Today, I finally got my new frames.  Good vision is underrated, I found out.  I really like being able to see.

My conversation at dinner this evening went something like this:

Katy: “Oh, I didn’t realize your new glasses came in!”

Toni: “Do you like them?”

Katy: “Yes.”

Toni: “Do they make me look smarter?”

*silence*

Katy: “You’re blonde.”

That was the end of the conversation apparently.

…taken pictures for a wedding invitation I can’t wait to receive .

…had one of my wisdom teeth removed just because I felt like it one afternoon.

…enjoyed the bluebonnets.

…taken pictures of a beautiful girl who happens to be my sister.

…gone to the courthouse for jury duty, but didn’t get selected.

*Insert boring courtroom picture that Toni didn’t take*

…and a whole lot more.

]]> http://tonimaisano.com/blog/2010/04/22/a-glimpse-into-my-life-as-of-late/feed/ 1 http://tonimaisano.com/blog/2010/03/31/shoes/ http://tonimaisano.com/blog/2010/03/31/shoes/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:18:08 +0000 Toni http://tonimaisano.com/blog/?p=478 This afternoon I decided to start a major undertaking.  I wanted to clean out the closet and thin out our growing collection of shoes.  Now, keep in mind, there are three girls sharing the same closet, we get lots of hand-me-downs, and we keep shoes forever. So, with that in mind, this is what I found:

I guess it’s about time to get rid of some, don’t you think?  While I was pulling everything out though, I started remembering random things that have happened to me involving shoes…

These are my debate tournament slippers I always looked forward to wearing Friday night.

These were the shoes I wore all around the United States while we were on our 8 month trip.

I was wearing these boots when a horse stepped on my foot and didn’t budge during a therapeutic riding horse show I was volunteering in.

I showed up to orchestra practice one Saturday morning in casual clothes and these flip flops…and ended up playing music during a funeral that was taking place in the same building.

These were my friend Lydia’s amazing red shoes she wore during our graduation last year.  She gave them to me and made me happy .

I was wearing these clunky shoes when I won regionals in LD a few years back.

I left these shoes at a tournament in Houston last year.  It was quite tragic.  But then they showed up at the next tournament that was held there.

These were my favorite Christmas present from last year .

These were supposed to be my debate shoes from last season…but then I left them at home before the first tournament.  So they were promptly replaced with another pair that have seemingly disappeared.

And there you have it.  You never know what you’ll find when you clean out your closet .

One of these days, he’s going to be a whole lot taller than me, too.  But that’s okay.  He can just be my bodyguard .

That was a complete coincidence that I found rather amusing.  The store was filled with all of these guys buying discounted flowers and cardboard boxes filled with chocolate and teddy bears that said “I love you”.  And then there was Toni, searching for the right bouquet of flowers for her mom. 

Then yesterday, I was shopping for my mom at WalMart and saw all of the leftover flowers that were discounted even more since we all know that no one buys flowers unless it’s Valentine’s Day.  They looked so pretty and photogenic…and I really couldn’t help myself.  So I bought some more .

I had been wanting this lens for a loooooooong time.  And it felt good to finally get it.  It’s a 50mm, fixed focal lenth (read: no zoom) lens with an aperture beginning at f/1.4.  Can you say cool?

It’s great for pictures where you want a very small depth of field.  Like this…

Or this…

These were my Valentines Day roses from my parents.  They made me smile .  And the 50mm made them look pretty nice, don’t you think?

Three of Toni’s favorite things:

1. Tazo tea

2. My blue coffee cup

3. Black and white photography

One day the brother and sister were stuck inside the house because it was freezing cold and raining outside.  The sister noticed some beautiful window lighting coming in her front window.  So she took action.

The little brother was an exceptionally handsome young man.

He had a cute smile too.

They decided that self-timers are very nice tools to put on cameras.

Then the little brother decided to try his hand at the picture-taking himself.

The end.

That wasn’t so happy.  But I eventually unburied my room and felt much better after doing so.

We had a girls’ night out at the movies and went to see Sherlock Holmes.  If I were really good with words like my sister, I could write this amazing movie review.  But unfortunately I’m not all that great at writing…so I’ll just say that I liked the movie.  Anyways, I thought this chair looked like it had come out of the movie.   And that’s about where all the meaning behind this picture ends .

I’ve seen lots of pictures like this one before, but I had never really tried all that hard to take one.  But then I found this article and felt inspired to try some of the shots in it, and this one seemed like the easiest one to begin with.  I actually had to set it up in our bathroom since that was the only place in the house that I could get completely dark in the middle of the day .

And with that, I think I’ve adequately caught up with my blogging needs for a while.  Hopefully my next absense won’t be as long.