This week's challenge is Love around your home. I was excited when I saw this challenge and I knew exactly what I was going to do.
This one is obviously not from this week, but there is no love around this home without these guys....and the dogs are just too cute in their Christmas jammies. Lola is the one that's upside down at Wayne's feet, Toby is the black one on Wayne's lap, Wayne is the one wearing shoes and the other one is Lincoln.
And here's Lola (top) and Toby. At any given time, Lola is antagonizing Toby or chewing on his hind leg so this picture is truly rare...and sweet.
This was taken at the Cowboys game this weekend in Minnesota. I do not know the lady in this picture. She (we'll call her Sue) has season tickets to her beloved Vikings, was dressed completely in Vikings garb and shook that rally towel like her arm was going to fall off. If you cut her she would bleed purple and I didn't ask, but I'm pretty sure she was wearing purple underwear. That's just how dedicated she is. Sue reminded me so much of my Grama Mary. Grama had season tickets to our local semi-pro hockey team, the Quad City Mallards. Grama had a Mallards jersey that she wore to every game, and she too high-fived the young, rowdy guys sitting next to her. Sue and Grama both yelled their instructions to the players and expressed their disgust with the officials when the calls didn't go their way. You're probably wondering what this has to do with the challenge. Grama passed away 5 years ago this June (buried in her Mallards jersey and socks). And I would love to have her around my home, but instead I will take this great reminder and smile every time I see it.
I call these "Daddy's Earrings". They used to be my Dad's wedding band. He never wore it, so 28 years later he had it made into earrings for me to wear on our wedding day. Thirty-four years ago this ring was bought for $100, now it is one of my most prized possessions. I wore them when Dad had major, risky neck surgery and for Wayne's surgery and the duration of both of their hospital stays as a good luck charm. It worked, or maybe it was the incredibly talented surgeons, but I'd like to think it's my earrings.....
After some of these other photos, this seems really materialistic and silly, but I love this lamp. It's a little curvier than I usually like, but I think the shade and the black nickel base give it the modern look that I was looking for. I actually think the base kinda looks like an Oscar award. And it's sitting on the table that Wayne made for me!
I call these "Daddy's Earrings". They used to be my Dad's wedding band. He never wore it, so 28 years later he had it made into earrings for me to wear on our wedding day. Thirty-four years ago this ring was bought for $100, now it is one of my most prized possessions. I wore them when Dad had major, risky neck surgery and for Wayne's surgery and the duration of both of their hospital stays as a good luck charm. It worked, or maybe it was the incredibly talented surgeons, but I'd like to think it's my earrings.....
After some of these other photos, this seems really materialistic and silly, but I love this lamp. It's a little curvier than I usually like, but I think the shade and the black nickel base give it the modern look that I was looking for. I actually think the base kinda looks like an Oscar award. And it's sitting on the table that Wayne made for me!
This penguin is one of the best Christmas gifts I have ever received. Two years ago in the summer, I saw these ceramic penguins that were super cute but ridiculously expensive so I didn't get them. That year at Christmas, Wayne remembered the penguins but didn't know where they were so he looked all over for them. He stumbled into a ceramics shop, not knowing that it was "paint your own". So he painted me a penguin! As you can see, he's not perfect but I just love him!
This is the second challenge I've done and it's a lot of fun. I also tend to leave my photos on the memory card so this is encouraging me to get them on the computer. I highly suggest you check it out.
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