Comforting

People can be comforted in many ways; by a friend, by a family member, or maybe even from a pet. It can be as simple as a touch and an understanding look, to a hand hold, or a fierce hug.

Being a parent to two young ones means I get to practice the art of comforting a lot. My girls love hugs and/or kisses when they are hurt or upset.

Over Four Inches Of Ridiculousness

Ridiculous. That is the word of the day. 

Over four inches of junk mail. Now, to be fair, we are horrible at getting the mail. This is not one day's worth. This is possibly 5 days worth; I am not really sure. I know there are ways to opt-out of some mail programs, but I just haven't gotten around to doing that. And, it always seems I get suckered into looking at catalogs I didn't even know existed. Though, I do always find it amusing when I get a catalog in my name for a store I have never even heard of. Ridiculous.

Self

I missed a day on the photo challenge. "Self" was supposed to be yesterday's theme. I tried. I did. But, every picture looked like I had just pulled an all-nighter. My eyes looked all red, and I looked very tired. Not sure why my eyes looked so red; they didn't look that red in person. I then tried to take a picture of my reflection in my daughter's eyes. They didn't turn out, either. Too dark. By that time I decided to throw in the towel for the day. So here we are.

I never liked tea. I still can't really drink the bag tea (sometimes I can do the apple cinnamon spice kind, but I usually would rather just have water or something else). My husband really got into tea, though. For Christmas last year I decided to get him a Breville loose leaf tea maker. It has been wonderful; super easy-to-use and he enjoys it. An added bonus? I actually like tea! I can't say I love all flavors, but so many I have tried are really good. My favorite tea is the combination of the maharaja chai/samurai chai blend from Teavana. Perfect amount of spice and flavor. The only downside is we go through it way too fast! So, here I am, staring into my quickly disappearing mug of tea.

Nature/Outdoors

Normally, I would be excited about this theme/inspiration. I love taking outdoor and nature shots. Today, however, was not a day for me to get out and explore. Homework and studying called. All I had time for was to take a picture from one of our decks.

Meal

My oldest and I had a mommy and me day. I brought her to dance and gymnastics, we went to a friend's house, and then she had a birthday party. After the party, we decided to go to dinner with friends of ours that were also at the party. We had delicious Pagliacci Pizza. Afterwards, we went did a little shopping, and then we went home. It was a great day!

Liquid

For my husband, the gin lover.

Beauty is in the eye of the gin holder.

Spooky

My husband and I were Gomez and Morticia Addams for Halloween. The girls were curious who we were, so we showed them a clip of the intro song. They both have become obsessed with the song, and with Morticia in particular. We have listened to, and have sung, the theme song more times than I can count. "They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky, they're all together ooky, the Addams family." When I said that my theme for the day was spooky, my 2 year old started singing this theme song. Funny thing is, I wish I could use a picture of my husband's "crazy eyes" for this post. But, that wouldn't count for the challenge (though I think I will post at least one as a bonus).

For today's challenge, I am going to confess. I cheated. I used an actual camera; not my phone. I could not for the life of me get my phone to focus where I wanted it to! And, while the subject matter is more creepy, it is pretty spooky to me.

I don't like spiders. I get the creepy-crawlies and do an involuntary twitch when I see them (I am shuddering as I type this whenever I glance at the pictures), especially ones this size. This guy (girl?) has it lucky. It is outside. I made a deal that I would not kill them if they are outside, so long that they don't block major entrances, etc. It seems that they are taunting me though. There is a spider like this in a window on every side of the house - they have me surrounded. I guess it is a drawback of living in a house surrounded by woods. To make this even spookier, S looks out the window and says "Awww" (in a sweet, endearing voice). She then proceeds to kiss the window where the spider is/would be if it were on the inside. This girls is going to test me for sure! 

And here is your bonus spooky: