epic fail: a picture a day!

i have been defeated. my lazy ass lifestyle got the better of me, and i wasn't able to keep up with my brilliant idea of taking a picture a day. what is wrong with me? it's just a picture a day. i am and always will be a procrastinator, and that was what the central challenge was with this venture. all i needed to do was to take a picture a day, but my main problem was i never thought to take one. by the time i would settle into bed, i would realize that i hadn't taken a picture. pretty soon all my pictures would've ended up being of my very small bedroom. i don't want to take a picture of my ceiling fan or of my unmade bed or of the lamp without a shade or of my clothes chair. the idea was to better observe the world around me and to work on my picture-taking skills because who doesn't want to be an amateur photographer? everyone, except the boy, wants to be an amateur photographer, and i wanted to be able to use and understand apps other than Instagram (though i do love Instagram).

my downfall started one day in february when i missed taking a picture (i don't remember the exact date.) then i missed another day and another day. then i just stopped caring - this was also during the period when i was waist deep into my "down in the dumps" time. i didn't care about anything. i tend to be obsessive when it comes to projects like this. when i miss a day or two or three i just want to scrap the entire project because it will not be whole. this notion stems from my days in school when i would take lecture notes. when i was taking notes and couldn't get everything perfect, i would have to rewrite my notes until i had achieved said perfection. if my spacing was off or i misspelled a word and i had written in pen, i would scrap it all and do it all over again. it's really weird what i am obsessive over. 

so i am going to start a new section, one where i share some pictures of my life - i know you are all dying to see what i am up to all the time because i have the most awesome life. i got the idea from the many pretty lifestyle blogs that i am obsessed with because they all do a little picture post, and i love being a voyeur. so here you go, my life through pictures. enjoy.

      

a picture a day!

here we go again. my picture a day post.
boy, has it been a while? so far my plan of doing this post every few days has fallen to the way side. but what's new?

it's been a bit crazy here. i'm not sure if y'all are aware, but i live in the lovely town of Austin, Texas. right now Austin is celebrating South by Southwest. you would think that my blog would be full of fun SXSW crap, but because i am a hermit and anti-social i spent most of my time in my humble abode. i did venture out for a couple of events the other day and they were fun. so why am i afraid to leave my house? that my friends is a question for another day.

oh good fucking lord. i love SXSW and i hate SXSW. so needless to say, it's been a crazy week. i can try and blame my procrastination on things being super crazy here, but that would be a lie. i am just lazy. i sound like a broken record, but it's the truth.

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Beerland.

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Oreos, the love of my life. i don't know if you can tell but the Oreos to the right are the Birthday Cake Oreos. love them!

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bedside reading lamp. we're to poor to afford a bedside table or lampshade.

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huge ass mess at work. raspberry truffle massacre.

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another huge ass mess at work. mush pile of chocolate croissants and raisin croissants.

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honey and jem.

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pride and prejudice. i love you jane austen.

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zack, the boy's kc royals cabbage patch doll.

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leggings. love.

now i have a bottle of wine to finish and i have to work tomorrow which means i have to be up by 4:30 am. what in the hell am i doing? we'll see how i fare in the morning. i have a feeling it will be a rough day. oh well. i'm only in my mid thirties once. ha! xoxo.

a picture a day!

hello all!

so, i am going to be 100% honest with y'all. this picture a day thing is a lot harder than i ever imagine. i am totally pathetic! originally, i thought this would be easy as pie. a fun little project that is a tad bit creative. something that i thought i could do, easy peasy. i saw all the other fancy lifestyle bloggers doing their "a portrait of (insert name here), once a week, every week, for a year" and i really thought i could pull it off. but instead of doing it the easy way and only taking one picture a week i had to change it up and say i'm going to take a picture a day. (really? i think it was a trend a few years back. people deciding to take a picture a day. but what do i know? i'm always late on what the cool kids do.) oh good lord! and, and i thought i would have plenty of things to take pictures of but i am running out of items to snap. i'm slowing realizing that my boring life is even more pathetic than i originally thought.

and to top it all off, i missed a day. ugh!

i just need to pour myself a glass of wine and get over it!

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the stairwell.

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no picture. boo!

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oscar.

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the floor.

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profiteroles (pate a choux). work.

happy tuesday! xoxo.

a picture a day!

here we go again. my picture a day post. yay!

i know that y'all have been waiting on pins and needles for my crappy ass pictures, your prayers have been answered.

side note. i cannot believe it's March. March! holy cow.
i cannot believe it's still chilly here in Austin. usually by this time, the nice spring weather is upon us and we are flirting with almost hot temps. but at night the temperature has been dipping into the 40's. whoa. we here in our bitter apartment haven't had the heat on since we got our electric bill in December. boy was that a shock. from now on our heating units will stay off. never again. ugh.

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ice cream with Oreos. my favorite, for right now.

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afternoon tea at the Alamo Drafthouse. The Young Victoria, i love you.

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someone is still in bed. don't cha know my sheets and comforter never match. yes, that is my inner Minnesotan and yes, i can just hear my mother's accent.

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drinking and looking at recipes.

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self portrait. oh boy, what am i trying to do?

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drinking (beer, bourbon and wine) while watching Pride & Prejudice. how i roll. i love you Keira.

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lunch at Bacon.

thanks for looking y'all!

a picture a day!

good lord!
i cannot get my shit together (i think we may have heard that statement many times before). this month is turning out to being my laziest month ever. EVER!

February, i hate you.

i know that my picture a day posts are kind of fillers (gasp), but i don't care. i really thought that after the holiday week that was Valentine's Day i would be on top of this blog and my life again. but i was wrong.

and, AND i hardly have read anything. i am so not cool with that.

so here are some pictures. i hope you enjoy. like i declare with every picture post, i will state that i am trying to post my pictures more frequently. but at this point who am i kidding?

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bedroom.

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movie theater. had to see Beautiful Creatures.

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front door. beautiful day.

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cooking.

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liquor shopping. (a vodka from Minnesota?)

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kitchen.

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new books. (yes that is the 2nd book in the Bared to You series.)

a picture a day!

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leggings and socks (my uniform aka giving up on life).

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tiny clementine sitting on my knee.

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Austin after the rain.

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ceiling fan.

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self portrait.

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none. lazy.

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Book People book store (my special place).

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the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.

again, each week when i try to post my pictures more frequently i tend to do the opposite. i really need to get my shit together. like i always say, it's just a picture.
so, i will say it again. i am trying to post my pictures more often. i hope the more i say it one of these days something will just click and i will finally do what i say i'm going to do. until then, here is a photo dump. enjoy. xoxo.

a picture a day!

here we go. more pictures!
i made it through the month of january. yay! i didn't think i could do it, but i did. (i'm giving myself a pat on the back.)
as for the beginning of february, not so good. i missed two days, TWO! boo. i just need to get my shit together, it's just pictures y'all.

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out to dinner with friends. italian, of course.

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beer with a friend.

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self portrait.

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none. boo.

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the view from the computer.

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none. boo.

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walking home from work. what a beautiful day. winter in texas.

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laundry with coffee. it needed to be done. it was getting pretty bad. i hate doing laundry!

again i am going to try and do this post more often so i'm not dumping a ton of pictures every once in a while. but i'm not promising anything! because let's be realistic, i have a hard time getting my shit together. we'll see. xoxo.

a picture a day!

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the kitchen back door.

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put a ring on it. i was hoping he would do the beyonce dance, but i was shot down with that request. a girl can try.

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my stuart.

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home.

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reading lamp (we can't afford a shade).

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the boyfriend bar. love it.

i know i promised to be doing this post every other day, but who am i kidding?
seriously, i'll try harder and maybe i'll have a post wrapping up this month. xoxo.

a picture a day!

okay, okay. i know. you were right. (i'm used to saying those three words all the time in this household, so it's no big deal, ha.) i'll go ahead and say that this project is much more difficult that i thought it would be. i can see now why all the fancy lifestyle bloggers are only doing the "portrait a week" thing instead of a photo every day. going into this project, i thought, "easy as pie. i can take a picture a day. i have my phone on me at all times. i can do this!" but holy cow, taking a picture a day is hard. i'm pathetic! mainly because i'm a lazy gal.

so, i am going to unload a bunch of pictures here. after this weekend i am going to try and post my picture a day every other day. i thought there for a second to do it everyday, but who am i kidding? i laughed at myself for a second. i don't even think i'll really get it done every other day. but a girl has to have goals, right?

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texas in winter.

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dishes. ugh. and i'm sure a few days old at that.

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karaoke.

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front door.

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lights on in the middle of the day.

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unmade bed. always.

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vanilla extract in oil. adventures at work.

i did purchase a new camera app for the iPhone. and it cost money! first app that i paid for because i am cheap. we'll see if i get around to learning how to use it and then incorporating those pics here. because let's face it, instagram is getting a bit boring, and i haven't even hit february yet. xoxo.