If you know either one of us, you know we plan at the spur of the moment. Naturally, we had no idea what we were going to do for our one year anniversary! We couldn’t go out of town as I was practicing for a performance Friday night, and performing Sunday afternoon. So, after we had those yummy cinnamon double chocolate pancakes we had this conversation.

The Hubster: What do you want to do today?

Me: I don’t know what do you want to do today?

The Hubster: We can go to DC.

Me: We can go to Great Falls or visit Mount Vernon.

The Hubster: *silence* … I’d like to go somewhere where there is AC.

Me: I’d like to go to a different city.

*thinking thinking thinking*

After much thinking .. one of us {not sure which one, so I’ll just take credit for it } said Baltimore Aquarium. So off we went to the Baltimore Aquarium! Here some pictures from it.

Not sure what these were called, but they had some nice color to them.

These were tiny little fish.

Seahorses were also present.

Frogs on a log.

Pretty rainforest flowers.

Not sure if these are part of the rainforest or just there to help make the exhibit look nice. Either way, I liked their leaves.

Ever seen sharks sleeping? I’ve now seen three. The one on top came in and snuggled with the other two. It was so cute. {Oh my, did I just call sharks cute ..?} 

There was a dolphin show. The dolphins was jumping over the balls.

There was a huge Hard Rock Cafe next to the Aquarium. We didn’t go but I took pictures!

Instead we had dinner at P.F. Chang’s and got some yummy chocolate cake. {Can you tell we LOVE chocolate? }

Overall it was nice but the layout was a bit poor. There were hoards of people in front of each tank and there was no flow. Oh well. The rainforest exhibit was nice though! Dinner was good. Anniversary celebration was a success.

- ASH

[Photos taken by me]

Yes it is Monday and I’ve spent the weekend recovering from bronchitis. Umm .. how did I manage to get that? No idea. But I do need to recover so that I can go back to normal working self. The Hubster was very good all weekend and took care of me while I lay in bed/sofa.

I don’t have anything significant to share just yet. But I’m putting together a series of pots about the photography tools I use. Mainly to answer the question: “What do I do after I’ve taken that awesome picture!?” So stay tuned for them.

-ASH

Aside from the March madness, spring coming, and of course this year the health care bill, March is a much more busy month (than February).

It also seems like the month of March is just one big birthday fest. I know people who were born on the 12, 16, 18, 20, 22, and 25. That’s SIX people! One needs time to get gifts together .. sheesh!

Sooo here’s a big

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

.. to all those with birthdays in March. I’m not going to list names here, you know who you are.

-ASH

I’ve been gone. I know. I’m sorry .. But let me tell you that I’m glad to be back!

Let me explain to you what caused me to stop blogging after only a few posts.

1. I’m a writer (not professionally), I like to write. But there’s a down side. I spend lots of time perfecting my writing.

2. Daily posts became a bit too overwhelming for me. Yes, many people do it, but between working full time, cooking meals, crafting, spending time with the hubster, living life, and trying to get enough sleep I found it far to taxing.

3. A bit about my personality: once too overwhelmed it takes me a while to come back and give a clean start.Hence, after two weeks of blogging, I stopped for four months.

Sooooo .. to make this easier on me but still be able to share thoughts and findings with all of you here’s the plan:

For now, I will post at least once a week. Once I get a handle on things, I’ll increase the frequency and we’ll go from there.

One thing I do want to tell you before I leave is .. I have TONS of things planned to share with you.

Thanks for understanding!

- ASH