It's snowing outside

It's snowing outside, and I really really wish it would stop.

I understand the kids like it. I understand that they love to go sledding, that they like to make forts and snowmen and snow balls. They like to throw themselves in it and roll around. Heck, more than a few of them even put it in their mouths (despite desperate pleas not too).

I am decidely in the anti-snow bloc. My biggest problem is I hate driving in it. I hate needing to wear a coat in the car, I hate the way it sticks to my shoes when I get into the car, I hate the way everyone drives like a moron when there is a little bit of snow on the ground, and I hate the way I have to account for snow when I'm driving anywhere. Normally a 10 minute drive, eh? Better leave 15 to 20 minutes ahead of time then.

It looks nice for 1-2 nights a year, and then I'm done. Finished. Happy to see it go. Thankfully this year is supposed to have little snow (though that will cause some problems in the spring).

Stupid friggin snow, I hate you so much. I look forward to the day when the government gives every single Canadian citizen a blowtorch just to deal with you.

No more Christmas Tree

Today we took down the Christmas Tree from the living room. It's a little more work than it looks like, Christmassing and un-Christmassing a house. Sort of a lot of build up to one day which seems to flitter by pretty quickly. Probably why I like after Christmas so much more than Christmas. That little gap between Christmas and New Years is probably the best part of the whole Holiday season.

That said, I've always been a big fan of January. I don't really know why. I find find myself happy at this time of year. Probably because of the whole year of possibility that there is. January I ride on a high of good feelings and good moods, until Febrary comes and ruins everything! Seriously, we had to make a fake holiday just to make that month tolerable.

But still, it's hard. And people get tired while doing it. Which is why I'm glad it's done now. Even though there's a gaping hole like a pulled tooth in the front of the house. Takes a while to get used to not having it there once it's gone.

But now that it's gone, how am I going to get my easy to make bokeh pictures? How am I going to easily get those awesome little colourful balls of light from the safety of inside the house?

Pictures not used

One of the things that happens when you post only one picture a day is that you take come pictures that don't get used. So, since my internet is totally ass right now, I am not going to do a big post but rather put up some of the pictures that I took this past year but didn't make it to the blog! So here they are. Had I a decent working connection I would put why I liked each one. I might edit this post in the future and do that.

Picture 365

My 365 blog is at a close. I will probably turn this blog into a regular old blog, with some words, rants, updates and photographs. But a full year done... wow. I wasn't too sure I was going to make it. Some people were not too sure I would make it through the first month! So now we're all done.. thank you for reading and following. Hopefully have a happy new year!

Picture 364

Tomorrow is the big day! Last day for the blog. I already have planned out what I am going to do for the last picture, but it's just a matter of seeing how well it's going to work out. Also, this post totally would have been posted last night had my internet not slowed down to a crawl. Something has been wacky with it, and it wouldn't load anything anything.

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Yup, still loving bokeh. And around this time of year, due to all the pretty lights, it's so easy to make and get. What I read about my 50mm lens before I purchased it was right... this thing is a bokeh machine.

Also, today I planned out what I am going to do for my last picture(s) on New Years Eve. Let's hope it works out as nicely in reality as it does in my head.

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The past couple of weeks have been beyond hectic. Working hard on finishing my last night courses (I'm expecting an A+ in both of them to go with the A and A+ from my day courses), working practically full time and getting sick. Like really sick. It all came to a head at Christmas when I actually lost my voice. Not terribly pleasant. But now everything is updated and I'm looking forward to the end of this year. So much to look forward to in the New Year! Not to mention the New Year's Eve Party! Should be an excellent time for all of those who show up. For now though, I'm happy just to have this thing fully updated again.

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Is it obvious yet that I love the "bokeh" effect?

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