~fresh water~

~fresh water~, originally uploaded by ~mintas.fotos~.

in the summer..every nite...
after it cools down a bit...
we all go out to play a bit in the back.....
(well...i pick up tootsie rolls, they play)

i also turn the hose on ...
so it swirls the water in their kiddie pool...
& put the balls back in ......

tonite......korkor beat zoe to the red squeaker ball .....

mainly because that big blue one scared her....lol

u can hear chix in the background talkin from her room......
& every so often u can hear bella growl from frustration....she never goes in.....but gets all bent out of shape that she cant get the balls.......

~6278~...new curtains~

~6278~...new curtains~, originally uploaded by ~mintas.fotos~.

new for the piano room....
old (out of storage)...

i bought these over two yrs ago....
from a Tibetan furnishings shop in flagstaff,AZ.

i had originally wanted them for the tv room....but the colors didnt really go after i got them home....
& because i couldnt afford to buy another set to place behind to stop the sheerness of them from outside prying eyes....into storage they went.

so.....last nite.....as i was realizing i needed to take the heavy forest green tapestry ones in for cleaning.....

i remembered i had these.......& i am so happy that
they work just beautifully in the piano room...

except for ONE thing......
one VERY LOUD thing...
that thing called chicken!~

her room is an enclosed room off the sliding doors of the piano room......

so now......whenever i cross from the kichen / tv room side of the house into the hallway/bedroom side of the house?

she sees ALL....& usually yells out to greet me....or the dogs...or whatever she thinks she can see now......

i am thinking ( hoping) that this excitement of screaming out everytime something moves in that room - behavior - will calm down......~

oh well......i luv her...& the curtains.....so i'll leave it be for now....

or until the neighbors complain... =)

~it's official !~

mintasfotos.com is up up and away =)

please come on over , take a run thru the different menu items.....
& either email me from there.......
or come back her to share your comments, views & opines...

~WoOt wOoT~

~isnt pollution beautiful?~

~HWAW!~, originally uploaded by ~mintas.fotos~.

well..
its 4 am....going to bed ...finally ...
after yet another cleaned copy of my dissertation proposal.....
cleaned copy of the consent form...
cleaned copy of the International review boards application...

u see.....
after changing all reference ( and supporting discussion) of generic "native americans" to more specific Navajo Nation native american women .....at the behest of my committee chair....

the Dr, in charge of the Phx Indian Medical Center said there was NO WAY I would get permission to conduct my study from the Navajo Nation ....as they are uber strict......

so....u guessed it....
changed them all back to generic reference to Native American women.....plus all the discussions surrounding any Navajo translators, translated docs, Navajo Nation members, self-identified Navajo mothers....etc.

so ....yeah.....running in circles as usual w/ all this.... =)

nite nite.....today( after getting some good sleep.....) i play .....

~update on the big cabash that is my so called job~

~628:YIP~...shush... he thinks he's camouflaged~, originally uploaded by ~mintas.fotos~.

i am sooo confused.......yesterday, i survived a day of going in...doing my work...completing all that i could on the tasks i was given for the week....( 3 of 5 for the week done before 11 am...)....& waited to hear ANYTHING from anyone on the team...it seems as tho they are starting the big shutout....if u've worked in the cold inpersonal chickenshit environment that is the IT corporate world ......this is that which occurs when one is being phased out.... no answers from emails in addition requests to not attend weekly status meetings....todays manadatory team meeting was also just cancelled.....so ...who knows wtf is happening ...i guess i sit here and wait until i either get walked out ....or called on the phone by my recruiter.....in the meantime"?...i'll finish my breakfast burrito since i paid for it already & lord knows i may need to start watchin the pennies again.....BAH!~

~618:YIP~ ...Steve~

~618:YIP~ ...Steve~, originally uploaded by ~mintas.fotos~.

we named him steve...
cause when stu was describing him over the phone to me...
he said he was "funny lookin in a sorta funny lookin way"...
just like the girl described steve buscemi....
in FARGO


he really is a sweet dog....
more pics to come....
of him ....
in his pool ...lol

~happy dog~

~happy dog~, originally uploaded by ~mintas.fotos~.

this is STEVE.... =)
he's such a happy boy.....
& SOOOOOOFT!~.......
just wanted to hug him & squeeze him...& call him George.....

~I say...& u think~

Been a long weekend....
got all the latest PhD docs submitted to all the different Dr's that needed them....
tomrw i will f/u w/ the local indian health services to see if my study will be approved.....
so...
please cross your fingers, toes...any other appendages that will help =)

I also had an over-the-internets disagreement w/ that arrogant crunchy granola chick in canada who linked my pic from flickr to her diatribe on "good equipment does not a good photographer make"....
what a loon....
(of course she didnt word that analogy as creatively as i.... )
but then, according to her, i must have a better word processor...
because it wouldnt be my intelligence that would allow that .....?!? ~ OY~

I also got rid of the couch that i replaced =)
...a nice young couple wanted it...so ...much better than just going to a landfill....
even if they only use it for porch sitting...or out in the garage.

Stu-beans got a dog....
i'll write more when i get home ...
after i process the pics i took of him this afternoon......
what a sweet dog!....an australian cattle heeler....
or something like that....
he is beautiful....
& yes...i said ...when i get home.....
where am i? u ask...at 10 pm on a sunday nite?....
well....i came into the office to clean the puter of all docs that could be personal....
all internet links that would be mine....
printed off copies of the evil emails from the prick i wrote about the other day....
& basically cleaned off my desk...

just.in.case.

u know....in case monday brings unemployment after my pissy phone call the other day.
I think we (the prick, his boss...& i)
will be sitting down in the am to hash things out....
send good juju that i dont lose it....& stand my ground....
k?.... =)

OK...now....
u know the game.....answers are in the comments..... chat at cha later....

Gossipping ::
Misplaced ::
Spaceship ::
Ignore ::
Bodily ::
Tweezers ::
Goodnight ::
Curls ::
Faucet ::
Right? ::

~Happy FUTAB from the pups ~

~Happy FUTAB from the pups ~, originally uploaded by ~mintas.fotos~.

ok....i figured why this stupid quick shot that i took for FUTAB....
has been visited 685 times so far in two days.....

granted this bitch --> babyslime.livejournal.com/483304.html obviously has traffic going to her site....
but ....come on .....u're kidding right?

she used this picture in her example of what u can do when searching in flickr for pictures using tags...
she further went on to state that this pic was an example of "most recent" .....
& picked another as an example of "most interesting"....

her point? ...other than being an insulting bitch ...
was to state in comparison that its not the tool (i.e. my D300) that makes a photographer.....

well no shit ...isn't she the master at stating the obvious?......LOL
um.....hey.....care to take a look at the rest of my stuff?......& who the fuck is she to point fingers .......

get a f'in life......
oh...wait.....thanx for the traffic......i guess?....I am hoping some of her readers look beyond the egotistical rudeness that she spouts.....& take a look around w/out judgment.......why couldn't she send me a flickr note?..advising me ...asking me......

do i have to make this a f&f only to avoid people like her?.....unbelievable....