Picture of the Day for 5/8/2012. I found a piece of artwork I created at the age of 11. Given the abundance of snails, the piece is appropriately titled, "Welcome to Snailsville." I actually think it's not half bad (for a child my age) and I love all the bright colors.
Picture of the Day for 5/7/2012. After a nearly 30-year hiatus, I have resumed jogging again. I used to be an avid runner when I was 19-20 years old. Sure wish I had kept it up, but I guess the old adage better late than never applies. I've been jogging nearly every day for a week now. Even though I regularly work out at my gym, running on the streets is a whole different ballgame. The first day out was brutal. I could only run a couple of hundred yards at a time and then I'd have to go back to walking. It's amazing how quickly your body adapts since I've been able to extend my running distance each day.
Picture of the Day for 5/5/2012. I take singing lessons every Saturday morning. I'm improving- incrementally. It would help if I embraced practicing what I've learned between lessons.
I loved the t-shirt my voice teacher Bonnie was wearing this morning. Perfect sentiment!
Picture of the Day for 5/4/2012. I've been gaining and losing the same 10 dang pounds over the past year and a half. I'm sick of it. Since I've been off work and spend my days at home now, I tend to snack all the time since I have such easy access to the food in my cupboards. I'm sick of that too. So, in an effort to quit battling those same 10 pounds and to eat healthier, I bought a juicer. Just got back from the store where I stocked up on a ton of raw fruits and vegetables. I'll let you know how my juicing scheme goes.
Picture of the Day for 5/3/2012.A few months ago I blogged about my niece Chantal's truly unfortunate driver's license photo (shown below).
Chantal's license was recently up for renewal and she thought, quite reasonably, this would be the perfect opportunity to improve upon her photo. So, she carefully curled her hair, applied her make-up, smiled for the camera, and ended up with this...
This is so tragic. Either way, she looks like a criminal. My niece Lisa observed that in the "Chantal is a criminal" scenario, this photo would have been her mug shot right after having been caught and arrested...And this picture would have been after she had gotten over the shock of the arrest and copped a bit of an attitude with the judge, like, "Yeah, I did it. So what?"Kudos to Chantal for being a good sport about these pictures and letting me tease her on my blog!
Picture of the Day for 5/2/2012. I was at my sister's house tonight and we thought it was cute when Paris the cat started drinking out of the little water fountain pictured in the photo above. Normally, an innocuous event like this would not be cause for wonderment or celebration, but this cat has so little personality (no disrespect intended to my niece Lisa, the cat's owner) we were all amazed to see her doing something remotely interesting. Of course when I tried to take a picture of Paris, she got camera shy and stopped lapping at the water.We devoted quite a bit of time and effort trying to entice Paris in the most encouraging tones possible to drink from the fountain again so I could snap that photo. It went something like this:"Paris, you long to drink from the fountain. Driiiiiiiink the water." Here is Paris' response.
"Paris, resistance is futile. You cannot possibly refuse to drink from the fountain." Here is Paris' response."Paris, your whole life has been leading up to the moment. Drink, dammit, drink!" Here is Paris' response.At one point Paris turned her head to glare at us. This picture doesn't do her glare justice, but if looks could kill...
Eventually, she could no longer resist the siren lure of the water...
And became one with the fountain.
