Days 54, 55, & 56 - Bad Blogger.

I admit...Project 365 really seemed like a great idea...when I didn't have a job. Now that I'm back to being a productive member of society (this may be a teeny bit of an overstatement) I feel like the worlds biggest slacker, running around the house at 10:15PM wishing I could finally sit down for the day, longing for eight long hours of slumber. Before I was working...I could spend hours trying to decide what to take my pictures of...and how I could set it up....right now, I'm just rushed to see what I could throw together.

I need to figure out what my problem is. I have my camera with me AT ALL TIMES so, one would think I could find something in my 15 hours a day I'm away from the house. I started this project so I could learn, not so I could take a picture of my drive home (here's where my husband gets mad at me) because I'm running out of time in my day, or because I'm lazy. Give me a couple days, friends....I promise this will get better.

Here's the shots for the last few days:

Day 54 - Trying to get a photo of Kitty, I got myself in the picture, too...on accident, I swear.

Day 55 - Lake effect snow hits the west suburbs. 30 miles from the lake. Argh.

Day 56 - I made some mini blueberry muffins after work today...I now know that mini-muffins are way more work than they're worth...they're about half a bite, and you would need to eat 12 of them if it really were your breakfast.

Day 53 - Winter Strikes Again!!

Day 53 - More snow in Chicago last night. YIPEEEEEE!!!!! I caught this outside the office this morning...all the branches on the trees are frozen right now, it's quite pretty!!!

Days 51 & 52 - Birthdays...

Day 51 - My Dad turns 65.

Day 52 - The cutest little girl in the world turns 3, and has a super cool Madagascar cake!!!

There's a bonus picture for today...showing off her "birthday girl" shirt.

Days 49 & 50...

Day 49.

Today, I was greeted with a stomach virus. Super!!! (sense the sarcasm?)

After a full day of feeling like I was going to die, I asked (forced) my super fantastic husband to take me to the ER when he arrived home from work. I was happy to find this tv in my "room", however, I was quickly saddened when there was no remote in sight. Sadly, I had to find out that the cute boy ice skater won this morning, when I woke up and still felt like I was going to die.

Day 50.

YAYYYYYYY!!! DAY 50!!!

Only 299 days left in Project 365!!!! Still sick, I wasn't planning to leave the house, but wanted to go out to the mailbox. When I arrived at my favorite pair of shoes ever (my Ugg's that I'd like to be buried in) I found a dog toy. I'm not sure if Guinness is trying to tell me something, but I'm pretty sure that's not where we keep the toys. Silly boy!!!

Days 47 & 48...

New job + busy week = this post.

The King of Hearts - day 47.

The Queen of Casa de Smith - Day 48.

Day 44, 45, 46...Loooooooove

I spent most of the weekend whining because I still feel like total crap...which, once again, does not make for good pictures. I'm sure video of me whining is something you are all hoping for, though.

I spent another quarter of the weekend watching the Olympics. I'm all about them. I remember when I was a kid watching them with my parents, enamored with everything they're about. I remember Mary Lou like it was yesterday...ohhh, how I loved 1984, and Los Angeles. That leotard with the red, white, and blue. I totally thought I was bound for the Olympics after that. I begged, and begged, and begged until my mom (still reluctant) put me in a gymnastics class at the park district, and I got so excited to go on Saturday mornings. What I didn't take into account is...I was chubby, and I had NO coordination. Balance beam + chubby girl + clumsy = bad idea. So, that fun lasted about 8 weeks. But, I still love the Olympics.

This weekend also brought Valentine's Day. I'll admit...until about three years ago, I was a bitter single girl, who hated all this day was about. I'm still not all that into the day, but it's nice to have a day to remind my husband how much I love him, and buy him a silly card. We didn't really do much, but we did get out to see "Sherlock", which I loved, and discovered today that there is talks of another movie with Robert Downey, Jr, and Jude Law. Yum.

Today's picture is just a simple rock...reminding me of V-Day.

Day 42 & 43 - Tired

Day 42 - I started a new job today, which really didn't give me a lot of subjects for my project. I met my husband for dinner, though, and this bear greeted us at the door of the restaurant. I'm totally going to look into getting one of these for home...it would scare the pants off the dog. (Wait...what kind of dog wears pants!?!?)

Day 43 - New job day 2. I hate the alarm clock, and I hate the cold even more than I did last week. It's REALLY cold outside when the sun hasn't come up. I'll admit, not having a real job for six months...makes one forget what it's like to get up really early, sit in traffic, and NOT fall asleep at stoplights. I took todays picture on my way home this evening...still wanting to fall asleep at all the stoplights...but able to catch this shot instead of napping.