12 of 12 - February 2010

It's the 12th, so I'm back blogging for the 12 of 12. We had snow today, so Yay!! Something better than pictures of all the papers on my desk to share with you, which was what this would have ended up being without the snow.

8:21 a.m. - This year we are supposed to add a bonus picture to our 12 that is a recreation of a picture we took in a previous 12 of 12. This is my homage to one from March 2009. Last year, I was peeking out of my front door window cause I thought I heard someone scream. Today I did it because I wanted to see if it snowed during the night. No snow yet. :-(


8:25 a.m. - Even if it doesn't snow, it is still going to be cold as heck, so I broke out the thermal underwear. By the time I got finished with all the layers, I looked like the Michelin Tire Man and I was still cold anyway. Dang anemia.

8:49 a.m. - Still no snow, but it's a'coming.

8:50 a.m.- Looks like my best friend Traci, the kindergarten teacher, is off today. Maybe I should have gone into teaching too. Nah - I probably would have strangled a snarky teenager who thinks History is stupid by now.

9:07 a.m. - Cutting through the hangar on the way in, and realized that the Winter Olympics start tonight, so thought I'd get a shot of one of the models of the Spirit of Delta with the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games livery. We also had a special one painted for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter games, but they didn't have it out on display.

12:37 p.m. - Heading out to lunch and took this one of the windows along the top of the old hangar. Really love that building.


2:07 p.m. - The flurries started about the time we got back from lunch and now 15 minutes later my skylight is almost covered.

3:15 p.m. - Since it was starting to get bad out on the roads, they told us we could leave early. My coworker Victor is ready to brave the cold in his furry little Cossack hat. It it even remotely looks like a costume, Victor is game for it. :-)

3:17 p.m. - The back parking lot. Trying not to slip and bust my butt. Just beyond that row of trees at the end of the lot is the runways of the Atlanta Airport. You can usually see the air traffic control tower and the terminals. Not today. Doesn't look like much will be taking off with that poor visibility.

3:30 p.m. - I get home and realize I left my purse at work, so back I go. Fortunately, it is not far. Here's my house as I head back out.

3:35 p.m. - Back at the DAL and it is really starting to come down heavy now.

3:56 p.m. - Back home again. This one is from my back porch.

3:57 p.m. - and a close up of the same snow covered tree. Loved how the falling snowflakes lit up under the flash.

Finishing up early so I can go get warm, make some hot chocolate and watch the opening ceremonies of the Winter Olympics, even though it is in Canada, so you know they'll have Celine Dion screeching it up and chest pounding at some point in there. Guess that means I know when I can schedule my bathroom break.

See you next month.

12 of 12 - January 2010

Happy 2010 to all. Yeah, I'm a little late with it - guess that means my resolution to be on time and to not procrastonate so much isn't going too well. But at least my 12 of 12 is going out on time, so maybe there is hope.

By now, those (few) who follow me know the drill - the 12 of 12 is where you take 12 photos of your day on the 12th and share them on your blog. The 12 of 12 is Chad Darnell's creation, go to his blog and enjoy the entries from all other bloggers and photographers world wide. There are some great snow photos this time around from people who got real snow where they live.

This will be the last year that Chad will host the 12 of 12 on his blog, and as a bonus photo each moth this year, he suggested that those of us that have done 12 of 12 for a while to go back and recreate an old photo from the same date and time. I didn't see that before starting my day, but coincidentally enough, I almost managed to do it anyway.


Here is my Bonus recreation photo that I accidentally took. I had a photo from last January's 12 of 12 taken from about 20 yards to the left. This was taken during my random daily drive-by of the house and neighborhood. We've had a number of break-ins lately, and so now when I leave to go anywhere, I circle and come back by the house. Also, fortunately, 2 of my closest neighbors work from home, and 3 others work odd hours, so we've been watching out for each other as much as possible. But, if my house does get broken into, they will surely be disappointed, since I'm apparently the only person on earth that does not yet have a big flat screen plasma TV or any other expensive electronic stuff.

3:40 p.m. - Saving you all the boring shots from work today and skipping over the work hours. Here is a shot as I leave work to head to the chiropractor. I was aiming for the flags and hit snap as I rolled over the speed bump and sort of missed the shot I wanted, but liked the picture anyway.


3:42 p.m. - The sky was really pretty today, so I seem to have a lot of these. This was as I was passing the airport. You can barely see an airplane in the clouds in the lower half of the picture.


3:43 p.m. - Same plane, a little further along. Do you see it?


4:47 p.m. - Stopped by to visit Mom and Dad on the way home from the doctor. This is from their driveway - again, loving the sky today.


4:49 p.m. - Mom and Dad. Both of them are looking a lot better now than they did this time last month.

5:52p.m. - It has been almost a week since it snowed, and it will still not melt off the back side of our houses.

5:53 p.m. - I also have the added bonus of a big patch of ice right where I pull out of the garage from where the snow has melted off the room and dripped down on the shady side of the house and frozen solid. I'm afraid I'm gonna break my neck on it if it doesn't melt soon. But, on the bright-side, maybe if someone tries to break in and steal my 15 year old 29' TV, maybe they will fall on the ice and bleed on my driveway and provide us with some DNA evidence.


6:00 p.m. - Also stopped and picked up a couple of groceries since I had been trapped in the house all weekend. So proud that I remembered to take my green bags with me.


6:02 p.m. - One of my New Years resolutions is to put stuff up with I get finished with it and to not waste money. Here is evidence of both - I hung up my coat and scarves when I came in, and instead of going out and buying a scarf this year, I went up into my keepsake box in the attic and found the scarves I wore back in college. The yellow and black one was from when I dated a guy that went to Ga. Tech, and the red and black one was from when I dated a guy that went to UGA. And the third one was a gift from another guy I dated. I know 3 different guys seems like a lot of boyfriends to have, but to be fair, I spent 11 years working on my BA, so that averages only 1 every 4 years.


6:20 p.m. - Heard something going on outside and went out to see the street lined with police cars. It's not really a good shot, but I didn't want to turn on the flash and draw the attention of the police. Not really sure what happened, looks like they were in front of the neighbor's house who had her car stolen yesterday. She did the ole "left the car running to warm up and went back in the house for just a few minutes" thing and came back out to no car. I hope they didn't come back and try to use her house key or something.

7:14 p.m. - Photo collage that my friend Dale made for me a few years back from the day we retired The Spirit of Delta aircraft. Dad and I were both selected to be part of the final retirement of the aircraft and moving it into the Delta Heritage Museum in the old Delta hangar. Trying to figure out where I can hang it, but for now it is propped up on my desk behind the computer.

7:22 p.m. - I'm really tired and feel pretty icky, and I need one more picture so I can go to bed. So this was the closest thing to photograph. :-)

Thanks for visiting, see you next month.

12 of 12 - November 2009

Oops - sort of forgot last months 12 of 12. Been so busy at work, I sort of woke up one day and wondered why I had extra cash in my checking account and then realized payday (the 15th) had already passed, and of course along with it, the 12th. Such is the life of someone who does forecasting analysis for a living. I'm always working a couple of weeks or months ahead.

Anyway, here we go for November.

8:45 a.m. - Time to make the donuts.




8:46 a.m. - For some reason, I must always write my name with my finger when I find a fogged up window or shower door. Yes, I'm still 12.


8:47 a.m. - Not sure if you can see this, but squirrels have apparently gnawed through the cedar shingles on the front of my house above the porch to the left of that tree. Got a guy coming to fix it while I'm at work. In the Small World game of life, my brother was his coach in high school 20 years ago. I think I got a good deal on the price because of that. Thank God all my brother's former students love him so.



8:47 a.m. - and here we go on the long commute to work.


8:48 a.m. - Love when the leaves are red.

8:49 a.m. - Dangit - caught the red light. Now my commute time has doubled.


9:50 a.m. - Diet Coke - the Breakfast of Champions. And that's only cause they don't sell little chocolate donuts and cigarettes at the Woolman Cafe here at work.


9:56 a.m. - More red leaves as I head back to our building.


12:15 p.m. - all the other 12 of 12er's who I follow always have these wonderful, healthy looking meals. Here is my lunch. No wonder I always feel like I'm dying.

6:07 p.m. - Everything you ever wanted to know about the Delta Widget/Logo but were afraid to ask.

6:10 p.m. - Finally headed out for the day.


6:11 p.m. - and caught the red light again. Won't make it home until 6:12 now. :-(


So, that is it. I've been sick for several weeks, and was wiped out by the time I got home, so I immediately crashed and slept for 6 hours and just woke up. Of course, now I'm awake and can't sleep again. Still, I'm gonna try.

Good night all and see you next month on the 12th.

12 of 12 - September 2009

Already the 12th again? Where does time go? It is already time for Chad Darnell's 12 of 12.

So, this month's 12 of 12 is an "All Flu, All Inside" all day version. AKA The Chronicles of NyQuil.

2:49 a.m. - Obviously. Came home from work early on Friday afternoon, drank half a bottle of NyQuil and slept until, well, 2:49 a.m.

2:55 a.m. - so I might as well hit the Tivo and watch Joel McHale on The Soup.


3:07 a.m. - IT'S REALITY SHOW CLIP TIME!!!!!

4:16 a.m. - I need to get well and go grocery shopping, cause my choices are severely limited right now. But for the moment, I'm going back to sleep.



12:15 p.m. - OK - I'm awake again. And it is daylight.

12:22 p.m. - Aaahhh - NyQuil. We meet again.

2:11 p.m. - Looking through some of my Mom's old photo albums, contemplating scanning some photos for her, but not really wanting to get out of my chair.

3:03 p.m. - If I can't go outside, at least maybe I can enjoy some outdoors from my window. But alas, my rustling of the curtains has apparently disrupted my neighbor's cat Gracie's nap.

3:04 p.m. - So she comes to see what the heck I'm looking at. You Gracie, I'm looking at YOU.

6:17 p.m. - Trying to read a little, but I keep dozing off on the couch.

7:00 p.m. - and I wake up to find that it is almost dark out. So I go nap in my bed for a while.

10:20 p.m. - and now I'm up one more time. Trying to multi-task by scanning old photos, uploading 12 of 12, posting some class reunion shots on FB and trying to think of something witty to accompany my photos. Unfortunately, I have a NyQuil hangover, so I'm not even sure that I'm really doing this or if it is all a really boring dream. Either way, hope you found something of value in my day.

XXX OOO to all.