It may be a little early...

...but I really want this for Christmas! I saw it today in my new issue of Martha Stewart Living. So cute. And I love the vintage-y looking photos that it takes. :)

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I seriously want to take some photography classes soon.....

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On another note, my deployment "donut of misery" status says, "feeling like superwoman!!!!!!"

Not so much though....I feel like I have been a little frustrated over the last couple of days...

....but I'm hangin' in there! I feel the urge to paint today. I think I am going to go buy some supplies and attempt to paint outside of painting class! : D

I was thinking today about Duke and me. Is it crazy that we have only spent two and a half weeks together this year? (Sigh.) It may seem crazy, but it's true.

I love him sooo much. But, sometimes I feel like when he comes home, we will have to sort of "get to know each other" again. Is that weird? It seems strange to me, too. And it makes me nervous sometimes.

But, I'm excited about it. One of the few good things about having a long-distance relationship is getting those butterflies over and over again before we see each other. And we appreciate the time we have together. And we really "get to know one another" over and over.

Of course, I would trade all of that in a second to have him with me everyday! :)

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Thanks for reading.

Life is a gift and time is precious. Too many people take it for granted. Stop and think...and appreciate. :)



Cali Trip

My memory seems to really be failing me lately, so I wanted to sort of keep a record of what me and the husband did on my trip to Cali to see him off. We took these photos before the camera died. So here it goes....

Hello, San Diego! :)

Duke! I miss that guy.

I thought this was cool...

The last time I went to Cali, we had zero photos of us together. So this time I snapped this one in the truck first thing! :) Kind of scary...I know...lol.

We ate here the first night. It's just a T.G.I. Friday's, but I thought it looked cool.

Duke found seaweed on the beach.

...and decided to wear it. Haha. He's so silly.

Opposites attract. Haha.

San Diego Padres game!!!! We loove baseball.

I love Yoo-Hoo. He loves Coke. Always.

Wait---what?

Wild buffalo!

We rode a train!!!

Horse racing in Del Mar. Awesome.

Jelly Cable...the horse that I wanted to bet on. Yup, he came in last place. Haha. But, he was the prettiest.

South Coast Winery!

My man.

Other cool things we did together:

We ate the best grilled cheese sandwich ever.

Paid a guy to pull us around in a cart with a bicycle. Haha. Priceless.

Duke watched me eat a lot of cotton candy. I mean a lot. Ha.

Duke took me to the biggest tack store ever and bought me a new pair of boots!

We went on a trail ride at the barn on base. Soo fun.

We saw a couple of movies!

We visited the animal shelter on base and saw the cuties. He wanted one.

We saw a full rainbow.

We rode a Harley. Around a mountain. I was scared.

We had fun.



I love Cali. And I miss Duke.

Thanks for reading.

New camera, hubby gone.

This blog is going to turn into my latest project. My husband (as you know) is in the United States Marine Corps and is deployed. I took a trip to California to see him off and my camera sadly died. He was sweet enough to buy me a Nikon D5100 as kind of an early Christmas present. So I am going to make good use of it by posting photographs for him to see while he is gone.

This was one of the first photos I took with my new camera. I had a layover flight in Atlanta and it was so dreary there. I was already pretty sad about saying goodbye to my husband, and then a flight attendant was being sassy at me for not putting my suitcase in the overhead bin the correct way --- very rude, too. I was about to cry and started to pray. And when the plane took off I saw this. I'll take it as a sign. Thank you, God, for letting me know that everything is going to be okay.

Wow.

My sweet little dog.

Took this of my horse, Cory, at a horse show recently.

A color sketch photo, a cool effect on my camera.

Henry.

Another color sketch photo.

A pasture close to where I live in NC.

This one is my favorite.

My mom snapped this photo of me and Cory.

Breena.

This is a vintage camera box that I found in an antique store. I thought it looked cool and it looks great on my bookshelf. It was also fun to photograph. :)

Thanks for looking. :)