5 Hours in the ER and 30 stiches later...

Chad has a smile on his face as he is relaxing at home. Unfortunately, this came after a very scary accident suffered earlier in the day. Chad and I had planned to spend our Saturday cleaning up the house as we had not done a good deep clean in a while. We had an event free weekend so we figured there was no better time. Chad was helping out by cleaning in and around the shower when all of the sudden the glass door on our shower shattered and fell to the ground and on top of him. To spare the minute by minute details, Chad basically ended up on a floor full of glass with cuts on his head, arms, and legs and consequently a trip to the ER.

Once we got to the ER we were reassured that none of his cuts were too threatening so they took him in the back to clean him up a bit and we were then in for a long wait in the waiting room....to my joy Chad was in good enough spirits to convince the security in the lobby to change the TV to the Cubs game! That made our stay there go by somewhat faster and more smoothly, especially considering the the Cubs won the game 6-2.

As we sit here today enjoying our Sunday we feel thankful that the injuries suffered by Chad were fairly minor. He ended up with cuts all over his body, about 30 stitches with most of them in his head, and a few scattered throughout his arms and legs. I can honestly say that seeing Chad in that condition was by far the worst and most scared feeling that I have ever had in my life. It is so cliche to say, but we often take our day to day lives and our loved ones for granted, and an incident like this reiterates that we should treasure each and every day and the people that we love.

To give the story the happy ending that it eventually had, Chad is feeling well and we have spent today relaxing, watching some baseball, and fitting in the wonderful Sunday nap.

Nash Metropolitan

For all of you car enthusiasts out there, this one's for you! And for those of you who like pretty things, you may just like the great color combination. Anyway, here are a few photos of a cute little car I ran across in my travels recently...I had never heard of it so I looked it up when I got home and here's what I found.

Floating Flower

Is it real or just a photographic illusion? Hmmmm...either way I thought it was cool enough to share with you!

Week 1 Construction Photos

As promised, here are a few photos of the very beginning stages of the construction of our new home. You may have to use your imagination a little at this phase considering it is pretty much concrete and stacked wood at this point. Anyway, we went over last night and here is a little bit of what we saw.

Two essentials of an construction site...an 11mph sign and an outhouse!


Here is Chad standing in what will be our garage.


Here are a few photos of the ever exciting concrete and wood. The first looks to be our eventual stairs, the second is, well, just a stack of wood, and the third shows what will be the view from our balcony when it is all completed.





And finally, I was messing around taking some pictures of the concrete as it was getting dark at a longer exposure. Here's what I came up with.

Fun Night

Chad and I decided at about 7:30pm tonight to make our way down to the beach and spend some time together as the sun was going down. We have had a very exciting and busy few weeks with a variety of fun events with our friends and being in the process of buying our first home (stay tuned for pictures of the construction progress), so we decided to take a night to relax and spend some quality time together. We had a fantastic night relaxing at the beach, enjoying each other's company, and of course snapping a few shots along the way.






And for those of you who don't know Chad, and can't identify him by his feet :), here is a face to put with my stories.

Going Industrial

Country Roads Take Me Home

Any John Denver fans out there? Talk about a classic! Anyway, I spent the better part of today photographing houses very much off the beaten path...it was pretty great actually, and the best news of all...I didn't even get lost! So I managed to grab some extra photos along the way. Can anybody name that fruit?

Lost in Perris

So I had a little adventure today driving along some back roads in good old inland empire of SoCal. It was actually kind of a weird experience as I felt like I was in a foreign country for about an hour today, and to be honest I started to panic a bit because I was literally lost in Perris! Anyway, when I have more time I'm going to stop and capture all the weird things I saw, but for now, I just have some pictures of a pretty sweet looking church. It kind of stuck out like a sore thumb so I had to stop! So here you go, and please check back for the sequel to my day today...coming soon...Back to Perris.