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day 182





We built a new firepit in our backyard today and decided to try it out. The weather was perfect too. After nearly every day being rainy, the sun came out and so did the shorts and sunglasses.



(This was before I knew how hot it actually was outside.)







Matt got to come over for dinner, which I was super excited about. We ate freshly caught salmon and garlic mashed potatoes and watched funny youtube videos at the supper table.





(Kenai the dog got caught in the act of licking crumbs off the chair.)




(This is Matt's "Lauren quit taking photos of me" face. I can't help it though--he's just so cute!)




Afterwards we headed outside to jump on the trampoline and roast marshmallows.






I love Matt so much. He's my favorite person in the whole world and my best friend. And these photos make me super happy and smiley because we don't get too many photos together. So thank you Mommy for snapping these for us!






(This would have been my 365 photo for today if it weren't for the doggie in the background.)





It was a very awesome day and the perfect ending to a not-too-great week. I definitely needed this day.

Hope your weekend is going fantastically!

new design!

That's right! Introvert's Introduction got a facelift. In honor of my blog's six month birthday, I thought I would give it a much needed update. I may tweak this design a bit in the future, but for now I'm happy with it. There's a new contact page, prettier navigation, and a spotlight for any current giveaways I have going on.



This is what the blog looked like before. I loved this design, but began to feel like it was a little too depressing for me. So I went the exact opposite route of black and white.

Here's an image of my first sketch of the new design.



As you can see the final product is slightly different from the sketch, but I wanted to keep things nice and neat and not over-complicated (of course, the actual coding was a bit more time consuming than I had anticipated, but I fixed all the problems).

I hope you guys like the new design! Let me know what you think, if you have any suggestions or comments. I would love to hear them.

Have a great day!

If the blog looks a little weird, never fear. I'm about to begin the redesign process. I was going to wait until midnight so that I could hopefully do it when everyone was asleep (like people go to bed at midnight anyways ...) but I just couldn't wait.

grow till tall

day 181

black and white version:







The two year anniversary of me joining flickr and tumblr quietly occurred last week without even my remembering. The power of the internet is astounding; my life has changed forever because of those two websites. They opened my eyes to the world of photography and art in ways which I never knew existed, and even though I'm not as social on flickr as I used to be or should be, it and tumblr will always hold a special place in my heart.

p.s. in other news, I finally figured out the coding of how to be rid of the annoying border around all my photos. Success!