I promise I wasn't willfully deceiving you. I just don't have the greatest picture organizing skills, apparently. However, for Novel's matriculation, I was asked to provide a few pictures of him for use in the ceremony. Being the OCD perfectionist that I am, I had to go through all my pictures (yes, every single one) over the past year and a half and pull out all the ones of Novel so I could choose the 'very best' pictures for the ceremony.
Guess what? I have over 1500 pictures and nearly 100 videos of Novel. The folder takes up 14.5 GB of space on my computer. That's a lot. Well anyway it is for my little $300, five year old, 230 GB laptop.
Believe it or not, I actually went through them all just to pick out 6 that I thought represented the best of Novel. (Well ok, 5; one had to include me, and since I have so few pictures of Novel and I together that aren't selfies, it was a little less than perfect)
I'm so glad I did. Picture after picture, many of which I had forgotten I had, had me grinning ear to ear with the memories they brought back. Is a picture worth a thousand words? Undoubtedly yes. And so, in order to save you an ear full, here are a few of my favorites that never made it onto my blog:
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| The time when I first met him in the airport! |
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| The time when he first attempted the stairs...boy was he worried |
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| The time when he first visited the vet |
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| The time when....well, lets just say that you would never guess what was happening behind me at the moment I took this picture... |
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| The time when he first held his down/under for more than 5 minutes without whining. Believe me, this was huge. Which is why I have a picture of it. |
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| The time when he found a glove in a snow cave and proceed to play keep-away in our un-fenced yard for what seemed like forever, scaring me to death and making me late for school. |
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| The time when we were drenched by a downpour at school and Novel smelled like a wet dog for the rest of my classes |
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| The time when Novel decided to hide under the laundry basket |
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| The time when Novel was "in the stocks" |
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| The time when Novel decided to ride on the cart at Lowe's all on his own. Just because. |
I love these! I had to laugh when you said you went through every picture because I did the same thing - every picture on my, and my mom's computer, and was only able to get it down to 10. I never thought I could get sick of looking at pictures of my Golden Boy, but I came pretty close, haha.
ReplyDeleteWas picture number four at petsmart? And if it's, is the great dane name some thing like Anitta?
ReplyDeleteThe picture was at petsmart, but I don't know the Dane's name. He (or she?) was only there for one class and it was like a year ago, so even if I did hear the name at some point I don't remember it :)
DeleteRico and I are taking a class with a Great Dane that looks a lot like that.
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