Mundane Monday

Ok, so I'm not exactly a photog expert.  But at least they're in focus!  These were taken with my new iPod Touch.  Gotta practice with it a bit more.  

Shiver is the reddish one, Chico is the black one.  

I'm gonna miss 2012.  It was a stressful, but very good year.  I can only hope 2013 will be just as good.

Half Full Friday!

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eyegirl originally started in June 2009.  We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us.  So by participating, I'm deciding to see the glass as half full instead of half empty; I'm choosing to concentrate on the positives instead of dwelling on the negatives.  The Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that.  They're a list of the things in my life that have brought me happiness over the past week.  I'm determined to find something good in each day.  Are you?

For the next week, I'd like to challenge each of you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day. 

~I'm happy because...

I spent a really nice Christmas with my mom!

Santa was very generous this year!

I've been able to sleep in every day this week!

Jury duty is over and I never once got called in!

I got a new follower!  Welcome!

I've spent endless hours hanging with the chi's!

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My favorite gift this year was an iPod Touch!  It does sooooo much more than I ever thought it would.  It's almost like having a cell phone (which I don't have!), only you can't make calls with it.  Although you can kind of Skype on it with a program called FaceTime.  I've already texted a few people with it.  I've been feeling like one of the cool kids now.  lol

My digital camera needs a new battery.  It's funny how when I bought it, I thought I would use it all the time.  Only I'd forget to bring it with me, or that it was stuffed in my purse.   I did do a photo shoot of the boys out in the yard, but didn't get them uploaded to my computer before the battery went out.  And now I can't get to them.  

I need to play around with it some more and get some more pix of the boys.  It's been way too long since they've been featured here.  They were just barking about it the other day, saying  how everyone has probably forgotten all about them.  So I'm making it my mission this weekend to get a few good pix to post on Monday!  

Wordy Wednesday!

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!  What did Santa bring you?  Please share, I wanna know what ya got!

Anyways...

Most of the pix I post for Wordless Wednesday's come from various emails I've gotten over the years, and other people seem to like them too.  I was going to post more today, when I ran across a website post that I wanted to share.  Click here to see pictures of moments that restore humanity.  I hope you'll appreciate it as much as I did.

I'll be back next week with my regular installment of Wordless Wednesday.

Merry Christmas!

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Merry Christmas!

Monday Meme

I haven't been around to visit as many of you as I would like, but I'm working on it, I promise!  This past weekend was spend scrubbing my house down, so I kept myself pretty busy.  Thanks to those who left such sweet comments on my last past.

Happy Holidaze!

Got this from here.

1.  Make a list of movies you believe everyone should see at least once.  

Pulp Fiction, A Christmas Story, St. Elmo's Fire...

Honestly, I have no idea.  Those are just 3 of my favorites.

2.  What was the last random really hurtful thing someone said to you?

I can't think of any off the top of my head that were recent.  It was probably from a coworker who has no filter and has said numerous very rude things to me.  Over time, I realized that she is this way with everyone, and that it's not just me.  Her comments still sting, but I don't take them to heart as much anymore.

The funny thing is, we've talked on facebook and over email a lot and she's such a different person in that context.  I don't care for her in person and avoid her as much as possible; in writing though, I actually like her a lot.  It's weird!

3.  What's the first thing you do when you get off work/out of school?

I let my boys out, then go pee!  Then I let the chi's in, and usually fix something to eat something.

4.  Show and tell.  What comes to mind first when you see this picture?  Or tell a story if it reminds you of one.  

This reminds me of an Easter basket from when I was a kid.  My mom would always fill our baskets up with candy in such elaborate ways and I couldn't wait to wake up to see what the Easter bunny had left us.  I didn't have a very happy childhood, but my parents always managed to make Easter and Christmas magical.  

Half Full Friday!

Half Full Friday is a series of weekly posts that Eyegirl originally started in June 2009.  We believe that a lot of our happiness is determined by our attitude about the things that happen to us.  So by participating, I'm deciding to see the glass as half full instead of half empty; I'm choosing to concentrate on the positives instead of dwelling on the negatives.  The Half Full Friday posts are a way to do just that.  They're a list of the things in my life that have brought me happiness over the past week.  I'm determined to find something good in each day.  Are you?

For the next week, I'd like to challenge each of you to keep a list of at least one thing that brought you happiness each day. 

~I'm happy because...

I'm back!

I'm off from school and work for the next month!

I get to sleep in, spend the endless days with my chi's, catch up on reading, hang out with all my online friends, and so many other things!

I passed ALL of my classes this semester and did better than expected, gradewise!

There's less than a week until Christmas, my favorite holiday!

I didn't lose a single follower while I was away!  Thank you!

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Some of you left comments and sent emails checking up on me, and I thank you for that.  It's nice to know that I was missed.  

So where have I been?  This past semester was incredibly busy.  I had to attend 3 musical performances, go on a police ride along, go to an art museum, and to the aquarium.  This was in addition to attending classes five days a week, working, doing homework and studying.  It was a matter of too much to do, too little time.  My last few posts hardly got an comments, so I figured no one would notice if I took a break.  

At first I didn't even miss blogging or visiting my online friends.  It was nice to have one less thing to keep up with.  But after awhile, I realized I did miss everyone!  I did visit blogs once in awhile and even left comments sometimes.  It'll be nice to catch up with everybody again.  

I meant to do a few posts over the Thanksgiving break, but got sick for several days.  Unfortunately, I still can't seem to kick the lingering cough.  

It's so good to be back!