a day in real life - vol. 1

Hi y'all! Casey - over at The Wiegand's - inspired me yesterday to get real and share images of my real life. No posed shots. No super happy probably only lasted for three seconds smiles. Real images of life in motion. Today's installment is from Thursday, June 13th, 2013 (yesterday) and all shots were taken after 8pm. It was my evening, realistically.

after worship practice. new lens means mirror pictures are perfectly acceptable, right?

this drive has become a blur - literally. I drive it so many days a week I could do it in my sleep.

addicted to "lucky guy" by mockingbird sun right now.

yes. I'm one of those girls who proudly displays her tassel in her car. mine even has rhinestones ;)

came home and changed into leggings and an all too big sweatshirt. 

dropped my keys on my nightstand...next to the other important things in life.

walked into my closet to tackle laundry. lets be honest...most days it looks like this

...instead of this...

clothes are spilling out of my dresser, per usual.

and my dryer door is open. 

there is a stack of books from the library that I haven't even touched yet.

and my bathroom counter looks like this. 

my bed went all day without being made...

my towel was hung up crooked and my sandals are on the floor...

along with my running shoes and roller skates..

but, knowing full well I should deal with all of the above, I stop and take another picture in the mirror.

 happy friday, my sweet readers ♥ next time you think of it, take a picture of your real life. and share with me if you do! I would love to read (see) a day in your life!

favorite photo friday

I love the movie Cars; I love Mater; and I love this photo. My little brother asked me to do a "photo shoot" with his Mater toy car, so because I would go to the moon if he asked me to, or dive off a cliff for him, or something else that is totally impossible, I did :) And this is one of my favorites from my "session" with Mater *wink* ha...ha...ha...The chipped paint ont he teeth just makes it even better! bahahahah.

Okay....so this week I want to see one of your favorite non-human non-nature photos. The more unthinkable the better :) Leave me a link and I'll check it out :)

Happy friday!!

virginia city, nevada, in black and white.

  

 he wouldn't look at me...so I just took the picture and was done with it. kinda funny actually.

 

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Okay. Two things. 

One: virginia city isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's used to be a huuuuge silver mining town, and now it's just a touristy dump...and I don't like tourists. So yeah. That matter aside, it's still kinda fun. A few antique stores reside there, which I visited{read: I scoured all of the stores until I found a piece of pyrex I desired and that was reasonably priced, and then I bought it, after cleverly charming the owner to lower the price by three bucks. what can I say, it's a gift...}, and some yummy candy shops. Plus the old time photo places...which is the whole reason we went there. The last time we had old time pictures taken was 6 years ago...before my two youngest siblings were born...so we figured we were due to update them. 'twas fun. you'll see them eventually. 

Secondly: these are some of my most favorite abstract - random - purposeless photos I have ever taken. 

Also. the pictures below are of me and my "baby" brother...he reminds me of the amish, not looking directly at the camera....I guess that makes me from hollywood. figures. lame.

Oh, and, forgive me and my dad's strange expression in the following picture....I told him to smile and that's what he did....and I knew he was going to do that, so I did it too, but anyway. yeah. 

 {my dad and I being...well...my dad and I...... }     

And this picture turned out reallllly cute. My gosh. I have cute siblings. {yes, I am bragging..}

{little sister posing, for ONCE! The heavens opened, angels rejoiced..yada yada yada}

Okay. I'm done now. Really. I swear.

Yep. Totally done. 

Hope you had a great tuesday! :)

weekday wanderings: black && white

 nail polishes. thought it looked kinda cool...no?

 the boots. ♥ soaking up the sun outside. (note: I take at least one picture of my boots a week..so even if it's a terrible photo...it'll end up here...hehe)

British stamps. Cause Lucy lives in the UK. and she's just that awesome.

My new purple dress from miss Lucy! <3 that's the shade of purple it is...gorgeous, isn't it?!

 Blurry mirror picture...but kind of cool none the less.

Recently decided this is my new favorite dramatic shot of myself. That is all.

-♥-

Yesterday I received a lovely package in the mail from one of my dear friends Lucy. Lucy is not only sweet and amazing but she is also British! Ah! love it. Anyway. This week there's a "little bit of everything" for photos. It's kind of a mix...but I made sure to get a picture of my boots in there...hehe! in the next couple weeks you'll be seeing some gorgeous elements of a Sierra Fall...ah. love it. but it takes forever to get here so just be patient...I promise, I'll get more interesting with my photos :)

xo