My name is Topaz and I like hearing my self type.

Friday, September 30, 2011

Day 30 and End Scene.

Day 30 Self portrait. I guess they want to see how much your face changed in 30 days of trying to figure out what your going to take a photo of... those bastards. So without much more typing ...

Day 29 it's almost TIME!

Day 29 Black & White. Well my camera doesn't have that as a setting. So i'll show you the color version and the black & white i made in editor... i don't think i did such a great job... you tell me.

Day 28 i'm a little late

Day 28 Flowers or Flower... well mine is Flowers. These are right outside my door. My neighbor planted them. B/c if it were left up to me it would be rocks and sand. I hate gardening. BUT i do like the results.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Run Days 26-31 wait... 31?











Day 26
I ran 2 miles in 18 minutes. It was short and sweet and to the point... i had practice. (look at my awesome shirt it's Nachos and one Nacho is saying "I'm a hot mess!" my sis got it for me. Perfect!)

Day 27
I ran 4.75 miles and walked .5 ish miles in 47 minutes! GO me! It was a very nice long run that made me happy inside.

Day 28
I ran 2 miles in 18 minutes again i had pumpkin things to make... give me a break! LOL

Day 29
I ran 2.75 miles in 25 minutes. I thought i ran 3 miles but then when i saw my time i was like ok... something isn't right. and nope it wasn't. O'well.

Day 30
I ran 2 miles in 17 minutes... that 17 minutes was due to some rage. I'll post about that rage at another time. Now this is where i happy dance b/c HELLO I DID my 30 days of running in a row before turning 30!!!! However...


Day 31
One more for good luck! I ran 2 miles in i don't know how much time. But it was one more day for good luck and to prove that just because i turned 30 doesn't mean i'm going to fall apart (LOL). Thank you for joining me on this mad journey. i hoped you enjoyed it as much as i did.

DAY 27 hold me back

Day 27 FAR away. This is the far away of the important thing in my life... so now you know what it is.

Day 26 it might be like the others

Day 26 UP CLOSE! This is an UP CLOSE of something very important in my life...

DAY 25 LOOK ALIVE

Day 25 Something Pink. Well this one is so hard i hardly have a pink thing to call my own... oh wait never mind. This is THE pink item that started all the pink madness in my life. Pink and i didn't have a good relationship till i received this item. Now you sometimes can't tell us apart (pink & I). It's my very 1st sweethearts "uniform." I <3 it.

Day 24 i may have made this up


Day 24... WELL since it's my 30th birthday you will get a nice post about birthday things!!

Here is a summary of how it all went down:
Woke up to balloon with a bag tied to it. Looked in bag and found pecan pancake mix (yum). Honey head made me pecan pancakes!! While eating pancakes honey says "1st part of your gift is i'm giving you $ towards a new pair of skates! and we are going to the skate store in DE to pick them out! 2nd part of your gift is under your pillow... and 3rd part of you gift you will get tonight or tomorrow night." Me "CAN I LOOK UNDER MY PILLOW?!?! (with pecan pancake falling out of mouth (ok maybe not but almost))" Look under pillow and find STAR WARS complete DVD blue ray box set of my dreams!!! 3rd part of gift was a total 100% surprise dinner that night with my good friends at POCOS! So for this b-day Honey gets a A+ x 1000000000!





Day 23 Look away sister ANIMAL alert

Day 23 Animal. Well it just so happen to happen that i was at my friends house and she has 2 dogs and 2 cats. I was able to get a photo of one of her dogs for my Animal photo. NOT as cool as my hopes to get a photo of the random Donkey that lives nearish to me. Maybe someday i'll get a Donkey pic. Oh and the cute doggies name is Trouble.

Monday, September 26, 2011

Just one moment while i take a nap...

Lots of photo challenge posts coming and my last running post...and and yeah just some catching up to do from my awesome b-day weekend crazy-ness!

I'll get to it later today in the mean time have a super Monday. (i know how is that even possible...)

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Day 22 who are you?!

Day 22 HANDS!! i took a squishy icky lovely dovey photo... enjoy,

A not photo post

Thought i would fill your head with useless none sense rather then useless images! LOL or i'm just having a week and i need to hear myself type some more.

We had an inspection this week at work and it makes me realize how much more i still need to learn (which i knew i guess) and how much i dislike certain people. I think i spent 1/2 my time rolling my eyes at a certain person which upsets me b/c how are we going to have an effective team if we don't get along. I guess the #1 problem is how most people are STUCK in the old ways of doing things. Which i get but we are trying to grow and with growth comes necessary changes... UGH... i'm preaching to the choir i bet. Anyhow... it should be a fun life in the next few months.

In other news my team the SWEETHEARTS are having a crap sale on Sunday and i am baking a few things to sell along with the crap. I made pumpkin cupcakes from scratch last night and i will be turning some of them into pumpkin cake pops! with White chocolate coating. I hope they turn out good. I also think i am going to make strawberry cupcakes which i will make into cake pops with milk chocolate coating. hmmmmm. we shall see. Honey head is not so happy that he can't eat the cuppy cakes just yet... he was very displeased by my "NO!"

Hey can you believe i have 2 days of my 30 days of running left! Holy moly! then i will be 30 years old. Today is my brother in-laws b-day! And 2 days ago was my sister in-laws b-day... yeah people stealing my birthday thunder. (LOL) Well have a super wonderful happy yummy Thursday (and if YOU find the elusive pumpkin bagel with pumpkin cream cheese let a gal know!!)!!!

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Day 21 and yeah a run

Day 21 Faceless self portrait... You get to see the back of me once again! That is faceless! and look today's photo is on time & the actual day.

Day 20 a little late

Day 20 Bokeh... what is THAT?! (i had to google it) and i'm still not certain the photo i am (cheapting) supplying is a good enough form of it. Basically it's when a subject is in focus but the background is all fuzzy. Now my Bokeh photo is from a while ago... and was taken by accident... and the reasons for all of that is b/c i can't seem to take a Bokeh photo on purpose PLUS like i stated i don't even fully know if what i have is right. Add in the mix that i worked at work all day = a day late and a dollar short. BUT since i stated before how i can change the rules and mix things up...here is an example of such doing! HA.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Day 19 so that's what they mean

Day 19 Something Orange. My something orange is something that helps me dry my hair! LOL We have not lived in a apartment where i could just use my dang hair dryer in the BATHROOM! No that would be too simple! Our 1st apartment i had to buy a weaker sadder hair dryer that wouldn't blow the fuse PLUS i had to make sure Honey wasn't using stuff that was on the same circuit. Now in this apartment our bathroom outlets are backward and in a corner... so my plug for the hair dryer doesn't fit SO i have to use an extension cord from the living room! what a mess. so with all that here is something orange.

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Day 18 phew.

Day 18 Shoes! Well let me just tell you... these aren't just ANY shoes! These are my hiking shoes! at the top of a mountain i'm about to zip line down!! YIKES!

Days 21-25


Day 21
I Ran 2 miles in 19 minutes! Yeah Awesome right! RIGHT! LOL Also this set of 5 days i took photos of me jumping. (well THIS one honey head took.)


Day 22
I ran 2 miles in 18 minutes. I took these Day 22 photos myself (it kind of looks like i'm just on the love sac. LOL).

Day 23
I Ran 4.08 miles and walked .25 miles i did this in 41 minutes! Awesome! So i set my camera on the back of my car to take this pic. No one was around (or so i thought) there was a van parked in front of me with tinted windows. So i take this shot a few times before i get a good one. Then a man exits the van... Crap. LOL

Day 24
I ran 2 miles in 18 minutes and as you can see you got the back of me on this day b/c taking the photo was HARD!! It's hard getting a jumping shot of yourself! (hoping the neighbors don't see you...)




Day 25


I ran 2 miles in 19 minutes. And that was pretty darn good considering i played a derby game the night before and i fell on my pelvis bone (ouch). So sure i picked a minute back up but at least i didn't go all the way back to 22 minutes! LOL

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Day 17 was a crazy day

Day 17 Eyes (ok this is where i tell you a super secret... You can't tell anyone!(lol) I might have switched a day or two around so that eyes would be this day... b/c well i had a derby game and my eyes were gonna be so neat.) So here you go!




(see wasn't that worth switching some days around? SHHHH i said don't say anything... geee!)

Friday, September 16, 2011

Day 16 i don't see any cake

Day 16 Long Exposure So here is a nice slide show of some Long Exposure photos. One of them Honey Head Husband did the design work with the laser pointer.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Day 15 look what i have seen!

Day 15 is silhouette... i needed the husband assistance... and it's still sad. LOL but hey i tried.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Day 14 it's electric boogie woogie woogie

Day 14 is Electronics or just one electronic device BUT since i have many that i like... i took a photo of a few of them. My ipod nano, ipod shuffle, card reader (that i love), cell phone that is NOT smart, & good old Lappy 2.0 (little sob).

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Day 13... is that bad Luck?

Day 13 is a photo of Me (or you if you were doing this) with 13 things. I had to get help from the honey head with this one... you'll see why. The 13 things are 13 awesome things that i love! Also the bunch of wooded roses count as 1 item... just to let you know. (my husband just said i look crazy :o( )

Days 16-20


Day 16
I ran 3 miles in 31 minutes... that made me happy inside! (LOL) My sad shoes are still wet... so i had to use my back up shoes. yuck.





Day 17
I ran 2 miles QUICK like a fox before shopping time with my MOM! It took me 21 minutes. So i was ok with that. (shoes still wet in fact even more wet b/c it rained as i put them outside.)




Day 18


I walked 1/2 a mile, ran 4 miles and a little something, and then walked .625 miles... it all ended up taking 60 minutes. Shoes still sad and wet.






Day 19


I ran 2 miles before practice and it took me 20 minutes! GO ME getting rid of a minute! (i hope i don't pick it back up again.) Shoes are almost dry b/c today was sunny and NICE!






Day 20
Today i ran 4.25 (ish) miles and walked 1/2 a mile or so. It took me 47 minutes AND my shoes were totally dry so i got to wear them again to run! I also went for a 5 (ish) mile bike ride with the honey face.

My shirt theme this week was neat designs! (i know i'm a dork) BUT hey 20 days done... 10 to go! (shit does that mean my b-day is coming...)

What I have been waiting for!!

So here is the story... I got an awesome idea and i went to my fellow skater Clobberella one night at practice (she is really good at taking pictures, drawing, web design, & just all around arty. she did go to art school and all...). Here is how the conversation went:
Me: Clob!! CLOB!! What are you doing Saturday? There is cake and throwing and cake and fights and cake and I WANT TO THROW CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Clob: UM.... What?!?! Slow down... make some sense LADY!
Me: (takes deep breath) OK. So when you get married you know you save the top of the cake and your supposed to save it for your one year anniversary and eat it then. Well my husband & I have heard from several people that it's nasty... which makes sense i mean a cake in the freezer for a year... SO instead of waiting and eating the dumb cake we want to have a CAKE FIGHT in the park and throw it at each other on our 6 month anniversary of being married! And we want YOU to take our photos!!!!

From there she agreed & plans were made and photos taken and then a nice game of who has the button until we reach now right here where i can share the photos with YOU!! (so i'm posting this before i FB it... which makes you super special!)

Monday, September 12, 2011

Day 12 lets get to it

Day 12 is Something Blue! I was trying like heck to get a photo of my wonderful awesome engagement ring... but i stink at close up detailed photos. So i went with the next Blue thing in my everyday life... enter yoga mat. I stretch on it... i workout on it... and yes i do clean it. LOL

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Day 11 are you in Heaven...

Day 11 is Sunset... well you might look at my photo and say "those are clouds..." but that was the Sunset today... it's been super rainy with rain on the side of rain with rain filling. In case you didn't know... so this was Sunset.

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Day 10 for you to see

Day 10 is someone you love. I cheated... i have 2 someones i love in one photo. (and it was NOT easy! lol)

Friday, September 9, 2011

Day 9 DAY 9

Day 9 is A Childhood Memory...
So at 1st i was like what the heck! How can you photograph a childhood memory... BUT THEN you know i say my mom is the most awesomest EVER... PROOF right now. This photo: A.She designed this sweet item, B. She recently gave it too me WHICH means, C. she kept it b/c she loves me. (PS that star still GLOWS! this is legit from the 80s! Also it still fits me...)

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Day 8 oh how super GREAT!

Day 8 is A Bad Habit...
Mine is letting my purse get super messy and scary... bottomless pit like.

Days 11-15










Day 11

I ran 4 miles about & walked 2. I did this in an hour and 6 minutes (better then i thought i would do). I went to a place called Peace Valley Park. The trail is 6 miles so once you start you have 2 choices. OK maybe 3: 1. keep going till you get back to your car. 2. turn back around till you get to your car. Or 3. Stop where you are and start weeping while curling into the fetal position... someone might take pity on you and carry you back to your car... or theirs... I stuck with 1.




Day 12


I ran not sure... so i met my sister & her husband at a flea market. After i was like imma find a park... a NEW park & run. So i remembered always passing Tyler State Park when i was going to community college (a million years ago) & wanted to check out the park someday. They have a covered bridge. Well... i parked my car & ran. Ran some more.... walked.... ran... avoided horse plops all over the place... walked.... ran.... got panicked b/c i was pretty certain i would never find my way back to my car.... i almost employed option #3 from Day 11. BUT i persevered and keep on the trail name i thought lead to my car. and it DID! also when a trail is called Anything HILL... it's for real a legit steep hill. just so you know. Oh and i was run/walking for 55 minutes. it seemed like longer b/c i was lost. Also also... a lady with a map came up to me and asked if i saw a large hiking group b/c she lost her group. That's really when my panic started.



Day 13

It was pouring rain today... ok it went like this. I start running and it's raining. I'm a mile in and it starts pouring. I'm 2 miles in and it starts dumping on me like no one's freaking business. It was interesting. Also deer love the rain how do i know... b/c about 10-12 of them were sitting in the open field staring at me as i ran by. Anyhow, i ran 3.25 miles in 33 minutes. So i'm soaking wet in the photo b/c of rain not my sweat (for once).


Day 14


So today i ran 3.8 miles and i walked .5 miles it took me 42 minutes... i feel like that was slow but o'well. I got my run in before the rain so that was nice.


Day 15

I ran 3.8 miles and walked .5 miles i did it in 41 minutes. Halfway done wooohoooo!! Now on to practice.


My theme for these past 5 days was wearing shirts i got from runs i did! (also please forgive me for the spacing of this post blogger is being an a hole)


 

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