A week in pictures

It's been a little over a week since I last posted and I'm going to share the photos that I took over the week.

We had our photo shoot last Saturday!  Chris got tired and I passed the time by taking photos in between sessions.

I found a lovely lady in Taiwan to send me one of the Asia exclusive Pandora beads.  This beauty is on it's way to me as we speak (type) !!!!

I submitted this photo for last week's photo class, which focused on color contrast and balance.  I was chosen as one of the class standouts for it!!! (see badge to the right)

There was kitty love as always!

We went for a night bike ride later in the week and had to bundle up :)

Yesterday Stacey and I visited the Pandora store while Chris got tattooed.  I got a few goodies and the Pandora store showed me some love with a $20 gift certificate just for commenting on their facebook!

Today we had PBB rehearsal and I took my photo for my class.  This week's lesson was about background and depth.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures!  I've been continuing my running.  I just don't have any pics of that haha.  It's hard to take a picture when you feel like you're about to pass out haha.  It's getting better though.  I ran this morning for a little over a mile comfortably.  On Tuesday I'm going to up my distance to 2 miles.  I'll keep you updated on how that goes.  

Running and winning!

Hey folks!  It's been a busy week since I've been here.  In my last post I talked about some of the things that I wanted to get done in the coming year and boy did I kick it off right!

That next day I mailed out 2 postcards and did my first run/walk of the year!  I had been putting the running off because of the cold weather but I decided to suck it up and just do it.  It was around 32 degrees that morning but I didn't die.  I've been running/walking ever other day so far.  On Wednesday I ran the whole mile without stopping for a walk break!  I was so proud of myself.  Well I went out this morning in 25 degree weather and had to walk twice for a short stretch.  The cold really slowed me down.  I still made good time though.  I'm trying to get to where I can run a mile comfortably and then I'm going to up my distance.  I've been using the Nike+ GPS app on my phone and I really love it!

This past Monday was a great day!!!!  We won the National Championship!!!!  It was great game and we watched it with some awesome friends.  I don't know if I've mentioned this yet but Chris is building me a Alabama Pandora bracelet now.  Every time Bama wins a game I get a charm for my bracelet.  This was the other thing that I was referring to in my last "I Want Wednesday..."  We went to the Pandora store in the Summit on Tuesday and he let me pick out 4 charms!  He said that I needed more than 1 for the National Championship win and I won't be adding anymore beads until the fall.

I've also started taking an online photography class and the best part is it's FREE!  I follow this wonderful lady on Instagram and she's a high school photography teacher.  You can sign up for it through her blog.  <------Click there to join the fun!  We've already had one lesson but you can jump in at any time.  This is the picture I submitted for my first assignment.

I used Chris' fancy Nikon D3000 and I think it came out pretty good.  

Burlesque is back in full swing!  We have a Review show at Green bar on Jan. 28th and we are doing a Valentine's show Feb. 11th at Green bar also.  Check out www.Pinkboxburlesque.com for more info :) We have our individual and cast photo shoot tomorrow.  Should be lots of fun as long as it's not too cold.  

I think I've covered most of my busy week.  Hope everyone has a great weekend and see you soon ; )

I Want Wednesday...

I haven't done an I want Wednesday in a few weeks.  So I thought it was about time.  This one is going to be a little different.  I guess you would call it my New Year's Resolutions, sort of.
 

I want to become a runner this year.  I don't have to be able to run a marathon or anything.  I just want to be able to run a mile or two without feeling like I'm going to pass out.

I want to read more books this year.  I have a lot of free time at work and I'm really going to try to spend more of it glued to a book instead of a computer screen.

I want to send more snail mail this year.  I love postcards and letters!  Getting something in the mail (that you want) is a rare occasion.  I want to change that for my friends.  If you are reading this and want to do the same hit me with your address :)

I want to be a better Burlesque dancer.  I love burlesque and I want to only improve my skills.  I don't want people to feel like they see the same thing from me every show they see.


Well I'm sure I could think of lots of others to add to this list but I think that's enough for now.  I hope all of you had a great New Year's!  What do you want to do differently with this year?