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		<title>Vacation&#8217;s End</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, week is almost through and my vacation is almost done. Well not entirely, I still don&#8217;t have to go back to work until the 28th but it&#8217;s time to go back to Atlanta. I&#8217;m actually quite ready and looking forward to being at home again. This trip was a really great way to relax <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taeray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1060940&amp;post=702&amp;subd=taeray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';">Well, week is almost through and my vacation is almost done.  Well not entirely, I still don&#8217;t have to go back to work until the 28th but it&#8217;s time to go back to Atlanta.  I&#8217;m actually quite ready and looking forward to being at home again.  This trip was a really great way to relax and work on getting my head all straight again.  Do I feel better, yep, perfect&#8230;eh, not so much.  But I&#8217;ll get there.  Time away from work and all its stresses has been a huge help.  I&#8217;m not in a hurry to go back except for the chance to see some of my good friends.  I will miss not having to go out in the cold if I don&#8217;t want to though.  It&#8217;s been nice being able to just stay under my heating blanket all day if I wanted to.  Just having the choice to do whatever has been such a blessing.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';">Yesterday I completed my final goal of this trip and made my way up to New York.  It took me longer than I&#8217;d planned cause I had a really slow start in the morning.  I was also completely floored by the amount of money the northern states charge in tolls.  Good thing I&#8217;d planned ahead cause I dropped almost $23.00 on tolls.  But in the end if was worth it.  I met up with my old friend Tyrone and we chatted over food.  If they restaurant we were at hadn&#8217;t closed and kicked us out I can&#8217;t imagine how long we might have been there.  It&#8217;s always that way with Tyrone, every time we hang out it lasts for hours.  He&#8217;s just so easy to talk to and he&#8217;s absolutely hilarious.  I&#8217;m really glad I got to go.  Unfortunately we didn&#8217;t get to walk around New York at all really.  It was dark and the wind was horrific.  Just a few minutes outside and we were both frozen to the bone.  But I did get to drive through Time&#8217;s Square with everything all lit up.  I&#8217;m sure my country girl roots were showing because I spent quite a bit of time gawking out my windows while sitting in NY traffic.  I&#8217;ve never seen anything like it.  Last time I was in NY we visited museums and didn&#8217;t stay too late.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';">The trip got even better when I got a hold of my brother and ended up taking a short detour into Philly on my way back.  I hadn&#8217;t planned on stopping but I&#8217;m glad I did.  We went and got pizza with two of his friends and then I got a quick tour of his dorm and dorm room.  He seems happy and as always Max and is Mr. Popular.  Kid&#8217;s got more charisma than anyone I&#8217;ve ever met.  We were both ready to be out of the cold though.  He&#8217;s supposed to be flying down to GA next week but from what I hear it&#8217;s just as miserably cold there as it is up here so I couldn&#8217;t give him a light at the end of the tunnel.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';">I ended up rolling into Dad&#8217;s driveway at probably 1:30 but in the end it was all worth it.  The tolls, the trouble, and the cold.  I&#8217;m really glad I made myself go and do that even though it was have been easier to cop out on that last part of my trip.  I will say this though, seeing New York and Philadelphia in one day and taking a good look around&#8230;.neither of them compare to my beautiful, green Atlanta.  Neither are as dirty and dingy as Baltimore is but I still hold to my original assessment of Atlanta almost seven years ago; it is a beautiful, clean, green city that is a pleasure to visit and drive around in.  New York traffic was a nightmare and Philadelphia&#8217;s parking is just weird.  At night it seems people park their cars in the turning lanes on the roads when there&#8217;s no parking left by the sidewalks.  That threw me for a second, especially since I was so tired when I was leaving.  I didn&#8217;t know what to make of it.  I also have to thank Atlanta drivers for all my schooling on the roads.  At first I was polite while driving in New York but the moment I snapped and realized just how flat out rude NY drivers were, I stopped being nice.  And those New Yorkers might think they&#8217;re tough but so are Atlanta drivers.  They&#8217;re some of the rudest people I&#8217;ve ever seen on the road and that definitely came out after about 5 minutes of being cut off and honked at when doing nothing wrong.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';">Yeah, I think I miss my city and my lovely Senoia.  I&#8217;m ready to go home to the comforts of my home and husband. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';">And I have a lot to look forward to for the next week too.  Dad is flying into town on Wednesday and my brother is supposed to be coming in as well at some point.  I&#8217;m so glad they&#8217;ll be around for Christmas, though I wish Grammie was too.  I understand that she can&#8217;t though.  It&#8217;ll be a good first Christmas for Roo.  First thing on my agenda once I&#8217;m home is getting a tree and decorating the house.  I want it to look good for our first real Christmas there.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';">I&#8217;ll be prepping for my trip back tomorrow.  Gonna visit with my big sister and say bye to little Ariel.  Then I&#8217;m going to DC to visit my Grandma and Grandpa.  Grandpa Joe fell a few days ago and banged himself up pretty bad.  Today was his 93rd birthday.  Grandma let me talk to him while I had her on the phone to make plans for tomorrow.  She and I are gonna go to lunch.  He can&#8217;t go, he has to stay at the rehabilitation facility but I&#8217;ll at least get to say hi and bye to him.  Once I leave there I&#8217;m heading to Virginia where I&#8217;ll be staying for the night.  Jessie and her boyfriend Jess are there and they said they&#8217;d put me up for the night so I could get a little heads start on my drive for Friday.  Hopefully if I get myself up early enough I&#8217;ll be able to get back in GA at a decent hour.  Chris is supposed to be working Friday though so I won&#8217;t get to see him until Saturday.  <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' />  <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' />   Sadness.  I keep toying with the idea of popping by the office for a second to see the girls but Megann&#8217;s left for Michigan and I don&#8217;t know if Jamie is going to be there.  But they&#8217;re both supposed to be in the office when I go back to actually work so I&#8217;ll see them both then at least.  I know at some point next week I&#8217;m going to go see Diana and probably see Tron.  Joe will be out of town and I got stories to tell her.  I miss my bestie, definitely looking forward to hanging out with her again.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';">So, trip was a on a whole, a success.  I&#8217;m relaxed, I&#8217;m happy, and I don&#8217;t feel the need to sprint off to the other side of the world anymore.  I&#8217;d definitely call this a success.  Though on one sad little note, Chris just called me and told me Shaheen is not doing well.  I get the feeling that&#8217;s a situation I will have to deal with as soon as I&#8217;m home too.  I was hoping to put off putting her down until after Christmas but she has another infection and she&#8217;s not eating.  It might be time. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' />   Part of owning pets though I guess.  Poor Shaheen.  I&#8217;ll update about that as soon as I&#8217;m home and know more.  Until then, I&#8217;m off.  So sleepy.</span></p>
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		<title>Vacation &#8211; Assateague Island Photoblog</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, we&#8217;re back from Assateague and man was it just what the doctor ordered! I swear I haven&#8217;t been this relaxed and light-minded in a while. It&#8217;s so nice to just let go and focus on something else for a while. It was also really nice to spend some time with my Dad and just <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taeray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1060940&amp;post=635&amp;subd=taeray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font face="Century Gothic">So, we&#8217;re back from Assateague and man was it just what the doctor ordered!  I swear I haven&#8217;t been this relaxed and light-minded in a while.  It&#8217;s so nice to just let go and focus on something else for a while.  It was also really nice to spend some time with my Dad and just talk.  Neither of us are huge phone people so we definitely had a lot to share while we were on the island.</p>
<p>It took us a while to get really going but we were running on schedule.  We were finally on the road around 10am on Friday morning.  We arrived on the island with the sun shining through the clouds and relatively warm air on the bay side.  We camped on the bay side instead of the ocean side of the island, which was a good call for lots of reasons.  One we didn&#8217;t have to haul gear onto the beach and two it was significantly colder on that side.</p>
<p>We got a sweet camping site though and were quick to set everything up.  I remembered more than I expected and didn&#8217;t have too hard of a time helping Dad get the tents put up.  Out spot was up against the trees too so we didn&#8217;t feel too much breeze coming off the water.</p>
<div id="attachment_636" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4848.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4848.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4848-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-636" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Fire pit and table.  You can see the water just a stone&#039;s throw away.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_637" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4849.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4849.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" title="100_4849-" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-637" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Empty site before we set up the tents.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_638" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4850.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4850.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4850-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-638" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">My tent.  It was a tiny little thing but it served its purpose.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_639" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4851.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4851.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4851-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-639" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dad&#039;s tent.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_640" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4863.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4863.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4863-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-640" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Campsite.</p></div>
<p>Once the site was all set up I went and helped Dad gather up firewood before going exploring.  He wanted to start cooking some food so I had plenty of time to get a good look around the island.  Lucky for me it was easy to cut through the woods and grassy areas because there were pony trails all over the place.  And anywhere a pony can go, so could I.</p>
<div id="attachment_641" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4853.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4853.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4853-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-641" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Little thicket behind my tent.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_643" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4856.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4856.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" title="100_4856-" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-643" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Went back in here to get firewood.  Ponies had cleared out all this space underneath the trees.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_644" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4859.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4859.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4859-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-644" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I was determined to find an opening back here and find where it went.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_645" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4865.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4865.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4865-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-645" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">During my exploring I found this break in the trees thanks to more ponies.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_646" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4866.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4866.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4866-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-646" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">It&#039;s amazing how many places these little guys have cleared out, most likely for shelters during the rain.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_647" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4868.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4868.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4868-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-647" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The new trail ended up taking me out onto the bay side beach.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_648" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4871.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4871.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4871-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-648" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The sun was so bright, I was sad to find it washed out a lot of my pictures.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_649" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4874.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4874.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" title="100_4874-" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-649" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I followed these little tracks for a while, but the fox who left them was too clever for me.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_650" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4876.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4876.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4876-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-650" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">That&#039;s not snow, it&#039;s actually sand.  That&#039;s how bright the sun was our first day there.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_651" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4881.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4881.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4881-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-651" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Once I made it past the beach I got into the marsh lands.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_652" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4884.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4884.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4884-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-652" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">There were clam shells EVERYWHERE.  I got quite a hall of some really pretty colored, polished pieces.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_653" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4887.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4887.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4887-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-653" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">There were some really pretty places to check out...but something was missing.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_654" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4888.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4888.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4888-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-654" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">No matter where I went or the trails I followed, my first day I didn&#039;t find any ponies.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_655" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4899.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4899.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4899-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-655" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Once I got back to camp, Dad and I enjoyed sausage, soup, and a beautiful sun set.</p></div>
<p>I was a little sad that I didn&#8217;t see any ponies during my hike.  I was out for a good hour or so but nothing.  We saw a few when we were driving in but we didn&#8217;t want to stop.  The ones that are near the road are not supposed to be encouraged to come closer by passerbys with cameras or food.</p>
<p>It was an early night for both of us.  It was pretty hard for me to fall asleep.  I was still wired and hadn&#8217;t gotten up nearly as early as Dad did.  He said he heard me tossing and turning for a long while.  It was also freezing outside so at first I was cold until the sleeping bag he lent me started to do its job.  It&#8217;s meant for 0 degree weather so after about an hour I was sweating and sweltering and ended up having to loose most of my layers except my base layer and then still open up my bag.  Anyone who mocks those bags has never slept in one, they get HOT!  My nose was cold and runny while the rest of me felt like it was back in my bed at home.  I didn&#8217;t sleep well but I haven&#8217;t slept well in a few weeks.  Weird dreams wake me almost every night now.  At some point I woke up 100% convinced in my head that I had stopped breathing and was lucky I&#8217;d woken up.  That was pretty weird.  After that I probably spent ten or fifteen minutes listening to a raccoon scurry around our campsite looking for food before I finally went back to bed.</p>
<p>Lucky for me, when I got up in the morning I didn&#8217;t have to wait long before I got what I came for.<br />
<div id="attachment_656" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4910.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4910.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4910-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-656" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This little came wandering into our camp just after breakfast.</p></div></p>
<div id="attachment_657" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4913.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4913.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4913-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-657" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">She was a perfect example of why NOT to feed the ponies.  She completely ignored Dad trying to shoo her away.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_658" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4917.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4917.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4917-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-658" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">They sparred over the food, but eventually he just took it back to the car.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_659" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4919.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4919.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4919-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-659" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">She was a spunky little thing, I&#039;ll give her that.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_660" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4933.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4933.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4933-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-660" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">She hung around for a while, always trying to get closer to our food.  We kept our distance since these buggers are known to kick and bite.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_661" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4940.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4940.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4940-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-661" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">See those ears?  She was not my biggest fan.  I think she got sick of my camera pretty quick.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_662" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4944.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4944.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4944-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-662" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">As if to prove this was her campsite now, she eventually laid down...</p></div>
<div id="attachment_663" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4948.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4948.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4948-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-663" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">...and went to sleep.  O_O</p></div>
<div id="attachment_664" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4951.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4951.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4951-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-664" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">We decided before eating some real food we&#039;d take a hike down the beach.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_665" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4954.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4954.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" title="100_4954-" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-665" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">It was a beautiful morning.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_666" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4967.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4967.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" title="100_4967-" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-666" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">It wasn&#039;t long though before the rain clouds started rolling in.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_667" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4971.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4971.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4971-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-667" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dad could tell pretty quick that the weather wasn&#039;t going to be nearly as nice as it was the day before.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_668" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4977.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4977.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4977-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-668" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">On our way back to camp we met this lady.  She was just chilling in the road as if she owned it.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_669" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4979.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4979.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4979-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-669" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dad made a point of stopping and cursing at her to move.  As if she understands that...haha.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_670" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4982.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4982.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4982-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-670" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Now this lady, she was my favorite.  Very pregnant and SUPER sweet.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_671" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4984.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4984.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" title="100_4984-" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-671" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">She was hanging out with our earlier campsite invader.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_674" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5006.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5006.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5006-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-674" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Our friend was quick to return to our camp the moment she saw us there.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_673" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5001.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5001.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" title="100_5001-" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-673" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">So while Miss Attitude was busy harassing Dad some more, I went and took pictures of her pretty little pinto friend.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_672" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4998.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4998.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_4998-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-672" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">She never actually came into our came.  Instead she just watched me warily and kept a good distance while I snapped away.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_675" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5009.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5009.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5009-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-675" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">No amount of shooing or stomping feet from myself or Dad deterred the chestnut from hanging out though.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_676" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5011.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5011.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5011-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-676" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I finally let Dad take my picture.  Yes, I look huge.  I had on two layers of pants and four layers of shirts.  It was COLD!</p></div>
<div id="attachment_677" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5012.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5012.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5012-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-677" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Eventually though, Dad and I made the call to leave instead of staying an extra night.  Neither of us wanted to break down wet gear in the rain the next morning.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_678" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5014.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5014.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5014-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-678" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">So, with a storm on the horizon I decided to take one last swing around before we packed up.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_679" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5018.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5018.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5018-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-679" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I followed more pony trails, hoping to catch a glimpse of a herd.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_680" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5021.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5021.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5021-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-680" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The view was spectacular with the rain clouds and the water.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_682" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5025.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5025.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" title="100_5025-" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-682" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I followed the beach in the opposite direction from the day before.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_683" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5026.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5026.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5026-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-683" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">I&#039;m not sure how much the water had receded but there were roots all over this part of the beach.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_685" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5032.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5032.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" title="100_5032-" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-685" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This tree kept me interested for a little while.  It was just there all alone.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_686" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5036.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5036.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5036-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-686" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Dead tree, wish I&#039;d found it the day before when we were gathering firewood.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_687" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5037.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5037.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5037-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-687" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Eventually I made my way back into the woods a bit.  These ponies really leave tracks too easy to follow.</p></div>
<p><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5044.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5044.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="But the trail ended up leading me back where I was the day before." title="100_5044-" width="300" height="225" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-688" /></a></p>
<div id="attachment_689" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5046.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5046.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" title="100_5046-" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-689" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The clouds over the marshes made for some really pretty photo opportunities though so I didn&#039;t mind.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_690" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5047.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5047.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" title="100_5047-" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-690" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">They didn&#039;t smell all that great but it was a nice change of pace to what I&#039;m used to hiking.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_691" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5054.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5054.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5054-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-691" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">No ponies found, I went back to camp before it started raining to help Dad pack up.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_693" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5059.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5059.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" title="100_5059-" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-693" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">BUT, those little guys are good at not disappointing.  At some point we heard neighing getting closer and closer to camp.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_694" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5062.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5062.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5062-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-694" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">This was a new chestnut.  She was clearly looking for something and was quite distressed about it.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_695" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 235px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5065.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5065.jpg?w=225&#038;h=300" alt="" title="100_5065-" width="225" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-695" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">She kept up a racket long after she&#039;d moved on.  She circled the campsites twice.  Eventually we assumed she was looking for Miss Attitude and the Pretty Pinto.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_696" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5069.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5069.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5069-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-696" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Just as we were getting in the car to leave, we caught site of her again.  She&#039;d found them and all three were heading off towards the shelter of the trees.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_697" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5074.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5074.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5074-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-697" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">One last highlight of the trip were these little buggers.  Native deer to the island, they only stand a little around my thigh.</p></div>
<div id="attachment_698" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5076.jpg"><img src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_5076.jpg?w=300&#038;h=225" alt="" title="100_5076-" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-698" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Apparently Dad has never caught a glimpse of them, despite coming here every spring to hike the beach.  They&#039;re pretty elusive and look like baby deer even though they&#039;re full grown.</p></div>
<p>And that my friends is the gist of my trip.  I took a ton of pictures and had a wonderful time.  I&#8217;m sad we couldn&#8217;t stay a second night but the pros outweighed the cons.  Packing up wet gear then drying it out when we got home would have been a real pain.  Dad and I had a good time driving back.  We yapped almost the whole way, except for the last little bit where I was struggling to stay awake.  Now we&#8217;re back at his house and I have to say, the quiet of his house is very inviting.  It&#8217;s a little chilly but nothing my heating blanket can&#8217;t fix.  I came prepared cause I know Dad doesn&#8217;t turn on the heat unless he has to.</p>
<p>All in all, it was what I was hoping for.  I got to clear my head and get away.  And though I&#8217;ll get &#8216;I told you so&#8217;s&#8217; from certain people (don&#8217;t do it), it was relieving to put my phone away for a few days and just relax.  Though when I turned it back on tonight I had 15 messages waiting and about 20 emails. &gt;_&lt;  I&#039;ll deal with those later.  For now, I&#039;m taking Sunday off.  Snooze snooze and munch munch.</p>
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		<title>Protected: Password: (Name of my feline character) &#8211; Warning, much whining to follow</title>
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		<title>Vacation &#8211; Family Time Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2010 05:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';">The week is almost half done and I haven&#8217;t done much.  No complaints here, it&#8217;s been quite relaxing for the most part.  I&#8217;ve gotten to sleep in and hang with cool people.  I did have a bit to do when I first got into town.  First day in I spent with my family.  I had breakfast with my brother and sisters and their little ones.  It&#8217;s crazy seeing us growing up and having families of our own.  We definitely had a good time at the Diner.  The little girls are getting sooooo big!</span></p>
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<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 370px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1718780930672&amp;set=a.1350627647070.51101.1272723002"><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs085.snc4/35608_1718780930672_1272723002_1835668_4921963_n.jpg" alt="" width="360" height="270.5" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Girlies smiling at each other</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 370px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1718781610689&amp;set=a.1350627647070.51101.1272723002&amp;pid=1835674&amp;id=1272723002"><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs356.ash2/63606_1718781610689_1272723002_1835674_2791752_n.jpg" alt="" width="360" height="270.5" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Roo kept taking EVERYTHING Ariel had</p></div>
<p>Later that night we had dinner with Dad.  He&#8217;s so good with Roo and is a great Grandpa.  He loves to spend time with her and it&#8217;s pretty neat to see him playing with her.  We also made plans for this weekend.  I&#8217;m pretty sure we&#8217;ve decided that we are going to Assateague Island and we&#8217;ll be leaving Friday morning.</p>
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<p>It is going to be FREEZING there, the wind is always insane and temperatures have been in the 30&#8242;s up here.  But I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;s going to be worth it.  If it&#8217;s that cold it&#8217;ll be too cold for the ground to be wet.  I think I prefer cold over wet.  The ground will hopefully be hard too so I won&#8217;t have to worry about sinking into mud like the last time we were there.  When we were little Max actually lost a shoe to the mud when he sank ankle deep into it.  The only way to get his foot out was to leave the shoe sunk in the mud.  Dad says he&#8217;s got all the gear I will need to keep warm so I won&#8217;t have to buy too much stuff.  Always a plus when I don&#8217;t HAVE to spend money.  I even get my own tent, yay.  I&#8217;ll be sure to get a lot of pictures of the island.  There will be no pictures of me though, haha, since I&#8217;m gonna be so bundled up you probably won&#8217;t be able to see my face.  Last time we went in the winter we had to wear eye gear to protect from all the sand and cold air.  I&#8217;m really hoping to catch a few glimpses of the ponies.  They&#8217;re gonna be a shaggy looking but I&#8217;ve always loved them.  I&#8217;ll definitely have to go back in the spring if this is a good trip so I can get some shots of the new foals.</p>
<p>We had a good time Monday as well.  Jess came over and we decorated the tree.  It was fun seeing Ariel and Roo interacting.  Their personalities are so different and even at their young ages you can see them shining through.  Roo loves to be the center of attention and hates to sit still.  She is definitely going to be a trouble maker and a handful, have fun with that Megan.  Ariel is definitely more mellow, she even cries softly.</p>
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<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 280px"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1718745809794&amp;set=a.1350627647070.51101.1272723002"><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs009.snc4/33822_1718745809794_1272723002_1835584_288580_n.jpg" alt="" width="270.5" height="360" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Jess, Ariel, Megan, and Andrea (aka Roo)</p></div>
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<div id="attachment_622" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 280px"><a href="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4766.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-622" title="100_4766-" src="http://taeray.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/100_4766.jpg?w=225" alt="" width="270.5" height="360" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The tree came out very pretty this year too.  Grandma traded in her white and silver for lots of colors!  Always a fav for me. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p></div>
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<p>It was a good night.</p>
<p>Once we were done I got to hang out with one of my oldest friends, Jessie.  Always guaranteed awesome and fun.  Not to mention I love her family.  I probably spent my first half an hour there just chatting with her mom.  We had a good time and I spent the night there.  I&#8217;ll probably go back next Thursday night and possibly Monday too, depending on how tired I am after the trip.  They&#8217;re just cool people to be around, not to mention I can hide out at their house and be a slug if I want.</p>
<p>They also have these three funny birds in their living room.  One is a cockatoo, one is an african grey, and the third I can&#8217;t remember what breed he was, but his name was Jack.  I got a video of him but it&#8217;s super dark and hard to see.  It&#8217;s funny to listen to because the moment we came into the living room he started talking and trilling and at one point he even started crying like a baby (literally, imitating the sound of a baby crying).  The baby crying, and the little girl laughing he did too, were actually a little creepy but still hilarious.  Unfortunately I was having issues getting it up on my blog so I might add it to my facebook with the Dunmire&#8217;s permission.</p>
<p>I think that&#8217;s about all I&#8217;ve done since I&#8217;ve been here.  I&#8217;m leaving for Dad&#8217;s Thursday night so we can get up at the crack of dawn to leave for the Island.  I think I am also having lunch/dinner something with my sisters since it&#8217;ll be the last time we&#8217;re all together again for a while.</p>
<p>Tomorrow though, tomorrow Grandma is going to New York and I am not getting out of my pajamas unless it&#8217;s for a food run.  Lazy day, here I come!  Booya!</p>
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		<title>Vacation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Woo, so my mental health vacation has begun. I&#8217;ve been planning this trip for so long it felt like it would never get here. Now I&#8217;m off work for a nice chunk of time and I&#8217;m free to Just relax and be creative. I left for Maryland this morning, not at the time I&#8217;d planned, <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taeray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1060940&amp;post=612&amp;subd=taeray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">Woo, so my mental health vacation has begun.  I&#8217;ve been planning this trip for so long it felt like it would never get here. Now I&#8217;m off work for a nice chunk of time and I&#8217;m free to Just relax and be creative.<br />
I left for Maryland this morning, not at the time I&#8217;d planned, but that&#8217;s okay.  I managed to get everything done that I needed to do.  It was definitely a long day  of driving but I had a nice time.  Jammed out to my music and just relaxed.  I nearly hit a hawk that decided to fly across i85 at the same height of my wind shield.  I don&#8217;t know what the stupid thing was thinking, it had a branch clutched in its claws so maybe that was weighing it down.  Either way I&#8217;m glad it got out of the way because it probably would have shattered my windshield.  Plus that would have made me sad if I had hit it.  Later I had another scary moment when I found myself driving through a snow storm on the awful North Carolina roads.  For some reason the two lanes come to a small peak where the line is, making switching lanes a little tricky at times.  With snow and ice and bad tires combined, some skidding back and forth may occur on roads like that, haha, but I somehow managed.<br />
Now I&#8217;m finally in Maryland and I even got to hang with my brother a little.  Woot woot.  No pictures as of yet, except for Xanchi collecting snow in NC.  It was a rather uneventful day, which I prefer.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">Whenever I actually do something significant this week I will post again with pictures.  For the moment I&#8217;m just hanging out with my siblings for the next couple days.  Let the relaxing begin!!!</span></p>
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		<title>Art Update!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loooooooooong time no post, I know.  Here&#8217;s a quick art update post. Here&#8217;s a mini project I did where I did sets of the purebloods from my book. The creation of those sets lead to my wanting to do full pieces of at least a few of them so I did this one.  For those <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taeray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1060940&amp;post=607&amp;subd=taeray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';">Loooooooooong time no post, I know.  Here&#8217;s a quick art update post.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';">Here&#8217;s a mini project I did where I did sets of the purebloods from my book.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';"> </span></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://taeray.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=/#/d2xe3ej"><img src="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/239/5/2/The_Purebloods_by_taeray.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="130" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Water and Fire</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://taeray.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=/#/d2yu64g"><img src="http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/259/e/d/the_purebloods_2_by_taeray-d2yu64g.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="165" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Earth and Air</p></div>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://taeray.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=/#/d2yuaik"><img src="http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/259/5/a/the_others_by_taeray-d2yuaik.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="210" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Others </p></div>
<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';">The creation of those sets lead to my wanting to do full pieces of at least a few of them so I did this one.  For those who&#8217;ve read the prelude of my book they would recognize these two characters as Ashling Firestorm and Lilianna Clearwater.</span></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 463px"><a href="http://taeray.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=/#/d323pq2"><img src="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/307/4/3/survivors_by_taeray-d323pq2.jpg" alt="" width="453.34" height="450" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">The Survivors</p></div>
<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';">Then this was my entry for the Exotique book.  I did not make it in but I am still so glad that I got it done.  My best piece I&#8217;ve ever done, I think.  I wanted this to be the first page of my companion sketchbook for my book and now I have it. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 460px"><a href="http://taeray.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=/#/d2yn6md"><img title="Mother Nature Corrupted" src="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/256/e/e/mother_nature__corrupted_by_taeray-d2yn6md.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="553" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Mother Nature Corrupted</p></div>
<p><span style="font-family:'Century Gothic';">So there you go, art update.  A real blog update will follow soon.</span></p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:43:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So until further notice, I&#8217;ll be posting all sketches to my new tumblr account. It&#8217;s perfect for short caption posts. Big art projects I&#8217;ll still be posting here in a big blog post, but I won&#8217;t be doing art dumps on here now. I&#8217;ve linked to my tumbler on my page, but you can also <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taeray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1060940&amp;post=603&amp;subd=taeray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font face="Century Gothic">So until further notice, I&#8217;ll be posting all sketches to my new tumblr account.  It&#8217;s perfect for short caption posts.  Big art projects I&#8217;ll still be posting here in a big blog post, but I won&#8217;t be doing art dumps on here now.  I&#8217;ve linked to my tumbler on my page, but you can also find it <a href="http://taeray.tumblr.com/">here</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:38:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the wedding has come and gone, along with the honeymoon and I haven&#8217;t posted a single thing! What is wrong with me? Guess it goes to show I stop being overflowing with really nothing to say when I&#8217;m stressed beyond belief. I guess I&#8217;ll start with the wedding. It was beautiful, it was wonderful, <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taeray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1060940&amp;post=587&amp;subd=taeray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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So the wedding has come and gone, along with the honeymoon and I haven&#8217;t posted a single thing!  What is wrong with me?  Guess it goes to show I stop being overflowing with really nothing to say when I&#8217;m stressed beyond belief.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">I guess I&#8217;ll start with the wedding.  It was beautiful, it was wonderful, it was absolutely perfect.  I was so happy and it all went by so fast that the little things that didn&#8217;t go right were forgotten pretty fast.  We didn&#8217;t get to get married outside, which was the biggest downer, but we made do.  I&#8217;m still a little stung about that but it&#8217;s all done with now and I won&#8217;t dwell.  The photos came out BEAUTIFUL.  I cannot thank Jessie enough for taking so wonderful pictures of my wedding.  I really do have an amazing friend in her.  I have almost a 1000 photos of my day and I love every single one.  You can find them <a href="http://jessieraephotography.com/blog/2010/06/mcdaniel-wedding">here</a>.  I&#8217;ll probably post my favorites in my wedding book later.  Right now I haven&#8217;t even started my thank you cards or even changing my name yet.  I hear the name part is a very lengthy process.  Ever married woman I mention it to cringes.  I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m gonna enjoy it much.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">I cannot thank everyone else enough either, for how wonderful they were the entire weekend.  Everyone knows Chris and I were worried about the mingling of friends and family because of all the different religious and political views as well as personality types we&#8217;d be meshing.  Everyone was amazing though.  People were on their best behavior it seemed and there wasn&#8217;t a single issue that I had to deal with directly.  The bridal party was especially fabulous and I really really REALLY appreciate everything ALL of you did that weekend.  The guys were their usual tension easing selves helping to make everything feel relaxed and fun.  The girls worked so hard right up until the last minute, taking on stressful things so I didn&#8217;t have to do them myself.  All of our friends were so accommodating too.  Thank you in particular to the people who had to drive around cakes and make random trips to stores or elsewhere to get ingredients or forgotten items, you are all amazing and I love you for being so wonderful.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">And that&#8217;s my year&#8217;s worth of niceness&#8230;so enjoy it. <img src='http://s2.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">Honeymoon was great, very relaxed which is what we needed.  Our first two days there we spent more time sleeping than anything else.  The heat was hard to adjust to but we still had fun.  We took a glass bottom boat ride and I got sea sick.  We ate sooooo much food too and everything was delicious.  That means a lot coming from two incredibly picky eaters like us.  We never walked away from a meal hungry.  It was also pretty fun to have an excuse to dress up every night.  I had a dress for every evening.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">Chris flexed his romantic muscle and planned a horseback riding trip while I was napping one day and then also planned a candlelight dinner on the beach.  Both were awesome in their own ways.  I haven&#8217;t been riding in years and I loved being back on a horse again.  There were moments I got a little put off, they took the horses in the water at one point and they didn&#8217;t really seem to like it.  I felt kinda bad for them.  The ride was good though and I even managed to be in the sun for hours without burning.  The candlelight dinner was very sweet.  Chris picked all the dishes himself and we were right there by the water with candles and our own waiter.  He&#8217;s so much more romantic than I am, it&#8217;s ridiculous.  We had a really good time though by the time we were coming back we were ready to be home, that&#8217;s for sure.  I think we&#8217;re big homebodies at heart and were glad for the quiet of Senoia again.  Now the house is in complete disarray but we&#8217;re working on getting it clean again.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s a lot more to tell but at the moment I&#8217;m drawing a blank.  We had a good time and that&#8217;s what counts.  I&#8217;ll have the pictures up on facebook this weekend.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">Now we&#8217;re just trying to get life going again.  Chris has started a lawn mowing company and that seems to be going well for him so far.  He&#8217;s got one super awesome guy working with him, which I&#8217;m very grateful for, and they seem to be getting into the swing of things.  On my end I&#8217;m gearing up for a new season at work which means late nights and mountains of work are in my near future.  I plan on juggling it with as much social stuff as possible this summer.  We&#8217;re throwing a birthday party / cook out next weekend, gonna fly Max down at the end of the month and maybe have a crabfest compliments of Dad, and then will hopefully have a cookout at Megann and Jamie&#8217;s at some point before the summer ends.  I also really wanna go to Helen with the girls as soon as it starts to get a little cooler but we&#8217;ll see.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">Art wise I am busy busy busy.  The final goal is to have the book done and ready for the first steps of publishing by December.  I know I know, I&#8217;ve been talking about this forever but it&#8217;s going to happen, there&#8217;s no reason it won&#8217;t.  I have it all planned I just need to write the climax of the first book.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">I found a way to immerse myself into the project again.  I&#8217;m re-reading it and editing as I go to prepare for the climax so I figured I would start drawing all my favorite scenes as I do.  I already have one in mind for lunch today.  I have also come up with what I want the cover to be, as well as an inside panel.  I&#8217;ll post the cover as soon as I have it scanned but here&#8217;s the lines for the panel.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">I&#8217;ll post the color version as soon as it&#8217;s done.  I&#8217;m relatively happy with how this came out, though it still needs some tweaking.  This is a depiction of Shaolindia and Levancia, the two essential faces and leaders of the warring sides of my book.  They&#8217;re basically Mother Nature and what Mother Nature would become if she were corrupted by industrialization and power and decided to take the world for her own.  It&#8217;ll be a very contrasting piece whenever it&#8217;s finally done.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">The rest of the art I&#8217;m planning will not be slated for color, not unless I really want to.  They&#8217;ll mostly be sketches but I&#8217;m okay with that.  I personally feel that to be a strong artist  you need to be able to make art without the help of color or contrast.  I really admire artists who&#8217;s plain and simple sketches really grab my eye.  We&#8217;ll see if I&#8217;m up to the challenge.  I hope that this little assignment will help me develop my style and leave me with a sketchbook full of sketches from my book along with character studies.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Century Gothic;">Wish me luck!  Sorry for the long post!  And I&#8217;ll try to start posting more often now that I have time and a life again. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t is sad how sporadic my updates have been? Man, I need to stop being so scatter-brained lately. I just have such a small amount of free time and when I am free I&#8217;m too drained to think. This has really been the most ridiculous month ever. Meg is finally here with baby Roo. That&#8217;s <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taeray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1060940&amp;post=584&amp;subd=taeray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Isn&#8217;t is sad how sporadic my updates have been?  Man, I need to stop being so scatter-brained lately.  I just have such a small amount of free time and when I am free I&#8217;m too drained to think.  This has really been the most ridiculous month ever.<br />
Meg is finally here with baby Roo.  That&#8217;s been pretty great and has kept me fairly busy.  Then we&#8217;re just about to hit the two months away mark on the wedding which means things are only going to get more hectic.  On the up side there is a lot done.  The last few things to do is really just getting music and ceremony planned, rehearsal dinner set, get money from people for the lake house, and pay off the vendors.<br />
I have also have a new niece on the way, who will be gracing us with her presence in about a month.  Very exciting time for my family.</p>
<p>The down side, all this business has really cramped my ability to create.  And of course, as it always goes, I am SUPER inspired.  I think that always happens when I don&#8217;t have time to draw.  I have been trying to squeeze in a doodle here and there but for the most part I haven&#8217;t been drawing nearly as much as usual.  After the wedding I wanna get back to doing a doodle a day.</p>
<p>I did do this piece for a competition that I entered.</p>
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<p>Hopefully it will do well.  Of all the prizes that come from winning the one I really want is the exposure.  I love to see people looking at my art, especially  my Estellias work.  I really want to start getting it out there for people to look at and inquire about.</p>
<p>I have a bunch of Prissy Kitty comics I&#8217;ve stored away as well.  I&#8217;ll be going to FWA this weekend so I&#8217;m gonna try and take the much needed &#8220;fun&#8221; time and try to do some art.  I do miss going to conventions, there&#8217;s so much artistic interaction.  I wanna start going again.  I think for the next Dragoncon I am going to drag Megan with me so I have someone to walk around with.</p>
<p>Anyway, just wanted to do a quick post.  I will try and update the wedding book section on my blog soon.  Invitations are going out today.  I&#8217;ll try to get some pics of the sample one I saved.  I&#8217;m quite proud of how they came out and happy I didn&#8217;t have to compromise my color while still keeping the design clean.  Wedding is in 66 days!!!  Ah, so nervous.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dude! I seriously haven&#8217;t posted in forever and I don&#8217;t even know why. I guess I just haven&#8217;t been in a thought sharing mood. I should be though, considering all the big changes that are going on right now. Wedding stuff is full steam ahead. All the vendors are booked, the deposits are paid, and <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taeray.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1060940&amp;post=581&amp;subd=taeray&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font>Dude!  I seriously haven&#8217;t posted in forever and I don&#8217;t even know why.  I guess I just haven&#8217;t been in a thought sharing mood.  I should be though, considering all the big changes that are going on right now.</p>
<p>Wedding stuff is full steam ahead.  All the vendors are booked, the deposits are paid, and the plans are in motion.  Chris and I are struggling with figuring out what we&#8217;re doing for the step by step of the ceremony, but we&#8217;ll figure it out.  Some ideas are coming to us from others, I got a really wonderful memorial suggestion from my florist that I am very excited about.  I&#8217;m going to look into it to see if it is doable.  Hotel rooms have been block reserved and accommodations for myself and the bridal party are secure.  I feel like there&#8217;s a million more things that need to be done but then at the same time can&#8217;t think of any I can do right now.  I am waiting to hear back on my invitations.  The printing place has them, I am now waiting for my sample set to be made.  I hope to have them in the mail by mid March.  Megann, Jamie, Diana and I have our work cut out for us in DIY projects.  Hopefully we&#8217;ll find the time to get it all done.</p>
<p>My sister Megan and baby Andrea will be down here next friday.  I am so excited!  I can&#8217;t wait to see the little one.  Though I am sad because I think my Dad&#8217;s pretty attached and I worry about leaving him in MD all alone.  Megan and I want to make sure that we see him 4-8 times a year now.  I&#8217;m praying we&#8217;ll be able to make that happen.  My brother is also supposed to be visiting in the near future.  I wanna fly him down to Atlanta for his spring break so he and I can learn how to dance again.  Haha, I wanna have a funny brother-sister dance if we can work it out.</p>
<p>In other news I am surprised how much I am finding time for lately.  Chris and I are doing the P90x workout and dietary program and that eats up my evenings.  Yet I am still finding time to do new art and come up with scenes to write for my book as soon as the wedding stuff is entirely locked down.  I don&#8217;t have more energy, the work outs are rough and exhausting, but I am incredibly inspired as of late.</p>
<p>I finally finished this piece:</p>
<div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 410px"><a href="http://taeray.deviantart.com/art/Generals-of-Estellias-156062580"><img src="http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/062/1/1/Generals_of_Estellias_by_taeray.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="356" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Generals of Estellias</p></div>
<p>I know the style won&#8217;t suit some of my more conservative friends but I really really like this drawing.  The five characters came out exactly how I wanted them, especially the blue center character.  These are all characters from my book and I&#8217;ve really enjoyed working with them.  It came together super fast too, which is surprising.  Five characters a year ago would have taken me ages to color.  Now I really wanna do a portrait series of all my characters but that will have to wait.  Right now I am going to attempt to enter an art contest on DeviantArt.  I&#8217;m hoping to do at least somewhat well because it&#8217;d really help get some traffic going to my page.  I wanna expose my Estellias Project a little more, build up some hype.  That might help keep me motivated and focused.</p>
<p>Not too much else going on.  If I&#8217;m not doing wedding stuff I&#8217;m working out, if I&#8217;m not working out I&#8217;m squeezing in art time, and if I&#8217;m not doing any of that I am catching a few extra minutes of precious sleep.</p>
<p>So there, there&#8217;s my update for March.  I&#8217;ll try not to fail so hard this month and actually post again in a week or two.</font></p>
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