1/25 *EDIT

Sydney's friend, Rugger, is over for a sleepover tonight! My friend Kim's heart is broken, so her and her dog came to spend the night in our warm house.

*EDIT: Kim's HEAT was broken, not her heart. However, had her heart been broken, I would have invited her over in that instance as well. ;-)

1/24

I bought Em the "My National Parks" edition of Monopoly for her birthday.  It's a really fun twist on the game!  (I was the player on the left... you can tell I was losing - look how many of my properties were mortgaged!)

1/23

Em brought me home flowers!

1/22

My childhood "lovey" ... her name is Annie.  (After Raggedy Anne, I'm assuming)

1/21

Tonight Em and I went to the gym to swim some laps and afterwards, we went for a little drive around Greensboro.  We passed where the school buses all park at night, and I took this interesting photo.

1/20

I've decided that I need to start carrying my camera EVERYWHERE I go... I'm a little paranoid about it, my camera is like my baby and I'm always scared it's going to get stolen/wet/broken.  But, I'm going to have to suck it up because I'm tired of being places and realizing that I'd love to shoot something and not be able to because my camera is at home, safely tucked away in it's spot!

1/19

I can't wait for the weather to get warmer so that I can venture outside to take some photos.

1/18

Em got beautiful flowers from her parents for her birthday.  They're blooming nicely!

1/17

I can fit all of my shoes into one bin now!!

1/16

I've missed my tiny, cozy room.

1/15

Our cat, Symon, snuggling on the couch with Em.  Tomorrow marks one year since he's joined our family.

1/14

Today I drove from Wilmington, DE to Greensboro, NC.  It took 8 hours.  I saw these beautiful clouds right as we were going through Richmond, VA.  I snapped this with my cell phone, which I think is fitting for the day.  I'm exhausted, my camera was packed (so that no one could see it when I stopped for pee breaks!), so this cell phone shot is all I've got for today.

1/13

I should have taken the time to make this photo better, and now I'm sorry that I didn't.  There was a beautiful sunset tonight, but I ended up finding more interesting things to photograph.

1/12

My mom's new boyfriend brought her flowers tonight.  We weren't expecting him, but he stopped in just before dinner and spent some time with us.  The flowers are gorgeous.

1/11

Tonight I decided to take a self portrait.  I figured mirrors are probably way over used for this (along with annoying myspace photoshoots), but hey, the lighting was good atleast!

So, I was born with blonde hair.  It was this beautiful golden/white blonde for all of my childhood, and then around age 13, when my eyes went from blue to green, my hair started getting darker. It's gotten darker and darker every year since then.  

So, my question to whoever is reading this - do you think I'm still a blonde??  Or have I crossed into the brunette threshold yet??

1/10

The house that we just moved into in October was just newly renovated.  It had a huge fire a few years ago, and had to be gutted and rebuilt on the inside.  The outside stone walls and the stone fireplace inside are the only remaining original parts of the 200+ year old house.  When we first moved in, I couldn't figure out why the ivy was gone off of the walls in the back of the house.  Our entire yard is covered in ivy, it's growing on everything.  And you could tell it was on the walls at one point, but all that's left now are tiny traces of the ivy.  My best guess is that the ivy grew up the walls of the house, but when the fire happened, the high pressure hoses used by the fire department just knocked all of the ivy right off the walls.  

1/9. One Minute Late.

After a long day, Em and I played with her dad's Canon when we got home.  It has fun settings.

1/8

Today we visited a close friend of Em's (Camp name: Pita) who had a baby boy 5 weeks ago.  He was so sweet, and slept in my arms for a good half hour.  I avoided using a flash, so that he wouldn't freak out.  However, I learned that infants don't really stop moving, so most of the photos came out pretty blurry.

1/7

We finally took down our Christmas Tree today.  I took all of the ornaments off before my doctors appointment, and then my mom took the lights off and took the tree down when she got home from work.

Note: You can see half of me as a baby on the right side of this photo.  =)

1/6

Good snack, boring picture.

Bear with me.  I've photographed like every inch of this house already.

That kiwi was awesome though.

1/5

I am seriously devastated that my "mystery rash" is back.  It covers my stomach, my upper arms, my shoulders, and my fingers.  It's definitely not contagious.  My doctors and I just can't figure out what it is, but I have an appointment for Wednesday morning... I'm trying to stay hopeful.  This is sort of starting to affect me mentally, because I can't sleep and I feel like I am going crazy trying not to scratch it.

1/4

The air freshener in my mom's car

1/3

Jack is so silly.  

1/2

The girls playing with Dewey and Rodney.

(This was the only photo that I took this day, so it's not the greatest thing ever!)

1/1

Sunset at Deep Creek Lake, MD.