Home Sweet Home

Two Peas Photography Challenge for last week was "Home Sweet Home". I struggled with this only because over the past year and 1 month I have taken so many pictures that represent my home sweet home but I can't use any of them. So this is what I decided to represent my home sweet home two peas challenge photo.

My first site when walking into the house

My favorite room in the house is the kitchen

I love my eggplant walls, but I have always disliked purple and still do

The picture of the Hemmer family, I absolutely love it

My kitchen close up pictures started with this crushed red pepper shot

I found this fun lime green pear for a quarter

Who doesn't love Pampered Chef Spatulas

This is where the recyclables are put until John takes them out.... and right now it's clean

This says "Home Sweet Home"

Two Peas Challenge

This week's photo challenge is "hobby". My 1st hobby is photography but the 2nd runner up is gardening so I had a photo that combined the two in one. In 2007 I was in the City Garden Tour, I displayed many of my garden photos during that day. My garden shed was my main photo display you can see the easels sitting outside with my garden photographs on them and the inside of the shed had many, many more along with cut out cookies in flower and bug shapes compliments of my sisters, they were a big hit. I also thought a glimpse into summer would be fun right now during the cold winter days. This photo is the only one I took during the tour, I should have thought of picking up my camera while the garden was crawling with people.

Two Peas Photography Challenge

Last week's Two Peas Photography Challenge was Technology. I couldn't think of a thing to take a picture of so I skipped it. This morning on my way to work it hit me, this is Technology that I see everyday. I love the way it looks in the early morning with the dark blue sky the lights shining through the steam and the silhouette of the trees and buildings. Last week Monday it was this view with frost covering everything and the lights shined straight up in the air due to the extreme cold temperatures, I was kicking myself for my camera that day. This morning I just happen to have my camera in the seat next to me all seat belted in (you never know, I don't want it to go flying) call me weird it's okay. So I stopped along side the road and fired off a few pics.

Then when I got to work this shot was calling my name so you get a bonus pic.

Texture

This week for the 2009 Photography Challenge it's Texture. It states my favorite color and for this week it also gives me comfort. Here is my texture pic for the week.

Thank you for all the thoughts and prayers you have been sending my way, we all need to be thankful for the things we do have during these tough times, and all of you helped me to remember my own reasons to be thankful, so Thank you I love you all.

Thoughts for today - Yesterday was a hard day but today I would have to say was much worse. Yesterday we all were in shock and didn't put any thoughts into what needs to happen, today as I sit at my desk and look at everything around me and realize it all has to move up north. I look into production and envision all the machines, carts, boxes, clocks, paperwork..... have to move out, this building needs to be empty. How does this happen, I can't even imagine the hard work that is going to be done in a very short time. During our consolidation up north I may or may not have a job along with everyone else. None of us know what the next step is. It could be they offer us a job 45 miles from here, it could be they keep us here to clear out the building for a short amount of time, it could be we apply for a job at our other facilities that are 90 miles from here. It could be there is nothing for you.... Some say we are lucky we have 60 days and some say it's better to be walked out the door that day, I'm not really sure which way would be better since I think they both kinda suck. I am a very dedicated loyal employee and the closing of this building and the leaving of my work family that is already gone and others who are about to leave has and will crush me but I will survive, I'm just stubborn like that.

Start... Ready, Set, Go

I visit a photography website that has created 52 different ideas for a 2009 Photography Challenge. I thought I'd try to play along with them so here's my photo for Start....Ready, Set, Go. I would have loved to have had this taken on the road but with my work schedule this week and the bitter cold I had to settle for my living room.

Start.....Ready, Set, Go

For the new year we all make some resolutions and these are mine - A healthier life style

1 - Get more exercise

2- Eat more vegetables

3 - Eat less junk

4 - Have less stress

5 - Drink more water and less Mt. Dew

So let's recap since we are only 8 days into the year....

1 - I can't walk, sit, stand, lay, do jumping jacks, stand on my head, ride in a car, blog.....without sever pain from my tailbone. Ibuprofen is my friend doing sit ups are painful just thinkin' about it.

2 - I bought the stuff for making salads for one night this week but tonight I went to dinner with customers... yeah no salad tonight, but the 2 Margaritas were green

3 - Wednesday night John and I split a single serving of Combos for supper... come on we split it that's gotta' count for something.

4 - See Wednesday's post....I'm thinking this is not gonna happen for awhile

5 - Ummmm yeah, let's not talk about this :(