August Goals and Rainbows

(There was a rainbow yesterday so you're getting the privilege to see a few rainbow shots along with my goals for the month. Well actually the same rainbow shot, just edited and then not. It's fun. For this one I cloned out some junk and tweaked the contrast and coloring a little.)

July Goals: (how did I do?)

1. Go on a date night (or 2 or 3) with my husband before he deploys. We did, we had a romantic dinner at Blue Moon Fish Co. and also some special time together (and our own hotel room with Ariana) while in Key West.

2. Spend lots of time with my sister and do sister things like get a pedicure together!

I think so! We didn't get pedicures done but we painted our nails a lot together!

3. Try my best to see my friends Maggie, Nancy and possibly Marie. I got to see my Aunt Lavon who drove down from Georgia. Also Nancy is coming TODAY for a few days!!

4. Enjoy the little things I miss while living overseas: mall shopping, air conditioning, beaches nearby, Momma's cooking! A BIG HECK YES!!!

5. Shed 5-10 pounds and purchase a new bathing suit! I doubt I've lost any weight, I don't feel like I have. While I have made some apparances at the gym, I think my vacation eating has balanced me out. I did buy a new black and white polka dot bikini that I feel pretty hot in!

July was a pretty relaxing month. I wanted to do a lot of easy, fun things and that's what I did!

August will be a busy one. My birthday! (eeeppp!), flying back to Germany, readjusting to the time change (it's always worse for me going that way), preparing for Rich to go back to the states for more training, preparing for his deployment. Sigh.

 (edited with a filter called "Toy Camera". No idea what it is, but I like it!)

August Goals:

1. Celebrate my birthday!

2. Read a book. I was slack last month. I guess reading 75% of "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell" on the Kindle outloud on the drive the the Keys counts, but I didn't finish it so I need to do that.

3. Paint something new. It's been a while.

4. Plan my 30 day photo challenge (I want to host one on my blog for September, who's with me?)

5. Get back in the swing of Ariana's Alphabet. I just haven't had the time or supplies since I've been here.

xo's

Cat

What are your goals/plans for this month??

Oh, and in case you were wondering, here is the SOOC shot! I'm learning my way around my Aperture!

(Some shots just NEED to be edited! I'm fond of the first one, how about you??)

xo's

Cat

Dinosaurs, Pumpkins and Autumn Leaves, OH MY!

This weekend we went to Gartenshau Kaiserslautern. It's garden park with lots of playgrounds, dinosaurs, and pumpkin animals. It was lots of fun.
Would be even more fun in the warmer weather.

Giant dinosaurs! She loved them! She wanted to hug and pet them all. No fear.

Noah's Arc made out of pumpkins and gourds.

Pumpkins that won the biggest pumpkin contest. Compare the size to a car, wow!

 Cute and cold!

I found myself photographing leaves. 

It's the little things....

Last few leaves on this tree. Barely hanging on.

All different, but I love them just the same.

I love this rainbow one.

Seriously, lovely.

The end?

I'm addicted.

This day was like therapy.


An update on what is going on.

• We are moving into our new rental house on Wednesday. (YAY!!)
• We're still waiting on our household goods shipment. (lame)
• Our unaccompanied baggage (military knows what I'm talking about) is here, but can't be delivered until the 3rd of November. (also lame)
• My car has arrived and we are picking it up this week!! Yipee!
• I've been studying for my German drivers license test (taking it tomorrow).
• I've got some crafty stuff up my sleeve!! (shh it's a secret for now. I'm waiting on our shipments.)

xo's
Cat
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Rainbow Cloud Photography

I'm still in awe of these photos that I captured the other day.

While driving back from spending the day at the Beaufort Water Festival with my Momma and Aunt Lavon, we saw this gorgeous cloud formation with awesome rainbow effects around it. 

I had to share! The colors were even more vivid than these photos show!

The whole cloud with the rainbow edges peeking out.

It was even better in person!

We were all stunned by the beauty of it!

xo's

Cat

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P.S. I'm working on a new painting series!! 

It will be released on August 1st!! Can't wait to share it with y'all!