Huh?

I have no idea what we were doing here...
but I love this picture.

Wordless Thursday

Research

My friend Nicole and I
went down to the Hawthorne
District of Portland
today to gather research for a
story she is writing.

Hawthorne is quite fun.
Lots of funky vintage shops. Yay.

Comfort

..weird fact about joanna #3930..
I get into these fits of stress that last a
couple of days or so.
They are a result of my
constant search for life's
meaning/purpose mixed with
anxiety about career choices.

Anyone who has ever met me knows
that I change my mind about
what I want to do with my life
about every couple months or so.

I find these things calm and comfort me:
(includes how often I invoke their powers)

1. My Mom's pep talks - DAILY
   
2. Episodes of FRIENDS - DAILY
   
3. Animals - WEEKLY
4. Italian Food - WEEKLY
   
5. Mystery Books on CD - DAILY
   
6. Movies - WEEKLY
7. My Family - DAILY
   

Swings

I had swings in my backyard
as a kid.
I loved them so much.
My friend and I even created
Swinging Olympics.
We thought we were awesome.

I took my nephew to the park yesterday.
He loves them too.

The Farm

I was tired of school work yesterday,

so I ventured over to my new
favorite place...
Lee Farms.
It's close by and it has BABY ANIMALS!!
Yay!

Sunday Oregonian

The little guy that I babysit, Endy,
is a baby model
and was in an ad for our Sunday newspaper!
Yay!
So cute.

Postcard Society

I am part of a really awesome group called the
Benevolent Postcard Society.

We send postcards to each other every month for a year.
At the end of the year, we send all the postcards
back to the founder.
She is going to do an art show
and book.
Yay.
I am so excited to see everybody's postcards.

This is one I got today from a woman in South Africa.
Beautiful.

Job

I get to hang out with this kid.
Not a bad job.

Wordless Thursday

Photoshop Elements

Finally bought Photoshop Elements.
Yay!
I played around with it in class tonight...

I have so much to learn.
PS Elements is way over my head.
I have no clue how people understand regular Photoshop.

I Heart Faces Contest: Excited!

(Click on picture for detail)

So excited..they couldn't stay on the ground!

HALLOWEEN!!!

I am so dang excited to have trick-or-treaters this year.

It has been so long.
Yay!

I plan on doing a whole lot more decorating,
but this is what I have so far...


I want to do a mini-haunted house on the front walk...
I just have to convince my parents.

Fold those clothes!

I hope this is not just me...

I hope all people my age are a tad sloppy
and procrastinate a lot.

Maybe not,
but it would make me feel
much better about my own untidy tendencies.

Luckily, these clothes are clean.
Now, I just need to fold them.
Oh, joy.

Antique Shopping

Mom and I + Antique Shops = Mayhem

Well hello there.
That painting scared the crap out of me.
The Antique shops in Aurora, OR are quite creepy.

I love exploring new places.
Aurora was a fine town.
When the stuff wasn't creepy,
it was actually pretty awesome.

On the way back home we decided to take
the ferry instead of the bridge.
I love ferries.

Baby

He's not a baby anymore.
He is a full blown little boy.
Wow.

I Heart Faces

I Heart Faces: My Favorite ThingsGoats

The Smell of Wood

The Movie "Big"

My Friends

Nature Preserves

The Peter Iredale Shipwreck

My Family

Another Photo Shoot

I watch my Nephew all day tomorrow...

So, PHOTO SHOOOOOT!!!

I don't think he recognizes me without a camera in my hand.

I think my SIL is going to enter my Nephew in
the Baby Gap Open Casting Call thing. Yay.

So, I went to Baby Gap and bought a bunch of little man clothes.

I am so excited.

He will be 18 months old in a few days.
Oh my.

Football

My brothers have moved out of the house,
so sometimes I feel like I should watch some
football with my Dad.
I am understanding more and more.
I actually look forward to Monday nights now.
Yay.
I also like the fact that my Dad doesn't choose sides.
He doesn't have a team.
We comment on sportsmanship, good plays, etc.
Nothing else. It is quite refreshing.

My Daddio

My Dad recently lost his brother to cancer.

To make matters worse, they hadn't talked in years.

My uncle RIP, was a prick...and basically
was angry about money.
Even though my Dad did nothing
wrong, he still thought it was
his responsibility to repair the relationship.
Well, he never got a chance.

He heard through
the grapevine that his brother was sick...
left that weekend to go see him,
and was told that he died two days earlier.

My Daddy was shocked and felt awful.
I was so c0nfused about my Dad's guilt over the matter.
He felt he should have done something about the rift years ago.

I said, "But he was the ass, he was in the wrong!"
And my Dad told me about all the good years,
and how all the negative seems so trivial in the end.

Whoa, made me cry like a baby.

Anyway, I have lots of new found respect for my Daddio.