Chrissy's Photo A Day

Today is today. I just caught up on two weeks of posts, but really only remember what the photo reminds me of. My calendar helps. But t...

I grew these from seeds! Watered them religiously since they are under the eaves... and they are multi-colored and beautiful. I plan to h...

I made a stick bowl. I took 3.5 pounds of white clay and made a tall cylinder, then stuck a stick in it and pulled it with two hands to t...

These are my pills. I take too many of them. Morning on the left, night on the right, all to try and treat the pain in my face. As I type...

Today was magical and I don't know why or how. I woke up at 4am and worked for three hours then went for a walk and ended up runn...

Today sucked.  I had to drive to Birmingham and thought I was going for a medical procedure on my face. I left around 10am. The drive u...

I started walking/running again because I can tell I'm losing strength and gaining a few pounds. Since it's really summer here, I...

I went to a potter demo today. This potter teaches at a nearby university and has a show here in town. He demonstrated how to make stick ...

In case you are tired of kitten pictures, here is one of a little penguin house a little kid built. My students and I provided science an...

This is how tiny Teensie is. I decided to name her Lady Tiffany Gray, AKA Teensie. She loves to snuggle under my chin, but I worry that...

I was gone most of the day helping with a teacher workshop. I worried about Teensie missing me! It's like I have a little baby. But s...

Today I got to bring Teensie home with me. The foster dad had to bring her to the Humane Society and I had to fill out paperwork and pay ...

Met Teensie, my new future kitten. She is sweet and affectionate and I don't want to put her down. My friend is fostering her from the...

Today we left Nashville after dropping Jes off at the airport. It took forever to get home. There was rain that had us stalled for quite ...

This morning we got up and went to the Country Music Hall of Fame. There I saw THE blue suede shoes. Also some handwritten lyrics by John...

 Jes and I showed up at the conference for a full day of sessions, including our own again. The first one was a dud. We looked at each ot...

We did it! We presented a workshop to ~20 teachers (all seats were taken) and it went so well, we were asked to repeat our sessio...

Met with my geekie colleague this morning for coffee to talk work/shop and she hooked me up to this brain mapping thing. It was cool to s...

I blocked this today and then went to give it to my student who is 8 months pregnant with a baby girl. I'm proud of this baby blanket ...

We were invited to a special party at our friends' house. B & M have created a botanical garden on their property, and B gave us a...

Sakura and Fossie LOVE plum cake! Nana make this one just for them. I had a slice and it was gooood.

Me and my sisters! Happy 31st birthday today to my oldest daughter Jes!

We had a party at Mom's today. Here Kels is helping Nana in the kitchen. This is not a great picture and they don't look too happ...

Happy 4th! We went on the 3rd to Opelika to see the fireworks with our friends. We brought Sakura and Sta and Kels and Fossy.

I played piano at church again. This is getting to be a weekly thing and I'm getting better.

I framed this for Aza today, as she got a JOB full time as a hygienist at a really good practice! I'm so happy for her. This crosstitc...

The doctor was great. He has me trying two new meds I've never heard of, and he drew a bunch of blood for tests of all sorts. He also...