Day 12: Close Up

Watermelon!

My favorite summertime fruit, might be the last one of the season.

Day 11: Something Fun

Music of any kind

I love music, whether I'm playing, singing or listening to it.  Now, if I'm singing nobody else is listening :).  I really wish that I still had my flute to play, the music is all in the piano bench but I don't have the instrument anymore.  My favorite kind of pieces to play are ones that sound really grand, like patriotic music gives me chills everytime and are so fun to play.  I also like big, strong voices....  Celene Dion, Whitney Houston, lots more.  Then when it comes to the guitar (only Tommy plays) I like to hear calm, relaxing music like Eric Clapton, Damien Rice (not sure many people know who he is but I love him), Coldplay etc.  I go from one end of the spectrum to the other, that's what makes music so fun.  There's music for any and every mood, it's rare I sit in silence in a moving vehicle.

Day 10: Something I Made

My first Sips n Strokes painting.

Day 9: Faceless Self Portrait

This picture says so much about me... I could sit by the water on the beach anyday, anytime.  It is one of my favorite places.   I love everything about the beach - the clear water, the salty air, the waves, the sea life and even the heat (refer to my previous post about being cold 24/7) I'm actually kind of lazy (eek) and so just lounging all day is no problem for me.  Having my toes done before any beach trip is a must because it kicks off the week of relaxation in a great massage chair. Ahh... one day I'll just be a beach bum in Key West!

Day 8: Technology

If you know me at all, you must know that I am cold natured.  Not just a little bit cold, like wear sweatshirts inside in the summer time cold.  As a kid, I would run out to the car for a couple of minutes to "warm up" and then run back inside (seriously, ask mom).  I love summer and really dislike everything about winter unless snow is involved.  There is a jacket of some sort and a blanket in all of our vehicles.  This picture is of the best invention of all times.... heated seats.  Oh wait, there's more - that beautiful little button in the middle, have you figured it out yet??  It's a heated steering wheel!  Amazing, I had never heard of such until we purchased our last car and it makes me oh so happy.  I probably would have bought the car with no other feature than the heated seats and steering wheel.  Ah... isn't technology wonderful :)

Day 7: Something New

Gifts to our little girl from Rachael!  She is the first to buy us some girl stuff.  Aren't they cute?!?  As her husband said, "She didn't give anyone else a chance".  She picked up these items on her way home from work as soon as I texted her :)  Thanks, Rach!

Day 6: Childhood Memory

When I was in middle school I became a bit obsessed with candles.  I had TONS of candles.  This one night I was burning a few on my nightstand while watching TV in my black light sensitive blow up chair (I so wish I had a picture of this awesome chair, maybe I'll google to see if I can find one).  It's also possible I was painting my toes neon lime green, I still have the polish if anyone needs to borrow it.  I look over during a commercial (the candles probably had been burning 30 minutes or so) and I had this huge melted area in the middle of my lamp shade.  Thankfully, I did not burn down the house but as you can see I still love candles.  All 3 of these came from the same room and the one on the left I made at a little shop in Helena.  There were 6 other candles in this room but they were decorative and not actually ones that I burn so they didn't make the day 6 photo cut.

I'm going to edit this post because I found a picture of the blow up chair, woohoo! 

I also had this chair in lime green for friends when they came over but it was not nearly as wonderful as Princess Michele's throne :)

Well, this post got way off subject but I sure did enjoy remembering the good times of middle school.