Carlsbad Flower Fields

Now that our time here in San Diego has been drastically shortened, it's time to get a move on all those things I want to do while living in SoCal.  1st up on the list was a trip to the Flower Fields in Carslbad.  The entrance fee was a bit extreme and I doubt I'll ever return but it was a beautiful spot to spend a half an hour or so.  I don't have much else to say about it, I hope enjoy the photos!

10 on 10 {February 2014}

I truly enjoy participating in the 10 on 10 project every month but it's really hard to be creative when you spent most of your day in a beige office with a beige desk and a beige chair and beige...you get the idea.  This month I decided to go with a theme for my 10 photos, not the most exciting theme, but a theme none the less.

0900

I'm trying to make this manicure last as long as possible but I think it's about time for a new one.

0900

Stamping documents.

1000

Taking notes during a meeting, and f/u means follow up, not what your dirty mind is thinking.

1100

Off to buy a sandwich to go with the soup I brought from home.

1200

Lunch time.

1300

Sending emails.

1400

Making a call.

1500

Entering data.

1600

Snack time.  There is a new farmer selling strawberries daily down the street from our house and I can't get enough!  The homemade whipped cream is delicious too.

1700

My honey took the car today so he dropped me off and picked me up from work, it was nice to start and end my work day with him.

10 on 10 {January 2014}

Today is the 10th! It's time for another link up with Rebekah for 10 on 10!  I love documenting the little details of the day.  Some days are more exciting than others and since the 10th fell on a work day this month, its one of the latter, but I forced myself to snap 10 photos in 10 hours anyways.

0800

How I start my day at work: tea + news.

0900

1st task of the day, calling hospitals to check patient statuses.

1000

Temptations in the break room...I resisted!

1100

Sitting in a meeting, enjoying the view from my boss's office.

1200

I made sandwiches for our potluck today...and then I cheated on our cleanse!

1300

The CEO was at the office today so they sent me out to pick up some lunch.

1400

Then my awesome husband brought me lunch, our first non home cooked meal of the year.

1500

Taking messages and filing, another day at the office as a temp.

1600

I CHEATED AGAIN!  Y'all, nachos are my FAVORITE junk food and when I saw them at the pot luck I just couldn't resist.  If you remember last year I ate paleo for a week and my first non paleo meal was nachos.  It might be my favorite food.

1700

Finally finished organizing a 2 foot stack of papers into binders for the boss man, and with that it was time to go home.

Best of 2013 Instagram Style

Unless you live under a rock (or don't use Instagram), you probably saw the Statigram craze that took over social media last week.  My friend, Nicole, had this genius idea to give some details behind the images.  Since she declared she likes to know the details of...well...everything, I decided to share the good behind each of my 5 most liked photos on Instagram in 2013.

 

#5 (28Mar13 26 likes)

My best friend from college had brain surgery (She has had some illnesses for many years and this was just a "minor" surgery, if there is such a thing.  The surgery was a success and she's doing fine now) and she was really upset about having to shave her hair for the surgery.  I told my husband if it wasn't a huge amount and it wasn't straight down the center of my head (I have my limits here people) that I would shave mine too.  He thought I was joking but when she sent me the picture of how much the Dr had shaved, I said, "let's do this".  He took a little too much pleasure in doing this to me.  It's been almost a year and the hair has grown back to a point when it almost stays up in my almost daily ponytail.



#4 (11May13 27 likes)

After Jason completed command and I FINALLY finished my degree, we decided to celebrate with a vacation to Okinawa.  We spent a short 24 hours out on Zamami island.  Even though the weather SUCKED, it was a beautiful island and we had a great 24 hours despite the rain.



#3 (24Dec13 28 likes)

It was Christmas Eve and we had to make a trip to Coronado to pick up a prescription from the Naval base.  While we were there I made my husband take me to the beach.  It's not every year that I have the opportunity to spend Christmas at the beach, so while we're living in San Diego, I'm going to take advantage of the opportunity!

#2 (6Oct13 29 likes)

This was at the end of a photo walk I participated in.  Believe it or not, this is one of the most boring sunsets I've seen since we lived here, I'm just not usually in a good spot to capture them with my camera.

 

#1 (4Oct13 30 likes)

This was for a Fat Mum Slim photo a day prompt "in motion".  Buster is getting pretty old (Although, funny story, not as old as we thought.  While cleaning out our office we were looking at his old vet records and it turns out he's actually only 14, not 16 like we thought) so I've been trying to document more of his life.  He couldn't walk up and down our slick stairs in Japan so I'm incredibly proud of how easily he tackles the stairs at our condo here.