I spend a lot of my time taking photographs and editing them. I also like to create things in Photoshop. These are things that I am proud to be (somewhat!) knowledgeable about. So my blog will now be centered around my photography, the process of it (good and bad) and my attempts at creativity.

I still run and cross-train at least 5 days a week. I will still bake and cook. I will still find dumb junk off the internet. I just won’t talk about it anymore. Hey, it’s not like it was that interesting anyway. But if you are one of the select few that is interested, feel free to e-mail me about anything under the sun… just because I won’t talk about it here doesn’t mean I won’t talk about it… so feel free! Make-up, work outs, food, Leon, Vinny, my job… whatever you feel like discussing or asking… I’m an open book!

I think I will be able to produce better posts because I will be more passionate about each and every one. There may be less because these will take more time and creative efforts, but they will be better. Less is more anyway, right?

I hope everyone stays aboard and comments and continues to be readers so everyone can see my blog (and me) evolve!

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They’re both so beautiful! I hope they stay together. I can’t even believe they’re together in the first place since Leo usually only dates models. But Blake is better than a model so ha!

Ahh, I get the warm fuzzies when I think about them as a couple and Blake holding his hand! So cute together! Seriously, how aren’t they the perfect couple?!

Okay enough bizarre celebrity stuff

I am sick of these two:

Despite how they may look in these pictures, they hate each other and I’m sick of witnessing it. It’s exhausting. I don’t blame Mike for slamming his head into the cement wall. (Oh and Jersey Shore haters—don’t take life so seriously! )

I like this picture because 1. I like Jason Segel and for 2. Well, I have no idea. I mean, the doll is weird but I still like the picture somehow.

And after seeing this:

I want two kittens! Aren’t they so cute? But I am not sure the dogs would allow it.

Off to relax tonight.. no photo editing. Need a break I’ll leave you guys with a wedding photo:

Have a good Tuesday night!

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First, yesterday was our 3 year wedding anniversary (If you are my friend on Facebook, you can click my “Vegas 2008” album to see more wedding photos!)

Matt and I celebrated by working 8 hours at our jobs. Woo! Just kidding   I mean, we did work but after work he surprised me with 2 dozen beautiful pink roses and then we went to our favorite Italian restaurant for dinner. It was a really great night, to say the least

(And they smell sooo good, too!)

We sat out on the terrace area at the restaurant because it’s so beautifully decorated and such an amazing atmosphere. It was a little warm but definitely worth the view! I ordered angel hair pasta tossed in garlic & olive oil (pomodoro) and Matt got filet mignon with vegetables and potatoes. We each got a green salad to start and I got a glass of Riesling and he had Stella. Yum, yum, yum!

While at dinner, we did some “networking”… I know, I know, it’s rude to use your cell phone at the dinner table but on our way to the restaurant we passed a huge accident on the freeway and curiosity got the best of us. It turned out that no one was killed (thank goodness) but it was still very scary looking!

After dinner we played it low key at the house. We thought about going to the movies but after a long day we were ready to just relax. The dogs were glad we came home, too!

This morning I let the dogs out to go potty and when I sat down with my coffee, I noticed that someone was not going to let me get off that easy. Oh no.

He used his amazing ability to stare endlessly without blinking to wear me down and let him back in. Have you ever been around an animal who can literally stare at you (seriously, he makes eye contact) for hours without blinking? Because Leon really can.. No lie!

Since we opted to sleep in the morning we had to jet to the gym after work today, which sucked because the gym was busy but good because I got a nice 4 mile jog in, in addition to a killa booty work out Win.

Now I’m going to work on editing some photos Matt took at a Baptism a few weeks ago and when I’m through with those, I’ll start on the wedding photos I took in Lake Tahoe last weekend. Here’s one for a sneak peak: (thus the title, Tahoe Teaser! )

This is one of my favorites, but that isn’t saying much considering I have about 35 favorites. Hey, when you have a beautiful beach as your setting, and two good looking people, it’s not hard to create beautiful photos. (I’ve reduced the quality of this photo so it wouldn’t be 1,890,576,324 GB for one picture!)

I shot the photos in raw mode, which means each photo is REALLY big but it makes everything much more crisp and gives you more options when it comes to touching up/editing.

ANYWAY!

Gotta get back to business… hope everyone is having a good Wednesday!

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What to do with old bananas… hum… take pictures of them and try to not feel weird posing fruit alone in your kitchen. The only thing worse would be if I was a cat lady, too.

Well you can make banana bread. Or you can have a base to a smoothie locked away safe in you freezer I love banana bread but since I can’t make a loaf without eating the entire think, I think I will go for the smoothie base!

So I cut all these sad, sad ‘naners up and put them in a ziploc bag in my freezer. You can freeze a banana with a peel. I do it both ways. Some people say the peel is hard to take off a banana when frozen but oddly, I’ve never had a problem.

And, ironically, the only time I do ever cut them up and put them into bags is if I think I’ll only be making a smoothie for one person in the future. I always just use double amounts since I make one for myself and one for my husband.

Anyway, since I’ve got to make room in myfreezer for the above goodies, I had to take out two frozen bananas. Guess what I did with ‘em? Made Chocolate Peanut Butter & Banana smoothies  

I started off with two frozen bananas in the blender, along with a heaping tablespoon of peanut butter and 1 cup of chocolate whey protein. I also added a cup or so of ice and about 1/4 cup of FF milk. Maybe less.

After mixing it with a spoon inside the mixer to make sure all the ice had been adequately beaten to smithereens, I had a little taste test, you know… to make sure it was “okay”

Guess what? It was perrrfect! Planning a hot and tiring workout in the morning so I thought I’d pre make a cold, easy breakfast for the morning! I’m thinking ahead here people so watch out!!

After tucking it away in the freezer I had dinner: a sandwich. Turkey & pepper jack on wheat with lettuce, pepperoncinis, bell pepper, cucumber, black olives, red onion and jalapenos. It also had a little bit of light mayo. Yum. I had a PM workout out (9 miles on the bike, 10 minutes stair climber & 1 mile walk) so I was especially hungry at dinner. Normally I’m really hungry for breakfast because I work out in the morning. But not today, folks. I switched ‘er up.

Guess what else I got a today? A surprise visit from my adorable, amazing, and beautiful best friend Mandy.

She brought me flowers!

Aren’t they beautiful? She is such a good friend! Thank you again, Mandy! (Yes, I took the plastic off. I just liked that California Grown sticker )

They also came with a card, but of course:

Such a cute card, too! Love it! Bad times don’t seem so bad when you have great friends!

Hope everyone is having a great Monday!

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I woke up pretty sore from my 5 mile run yesterday. I know, I know. 5 miles is really not that hardcore but keep in mind, I’m weak sauce Not only did I wake up with the normal sore right knee, but my left hip was also pretty sore. I’m officially 26 going on 89 years old. Great.

Needless to say, I did some icing:

And even though I was sore, I still managed to get in 2 miles of walking. Don’t know if that was smart or stupid? But my soreness got better towards the afternoon and by the time I was home from running errands after work, it felt fine. Then it was time for CARDIO at the gym! Awesome! NOT! But since it was a short session (40 minutes) I drug myself there and rode 7.80 miles on the bike after a light warm up on the arc trainer.

Afterwards I was glad I went and glad I pushed myself and blah, blah. To be honest, I just wanted to be done so I could EAT. I was absolutely starving! I ran home and made a turkey & feta wrap on a whole wheat tortilla. SO MONEY.

I was excited to eat something cool and fresh since I was hot and sweaty after the cardio. It was perfect. (Although my lunch was not so great. I got the Chicken Enchilada Suiza meal from Lean Cuisine and it used to be so good! This time I opened the box to find the creamy sour cream sauce was replaced with green sauce and the chicken got mushy They overdid it on spices on this one, too, and yet it’s not even “spicy”, oddly enough. Anyway, I was disappointed. I mean, it was okay but not nearly as good as it used to be.

Oh! And something else that really sucked about this meal? The cooking times have dramatically changed! It used to be like, 3-5 minutes in the microwave on high and now look!

9 freakin’ minutes. And I realize that you probably think, damn, can’t she wait to eat? But no, it’s not even about that. It’s about the fact that in 9 minutes you could make pasta or something better than a Lean Cuisine. They’re supposed to be faster than that, at least. And some of us only have 30 minutes for lunch!

Okay anyway. After dinner I cleaned house. Since we’re going away this weekend and I will be busy tomorrow night, I figured I’d get a jump start. I had help:

And they were so not helpful. I vacuumed then they shredded the crap out of a stuffed raccoon they have and I had to vacuum again, after pulling cotton batting out of the wool rug

But while I folded laundry I watched Louis C.K.’s “Chewed Up” on Netflix for the umpteenth time. It’s hilarious, no pun intended (<—“Hilarious” is the name of his other stand up show! Ha!). It’s kind of anti-baby fever, though, listening him talk about parenthood.

It helped take the horribleness out of folding laundry.. which is hard to do! After a long shower and a snack, I’m ready for bed! Hopefully I don’t wake up with a sore hip and need a walker!

Hope Tuesday was good for everyone

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