Just for you Shan

So, in talking to my friend yesterday, I was reminded that I don't blog enough. I tried explaining that when I have nothing cool to say the posts would only be mundane and pointless. But because I said I would, here is a post just for her.

Here's an inside look in the typical day of Erica Reed.  Today consisted of:
7:15 woke up and got Ronia ready.
8:00 headed down to Ronia's school (as it is Monday)
Worked on photos, posted a blog entry.
Called client, checked on an upcoming photo location
Wrote some work emails and had some coffee
Took a shower
12 noon- picked up Ronia
Had a picnic lunch in the front yard. Peanut butter and Jelly, cheese and crackers, yogurt and raspberries.
1pm folded laundry
cleaned out/ organized Ronia's clothes drawers
2pm played babysitter to Ronia's stuffed dogs and made a card.
3pm Noel stopped by to drop off the backpack he forgot to bring yesterday
3:30pm Ronia is having quiet time with Fraggle Rock Sing-alongs

That's all I have now, but I'm making taco's for dinner and will continue to clean and hopefully will get to the dishes. That's it in a nut shell! Welcome to my life.

Here we are again, still alive I promise

It's been a long time as always. Let's see what's been going on. In the last week Joey and I have both had our vehicles worked on. His truck had been broken into for the 3rd time and we finally got the lock replaced. $900 later ($500 of which we had to pay before insurance), he's finally able to open his drivers side door.

Meanwhile, yesterday, while in the Wendy's parking lot, I put my car into drive where it continued to roll backwards. I whipped it around into a parking spot where I continued until I hit a concrete wall and pulled the emergency break. $638 later, I should have my transmission cable replaced and feel much safer.  We were so lucky we didn't have Ronia, weren't surrounded by cars, and happened to be on the same road as the car repair place. Not only that, but the tow truck was literally right across the road, and we broke down around 3pm, 2 hours until the repair place closed. We were planning on taking a road trip, so I'm fortunate we weren't in the middle of the mountains or desert near dusk when my transmission went out. Sometimes I just feel lucky.

Work wise, Joey has been making progress and I have ordered a new camera. It's been taking forever to arrive, but I'm looking forward to it!

Here are some pictures just to liven this post up a bit.

This is a portrait of Joey (above)

This is a portrait of me (above)

And this is the school picture of the artist. They cost a fortune, so if you're wondering why you didn't get one... that's why.

More later!