Mew! Mew!

That's, "Happy Birthday," in kitty language. Today is Lina's 3rd birthday. Good thing we still have our party streamers up from our band's photo shoot last January to celebrate.

Below is a clipping from Glancer Magazine. Thai won the monthly photo contest for May 2008. Let's hope he wins the yearly drawing for the $100 Petsmart gift card.

We are moving to a new apartment this weekend. Same complex, but a different building. Let's hope we don't have as much trouble there as we have in the past year at the current unit. We had another leak in the living room on Mother's Day. Luckily, it wasn't as bad a the first time it happened last August. The new apartment will be completely redone with new carpet, flooring, cabinets, sink faucets, kitchen appliances, etc., however, the best part to us is that we will have access to our balcony again and not have 6 days a week of drilling and working on the building. It will rock...we are already thinking of when to plan some BBQ's. Yay!

Poor Dusti

Over the weekend, Dusti, the only male giraffe at Brookfield Zoo, died due to a freak accident. Bones and I visited the zoo just the week before, where he shot these photos:

Dusti, is the one in the back left.

His baby, Arnieta, who just turned 1 year old on 1/17. Dusti is in the background of this shot as well, just behind his baby who is reaching up for a snack.

Lions and tigers and polar bears...oh my!

One year

Another Thai photo, but this is because one year ago today he had his bladder stone surgery. I can't imagine our home without him in it. Bones put it best by saying, "it would be a lot less fluffy around here." He's such a trooper!


Happy New Year to all!!

King of the Castle

My Dad got this cardboard Cat Castle for our cats since Thai LOVES boxes. I was surprised we actually got a photo with Lina and Hopey in/on the Cat Castle since Thai has officially claimed it as his. Meowy Christmas!!

Happy Belated Halloween

I recently remembered that I didn't post our Halloween photos from this year.


I am charging all my batteries now for the next three days of Christmas festivities we have to attend, so hopefully I will get some fun ones then.

A little photo fun

Last week for work I did a photo shoot for our annual report. I took a few test shots before it started. I liked this one, so I thought I would play around a bit with photoshop.

Photo One: No retouching

Photo Two: Some Auto Color and Level correction


Photo Three (my favorite): Equalize, Curves, Contrast, etc

Kittes Rock!

Bones shot these photos. I just had to share some.

Change up

Since I am obviously not good at doing the daily posting thing anymore, I am just going to due a weekly posting. Who knows, maybe I will get back to the "365" in the future, but at least this gives a procrastinator, like myself, a little leeway. This next week will start my new posting process. Until then, here are a mish-mash of photos from the past few months. Hope you all had a relaxing weekend!

My desk and view! That's Michigan Avenue down there.


Doesn't get any better than working in the city!
(View from the Chicago Water Taxi dock)


Happy Birthday Ted! Bones baked him a cake. It also happened to be "good things happen to good people day."


Co-worker brought in these amazing cupcakes from a bakery downtown. Even the cake part was good, which is usually the part I eat first to save the frosting for last. YUM!


I found this card at Target while shopping for baby shower cards.


Bones made me a "mickey mouse" eggs in a nest for breakfast. It looks like a panda.


We met Mike Ditka a few month back. We were having dinner at the Public House next door and then saw this event on the Sal's sign next door. My brother's birthday was coming up so we stopped in and had Ditka sign a bottle of wine he was selling/signing as a gift.


I came across this on the way to work last month. It was for Chicagoween.

Raindrops and Sunshine

Taken a few months ago after a big rainstorm.

Catching up

I am trying to get back in "photo-mode" again. So many changes have occurred over the past few months, but I haven't been documenting them. Game on!

We are woken up by this race at 8AM every year. I am not sure why the lady has to YELL into the microphone...someone needs to explain that concept to her. Then following her yelling, they play songs like the "Hey" song (don' t know the name of it) that they Bulls used when they were good in the 90's. Sorry to offend any sports fans.


Bones baked me a cake...it was yummy!







World's largest corn maze..

The Trunk Shot

Bonita

Alley of Hope

tres gatos

Good thing it wasn't a real bird

No more snow please

And How Was Your Day?

Classic Thai. He is always good for a silly photo. He is my Garfield.

Here Comes the Sun

Let Them Eat Cake

After a year and a few months the last of our wedding cake was pitched. We didn't bother eating it on our first anniversary or after this photo. The freezer burn and the spoiled bananas were not very appealing. My Mom advised us that the tradition of saving the top of the cake for our first anniversary was not the most tasty one. I don't even know why we saved it that long because when we put it in the freezer after the wedding it was already not looking so hot. Laziness I guess.

My favorite Hope photo

optotypes

Half & Half

A few weeks back I stopped at Caribou Coffee for a Campfire Mocha and a peanut butter cookie. The drink was good, however, the cookie was far less up to par.

My First Home

Signs

This was written on the car that we parked next to last night. I believe she is watching over me. It was one of the best spots in the parking garage too, that are rarely ever open. Thanks Mom! =)

That's weird!

Friday at RMC, I took a stroll threw their new art gallery and saw this piece. I was shocked to see that it had Lina, Hope, and Thai in it.

I WANT A POSTER OF THIS!

And then there were three! Meet Hope!

Then and Now

January 2007



July 2005

Our 20+ pound teddy bear Cosmos

Good luck in your forever home Cosmos! Whoever adopted this big kitty sure is one lucky person/family. He was our biggest, most gentle, easy going cat. We will all definitely miss having you around to brighten our day. xoxo

book it

Caught you

cat attack - Miss Victoria's close up

Dorsey recording sessions - Cold Bones!

tape

Bubba

Day 68 - Drinking Fountain

It almost looks like a toilet though.

Day 67 - Ready for my close up

Day 66 - Guardian Angel

Day 65 - A Door

Day 64 - Butterfly

Day 63 - Welcome Home!

January 2, 2007

Day 62 - Twins

January 1, 2007

Day 61 - Medicine Head

December 31, 2006

Day 59 - It's On Now

December 29, 2006

Day 55 - Tissue Fight

December 25, 2006

Day 54 - Car Bomb

December 24, 2006

Day 50 - Put your front paws in

December 20, 2006

Day 48 - Eggs

December 18, 2006

I fell a little behind

Since over the holidays and Thai's surgery I fell a little behind, I am just going to post the days that I did end up shooting in December. They are mostly of my cats and Bones because we have been so busy. I am going to pick up from now on though, so keep checking back for my regular updates.

Thanks for visiting!