30 Jan, 2009  |  Written by Tara  |  under photos

Check this out – this is a picture from a sharp camera.  It’s all gray and smoky looking because it was gray and smoky in that room!

David was sanding the wall in the bathroom (years of thick layers of paint and some hole-patching made the walls very bumpy).  We’d taken off the door to prime it and paint the frame, and forgot to put it back on before it was sanded…  oops!

Thick layer of wall dust covering EVERYTHING – including me and the dogs.  =)  In fact, Lindy had been laying on a heater grate in another room – when she got up and walked in, she was two-toned.  Left side, normal.  Right side, a few shades lighter.

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25 Jan, 2009  |  Written by Tara  |  under photos

My puppies looked like those dog gargoyles today (check out their Anubis shadows!):

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24 Jan, 2009  |  Written by Tara  |  under photos

Just for kicks.  Fun blurring when the photo was taken.

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23 Jan, 2009  |  Written by Tara  |  under photos

Bethany.  =)  This is my best girlfriend.

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22 Jan, 2009  |  Written by Tara  |  under photos

I love his eyes.  =)  Mine are a nice poop-colored brown.  If we ever get around to having kids, I want them to have this interesting color.  (And D’s curls!)

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21 Jan, 2009  |  Written by Tara  |  under photos

This picture just about captures Kaylin completely.  =)  She’s amusing, very energetic, and always bounding around happily and sassily.  (She says hi, Leah.)

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20 Jan, 2009  |  Written by Tara  |  under photos

I woke up tired and down this morning – my face looking ravaged, my eyes were sore, and my body was sluggish.

I wandered around the hotel room for a few minutes, then walked to the window.  Something about the very bright sunlight drew me.  I put my forehead on the window, and found myself looking down at this:

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Someone stepped out that enormous smiley face – and it changed my day.

19 Jan, 2009  |  Written by Tara  |  under photos

I work in a new hospital.  The cafeteria is called the Banyan, and has a massive wooden structure rising over it.  You can’t see the scale from this picture, but here’s a shot from three floors up:

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18 Jan, 2009  |  Written by Tara  |  under photos

…who missed Leah tonight?

James, Bethany, David, and I, of course!

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17 Jan, 2009  |  Written by Tara  |  under house stuff, photos

There’s only so many hours in one weekend, and, unfortunately, I only have weekends home. We painted all of the dark color (Carob Chip – a dark chocolate raspberry color) and primed all of the trim. We’ll be painting the trim a very light beige, but didn’t have a chance to do that this weekend. Priming and taping took a lot of time. (Why, oh WHY did we not do this while we had Leah? She was free child labor!)

Behold the mid-painting pictures:

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