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1. Red yarn_r 1:366, 2. Red yarn, 3. Citrus Sock Yarn, 4. Wollmeise Sock Yarn: "Campari Orange", 5. A quest for the most perfect yellow yarn..., 6. mittens yarn yellow, 7. Velvet Green Yarn Cake, 8. sock yarn salad, 9. The Blues [Feb 2, 08], 10. blue yarn, 11. Miss Babs Yummy Sock Yarn in Purples, 12. Wollmeise sock yarn Maria's deepest purple colorway, 13. Yarn pink and green 04/18/07, 14. Yarns - Pinks, 15. Rainbow-Yarns-Lineup2, 16. Yarn Rainbow

I'm daydreaming about yarn today on my lunch break.

What are you dreaming of today?

Mosaic Monday

I haven't posted a Monday Mosaic in a while.  I think this is a fitting subject for today.

Just 11 hours and 35 minutes until Election Day.

 

1. John McCain in Denver, 2. John McCain, Republican Presidential candidate, after all these years, finally reach this point, 3. John McCain and Sarah Palin, 4. John McCain, 5. Sarah Palin & John McCain, 6. Sarah Palin in Kuwait 10 (high rez), 7. Governor Palin in her office, 8. Sarah Palin, 9. John McCain in Exeter, 10. John McCain Campaign Stop, 11. Sen. John McCain campaigns in South Carolina, 12. Sarah Palin, Megan McCain, Cindy McCain, John McCain, 13. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, 14. Sarah Palin, 15. Put her out of her misery, please, 16. Governor Sarah Palin

Mosaic Monday

I browsed around Flickr's Interestingness for about an hour this morning to make this mosaic.  I chose photos that represented my favorite things - colored pencils, labs, planes, etc.

1. you can make life as magical as you want it to be, 2. Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, 3. Duck!, 4. I was bored, so there!, 5. When the sun sets, it time to turn on the lights.., 6. they work on brains, not batteries, 7. Love is the answer..., 8. Cherries, 9. Diary, 10. Sex and Our City, 11. Blueberry pancakes, 12. New Shoes, 13. Snif, 14. Shadow Stang, 15. New in, old out, 16. Early morning goodness

I've been at home most of the day today.  At 11am my boss let me go home for the day.  After the week I had at work last week I think he felt like I needed a little time off.  I wasn't feeling very well anyways so it was probably best.

I've had a headache for the last two days and I'm semi-convinced that I have another sinus infection.  The abbreviated backstory is that since moving to Washington my congestion has been pretty much unbearable.  In May I had a sinus infection because of uncontrolled congestion.  I let it go too long and ended up messing up my ears pretty badly.  My Dr. is convinced that it's caused by allergies, but allergy medicine alone doesn't help.  I also haven't had season allergies since I moved here and I've had them all my life.  So, I'm allergic to something, but I don't know what. 

My congestion has been really bad for a while and I'm basically addicted to decongenstants right now.  Taking them is the only thing that makes me feel normal.  Problem is that you can't take them for an extended period of time or you end up getting rebound congestion which is worse. 

I have an allergy test on Thursday to find out what is causing all the congestion.  I can't take a decongestant at all this week because of the test and I'm kind of suffering.  I spoke to a consulting nurse on the phone this morning and she thinks that the headache is from not taking the decongestant and I just have to suffer through it until my appointment on Thursday.  Imagine that - detoxing from decongestants!  HAHA.  Anyways, I hope she's right because if it's another sinus infection that I let go until Thursday I'm going to be pretty ticked off. 

For now I'm just trying to get through this week.  Adam took some sick time today too and came home with me.  He made me lay low and isn't letting me do any multi-tasking today - haha.  It's torture!  But probably for the best.  

I'm off to enjoy the rest of my day on the couch.  :)

Mosaic Monday

Daily self portraits from last week:

The whole set can be viewed here: 365.  

Have a great Monday!  :)

Mosaic Monday

My self portraits from Monday-Saturday.  I jumped on the Project 365 Challenge way late this year, but am going to try and finish out the year with a self portrait every day. 

I haven't uploaded the photos from Sunday or today.  You can keep up with my 365 challenge photostream here: Project 365. 

Mosaic Monday + J,K,L

I'm catching up on the ABC-Along again. 

J is for jewelry and jeweled flip flops.

K is for knitting needles (my vintage collection) and knitting.

L is for lemon and lens.

Here is the photostream of all my ABC-Along photos so far :: ABC-Along.

Happy Monday - enjoy your day!

Mosaic Monday

Just some random inspiration for the mosaic today.  Found exploring Flickr this morning. 

1. let 'em roll, 2. golden g bridge, 3. Choose Your Destiny, 4. Untitled, 5. TrioCupcakes, 6. Untitled, 7. my boys & me/week 23 - everyone but the cats, 8. Amendment...., 9. shells of the world, 10. "Broken Wings" Dragonfly bracelet, 11. Day after day paper art, 12. it's a girl thing, 13. 46/365, 14. Green on Red, 15. green dress s t i l l, 16. 123\365 there is no better thing than sculping your print in the History

I was not ready for Monday this morning.  I woke up late, I didn't make it to the gym, we hit heavy traffic and Starbucks was extremely slow this morning.  I'm hoping that the rest of the day goes a lot more quickly because I'd rather just be at home.  :)

I have a lot of work to catch up on today as well.  I was off Friday because I had 2 wisdom teeth out.  Adam had 1 out as well.  Most of our weekend was spent loafing around which for some reason just made me more tired!  I'm ready for another weekend and Monday isn't even over yet!

Mosaic Monday

Today is the last day of my current class.  I've scheduled a much-needed-one-week-break for myself before the next class starts.  (In case you're confused - I take one class at a time and each class lasts 5 weeks).

Needless to say I'm very happy to have a week off.  We're leaving for California on Thursday and we'll be back next Monday.  It's going to be a great little mini-vacation.  More on that later.

For my mosaic this week I'm going to play THE GAME:

The concept:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker).

  

1. Elizabeth Taylor caught by Paparazzi, 2. Asparagus Ravioli, 3. Untitled, 4. Gizmo, 5. Red on Black, 6. Tanqueray, 7. Milan Train Station at Midnight, 8. Sweet Cherry Pie, 9. Portofino a favorite of wealthy yachters, 10. 2 women running from mad cows at Campo Imperatore, 11. spotted or striped anywhy..fashion!, 12. _DSC0131

The Questions:

1. What is your first name?  Elizabeth
2. What is your favorite food?  Ravioli
3. What high school did you go to?  Lockport High School
4. What is your favorite color?  Red
5. Who is your celebrity crush?  John Mayer
6. Favorite drink?  Tanqueray & Tonic
7. Dream vacation?  Italy
8. Favorite dessert?  Cherry Pie
9. What you want to be when you grow up?  Independantly Wealthy
10. What do you love most in life?  Laughing
11. One word to describe you.  Creative
12. Your flickr name  bienaseliz

Mosaic Monday

1. travelling, 2. Rhubarb and Raspberry Yogurt Ice Pops, 3. Red Shoes vs Green Grass, 4. True colors are beautiful like a rainbow, 5. Salute to summer, 6. The Fingers of Summer, 7. Chillin', 8. I'll go sailing no more, 9. Untitled, 10. Summer, 11. Kuwait Jet ski Championship, 12. Shecloud, 13. Summer, 14. Smile!, 15. Evening Rain Dance, 16. 09.05.08

Here's a summer-themed mosaic for this Monday.  It was in the 80s and 90s here all weekend so we were able to get a little taste of summer. 

We had a good weekend.  I was able to check a lot of things off my to-do list and I'm feeling a little more caught up for the time being. 

• Cleaned out our closet and donated a huge bag of clothes
• Caught up on some long-neglected chores, simplified a bit
• Got a great haircut & color, some new product and a nice visit with my stylist
• Refreshed our wardrobes a bit with some shopping
• Bought new bedding and finally decided on a color palette for our bedroom (Now we just need to pick our some paint and furniture)
• Spent some time outside in the sun and had a couple of great meals out

I'd love to hear how you spent your weekend too! 

Happy Monday!

Mosaic Monday

The last time I blogged was a week ago today.  You might remember...I had a bad Monday.

Well, last Monday was just a warning for my week ahead.  :)  I ended up with a horrible sinus headache on Wednesday morning.  I tried many OTC pain relievers and nothing even came close to fading the headache.  By Friday morning I still had the same headache + it had moved to my ear.  I left work early to go to the Dr. to find out I have the dreaded sinus infection.  Boo! 

I'm feeling only slightly better today.  The headache isn't constant, but it's still there.  Hopefully tomorrow will be my lucky day and these antibiotics will kick in! 

Here's a random mosaic for Monday.  Just some good stuff, found on Flickr:

1. Strawberries and Cream, 2. A world of colors beneath your feet, 3. I DONT THINK SO THAT THERE IS A LOVE .. !!, 4. garden full of yumminess:o), 5. that moment, 6. Come on get happy, 7. Consuma..., 8. Sugar Rush!!!, 9. pencils, 10. Macro Numbers Monday, 11. Clean-up crew, 12. they're coming for YOU!!! DRI + Selective Orton, 13. scoot3, 14. California Poppies, 15. Destination: Maldives, 16. Untitled

And before I forget - my Dad has been bugging me to put a picture of his dogs on here:

So there you have it - Jasper and Charlie.  He likes these dogs more than his own kids!  For the record, Charlie (the Golden) is mine.  I wish he lived with me, but seperating these two dogs would surely cause heart failure in both.