Something that ISN'T a picture

So a little update and to give you all a break from the photo a day thing.

This month I wanted to drink less Coca-Cola and more water. I'm doing alright on that. I'm managing to not drink a Coke a day which is good. I'm drinking way more water which is also good! I'm not tracking how much I'm drinking because I'm lazy like that but I do know I am drinking more water and more consistently through out the the day.

I also wanted to move more and work on my posture. Still works in progress. I haven't wanted to go out much as it's been freaking cold here. I'm just going to have to start sucking it up and make myself get outside a bit each day. I do think I've found a home work out plan that will work for me. Details coming in January. As for posture I have a post it note above my computer reminding me to have good posture.

As for sleep it's also a work in progress. I think most nights I'm getting a solid sleep in. I'm still trying to figure out the best routine for me. This will probably be a continuation into January.

I've been pretty good on the Christmas treats mainly as I haven't received many yet nor done my Christmas baking yet. I'm starting that today and I will not pig out.

And well as you noticed I've been really good on the picture a day thing. I've been enjoying it and it's been a guaranteed way of getting regular posts up.

Hope you're all enjoying the Christmas season!

Photo a Day #18

Today's theme: WANT

My lovely best friend holding up a want from my childhood!

I loved my Spirograph and would love to get a set again.

Photo a Day #17

Today's theme: TREE

Bet you were expecting my Christmas tree weren't you? LOL! That's coming up in a few days don't worry.

I really like how pretty this looked with all the snow on it!

Photo a Day #16

Today's theme: GAMES

Some of my favorite games! From top to bottom: Time's Up!, Apples to Apples, Pandemic, Milles Bornes, Settlers of Catan, and Ticket to Ride.

If you'd like to learn about  Pandemic, Settlers of Catan, and Ticket to Ride check out Wil Wheaton's Tabletop. Good way to learn about new games!

Photo a Day #15

Today's theme: SHOPPING

Taken with my iTouch so I apologize for the quality.

This was taken while browsing around at Pottery Barn. I found this and went SQUIRREL! (like in UP!).

Photo a Day #14

Today's Theme: RECIPE

This is a recipe for fruit crisp. This comes from The Best of Chef at Home by Chef Michael Smith.

This is a pretty flexible recipe so use whatever fruit and spices you want!

Ingredients
2-3lbs of fruit (I used two very large apples and a bag of frozen fruit [peaches, blueberries and strawberries])
1tsp ground cinnamon
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup of white or brown sugar (I use brown)
1 tsp of nutmeg
1/2 cup of melted butter

Preheat oven to 350 F. Toss the fruit with the cinnamon and spread evenly into baking dish (I used a casserole dish; use what you got!). In a mixing bowl mix the flour, sugar and nutmeg together. Drizzle in the melted butter and stir until well mixed and crumbly. Scatter evenly over fruit mixture. Bake until fruit juices are bubbling around the edges and fruit is tender and top is golden brown approx 1 hour.

I recommend serving with vanilla ice cream!

Photo a Day #13

Today's theme: STAR

This is my best friend's tree topper. Mine is an angel so hers makes an appearance here.

Photo a Day #12

Today's theme: LISTEN

Love this CD of Christmas Music. Katherine Jenkins has such a beautiful voice!

Photo a Day #11

Today's theme: UP CLOSE

These are  the matching earrings to the necklace in the glitter/bling photo.
I might retake the necklace photo now that I have a better idea of how to take a picture!

Photo a Day #10

Today's theme: RED.

I have a feeling most of these were meant to be Christmas related but I'm interpreting things my way! Although really there's no wrong way.

Love these earrings. They look like they're old but I bought them in October 2012.

Photo a Day #9

Today's theme: YOU.

So my goal for this was to take all of the pictures but for this one I'm going to use one the boyfriend took of me back in 2010. It's one of my favorites!

Photo a Day #8

Today's theme: TEMPERATURE

My interpretation of temperature. You look at this and think it's cold! Taken at the end of November.

Photo a Day #7

So I'm a day late with this one...whoops.

But because I am late with it, this got taken while I was playing with the boyfriend's SLR. So it should look better I hope!

The theme for day seven was: SOMETHING SWEET

This lovely bowl of Lindt Truffles came compliments of one my boyfriend's birthday presents. He turned 45 this year and his cousin & wife gave my boyfriend a box filled with marbles, marshmallows, buttons, clothes pins, googly eyes, and Lindt Truffles with there being 45 of each. There were also gift cards, playing cards and a puzzle.

I am slowly working my way through these.

Photo a Day #6

Today's theme: GLITTER/BLING

This is a very shiny and sparkly necklace that I own.

A pain in the ass to shoot with my point and shoot camera.

My boyfriend has said I can use his SLR but I'm responsible for learning to use it.

I'll be doing that hopefully by the end of the month.

Photo a Day #5

Today's Theme: MESSY.

To be honest I do try to keep the mess to a minimum as it drives me nuts.

However, when I do up Christmas cards (40+) it gets messy (temporarily).

Glad to have them in the mail.

Photo a Day #4

Today's Theme: HANDWRITING.

I did up all of my Christmas cards yesterday. Hope you enjoy my loopy handwriting!

Photo a Day #3

Today's theme: HOME DECOR.

We like our masks!

It's the Small Things....

A little thing that makes me happy.

I really don't like getting into a cold bed in the winter. As soon as I'm even close to falling asleep I turn into a furnace so having an electric blanket is overkill.

So what's a girl to do?

Heat up her magic bag and stick it under the sheets where her feet go and let it warm up for a minute before actually getting into bed.

It's so nice and I really love having a spot for my feet to get nice and warm.

It's the small things I tell you.

Photo A Day #2

Today's theme is: HANGING

So here is my darling boyfriend hanging our new painting.

The painting is called Ruby Feathers by artist Jennifer Annesley.
Her art is amazing.

My boyfriend has for a long time wanted one of her pieces; specifically one of the masks.
This year at her show he got this one (with a little input from me).

It is so beautiful to look at.

Photo A Day #1

So I found a photo a day thing on Pinterest that caught my eye and I decided to do it. It originally comes from onestorydown.com but I can't actually find it on their site.

Today's theme was JOY.

This was my boyfriend's birthday cake that I made (we had his birthday dinner last night) at his request. It's a mocha chocolate cake and fair to say he really enjoyed it. So you could say it brought him (and really all of us who ate it) joy.

I apologize for the not so great photo quality. I'm using an okay camera and I really don't know how to use GIMP to fix them. I'm practicing and hopefully they will get better.