Diana's Photo Blog

March 16, 2008

2008-03-17T06:15:00.003-05:00

Our newest homie...my friend is expecting and due in a month or so, she has this puppy and with 2 kids at home decided it was just too much and asked if we wanted him. Ian was thrilled. She named him Sunny, we aren't sure if we'll change his name or not. He's a chorkie (1/2 chihuahua and 1/2 yorkshire terrier).

March 13, 2008

2008-03-17T06:13:00.002-05:00

Its that time again...his first soccer practice was today, games start early April. This year he's chosen to only do soccer instead of 2 sports...whew, hehe.

March 12, 2008

2008-03-17T06:11:00.000-05:00

This was left by my kiddo when he was playing computer games.

March 10, 2008

2008-03-10T12:35:00.001-05:00

My old doggie Carlito. Sometimes he looks like he is smiling...

March 9, 2008

2008-03-10T12:34:00.001-05:00

Ian and his great-pawpaw....

March 8, 2008

2008-03-09T04:11:00.004-05:00

He got his tiger cub badge....awards banquet. An eventful Saturday, baked a cake with his grandpa because he had to bake a cake with a male only, no female assistance, for the banquet which the cakes were also judged, he won for largest cake and won a fishing pole, I won a free hair cut for him at the local barber in a door prize, and the weather was CRAZY today with snow all day and crazy roads....what a Saturday...

March 7, 2008

2008-03-07T00:12:00.005-05:00

LISTS, LISTS, LISTS - Hello, my name is Diana, and I'm a list maker...I make lists for everything...budgets, groceries, gifts, cards, to-do, goals, crafts, shopping, even as far as things I need to ask the doctor when I go. I am constantly making lists. The one that makes my family laugh is the grocery list, because sometimes I will forget the list at home, or I will have the list, but forget to use it....so they wonder why I bother...just my thing I guess. My youngest sister is a list-maker too. This is my new magnetic dry erase board - saving some trees and all y'all. Oh, the two blue-ish colored marble magnets, I made those! teehee. And the "got spam" sticker is from my trip to Hawaii this past summer, and the other thing is an invite to my friend's baby shower end of this month! Yay baby stuff...

March 6, 2008

2008-03-07T00:10:00.003-05:00

M&M OCD - yep, I still do this. I've done it for years...when I have a regular size bag of M&Ms and a flat surface, I feel the urge to do this....line them up by color, though no particular order, but any broken or deformed pieces stay out of the line-up....then I eat the broken and deformed pieces first, then I eat the longest line down to where its even with the next longest line, then those 2 down to the next...etc etc until all the lines are the same length, then I eat from top to bottom until they are gone. Wierd, I know. I've only met 1 other person who does something very similar and consistently...no wonder we get along good, haha.

March 5, 2008 - Mt. Dew - Greenlabelart.com

2008-03-07T00:05:00.003-05:00

Dad came by with this cool TIN Mt. Dew bottle, and I was looking on the site listed on the bottle - greenlabelart.com There are a few more I'd like to see in person...pics don't do them justice. If you click on the pic it will show you a larger version.

Funny, because I had a friend once tell me I'm "hippy-esque" and I asked what that means, and he said my demeanor, I'm laid back, I am a peaceful, pleasant person, I recycle and reuse (lol) and even my music is usually into that genre...so, ok, apparently that makes me a hippy-esque person? he said there's more to it than that, but that its a good thing....ok. lol.

March 4, 2008

2008-03-05T08:54:00.002-05:00

Ian's new homies....my friend didn't want her fish anymore and she gave them to Ian. On this day while Ian was at school I set it all up so he could see them when he got home. He was so excited. There are 8 fish, and he named them...see a theme?...

Anakin, Luke, Leigha, Han, Obi-wan, Yoda..and the two bottom feeders are Darth Sidious and Darth Vader...

haha. My kid loves Star Wars.

March 3, 2008

2008-03-05T08:45:00.003-05:00

Finally got my area next to my desk up on the wall, calender which is blissfully EMPTY and my magnetic dry-erase board...within arms reach and a glance away, I feel more organized already hehe.

March 1, 2008

2008-03-03T12:54:00.002-05:00

I got a new desk for myself, and decided to give Ian the old one, I bought some chalkboard paint a while back because I wanted to do something with it...the opportunity came this weekend when Ian was at his dad's, I painted part of the desk I'm giving him so he will have a chalkboard surface, this stuff is addicting!

Feb. 29, 2008

2008-03-03T12:52:00.002-05:00

I grew up mostly in very warm climates: Hawaii, Florida, Texas and the most time spent in southern California...so seeing snow flakes still puts me in awe...the first time I realized that snow flakes really DO look like the little paper ones we used to make in school....I was in awe when I first learned that, and still am.

I wish I had some pics from my evening on Friday, leap year 2008...it was a nice time that I looking forward to for over a week, but this goofy one with a story is what you get. Stories are good too! Happy Leap Year as Ian said haha.

Feb. 28, 2008

2008-03-03T12:50:00.001-05:00

The air was cold, but at the same time the snow was melting...this was some grass under where the melting snow by my apartment, it was dripping down causing a puddle and re-forming into ice over the grass blades. Ian said it looks like tentacles, ha.

Feb. 27, 2008

2008-03-03T12:48:00.004-05:00

Ian had a snow day today, which was wierd because it was perfectly fine drivable weather...

Anyway, so we went to get the oil changed, and they had a play area for kids, so here's my kid, rockin out to "Wierd Science" on his iPod shuffle while playing with the desk, waiting for the oil change and tire rotation....lol....he was funny, singing loud, he made many people laugh that afternoon lol.

Feb. 25, 2008

2008-03-03T12:45:00.001-05:00

My myspace home page....

Feb. 24, 2008

2008-02-25T17:39:00.002-05:00

Grandpa's health is deteriorating quickly...he's had a rough beginning of the year, but by the summer he seemed so much better, but come fall he was on oxygen full time and around Christmas he was still himself, a little winded, but still goofing off, and walking around. Now he can't walk, he can barely talk, he doesn't recognize people sometimes, and other times he does...he didn't recognize me when I first went to his house on Sunday, he didn't know who I was and the look in his eyes was that he didn't know me...no warmth, not a grandfather looking at his granddaughter....and I had to leave the room and have a big cry. By the time we left that evening, the recognition was back in his eyes, he knew who I was, and he told me "I love you....so much" with his labored breathing talk....and he held my hand like this for half hour, if I moved my hand, he gripped tighter....and I want to remember that moment of him recognizing me and me seeing the love in his eyes, and the joy I felt that he remembered me before we left his house on Sunday, and him not wanting to let go of my hand.....I'm scared of losing him...

Feb. 22, 2008

2008-02-25T17:37:00.001-05:00

After the basketball game, we goofed off with the camera, a wierd shot that came out of it lol....

technical problems....

2008-02-24T03:25:00.003-05:00

Ok, so I had to take my laptop in to get fixed yesterday. Its been saying I have a hard disk 2 failing for a few weeks now, and yesterday it finally stopped working to where it wouldn't even load up Windows, so I took it in. I just had the hard drive replaced 2-1/2 months ago, so I'm pretty pissed about it. Luckily I did purchase the extended warranty when I bought the darn thing last year. I can't find my software for my camera at this time, I know I had it, but when I was going through my room its been placed "somewhere" and I haven't finished putting together the rest of my room/office yet, so as soon as I get it all organized again, or get my laptop back, whichever comes first, I can upload pics. I distinctly remember about this time last year the same thing happened which stopped me from doing more 365 photo pics, so I'm HOPING this will not hinder my attempt this year....I'm still taking pics each day though, so check in soon and I will hopefully have this back up and running.

grrr.

Feb. 21, 2008

2008-02-21T17:49:00.002-05:00

Icicles from my car, which somehow made it into my freezer....I wonder how...ha. Sneaky kid.

Feb. 20, 2008

2008-02-21T17:46:00.003-05:00

Ian had a snow day today and this time was well enough to go out and play in the snow.

Feb. 19, 2008

2008-02-19T12:55:00.004-05:00

My flowers on my night stand, the view from my bed first thing in the morning...I love flowers....

Feb. 17, 2008

2008-02-19T12:55:00.002-05:00

My new bed with new sheets and new blanket, and new lamp....ahhhhh.....my back feels fantastic!

Feb. 16, 2008

2008-02-19T12:53:00.001-05:00

My bed for the last 4-1/2 years - a daybed - not good for my back, always waking up with pain in my back. This is as I took apart my desk, so its covered with stuff that was on my desk...I bought a new bed and new desk today...

Feb. 15, 2008

2008-02-19T12:52:00.000-05:00

Ian had a snow day

Feb. 12, 2008

2008-02-14T15:51:00.001-05:00

Ian's all better, going back to school, except today he had a snow day, so he decided he wanted to play on Club Penguin, his little interactive world...his screen name has the word Darth in it, like Darth Vader, hahaha....

Just an update: I'm still sick but getting better. :)

Feb. 9, 2008

2008-02-14T15:43:00.004-05:00

Now I have the flu, too....this was my lowest temp at this point, before it was high of 103.5 and lowest 101.5 until I took my temp this time....

Feb. 7, 2008

2008-02-14T15:40:00.002-05:00

home sick

Feb. 6, 2008

2008-02-14T15:32:00.002-05:00

a slow month....

Feb. 3, 2008

2008-02-14T15:27:00.003-05:00

My current desk situation. I work from home full time doing medical transcription, its not an exciting or well paying job, but the personal benefits for me and my son, with me being a single mom, has been a great trade-off in my eyes as I've been able to be home for him without depending on others to juggle schedules and this and that...I'm going to get a new desk hopefully this weekend coming up....yeah, that's Ian's toy on my desk, along with various other things that don't belong there...ha.

Feb. 2, 2008

2008-02-14T15:23:00.002-05:00

A couch this friend of a friend is giving me, needs some vacuuming but looks so much better than the crappy couch I have now!!

Feb 1, 2008

2008-02-14T15:18:00.002-05:00

The cat who belongs to a friend a friend....

playing catch up - JAN 30, 2008

2008-02-14T15:13:00.002-05:00

My baby fell asleep watching a DVD on my laptop... Jan 30, 2008

Jan 26, 2008

2008-01-27T09:15:00.000-05:00

My parents' dog, an old lab, and my sister's dog, who likes to sit on him when they play...hahaha...

Jan. 25, 2008

2008-01-27T09:09:00.000-05:00

Ian's kiddie curtains I made for Ian in my one sewing venture. They match a set of curtains my mom made him, when we moved to thsi apartment his bedroom had 2 windows, so I had to make that set, he was 2 when we moved here. He's a huge Star Wars fan, so I bought him some fabric to make new curtains for his 7th birthday in April. He is gonna love it!

Jan. 23, 2008

2008-01-27T09:06:00.000-05:00

My dog in the mud...looks bad, but he's inside most of the time, just a potty break, haha....bah.

Jan. 22, 2008

2008-01-27T09:02:00.000-05:00

I got called by Ian's school today to pick him up, he had a fever. He's better now though.

Jan. 21, 2008

2008-01-21T08:44:00.000-05:00

MEDIA KID

This is the top shelf of our 3 shelf bookcase in the living room. These are all of my 6-year-old's DVDs. JUST THE DVDs! And they overflow. The shelf below is my stuff, which has started to be taken over by his video games as well.

Jan 20, 1998

2008-01-21T08:32:00.000-05:00

ITS SMALL, BUT ITS STILL PROGRESS

You may be wondering why I'm taking a pic of a nearly empty closet....well because it means I'm making some progress in my decluttering of it all. This is my bedroom closet, it was filled top to bottom with boxes of STUFF that I started to go through and then stopped, or just didn't know where to put so I'd stuff them in these boxes. So, for the last few days I've been slowly and carefully going through each box, and none of it has made it back in the closet! Yay!!

STARTING THIS AGAIN....1st day of 365 day photo challenge

2008-01-19T21:40:00.000-05:00

Ok, so last year I had 2 computers crash on me, so I gave up, and this year I forgot about it until I was on flickr checking out something and noticed the 365 day photo challenge....

so I decided even though its late, I will do a 366 day challenge (it is leap year afterall), so I'm starting today, Saturday, Jan 19, 2008, photo a day...

Me, messing with the camera and timer, no make up, out of focus, but I don't care, ha....

03/12/2007

2007-03-12T15:29:00.000-05:00

I'm back up for Photo-A-Day....I have a new computer and so lets see if I can get this ball rolling again. :)

Ian and myself just 15 minutes ago. :)

03/09/2007

2007-03-12T14:32:00.000-05:00

My rolling suitcase, which at one point was carry-on size, but hey changed the size since then to smaller...this one also expands. I may use this one for Hawaii, or get a new one....we'll see.....hehe.

02/27/2007

2007-03-12T14:30:00.000-05:00

This was taken at a photobooth in a nearby mall. I haven't been in one of these in about 15 years....I have no idea where Ian gets his goofiness from...none at all....

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES

2007-02-15T19:08:00.000-05:00

Unfortunately, my computer has crashed and I'm unable to upload photos at this time. I am still taking photos and hoping to be able to be back and running within a couple of weeks. Wish me luck! Please check back in a couple of weeks!

02/06/2007

2007-02-06T21:11:00.001-05:00

Photo A Day for Feb 6, 2007

Snow day fun

02/05/2007

2007-02-06T21:10:00.002-05:00

Photo A Day for Feb 5, 2007

On my drive to work this morning, 7:30 a.m. ...brrrrr

02/04/2007

2007-02-04T21:10:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Feb 4, 2007

My son got hold of my camera, not bad for a 5 year old. I had the setting on B&W still.

02/03/2007

2007-02-03T21:09:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Feb 3, 2007

Ian playing on mommy's computer.

02/02/2007

2007-02-02T21:09:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Feb 2, 2007

Ian said "mommy, you look beautiful with snow in your hair." He's gonna be a heartbreaker when he gets older....he had to take a picture of the snow in my hair.

And a bonus pic of us being goofy. Excuse my old car falling apart (ceiling)

02/01/2007

2007-02-01T21:09:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Feb 1, 2007

My many photo boxes....9 in total. You'd think I'd be doing my scrapbooking more religiously.

01/27/2007

2007-01-27T21:08:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 27, 2007

An early Valentine's gift from Boyjam....

He got me my own Boyjam "hotline" hehe....

01/24/2007

2007-01-24T21:07:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 24, 2007

Ian's first snow day....

01/23/2007

2007-01-23T21:07:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 23, 2007

During the week, after the kiddo is in bed, I have a small window of "me" time, and this is what I've been doing lately, chatting with my sister, and with Boyjam, and seeing Boyjam on our cams.

01/22/2007

2007-01-22T21:03:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 22, 2007

Boyjam sent me his fave sweatshirt...just so I can have a piece of him with me....he's so adorable.

01/21/2007

2007-01-21T20:46:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 21, 2007

It snowed here on my weekend to work! Ack!

01/20/2007

2007-01-20T18:37:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 20, 2007

Had to work today (Saturday), took a pic of part of my desk, my daily coffee (caffeine free), my yummy lotion (Japanese Cherry Blossom) that BoyJam got me, and my pic of Ian and myself on our last vacation in 2004.

01/19/2007

2007-01-20T18:32:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 19, 2007

M&M OCD.....I have this "thing" about my M&Ms, regular pack of M&Ms, if I have a flat surface, I HAVE to do this, I sort them out by colors/rows, the broken or deformed pieces do not get added to the rows, then I eat the broken ones first, then the longest row till its the same level as the second longest row, then those 2 rows down to the next longest....until they are all even rows, then top to bottom till they are all gone...yeah....M&M OCD...

01/18/2007

2007-01-20T18:28:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 18, 2007

He got a webcam....now not only can he see me and chat online, but I can see him now too....he makes me smile....he makes me happy, even from so far away...

01/17/2006

2007-01-20T18:24:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 17, 2007

$0.50 of pure boy joy....Ian's bedroom door....quarter machines, "CSI Crime Scene"...he told me "only investigators can go in my room"....yes, I've been sworn in.

01/16/2007

2007-01-20T18:21:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 16, 2007

Ian got a flashlight from someone at Christmas, he wanted me to turn off the lights so he could "tell a scary story" and so I HAD to get a picture, hehe...

01/15/2007

2007-01-15T21:06:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 15, 2007

Chicken Curry for dinner....yum...

01/14/2007

2007-01-14T10:37:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day Jan. 14, 2007

So, I'm trying the long distance thing....this is what gets me through the evenings, conversations with him, IMs, phone and now webcam (and no, not the pervy stuff, haha)....its different getting to know someone this way, but I like it in that at least we know we can have conversations with each other and don't get bored, and we're forced to get to know each other slowly, not all about the physical, and I truly admit that so far, I like it. I hope he'll be able to open up more to me, but so far, I feel we're on the same page. I hope he doesn't get bored soon. Its going to be hard, I admit it. I admit I've had some trust issues here lately in dating, but heck, I've been through a lot in the past 5+ years, failing marriage, lies, cheated on, divorce, being used for one thing or another, false hope, and then I allowed myself to feel for someone, Country Boy, and he broke it off, then ater just being friends for about 5 months he came back to me and told me he missed me, that I'm a hard girl to forget, and that he wants the same thing is me, but he has to fix his life, has to take baby steps, but that he's working towards the same thing...of us being together, but to give him time, be patient and if we got back together it would be more than just dating...Country Boy told me this one weekend...and then called me 3 weeks later to tell me he got married to someone else. It took my by such surprise that I just shut down for a little while....so yeah, I have some trust issues, no lie. I hope it doesn't drive this guy away. But, I admit, hearing words like that again is scary "be patient, give me time".....its hard to hear those words again with someone new who I haven't spent more than a few days with in person...but something about this one is different, something about us being forced to take our time getting to know each other makes it seem a little easier to take slow steps into what may turn into something more....this time I'm trusting myself, my instincts that say this is different. I don't know what will happen or how far it will go, its scary to take this kind of a risk, but I know that if I don't, I'll always wonder about it and maybe I'd regret not taking the chance, and so I'm giving it a try...hoping for a great outcome....so until I get to see him again, this is what gets me through, reading his sweet words, learning about him, missing him.

01/13/2007

2007-01-14T10:30:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 13, 2007

Ian was telling me how the "cool kids" have holes in their jeans, and the "white stringy stuff" is cool, too.

01/12/2007

2007-01-14T10:22:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 12, 2007

When I take pics of Ian, I've learned not to tell him to smile, that's when he does the goofy faces and such, I've learned to just let him be and start snapping pics. My new camera, the photos process much quicker than the old ones, so I can catch a few more random shots, like this happy surprise, he was playing with his face, making a "mask" with his eyes and then did this which I happened to catch...for some reason I just love this shot, I think its the eyes.

01/11/2007

2007-01-11T06:38:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 11, 2007

Yaaawwwwwwwnnnnnn....its 4:40 am, its too early for this blog today....

01/10/2007

2007-01-10T19:58:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 10, 2007

My fave mug - Chococat...filled with my fave drink...Chocolate milk, of course! My glasses and my cell...just another exciting day in Diana's life....

01/09/2007

2007-01-09T06:17:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 9, 2007

Sharpie love....38 different colors/sizes of sharpie love....now if only I can get my scrapbook/craft desk CLEAN AND ORGANIZED, so I can enjoy my new Sharpies that Ian picked for Mommy for Christmas.

01/08/2007

2007-01-08T06:09:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 8, 2007

The Christmas card wall. I haven't got around to taking these down yet...I love looking at them, the pictures sent, the ones with hand-written sentiments...keeping in touch with my past...love my friends and family...love the Christmas Card wall...

01/07/2007

2007-01-07T20:57:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 7, 2007

Ian, age 5. He got hurt and needed mommy hugs and kisses....I love camera self-timers.

01/06/2007

2007-01-06T14:03:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 6, 2007

My picture for today is me setting up this blog, since I got a late start on setting it up, I had to do an entry for all 6 days in 1 day. :) Its started, so lets see how long I can keep it up!

01/05/2007

2007-01-06T14:02:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 5, 2007

Ian's class celebrated New Year on Friday, Jan 5, and he's showing me his "noise maker" and party hats they made.

01/04/2007

2007-01-06T13:41:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 4, 2007

This is another one of me messing around with the features. Its early morning and I was playing some more, playing with the macros feature on my new camera. Both of my previous digi point-n-shoot cameras did not have macros, this is fun....ugh, tired bloodshot eye, haha.

01/03/2007

2007-01-06T13:31:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 3, 2007

Playing with the self-timer on the camera, there are different times and so I was just messing with this. See what a girl does when she's bored? hehe. Don't mind the red eyes, my sleeping pattern was all messed up by this point, a visitor had just left my place and I was tired and yet still wide awake.

01/02/2007

2007-01-06T13:28:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 2, 2007

This is just me playing with the 4x optical zoom on my new little camera. My 2 cameras before this were only digital zoom, so I like this for a small point-n-shoot. My camera is a Canon PowerShot A530, not a newer brand, but in my nice little budget with some nifty features.

01/01/2007

2007-01-06T11:21:00.000-05:00

Photo A Day for Jan 1, 2007

This is a picture of part of my other blog, I took the picture playing with my new camera after I just posted. I got the camera less than 48 hours before this, so just to warn, the first few pics are of me playing with the different features of my camera.