around the house

I've been reading lots of blogs right now and have been inspired. I'm trying very hard to make it out of the dark tunnel of no pictures!! So yesterday I took out the Rebel and shot a few frames around the old homestead. Here are some of my winners:

 "Life in Miniature"

"Stuck Inside"

day 101: a gift

july 24.

my parents bought me flowers when i got home from ireland. isn't that like the cutest thing ever? you are probably muttering, "no, are you like twelve? you use the word 'like' a lot", or something along those lines. well, dislike it or not, whether you are a cold human being with no heart or a kind souled person who thinks this is cute (i'm joking with these analogies, by the way, and amusing myself the whole time i'm typing away), this is the photo of the day, so you're just going to have to...DEAL WITH IT.

day 98: fireworks went off!

july 21.

every year right down the street they have the town's community days. i think i went once when i was really small, but every year we walk down our straight street a few houses and watch the fireworks, mom and i. so much fun! i've posted before on the blog fireworks from years past, and this year, since i'm doing the photo a day project, i thought i'd share a few images i took this time around. also, sidenote, this was the Rebel's first year photographing the fireworks. and i think they came out great! it was hard narrowing the decision down to these pics! (pun most definitely intended)

i like the business in the last one :)

Day 95: home

July 18. I pulled into the driveway and my mom was literally so excited she started jumping up and down, pulled out her phone, and snapped a pic of me pulling in. Gotta love being loved :) annnnnddd this is what they posted in the front driveway, where I always park.

day 71: porcelain kitty

i love this little thing. it's my mother's.

day 70: keychain

i collect keychains. i also have a passion for breaking them. just ask the two eiffel towers, the dutch wooden shoe, etc. it happens. to me. especially. But one keychain i've had for a few years now, and hasn't broken, is this one. also, interesting fact, it's the only actual bling on my keyring. it truly has stood the test of time.

the story behind it is a small one. you know that big nineties fad with having everything with your name on it? well, i grew up always wanting one. every store i went in that had one of the displays i would rush over to, scan the a's, and inevitably end with andrea and autumn. there were never any audrey's in the bunch. so my field trips to the gift shop usually ended up in disappointment. until the day my mom and i went on a road trip. my mom is seriously like the funnest person to take a roadtrip with. she is awesome! anyway, on the way back home we stopped at the mall for a little shopping spree. we ended up in a gift shop, and guess what? my mom bought me this little trinket. made my day. maybe even my year. it's the little things..

day 62: crutches

Friday the doctor told me I've got to use crutches for the next month. Big bummer over this way for a bunch of reasons I won't go into on this photo blog. So anywho. My brother once had to get knee surgery so we have a pair of stainless steel normal looking crutches. The problem with this is that this girl took the short gene of the family (I mean, my brothers are all on the tall side, I got the 5'4 gene apparently. Which I am okay with), so the crutches are way too tall for me. I adjusted them all the way to short and they were still too tall, but I used them for a day at work anyway and wanted to chop my pits off the next day my arms were so sore. So I reverted to using the other crutches Mom had stored away in the attic (what other treasures lay up there I have no idea. Remember? I'm on crutches now) which are wooden and so nineties (I really don't care, I mean, c'mon. Isn't vintage supposed to be back??). These go all the way down to short level and are perfect size! The only problem is, with the old factor, the comfy (if you can indeed call any part of crutches comfy) part of them was a sick yellow. So...hello, to today's post. REVAMPED! Audrey style! I mean, if you've got to use crutches for a month you might as well go in style!!

All the kids are gonna be jealous of this girl's style. Who else has a pair of sick hot pink zebra stripe (kudos to Mom who wheeled me around Wal*Mart today, which was a sight in itself, and helped me decide between the plain zebra stripe, and the HOT PINK zebra stripe duct tape) crutches??

day 52: agatha christie

i'm drawn to mysteries. secretly (well i guess it's not a secret now) i wish i were a detective. i even have a story i pull out once in a while and write. so it's no wonder that my bookshelf is quite well stocked with a healthy selection of agathas. i even got my mom hooked on them!

day 43: something i say every day

first off, my other famous words: i'm sorry. i'm sorry i haven't posted in a while. things have been busy! and then my account got hacked, so hopefully this will work. 

anyways. the post. i have been taking my photo of the day, regardless. so here is last tuesday's. something i say every day. my mom and i both have this necklace, and when i wear it, i feel warm and fuzzy and happy. it reminds me that whatever goes wrong during the day, i'll always have that bond. sappy thought of the day! who knew you were getting that in addition to the photo of the day! 

and i'm very proud of the way this one came out. hello, new computer background!

day 12: the road at night

cutting it down to the wire today! less than an hour before day 12 officially ends. well, it was a busy one. spent the majority of the day in the car, but i did get to see my grandparents, which was nice. and i got to hang with my parents and my super awesome brother and sister in law. so, all in all, a good (but busy) day 12!

Day 4: Love

Usually when people take a love-themed picture, they take a photo of a cute oozy couple or a parent with a child, or something like that. But I am telling you, this cat has unconditional love for my mom (as you can see).