Sunday rambling and photos-I need help!

Today I finally took the time to sit down at my "photography" computer and went thru some pictures from the spring/summer/fall. Yeah it's been awhile. I finally had a deadline (company photo contest) coming up and with the crazy that the next two weeks will be, it was now or never.

What's coming up in the next two weeks? Well, girls' basketball practice starts tomorrow (still not sure how I feel about this), and then tomorrow night our boss will arrive from England for a visit. So, we will be busy weaning calves, getting cows moved around, sorting off open cows and shipping them, and weighing and tagging lots and lots of calves (around 700).

Justin and I are still doing Insanity in the mornings so my weekdays will look like this:
5:00-wake up and get ready to workout
5:20-ish-start workout
6:00/6:15-finish working out, I get breakfast ready and watch last night's news while Justin showers
7:00-Justin *should be* out the door, and I start to get ready
7:30 or so-get to the office, check email, check answering machine, do "work stuff"
3:00-leave work, get ready to head to basketball practice
3:15-leave the ranch to head to practice
3:55-get to town just before school gets out at 4 so I can get the gym ready
4:10-girls start to arrive at practice
6:00-practice wraps up
6:15-once everybody has left and I lock up, I head home
7:00-get home, hope that Justin has made something for supper
7:30-sit down and check facebook, emails, etc.
8:15-I'm ready for bed!

And so the fun that is the next 6 or so months begins...

Anyway-here's the photos I promised...

 

The top two were taken a few weeks ago-the orange skies are compliments of a smoky haze. The bottom is from calving, earlier this spring.

I need your help! I'm entering 1 of these in our company's photo contest (winners will go into a calender) and I can't decide which one!

700 Fans!

Wow-two years after I created Cowgirl Imagery I have hit the 700 fan mark! Crazy to think of where I've come since then! In honor of hitting the 700-fan milestone, I'm having a giveaway!

What's up for grabs? A desktop calendar filled with Cowgirl Imagery photos, or an 8x10 print of your choice!  You can enter up to three times. Here's how:

-Comment on this blog post with your favorite print in the Etsy shop, and why you like it.

-Post a status on Facebook telling your friends about the giveaway, something like "I'm entering the Cowgirl Imagery Photography giveaway! http://cowgirlimagery.blogspot.com/2011/11/700-fans.html
Be sure to tag @ Cowgirl Imagery Photography in your status so I can see it, and come back to this blog post and leave a comment telling me you shared the giveaway on Facebook!

-For another giveaway entry, show me some love on twitter, www.twitter.com/cowgirl_imagery by following me and tweeting about the giveaway, and then commenting on this blog post to let me know you did so!

Contest ends Wednesday, November 9th at 10:00 PM Mountain Time.

Stuck.

Well. At least I can say I tried.
(excuse the cell phone picture)




Soil sampling this afternoon wasn't a very good idea.



*Side note-congratulations to Alison Stumpf on winning the contest!

I'm giving away a free print!

I've decided it is time for another contest! I will have a random drawing and the winner will be able to select the print of their choice from my Etsy Shop or Facebook "For Sale" album.

So, how do you enter?

• Send me (Abby Shoen) a message on Facebook or an email (abbykristine@live.com) with your suggestions, comments, questions about my shop
• If you have already purchased a print, add a review to the Cowgirl Imagery FB fanpage (include a picture of your print displayed in your home/office!)
• Become a follower of my blog and comment (or if you are already a follower, just say hey on the comments below!)

That's a possibility of three entries into the contest! The contest will end at 8:00 P.M CST on Monday, March 22nd, 2010. The winner will be selected that night!

Good luck!

P.S. if you comment as anonymous, I don't know who you are to enter you in the contest!

Want to win a free print?

Here's how!

Later tonight I will be posting details of a contest on my facebook fan page. Of course, you have to be a facebook fan to participate! If you aren't already, just check out the fan box at the bottom of this page and it's easy to become a fan!

The contest will run through Thursday, December 17 2009, 11:59 P.M. Central Time, and the winner (to be posted Friday morning) will receive an 8x10/12 print of their choice! A great gift for yourself or someone else!

Hope to see lots of entries! Good Luck!