Day 181: Half way there!

I am now officially half way through my 2010 photo-a-day project. I'm still enjoying it, and most days don't have a problem finding something meaningful to photograph. In fact, I already have plans for next year's project!

Day 180: Ready for potty training?

Well, not quite. This morning Edward wouldn't let me put a dry diaper on him, so I got the potty chair out and made him sit on it. He did a great big pee! So I tried putting him in big boy underpants, and tried to get him to pee on the potty again, but he just ended up wetting himself three times. By then I decided to abort and try again another day.

Day 179: New TV

Long story, here we go. A few months ago we got a new portable DVD player. It's nice to have one when we travel for long car trips and for use in hotels. The kids also use it at home when they both want to watch something different in the evenings. Well, a couple of weeks ago, the new one broke. It's the 3rd one that's broken on us in about 6 months, and that likely has a lot to do with the way they were treated by the kids. Fortunately I got a service plan with this one, so we were able to get it replaced no problems. However, we didn't really want to let the kids have access to it at home again, to try and prevent it getting broken again! So I suggested we get a TV for Elizabeth's bedroom instead. She currently falls asleep watching TV in Dave's bed, so we thought she might as well do it in her own bed (yes I know that's very frowned upon by perfect parents, but that's just how it is in our house, deal with it). So after a bit of shopping around we got this one yesterday in Costco. We also got a new DVD/VCR player combo to go with it. Now Elizabeth has the best TV in the house, and so far it's been a big hit!

Day 178: Fr Jerry's Retirement Mass

Today our church had a mass to celebrate the retirement of Fr Jerry Kennedy. As I've mentioned before, he's the priest who baptized Edward before his surgery, so we feel quite close to him. The mass went on for two hours, but it was nice. One of the retired bishops in the diocese also attended. I was only planning on taking one or two shots to get something for my blog, but there were several other people there taking pictures, so I ended up taking quite a lot. I was even asked by one of them to email my pictures to him for their website! There was a reception afterward which we stayed at for a while too.

Day 177: Loaf

This is what you get when I don't remember to take a picture until 11pm! I got this little guy at Goodwill last year. He pulses different colors and has a few different settings. Most of the time he just sits on top of the TV turned off though. It's called a Tude Beam, and his name is Loaf.

Day 176: Creek

I passed this little creek when I was out for a walk today with the kids. I had to pick up the new book my bible study group is starting next week, and the lady who had them only lives about a mile away, so I decided to walk. I saw the creek and thought it would make a good picture. I didn't realize until I got home though that I had my camera on totally the wrong settings, so the picture came out very blue. After a lot of playing around in Photoshop I think I finally got it looking as close as possible to the real thing again though.

Day 175: The perks of being a Company Wife

My husband works for Tria Beauty, and whenever they launch a new product he gets a complimentary one to take home. I've had the laser hair remover for a couple of years now, but I gave up using it because I didn't have the patience. But after reading a really good review for it, I decided to give it another try. I've had the acne device for about a month, but I've only just started using that too. It would be nice if they both worked wonders!