crap-o-rama

The lonely blog

There once was a blog. It was a nice blog… it lots of stories, some cool pictures and an opinion or four. It was feeling a bit neglected as it was only being used on in the middle of the month to post 12 pictures.

It’s owner had hooked up with that new kid in town… facebook. Now all the stories, cool pictures, opinions and even VIDEOS were going over to this facebook punk.

It had been two months since there were even pictures put on the blog. The blog was lonely… and sad.

So one day it decided it had had enough and packed it’s “crap” and disappeared. No one will even miss me, thought the poor little blog.

Well the blog was missed and someone sent the owner a tweet; tweet is the other new kid in town. When the owner found out the blog was gone, she was very upset. She loved her little blog and didn’t want it to go away.

Luckily the owner had planned on updating the blogs room and had backed everything up. The room never got updated; never even got a new coat of paint. But the owner was able to restore everything back to nearly normal. Only two blog posts are missing.

Yes, it’s sad that there had only been two posts since the middle of April. But YAY for not losing sweet memories.

Morale of this story: Back up your crap…o-rama.

Posted August 25, 2010 at 6:39 am. 2 comments

June 12 of 12 – Gladwin edition

Once again… just posting the 12 of 12 shots. I lost all the witty comentary when my blog hosting left me.

Early to rise

Rocket fun with Dad

Oh yea, it was our anniversary…

Catch with Grandma

What a way to start the day…

DirecTV repair man, 3rd times the charm…

Flower for Mom.

Mid-day snack

The only one to catch a fish…

Gift from Grandma

My bad self… lol

Me and my Bug

Sign of a great day…

Posted August 24, 2010 at 11:56 am. Add a comment

May 12 of 12 shots

Well just for kicks, I decided to re-upload (or is it reload?) the May 12 of 12′s. I will probably do June also.
Waking up slowly.

Key tag:

Lost grapes ~ found (unlike my blog posts)

Michigan = road construction

My Bug…

My Man…

My big brown dog…

Ode to a dead tree

Visitor leaving…

Swinging… (I love this shot!)

Love my yard, part 1

Love my yard part 2

Air Hunter…

Posted August 24, 2010 at 11:44 am. Add a comment

April 12 of 12 – the final year

Every month on the 12 of the month, I take 12 photos (usually more than that… a lot more actually) and share them with the world. It’s Chad’s idea and Chad’s hard work to present them. It’s a wonderful thing Chad does for us – go check it out. Heck, if you feel so inclined… you should participate.

7:05 am – Dinner in the slow cooker.

7:46 am – Hyacinth’s are out early this year. This one is the last living one I have, the rest have seen better days… and probably some frost.

7:47 am – Hunter slowly working his way to the car.

7:50 am – Frosty windows… and yea… I’m running late.

9:09 am – the little flowerbed outside of Hunter’s daycare. yea, it’s 9 o’clock… Hunter and I went to my work first so I could make sure the doors were open, then off to daycare.

5:22 pm – Picking Hunter up from daycare. There was this cool lonely flower in the middle of the grass. When we went to take a picture Hunter said… “Take a picture of the flower with my dinger” … yes he calls it his dinger.

6:15 pm – Jake -o-rama.

6:25 pm – Hunter and his cousin Brady after dinner.

A walk thru the yard:

6:35 pm – From the front garden.

6:36 pm – A different view of the Hyacinth

6:38 pm – My twisted lavendar, waiting for it’s turn.

6:38 pm - A winter survivor.

Well there you have it, a peek into my day. Now go and check out other folks’ days on Chad’s site… it’s prety cool. As always… thanks Chad, you ROCK!

Posted April 12, 2010 at 10:05 pm. 7 comments

March 12 of 12 – the 2010 edition

I just don’t know where the time is going this year. It seems all my posts are just my monthly 12 of 12′s.

Well by now you should know the drill. This is Chad’s brain child. Please take time to go to his sight and look around. There are some very cool shots and some amazing photogs.

7:28 am – Morning Hunter.

7:39 am – Saying goodbye to Grandma before we head out the door to work and daycare.

7:42 am – Squirrel stash… apparently the squirrelie knows the dogs would eat his stash if they left it.

12:29 pm – How could you not be in a good mood driving this bright-ass car?

5:08 pm – Leaving work… for the 3rd time today, but more importantly for the last time today!
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5:21 pm – My newest toy: Motorola Droid – I LOVE this phone!!!

5:28 pm – The King of Cows!

5:48 pm – You’ve got Mail – not.

6:30 pm – Someone is in trouble and has to stand with his nose on the wall.

8:22 pm – Hunter, future drummer?? He’s got the look.

8:26 pm – Me and my Hunter. Man it’s hard to hold my 5d above my head to take quick shots.

8:29 pm – Tyler-Y

Bonus:
8:40 pm – Abner, Mom’s dog and our new house guest.

Thanks for checking out my 12 of 12. Don’t forget to wander over the Chad’s site and check out the rest of the 12 of 12 shots.

See Ya…
~S

Posted March 14, 2010 at 5:03 pm. 2 comments

February 12 of 12

Wow, I suck. I haven’t posted anything since January’s 12 of 12. Am I the only one that seems to thik life is just zooming by?? Well here is my 12 of 12 for February. This is Chad’s project and this is also the last year he will be doing this. So if you have thought about participating, now would be the time.

The 12th was a Friday… a very hectic Friday at work, plus I overslept. Ugh. That is why you will see a clump of shots in the morning before work and the rest are clumped in the evening. So basically these are all shots around the house, which explains all the animal and kid shots. I hope you enjoy.

7:08 AM Treats for daycare.

7:11 AM Nice boots, eh?

7:11 AM I don’t really know when he became a little boy.

7:49 AM The purple door to the “good” daycare.

Fast forward 12 hours… insert crappy day at work here. lol

7:59 PM My boys having some quality time… sorta.

8:00 pm The rough life of an old dog.

8:00 PM The jake-o-rama striking a pose.

8:12 PM Playing one of his games… up close.

8:33 PM This face cracks me up everytime!

9:11 PM The Tyler-Y

9:12 PM All those toys and he plays in a quilt.

9:13 PM – Hunter playing peek-a-boo… he loves hiding in a blanket.

Posted February 14, 2010 at 12:02 pm. 3 comments

January 12 of 12, the final year

Five years ago, Chad Darnell started the 12 of 12. I think this is my 4th year, but I’m not sure and too lazy to look. The concept (all Chad’s) is to take 12 pictures on the 12 of every month and submit the ling to Chad’s site. There he compiles all the links from around the world… a lot of work, no doubt.

Chad has announced that this year is his last. That makes me sad, but I totally understand. I am grateful for Chad’s contribution.

Without further ado… my 12 of 12.

6:00 am – Wet hair – just from the shower.

6:11 am – dry hair – apparently it takes me 11 minutes to dry my hair… it sure seems longer than that.

6:23 am – Letting the puppies out.

7:00 am – Hunter eating a banana, just before we leave for the morning.

7:03 am – Coffee for the road, trying to break the Starbucks habit.

5:17 pm – the view from my office window.

5:18 pm – the view from the other side of the office… hey… I’m know… I’m stretching the 12 out here, and the sunset DID look cool.

5:22 pm – News truck outside work… never a good sign.

5:43 pm – It’s bowling night for me and school night for Kev, so Grandma is on Hunter duty. Grandma and Hunter like to go to McD’s.

5:48 pm – New Motorola Droid phone *random* p.s. LOVE this phone!!

6:25 pm – Bowling alley

8:49 pm – What really happens at bowling. (that’s my buddy Dar)

Thanks for checking it out. Tuesday’s are rough days to do the 12 of 12, but I guess you got a real look into my day. Don’t forget to check out Chad’s site.

Posted January 13, 2010 at 9:48 pm. 3 comments

Now that 2009 has left the room…

we can talk.

Seriously, 2009 sucked big sweaty donkey balls. Not an all inclusive list, but some of the shittier things:

Kev lost his job in January and stayed unemployed until October when he finally found a part-time job… working weekends.

I didn’t get a promotion to a job I was already doing. The man they hired over me worked for 4 months until they let him go… then I had to do the job AGAIN… until they hired someone else. WTF. I can be the Pretend Finance Director, but not real one. Whateva…

Do I even need to mention the 10% pay cut….?

The tragic and unbelievable death of my friend, Brian … still makes me cry. This one thing in and of itself made 2009 suck the absolute most!

Not to be completely negative, there were some great and amazing things that happened in 2009. I got to meet my long-time Internet buddy, Meghan and her amazing family.

I got to travel to the ocean with my family and I got to show Hunter the ocean, how awesome is that?

As a whole? I’m glad it’s over. I’m very hopeful and positive for the future. Welcome 2010… come on in, kick off your shoes, have a seat… relax and make yourself at home.

Happy New Year my friends. I hope 2010 is a wonderful new year for everyone.
~S

Posted January 1, 2010 at 11:42 pm. 3 comments

Doesn’t really need words…

Posted December 19, 2009 at 3:09 pm. 1 comment

December 12 of 12

On the 12th of every month people from all over the globe take pictures. Post 12 of them on the Internet and send a link to Chad who hosts all the links… Chad’s brain child. This month’s 12 of 12 was on a Saturday… a pretty full Saturday.

Here we go:

10:00 AM Relatively early start for us on a Saturday. Here is the frozen car we are waiting to thaw before getting into.

10:00 AM (be patient… there are 3 at 10… I take pic fast! lol) Hunter playing in the snow… I mean ice. Now is a good time to teach him (and his toes) the difference between snow and ice.