I'm Late, I'm Late

Racing out the door. Catching a flight to Ireland. Nephew's christening this weekend. Pleeeeaaaaase, Atlanta traffic, cooperate with a girl in a major hurry.

Maybe the shortest blog I've ever written.

And The Answer Is.........

Oh Husband, you seriously underestimate the wife and what she is capable of when left unsupervised.

The answer is  [D]   ALL OF THE ABOVE

So I hope you were the big winner at the casino. If not, you may want to consider a return trip to hit it up Ocean's 11, 12 & 13 style.

See you soon : )

Dear Husband

This past weekend, while you were vacationing , working in Europe, the wifey

[A]  Went to the salon, got her hair and nails did while catching up with an old friend.

[B]  Saw a cute dress in a store window, went in to try cute dress on and walked out 1 hour later having purchased half the store.

[C]  Was inspired by all the HGTV and DIY Network shows we've seen and so decided it would be a good idea to "Flip this House" all by HERSELF.

                                                                       OR

[D]  All of the above.

P.S. Your silence on my blog will no longer be tolerated. You are expected to guess.

The Fintanator

Fintan is at it again. Not a day goes by but he shows up with some captured creature. For the most part its just some routine butterflies and lizards but every now and then he hits the jackpot and will arrive home with something completely unexpected.

The unexpected this time, was a baby bunny rabbit. I know. Shocking. Husband called to me from downstairs telling me to come quick, Fintan caught a baby rabbit. Instantly I was upset and my concern was for the rabbit. What was the damage? Was he dead? Injured? If injured, then how bad? Honestly, I couldn't handle it. I love my kitty, but I'm not a big fan of his hunting instincts.

As luck would have it, baby bunny appeared to be unharmed. He was absolutely terrified, which is completely understandable, but there were no signs of blood and all limbs, eyes, ears and tail we present and accounted for. Bunny does not know how lucky he was.

This little guy was sure he was done for when I whipped out the point n' shoot to snap his mugshot.

Even a delicate stroke did nothing to reassure him.

The Classy Couple

This week saw Husband’s return from a 10 day stint in Europe. Yipeee. Don’t get too excited for me though, it was just for the week. Yes, I had borrowed time. The world of track and field gave us 1 week of visiting rights before he must resume his post of “Track Agent” on the European circuit. So this weekend we decided to make the most of our last few days together. 

Friday after work I announced to Husband that he was taking me to dinner. “Sweet”, he said, “we can go to Taco Mac”. For those of you who may not know, Taco Mac is a sports bar. A place of good wings, good beer, good craic and wall to wall tv’s showing all kinds of sporting event. Basically, a fun place. However, this particular evening I had gone all out in the feminine stacks. My hair was all did, my make-up was flawless and I had opted to wear an ultra fem skirt and boob enhancing top. Shoot, I even donned a fabulous pair of ghetto girl earrings. A wife was looking and feeling fabulous.  

I stared at him for a second, I was searching for signs of “just kidding”, but nothing. “Seriously??”  I said. “Look at me, I’m too pretty for Taco Mac tonight”. “But baby, the Red Sox are playing” was his response. Right there I knew there was no way we were doing the romantic thing. A wife knows better than to come between a Husband and his Red Sox. 

I will say one thing about Husband before I move on to the rest of our weekend, Be-Prepared-For-Anything. And this particular night, anything = fight. Yes, Husband and I were close enough to overhear a very heated “debate” between a Braves fan (Atlanta’s baseball team) and a Yankees fan (New York’s baseball team). As a person from Boston and a Red Sox fan, Husband is bred to hate, HATE, HATE the Yankees so he was literally poised, ready to jump to the aid of the Braves fan if the situation required. I was instructed to “take the wife”, of the Yankees fan. Great, the one night I’m dressed all girlie, he needs me to fight. I give wife the once over. Yeah, I gots her, but I do need to remove my ghetto girl earring, I don’t need Yankee wife getting the edge purely as a result of ripping my ear-lopes off. Luckily, the evening never came to blows. Braves dude eventually left and honestly, I have to say, Husband seemed a little disappointed.  

Today, we opted to play the part of a civilized couple going green. Yes, early this morning we took our bikes and decided to cycle our way to brunch. Here, photobook style is our morning.

Look who got herself a new point n' shoot. Here Husband is clearly the holder of the yellow jersey as we Tour de Atlanta our way to brunch.

Yes mam, this little place is where we stopped for refueling. Very Deep South.

Back on the bikes apres refueling.

Husband wonders why you should stick to the roads, when you can randomly take a trail and speculate about where you would end up.

Shinks, prefers to know where she is going, but follows along anyway.

Not easy to snap yourself while cycling.

This is where Husband's trial took us. Believe it or not, this is someone's backyard. Am so jealous.

A nosey neighbor.

Homeward bound.

Family Moments

It was a couple of weeks ago when a new photographer friend of mine, Amy, invited me along to one of her photo shoots. Of course I said yes. The opportunity to work alongside a professional photographer, to observe and learn, would be silly to pass up. Amy was awesome. Not only did she allow me to annoy her with my many questions, but she set me free to shoot too. And boy did I shoot. Honestly, I couldn't help myself. The family we were shooting was nothing short of sweet, loving and adorable and little Erin, too cute, just waaay too cute. They really made me push and challenge myself with my camera as I tried to capture just how warm, caring, loving and devoted this little family was, I hope I succeeded?!?

Here are just some of the photos from our shoot. I know there's a lot, but trust me, there were many more where they came from. 

The setting sun allowed me to capture these next 2 silhouetted shots. I love them.

Recharging

Its been a weekend of recharging. Hanging with friends, eating out, catching movies. Really the most productive I've been was folding my pile of clean laundry. Huge for me, since I canNOT stand folding laundry. I hate it more than I can clearly and plainly articulate. As a result, laundry has become one of Husband's chores. For some unknown reason, he likes it. However, Husband has been gone for 10 days and in his absence the laundry pile took on a life of its own. Growing at a rapid rate and threatening to takeover the whole right hand side of the room. So as my good deed for the day and a pleasant surprise for Husband's homecoming, I folded.

I also spent some time going through the photos I shot recently of the cutest little girl, Erin and her parents. I'll post a bunch of photos soon, but until then here's a sneak peek at Little Miss Erin.

This little girl is almost too cute for words. That blond curly hair, those big blue eyes and rosie lips. Adorable