Day 41 - Heart

When i woke up this morning, I was all set to give up on this blogging thing... then i saw the word for today "heart" and i knew immediately what i wanted to do! Two problems though, first, i needed something of dh's and secondly, it was too bright so i had to wait for night time to take my photo. I am actually very pleased with how my photo turned out.. i may have this blown up and put on a canvass!!

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Day 40 - Compact

Today's word has me totally stumped im afraid... apart from the obvious compact mirror and camera, i have NO idea what to take a photo of! So here is a totally unrelated photo of Cooepr.. i suppose the way he has curled up makes him more compact than he actually is nowadays, its so cold, even the dog doesnt want to go out :D

Day 39 - Fence

This is a bad sign isnt it? Im at the stage in the challenge, where i'm "working" two days behind... it is one of those things for me, i see other people's beautiful photographs and feel that mine are lacking and unimaginative, so i lose heart and stop doing things. But, i made a resolution this year, that i would keep taking a photo a day, and i need to just remind myself, that i am doing this for ME and not any odd stranger (or friend) who may happen across my little corner of the net. I have been taking the photos, i have just not been publishing them.. but here is my "Fence" picture... according to the official definition of "fence" : A fence is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary The cooper gate (also known as baby gate) is supposed to do just that.. restrict or prevent movement! however, with him being a rather boisterous Border Collie, he sees it as more of a challenge than a restriction and he has now learnt to just leap over the top.

Day 38 - Damage

Today's word gave me so many options, i could fill an entire book with examples of damage in this house. The kids alone are walking disaster zones and leave a trail of destruction behind them wherever they go. Then there is my own clumsiness that i could record and show you endless photos of things that i managed to break and damage by accident.. and my dh is not the most graceful of movers either and has a knack for knocking things off shelves, so all in all we have a rather good collection of damaged things. The boys favourite things to break are anything electrical, we have several xboxes and ps3s lying around the place, taken to bits because dh is "going to fix them real soon".. then there are all the computers and laptops that seem to be dropped off with us for some TLC and fixing. But, the thing that got to me the most last year was coping with the Cooper's teething and his innovative ways of relieving the pain of his big teeth coming through.. he literally ate the house and furniture. Luckily we seem to be through the worst of it now and at least the walls and structural parts of the house are safe again and we can start redecorating. The table and chairs are another story altogether! Here is an example of what a teething puppy, left unattended for 35 mintues, will do to skirting boards...

Day 37 - Packaging

I did not cheat.. i DID take the photos yesterday... i say PHOTOS because, once again, making a choice is almost impossible. As soon as my mind settles on ONE thing, and i think ive got it for sure this time, i spot something else.. so this 366 challenge may as well turn into 36600 challenge where I'm concerned at the moment. Decisions, decisions, decisions...

Ive narrowed it down to two possible things.. either i can have a rant about these new fancy bubblewrap type sealed packages that manufacturers imprison our newly purchased goodies in.. You know the kind: you attack them with scissors, knives, screwdrivers and any other sharp object you can get your hands on and still the only pay off for your efforts is a trip to the first aid box to doctor the war wounds that were just inflicted upon you. I swear, they do it on purpose and use some alien superstrength NASA material for the packaging! After batteling with the bubble round this particular object for the better part of 30 minutes, i lulled it into a false sense of security and walked away in order to engage the help of the most destructive being in the house - The Cooper! His sharp teeth soon had the evil bubblewrapped punctured in several places. Victory!!

Or i can show you some yummy chocolate that never made it OUT of their packaging, because every time i go to bite their heads or tummies, or other body part, i feel guilty...

I know.. how about this, as i am writing this up late, a good punishment would be to have to include BOTH photos right?? Problem solved then, i dont need to choose one photo and you get to see both of my somewhat lacking photos!

Day 36 - Rubbish

The word for today is "rubbish" i think pretty much all my photos would qualify for this category, but rather than just putting a collection of duplicate rubbish photos, i took a photo of my box of random things. You know what they say, one (wo)man's rubbish is another's treasure! In this box i keep pretty labels, receipts, ribbons from clothes, pretty used stamps, anything that is too pretty to throw out and may come in handy some time!

Day 35 - liquid

This was another day i had a hard time choosing what might go with today's prompt AND be artistic, creative and photographic genius. I think im being over ambitious and just go back to basics :D not that i ever went beyond basics anyway.

Aftee trying out water, bottles of various liquids, the fish, the dog's water bowl, the fairy liquid and goodness knows what else, i settled for my favourite soft drink: Diet Coke Now you can all debate wether my glass is half full or half empty, but thats about as exciting as it gets im afraid.

Day 34 - Interaction

When i saw this prompt this morning, i had some grande ideas... i should have known better than to expect my children (or animals for that matter) to cooperate willingly... i pleaded, begged, threatened, cajoled to get "the perfect photo" to no avail. Apparently tween girls and autistic boys dont mix well together when it comes to "interaction" (unless you count the fists that were flailing and feet that were at the ready to kick) needless to say, i eventually gave up on that idea and swiftly moved on to the dog as my next favourite target.

However, Cooper decided that interacting with the newly discovered stuffed toy was more fun than interacting with the human who provides his walks, entertainment and food... so i had to fall back on the predictable.. ME.

I dont do much interacting in real life, i am way too shy... but i have plenty of online friends that i interact with on a daily basis through the wonderful world of technology... texting, instant messaging, occasionally facebook, pinterest and online forums are all great places to get that social fix without having to worry about the hairdo, makeup, fashion...

I still couldn't quite make up my mind which photo to choose.. so here is my interaction and cooper's encounter with the teddy bear...

Day 33 - Button(s)

Oh dear, i am having one of those days.. i cant make up my mind about anything, ive had a pounding headache all day, im miserable and crabby... and i was ever so tempted to skip a day in my challenge! but my conscience won over, so i made an effort to finally come up with a photo for buttons...

I really, really wanted to take a photo of a panic button, but i couldnt summon the courage or energy to go out in search for one, then it crossed my mind that i could put a photo of CJ on here, as his nickname was "button" when he was little (he earnt his nickname because he used to hoover up chocolate buttons, if i laid a trail of buttons, he would follow it, picking each one up ever so carefully)... next was the obvious choice of finding any old button on clothes, or raiding the button box that has somehow filled up..

None of those really were the "right thing"... in the end, i spotted our collection of buttons... yes, it confuses me which buttons go with which appliance and i often find myself turning on the projector when im really wanting to watch a dvd.. or the stereo starts blasting the last song i listened to instead of me changing the channel.. what is even more infuriating is the fact that buttons have this tendency to just "disappear", poof gone... then the hunt begins, accompanied by many "who was the last to have the buttons" and "have you checked in the bathroom/kitchen/under the kids' beds/in the dog basket/under the sink/next door"...

Day 32 - Accessory

So, here we are in February... whatever happened to January?? It is sooo cold here today, and apparently its set to get colder still at the weekend... i wouldnt mind so much if we had some lovely fluffy snow to go with the cold, but no such luck.

Anyway, today's word prompt is Accessory... this was a relatively easy one for me :) i say relative, because i still had to make a choice between my favourite gadget accessory or my favourite personal one.. the personal won out in the end, as i want to document some things about "ME" for the kids to look back on.

I only wear one piece of jewellery that has not left me since the day it was put on me.. i dont often wear jewellery, i find it gets in the way and i worry terribly that i might lose a valuable item, so it just adds stress for me. It is usually only for special occasions and nights out that i will put on more than this one thing. But my wedding band has not left my hand since the day my husband put on my finger (ok, once when we had had a spat.. but it was so horrible not having it, i had to put it back on).. we chose very plain, simple gold bands. My mum has saved my dad's wedding rings (yes, he had two) and we are hoping to have those made into wedding rings for us eventually.. but i may just be a touch too attached to my original wedding ring to want to swap it for another. So, here it is.. my wedding band, plain and simple, no diamonds or sparkly bits... just a perfect circle with no beginning and no end.. like my love for my husband.