{pixels} the C family

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{pixels} an orchard + friendship

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{pixels} the M family

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project 365: 11.02-11.08.09

{monday: 11.02.09} i actually decided to make myself presentable in the morning...the "comfortable-ness" didn't last long. i wish they'd come out with "professional sweatpants"...

{tuesday: 11.03.09} so i decided to make jon's christmas present (what else do i get him?!). and in just 3 hours (using this tutorial), i'd ironed, cut, & sewn this ENTIRE quilt top. it still needs to be basted & finished...but it was super fast & super fun :) {all the solid fabrics are pillow cases from value village...& the red back of the quilt is a sheet from [none other than] value village}

{wednesday: 11.04.09} we missed bodypump...& it got dark too fast to run safely. so p90x abs had us at hello. tough stuff, i tell 'ya.

{thursday: 11.05.09} round #2 helping at the high school concession stands. pretty hilarious to see all the high schoolers consume 7.6 cheeseburgers each....if only they knew.

{friday: 11.06.09} my feet. and apparently i was a bit fixated on my feet during these 7 days. i have at least THREE photos of my feet (one not shown here). kind of weird. moving on....i took this while i was waiting for my preceptor during a procedure. i made myself stand in the hallway so i wouldn't fall asleep in the dark, warm, reading room...

{saturday: 11.07.09} i woke up early to head to bodypump. my least favorite instructor taught & i went home somewhat disappointed. the effort is what counts, though...right?!

{sunday: 11.08.09} jon called. we skyped for TWO HOURS. hold on, let me type that again....TWO HOURS. i couldn't believe it. like real conversation. laughter. talking. joking. and God reminded me...i kind of like my husband....i like him a lot, actually.

project 365: 10.26-11.01.09

{monday: 10.26.09} first day of interventional radiology. my preceptor is fantastic--one of those who remembers that hey! you have a life! and hey! you don't need to be here half-falling-asleep for 8 hours a day!! let me just say, my week was fabulous.

{tuesday: 10.27.09} my parents were out of town. which meant i was honored with "laundry duty". and really? it is kind of oddly therapeutic for me to fold laundry--the O.C.D.-monster in me comes out, though...& see those towels? the fact that they are folded so flat & symmetrical makes me just a bit too excited for normalcy...

{wednesday: 10.28.09} being that i've stayed up wayyyy past my bedtime the last week-or-so, i decided at 12:30am that painting my nails was a good idea. they haven't been painted since june...& since our wedding (2 years ago) before that. i still think it was a good idea. not so much the staying-up-too-late, though...definitely paid for that one on thursday!

{thursday: 10.29.09} i found a fabric flower template & decided that i was going to "fancy-up" my clothes. i had a bit too much fun...i've made something almost every night. thanks alot jcrew.

{friday: 10.30.09} in my now almost nightly fashion of transforming into June Cleaver, i also "fancied-up" this black shirt. (korryn is modeling, thank you sister). it was SO EASY. and kind of cute, yes?

{saturday: 10.31.09} this week i brought out what i have unofficially dubbed my "fall shoes": leather clogs with the perfect combination of comfort & non-make-your-feet-sweaty warmth.

{sunday: 11.01.09} my mom randomly won 4 new (SO! GOOD!) CD's from Positive Life Radio. and so i stole them....errr....borrowed them. that francesca, she is pretty awesome!

project 365: 07.27-08.02.09

{monday: 07.27.09} see this couch? it calls to me. seriously. i walk in the door from work with good intentions...& two seconds on that couch leaves me in a deep dreaming slumber that throws all studying good-intentions aside. NOT GOOD!!

{tuesday: 07.28.09} it was a HOT week here...the dry heat almost unbearable even in the backyard lap pool. and smart me decided to take a hot (long) bath after being on my feet all day. typically i wake up after 1 hour in a tub of frigid water....not so much this time....i leapt out & stood in front of a fan to cool off....

{wednesday: 07.29.09} my mom bought fruit loops. BAD IDEA, mom. i LOVE fruit loops. and cinnamon toast crunch. and cereal in general (which i'll admit i eat for dinner sometimes when i'm home alone). fortunately, my parents have a plethora of small bowls...so 20 fruit loops later & i'm totally satisfied :)

{thursday: 07.30.09} after my success in finishing my cardiology-specific-study-book, i gave myself a goal to be through my OB/GYN study book in 10 days. i was done in FIVE!!! go me!

{friday: 07.31.09} i admit it: i had ice cream. but only because my mom made huckleberry pie. jon still talks about the huckleberry pie we ate for my birthday (i prefer pie to cake) back in 2006...it is that good. see??! i told you i had an excuse!

{saturday: 08.01.09} with it being so hot, my parents decided to turn up the A/C...giving me no choice but to walk around in a thick hooded sweatshirt, draped in a fleece blanket. you can't see my feet but they are wearing winter-thick fuzzy socks.

{sunday: 08.02.09} rusty & gay (jon's parents) drove down for the day to say hello! we had a great time together...they treated me to lunch & a FREE! trip to Toys R Us. you can tell me your jealous...it's okay ;)

project 365: 07.20-07.26.09

{monday: 07.20.09} i made a (ehemm...rather large) purchase at Nordstrom a couple of weekends ago when i visited Jodie & Brett in Seattle: Philosophy Skin Care. which i'm justifying as a missed-trip to the Dermatologist...my skin loves it. {finally!}

{tuesday: 07.21.09} HAPPY ANNIVERSARY JON!! Our first (& hopefully last!) spent on opposite sides of the globe without talking. i'm typically not too keen on making giant celebrations of birthday & anniversaries--i feel like i should be able to celebrate everyday & eat cupcakes just for being alive! BUT, since i had a bit of extra time on my lunch hour, i did take a book, my lunch, & my free Starbucks pastry to the park at noon & had myself a little picnic. i love picnics with jon (sorry everyone else, i don't love picnics with you) & i felt like i needed to celebrate just a little bit :) i closed up the day with a stellar senior photo shoot in a wheat field!

{wednesday: 07.22.09} we had a group of Young Life kids over for "Campaigners", their weekly Bible study. tayte made brownies in celebration. darn Ghiradelli & Costco...why must you make my life so delicious?!

{thursday: 07.23.09} i'm happy to announce that i made it through about 125 of the designated 200 pages to be complete by the end of the week! although i didn't make it nearly far enough in my other review book, i read this Cardiology review cover-to-cover (& only fell asleep 5 times in the meantime). on to the next subject....

{friday: 07.24.09} an early morning in the O.R. marked the last day of cardiology (hooray!). my preceptor was wonderful...but quite frankly i think i'm meant to be in family medicine :)

{saturday: 07.25.09} after a quick trip to Seattle to watch the local American Legion baseball team in the State Tournament, we used our connections & scored Mariner's tickets at the last minute...only 17 rows up, too! It was a great (hot & sweaty) game, even though the M's lost...

{sunday: 07.26.09} as an anniversary present to me (sorry jon...next year will be double gifts for you!), my parents bought me a new Sigg bottle, complete with a cute! insulated! cover! good thing, too, because i left my other one in the hotel room during our trip to Seattle!

project 365: 07.13-07.19.09

{monday: 07.13.09} cardiology started today...& in preparation, i bought a new (so cute!) planner for the remainder of the year! although it certainly doesn't help me learn cardiology, my brain appreciates the break!


{tuesday: 07.14.09} summers in the Pacific Northwest are incredible. and even in this dry climate in Eastern Washington, God still makes our summer evenings nearly perfect! the sunsets aren't bad either....


{wednesday: 07.15.09} an early morning in the Operating Room made one very tired coffee-drinking jlyn. :) i love that physician's lounge!


{thursday: 07.16.09} korryn came home with this cute Sigg bottle & realized that ice cubes didn't easily fit in the top. so instead of taking it back she gave it to me. :) which makes me one happy girl! thanks, sister!


{friday: 07.17.09} i had a photo shoot on friday evening--in TOO HOT weather! i was testing lighting & accidentally snapped this picture. my mom told me i looked like a nun. i think it is one of my new favorites!


{saturday: 07.18.09} with an afternoon of studying ahead of me, i decided to make the experience enjoyable & spend some time in the pool :) and enjoyable it was...until 20 minutes later left my skin feeling too hot to stay outside in the 98-degree weather. i swam laps for about 10 minutes & got out. nice concept, though!


{sunday: 07.19.09} i'm s l o w l y making my way through my cardiology book--but taking a four hour nap sunday afternoon certainly doesn't seem to help me get through the information any faster! i have one week left in this rotation--meaning 5 more days to get through 200-something pages. wish me luck!

project 365: 07.06-07.12.09

{monday: 07.06.09} since the scale isn't my friend these days despite my workout sweat-my-butt-off efforts, i started tracking what i'm eating again. unfortunately, my enthusiasm only last three days after this snapshot...eating ice cream is way too important to me.


{tuesday: 07.07.09} my morning perch...uhh...station, i guess. this is where i get ready each morning. and although not too exciting, when my parents move & i am 48 years old, i think i might want to remember those hot vanity lights that tend to remind me (in the brightest way possible) that HEY LAZY BONES, IT IS MORNING!


{wednesday: 07.08.09} i realized that my purse is more like a duffel bag--searching for needed items turns into the search for the Titanic in the deep blue abyss. i'm thinking that i need to invest in a smaller purse...but then i realize that i can't shove my sunglasses, cell phone, 5 highliters, two books, a large wallet, pill bottles, extra bag, & so much more into a smaller purse. Shoulder surgery, here i come!


{thursday: 07.09.09} i didn't have to be at work until 11am & got adventurous in the morning: i went on a RUN! i promised jon that i'd at least give running a runners try (pun totally intended) while he was gone, in hopes that we could go on morning runs TOGETHER when he got back. so far, it isn't going to well...good thing i still have time!


{friday: 07.10.09} we LOVE skype! jon had a few extra minutes & got to talk to jodie & brett (whom i was visiting this weekend!)! we like to think that he was just sitting right at the table with us, invovled in every detail of the conversation...in reality he was stuck in 100+ degree weather with intermittent power outages. we can dream, right?!


{saturday: 07.11.09} for the first time in YEARS i went down to Pike Place. and i fell in love with the Pacific Northwest all over again! i can't believe that we live in such an incredible place--surrounded by jagged mountains, blue waters, & a culture that is all-its-own. aside from the traffic of seattle, i think i want to live there :)


{sunday: 07.12.09} after a FABULOUS weekend with jodie & brett (hey! i have friends!!), i was so sad to have to leave. BUT...our plans for living on the same street when we all grow up & get real jobs (well, jon & jodie have real jobs--brett & i are stuck in non-working-young-adulthood) made me feel just a little better leaving them. i CAN'T WAIT to hang out again when jon gets home! i'm mentally planning the weekend already...& it WILL involve chocolate, ice cream, & board games :)

babies.

Oh....this is the beginning of life's "baby season" for us. Well, not for us, but for our friends. And the pile of flannel baby blankets waiting to be sewn is a testament to the fact that I'm a little behind.

Perhaps because I've spent my late-night should-be-studying hours on the computer trying to cram more information into my brain...information about...photography. I'm sure I'll regret that choice one day soon when I'm asked to save someone's life & can only manage a thought about how to get perfect sun-flare with low ISO & high aperature...but that is beside the point.

For the time being, I'll just keep doting on professional photographers...dreaming about leeching information from their brains & dumping it into my own.

In the meantime, I'll share what might possibly be the BEST newborn photography site ever.

Captured by Carrie..BLOG

Yeah, this woman's got skillz. (with a "z")

project 365: 06.29-07.05.09

{monday: 06.29.09} i've taken full advantage of the availability of fresh produce here in WA...something I dearly missed while living on the East Coast. I smile each time I drive by the cherry orchard (& cute old man @ the "Cherries for Sale" stand) less than 2 miles from my house & have to chuckle to myself at the locally grown apples a full $2/pound cheaper than they were in North Carolina. Currently peaches & nectarines are my favorite :)


{tuesday: 06.30.09} i had a rough day at work & {gratefully} came home to an empty house. after a tough workout, some quiet time overlooking the open space of this city, & a delicious dinner, i felt much better. i topped off the evening with a long conversation with jon--God couldn't have better-answered my prayers!


{wednesday: 07.01.09}my face apparently decided this week that i'm 14 again & all the zits i've missed out on the last two years reared their ugly faces. this little bottle of magic (Origin's Spot Remover) is my saving-grace.


{thursday: 07.02.09} after feeling like a frump at work all week, i made the decision to go through my closet & try on every item of clothing. if it didn't fit well, feel right, or wasn't flattering, i got rid of it. i now realize that i should have done this before I moved across the country, but God has been working in my heart to purge & not buy things that i don't absolultely love. another reminder of my ugly confession...


{friday: 07.03.09} certainly not the most flattering photo in the world (& please don't mind the Elvis Presley paperdoll my mom has taped to her bathroom mirror)...but this wet (sweaty) shirt was a remnant of perhaps the most intense workout of my life. i should add that this photo was taken a full TWO HOURS after the BodyCombat (i.e., kickboxing) class ended...which should be evidence of just how much i sweat...sweated?...swat?


{saturday: 07.04.09} after a morning of flopped studying, my family drove to Yakima for a family reunion (in the 100 degree heat). my mom has NINE siblings--which makes me grandchild #18. you can only imagine how giant this family is. needless to say, it was quite enjoyable. i'm realizing as time goes on just how much i DO enjoy the craziness that this oversized family has to offer...& a stop at Miner's on the way home for a giant hamburger & rootbeer milkshake (yesidid just say that!!) made the day complete...


{sunday: 07.05.09} my mom took this picture. and this occurrence of me falling asleep with/on/by my books seems to be increasingly common. which is unfortunate because osmosis doesn't work....which means i am not studying. Boards are in just about two months & my brain needs to kick it into HIGH GEAR!!!