Photos and Such

Many apologies for keeping you all waiting on those photos of the apartment here in sunny Redlands. Things have been very busy for us out here, work taking up most of our time. I did manage to save some money to get my hair re-done though, which is awesome, since I was starting to look like a wilting tree.

I've included a photo for full effect of it's chili pepper colored glory.

I've been getting a ton of hours at work lately, (in fact, more hours than some of the other employees that have been working there longer than me!) and although that keeps me busy all the time, I'm glad to be making more money. Geoff and I have started a new fund for the puppy we won't give up on... We've decided to each dedicate $25 from every one of our paychecks to the "puppy fund", where we will save up the money we had before in order to try again next year. We're still hurting from the tragedy, and it's still hard for me to see other people with their dogs, doing the things we'd been planning to do with Tazz, but Geoff doesn't want to give up. After we move again next summer, (into the city... either L.A. or possibly San Francisco,) maybe we'll get another chance to adopt.

In the meantime, I've got some photos of the apartment for you guys!

Here's Geoff's and my room...

And here is our bathroom, (don't mind the messy counters,) with our whimsical saloon doors to the toilet and shower. Partnered with the pirate bath mat, I think it's the most amusing bathroom I've ever had.

This is just the hallway upstairs, with some storage area for my art supplies.

Here is the living room... I'm actually sitting on that couch right now!

And this is the hallway downstairs which leads to the kitchen, and upstairs as well.

Here is Geoff, surprised that I had a camera, in our tiny kitchen! Much smaller than the one we'd gotten used to last year, but it is the perfect size for the three of us now, and I just love it!

Here is our dining room table, which looks out on our patio.

I hope that's enough to satisfy you for now! I've got to go to work in about half an hour or so... and Geoff should be home soon!

If there's anything you'd like to hear more about in this blog, please comment and let me know so that I can get some more ideas of what to say... I never quite know what you will or won't be interested in hearing about. Papa helped me out with this one!

I hope you all are doing well, and I love you very much.

Take care of each other. Hopefully I will hear from you soon! :)

First Update

As you may know, I have been up to my ears in work.

Late nights, early mornings.

So, forgive me once more for the lack of updates.

I do have lots of pictures now though!

A few weekends ago, Geoff and I went to Joshua Tree to climb and to try to get some more shots of painting with light after the moon went down. 

It didn't work out so well, a

nd I actually had terrible luck that weekend, but the pictures during they day with my little point-and-shoot were rather interesting...

Here is one of our HUGE fire we made, after having to sacrifice one of our log seats to burn for warmth.

Farewell, good log seat. You shall be missed.

In other news, I saw a rock shaped much like a camel's mouth. 

See it? Unmistakable.

Anyway.

We did a lot of climbing, though not with ropes like we'd wanted to... in fact, we ended up scrambling up the rocks by ourselves, carrying all our equipment on our backs... But it's alright, it was still fun. 

We at least got a nice view of our climb. 

I've been doing a lot of work in Graphic Design -- our projects are very fast paced and fairly involved, so it's taking up most of my time, unfortunately.. Even my weekends are pretty stressful with all the work I have to get done before Monday. Sigh.

Oh, so it's Valentine's Day tomorrow. Happy

 Valentine's Day to you all who celebrate it. Papa and Grandma sent me a super cute card in the mail--thanks guys--so even though I'm not that into this "holiday", I did smile.  In c

ase you were wondering what Geoff and I were doing, we'll be having a relaxing Saturday. We've got to make an appearance at a party for a bit before we intend to come home and relax with some champagne and chocolate. Maybe a movie.

We have one more week until Spring break! I can't wait.. Geoff and I are going up to Lake Tahoe to stay in his parents condo the whole time! He is going to teach me to snowboard, and perhaps we will do some skiing. I expect lots of snow, but there is a hot tub nearby, so I'll probably spend most of my time in there, knowing me.

Also, I've been experimenting more with a technique called "painting with light" in my photography. I love to hear your feedback, so I will post some photos for you guys every once in a while and you can tell me how decent they are. :) Yes? Here are two to start.

Hmm... I guess that's all for now.

Oh! I found out how to type in Japanese on my computer!

今晩輪！　きと　の　日本語が　わるい　ですよ。

じゃあまた。

Hope you all are well! I love you and miss you all lots. I know Papa was having trouble accessing my website... has anyone else had trouble? Let me know!