365 Photo Challenge 2016

So, I have always wanted to really rise to the occasion as a photographer and do a photo challenge. I've tried and failed at the week long ones on Facebook. I never even started or finished the 30 day one I meant to feature here. So why not jump into joining instagram for a 365 day challenge? I don't see any risk of failure here!

I have a goal to post my photos a lot faster because I get lazy and I am never going to be a professional that way, I have never used Instagram, so I get to learn something about it this way, and it's gonna make me take pictures and be creative on a daily basis. As long as I can keep it up. HaHa. 2015 was the first entire year EVER I was a gym member for all 12 months, I only fell off going in the last 2 weeks of December. So, miracles happen (Oh, but I do owe you the 2015 recap post and we are 5 days into the new year...which leads me to...) In classic Sydney fashion, I have only TAKEN pictures for the last 5 days, I have not uploaded them. HAHA!!! So, here are my first 5 of the new year and I will post (and cross post here on this blog) EVERYDAY for the rest of the year (no, really I will).

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Day 1 - Numero Uno Pizza for my Birthday! 

Day 2 - Origami bird a quiet girl with pink hair gave me at the Missing Person concert at the Canyon Club

Day 3 - Cousins! - Camp Pendleton

 

Day 4 - Back at work after a 2 week break...my view when i tilt my head up in my desk chair

Day 5 - Addicted to Making a Murderer

Saturday Happy Song - The Submarines - 1940

Shit.
Bummed about this. R.I.P. Lemmy.

 

Lemmy Kilmister

Saturday Happy Song - Wax Tailor - The Tune

E.Cherry, South Pasadena CA 06.2015

5 x 7″ tintype, colorized by A. Duda.

Cheese Ball Update 2015. Breaking cheeseball news!

 Student showcase/recital/belly dancer party was fun. I could have taken my costume up a notch and blended in better I think. I guess I really don't own any gold. HAHA! Oh well, I liked my more sedate look.

Didn't get goodies made for some co-workers by Dec. 18th, too much going on, was practicing the damn hip-hop piece I was bold enough to take part in all week. Listening to fucking Justine Bieber over and over. It rocked! We rocked!! I don't like the group photo for that one...I haven't gotten other peoples pictures yet...but whatever, it rocked. We worked hard. It right away felt weird that we were done. That group of ladies had been dancing learning/dancing that piece since first week of October. It became part of life for a while. So, some people missed out on fudge.

The one on the left has nuts, the one on the right doesn't. Both were huge hits. I love this fudge.

White elephant party was a success. Some people brought really lame gifts, but whatever. It was a good team builder/detraction. I was the only one that brought an appetizer. The cheese ball was a hit!!

So, it's Amy Sedaris' Cluster Haven's Pepper Mill, I doubled the recipe, added a little cayenne pepper and a little garlic power to the cheese and pecans to the crust. I was kinda scared it wasn't gonna firm up enough to roll, and I didn't want to break it in two and bring two cheese balls to work...it took about 30mins of chill time to get firm, and it still didn't entirely hold it's shape, but whatever. 

Gonna make another one for over Christmas with family. Sorta. I was ditched by both sisters for either xmas day or eve, so it's gonna be a lot of friends I hope. Though, now going out sounds better cause then I don't have to clean the house.

Ingredients

    1 stick butter
    1 8-ounce package cream cheese
    1 1/2 cups grated Cheddar cheese
    2 tablespoons grated onion
    2 tablespoons coarsely ground pepper (to get really coarse pepper, I put peppercorns in a dish towel and bang it with a mallet on my floor)

Instructions

Combine the butter and cream cheese. Add in the Cheddar and onion. Mix it really well.

Form it into a ball and roll it in the pepper. Refrigerate. Serve at room temperature on a Ritz.