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Being that this blog seems to be only ever used for big life events, I figure this is probably worth it. After years and years of thinking about it, talking about it, going for consultations, and saying over and over how I couldn’t afford it, I finally got laser eye surgery on Dec 22, 2014. As …
A quick summary of 2013 on this sadly unused blog (most everything is now over at bailwardphotography.com). I’ve been taking a picture a day of myself with the Everyday iPhone app and thought this would be good. January 1, 2013: December 31, 2013: Apparently over the year I turned from a vaguely respectable person into a …
Had a nice time last night with the now-sort-of-annual New Years Eve party. It’s actually more of a “we are old and lazy and don’t want to go out so why don’t people just come to our house” party if I was to be honest. Only 3 people showed up, but there was still lots …
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Not sure yet if it’s an indication of the upcoming end of the world this friday, but it is snow in the Fraser Valley. Had the option of a snow day from work yesterday, but succumbed to the lure of a fancy coffee for those who weren’t wimps. Of course it’s the Fraser Valley so the snow …
First of all, no one reads this blog anymore, and secondly, it’s my birthday soon, and with Christmas coming up I figure if I don’t get this out of my head and somewhere else, how would the elves know what to get me? So here’s my 2012 birthday/Christmas wish list Dream camera setup Nikon D800 …
So I am an animal rescue hero today. Well, “Hero” might be a bit strong. Maybe “super totally awesome cat rescuer” is more accurate. Perhaps “fool”. Noticed on Facebook and an ex-coworker had posted the question of: How do you get a kitten down from a 35′ tree? 🙁 The kitten in question is one …
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