Dreams of Nyssa

My week in photos :: Week 14

2018-09-28T07:54:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the first week of (my) April. I say "my" because due to my procrastinator tendencies, I am uploading my April photos at the end of September. So, welcome to My April!

Sunday

April 1: French toast. It’s what’s for breakfast. 🍞

Tuesday

April 3: Peeps! 🐣 I didn’t buy them. Somehow they just showed up at my desk. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Wednesday

April 4: April skies 🌄

April 4: Dusk 🌄

Friday

April 6: The closer I get to the other side of that hill, the more I find that filters become a necessity. 💕

My week in photos :: Week 13

2018-09-25T23:09:00.002-07:00

I seem to be very short on photos for this last week in March. Which actually seems to be my new normal around here. Long gone are those days (years) of me taking a photo-a-day.

Sunday

March 25: The only thing of beauty in my backyard. 🌼

March 25: Floating paradise 🌼

Wednesday

March 28: The stare down 👁👁

Friday

March 30: One thing that bothers me about where I work, is the parking. It takes longer to find a parking space than it does for me to drive there. 🚧

March 30: See ya later, March! 🌄

My week in photos :: Week 12

2018-09-11T21:19:00.001-07:00

This week was all about the food, apparently. Oh and my absolute favorite, sunsets! ❤️

Monday

March 19: Nothing like finding out that the Gift Shop is selling donut holes that just happen to be 75% off. (A whole 25 cents per container! 😱) Donut holes for everyone! 🍩

March 19: A sunset in March 🌄

Wednesday

March 21: Coffee? It’s what’s for breakfast ☕️

March 21: Yes. Yes it is. 😉 #BirthdayDay37

Thursday

March 22: Cinnamon roll yum 😊

Friday

March 23: There’s always something to eat at work. ☕️🍩

Saturday

Goodnight, Sun 🌄 03•24•18 | #ArizonaSunset
A post shared by Stefani (@dreamsofnyssa) on Aug 21, 2018 at 8:04am PDT

And since this sunset was so amazing, I just had to share it again ❤️ 03•24•18 | #ArizonaSunset
A post shared by Stefani (@dreamsofnyssa) on Aug 21, 2018 at 10:42pm PDT

My week in photos :: Week 11

2018-08-28T21:56:00.001-07:00

This week's photos actually include kitty photos. Something that surprisingly has been missing from this blog lately.

Enjoy the cuteness. 🐱

Sunday

March 11: I spy....with my pretty olive eye. 🐱

March 11: C o n t e n t m e n t 💕

March 11: Zoomies in 3... 2... 1... 🚀

Monday

March 12: A month later and it is STILL my birthday. 🎉 My birthday was in February. This photo was taken in March and the Birthday Banner was still up at work. If the Birthday Banner is still up, then it is still my birthday. Those are the rules. 😉

March 12: H U C K L E B E R R Y 💜

Tuesday

March 13: Off to a slow start on this particular morning. It was only Tuesday and my 2nd day going back to work since my Disney vacation and I was already ready for the weekend. 💤

Friday

March 16: One of my favorite coworkers left for greener pastures. She gave us all a parting gift to remember her by. ☕️ #TheBrit

March 16: Frappuccinos for everyone! ❄️ It’s hot outside! 🔥

Disneyland in seconds

2018-08-23T00:00:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite apps to use on my phone is the 1 Second Everyday app.

This app was perfect for putting together a short little video of all the video snippets I took while on my trip to Disneyland, earlier this year. You can see said video below.

Disneyland in seconds 🎡 #disneyland #disneycaliforniaadventure #1se #onesecondeveryday #1secondeveryday #1seme

A post shared by Stefani (@dreamsofnyssa) on Jul 30, 2018 at 10:33pm PDT

I have also used the app for the past 2 years to create a yearly video of my daily video snippets and I am currently working on the video for my 3rd year.

I have pasted my One Second Everyday videos below, in case you want to see them.

2017

2016

I really do enjoy using the 1 Second Everyday app. If you like yearly 365 day type projects, then this app would be perfect for you. I kind of sound like an advertisement, don't I. I have no investment in the app, I just really have fun with the app and want others to have fun with it too.

My week in photos :: Week 10 (part two)

2018-08-06T00:00:00.000-07:00

On the second day of our trip, we went to Disney California Adventure. We had never been there before and it didn't even exist the last time we were both at Disneyland. I really would like to return some day. I actually enjoyed it much more than Disneyland, even though half of the park was closed for renovation.

Tuesday

March 6: Our first time at Disney California Adventure. The last time I was here, California Adventure was still a parking lot. We had just gotten off our first ride of the day, Grizzly River Run (a whitewater rafting ride and my new favorite) and we were SOAKED! Perfect time for a picture. 🐻🌊

March 6: Just your friendly neighborhood Spiderman.🕸

March 6: 😎😘

March 6: Mickey was busy. He had somewhere he needed to be. 🚂

Probably one of my favorite photos from this trip. I was just walking along and snapped the photo on the sly. My phone was at my side and I had no idea what kind of photo I was taking.📱

March 6: Yeah. I didn’t ride that. Nope! No way! 😬

March 6: C A P T A I N A M E R I C A 💫

March 6: I absolutely LOVED Cars Land at night! 💕

March 6: Waiting for the World of Color show to start. 🎡 We were right up front in the “splash zone.” Which actually wasn’t very “splashy” at all, but people were wearing rain ponchos like a hurricane was coming. 💦

Goodbye Disney California Adventure. Until we meet again. 👋🏻 03•06•18 #disneyland #disneycaliforniaadventure

A post shared by Stefani (@dreamsofnyssa) on Jul 29, 2018 at 6:22pm PDT

The End.

My week in photos :: Week 10 (part one)

2018-07-11T00:53:00.001-07:00

This week, I went on my first vacation trip in over 10-years. The husband won a trip to Disneyland last year at his holiday work party and we couldn't wait to go. The last time I went to Disneyland was back in the 80's. The place is looking a bit different now-a-days.

There are so many photos (and videos too) from this week, way too many to share in just one post.

Sunday

Windmills! It’s been years since I have seen them. Decades even. It was a first for the husband though, he had never seen them before. 🏞 03•04•18
A post shared by Stefani (@dreamsofnyssa) on Apr 5, 2018 at 8:36am PDT

March 4: After driving the entire day, we finally made it to California. We checked into the hotel and took a walk in search of dinner. We settled on Bubba Gump. We don’t have them in AZ and the husband had never eaten there before. 🍤🥗

Monday

March 5: I had hoped that the flowering trees would still be in bloom when we got to Disneyland and I was not disappointed. There were still a few left! 🌸

March 5: From where I stand at Disneyland 🎠

March 5: Look at those happy faces! They have no idea what’s in store for them. Disneyland as an adult is so very different. 😂 Just got off our first ride of the day. Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. One of my favorites. It didn’t even exist the last time the husband was there. 🎢

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad...perfect first ride of the day! 🚂 03•05•18 #disneyland
A post shared by Stefani (@dreamsofnyssa) on Jun 6, 2018 at 8:36am PDT

March 5: I was told that I must get a Dole Whip. So, that is exactly what I did.🍍

March 5: 🏰👫

March 5: This place may or may not be haunted. Enter at your own risk. ☠️💀☠️ #hauntedmansion

March 5: Nighttime comes to Disneyland 🏰

March 5: Because there is no such thing as too many shoe pictures. How awesome is that tiled floor, though? 😍

March 5: These feet have had enough. Only one more ride to go. 🎢

To be continued...

My week in photos :: Week 9

2018-06-10T23:03:00.000-07:00

Not many pictures were taken this week. I was busy getting ready for my first vacation in decades while trying to get caught up at work. All of this meant lots of caffeine was a necessity. Good thing my work now has a Starbucks.

Tuesday

Feb 26: Hello, Starbucks. Please, take my money. 😜

Feb 26: Cafe latte ☕️

Friday

March 2: One last Target run before our trip. Followed by a quick and easy dinner. 🥪

Saturday

March 3: Look! There’s a little matching car picture on the dash. Cars are so fancy now-a-days. My poor 2000 Honda is so basic compared to this 2018 rental. 🚘

Changes?

2018-05-24T00:17:00.000-07:00

All my blog photos are hosted on Flickr.

Flickr has been sold to SmugMug.

Hopefully, nothing changes with this blog once SmugMug takes over Flickr at the end of May.

So, if you show up one day and there are no longer any pictures on the blog, then you will know what happened.

One Second Everyday 2017

2018-04-24T00:19:00.000-07:00

This was my 2017.

Better late than never, right?

Thank you for watching.

My week in photos :: Week 8

2018-04-03T22:52:00.000-07:00

This week was pretty flowery.

Sunday

Feb 18: One of these days the backyard will be something more than just a place to take pictures of clouds and sunsets and shoes. 📷

Monday

Feb 19: It was a cloudy day ☁️

Saturday

Feb 24: The Javelinas came for a visit. 🌵

Feb 24: The neighborhood grocery store got in a plethora of orchids. I see an overabundance of orchid photos in my future (and in yours too). 😉

Feb 24: Such pretty colors 🌸

Feb 24: O r c h i d 🌿

Feb 24: Where I stand amongst the flowers 🌸

My week in photos :: Week 7

2018-03-15T00:01:00.000-07:00

The week of my birth. That is all. 😁

Tuesday

Feb 13: The birthday banner is up! 🎉

Feb 13: Birthday snacks 🧀🍓

Wednesday

Feb 14: Footprints in the rain 🌧️

Friday

Feb 16: Yay! It’s cold enough to wear my new sweater. That I bought, last summer. ❄️

Feb 16: What’s happening? What’s going on here? Where are all these waves coming from? This has never happened to me before. I guess 100% humidity is actually good for something. 🧐

Feb 16: My Work got a Starbucks. This may be a problem. ☕️

Saturday

Feb 17: Waiting to pickup dinner. Had a nice chat with a snowbird. 🙂

Feb 17: Backyard Lines ➿

Feb 17: Yay! Still no weeds in the backyard. I really got my money’s worth hiring someone to come and pull them all. Some were taller than my head. I hope the weeds stay away for a very long time. 🌾

My week in photos :: Week 6

2018-02-27T22:31:00.001-07:00

This week was all about pretty flowers growing on trees. Which just happens to be one of my favorite things. It may have been only ONE tree, but that doesn't make it any less awesome.

Every time I walked down the hospital hallway, I glanced out the glass doors to catch a glimpse of said tree. It took me a while to get the chance to actually enjoy sitting under it though because everyone else seemed to have the same idea. That tree was never alone. There was always someone sitting under it. Sadly, the flowers are gone now but it was beautiful while it lasted.

Sunday

Feb 4: Waiting for the Yum. Nothing better than realizing it’s Sunday (the only day of the week when one of my favorite sandwiches is sold) and the restaurant is still open (they close at 6pm). I always remember when it is too late. 👍

Monday

Feb 5: Spring for a day 🌸

Wednesday

Feb 7: Time to login and get to work! 🖥️ I have no style when it comes to decorating my desk, or anything actually. 🤷🏻

Feb 7: My hair is naturally straight, just not the good kind of straight. 🤓 #naturalfrizzball

Feb 7: Spring has arrived! Well at least it has for one tree. 🌸

Saturday

Feb 10: Almost time for sunset 🌤️

My week in photos :: Week 5

2018-02-15T22:41:00.001-07:00

Another week filled with kitties, Hello Fresh meals and selfies.

Sunday

Jan 28: Those fangs though 😂

Tuesday

Jan 30: Work is over. Time to go home. 👏👏

Jan 30: Just one of the yummy meals we have had this week from Hello Fresh. So far, this one has been my favorite. ❤️ Cherry-Drizzled Pork Chops with Couscous Salad.

Jan 30: Thanks to Hello Fresh, I ate these red things. 😳🍅

Saturday

Feb 3: Oops I did it again! 😳 I can’t believe that I cut my hair again. I was going to wait until July but the temps around here already feel like summer, so I went in for a bit of a trim. 💇‍♀️

My week in photos :: Week 4

2018-01-28T19:59:00.002-07:00

Boy did this week pass quickly for me. Although at the time it really did feel like the days were dragging. Nothing out of the ordinary happened either. My week consisted of go to work, come home, go to work, come home, rinse and repeat. However, I did get to see the sunset this week, so that makes it all worth it.

Monday

Jan 22: I spoke too soon. I saw the tail-end of a quickie sunset today. ❤️

Wednesday

Jan 24: Working hard trying to stay awake. I am so tired today and it’s freezing in this office! The A/C runs non-stop 24/7. 😟

Jan 24: Just a little color left. 🌄

Saturday

Jan 27: Hello, Fresh! 🥗 I was given a free week of Hello Fresh to try it out. Looking forward to dinner this week.🍴

My week in photos :: Weeks 1 and 2 and 3

2018-01-21T23:57:00.001-07:00

I have no plans to start another 365-photo project anytime soon, but I really would like to start taking more photos again. I have gone from taking a ton to barely taking any at all. I always thought it would be fun to actually share all the pictures that I take on my blog too instead of just posting them on other platforms (like Instagram and Flickr).

I have wanted to post a week in photos type of post for awhile now, but didn't think it would work if I wasn't actually doing a daily photo project. Oh the silly things that go through my head. I have no idea why I thought that. There is nothing wrong with posting a blog post of a week of photos that doesn't actually contain a week of photos, right? However here we are 3 weeks into the new year and I have taken a grand total of 10 photos.

So without further ado......

Here is my first week in photos post (for the first 3 weeks of the year).

Monday

Hello 2018! Happy New Year! 🎇

Tuesday

Jan 2: Those last rays of sun, on that last day of a holiday, before having to go back to work. 🌄

Wednesday

Jan 3: Someone, who is older than I, had a birthday. 🎂

Friday

Jan 5: Darn you Apple and your super crisp screen! 😠 Nothing I look at now will satisfy.

Saturday

Jan 6: New computer in the house!! See ya, Windows Vista!! 👋

Wednesday

Jan 10: Kitty in a box 📦

Sunday

Jan 14: Another Sunday night sunset 🌅

Thursday

Jan 18: What a rare sight for me lately. I got to drive home with the sunset. I guess getting off work earlier than usual has its perks. 🚘

Jan 18: The sunset was still happening a few minutes later when I arrived home. Who knows when I will get to see another? ‍🤷🏻

Friday

Jan 19: The morning sun doesn’t shine for very long through the front window, so Olive has to catch the rays while she can. ☀️ I really do like the new (to me) iPhone portrait feature. It can be kind of hard sometimes to get a good picture though. Very happy kitty has BOTH ears in this photo. 😂

2017: A Year in Photos

2018-01-10T00:00:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the 9th installment of my Year in Photos. I cannot believe another year is done. Of course, I say that every year. It was another year of very few photos and just like last year, I put them all together in a video along with my most played song for that month.

I have high hopes though that 2018 will be much better when it comes to taking more photos. I finally bought a new computer (good-bye Windows Vista!) and I am looking forward to maybe my computer actually acknowledging my big-girl camera now. I say maybe because I just bought the computer a couple of days ago and I haven't done anything with it yet. Hopefully, it doesn't take me too long to get used to Windows 10.

Thank you for watching.

January: "Celeste" by Ezra Vine

February: "Oh Sailor" by Mr Little Jeans

March: "Spark" by Fitz and the Tantrums

April: "Barco de Papel" by Gustavo Galindo

May: "Atlas Hands" by Benjamin Francis Leftwich

June: "When U Love Somebody" by Fruit Bats

July: "1996" by The Wombats

August: "Chicago" by Sufjan Stevens

September: "Hero" by Family of the Year

October: "The Wake" by a-ha

November: "Wait" by M83

December: "Parachute" by Ingrid Michaelson

behind

2017-11-06T23:33:00.001-07:00

I am so behind in getting things done. I have photos I want to post online but I have a need to post it all in chronological order and needless to say, I am behind. I'm currently posting photos from September in November. Nothing like it being Christmas time and I am over here posting Jack-O-Lanterns. It's not like there are a lot of photos either. I rarely take any now. I don't even want to talk about my 2017 daily 1-second a day video project. I barely started choosing my daily snippets for April, last week. I think I need to choose just one thing and get it all caught up before I work on something else.

What do you do when you have a ton of stuff you want to get done? Any tips or tricks you can share with me?

Posting September photos in November

100 days ago

2017-11-01T22:46:00.000-07:00

I find it hard to believe that it has been 100 days since I have been here. Time sure does pass by quickly when I am off doing nothing. I figured it was time that I tried out this blogging thing again.

I guess when the laptop hasn't been turned on for a while, the battery dies. Oops. I also only seem to have 20 MB of free space available on this thing. I really don't think I can put off getting a new computer any longer. If only I could decide on just what kind to get. I keep flip-flopping between a laptop or a desktop.

Nothing much has really been going on around here. Back in July, I did chop off my hair. So that's something. I went from having hair halfway down my back to above my shoulders. The last time I had my hair this short was 30-years ago. I have to admit though, I do like it. I may even cut it again. The natural silver white highlights are a bonus.

So, tell me... What have you been up to for the past 100 days? What's been happening in your neck of the woods?

sometimes

2017-07-24T12:46:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I wish that I had kept my blog more annonymous. Back at the beginning it was all about sharing with family and sharing with others. The goal was to get people to read whatever I posted. I really wanted to have people that knew me, read my blog. But now... now I am hesitant to write.

Sometimes I toy with the idea of creating a new private blog. I would love to just write in a simple journal but my fear of people reading said journal has kept me from writing. It's not like I have tons of personal stuff to write, or maybe I do, but to have the option to write whatever I want without it getting back to say... my Mother, would be great.

Sometimes I just stop blogging. I haven't turned on the computer since I did my taxes back in April. My Dad is sick and he is not going to get better.

F is for Failing

2017-04-12T17:42:00.002-07:00

I really seem to be failing in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge this year. I don't know, it just doesn't seem to be as much fun as it has been in previous years. There's a whole different vibe to it this year.

Am I the only one that feels this way?

E is for Everyday

2017-04-10T23:38:00.000-07:00

I don't know what it is about daily challenges that intrigues me, but I always feel the need to do them.

I find that for most of the daily projects that I take on, I actually complete. Although, there are some that never really had the chance. Like creating an index-card-a-day and working in my mini moleskine art journal. The time to work on them daily just isn't there. So, I just do what I can, when I can.

Then there are the photo-a-day challenges, where I take everyday photos every day for a year. I do pretty well on taking a photo each day but when it comes sharing the photo with others or online, it can take me years.

(click photo to go to each project's album)

My most recent daily project has been to take a one second video of each day. At the end of the year, I mash all the video snippets together to make a yearly video. I recently posted a blog post with my video for 2016 but I will post it again below. I really look forward to creating a 2017 yearly video of the everyday every day.

D is for Disqus

2017-04-06T22:20:00.000-07:00

Talk to me about Disqus.

Do you use Disqus for comments on your blog?

I have thought about using Disqus, but I always change my mind. It's not like I get a ton of comments, but I wonder if Disqus would just be better/easier than using Blogger's native commenting system. I think I worry most about the comments not being linked to the blog anymore and disappearing if I ever stop using Disqus. I believe that has been an issue in the past. Is it still an issue today?

So, tell me... What do I need to know?

C is for Computer

2017-04-05T23:45:00.000-07:00

This is so not the C post that I had planned to post.

My Computer Crashed and since I am Currently Composing this post on my Cell phone, it will have to do.

I really need a new Computer. Any recommendations?

B is for Blogging

2017-04-03T23:30:00.000-07:00

When I first started blogging back in 2004, it was so very different than it is today.

Back then, I was coming from a Geocities website where I posted pictures and updates for family. Geocities ended, so I created a blog to post those same type of updates and also to use as an online journal for me to remember things.

I wrote about anything and basically just threw my thoughts out there into the World Wide Web. I posted whenever I wanted to. Even multiple times a day. I complained a lot. I had conversations through the comments. I joined Blog Exchanges, where you visit blogs for a set time to earn views for your own blog. I liked the exchanges. I found a lot of different kinds of blogs to read and some of them are still around.

I didn't really worry about what I posted. No one got offended back then. But also, not that many people who actually knew me were reading my blog, so I felt I was "safe" when it came to what I posted.

Over the years my posts became less chit chat, less complaining and more posting of just stuff. Stuff that wasn't as personal as it once was. Stuff that was "safe". Some days, I wish I had kept my blog anonymous so that I could just post what I was really feeling that day.

Below is a screenshot of my very first blog post.

When did you first start blogging?