Photo-A-Day: Week 1

This is the first installment of the photo journaling project I mentioned a few days ago.  It was really fun taking photos with intention and putting some thought behind the ones I would choose.  Though I had to carry my camera everywhere with me, this has definitely helped me become more comfortable with its settings.  Maybe I’ll share some of the photography things I learn here on the blog….that is, after I actually learn something other than the automatic mode.


1/1/13: New Year’s dinner at the in-laws’ house, complete with black eyed peas for good luck

1/2/13: The mountain of laundry that welcomes me every Wednesday night

Scenes from the weekend....

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After conquering my mountain of laundry, I experimented with removing the wallpaper in my kitchen.  A little google research led me to a source that explained the different types of wallpaper and the removal processes for each.  Luckily, my wallpaper is paper-backed vinyl, which means I can peel off the decorative vinyl layer, moisten the paper layer using warm water, and scrape away the glue residue.

This 12" section from the chair rail to the floor took me about 15 minutes to complete....not too bad, but considering I have a whole kitchen to strip, I need to come up with more efficient methods/tools.  Any ideas?

Scenes from the weekend....

This weekend, I did a lot of things around the house.  One major thing being the painting of my $12.99 thrift store find.  I love this thing for the enormous amount of storage space and style it's adding to the foyer.  I also love it for the price.  More details to come on this project....

Scenes from the weekend....

Punki Purple by Nina Ultral Pro

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A very surprising trip to the ER

followed by multiple doses of this....

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