Today is Brought to You by the Letter "M"

"M" for Moose... these two were early morning visitors to our pad...

And with guard dogs like this... I felt ohhhh sooooo safe...

As my brother told me... she's more ferocious than she looks...

"M" is also for Monday... and if ever there was a Monday of all Monday's it was today. One of my "small" hometown banks was bough out by a large corporate bank and it took me 30 minutes to make a deposit... they had promised that the only thing that was going to change was the logo... that so isn't the case... I told Bossman No. 1 that I felt like they were trying everything to make their life easier and nothing to cater to me... now if I want faster service I have to remember to take in my debit card... ummm hello... half the time I can't find the damn thing... there's a routing number for incoming wires... a different routing number for the checking accounts... and an entirely different number for other types of transactions... how is all of that supposed to make MY life easier?

On a brighter note... my psycho... er psychic abilities proved right once again when Bossman, Jr. and his wife announced their current pregnancy... oh yeah (picture me doing the booyah dance here... or not for your own sanity...) ... I called it about 2 weeks after they knew... of course they're just telling everyone now... but Bossman No. 1 reminded me that I'd called it about 6 weeks ago :) Damn... when I'm good... I'm good...

Is it wrong that I took a bit more pleasure today in Bossman No. 1's Manic Monday? He brought in his laptop for "repairs" (the whole thing is my fault... I ordered him a Dell... with VISTA... even though he doesn't own a Mac... it's all VISTA's fault... actually it's Dell's... the laptop has an issue when it's set to hibernate... anyway). This time the mouse wasn't working... of course I ask first if he's replaced the battery... he assures me he started there and that it's still not working... so I take a look... and decide to check the battery first... and he was right... he replaced it... and put it back in BACKWARDS... so of course it's not going to work... DUH! And because my life is lacking in anything that is somewhat funny... I'm still laughing FIVE HOURS LATER... what does that say about me?

Gentle Hands

I realized today how grateful I am that in my usual haste to go through pictures and delete those that may not be "perfect" I somehow missed completely editing through the picture from our day long hike last fall... and images that I would normally not have considered up to standard to keep are still in tact on my hard drives... some days it's the little things... like stumbling upon a picture of Jim's gentle, worn, tanned hands as he played with the caterpillar... this picture was taken on 9.20.2007... who would've ever thought that a year later all I'd have are memories and pictures...

In other news... I'll be in and out of communciation for the next couple of days so if it takes me a day or two to get back to comments, emails, and phone calls you'll know it's because I'm embarking on the next phase of this journey... wish me luck and strength... I'm going to need it...

Keeping My Fingers Crossed...

That these get me at least a couple of referrals...

I ran into this family at the grocery store while they were visiting up here... and it reminded me that I hadn't gotten these random candids from the 2007 Lincoln County Fair to them (they didn't know I had taken them)... this teenager is so rockin' she sells herself... but I'm hoping her mother will take a look at these and ask for a portrait session... fingers crossed... shameless... I know...

Introducing... Simba

The almost "lion" but certainly the king cat.
Simba doesn't like to be bothered much but will come out to play when he is ready.
These were taken when he was ready, obviously, to play.

Striking a "royal" pose.

Deciding that perhaps one picture was one too many.

And now completely over it.

Shortly after this shot Simba strode down the stairs back to his thrown i.e., Tucker's bed.

Still Playing

I'm thinking of trying the blog a day thing for the month of March...
So... here's my attempt of something for today...

These are the pictures I took the other day from the flowers from the other weekend... with a little bit of post camera editing... nothing fancy... just a boost to the color and toned down the temperature a bit... and cropped... okay... maybe that is a little bit more than a little :)



I love roses :)