2016 Picture a Day Challenge : Week 4

1/25: Scrabble is my cat-dog. He follows me everywhere including in the bathroom when I take a shower or bath. He always enters the shower after I leave to get a drink.

1/26: Wyatt dancing and singing after school

1/27: Went out to his favorite ice cream shop to get cotton candy ice cream. He wore his Darth Vader coat and shoes.

1/28: The sky was on fire

1/29: Left work a little early. It was so nice outside I couldn't resist a run. Took Einstein along and he had a blast.

1/30: Afternoon spent at the barn. Gem and Pete looking at me as I enter their pasture.

1/31:We celebrated my Mom's 57th birthday and Dusty's 39th with good food, cake and ice cream. Wyatt is ready with plate in hand.

Picture a Day Challenge 2016

Oops...I'm really behind in posting them. At least I still remembered to take one each day. This challenge is way harder than it seems. Most days are just working and living life without much room for excitement. Not a whole lot of interesting things to take pictures of. I manage though and try to get a variety.

1/4: Snuggling on the couch with Einstein. The couch isn't comfortable enough for him, so he makes a bed out of the pillows on top of it. 

1/5: Received the call no owner wants to get: your horse appears to have colic. Vet came out and she was tubed. She was fine by the morning and we started to get ready to leave this barn.

1/6: Watching Ice Age Meets Dinosaurs for the 100th time. It is Wyatt's favorite movie and while we do limit his screen time, when he gets to watch he always picks this. 

1/7: All warm and snuggly in my new super soft fleece pj pants and slippers. 

1/8: Took Wyatt to the park after school to enjoy the later daylight instead of rushing home as normal. 

1/9: Gem and Pete get settles into their new barn together. It was heart warming to see them together again and relieving to know they would be in good hands. 

1/10: Guest picture taker: Dusty. He snagged this picture of Wyatt and I when we went out to eat. 

1/11: A beautiful sky leading me home after work. 

1/12: About a mile from the restaurant where my work related dinner was being held, I heard a flapping noise. I gimped to the restaurant and called Dusty to tell him I had a flat. He drove out and used the portable air pump that works off the cigarette lighter that we bought for emergency trailer needs. It worked like a charm and I was able to get home safely. 

1/13: Spent the morning with Gem. She behaved herself very well for the short ride I snuck in before work. 

1/14: Wyatt decide to climb up on Dusty's car. You will note the dent in front of his passenger side door. This door has randomly fallen off the car twice, each time ruining the entire front panel. The driver side door has done this as well. Each time the dealership has fixed it and told us it was an odd hinge defect. The car was bought brand new in 2008 and has been a piece of junk ever since. 

1/15: Dusty left for a conference in FL and Wyatt was at school which left me with an odd "me" day. I used it to make a hole in the couch and get a massage. Echo joined me as my date for lunch. 

1/16: Took Wyatt to the children's museum. He was a little shy at first, but lit up when we mad wit to he farm display. Here he is milking a cow. 

1/17: Einstein warms up my feet as I get some work done after Wyatt went to bed. 

1/18: Wyatt playing with his Vetech track set

1/19: Wyatt was thrilled Dusty came home and proceeded to show it by being bad up on the counter. 

1/20: Wyatt is in gymnastic and here he is learning to do a backbend with a massive grin on his face

1/21: My first page of an adult coloring book with colored pencil. I finished the border a couple of days later. It is relaxing and addicting. 

1/22: Snowzilla in the South. The whole town shut down and by the early afternoon we only had this. 

1/23: Took a walk in the neighborhood after the snow stopped. We ended up with about 2 inches and some ice. 

1/24: Rode Gem in the snow of the first time in 3 years. She wasn't impressed, but I had a ton of fun.

Picture a Day Challenge 2016

Way back in 2010, classmate in pod school started a challenge to take a picture every single day of the year. Back then I didn't have a blog, kid or phone with a camera in it and I rarely took any pictures. It was the last year of school and I started the challenge on my birthday in April planning to capture each day of that year in my life.

Then we moved to WI in May and I lost my camera for a while and just let the challenge go.

Once January of 2011 hit, I decided to try again. Being a busy first year resident made some pictures really stupid. Like when I took a picture of my tea at 3 am as I prepared for another emergency surgery. The dogs, cats and horses took up a lot of the days and some days it was just really hard to snap anything. I managed it though and my mom turned it into a scrapbook for me.

I did it again in 2012 and then stopped because I tended to flood everyone with Wyatt pictures on a near daily basis anyway.

However, when I was looking for Bones pictures to write my farewell to her, I really loved looking back through those years where I posted a picture to capture each day of the year. It was tidy, easy to look through and brought back many memories. Even the stupid picture of the glass of tea made me smile.

So, I am doing it again. Those of you who are my FB friend will see them posted every Sunday night and then I will do a post here as well the next week. Be prepared to be flooded with the monotony of my life :)

01/01/16: Went out to lunch at Outback Steakhouse and walked over to Bruesters for ice cream after. Wyatt was wearing his new favorite shirt from The Good Dinosaur movie which was his first ever movie theater experience.

01/02/16: Impromptu family dinner at Frank's Pizza. Front left row: Dusty, Dino,  my Dad, Luca hiding behind his arm, Nathan (my brother), Maria (my sis-in-law), Theresa, my Mom, Wyatt.

01/03/16: Trying out the trails at King's Mountain State Park with Sheree. Great ride, great company.