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16/365 Farming ~Techie Style~

2010-01-16T22:18:00.000-08:00

Hope checking on her crops on Farmville this evening.

15/365

2010-01-15T22:47:00.000-08:00

My hubby holding our adorable newborn nephew, Ayden.

14/365 Soap Boats

2010-01-14T20:27:00.000-08:00

The first photo is Cole attaching a flag to the soap boat he made in school. The second photo is of he and his father's attempt to float the boats in the sink.

Days 12 and 13

2010-01-13T20:38:00.000-08:00

Day 12-A snowy mountain view from the end of our road

Day 13-Playing with long exposure

Day 11 A Frosty Self Portrait

2010-01-11T21:04:00.000-08:00

I noticed this snowflake pattern on the back window of my truck and snapped a photo knowing it would be gone soon. It didn't turn out quite how I liked since I intended to use it as a texture but at least it made for a neat self portrait.

Day 10--K'Nex Success

2010-01-10T21:20:00.000-08:00

I've tried, without much success, to find toys to capture my youngest son's interest other than trains, planes, and automobiles. Today I finally talked him into trying the K'Nex set and he ended up loving it. His go to creations were still some type of transportation vehicles but at least we've got a start.

Day 9

2010-01-09T18:51:00.000-08:00

I had a long exposure shot planned for this evening but the sky didn't cooperate with me. This sent me scrambling for a shot late this evening. When I came inside I noticed the remnants of my son's change rolling session this evening and thought it would make an interesting photo.

Day 8--Snow Play

2010-01-08T22:43:00.000-08:00

Day 7--The Blizzard That Was Not

2010-01-07T20:50:00.001-08:00

If you watched the local news ,or visited any grocery store completely sold out of milk and bread, you would have thought there was a massive blizzard headed our way. As of 6 p.m. this light dusting is all we had. While it made for a lovely subject for 365 it was hardly the winter storm they were calling for and will more than likely be completely gone by tomorrow afternoon.

Day 6--Snoozin'

2010-01-06T18:51:00.000-08:00

My youngest son, Cole, snoozing on the couch this morning.

Day Five--Planning

2010-01-05T21:05:00.000-08:00

This is what I spent most of this evening doing so I figured it would be perfect for today's photo.

Day 4--Back to School

2010-01-04T16:53:00.000-08:00

Day 3--Happy 10th Birthday

2010-01-03T18:58:00.000-08:00

Ten years ago today God bestowed upon me a precious gift, my pride and joy, my son, Juan.

Day Two--1.2.10

2010-01-02T20:10:00.001-08:00

Day Two--1.2.10
Originally uploaded by mrsmegmcclure

We spent much of the day sightseeing in Huntingburg, IN and the surrounding areas. The temps hovered around 15 degrees for much of the day so most of our sightseeing was done from the toasty comfort of our truck. While I would have liked to get a better quality pic of this beautiful cathedral in Jasper, I wasn't up to leaving the warm truck to do so. Perhaps I will become accustomed to this weather but for now this will have to suffice.

Day One--Happy New Year

2010-01-01T20:36:00.000-08:00

Days 61-70 "So Far Behind"

2009-03-12T08:34:00.000-07:00

Day 61

Day 62

Day 63

Day 64

Day 65

Day 66

Day 67

Playing with focus.
Day 68

Day 69

Day 70

Day 53-60 "This Week's Photos"

2009-03-01T17:52:00.000-08:00

Day 53

Day 54

The trees are budding in our front yard.
Day 55

My son, Juan, bought this for me last year for my anniversary. While my husband and I were gone to Daytona he took his birthday money and went shopping with Grandma. When he gave it to me he said it was so I would remember our anniversary trip to the 50th running of the Daytona 500. It sits on my computer desk so everyday I can look at it and remember how very blessed I am.
Day 56

A flag outside my hubby's work.
Day 57

What I am reading or soon to be reading. I know I have quite a lot of these photos but one of my goals for the year is to read at least 52 books and taking a photo of what I am reading helps me track my progress.
Day 58

My husband and youngest son, Cole, wrestling.
Day 59

It has been raining for the past few days and we are all getting a bit stir crazy. Hope decided she was going out to play in the rain yesterday. I caught her in the front yard sticking her lollipop in the raindrops coming off the porch.
Day 60

We drug the girls' mattress into my office so we could watch an instant Netflix movie on my computer. They were horsing around after it was over so I decided to snap a few photos.

Days 47-51 So Far Behind

2009-02-21T06:45:00.000-08:00

Busy, busy, busy that describes the past week perfectly. Between CT assignments, school, and running my household there has been precious little free time to post my 365s. So I carved out a little time this morning to catch up and hopefully I'll be back this evening with today's photo.
Day 47

These are some older LOs I have hanging up in my office. I really need to get all of my newer LOs printed so I can update a bit.
Day 48

Just me.
Day 49

A bald eagle craft we did for school.
Day 50

Magazines I am reading this week.
Day 51

My youngest kiddos playing the Wii.

Day 46 *Spring Is In The Air"

2009-02-15T18:40:00.000-08:00

The first Nascar race of the season, daffodils are blooming, and I am really beginning to feel like spring is upon us.

Days 44 and 45

2009-02-14T22:22:00.001-08:00

I'm having no problem with taking my pictures but actually processing and posting is a different story :). Here are my photos for the past two days.

Day 44 *Lost In My Sims Kingdom*

Hope playing with her sister's DS.

Day 45 *My Valentine*

My hubby fishing this afternoon at Sugarloaf Park.

Day 41-43 "Catching Up Again"

2009-02-12T18:20:00.000-08:00

Once again I'm running late. Please forgive me I've been lost in 18th century Scotland for the past few days. "Outlander" should come with a warning label stating you will spend every free moment you have with your nose stuck in the book. I managed to pull myself away this evening to dump my memory card and upload my pics.
Day 41 *Ivy*

Day 42 *UH-OH*

My youngest son, Cole, went to bed with a full head of hair Tuesday and I woke up to this mess Wednesday morning. I keep most of the scissors put up but he does have access to his school scissors which I thought were too dull to do any damage. As you can see from his hair I was VERY wrong. I have no idea what possessed him to get up in the middle of the night to cut his hair.
Day 43 *Lil' Slugger*

Cole playing baseball outside this evening sporting his new haircut.

Day 40 "Sunny School Day"

2009-02-09T15:04:00.000-08:00

It was a beautiful day today so we decided to have school outside.

Day 38 and 39 "Catching Up"

2009-02-09T06:52:00.000-08:00

We had a really busy weekend and I just didn't have the time to process and upload my photos. I did take them though and here they are.
Day 38

Day 39

I'll be back later with today's photo.

A Tag

2009-02-09T05:50:00.000-08:00

I have been tagged by Chris and Karen.
This is the tag I'm supposed to list six interesting things about me. Link back to the blog that tagged me: Chreamp's 365 Images and Karen I. 365 .

1. Saturday was my six year wedding anniversary. I believe the traditional theme/gift for the six year mark is candy or iron but not in this house.

We opted for Nascar and Chinese takeout.

2. I have lived in four states: Oklahoma, Ohio, Georgia, and Tennessee.

3. When I was a child I dreamed of becoming a high school history teacher. Although I did not take the path I dreamed of, I am fulfilling that dream through homeschooling my dc.

4. I am a voracious reader. I usually read several books at a time and often finish at least one a week.

5. Photography is one of my passions. I enjoy taking photos but I enjoy the post processing aspect just as much if not more.

6. I am and come from a long line of collectors/hoarders. My favorite things to collect are Bibles, books, and digiscrap supplies.

This was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I lead a rather normal boring life so I don't know how interesting any of these things really are.

So now I need to pick 5 other to tag:
I will try to do this part later. However, if you're reading this and haven't been tagged yet then consider yourself tagged.

Day 37 Feeding My Addiction

2009-02-06T15:42:00.000-08:00

I finished up "The Host" yesterday evening so it was time for a trip to one of my favorite places today. I could spend hours in the bookstore and easily spend way too much money but I did pretty well budgeting myself today. While browsing I found "The Belle Messenger" and "Outlander" has been on my to be read list for awhile so I went ahead and purchased it too.

Day 36 Today's Reading

2009-02-05T20:13:00.000-08:00

Day 35 Sunset

2009-02-04T19:33:00.000-08:00

Day 34 First Dandelions of the Year

2009-02-03T12:41:00.001-08:00

Day 33 Weird Winter Weather

2009-02-02T16:03:00.001-08:00

Saturday we were wading and fishing in the Hiawassee and this afternoon this was the scene in our front yard.

It is so bizarre to watch the weather change this quickly. The forecast says that this wintry weather will be leaving just as quickly as it came and I am so glad to hear that. I love to take photos in the snow but I loathe cold weather. Here is my photo for day 33.

The snow had started to melt on these little pink buds and I managed to capture a reflection of the trees in the water drop.

Day 32 An Old Barn

2009-02-01T21:22:00.000-08:00

On our way home this evening we passed Prater's Mill. An old barn on the property was bathed in the most amazing golden light. I talked my hubby into pulling in so I could take a photo.

Day 31 Sisters

2009-02-01T19:57:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we had an unseasonably warm day so we decided to head up to the Hiawassee for a little fishing and fun in the sun. It was pretty late when we got home and I didn't even upload the pics until this morning. It is a little late but here is my photo for yesterday.

I'll be back shortly with today's photo.

Day 30 Chickamauga Battlefield

2009-01-30T16:22:00.000-08:00

Day 29 Daffodil Bud

2009-01-29T20:20:00.000-08:00

What do you when its eleven p.m. and you realize that you haven't taken your 365 photo yet? Well my first thought was to find a family member and snap a quick photo but no such luck since my dc and dh were fast asleep. I wracked my brain over what I could take a photo of and I suddenly remembered the daffodils that were beginning to grow along the back porch. I am sure I looked quite silly in my PJ's taking pictures of flowers in the backyard in the middle of the night. Thank goodness for the acre or two of land between the road and our house. I got a shot that I liked but it was a bit boring. So I added a little texture and contrast boosting and I have a semi interesting photo for the day. Tomorrow I believe I'll start taking photos in the morning so I don't have to do this again.

Day 28 Nature Walk

2009-01-28T22:02:00.000-08:00

One of our assignments for school today was to take a walk and bird watch. Now before we went outside there were birds everywhere but wouldn't you know as soon as we stepped out the door there were none to be found. Oh well maybe tomorrow we will have better luck. We did have a nice walk though and I took about 60 photos. I didn't choose any photos with my kiddos in them for today's photo because those will probably be scrapped separately. While that narrowed the pool down drastically I am going to cheat today and share four photos. I just couldn't settle on a favorite.

It is crazy that we got snow last week and this bush is getting buds on it already. Oh, but it makes me long for the warmer weather and beauty of spring that is lurking just around the corner.

Moss growing on a fallen tree in our woods.

I just love beautiful skies especially around sunset!
I want to say thank you for the comments for the past two days. I've been busy with school/planning and CT work and haven't had time to return comments. Things are settling down a bit though so I'm hoping to have time to blog hop tomorrow. Have a wonderful day!

Day 27 Progress

2009-01-27T21:23:00.000-08:00

My youngest son, Cole, has an absolute aversion to writing within the lines. No matter how often we explain to him that he has to write neatly so others are able to read his work, he still seems to think those lines are only there as mere suggestions. This morning he finally decided to try out this whole neat writing thing(his words) and this photo is of one of his completed assignments. While it is not perfect I am so glad to see him progressing towards better penmanship.

Day 26 Just Me

2009-01-26T16:45:00.000-08:00

Day 25 Lazy Sunday

2009-01-25T17:23:00.001-08:00

Nothing too exciting today just a photo of my husband and my youngest son watching TV in our room this evening. Last night's late bedtimes combined with the gray dreary day outside made for one lazy Sunday. We didn't do much of anything other than watch movies and play a little Wii.

Day 24 On The Ocoee

2009-01-25T08:58:00.001-08:00

I'm running late. I took a ton of photos yesterday and I had quite a hard time choosing just one. We stopped by a local river on our way home from lunch yesterday and got quite a few shots. That evening my husband's father and cousin showed up to play a little music.

Needless to say with company to entertain and this little jam session going on until midnight last night I didn't find the time to upload let alone process my photos. So they are a day late in posting but at least I did take them on time:). Without further ado here is my photo for day 24.

Day 23 Calling Grandma

2009-01-23T19:49:00.000-08:00

Hope got in trouble this evening and sneaked into our room to call her Grandma. I saw where she was headed and so I did a little sneaking of my own with my camera in tow. I managed to snap a photo of her on the phone before she even realized I was in the room.

Day 22 What I'm Reading

2009-01-22T18:26:00.000-08:00

An Award

2009-01-22T00:06:00.000-08:00

I went ahead and caught up on some of my commenting tonight and found I received the following award from Kelly and Liljatr. Thank you so much ladies!!

Now I have to list five things I am addicted to:

Spending time with my family
My trusty Nikon sidekick
Photoshop CS3
My computer
Books

Now the five people I choose to pass this award on to are:

Ellay
Rachel
Lynn
Heather
Kirsten

Day 21 Shadow

2009-01-21T22:04:00.000-08:00

Our pitbull, Shadow, taking a nap this evening when we let him in the house for a little while.
I just want to thank everyone for the comments in the past couple of days. Things have been really busy around here and I haven't had much time to read/return comments. I'm going to try set aside some time tomorrow to do so.

Day 20 Converging Paths

2009-01-20T20:29:00.000-08:00

Day 19 Yummy Snow

2009-01-19T21:28:00.000-08:00

Cole went out to play in the snow this evening and I think he ate more snow than he played with. One of our dogs, Baby , kept jumping up on him trying to figure out what he was eating.

Day 18 In My Backyard

2009-01-18T19:27:00.000-08:00

Day 17 Snow

2009-01-17T20:44:00.000-08:00

We finally received our first snow of the season and while it wasn't much more than a light dusting I still had to get a photo. The trampoline(above) was covered in it and so were the porches and much of the yard.

Day 16 Just Us

2009-01-16T17:19:00.000-08:00

Just me and my youngest three goofing around with the camera.

Day 15 Mesmorizing Music

2009-01-15T19:39:00.000-08:00

My husband's cousin called the other day to tell him she found a old song book of his while doing some early spring cleaning. I've been reading through this notebook of songs my hubby wrote as a teen all evening and figured it would be the perfect photo for today.

Day 14 *Lil' Rocker"

2009-01-14T17:00:00.000-08:00

Day 13 My Road

2009-01-14T16:38:00.000-08:00

Well this shot is late but I did take it last night. I had a horrible headache yesterday that kept me down and out most of the day. Luckily, I snapped this photo when I went to check the mail yesterday. I'm not thrilled with it but at least I remembered to get a photo :).

Day 12 My New Refreshment

2009-01-12T17:28:00.000-08:00

One of my goals for the new year was to break my mountain dew habit and drink more water. So far I had only been able to cut back my MD intake but today I made it through a whole day without a single can.

Day 11 A Cloudy Night

2009-01-11T17:16:00.000-08:00

Day 10 Hope

2009-01-10T20:50:00.000-08:00

Day 9 Rachel Reading

2009-01-09T18:36:00.000-08:00

Rachel reading beside the stove while I was cooking dinner.

Day Eight Long Exposure

2009-01-08T18:54:00.000-08:00

I waited until dark to take my photo tonight so I could play around with long exposures. I couldn't decide between the two I liked so I'm going to share both of them. I had the aperture wide open and shutter speed was 30 seconds.

Light trails from a car driving down our road. Wish we lived on a busier street where I could get a more busy light trail shot.

This shot is pretty blurry but I liked the flare of the moon.

Day 7 Princess Moon Sand

2009-01-07T19:01:00.000-08:00

Nothing to exciting today just a shot of the princess we made while we were playing with the moon sand this afternoon. They're calling for snow tonight(FINALLY!!) and I so hope we get some. It will be a nice break from the monotonous rain.

Day Six Another Dreary Day

2009-01-06T14:30:00.000-08:00

I can count on one hand the number of sunny days we've had since this dreary weather set it a few weeks ago. I'll be so glad to see this front pass and have the sun shining again.

Day FiveRub-a-Dub-Dub...

2009-01-05T19:44:00.000-08:00

...Colebug in the tub. Today was a busy day since we're trying to get back into the swing of things after the holidays. As I was giving Cole a bath this evening I realized I hadn't taken a picture today. So I grabbed the camera and snapped a quick pic of him enoying his bubble bath.

Day FourCole

2009-01-04T15:35:00.000-08:00

I went outside to take today's photo and my youngest son kept jumping in front of the camera and saying its time to go back in. I snapped a shot of his little outburst and decided to use it for today's shot.

Day Three Birthday Boy

2009-01-03T21:38:00.000-08:00

I'm running late again. Too bad I'm not on central time since I seem to be running a hour late every night. I have no problem getting the photos taken but the posting is another story :)!

My birthday boy, Juan, blowing out his candle. I made his cake and the kids decorated it.

Day Two

2009-01-02T21:11:00.000-08:00

I'm ten minutes late in posting but at least the photo was taken today.

My youngest daughter,Hope,playing on the tire swing.

Day OneHappy 2009

2009-01-01T14:33:00.000-08:00

Cole didn't want to cooperate so he looks more like he is rubbing his eyes than making two 0's with his hands.

Please...

2008-12-31T17:16:00.000-08:00

Excuse the mess while I get the blog ready for Project 365.

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16/365 Farming ~Techie Style~

15/365

14/365 Soap Boats

Days 12 and 13

Day 11 A Frosty Self Portrait

Day 10--K'Nex Success

Day 9

Day 8--Snow Play

Day 7--The Blizzard That Was Not

Day 6--Snoozin'

Day Five--Planning

Day 4--Back to School

Day 3--Happy 10th Birthday

Day Two--1.2.10

Day One--Happy New Year

Days 61-70 "So Far Behind"

Day 53-60 "This Week's Photos"

Days 47-51 *So Far Behind*

Day 46 *Spring Is In The Air"

Days 44 and 45

Day 41-43 "Catching Up Again"

Day 40 "Sunny School Day"

Day 38 and 39 "Catching Up"

A Tag

Day 37 *Feeding My Addiction*

Day 36 *Today's Reading*

Day 35 *Sunset*

Day 34 *First Dandelions of the Year*

Day 33 *Weird Winter Weather*

Day 32 *An Old Barn*

Day 31 *Sisters*

Day 30 *Chickamauga Battlefield*

Day 29 *Daffodil Bud*

Day 28 *Nature Walk*

Day 27 *Progress*

Day 26 *Just Me*

Day 25 *Lazy Sunday*

Day 24 *On The Ocoee*

Day 23 *Calling Grandma*

Day 22 *What I'm Reading*

An Award

Day 21 *Shadow*

Day 20 *Converging Paths*

Day 19 *Yummy Snow*

Day 18 *In My Backyard*

Day 17 *Snow*

Day 16 *Just Us*

Day 15 *Mesmorizing Music*