January - GONE!......

Well folks, first month of 2013 done and dusted.  January just flew by, didn't it?  If you're like me, half {if not all} of your new year resolutions have gone out the window but I have managed to stick to two things that I wanted to do this year.  #1 I have not worn black every day!!!  Yay me!  Today, I am wearing sunny yellow :) and #2 I have completed a month of the photo a day challenge.  Double yay me!!!

I first found out about the photo a day challenge when I stumbled across a super cool blog called fatmumslim.  I don't know how I found it but I did and I've been reading it ever since and always looked at her photo challenge but didn't do it because I didn't understand Instagram, which is where we load the photos.  But now I'm an Instagram nutter {I actually like it better than Facebook} so I decided to do the January challenge and I've completed it!!!  I took a photo each day, uploaded it and was proud that people "liked" my photos.  I thought I'd share my month with you :)

January Photo A Day Challenge.

Day 1. Today.  Today was rainy so I watched movies on the couch with Macy.  Home

Day 2. Something new.  Orange - the new colour at Smiggle. Queensgate Lower Hutt

Day 3. Heart.  My porcelain heart.  Home

Day 4.  The view from here.  The view from my ladder as we paint our house. Home

Day 5. Movement.  Honey loading his mates truck so they can head off for a dive. The Foxes

Day 6.  Mine.  My side of the bed. Home

Day 7. Street.  Adidas street shoes.  So cool.  The Plaza Palmerston North

Day 8. Something beginning with T.  Tennis ball - it's a big one. Home

Day 9. Paper.  Our boarding passes as we head to Christchurch for a girl's holiday. Welly airport

Day 10.  One o'clock.  Time to hose the kune kune - it's hot. Rangiora

Day 11.  Water.  Ice in homemade lemonade. Rangiora

Day 12.  Surprise.  Nine eggs from the chooks this morning. Rangiora

Day 13.  Circle.  Mr "Flash" Potato Head and his circle eyes.  New Brighton

Day 14.  Yellow.  Yellow cupcakes. Riccarton Mall

Day 15.  An ordinary moment.  Movies on a rainy day.  Rangiora

Day 16.  Two things.  Flight boards as we head home.  Christchurch airport

Day 17.  Ready.  Ready for walkies.  Home

Day 18.  Shadow.  Shadow across the hill.  Lighthouse Cape Palliser

Day 19.  Delicious.  My delicious new perfume.  Home

Day 20.  Something I saw.  Two war planes flying in the Wings over Wairarapa. Home

Day 21.  Something I do.  Fold washing!!!  Never ending.  Home

Day 22.  Corner.  Corner of the tiles.  My favourite photo of the month.  School pool

Day 23.  Electric.  My salt lamp.  Home

Day 24.  Stripes.  My birthday present packaging.  Home

Day 25.  Landscape.  My palm tree.  Home

Day 26.  Together.  The boys, always mates.  Home

Day 27.  Sun.  Sun-day...church in the morning.  Featherston

Day 28.  Through.  Through my front door.  Home

Day 29.  Grow.  Grow chart I found inside Macy's cupboard!  Home

Day 30.  Down.  Gotta put the car windows down - it's a scorcher.  Home

Day 31.  Yourself.  Getting my hair done on my last day of holidays.  New Image Salon

All of my photos were taken on my iPhone 5 and edited with either Instagram or Picute.

I hope you enjoyed my January....February has started and so has a new photo challenge.  I'm going to do my best to keep it going this month too, although, it may be harder now that my holidays have come to an end, boo hoo.  But it's worth a shot, it was so much fun last month.  So if I can stick to it, you'll see my photo challenge photos each month.

So, I say goodbye to January, holidays, sleep ins, long swims, reading all day, no work and my 30's all in one month - life is so cruel ;)  but I say hello to February.....back to work, Macy starting Intermediate, Valentine's Day, treasured weekends and a new photo challenge.  Mmmm, that's not so bad!

Big kisses and hugs to Mace for all of her help with photo ideas, you are a treasure xxx

Happy February and check back soon for new posts.

trudy_n xoxx

Go to fatmumslim if you want the February challenge list.