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THE STORY BEHIND THE PIC: DECEMBER LINKUP

Linking up the Elle over at Elle Sees (if you haven’t checked out her blog you are missing out on some great makeup tips) again this month for her The Story Behind the Pic monthly linkup. You can see last months Story Behind the Pic here.

With this week being Christmas had to go with some kind of Christmas picture. This picture I posted on Instagram earlier this month

This actually came about totally by accident, which I think usually make the best pictures. Sara over at Venus Trapped in Mars had done a fantastic post about the best way to practice taking pictures with your DSLR. It totally motivated me to go home and practice with my new DSLR (Nikon D7100). I was doing her practice, and taking pictures of my Christmas tree. As usual Arya couldn’t stand I wasn’t taking her picture, so she jumped in. Every time I turned around she was right under me or messing with the tree. When I took this picture I was taking pictures of some of the ornaments, and her head just popped in. She can be such a little diva lol.

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Once again Thanks Elle for hosting such a fun link-up.

In case you haven’t noticed yet my post this week are going to have to do with Christmas. Trying to get in that Christmas spirit. Please come back tomorrow to see some of my Christmas decor.

Best part of this week. Short work week!!!!! Hope it is for your to.

P.S I have not forgotten about Tuesday Tutorials they will be back after first of the year. If you have any you would like to see please fill out the request form, and I will make sure to cover it when they start back up.

THE STORY BEHIND THE PIC: A LINKUP

Ever have one of those weeks when it seems like everything just keeps going wrong? That has been this month for me so far. If it has not been one thing it has been something else. Going to stay positive, and starting with this post this month is going to get better.

Today I am very excited to be joining in on The Story Behind the Pic Linkup with Elle Sees (if you haven’t checked out her blog you are missing out on some great makeup tips).

The Story Behind the Pic

Posted this pic on Instagram a while back.

The story behind this pic is fairly simple. Even though it looks like I staged Arya somehow in the pic that was totally not the case. The pic happened 100% by accident. I had actually just got the Nikon D7100 (If you would like a review of the camera let me know in comments below), and I was just playing with it to start getting used to it. Started taking some random pics around this house. Arya happened to be laying on the bed, so I just started snapping some from different angles trying a few things out on the camera. As you can see in this pic I had taken too many pics of her, and she was getting a little annoyed with me.

Decided I would leave her alone and went into the living room to take a few pics in the living room. As I was playing with camera Arya just all of a sudden jumped up right in front of the camera and posed as you see in the pic I posted on Instagram. Just cracked me up cause it is like she got mad that I stopped taking pics of her, and wanted me to take more of her. Does not surprise me with the alpha personality that she has that she would want a pic taken of her lol. And that is the story behind the pic.

Thanks Elle Sees for hosting such a fun link up!

Does knowing the backstory make you look at the photo different?

P.S Look for a new Tuesday Tutorial next week!

Changes

Know I have been kind of MIA the past few weeks. Things have just been crazy, and are just now starting to kind of get back to normal. Started with Rider suddenly and unexpectedly passing away on Sunday June 8 from what we think must have been a arterial thromoembolishm (ATE). Have had Rider since I adopted him from the Coppell Animal Shelter August 2006.

Rider was with me through a lot. When I first got him I was single living in a 1 bedroom apartment. He moved 3 apartments with me including when Jeremy & I decided to move in together, and now the house we have been living in since 2009. He never hid, and just wanted to be with you to get attention.

Anyone that stopped by the house was so shocked at how friendly of a cat Rider was. He was a big boy, and a sweetheart. Ever since he passed the house just seems empty, and things have just seemed off.

Then last Thursday I was looking up shelters on Petfinder, and we ended up going to the Collin County Animal Shelter for there Adopt a Cat Month. For Adopt a Cat Month you can adopt a cat for $10 (that includes spay/neuter, rabies, and microchip). Right now they are overcrowded with a ton of animals available for adoption. They had tons of adorable cats/kittens up for adoption. There ended up being a couple we liked, and were thinking about adopting. One of them was one year old and one was two years old. Really wanted one that was different colored from Rider, and was younger than 1 year.

Wanted to say we would adopt the one that was a year old, but there was just something about the one that was two years old. After seeing them put her back in the cage just couldn’t leave her, so we ended up adopting her. Took us a few days to decide on a name for her, but we finally decided on Arya (call her Ari). They say you don’t pick your cat the cat picks you, and they are so right. Arya just came right to us even at the shelter. Just seemed like a good fit.

Since getting Arya has been a lot of adjustments for her, and us. She has a totally different personality than Rider. Arya is very vocal, and likes to get into everything.

Arya is the first cat I have had that I had to get spayed. Have been learning a lot about caring for cats lately. Will share some tips on acclimating a cat to your house, and what to expect when getting your cat spayed soon.

If you are looking for a animal to adopt. Petfinder is a great resource to help find anything you need. Helps you find local shelters or info on adopting a pet.

Still miss Rider everyday, but has helped having another sweet cat to love.

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