Problem Solved

Have you ever had something so small but so irritating that it just ruins your day? I have one of those things and I just recently found a great fix for it. My little toes tend to overlap and rub very bad blisters. Just ask Susan about the first time I was in Denmark and how one night we sat and burst blisters that completely covered my whole baby toe. Not nice. It also just makes walking a lot very difficult and no fun. So after many different pseudo fixes I finally caved and ordered some toe socks. I always just thought they were silly little things, but after I talked to the owner of toe-socks.net he convinced me to try them out. He assured me that I would fall in love and have no further problems. Well having tried many other ‘fixes’ to this problem I was very skeptical. So off to Italy I go with my toe socks on uhhh foot – to try out this little theory. Well let me tell you something . . . I walked all over Europe and the only day I even got a hint of a blister I had not worn my toe socks. I am a total toe sock convert and wear them almost every day now. They are fantastic and I do not even notice that I have on toe socks. So I decided to document myself on this trip in my toe socks. So enjoy! And let me know if you have any questions. Also check out the link at the bottom of the post to buy your own!
Malta toe socks


Naples toe socks


Roman toe socks

Lucca toe socks

French toe socks

Danish toe socks

click here for toe socks

Reading Wednesday

Hi all, I thought it would be fun to share with you all about what I have been reading this year. I found my love of reading in high school and have had my nose in a book ever since. It was harder to read what I wanted while I was in school, but it is much easier now. One author that got me interested in reading was Bill Watterson. Almost daily I would get lost in the adventures of Calvin & Hobbes. Often, I will still grab one of my many comic books to read, so I was thrilled to find out that in November of 09 a biography was published about Bill.

Poor Bill seems like a very bitter man, and I was disappointed about that. As a large fan of the comic I recommend this book to anyone that read Calvin & Hobbes.

Another favorite author is James Patterson. I feel like I have grown out of many of his books, but I was interested in this one.

My dad has always been a nut about Egyptology and this was a very intriguing book.

My next read of the year was The Clan of the Cave Bear. Susan recommended this book because she was reading it and it had been her grandfather’s favorite as a child. This book explores the possibility of the dawn of modern humans and their interaction with cave dwellers. Very interesting and the day I finished, I went out and bought the second in the series.


A nice quick read for me was The Lightening Thief. I really love the story and just think its pretty much genius. We studied the gods and goddesses for years in Latin and it was so fun to explore them again in this way. It has also been made into a movie, in theaters now, and that intrigued me. I have not seen it yet, but I hope to soon!

And my second biography of the year, I have started Going Rogue. I like Sarah Palin and have enjoyed it so far.


So what are you reading? Have you read any of these books? What did you think?

Flashback Friday

Far Away Family is getting to move back to Texas!! So in honor of them and their sweet time out in NC, I dedicate this post to them!































love you guys and cannot wait for you to be back home!

Come One, Come All

Have you ever had something unexpected just make your day? Well this happened to me today. If you have read my blog before, you know that I have a photo exhibit hanging and had the big opening this weekend. I was blessed that so many people came and I was surrounded by friends and family that helped out.

Back to today - a great friend of mine - Brian - came to help out with the business end of the show and I was surprised this morning to find that he blogged about it! He gave a much better summation then I could ever do - so please go and read his blog!

GREY FILIGREE

and in the meantime I will share some pictures of the day









the show hangs through April 9th at Lubbock Christian Library

Struktur

Hi everyone! Well my exciting news is that I have been invited by one of the universities here to exhibit a photo show. Since I was about 13, following in my mom’s footsteps, I started taking pictures. I borrowed her camera until I was out of high school when my parents gifted me with my first Nikon. I loved that camera! But now I have moved on to digital media. I now prefer Sony cameras with a Carl Zeiss lens – if anyone is interested.

Anyway, two things that I really love are traveling and taking pictures. And what better way to present my travels then with a photographic study in European Architecture. I had some amazing trips in the last few years and I was blessed to take them.

SO come out and see the show! I would love to hear your comments.