Catch up

Just a quick one today, and mainly photos, too.

I've struggled a bit, time wise, with the photography challenge but I have managed to catch up.

One of the challenges was about lines and repetition, and one of the others about protecting the photos that are on the blog. I'm still missing the colour and contrast aspect, but I'll get it, I promise!

Lines and repetition....

This is my radiator in the living room - it didn't quite come out as I'd hoped, but it'll do!

I was out last night with some friends and even though I was very drunk, I was still thinking about the challenge. And these lights really caught my eye. The camera on my  phone isn't great, so sorry for the poor quality.

And, because the diet and the mission to lost 4 stone by 2012, I baked cookies today! They're Nigella's Totally Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies. They are AMAZING, even if I say so myself!

Quick catch up....

Well, after my "woe is me" post the other day, we had a work night out last night.

I wasn't really looking forward to it - what with thinking everyone hated me and all - but in fact had a really good night.

I spent time with people that I don't usually spend time with and that was nice, but also talked differently to people that I do usually spend time with, and it was a really nice evening!

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I've not really kept up with my posts for the SITS photography challenge this week. I've taken some pictures, but haven't actually had time to upload them yet. I will try to catch up over the weekend, promise! 

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Mr B and I have been totally rubbish at DTD this week. I'm a bit disappointed in us, to be honest, because we were doing really well (and enjoying it, too!), but this week it's gone off track. Maybe it's because I think I might've OV'd already, so don't see the point!?

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I'm starting a new diet this weekend. It's a PCOS Metabolic Rate diet, and I'm really excited and motivated about it - I think because other PCOS sufferers have had HUGE success with it. If I stick to it, I'm sure I can achieve my 4 stone by 2012 target!

What more can a girl ask for!?

A cold beer, a good book, and some sunshine.

Strikes me as pretty much a perfect Saturday afternoon! Hope you've spent yours doing something you enjoy, too!

SITS Photo Challenge, Day two

The Challenge:
Edit your photos. Pick your best 3 photos, each showing a unique composition and/or perspective. If you want to apply any correction or creative editing via software or an online tool, go ahead.


Blog Your Photos. Use your photos in a blog post to enhance a story you’re telling. You can post the photos individually or in a collage.


Here's my go at editing a photo...

Original Image

Edited Image (I rounded the corners, sharpened it, and did something with colour (although can't remember what!!))

And then, finally, I made a collage of a few other pictures.

I'm gonna be honest, I'm not using the pictures to tell a story in my blog, but now I know how to do it, I definitely will be adding more photos to my posts!

And so it's begun...

The SITS spring into action photo challenge started today, and you can view my attempts on my brand new Flickr account!

Spring has sprung!

Thanks to Juliana, I have signed up for the SITS Spring Photo Challenge.

It's not something I've ever done before, but I'm looking forward to learning more about me, my camera, and the photos I can take.

It might be a bit disjointed and out of synch, but stick with it, cos I will do them all!