P.O.W. #6
Kind of a rough week for me. Not really in the picture taking mood. I’ve been battling an achilles/heel problem for a few weeks now and I just can’t seem to figure out a) what it is and b) how to fix it…which means my training has basically been put on hold. Needless to say, I needed a little pick me up. What better way to do that then a little shopping trip downtown? I had a few hours to kill before the Superbowl, so why not? Kinsley went with me and along the way we had some photo fun with the statues in La Arcada on State Street.
P.O.W. #5
This week I took a picture of myself at work. Yes, I get paid to attend sporting events. It’s tough, I know, but someone has to do it. Congrats to the Lady Gauchos on the win vs. Cal State Northridge. Let’s keep it going this week as we celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Week!
Me and Olé
P.O.W #4
It’s only week 4 of the year, and I already almost forgot my picture of the week! oops!
I had a momentous start to my week. I got to check off one of the things on my 101 list. (yes, I know there are only about 60 there….i’m working on it!) For a while now I have been growing out my hair in hopes of donating it to Locks of Love. I have had short hair my whole life, and a couple years into college I decided to just let it grow. Then I fell in love with my long hair and was having second thoughts about cutting it. After an emotional couple of days, I decided I was going to go through with it. My friend, Amber, was donating her hair as well so we went together. It took a couple of days for me to adjust to 12″ less of hair, but now I am loving my short hair! This was a great experience and I look forward to doing it again!
Instead of just 1 photo this week, I have a series of photos from the cut!
Before
The Cut
The Hair. (Thick hair = double donation!)
After
One Question
My dad introduced me to Marc and Angel’s blog a while ago. I don’t typically follow the blogs of people who I don’t know personally, but the first post that I read captivated me and I have been reading ever since. Their most recent post was very encouraging to me and something that I often ask myself. So, I just thought I would pass it along. Enjoy!
P.O.W. #3
2 scenic photos for the week. This whole picture of the week thing hasn’t started off exactly how I wanted it to, but hopefully as the year progresses I will have some more exciting photos that capture my life a little better.
Sunrise 1.15.10
On the way to practice at about 6:45 on Friday morning, I looked into my rear view mirror and saw nothing but orange. It startled me at first, but then I realized exactly what it was and had to get a picture of it. It was still dark out, so I didn’t capture exactly what I wanted…but hopefully you can get the idea of the gorgeous sunrise I got to watch. It was a great way to start the day!
This picture pretty much sums up 1 of the major reasons that I chose to attend UCSB. This was just another Saturday morning at “the office”. Our Saturday workouts from now until end of February will be right here and I love it! The workouts are tough, but the scenery is just amazing. I probably run out here at least 4 days a week. I’ve been doing it for 6 years, and it never gets old. It was such a beautiful day and clear day and the team had a great workout.
P.O.W #2
Not many pictures to choose from this week. UCSB students were back from winter break, so work was a little crazy. I spent A LOT of time on campus and did not do much else. However, I did get take some pictures and video at one of the team’s workouts.
UCSB men's team working out on the track.
The quality of the photo is not all that great, but when I was going through the pictures I took, this one caught my eye because of the mountains in the back. I feel like when most people think about Santa Barbara, they think beach. To me this image shows the beauty of SB in the mountains. It really reminded me of the amazing place that I get to workout at every day. It’s a tough place to be…but someone has to do it! 
P.O.W #1
As previously mentioned, one of my New Year’s resolutions was to have a picture for each week of 2010. So here is my first photo of the year…
L to R: Garth, JP, Ashlee, Raleigh, Me
Saturday night (Jan. 2) we went to Carr Winery located in downtown Santa Barbara. The atmosphere was awesome and I will definitely be going back. It was a fun evening filled with with good wine, great conversation, and live entertainment. We then returned home to take a dip in the hot tub. Needless to say I went to bed feeling very relaxed.
New Year, New Start
As 2009 ends and 2010 begins it’s time to set some goals/resolutions for myself for this upcoming year. I always love New Years because I feel like it’s a fresh start. I can attempt at changing some things in my life. This year I have a few resolutions that I hope I can keep up on:
-Update/Restart my blog
-Photo of the Week (I originally wanted to post a photo everyday on my blog of things happening in my life, but I wasn’t sure if I could keep up on that…so I am going to start with a photo each week.)
-Read/Podcast the Bible in a year
-Read more
-Watch less TV (so that I can read more)
-Journal more (I guess this kind of goes with updating my blog, but it’s kind of more than that as well. I feel like when I journal, my relationship with God grows, so I need to get back doing that on a regular basis.)
-Work on my Scrapbook (I started this when I had my hip surgery but haven’t touched it in about a year. I have everything lying around
-Finish up my 101 list (See page on right. I’ve had this lingering forever…it’s time to make some decisions and be done with the thing!)
I don’t really know if anyone reads this anymore, but if you do and you want to post some of your resolutions I would love to hear what other people are working on in 2010! I wish you all a great year!!
California Girl
Today was such a fun day! Annemarie is a new friend who is dating an old friend from Santa Barbara, Brett. She is in town for the week and asked me if I would like to go up to Solvang with her to take some pictures. The weather was beautiful and we had a fun morning and afternoon enjoying the scenery, taking some photos, eating some delicious tri-tip, and getting to know each other more.
Some of the photos from the shoot are below on Annemarie’s blog. Thanks Annemarie for a great day and for the photos! You are truly talented and I can’t wait for you to be here for good!
What I Learned Today
They say you learn something new everyday. I originally had high hopes of posting on my blog daily the thing that I learned that day. That got to be a very overwhelming thought so I did not go through with it.
However, I am posting today what I learned because I found it to be very interesting…
I was talking to a friend last night who put the conversation on hold because he had to “Pee like a racehorse”. Now I have used this phrase on more than one occasion but last night it finally hit me…why is racehorse used? What is the significance of a racehorse?
So, what better way to find out the answer to my question than to look it up online. The results I found were quite interesting.
The article I found basically said that racehorses are given diuretics which draws more water to the bladder causing the horse to have to pee which causes them to lose weight and thus makes them faster. Here’s the kicker…
The horse could move several gallons of urine in an hour and lose up to 10 pounds! GALLONS! 10 POUNDS! That is a ridiculous amount.
So, that is what I learned today…why people say “I have to pee like a racehorse”.
I have also been thinking what else could be used in the place of racehorse. What do you think? ” I have to pee like (a) _____________!”
