30. Toy & 31. Where You Relax

Today is the end of the March Photo of the Day Challenge. It was fun, but I got a little tired of it by the end, I'm not going to lie. Some of the days were more fun than others. And because of my issues with technology, I spent all my blog-brain power figuring out how to get the pictures on here instead of writing. Have no fear, I have a list of blog ideas to start April fresh tomorrow!

This is not really a toy, but one of my kids' favorite things to do when they play is to draw. This was drawn by Big Girl on March 30th. It's a drawing of recess. When you stand near the school building, first you see girls jumping rope and then behind them soccer, football or baseball and "tag". Eric, who actually knows how to draw (I draw like a 2nd grader), was impressed with the perspective. I just thought, "What a cool looking drawing!" 

This is one of my favorite places to relax, and I caught Eric, Big Girl and Pippin relaxing when I went to take the picture!! I love our comfy chair and couch, and especially the super soft white blanket!! 

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28. Trash & 29. Feet

Once again, technology conspires against me. Suddenly the Instant Upload of my pictures to my computer isn't instantly uploading anymore. I figured out how to force the upload of these two at least.

No joke, yesterday on "trash" day, Little Man got invited to help take out the garbage at the church/school where Eric is the principal. He was SO EXCITED about this, he didn't even notice I was taking his picture. Want to know what was even more awesome? THERE IS A DUMPSTER BEHIND THAT BRICK WALL! (Can you believe it?)

I was going to change my toenail polish, but decided we would take our picture without any preening. Little Man needs some toenail clipping before bed tonight! 

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27. Your Name

OK, OK, this is not a "photo". It is a "picture". I didn't want to take a picture of something with my name on it. Like my church nametag? Instead I decided to make a picture with the meanings of my first and middle name. Since my last name means "the rooster", I decided to leave that off. Kind of ruined things.

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26. Key

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25. Breakfast

Some explanation is probably in order. Normally, I eat a bigger breakfast than this. Greek yogurt, toast with peanut butter, oatmeal, cereal with berries, etc. (Not all at the same time, of course) I have been dealing with a stomach thing lately, so I'm a little off. Despite the absence of an actual breakfast here, most of my breakfast staples are present: host of vitamins and supplements, glass of water, newspaper, coffee (travelling to church with me today!). I had a Cutie before church too. I know, I know, not a healthy breakfast in total. If it helps, I did eat a Thin Mint after church! 

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24. Animal

I took a few action shots, but settled on the relatively rare "mellow" version of our dog.

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23. Moon

It's about 7:30pm and there is no sign of the moon. A quick check tells me that there isn't going to be a moon, or much at all, tonight. And I am tired. In lieu of taking a photo of someone's butt, this is the best I can do -- a photo of approximately where I think the moon would be, if there was a moon tonight.  'Night.

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21. Delicious & 22. Kitchen Sink

Playing catch-up after being sidetracked by the photo editing involved in the "before and after" picture!

This is what I get for letting Little Man decide what he thought looked "delicious" at the store. I could quite possibly win a contest for the most disgusting looking "delicious" photo, if such a contest existed. 

My actual kitchen sink isn't very exciting, but one of the things I liked right away about our house is that from the kitchen I can see out into the backyard while the kids are playing. In our old house, our kitchen was in the center of the floorplan, so there was not an exterior window. And, yes, on March 22nd, we woke up with snow and frost on the ground!

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20. Before and After

The 20th March photo of the day was challenging because I am a techno-moron and can't figure out how to use the photo programs on my phone or computer. I'm sure there was an easier way to do this, but oh well. Sorry for the bad crop. For some reason, I could get this to save with a tiny border, but not if I cropped in to the photo. Blech!

March 2009 & March 2012

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19. Funny

The photo of the day challenge has been fun, and it is nice that it only takes a couple of minutes to do, but I wish I could find more time to actually write. I saw a few really funny things online today, but lifting a funny picture off of facebook seemed like cheating. And then Little Man and I got home for lunch and I found this very funny strawberry in our strawberry container. It was essentially 3 strawberries morphed together in to one. Little Man says he will "never, ever, ever" eat this "funny strawberry". I'm guessing when I cut it up into chunks, he isn't going to know the difference.

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18. A Corner of my Home

This is one of the less traditional corners of my home, and also one of my favorite pieces of furniture! 

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16. Sunglasses & 17. Green

I actually did take these 2 photos on their correct day, but I have been out of town and away from the computer, so I am catching up tonight.

Since it was raining, I decided to get artsy. 

I live in a place that isn't very green, but was visiting a place that is!! 

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15. Car

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14. Clouds

Since today was pretty overcast and dreary, I thought a picture of clouds might be boring. I was hoping for a blue sky day with a few puffy clouds. Instead, as some rain came in this afternoon, I got a picture full of mystery!

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13. A Sign

I'm not exactly sure what "the rule" is. No running? No diving in the shallow end? No troublemaking?

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12. Fork

Yep, it's a fork. 

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11. Someone I Talked to Today

I cheated a little today because instead of "someone", I decided to take a picture of "someoneS".  Once a month we go to ARK (Acts of Random Kindness) Club for our church.  The group is small and we have started doing potluck dinner as part of our meeting. It is always nice to have dinner with friends! 

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10. Loud

This was a tough one! This is Eric attempting to do P90X2 with Big Girl making all sorts of noise and Little Man listening to a book narrated by his Papa. As Eric is doing pushups and lunges and stuff, he's shouting, "Stop being so loud!"

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9. Red

This really freaked Big Girl out. I took a picture of my just-iced swollen knee, but it was kind of disgusting so I decided on this instead.  Since Little Man was featured on Smile Day, I decided to use Big Girl as my subject for today.

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8. Window

It's Thursday morning, which means I am at the library with Little Man. Again. I didn't remember what the photo of the day task was, so I checked it on the library computer. What do you know? Window!! And here I am, looking at lots and lots of windows.

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