Well, we decided to cut the sugar fast down to 30 days. This is day 30. Tomorrow I can wake up and have syrup on my pancakes if I want. I admittedly bought chocolate Monday night because I couldn't stand it anymore. Now I have some ready for me..
I don't really know how going off of sugar for 30 days has effected me. I have had more of an appetite, and I definitely miss the candy. I think it has given me more energy, but I really am not sure.
Well, I am off to go have 3/4 cup of Honey Nut Cheerios with a banana in it for one of my last sorry meals without sugar...
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Friday, August 13, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Day 14
Day 14 of the sugar fast. I haven't given in yet, but I sure am craving sugar! It feels like I am eternally hungry, since I am wanting something sweet. I'm dreaming of brownies and chocolate in the end of August!
Two posts ago, I whined about not getting to shoot the sunset. I was able to shortly after that! The sunset looked promising, but I never got that far, because a rainbow appeared. The sunset fizzled out before it became amazing, so I was able to focus (ha) my attention on the rainbow and its reflection on a lake.
I was able to buy plane tickets for our trips in the coming months. Very excited to be getting out of town. Not excited to be leaving during fall time, but that is a price I pay, I suppose.
I need to purchase a laptop before too long so I can complete my school work while I am away from home. I have been looking at several, and while I don't need anything special, I do want a bit of processing speed so I can potentially edit photos on the road. Main reason for this purchase would be for school, but the other would be for a photo dump. Now that I shoot RAW, my photo file sizes are incredible, and I fill up memory cards like crazy.
I am continually saving up money for camera stuff, and I am running into the chicken and the egg problem. My camera is slowly dying. Canon Rebel's don't last long, and I have run it hard in the past year and a half that I have had it. It's most definitely still usable and in working condition, but I am afraid it will not be much longer. I have set my sights on a much more expensive camera, but it will take me years to save up for it. In addition to this problem, the full frame camera will not work with my wide angle lens. Buying better lenses is a great investment, so I have been saving up for those first and foremost. Maybe the solution is to buy a step up in the camera department after this one bites the dust instead of going straight for the pro level one. Not sure.
In other news, summer is sort of winding down. The fireweed is in full bloom, less tourists are coming through and the days are getting shorter. I start school in a month.
Many people have been complaining about how rainy and miserable this summer is. I admit that it has been quite rainy, but I really have not noticed it much. I work inside all week, so I don't get much chance to enjoy it, and I don't let the weather faze me when I am out shooting, so I suppose I have been a bit oblivious to it. I do wish it would be warm a bit more, since summer is almost gone.
C and I have a weird work week. Our weekend occurs on Tuesday and Wednesday, and not Saturday and Sunday. It makes it obnoxious to go to church and Saturday events, but we get time off during the week when weekday businesses are open. It also makes lunch dates less stressful as there are less people milling around.
Yesterday, C had to work and he has to do so on next Tuesday as well. It's all overtime pay, which will be nice, but we'd rather he have the day off instead!
Going into the day, I was a bit confused as to what I was supposed to be doing. Working full time makes me forget that I get to stay at home all winter long. I did the dishes, then went to lunch with a friend, and did the grocery shopping. Then I came home. I ended up finishing up a book I had been reading at work all week on my lunch breaks. Then went out to shoot some flower photos in the yard. Next week I will probably watch a movie.
It's just not the same without him at home!
Photo by the other photographer at the wedding we shot of our friends' last month. I am really happy with this image!
We went on a hike last weekend and I was taking waterfall shots. Unfortunately, a slow shutter speed does not work well for self portraits!
I love summertime, because that means that my summer is free for reading novels, instead of textbooks! Here are some I have completed so far:
This is probably the longest post I have written in a long while!
Two posts ago, I whined about not getting to shoot the sunset. I was able to shortly after that! The sunset looked promising, but I never got that far, because a rainbow appeared. The sunset fizzled out before it became amazing, so I was able to focus (ha) my attention on the rainbow and its reflection on a lake.
I was able to buy plane tickets for our trips in the coming months. Very excited to be getting out of town. Not excited to be leaving during fall time, but that is a price I pay, I suppose.
I need to purchase a laptop before too long so I can complete my school work while I am away from home. I have been looking at several, and while I don't need anything special, I do want a bit of processing speed so I can potentially edit photos on the road. Main reason for this purchase would be for school, but the other would be for a photo dump. Now that I shoot RAW, my photo file sizes are incredible, and I fill up memory cards like crazy.
I am continually saving up money for camera stuff, and I am running into the chicken and the egg problem. My camera is slowly dying. Canon Rebel's don't last long, and I have run it hard in the past year and a half that I have had it. It's most definitely still usable and in working condition, but I am afraid it will not be much longer. I have set my sights on a much more expensive camera, but it will take me years to save up for it. In addition to this problem, the full frame camera will not work with my wide angle lens. Buying better lenses is a great investment, so I have been saving up for those first and foremost. Maybe the solution is to buy a step up in the camera department after this one bites the dust instead of going straight for the pro level one. Not sure.
In other news, summer is sort of winding down. The fireweed is in full bloom, less tourists are coming through and the days are getting shorter. I start school in a month.
Many people have been complaining about how rainy and miserable this summer is. I admit that it has been quite rainy, but I really have not noticed it much. I work inside all week, so I don't get much chance to enjoy it, and I don't let the weather faze me when I am out shooting, so I suppose I have been a bit oblivious to it. I do wish it would be warm a bit more, since summer is almost gone.
C and I have a weird work week. Our weekend occurs on Tuesday and Wednesday, and not Saturday and Sunday. It makes it obnoxious to go to church and Saturday events, but we get time off during the week when weekday businesses are open. It also makes lunch dates less stressful as there are less people milling around.
Yesterday, C had to work and he has to do so on next Tuesday as well. It's all overtime pay, which will be nice, but we'd rather he have the day off instead!
Going into the day, I was a bit confused as to what I was supposed to be doing. Working full time makes me forget that I get to stay at home all winter long. I did the dishes, then went to lunch with a friend, and did the grocery shopping. Then I came home. I ended up finishing up a book I had been reading at work all week on my lunch breaks. Then went out to shoot some flower photos in the yard. Next week I will probably watch a movie.
It's just not the same without him at home!
I love summertime, because that means that my summer is free for reading novels, instead of textbooks! Here are some I have completed so far:
- Crazy Love by Francis Chan: I had heard piles about this book, and finally picked it up. I ended up skimming through it again after I was finished with it, because it was so thought provoking. Great book for shaking up the mundane Christian life.
- Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater: The newest teenage obsession. An interesting read. The second book just came out, but I have not picked it up yet (saving my money, as stated earlier!)
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger: I found this book at the thrift store after having it on my wish list. I have not seen the movie yet. It was an interesting story, but I was depressed after finishing it. I might rent the movie next Tuesday to watch by myself.
- The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker: Ted is my favorite author, hands down, but his recent "supernatural thrillers" are not my cup of tea. This will probably be the last one I read for a while. Seems like he has been beating the same drum for several books now, and I am not interested in the creepiness of it.
- Never Let You Go by Erin Healy: Debut novel from an author who collaborated on two of Ted Dekker's books, that I enjoyed. This was also a "supernatural thriller" like Ted's, but it was not as dark. Good message at the end. I definitely could see Ted's influence in her writing.
- The Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood b Rebecca Wells: I really don't know anything about this book, but I have seen many copies of it at the thrift store and decided I could spend 50 cents on it. I started it this morning, and so far I am ambivalent on continuing.
- In Praise of Slowness by Carl Honore: I heard the praises sung on this nonfiction book, so it is on my to read list next.
This is probably the longest post I have written in a long while!
Monday, July 19, 2010
Day 5
I haven't shot the sunset in nearly a month. I am having withdrawals, in a way. I bought another filter that I can use at dusk, and I have been itching to try it out. We are rapidly losing daylight now, though, so sunsets should be easier to go to, now that I won't have to travel almost 15 minutes to see them at 11pm! I was set to go tonight, but then it clouded up and started raining. There is still hope though :)
The building I work in is not very well insulated. It is freezing in the winter, and unbearably warm in the summertime. This week, since the sun has been out, has been awful. The fan is running, the A/C is running in one room (yes, there is actually an air conditioner.) and the doors are all open wide for a breeze. I have been guzzling water to stay hydrated. Usually, a walk outside can be a relief. Not this week. It's still hotter inside, but it's not much better outside. Yesterday, it was raining, and oddly enough, the air became quite humid. Not only was the work building hot, it was wet hot. My apartment was the same way that night. Today was better, thankfully.
Day 5 of the sugar fast is done. I am fine, for the most part. I am really craving a moist brownie though. I'm already sort of planning on sweets I can have at the end.
C got his vacation request approved for our plans this fall. Probably will be buying plane tickets tomorrow :)
Well, it's C and I's weekend now! Hopefully I can get out and shoot some photos!
The building I work in is not very well insulated. It is freezing in the winter, and unbearably warm in the summertime. This week, since the sun has been out, has been awful. The fan is running, the A/C is running in one room (yes, there is actually an air conditioner.) and the doors are all open wide for a breeze. I have been guzzling water to stay hydrated. Usually, a walk outside can be a relief. Not this week. It's still hotter inside, but it's not much better outside. Yesterday, it was raining, and oddly enough, the air became quite humid. Not only was the work building hot, it was wet hot. My apartment was the same way that night. Today was better, thankfully.
Day 5 of the sugar fast is done. I am fine, for the most part. I am really craving a moist brownie though. I'm already sort of planning on sweets I can have at the end.
C got his vacation request approved for our plans this fall. Probably will be buying plane tickets tomorrow :)
Well, it's C and I's weekend now! Hopefully I can get out and shoot some photos!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Work and Sun
Well, am on day 3 of my sugar fast, and it is going just dandy now. The first day was awful, just because I knew I couldn't have any. Definitely not so rough now. I have been doing poorly towards the end of the day though, after my lunch has been digested and my blood sugar gets low.
Today at work, I had a bug fly into my eye. It was awful. I couldn't get it out, even after standing in front of a mirror. My eyes are incredibly sensitive to touching, so it was just obnoxious. I was afraid I was going to be in there all afternoon, but I did get it out relatively shortly. So not fun to have my eye hurt the rest of the day.
In better news at work, my boss told me I should bring a lawn chair so that I can sit outside on my lunch break. I finally brought one today, and am so happy that I did. It was a glorious day to sit outside and read today!
Yesterday, before I went to work, I spent some time in the sunshine of the local tourist district. I wandered through some shops I have not been into yet. I ended up at the oceans's edge taking photos, of course. Since Wednesday, the weather has been just incredible. It appears to be at an end, unfortunately. The clouds are covering the sky again. The sunshine has been elusive this summer, so most people have been trying to soak it in while they can. Summer is too short here not to spend it outside, like on lawn chairs! I just hate having to work full time in the summer!
The bunny is still around. I haven't befriended it yet though.
That's all that I can think of at the moment.
Today at work, I had a bug fly into my eye. It was awful. I couldn't get it out, even after standing in front of a mirror. My eyes are incredibly sensitive to touching, so it was just obnoxious. I was afraid I was going to be in there all afternoon, but I did get it out relatively shortly. So not fun to have my eye hurt the rest of the day.
In better news at work, my boss told me I should bring a lawn chair so that I can sit outside on my lunch break. I finally brought one today, and am so happy that I did. It was a glorious day to sit outside and read today!
Yesterday, before I went to work, I spent some time in the sunshine of the local tourist district. I wandered through some shops I have not been into yet. I ended up at the oceans's edge taking photos, of course. Since Wednesday, the weather has been just incredible. It appears to be at an end, unfortunately. The clouds are covering the sky again. The sunshine has been elusive this summer, so most people have been trying to soak it in while they can. Summer is too short here not to spend it outside, like on lawn chairs! I just hate having to work full time in the summer!
The bunny is still around. I haven't befriended it yet though.
That's all that I can think of at the moment.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Sugar Fast Day 1
Today was day 1 of my 40 day sugar fast. It was rough, but mainly because I knew I could not have anything. Discovered that the protein drinks I have with my lunch have 22g of sugar in them. So they are out! Consequently, I was starving before my shift was up. I imagine that I had more energy today, but it was really warm at work, and I was dying of heat, so I was still a bit lethargic.
In other news, I ordered Photoshop CS5 recently and I was able to install it tonight. It has amazing new features, including the famed Content Aware Fill. My favorite is the ability to reduce noise in Camera RAW, mainly to reduce luminance noise. My images look so much more smooth now!
Not much more to report for the day. We've had glorious weather the past two days. I really hope it continues!
In other news, I ordered Photoshop CS5 recently and I was able to install it tonight. It has amazing new features, including the famed Content Aware Fill. My favorite is the ability to reduce noise in Camera RAW, mainly to reduce luminance noise. My images look so much more smooth now!
Not much more to report for the day. We've had glorious weather the past two days. I really hope it continues!
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