Day 2-Meaning behind your blog name

Well, originally this blog was a 365.  I was going to take a picture every day and after a year, I would turn it into a coffee table book for my dad.  Between moving and starting school full-time, I got my ass kicked.  I got so far behind that I just had to say screw it.  But I will still be posting some of my favorites, which will be turned into a gift for my dad!


Here's a picture of my dad and I when he last visited....  :)

Day 1-Introduce yourself, recent picture, 15 interesting facts

My name is Candace, and I'm from Houston, TX.  I currently live in Baton Rouge, LA where I am a pre-vet wildlife student at LSU.  Finally.  I have an extremely boring life and I love it.

1.  I have a weird birthmark on my face, but I only notice it during the summer.  It gets DARK.  One time, while my oldest sister was babysitting me, she thought it was chocolate and tried to scrub it off.  It didn't work.

2.  I have a slight nail polish obsession that started about a year ago.  I now have around 80 bottles of nail polish, and there are so many more that I'm eyeballing.  It's really quite sad.  I realize this.

3.  I do this magical thing I like to call "the windsock dance".  Anytime I pass one of those windsock things with arms, I have to try and mimic the movements.  It kind of looks like I'm doing the wave all by myself, but I love it.  I've been doing that now for about 12 years.  Still going strong.  I've tried replicating those moves on the dance floor, but it doesn't seem to translate well.

4.  I've played the piano for almost 20 years now.  I don't know why, but people are shocked when they find this out. It may have something to do with the fact that I have freakishly small carni-folk hands....

5.  I have a billion and one OCD qualities.  Here's a few so you can get an idea of just how stupid I am:
Any food that is circular must be eaten in a counter-clockwise direction.  Don't ask, cuz I don't know.  Toilet paper/paper towels MUST BE OVER, NOT UNDER.  I break out into a sweat and my right eye starts twitching when I see someone has put it under.  It's just not right.  I also cannot use a paper towel or piece of toilet paper that wasn't torn directly on the perforation.  There's so many more...but we don't have time for that.

6.  My most favorite drink ever is water.

7.  I wear makeup maybe once or twice a year.  Maybe.

8.  I write with my right hand but do everything else with my left.  I guess that's what I get for having a dad that's right handed and a mom that was left handed.  Screwed my ass up.

9.  I have ground breaking epiphanies when I'm shaving my legs.  Yes, I'm strange.

10.  I have a Magic 8 Ball (his name is Merlin).  I consult him at least twice a week.

11.  I am OBSESSED with true crime shows.  It's made me totally cautious.  In fact, some may even call me paranoid.  I'm ok with that, I'm still alive.  If I can't get into vet school, my plan b is forensics.  Which tells you how much I like people.  I'm either working with animals or dead people.  Rock on.

12.  One of my life goals is to visit every major league ballpark.  I love me some baseball.

13.  Thirteen is actually my favorite (and lucky) number.

14.  I rarely ever dream.  But when I do, they are usually something crazy.  Like Billy Mays commentating for the Disney Olympics crazy.  And I swam against Ariel.  And won.

15.  I have a slight insomnia problem.  For a while there, I could recite about 10 infomercials word for word.  Need Rod Stewart's 10 disc ultimate collection?  I know your number!  What?  You need the Slap Chop or possibly the Sham Wow?  I'm your girl.

A little something new...

I failed miserably at keeping up with my project.  However, I did give my dad a magical photography-esque birthday present that he loved, so I'll still be posting random pictures I take for him....just not one every day.  I've seen quite a few people doing this month long photo blog, so I'm going to do it, too!


Here's how the month will look:


Day 1-Introduce yourself, recent picture, 15 interesting facts
Day 2-Meaning behind your blog name
Day 3-A picture of something you love
Day 4-A picture of something you hate
Day 5-Your parents
Day 6-Your siblings
Day 7-A picture of something that makes you happy 
Day 8-A place you've traveled to
Day 9- A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest
Day 10-Something you're afraid of
Day 11-A picture of your favorite band or artist
Day 12-A picture of the cast from your favorite tv show
Day 13-A picture of your night
Day 14-A picture that makes you laugh
Day 15-Favorite Books
Day 16-A picture of something that can always make you smile
Day 17-Something you're looking forward to
Day 18-Something you regret
Day 19-Something you miss
Day 20-Nicknames
Day 21-Picture of yourself
Day 22-A picture of your day
Day 23-Favorite vacation
Day 24-Something you've learned
Day 25-Put your iPod on shuffle, first 10 songs
Day 26-Picture of your family
Day 27-Pets
Day 28-Something that stresses you out
Day 29-3 Wishes
Day 30-A picture of somewhere you'd love to travel

4/14 - 4/21

HOLY SHIT

Ok, seriously. I don't know why I even started I blog. I obviously can't keep up with it!!! I am an amazing 7 1/2 months behind on updating this damn thing.  It almost makes me just want to quit and start over.  Get a nice, fresh start!  What should I do???  It would be so much easier to just start over and try to update this thing weekly.  How the hell do I even start going through 8 months of pictures?!?!?

Day 62:

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Day 69:

4/4 - 4/13

Ok, the lack of posting hasn't entirely been my fault.  My computer got sick and had to be taken to the doctor...but he's better now.  So now I'm back in action, which is good since I'm not taking summer school, only working this summer.  Got to keep busy somehow.  I vow to get this thing updated!  I have no excuse!

Day 53:

I'm a nerd and I love Scrabble.  LOVE it.

Day 54:

I'm lucky my animals are total camera whores....because it sure does help when I'm supposed to be taking a picture a day.

Day 55:

Once again....my animals love the camera.  Here's Reyna being crazy.

Day 56:

Anto got me this magnetic hangman for Christmas.  The day after I took this picture, he was missing.  All body parts.  I have since recovered everything but his head.  Where did you bury it, dear Phish?

Day 57:

Umm.  Pretty sure I've expained my love for Scrabble.  Dad and I actually played this game, which consisted of lots of four letter words from both of us. I said I love it, not that I was good at it.

Day 58:

Ok, these next four are Phish and Reyna pictures.  I've really got to get out more.  I found Phish sleeping in.....my serving tray.  Of all places...come on.

Day 59:

Dog park day!  Reyna and I love going to the dog park, especially the one with a pool and agility equipment.  Here she is in all of her Aussie glory.

Day 60:

My new camera really shows of Phish's stripes.  He's so handsome.

Day 61:

Not the most flattering photo, but I still think she's cute.

Day 62:

Dad and I went around Houston checking out the PhotoFest.  I think we ended up going to four different places?  Maybe?  This is the water fountain at Hotel Zaza.  Well, this is a bubble in the fountain....

Ok, I know that's only ten pictures, but I have a ton of uploading to do!  Not to mention picking just one picture for each day....wish me luck!

3/22 - 4/3

Yikes.  I'm not very good at updating this thing, am I?  Let's hope the blog fares better during the summer.  This post is a thank you to Jennifer for all the help with MBP.  :)  Thanks, lady.  I know you're reading!

Day 40:
Nanners!

 Day 41:
Crappy phone picture, but Phish was talking to our neighbor kitty and I didn't have time to get my camera.  It was cuuuuute.  Well, at least Phish was being cute.  The neighbor kitty wanted to eat him alive.

Day 42:
Another kitty picture.  And another crappy phone picture.  Reyna took all of her toys out of her basket to sleep with them and Phish used her basket as a bed.  He's cute, I know.

Day 43:

So, I'm walking down Westheimer and I come across this little gem...I'm not going to lie, I got a little nervous.

Day 44:

Went to Moody Gardens this day and this was one of my favorite pictures from the Aquarium...mainly because I like to say the word anenome.

Day 45:

Pongos Helping Pongos day!  Since I forgot to take pictures the whole day, this is what I got...which is actually pretty amazing.  There was a chalk artist outside and he made us an amazing orangutan drawing.  Enjoy.

Day 46:

Umm. Yeah.  I only took one picture that day, and I realize it's horrible, thank you.  I went to Kemah with friends and we were ambushed by birds.  It was scary.  And I'm not a big fan of birds.  More importantly, I didn't get pooped on.

Day 47:

Someone I was pet sitting for had some awesome bracket fungus on their tree stump.  Yes, I know I'm a huge nerd.  I'm ok with that. 

Day 48:

Boxes in my bedroom...which means I forgot to take a picture and was forced to find something in the house.  Ha.

Day 49:

Dad and I were picking out what clouds looked like.  I have no idea what we said this one looked like because it obviously didn't translate in the photo.  Lame.

Day 50:

Pretty pretty.

Day 51:

A picture of my dusty guitar.  My dad bought it for me like ten years ago, and I sucked.  Apparently I should stick to playing Guitar Hero and the piano. 

Day 52:

Birthday party at Painting With A Twist!  Here's a group shot of everyone and their paintings. :)

3/8 - 3/21

Yes, I realize it's been over a month since I lasted posted.  Sorry!  I promise I've been taking a picture every day, I have just been crazy swamped with school, and blogging is the last thing on my mind.  But I'm back!  I've uploaded all of my pictures up until today, so get ready.  I'll do about two weeks worth for now, and come back tomorrow with some more. :)

Day 27:

One of the perks of being a pet-sitter is checking out all the fun things in people's homes.  It has made for my picture of the day quite a few times.....and this is one of them.
 

Day 28:

Here's an awesomely crappy picture of a fountain outside of the Woodland's Mall.  Unfortunately, it's the only picture I had taken that day.....who knows why.

Day 29:

My sister and I went back to Painting With a Twist...and painted some cherry blossoms!  This one wasn't nearly as difficult as the damn peacock, but it was still challenging, as I have zero artistic ability.  Camera phone picture, so it's quality isn't so great...

Day 30:

Since it's been so long since I took this picture, I honestly can't remember where in the world I was?  But apparently it's a fountain that I threw a lucky penny in.....

              

Day 31:

I guess there was nothing better to take a picture of, so I resorted to a dollar bill.  Nice.

              

Day 32:

Hooray!  In the last post, there was a picture of me at the range....today's picture is from the day my brother-in-law and I went to our CHL class!  Sorry friends, I can't help you out with anything illegal.  My prints are officially on record!

               

Day 33:

Here's kitty in all of his glory.  I have a picture of Atari that looks a lot like this, with the sun shining down on him....so of course I had to include this picture of Phish.

                         

Day 34:

Once again, I can't remember where I was when I took this?  I'm thinking it was at this weird building I went to with my dad to look at pictures, but I can't remember!!!

              

Day 35:

Dad and I took a walk in the park near his neighborhood.  I brought Reyna along to take some pictures.  She's so damn cute.  Ironically, I chose the picture where you can't see her face?  But I like it anyways.

                

Day 36:

DUCKY!!!!!

          

Day 37:

I went to volunteer at the zoo this day armed with the awesome camera.  I took a lot of really good pictures (not to toot my own horn, but I'm amazing. I kid)  so it was hard to pick just one.  I figured there would be plenty of opportunites for primate pictures, so I chose a giraffe.  He was a little upset I was interrupting his breakfast.  Sorry!

          

Day 38: 

Ok, so technically I didn't take this picture, so maybe it shouldn't be included?  But I don't care.  I don't get to see Ashley very often and wanted to throw it in the mix.  Here we are at Jo and Trav's reception.  Love you guys!  (Excuse how disgusting I look, I had been sick for....2 weeks at this point?)

               

Day 39:

I think this was the day that I was super stressed out with school.  When I'm stressed, I play the piano.  I promise it helps. :)  And it sure beats the hell out of the many other things I'd like to do when stressed.