Project 365

For about two seconds, I entertained the idea of participating in Blog 365, like Keely, but I quickly came to my senses. I barely made it through NaBloPoMo so the idea of posting every day for a year stressed me out.

I do like a challenge though and have been wanting to start taking more photos again. So, I joined a flickr group called Project 365. There are several similar groups, but this one is fairly laid back, which I like. You take a photo a day of anything you want and post it to the group. If you miss posting because you get sick, can't access the internet, or are dealing with a leaking roof and flooding garage*, no worries. You can back post, start over, do whatever (for the most part). My kind of group.

I'm cross-posting my Project 365 photos to my photoblog. You can check them out there or on flickr. They won't all be good. But they will be there.

*With the major rains that hit L.A. last night, we had leaks and floods and general headaches. We managed to get some patch work done prior to the rain starting back up tonight. Thank goodness.

Complimentary

It's amazing. I "did" my hair this morning and put on a little makeup. I'm wearing new pants, that while many, many sizes larger than I'd like them to be, are a somewhat flattering style and sort of fit. I've gotten compliments from kids I work with, children's parents, friends, and co-workers. Shows me what a little effort can produce. Amazing.

And A Hamster New Year

In case you haven't been paying attention, I like hamsters. My obsession began some time ago, but really blew up when I got Ami almost two years ago. I chose this strange passion and am quite happy when others indulge me. Check out some of the goodies I got for Christmas:

There are notes on the specific items at flickr, but as you can see there are books, toys, art, and a couple of games for my new Nintendo DS Lite (another gift). Oh, and yeah, my little artificial tree is decorated with my craft hamsters. Hey, I set it up for photos, so why not?

I once had a collection sort of thrust upon me. It all started about 15 years ago when I wore a cow costume to work on Halloween. From that time on, people started giving me cow stuff. I went along with it for a while, but grew really tired of it. I'd never really asked to collect cows and while they are okay, and certainly yummy, I have no strong affinity for cattle. But this time it's different, I revel in my love of the furry little critters with cute nubby tails.