9am - Getting dressed  10:00am - Bags packed, breakfast eaten, heading out the door  11am - Waiting outside cottage 13 with Andrea for my appointment and a momentary panic when my car decided not to start. Thankfully it did!  12pm - Morning OVER, Value Village conquered. This picture was taken with my cell phone.  Hope you enjoyed the photo progression of my morning!!