Garden Bandit

Lola has gotten increasingly interested in the new garden... Lee caught her red-pawed today!She was inside the garden! And then couldn't get out on her own... talk about guilty! HA!

We took our bikes to Memorial Park today on the bike rack - and to tell you the truth, we were not impressed. There were all these insane bikers there training for this huge ride called the MS150 - and they would yell "To the LEFT!" and all kinds of crap if you were going too slow. We were just trying to ride around for fun and some exercise! Lee's handlebars were loose and his saddlepack thing kept messing up, so we went home. We adjusted a few things and then went back out by our house for a more enjoyable ride.I did get a pretty shot of some bluebonnets, Lee's favorite!!
The time change sucks! I am not tired at all and it is 10:30pm! Tomorrow will be rough for sure.

Cake and Dishes

Last night, for Don's birthday, I made a butterscotch marble bundt cake. It was pretty good, but not very sweet. I do think the reason for this was because the only butterscotch pudding mix I could find was sugar free. yuck! But it was still moist and pretty tasty. I think I will change it up next time.(Jen, if you are reading this, yes - that is your cake plate thing. You left it a long time ago and I keep meaning to give it back but we have had a hard time seeing each other lately.)

When you have people over for dinner, and bake a cake, dishes pile up. Lee and I have this neat 2-drawer dishwasher so that we can run small loads. Last night I had to run them both!
There you have it, a super exiting photo of my full dishwasher(s). At least I have bright plates...
It's the time change. Blame this post on the time change...

More Photoshop

Oooh boy am I hooked. I still have so much to learn..
I found some from the wedding (almost 4 years ago..) I am not happy with our photographer. The color photos she took were very saturated and her digital camera caught all the yellow in the over head lighting. I only liked our black and whites.
So here is me and dad dancing:
ORANGE!
Now:At least we are close to the right color
My Niece:Can you believe these photos? Criminy...There we go. I used lots of Cool, lighten, and a color boost.
Lastly, a photo I scanned from Hawaii:
Better known as "the time I burned my legs so badly I wanted to die."
This one is hard b/c it is scanned.
Better I guess but... Lee's shirt hurts my eyes and, although he normally has dark lips, these look painted on! This poor photo...
I am really interested in learning photoshop. I wish I knew someone who lives near me that uses it. But I will have to take tutorials online I guess!

More Photoshop

Oooh boy am I hooked. I still have so much to learn..
I found some from the wedding (almost 4 years ago..) I am not happy with our photographer. The color photos she took were very saturated and her digital camera caught all the yellow in the over head lighting. I only liked our black and whites.
So here is me and dad dancing:

I am trying....

So, through the help of Pioneer Woman, I am trying to learn Photoshop...
Here is my first try, using her "actions."
I took this photo earlier (SOOC)

Then I "Boosted", "Sharpened" and "Slighty Cool"'d it. A little sharp though...
This i believe was the "Vintage" action.. i don't really remember!I will start using some on other photos...

Plants and Sleepy Pups

This is Ted. He sleeps in this spot on the couch every day. If you are in this spot, and you get up to go pee or something, you will come back to find your spot taken. And how can you move something that looks like this?
This is Lola. She burrows. But this is more the result of the "Lola Hammock." If you have your legs out with a blanket on them, Lola is on your legs. This results in a hammock. In this instance, i had to get up, so I put my legs down on the ottoman, and covered her up with the blanket. She did not see a problem with this. Nor did she see a problem when I came back and put her back on my legs.

Today I came home and watered our garden. There is something wonderful and fragrant growing on my fence, I believe it is Jasmine... so I clipped some and put it in my kitchen window.The rosemary will be planted in a pot outside this weekend, but he is happy for the minute in my window. I just want it to get as big as possible! I am also on the hunt for Mint and Basil. Then I will have many many herbs. I have chives, sage, and parsley going in my garden right now!

I also went on a slight iTunes Rampage today. I go through periods where I only listen to current stuff like Keane, MGMT, Vampire Weekend, etc. Then I revert back to when I was totally being schooled by my daddy on what is decent music. That is when you get in my car and it is Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughn, and the likes. I find that when that mood strikes, I don't have what I need on my iPod..
I fixed that today...
If you are new to Mr. Clapton (and have been living under a rock forEVER) this is a great album to start with. Has all the ones you happened to have heard on the radio. This one I remember listening to with my dad. You can totally tell it is the 80's... I love her. LOVE her. I sing along to every song, I pretend I AM her. This is why I need extremely dark tinted windows.... Jack Johnson - I only got a few off this album. I like him but I never can get through the whole album - he gets TOO happy! I am like "curse or yell or something!!" But then I realize, man lives in Hawaii... he has every right to be happy!! I grabbed 3 songs off of here.

Now I am off to let Teddy out before he creates a doggie door on his own...

Girls shopping...

This is my mom and I at Border's for coffee...

This is me dreaming of the Tiffany Chain-link necklace... I want it bad!This is my grandmother and I. I wonder if the serious coffee drinkers were annoyed with our photos?