tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55793216932888492262024-03-05T13:55:29.266-05:00c.heisCrystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.comBlogger399125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-32642249839890143182013-05-22T20:50:00.002-04:002013-05-22T20:50:32.446-04:0088/365 -- Goodbye 37<div style="text-align: left;">
Today I observed my number one rule in life...Never work on your birthday. </div>
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Goodbye 37. It was a good year, and I can't wait to see what 38 has in store.</div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-62011608140537359012013-04-29T22:09:00.001-04:002013-04-29T22:09:47.093-04:0087/365 <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQgSjHQpSe9J2GdjdX7mneeOb1BcLQ2IT_UhntYa1ZRwGVWTKGTWI1yEsjjAQqunNotlQgLtb1yRtz14QYfx1gevzUnIqiCrNRYQ8ftzjArSlEGwUhPABivlr358K47CRwOFjmbm-g0xJ/s640/blogger-image-2107256064.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQgSjHQpSe9J2GdjdX7mneeOb1BcLQ2IT_UhntYa1ZRwGVWTKGTWI1yEsjjAQqunNotlQgLtb1yRtz14QYfx1gevzUnIqiCrNRYQ8ftzjArSlEGwUhPABivlr358K47CRwOFjmbm-g0xJ/s640/blogger-image-2107256064.jpg" /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-2761508207536657542013-04-24T09:06:00.000-04:002013-04-29T22:08:59.628-04:0086/365<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23893156@N07/8678236084/" title="IMG_9158a by crysheis, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9158a" height="640" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8534/8678236084_96cb574495_z.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-71065328580927648082013-04-22T20:25:00.001-04:002013-04-22T20:25:29.777-04:0085/365<div style="text-align: center;">
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-11482985129026537782013-04-19T20:02:00.001-04:002013-04-19T20:02:52.080-04:0084/365 Hello Sunshine<div style="text-align: center;">
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-61878021633886567832013-04-18T23:14:00.001-04:002013-04-18T23:14:20.297-04:0083/365<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23893156@N07/8662400854/" title="IMG_0100 by crysheis, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_0100" height="600" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8254/8662400854_e54388f639_c.jpg" width="800" /></a>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-63628797217232876372013-04-17T22:38:00.001-04:002013-04-18T23:14:40.734-04:0082/365 |Another Preview Zyn + Kelson |<div style="text-align: center;">
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-1137945440521880602013-04-15T17:18:00.001-04:002013-05-03T19:46:54.952-04:0081/365 sadness and gratitudeMy heart sank when I heard about today's explosions at the Boston Marathon. You may remember Alicia, one of my brides from last year (and my friend.) She was running the race today. <br />
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Thankfully, she crossed the finish line just twenty minutes before the event and were in the safety of the hotel at the time of the explosion. <br />
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My heart and prayers got out to everyone in Boston today. <br />
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Peace....Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-86727538691901547022013-04-13T15:22:00.001-04:002013-04-13T15:22:24.343-04:0080/365 |sneak preview| Zyn & Kelson. <a href="http://cheis.smugmug.com/Samples/blogwowatermark/13152506_bBjW6f#!i=2455074406&k=97tWRjP&lb=1&s=A" title=""><img alt="" height="426" src="http://cheis.smugmug.com/photos/i-97tWRjP/0/M/i-97tWRjP-M.jpg" title="" width="640" /></a><br />
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Spring finally arrived here in Lexington, Yesterday, I got to capture some of its beauty during my engagement session with Zyn and Kelson. Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-67537332501663966732013-04-11T00:00:00.001-04:002013-04-11T00:00:24.736-04:0079/365Abstract landscape....not really<br />
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This is the pollen on the roof of my car. No wonder I've been sneezing.Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-7271196710093810282013-04-08T23:42:00.001-04:002013-04-08T23:42:35.383-04:0078/365One day I woke up, and it was finally Spring. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lWFugLqL_bY/UWOOKUPf4hI/AAAAAAAAEFk/_0XbBDD9z3o/s640/blogger-image-1535045967.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lWFugLqL_bY/UWOOKUPf4hI/AAAAAAAAEFk/_0XbBDD9z3o/s640/blogger-image-1535045967.jpg" /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-51331206967924891532013-04-07T12:14:00.001-04:002013-04-07T12:14:46.669-04:0077/365Sweet Little Dog. The other day she decided I needed help putting on my shoes. <br/><br/><div class="separator"style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rrO4cVgrgI0/UWGbdfUfbDI/AAAAAAAAEFU/lewY-pe9Sc8/s640/blogger-image--317168560.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-rrO4cVgrgI0/UWGbdfUfbDI/AAAAAAAAEFU/lewY-pe9Sc8/s640/blogger-image--317168560.jpg" /></a></div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-25858223897892839882013-04-03T19:20:00.000-04:002013-04-03T19:20:00.912-04:0076/365 39 and still going strongMy mom always wrote down big events on the family calendar, like birthdays, anniversaries, when the <a href="http://crystalheis.blogspot.com/2013/04/75365.html">plane crashed</a>, and when I rode my bicycle for by myself for the first time. She also wrote down when she and my dad made a big purchase, and each year she transferred the info over to the new calendar. As a kid I thought this was bit odd. I mean really? Did we need to know exactly when they bought their new sofa or dad got his tractor? But hey, who am I to judge? <br />
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On this day thirty-nine years ago, Mom and Dad should have received their brand new washer and dryer. However, the delivery had to be rescheduled because of weather. That weather was the <a href="http://ww2.ohiohistory.org/etcetera/exhibits/swio/pages/albums/1974_tornado/1974_tornado_albumPage02.html">74' storm outbreak</a> that spawned the F5 tornado that practically wiped Xenia, Ohio (just 4 or 5 miles from my parent's place) off the map.<br />
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Thankfully, my parent's place received no damage from the tornado. In fact my dad used salvaged wood from the storm to build his barn. My great-grandmother warned my mom that it's bad luck to use anything that has been through a disaster. <a href="http://crystalheis.blogspot.com/2013/04/75365.html">Turns out she was right.</a><br />
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Meanwhile a couple of days late my mom and dad did eventually receive their new washer and dryer. The washer was replaced over a decade ago, but the dryer is stil going strong thirty-nine years later. A man servicing my washer took one look at it and said it was a "classic." So if there are any classic household appliance collectors out there, I've got a deal for you.<br />
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Over the weekend I started digitizing my own personal archive. I came across these articles from when an Air Force jet crashed in my backyard. I was really young when it happened, but I do have very distinct memories from the event, mainly the terrible sound.</div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-34266907007829939082013-03-31T22:43:00.003-04:002013-04-02T23:06:15.326-04:0074/365Last year I happened to be in Louisville the day U of L won the game that advanced them into the NCAA Final Four. It was so much fun being there as the entire town celebrated.<br />
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Today U of L advanced again to the Final Four. Congratulations Cards!</div>
Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-5259034686991166352013-03-29T23:53:00.001-04:002013-03-29T23:53:52.970-04:0073/365 -- Roaming GnomeOne day last fall I noticed Little Dog roaming around the back yard with something strange in her mouth. My first thought was "Oh Lord! What does she have this time?" <br />
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It turned out that she was carting around a small terra cotta gnome that lived in my garden. I was curious why she carting him around the yard but I didn't worry about it too much. She's a strange little dog. She's done weirder things than this before. <br />
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A few minutes later I did a bit more investigating and finally figured out what the fascination was with Mr. Gnome. It turns out the gnome is hollow, and a small critter had crawled all the way up inside. <br />
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After some careful negotiation (I'm sure bribery with a doggy cookie was involved) I managed to get the gnome away from Little Dog. The tiny critter scurried out while Bianka was distracted and he lived to tell the tale. </div>
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-85417436640375994482013-03-28T21:44:00.000-04:002013-03-28T21:44:29.361-04:0072/365I'm so so SOOOOOOOOO ready for Spring to show up. I'm ready to garden. Ready for allergies. Ready to see my little house look like this again.<br />
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-66578979439565388102013-03-27T22:30:00.001-04:002013-03-28T21:45:07.557-04:0071/365When momentum is lost, go to your standard and post a cute picture of the dog.<br />
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Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-34837915605048537172013-03-24T22:44:00.001-04:002013-03-24T22:44:57.099-04:0069/365Okay, I admit it. I fell off the wagon with my posting. Honestly, I sort of counted on in it happening eventually. Really does anyone care? Leave it to my dear ol' dad to give me the kick in the rear I needed to get going again. I guess if I neglect to post he begins to worry about me. <br />
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I know most people prefer the photos of bright and big smiles. I love those too, but there is such a sweetness to this image. I love both their expressions so much . I thought it was appropriate for Mother's Day. (I know you're saying to yourself, "But its not Mother's day for a couple more months?") Thanks to my friends in the UK I now know that today is Mother's Day there. We'll go with that. :)Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-29748297438258798992013-03-10T15:47:00.001-04:002013-03-10T15:47:32.933-04:0067/365<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/23893156@N07/8546208774/" title="IMG_9979 by crysheis, on Flickr"><img alt="IMG_9979" height="480" src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8096/8546208774_19635cb636_z.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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I've been giving Mr. Boyfriend some cooking lessons. I think now he's showing off. Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00260294041933337539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579321693288849226.post-31414042448226041632013-03-08T22:50:00.000-05:002013-03-08T22:50:01.913-05:0066/365Twice this week my coworkers I've come into work to find fruit on my desk. Normally it's bananas, a not-so-subtle hint to make banana bread. Today it was tiny banans and a bag of apples. I'll have to come up with something else.<br />
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