Walmart and my new found phobia.

I learned two things today.  The first, to never, ever, EVER....  step foot in Walmart on a Sunday.  The second is, that I, with no doubt, have Enochlophobia.  I'm pretty sure that everyone there, minus a few creepy people, were uncomfortable about being around that many people in terribly narrow isles as well.  But I almost had a breakdown!!  The urge to ram my cart into the cluster of humans in my way and scream at the top of my lungs was moments away from being an actual reality.  Therefore, I forced myself to check out and leave, only having about a sixth of my shopping list checked off.  I am a people phobe, no ifs, ands, or buts about it.  And just another something extra to add, I easily could have contributed at least 10 awesome photos to peopleofwalmart.com today if I would have had my phone with me.  It is a scary, SCARY place, and I never want to go back.  I will never understand how people can honestly enjoy city living.  Icky. 


This poor child could probably relate with how I felt today.

I hate myself today.  :(

That's all.

Rachel and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

I am so insanely irritable today.  The levels are bursting through the roof.  The little things that have set me off today....  

1. water droplets running down my face in the shower because they were tickling my skin... it usually doesn't tickle, my nerve endings are just obnoxiously sensitive today.

2. trying to tuck my shirt in my pants KNOWING that i CAN NOT STAND a tucked in shirt...just to find out that YES, i STILL can not and will not ever tuck in my shirts... ugh, seriously the most annoying feeling ever!

3. every strand of a loan hair, sticking to my face, once again tickling my skin, thanks to this awesome thing called static, thriving because of yet an even more awesome thing called winter....  

4. my itchy bra strap.... being a woman can only be accomplished by someone as strong as one... men could never put up with what we go through for a day.

5. so much more, and simply the fact that i am not in my bed sleeping.

Today is just going to be one of those days.... I know I'm supposed to just "change my attitude" and I have the power to have a great day... most of the time this is true... but today, that is just a load of bull.  

The best thing that could happen to me today, is having an accident of some sort, putting me on bed-rest until early April.

She's got it all...

As I pulled up to the pick-up window at Starbucks yesterday, ahead of me was a black Nissan murano (which is currently, and has been for a while, my favorite vehicle.)  I WANT ONE SO BAD!!  And THEN, out of the open window of the back seat popped the most adorable canine head I've ever seen, the head of a Burnese Mountain Dog, (which is currently, and has been for a while, my favorite dog.)

So there I sat, just staring at this view in front of me, of my ideal life being lived by another woman.  

I'm one of those really strange people who thinks that most random happenings are of no coincidence.  

So was it to make me feel like crap?  Like that's what I could have if I made all the right choices in my life?

Or was it to make me think, maybe someday....

OR MAYBE.... it was meant to be like a big bucket of icy cold water being thrown in my face as if to wake me up from this materialistic fantasy world I slip into now and then.  And I only say that because of the face of the woman inside her murano, accompanied by her gorgeous Burnese Mountain dog, sitting there waiting for her coffee...  she looked miserable, sad, tired, and lonely. 

I like my little sunfire.  She's super comfortable for my 5 ft. 2 stature, and she's pretty sexy if I must say, not very fast, but hot.

And Brody is the sweetest mutt in the world!  I'd go crazy without him!  I'd bet my bank account that he's smarter than any burnese too!  His latest trick is being shot dead when i say "bang bang".  It only took him a day and a half (like all his other awesome tricks) to learn!

So yeah, I'm pretty lucky.  I really am.

Short and Sweet

I want to simply just say that so far, 2011 is an awesome year!! I am very hopeful and optimistic that it will continue in its awesomeness. 

Statice Photography is also blossoming into everything I was dreaming of!  Which, if I'm being honest, I didn't expect to happen, especially in the middle of winter! 

So this short but sweet little blog is dedicated to first and foremost God, who doesn't stop at supplying my needs but goes further and provides also for my wants.  Then to all the wonderful people in my life who've blessed me with such wealth, the kind that money can't buy. 

The Power of RED

I don't know why I don't fit into this majority, but fiction books sell out 60% compared to non-fiction.  I like fiction, it's fun.  But I'm always drawn to the non-fiction books, and find lately that it's all I read.  Anyway, I was reading an article from the Journal of Experimental Psychology titled Red, Rank, and Romance in Women Viewing Men.  Apparently, studies show that woman percieve men wearing the color red to be higher up in status, and just visually more appealing.  The mind is sexually attracted to the color red.  

Take birds and fish for example.  The females are attracted to the very colorful males, red, in particular.  So now, after reading this article, I'm finding myself imagining my husband wearing a red shirt compared to the white Hanes t-shirts and blue jeans that he wears every single day, seriously.  And after realizing that I think I would like him in red,  I'm trying to figure out if I really AM more attracted to the mental picture of him in red, or if after reading this article, am just influenced in THINKING i think I like him better in red....

I guess I'll never know.  But I think I'm going shopping for a large, red, shirt.  :)

Best Candids of each month from 2010~

January:  Maddie, wrapped in a towel after her bath, staring out the window with the sunlight glowing off of her skin.

 

 

 

 

February: The kids had fun feeding the mallards, and the one goose that they adopted into their flock, when I took them down to the frozen lake.

March:  Had to capture this moment, Zimmy, watching the birds through the window.

April:  Honored to shoot the wedding of my brother in law Brian and his wife Chrystelle.  The sun was setting perfectly behind them to give this photo a soft, hazy effect.

May:  These black swans posed perfectly in the shape of a heart for me at my son's field trip.

June:  Wanted to try a new approach and experiment with angles.  I love how the sun shines through the pedal, showing it's veins~

July:  This beautiful red admiral let me come so close to him, letting me catch the specs of pollen on his legs, and even the detail of his antenna.

August:  This little cutie is the youngest child of friends of ours.  We all went to the lake one Sabbath afternoon, and he was all about being in the spotlight!

September:  Took the kids to a gorgeous new park, here they are exploring ahead of me up the path.

October:  Waiting to pick up Ethan from school, I couldn't resist shooting this awesome scene Rib Mountain was displaying at sunset.

November:  Took advantage of the visit I had with my darling little nephew, Carter, and set him up for a photo shoot!  Can't get enough of his sweetness!

December:  Noticed the moon peaking through the wispy clouds as the sun was setting, here at the dog park.