12 of 12 – august ‘10 August 13, 2010

On the 12th day of the month, a bunch of bloggers take 12 pictures throughout the day.  Here are my pictures for August 12th, 2010.

9:28 AM – bed.  Woke up to this e-mail from Steve about the Canadian Severe Asthma Network.

11:34 am – living room.  More exciting than the fact that I was dusting [yea, y’all get all the dirt during 12 of 12 ] was that I was vlogging and dusting.  Said vlog will be on YouTube eventually.

 

11:53 AM – street. On my way to a friend’s on the way to the gym.  I thought this would look cooler than it did.  Oh well.  This tree is in my front yard.

     

1:12 PM – locker room.  One of these lockers belongs to my friend . . . The three of us had to try putting her combination into all of them because she wrote down the combo but not the locker number.

1:23 PM – locker room.  Finally all ready to go.  You’ll all be proud to know that I drank about 300 mL of that water and a bottle of Gatorade at the gym.  I am becoming a hydration champion; I need to keep it up.

4:22 PM – Dairy Queen.  It was Miracle Treat Day, so I got to reconsume the calories I burned off [I need to stop replacing the calories I burn with junk food, dang it] AND help kids who are sick do awesome things.  Doing good is good.

5:00 PM – Sidewalk.  Walking the kilometer from the bus to my house.  This didn’t feel too good, seeing as I had just walked 5K on the treadmill and done weights and attempted the track and eaten Dairy Queen.  Why I attempted the track is a mystery.

5:13 pm – Kitchen.  Yeah, I broke it.  It used to be a bowl thing.

7:12 PM – Beach.  One of my friends and I continued our physical activity venture and she invited me to the beach with her lovely family.  Except we meant to swim and just actually treaded water and stood around and talked the whole time.  It was great.

8:17 PM – Beach.  This is my friend’s sister diving underwater, except you can’t see her.  This turned out awesome though, and I am very happy.

8:25 pm – Beach.  Sunset.  Gorgeous.  With water on the lens.  Yea waterproof camera!

8:45 pm – Parking lot.  Their stencil was reverse-normal . . .

12 of 12 was created by Chad Darnell.  You can see all the 12 of 12s by visiting his blog.

12 of 12 – july ‘10! July 21, 2010

On the 12th day of the month, a bunch of bloggers take 12 pictures throughout the day.  Here are my pictures for July 12th, 2010.

 

11:04 am, verandah – My staples at the cabin, books and my phone.

    

11:24 am, verandah – okay, time to tackle my nutrition textbook.  Yes, it’s summer.  Yes, I’m doing a summer course.  I am unemployed, and it is overrated.

6:42 pm, verandah – homemade pizza for supper, it was awesome.  It also only dawned on me when I took this . . . why the frick do we always eat on paper plates at the cabin?  We do dishes three times a day anyways, sheesh.  Poor trees.

7:37 pm, bedroom – decent breathing day has had a mini-crash out.  That’s what I get for missing the Atrovent (the white one) . . . so Ventolin’s comin’ first (blue).  So THAT explains my coughing this afternoon!

8:45 pm, living room – Dean digs my new guitar that I bought from his friend.  Even though, you know, it’s got a pink Hello Kitty strap and a pink cord now.

8:46 pm, living room view – I look out this window at certain times of the day and am just seriously awed by what God has created.  “Who imagined the sun  and gave source to its light,”  — Indescribable, Chris Tomlin

 

9:02 pm – Dean and I spent most of the day jamming, and attempted to take some cool “band shots”.  We are called Hypothetical Pony, and there are two of us, and we have half a song.

10:12 pm, living room view – “yet conceals it to bring s the coolness of night?” –Indescribable, Chris Tomlin

 

10:13 pm, living room – Dean’s choice of a picture because I was running short and couldn’t think of anything.  I mean, we jammed all afternoon and had crap times trying to record the bass because apparently Rock Band mics aren’t meant for that, this counts.

12 of 12 – june ’10! June 13, 2010

On the 12th day of the month, a bunch of bloggers take 12 pictures throughout the day.   Here are my pictures for June 12th, 2010!

2:27 am – bedroom. Guess I should go to bed, huh?

10:01 am – bedroom. My mom  woke me up to go shopping.  Far.  Too.  Early.  Do I haaaave to get up?

10:14 am – bathroom. One of those days has begun, and my PF is about 365, or 70%.  Do the Ventolin with the spacer, then the Symbicort, then the Atrovent with the spacer, and took a Benadryl to de-gunk my nose.

12:11 pm – fxr. LOOK. I FOUND PLAID SHORTS.  Except they’re sixty freaking dollars.  Except it was buy one get one free, so I got a t-shirt, too (not the one I’m wearing).  My mom rocks.

1:50 pm – dining room. Check it.  There’s my sweet shorts and t-shirt.

2:04 pm – Seriously, lungs, fuck you.  You were good for four whole days, and now you’re going nuts on me.  Short of breath, 73% PF.  Finally gave in . . . neb time.  Which helped tremendously.

2:24 pm – kitchen. Went to Bulk Barn and got more gummy butterflies, and some birthday candy for my cousin whose birthday is today.  Now that  I’m breathing properly I shall enjoy them.

2:31 pm – kitchen. I’m paranoid of nebbing bacteria, so I totally wash my nebs after every treatment.  Except after I finished washing it in soap and water, my mom was all “You can put that in the dishwasher again, you know.”

6:04 pm – montana’s. So, cookhouses that sell mostly ribs and chicken totally don’t have much for vegetarians.  So, I said screw it and ordered penne alfredo off the kids menu.

8:03 pm – kitchen. watchin’ some old fiveawesomeguys. This one’s about Charlieissocoollike getting a Macbook.  I want a Macbook hardcore.

8:09 pm – kitchen. Gave in, went to the Apple website again.  And then after awhile this happened.  Aw snap!

11:16 pm – kitchen. This dude by the username of alexproject25 saw a tweet I made about a possible YouTube collab project similar to fiveawesomeguys or fiveawesomegirls, and linked me to this website.  Thanks dude!

11:23 pm – kitchen. I started feeling all gross right after I had a shower.  Lungs are still touchy but not the current problem.  I feel all sick and headachey and am waiting for the Advil to kick in.  In reality, I should just go to bed, and it will hopefully dissipate while I sleep.  Whatever it is.  If I’m sick again, I won’t be impressed.

12 of 12 was created by Chad Darnell.  You can see all the 12 of 12s by visiting his blog.

12 of 12 – may ‘10! May 13, 2010

On the 12th day of the month, a bunch of bloggers take 12 pictures throughout the day.   Here are my pictures for May 12th, 2010!

12:03 am – kitchen. Wrapping up some video edits and playing Words with Friends.

2:30 am – bathroom. Video is finally up on YouTube.  Epic tooth brushing picture FTW.

10:56 am – bathroom again. Good morning gross cough; peak flow is 79%.  That means yellow zone, that [usually] means inhaler time.

10:57 am – kitchen. The inhaler, spacer and I meander into the kitchen to find a note from my mom inside my laptop.  [Easiest job ever and I didn’t do it.  Fail.]

2:21 pm – toys r us. K-Dawg and I wandered a bunch. We found ourselves in the “electronics” section of Toys R Us, in which there are fancy children’s TVs [not necessary] and Toy Story ukuleles [highly necessary].

2:56 pm – Tim Horton’s. K-Dawg is in the reflection.  She and I wandered aimlessly for an hour and 50 minutes until we wandered into a Tim Horton’s.

4:24 pm –Tim Horton’s.  Still. Further proof I need a new phone, and therefore a job.  This is not an unusual sight, and I have to pull the battery out to get my phone to stop spazzing.

5:13 pm – Bathroom. 75% peak flow?  No thank you.  Guess I shouldn’t have been trying to compete with innocent people on the sidewalk trying to walk faster than them.  (I won though.  I also ran for a bus that I didn’t need to run for).

6:32 pm – kitchen. My dad wasn’t home today, so my mom made vegetarian tacos [my dad is weird, and doesn’t like tacos.  What the heck?!].  Mine sorta fell apart, but it was still very delicious.

9:49 pm – bedroom. Read some more Blue Like Jazz tonight.  This dude [Donald Miller] freaking speaks my language.  Christian spirituality? I am a fan. Religion?  I am NOT a fan.

10:26 pm – basement. Hello [mom’s] Moto.  My mom traded phones with me so I’d shut up about both my cell phone [previous Moto] AND back up cell phone [Samsung] crapping out.

11:34 pm – basement. I was trying to a) find a video I made for gym last year, and b) trying to clear some stuff [finally] off the decrepit basement computer.  I succeeded-ish in the latter, but failed in finding the video.  Dang.

12 of 12 was created by Chad Darnell.  You can see all the 12 of 12s by visiting his blog.

12 of 12 – april ‘10! April 12, 2010

On the 12th day of the month, a bunch of bloggers take 12 pictures throughout the day.   Here are my pictures for April 12th, 2010!

12:00 am – Reminder to do 12 of 12 pops up on my iPod.  Tweet out a 12 of 12 reminder.  Bedtime.  Lots of boring studying to do today.

8:28 am – Second wake up of the day.  Get out of bed?  Study?  Do I have to?

8:30 am – Yeah, I got here that fast.  Timestamps don’t lie.  Good morning, computer.

9:46 am – Breakfast.  You can’t tell me it’s not acceptable.  If eggs are an acceptable breakfast, chocolate and candy eggs MUST be okay.

10:36 am – New Butch Walker video for Pretty Melody!  He has a freaking TV for a head!

10:50 am – I always listen to music while studying.  My study favourites include White Tie Affair, Metro Station and Addison Road.  I apparently study to the same kinds of music I work out to.

11:49 am – Kool Aid time.  Study sustenance includes a lot of junk food.  Which is okay this time round, because apparently in the midst of all my flare-y-ness and crappy breathing last week, I managed to lose ten pounds since like, two weeks ago.  Oops.

1:21 pm – Anybody remember Zoboomafoo?  This lemur is communicating aggression, apparently.  Which Zoboomafoo would not do.

4:39 pm – My mom came home from work and brought me an iced capp from Tim’s!  <3  I gave up Tim Horton’s AND Starbucks for Lent, and though I’ve had Starbucks three times since Easter, this was my first thing from Tim Horton’s since before Ash Wednesday!

8:09 PM – Danielle is coaching me on how to study HARDCORE.  This girl is awesome.  I think I should go and be her roommate.

9:45 pm – Me: Just did another chapter review. I can haz cookies?  Danielle: Tell me what you learned first.  Me: Lol, I already ate part of one. abiotic/biotic. biotic =living, abiotic =not living. climate=weather pattern in certain area.

10:11 pm – This had BETTER be on the exam tomorrow!  And . . . that’s a wrap!  Little review tomorrow, and by 4:30 at the latest I will be DONE bio!

12 of 12 was created by Chad Darnell.  You can see all the 12 of 12s by visiting his blog.

march ‘10! March 13, 2010

On the 12th day of the month, a bunch of bloggers take 12 pictures throughout the day.   Here are my pictures for February 12th, 2010!

9:50 AM – Tara and I are small children, and we traded applesauce at school, because we magically both put applesauce in our backpacks at some point.  Except I had a spoon, and she did not.  Win.

10:49 AM – Julia and I went for a walk to try to find lunch.

11:04 AM – What the heck? It is ALWAYS the season for gelato!  Am I right, or am I right?

11:26 AM – Instead of getting gelato, or cheesecake (as the cheesecake place was closed until noon), we ended up in this small restaraunt-y thing.  I had a cinnamon bun for lunch, because I am not good at eating healthy.  And no, I did not eat the orange, because oranges make my face burn.  It’s weird.

12:52 PM – While waiting for my asthma educator/RT to get to her office, I got to watch people work out in this gym, because apparently the waiting area only allows you to stare at people working out.

2:05 PM – The RT had me do spirometry, and I freaking rocked it.  My lungs have been awesome the last 12 days, and I am a fan.  She was also awesome, and gave me a copy of my PFTs and I didn’t even have to ask.  Basically I’m a preemie, so I’m different. Deal with it, doctors.

2:45 PM – Went to my grandparents’ place.  My grandma has this highly amusing bird that I believe my mom bought her.  It is odd to say the least.

3:30 PM – SINCE WHEN DOES CANADA HAVE COMBOS?  I just about died of happiness.  Seriously.  Thank you, Bulk Barn.  Now, when are we getting Paydays?  Just sayin’, Canada.

4:07 PM – I had some impatient times trying to scan my PFTs.  My basement computer is so slow, and it makes scanning things and putting them onto a jump drive very difficult.  I think it took me about 45 minutes to complete, and a lot of yelling at the computer.  Sigh.

10:17 PM – Best juice of my life.  Go buy this if at all possible, because it is amazing.  I have consumed two and a half bottles in the last week, and no, I am not joking.

11:37 PM – So, I was 4.5 hours late for my Symbicort, and I was still feeling epic.  I’m in experiment mode, and have dropped down to ONE puff of Symbicort because I have been feeling freaking awesome, and my peak flows have been freaking awesome, and I haven’t used any Ventolin in 12 days.  Thank you, winter, for going away .

11:41 PM – At Bulk Barn today, my mom bought me chewy watermelons.  They are yummy, and I enjoy them a lot.  I arranged them into a pretty flower, because apparently I have a theme going in this 12 of 12 about childish food things (see picture one haha).

12 of 12 was created by Chad Darnell.  You can see all the 12 of 12s by visiting his blog.  To see the other 12 of 12s for March, click here.

february ‘10! February 12, 2010

On the 12th day of the month, a bunch of bloggers take 12 pictures throughout the day.   Here are my pictures for February 12th, 2010!

9:12 AM – Hotel.  Good morning, Orlando!

9:16 AM – Heading into Ponderosa.  They have a breakfast buffet.  I-Drive has a buffet fetish or something, there are a zillion of them

9:41 AM – Ponderosa.  I haven’t had Fruit Loops in forever—since two summers ago when I babysat my cousin.

10:12 AM – I-Drive.  This is the I-Ride Trolley, which is one of the primary routes of tourist transportation on International Drive for people like us who don’t bother to rent a car because Orlando has fairly adequate public transport.

12:09 PM – Outlet Mall.  It’s just past noon, and I’m in my third shoe store of the day.  Plus, I’ve already BOUGHT two pairs of shoes, so I had to entertain myself with this mirror.

1:34 PM – Hotel.  Made some good purchases today, specifically a pair of really cute Converse for $21, a pair of Nike+ runners for $39, and a LIVESTRONG t-shirt.  The Nike+es and the LIVESTRONG shirt I have wanted FOREVER.

3:15 PM – I-Drive.  It’s rainy and windy and gross and 10 C here.  Oh well, better than home .  On the way to Walgreens. <3 (I bought American things.  Being Yoohoo, peanut butter crackers and began stockpiling Paydays)

6:56 PM – Cici’s Pizza.  Dinner.  Yes, that is mac and cheese pizza, and yes it was delicious.

7:24 PM – I-Drive.  Waiting for the Trolley to do some more shopping.

9:00 PM – Back at the hotel.  Amazing view from our hotel room, the night version.

9:03 PM – Hotel.  Watching the VANCOUVER 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS OPENING CEREMONIES with American commentary.

9:13 pm – Hotel.  I am so, so, so excited for and proud of my country, even though I am 5214 kilometers (aka 3240 miles) away. I love you, Canada.

12 of 12 was created by Chad Darnell.  You can see all the 12 of 12s by visiting his blog.

january ’10! – first 12 of 12 of 2010! January 13, 2010

On the 12th day of the month, a bunch of bloggers take 12 pictures throughout the day.   Here are my pictures for January 12th, 2010!

Good morning, pretty new meter from Steve!  [85% .]  (For all of you non-asthmatics, this thing measures how much air you can force outta your lungs and how fast it comes out.  It’s called a peak flow meter.)

In English I had to make a nametag for my desk.  And do a quiz.  And I got 80%.  Which was good considering I am not really good at English.  I think it is good that my peak flow is higher than my English mark, but, there likely is no correlation between the two .

The Weather Network promised me five degrees today.  But, it was still cold enough that I had to walk with my head down, so this is basically what I saw all the way home from the bus.  [Also, it never did get to be 5 degrees today].

After getting home, I prepared for my asthma presentation tomorrow, instead of reading my Education stuff or doing Disability Studies.  Oops.  Check out the new pic of all my asthma stuffs.  Yes that additional s was intentional.

Google synch is my favourite organizational thing I have discovered in the past 24 hours.  Or, my favourite organizational thing EVER pretty much.  Like, I scheduled in taking the bus.  Epic.

It appears there was a very eager beaver on my way to work . . .  What’s this about?!

Waiting for my mom to pick me up from my place of employment (they let me leave early again).

Gearing up for some mad Education reading.  70-something pages to go at this point.  That cookie was freaking delicious. <3

This post-it explains everything I feel about eBooks.  And what kind of prof goes “Oh yeah, you have 2 days to read 1/4 of the textbook?”  Apparently mine does.  I have to read 93 pages.

Okay, I read 50 pages.  In one day.  I think that is quite enough, and I will read the next 43 tomorrow.  Or maybe in a little while, since I have to RESPOND after I read.  Oh, Education.

Bookmarked my readings for Engrish to do on the bus tomorrow.  That ‘r’ was intentional also, just like the extra ‘s’ was.

Got this Tweet from Kim, which means I probably need to post this thing.  By clicking on that link, you can see her 12 of 12.

12 of 12 was conspired by Chad Darnell.  You can see all the 12 of 12s by visiting his blog.

july! January 13, 2010

On the 12th day of the month, a bunch of bloggers take 12 pictures throughout the day.  Here are my pictures for July 12th, 2009.

Woke up at the cabin.  I don’t normally sleep in this room.

This is what I wore today.  It made me feel happy.

It also made me happy when I took my Symbicort two hours late and my peak flow was still 330.  Go lungs!

The view from the deck at the cabin.

Reading the book I won from WorldVision.  As I was sitting there with a bottle of Gatorade, the line that really caught my attention read: What if I told you that you, too, can save a life, even many lives?  Do you have a bottle of water or a can of soda beside you as you read this book?  If you are paying for something to drink when safe drinking water comes out of the tap, you have money to spend on things you don’t really need. Wow, Peter Singer.  You  ROCK.

My cousin and I watch Paid Programming.  This ad is for the Bullet Express.

Next we consumed sustenance while watching an ad about body and colon detoxification.  The entire infomercial centred around the words ‘bowel movement’.  I don’t feel awkward when it comes to body stuff easily, but that infomerical made us both feel VERY awkward.

Finally my dad and I headed home.  You can see my pretty green new camera in the window .

Seriously, why’s this called a rest area?

Stopped by a train on the silent ride home.

If you look closely, you can read part of the entry I was supposed to post today that later disappeared when Windows Live Writer ate it.

Made my lunch for tomorrow, with a High Protein Boost for the morning.  (Funny, this is actually healthier than when my mom makes it . . .)

december! December 12, 2009

On the 12th day of the month, a bunch of bloggers take 12 pictures throughout the day. Here are my pictures for December 12th, 2009.  (This is also my 12th 12 of 12!  Yeah!)

12:00 AM – My iPod lights up informing me that it is the 12th, and to get on with the picture snapping.

12:37 AM – I attempt to go to bed, and my computer decides it’s time to make me wait while it updates.

12:50 AM – Hello bed.  Good night, world.  (Why is there a juice box on my headboard??)

2:12 PM – Treasures!  I found money in my pocket, and hunted down my ankle tensor.  It seems I have injured my ankle for the first time in two years [either dancing or using an escalator], which is why the tensor was hard to find.

2:21 PM – Breakfast?  Lunch?  Brunch?

3:47 PM – took this from my dad’s stash of stuff that he thinks I don’t know about, but I do.  Called my mom to pick up another one to replace it on her way home from shopping.

3:49 PM – Studied for Tuesday’s psych exam.

5:24 pm – Finally acquired the new Chucks my dad picked up for me in the States and has been holding hostage from me.

6:26 pm – Cleaning up the kitchen after supper.  Teleporting back to my 12-14 year old self with Avril Lavigne on the iPod.

9:24 PM – My mom tried to make me a chai tea latte.  It’s okay, but I think the recipe needs some tweaking—way too sweet.  Dig my Dora mug?

11:00 PM – Shower time.  Gotta dig that waterproof camera—you don’t miss out on a single moment in my boring 12th of December.

11:09 PM – Post-shower.  Indication I need a slightly larger ankle tensor much?  All those lines are from the tensor.  Ouch.

I apologize for the boringness of my 12.  I will hopefully do something more exciting in January .

To see the rest of the December 12 of 12s from around the globe, check out Chad’s blog.