my life would be so much harder (and not as much fun) without him. For the last 6 years Shane has been a SADH while I have worked. He has done almost all the cleaning, cooking, shopping, running around after the kids - the works. He has enjoyed it and it has been great for the kids to be able to spend so much time with him. Today he started a new job.
iso 200, f 5.6, ss 1/160, speedlite flashJust a quick snap I took on the way home from the gym. This place is my sanity saver. It is a local wetland (swamp) and it is so quite and peaceful there. I love the different shade of green of the grasses and the reeds. It is such an interesting place to go and take photos.
iso 400, f 11, ss 1/160This is our new dishwasher. The old one stopped going about 12 months ago and it has taken this long to get a new one. I have to admit that Shane used the dishwasher a lot more than I do. He doesn't think I stack it properly so even if I do it, he often reloads it. Easier just to let him do it the first times I think. Anyway, after 6 years of being a full time SAHD and a part time University student, Shane is just about to start a new job. So I guess I'm have to become better acquainted with the dishwasher and all the other household appliances.
I'm long-sighted so I can see fine without them, but I get headaches and sore eyes. I have had the same Rx since I was in high school, but I have to admit that as 40 is approaching (way too quickly) I'm starting to find really close stuff can be a bit of a struggle. These are my latest glasses, but I have about 4 pairs that I kinda alternate. With work we get a couple of free pairs a year so that helps alot. So this is me- wrinkles and all. About the closest thing I have done to a self portrait.
This is my poor sad old teddy bear. His name is Reddy Teddy (yes he once was red and white and fluffy). I got him for my first Christmas from my Grandparents. When I was little I used to take him everywhere. All the photos of me feature him too. As you can see he is a little worse for wear. Almost all his seams have been re-sewn, but now the actual material is so worn through, I don't really know how to repair him. I guess I could put on new material, but then he would be all new and it just wouldn't be the same.
iso 400, f 2.8, ss 1/200, speedlite
iso 400, f 1.8, ss 1/200, speedliteMy DD Joey does Scotish Highland dancing. Tomorrow she has a competition so tonight I have to get all her stuff sorted. This is her small bag for all her sock, shoes, hair ties, assorted pins and thread and everything else that may be needed. Yep it's a Chatterbox scrapbooking case. She also has the big one for her costumes. The tartan she dances in matches the pink socks in the pic - it's really pretty. They also do some Irish dances, hence the green socks. I'm the president of the local Highland Dancing Society - it's a bit of a joke really coz there are only about a dozen members and apart from me they are all related. The other kids all have mothers who danced and grandmothers who danced. Poor Jo coz I really know nothing about it so I'm not much help when she is practising.
iso 400, f 5, ss 1/40, Speedlite flash
iso 100, f 4, ss 1/1250
