178/365 Too Cute!

Getting back on track with something to make you smile. This is my nephew's first swim. As you can see he is quite the little fish! I don't think mom and dad planned on him to be out floating so in addition to copious sunscreen we plopped Uncle Dave's hat on for good measure.

162-176 Wow! Getting caught up on 365

I am very behind in posting! I was already behind and then our CCI Breeder had puppies TWO days early! Here are the pics... forgive me now for all of the puppy pictures. Oh and it finally happened - I missed a day. The day we had puppies was so crazy, exciting, overwhelming etc that by the time it was bed time (which for the past couple days has been on the floor in the whelping room) that it completely slipped my mind. Still irritated about that. Here we go....

Saturday June 11 - 162
Picking up some props for puppy pictures at the fabric store!

Sunday June 12 - 163

This is the big taste Johnsonville Brot grill. that whole thing is a grill. I didn't stop for a sample, only took the picture to make Dave jealous because he wasn't here. 

Monday June 13 -164 Fountain at the County Court House.

Tuesday June 14 - Doodle bug is home from the spa!

Wednesday June 15 - Today is xray day to determine how many pups we are going to have. A few goodies for the staff at the clinic!

Thursday June 16 - 167 Very pregnant mama, less than a 1 week to go.

Friday June 17 - 168 

Saturday June 18 -169 Pup at Pet-A-Palooza. Sometimes you are just hot and need to cool down!

Sunday June 19 - 170 Dinner and a movie.

Monday June 20 - 171 

Tuesday June 21 - 172 . So in the chaos of having puppies, getting everything cleaned up, trying to get some sleep I completely forgot about 365. I was sooooo disappointed, I hadn't missed a day yet - even on days that I didn't want to take a picture I did. Because we had some unexpected challenges with the delivery I was so consumed with making sure we didn't miss a thing I missed 365. In hindsight, I am glad that I didn't take any puppy pictures. We lost a puppy after the initial delivery and just don't need a photographic reminder. Things happen for a reason and while I was so mad at myself for missing 365 I know now that the only picture I need of that day is in my heart, where I can remember it in my own way.

Wednesday June 22 - 173 Back on track! Mama taking care of one of her aspiring service dogs!

Thursday June 23 - 174 Mama Sabina with her first born.

Friday June 24 - 175 The three amigos =)

Saturday June 25 - 176 Finally got out of the house, more specifically out of the den and see that the world is still turning! Not only are things (new puppies) thriving on the inside of the house, garden is thriving too. Must be the addition of that garden gnome. It is weird I think someone is moving it around the garden - he is never quite where I left him. 

158-161/365

158/365 - Tuesday
The Sacramento City Council meets every Tuesday. Every June the City Manager must present and the Council must approve a balanced budget for the upcoming fiscal year. The past few years have been very tough with layoffs, furloughs, and the reduction of services for citizens. This night the council was hearing the public safety budget, taken while I was working in the media room. It was a long night, full of difficult choices.

159/365 - Wednesday
It was a long Tuesday night, didn't leave work until 2330ish. Had my first taste of a Hemi Sammy from Drewski's Hot Rod Kitchen Food Truck and I swear I dreamt about it. Today when I was walking Colton at lunch time I came around the corner on the way to the farmers market and there... like a beacon... Drewski's.

This is the Hemi. It is a grilled cheese will pulled pork and macaroni and cheese - IN THE SANDWICH!!! oh and did I mention the garlic rosemary tater tots. yep.

160/365 - Thursday
I got an email from Unleashed (a little boutique pet store by Petco) that said they have chuck-in brand toys on sale for 20% off. I have been wanting to get this shark-fin floaty thing for Sabina to play with in the pool. Can you imagine my surprise when I went in and the ones I wanted were on clearance for $2 + 20% off and then buy 3 get one free. Did I mention that this size is usually $11. Sabina scored.

161/365 - Friday
I spent the afternoon with my ladies who lunch at a little puppy pool party. Good to catch up with everyone outside of puppy class (where we aren't supposed to talk and i get in trouble) and let the pups play. This was probably Sabina's last big outing before the big day. Less than two weeks now till puppies.

154-157/365 Weekend Wrap Up

Here is the weekend catch - up!

154/365 Friday - Out and about with the a class of aspiring service dogs.

155/365 Saturday - The only good part of our rainy day garage sale; re-do this weekend!

156/365 Sunday - Not the shot I was looking for, but the only one our very pregnant girl was going to put up with. She has the - seriously one more picture - look down pat!

157/365 Monday - June 6, 1944 the invasion of Normandy began. This flag hangs in our home, a gift from my sister who is in the US Army. This flag flew on one of her missions in the Middle East. Although the American Memorial Day has come and gone, a special thank you to the military forces of just and democratic countries who have given their lives in the name of freedom.

152 & 153/365 Getting closer to the 1/2 way mark

Damn impressed I have made it this far!

152/365 Wednesday UC Davis Medical Center

153/365 Thursday Bath Bubbles - I can't believe I am slipping into a steaming hot bubble bath in the middle of a Sacramento summer. More rain predicted thru the weekend and temperatures that are almost 20 degrees below the norm.

143-151/365 Another Week In Pictures

Happy to report still plugging along snapping shots everyday. I feel like I am still learning and am certainly still having fun. I am not however up for posting everyday. I want to spend more time taking pictures than processing and quite frankly life has been so busy that I just a) don't feel like doing the picture processing each night b) I am too busy to fit it in each night and meet my other obligations and well c) sometimes it is a bit of both.

Here is too another weeks worth of pictures.

143/365 - Monday

I don't often get to shoot people, still not super confident about just asking random people to take their picture. This was at a class a co-worker was teaching.

144/365 - Tuesday
Quick bite out at a favorite dinner spot Peasano's. This is a chain art installation that hangs from the ceiling.

145/365 - Wednesday
It's here!!!! This is my new Cricut Expressions - a lovely little anniversary gift from my hubby for our anniversary. Had to wait until he got a new job - so happy anniversary and happy new job!

146/365 - Thursday
This is Bernie, he - yes you have heard it before - is an aspiring service dog. This was taken at our weekly puppy class. Considering the difficulty photographing black dogs, pretty happy with this one.

147/365 - Friday
It is county fair time!

148/365 - Saturday
Rain, really? It is summer in Sacramento, not Portland.

149/365 - Sunday
We snuck away to the City for the day, and it was lovely. Went to the Walt Disney Family museum, which was beautifully done. Then a quick dinner at the best little spot in Emeryville - Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe!

150/365 - Monday
I love to see what people put on their fridges. You wouldn't know it to look at it, but I prefer NOTHING on the fridge. Okay I can live with the big calendar, but everything else that I could leave. However you may notice the ultrasound pics... yep - Sabina is pregnant. We will be having a litter of aspiring service dogs in June.

151/365 - Tuesday
Ever wonder were all those tickets come from? The ticket store of course.

A week at a glance: 136-142/365

I am still taking pictures everyday, but in my effort to get up and out (combined with a crazy workweek and migraine) I did not manage to post everyday. The best part of that is that I am okay with that. Here is my week in review!

136/365 - Monday night met up with some friends to work on a class we will be presenting. These little guys live in my friend's kitchen. She has probably had them forever, she has had them as long as I have known her. They make me smile.

137/365 - I don't particularly care for this picture, but because I got in trouble for taking it I am posting it. I was at puppy class in the mall and saw this very cool sculpture in a store window, when a sale associate came out and told me I  couldn't take a picture. When I asked why he said "if you don't believe me you can ask the manager." I didn't bother. (PS This isn't even what the store sells, it was a display rack...geeze)

138/365 - I swear our dog Sabina would swim in the arctic sea if we would let her, right in the middle of their winter. While it isn't even close to being that cold here right now, it certainly is too cold for me. She could stand there and shake all day and still need two or three towels to get her dry enough to come into the house.

139/365 - A little flower that was hiding under the patio furniture cover. Apparently it prefers the shade!

140/365 - In my attempt to reduce the dog pictures, these are dog shadows at a early evening puppy class. 

141/365 - Well it is after 6pm and not only did we survive the rapture, so did this evil little guy hanging around by the front door. He is obeying the rules (I live inside, bugs live outside the dwelling), so he will live to see another day and hopefully eat some other bugs that may not be so willing to abide by the rules.

142/365 - Come on summer - I dare you!