Day 40: Pizza

Mom and I made a killer dinner tonight. Whole wheat English muffin pizzas with olives and mushrooms and a tasty salad. I haven't gotten to cook in a while, so I very much enjoyed this.

Day 39: Trevor II

Could he be any cuter?!

Day 38: Gift

Today I opened the last of our wedding gifts. The best part was reading all the sweet cards and notes - I can't wait to read all of them over and over with Tim over the years.

Day 37: Tree II

I brought my camera along on a stroll around Broadway Village, my old apartment complex, with my friend Megan. The thing I miss the most about that place is all the beautiful old trees. I hope next time I move I end up in a neighborhood with lots of trees.

Day 36: Opal

Ok, now that each dog has been featured, maybe I can actually take pictures of something else for a change! This is Opal, my little princess.

Day 35: Trevor

How cute is Trevor? He loves to nap just inside the front door because the tile cools him down.

Day 34: Thanks

I have spent the evening opening up the last of our wedding gifts and cards, and writing thank you notes. I feel very loved right now.

Day 33: Pippin

Ok, I really need to start taking some pictures of something else, but this is just too stinkin' cute.

Day 32: Walk

Spent some more time photographing my favorite puppies again this morning. That's Opal, Trevor, and Pippin out on their walk. I have a feeling they will be showing up in many more pictures over the next few weeks.

Day 31: Traveler

Traveling home from Japan to Missouri today, I kind of had two shots at August 22. This is one of the only pictures I took in the first 24 hours of August 22 (Day 31), before I traveled back in time. I took this quickly on my phone because I was excited to finally find the delicious jasmine tea that I love, which had eluded me the entire trip.

Then, home. After 30 hours of traveling, it's still August 22. Before sinking into my bed, I had to try out my new camera on the puppies. Even with the low light and not sleeping for over a day, I like this one of Mom and Pippin.

Day 30: Headhunter

My wonderful husband took me out to dinner at Sam's for my birthday and my last night in Okinawa. This charming drink is called a "Headhunter." It's surprisingly fruity for having such a macabre exterior.

Day 29: Butterfly II

This butterfly reminded me of a hummingbird the way he never stopped flapping his wings on this flower. That's why there's a little motion blur on his left wing, which I thought was kind of cool.

Day 28: Tim

My first portrait on my new T2i. I have a feeling I will be taking a lot of photos of this guy.

Day 27: Keyboard

Interesting that as I was uploading this photo, the MacBook freaked out and had to be rebooted. Maybe it's camera shy?

Day 26: Butterfly

Today I got to spend some quality time with my new T2i. A LOT of quality time. I accidentally got locked out of the BOQ for about 6 hours today with nothing but my new camera. No ID, no money, no cell phone...nothing. The good news is I got about 600 photos and learned a lot about my new Rebel (and dealing with frustration...). I am super impressed with it so far. Not sure how impressed it is with me yet - I have a lot to learn. I can't wait to keep experimenting!

Day 25: Rebel

Holy. Crap. I have the best husband in the world. As an early birthday present, he took me to the PX tonight and bought me a new CAMERA. A Canon Rebel T2i. I am so giddy right now. So, I know I said I would be staying faithful to my G10 for this project, but...Rebel.

Day 24: Steps

Spent another great afternoon with some friends at Churaumi Aquarium. These are the steps leading to what I call "Spider Alley."

Day 23: Lost

Another excellent beach day today, this time at Moon Beach Hotel. This little part of the beach looked like something out of Lost. Jeez I miss that show.

Day 22: Tortoise

Look at that face! Tim and I spent an amazing day at the beach at the Renaissance Hotel. As he was doing some recon looking for bathrooms, Tim found this seemingly random sandbox full of tortoises you could pick up and hold. Beautiful beach + adorable animals = GREAT day.

Day 21: Lamppost

Spent the afternoon at Torii Beach for a family day event through Tim's work. We weren't actually allowed on the beach, which was a bummer. Oh, and there was a clown there. Not my best day on the island.

Day 20: Kitty

This is Garbage, our resident dumpster kitty. She/he let me get surprisingly close for this shot. I'm pretty sure she/he really wants to be friends with me, but feels she/he has to act cagey at first. We'll be BFFs soon.

Day 19: Kasthamandap

Tim took me to dinner at one of my favorite Okinawa restaurants tonight, Kasthamandap Nepalese Kitchen. The food there is outstanding - tonight was two kinds of curry, hot & sour soup (soooo spicy!), chicken meatballs, and lots of garlic naan. The ambiance is just as great, with murals, sculptures, and cool chandeliers. I also tried an Indian beer called Kingfisher, which interestingly enough tasted very much like something from Flat Branch.

Day 18: Pedi

Oooh, I have happy feet right now. My friend took me for a pedicure at Cocoks tonight. They last about an hour and a half, including an amazing foot and leg massage. They do incredible artwork - there are many more extravagant designs than the one I got. These girls can do anything with that tiny little paintbrush. I have a feeling this will become a habit while I'm here.

Day 17: Wine

Um, we really like red wine in this house.

Day 16: Zipline

Spent our adventure day at the Okinawa Adventure Park. I'm not a big zipliner, so I acted as photographer for the group. This is my husband on the course, channeling Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Day 15: Sunset III

I meant to use a picture of our sushi dinner tonight, but I thought this was pretty cool. I love the view of the sunset from the third floor of the BOQ.

Day 14: Marine

Once again, I left my photo until the end of the day, after dinner at the Mongolian grill. This actually made for kind of a cool shot, though. "Holga-ish" effect done in Picnik.

Day 13: Crab

Well look who wandered out of the jungle during my walk today. I had been very still for a few minutes trying to take some macro shots, and I heard something crawling towards me. It was so far away that I couldn't tell anything but the size - at first it looked like a small rodent. Finally I was able to get close enough to see this little guy. I love his eyes. Oh, and the fact that he's blue!

Day 12: Groceries

So, the story of this photo is...I forgot to take a picture of anything today until we got home from grocery shopping, at which point I didn't feel like finding anything more interesting. Oh well, they can't all be winners.

Day 11: Scarf

Yesterday I finished my second on-my-own crochet project. Mom still helped, of course, but I can say I did this one start to finish. Still not ready to do self-portraits yet, so the scarf got to act as a wine bottle cozy for this shot. I bought some yarn yesterday, so I'm ready to start my next crochet project!

Day 10: Sunset II

This time I caught the sunset from right outside our building. I need to go outside and see this more often!