April Photo A Day - 29

Day 29-- Circle

(cupcakes I made for the Family Teams tent at March for Babies this past Saturday)

April Photo A Day - 23 thru 28

I got a little behind...so here is April 23-28

Day 23 - Vegetable

(a pumpkin is a vegetable, right?-- this is Kraig decorating a pumpkin at the fall field trip to the Botanic Garden)

Day 24 - Something I Am Grateful For

(the gospel of Jesus Christ)

Day 25 - Looking Down

(the bottom half of Multnomah Falls in Portland Oregon)

Day 26 - Black and White

Day 27 - Somewhere I Went

(July 2011, and up until Feb, had not missed a month since...schedule conflicts that are about to be over..whew!)

Day 28 - 1pm

(NAPTIME! this is what going to be late, getting up early and playing hard will do...I was right next to him :)  We were out late last night buying groceries, then got up early early this morning to go to the March of Dimes March for Babies event--he had an absolutely wonderful time..as you can see.)

April Photo A Day - 22

Day 22 - Last Thing I Bought

Had pics made yesterday....this is the package pic.

April Photo A Day - 21

Day 21 - bottle

 (Pic is from Dec 2004--one of the last things Kraig had to learn before being discharged from the NICU was to take a bottle, ie suck-swallow-breath does not come naturally when you're born 15 weeks early. Took him a while...he didn't come home until Jan 21, 2005)

April Photo A Day - 20

Day 20 - Something I Drew

It's not much, but it's about all I have time for anymore.  

April Photo a Day - 19

Day 19 - Orange

Crochet squares for a blanket for my son....

49 burnt orange, 89 white, to form the U T emblem of the University of Texas

and then 48 combined (for the border).

All the orange are made....still have quite a few white to make and haven't even begun the orange and white combined.  And then of course, the lovely task of piecing them together.

April Photo A Day - 18

Day 18 - Hair (how ironic that today's topic is hair...and I just got home from getting mine cut :)

Much the same style as before...just shorter.  My  hair is just wavy enough to not be straight but not enough to be curly; when it gets too long, it just hangs.  When it's a bit shorter, and layered, it has a bit of bounce and life.  

April Photo A Day - 17

Day 17 - Something I Don't Like 

--Lying--

~There is nothing more offensive to a liar than the truth~ 

I abhor being lied to.

April Photo A Day - 16

Day 16--Flower

This is one of the 4 rose bushes(?) that are on the side of our house. 2 red, 1 pink, 1 yellow, but the red bloom the best and longest.  

I love them....

April Photo A Day - 15

Day 15 - Sunset

The sun setting over a beach in WA....on the way back from Forks/La Push.  It was beautiful!

April Photo A Day - 14

Day 14 - How I Feel Today

These thoughts are from a message from a church leader in September...I try to focus on these things when I feel overwhelmed or frustrated....which, unfortunately, is often.  I beat myself up alot about the things I don't/can't seem to get done for various reasons...sometimes I just need to stop and take a moment to reflect on the important things.

April Photo A Day - 11

Day 11 - Something I Found

This is a very loose interpretation of the subject, but I'm nothing if not original. 

This is a picture of the xray report I had of my back last week....I "found" what has been wrong with my back all these years...and it's NOT arthritis or bursitis or any other itis....the primary cause is a SI(sacroiliac) joint injury, likely occurred in childhood before the growth plates closed, then they close...and here I am some 20+ years later with chronic low back pain.

(BTW....the sacroiliac joint is the area where the spine connects with the pelvis.)

P.S.  I also have spurs, degenerative changes, reduced disk height, and scoliosis.  Nice.

No "cure"....treatment, that thus far has provided little relief.  

April Photo A Day - 12

Day 12 - Stairs

(that's my son in the plaid, climbing up)

April Photo A Day - 11

Day 11 - Where I ate breakfast (I actually drink my breakfast, usually in one of 3 places--here at my computer, in the bathroom while putting on my makeup or in the car. Today was a good day...no rush--so I got to sit and drink...lol)

April Photo A Day - Day 10

Day 10 - Cold

Mt Hood WA, March 2010

We left the beginnings of what was a pleasant day...up the mountain to snow and below freezing temps.  Back down, after lunch, temp was in the 60s.  All the same day.  Unreal. It was awesome