Photo of the Day: Missed Opportunities

I'm sure you've seen those t-shirts that say,
"My ______________ went to ______________ and all I got was this stupid t-shirt."

That's sort of how I feel about today's photo of the day.

There were a million things that happened today that I could have taken a picture of. Instead, all I have is this picture of the wine bottles sitting on my counter top.

(I do realize this picture raises a lot of questions, the biggest of which is, "Why in the world do I have three bottles of red wine in my house at once!? How did I let these bottles go undrank (undrinken, undrunk?!) for so long?" That's the real tragedy and mystery of this whole post.)

But, without further ado. . . here is the real reason for this post.

Today's Missed Photo Opportunities:

• 5" of freshly fallen and undisturbed snow
• My car stuck in 5" of freshly fallen snow at 6:45 a.m.
• Me attempting to shovel my car out of previously mentioned freshly fallen snow
• My neighbor watching me try to shovel my car out of *$#% snow
• Me trying to be "better" and remind myself that the snow isn't *$#% it is peaceful and beautiful
• Brad eventually coming to rescue me
• Me screaming into the phone to Angie about said incident
• Me talking to Luke on the phone and hearing how excited he was that I was coming to visit this weekend
• Me trying to sneak into work 20 minutes late because of snow incident
• The trail of emails between Katrina and me about wardrobe suggestions
• The massive pile of emails in the "Sent Items" box in my work email; I did lots of catching up today which probably led my colleagues to believe that all I do all day is send emails
• The strange compilation of canned goods I ate for lunch today (which included the canned equivalent of an entire pineapple); I didn't manage to grocery shop over the weekend and will - as a result - spend the week eating whatever I can scrounge from the freezer and pantry
• The very cool PowerPoint that was shared with me today about informational texts and the Common Core State Standards; I love seeing someone else's new thinking about a topic that I have already really explored. I am so excited that there is a connection that I missed!
• My iPod playing To Kill a Mockingbird on my way home from work. This deserves - and will get - its own post. I totally have a crush on Scout Finch. . . and Atticus Finch.
• The honey latte I enjoyed during a meeting tonight.
• The three tablespoons of lemon garlic marinade I accidentally dumped on the pierogis thinking I had paprika in my hand and the extra butter I added to try to cover my mistake.
• The smoke that has been billowing out of my oven vents and setting off the smoke detector every time I use the oven forcing me to frantically wave a badly stained hot pad in front of the smoke alarm while swearing; this may or may not be related to the butter that bubbled all over while making mashed potatoes this weekend
• The story I heard on NPR tonight about the use of regional dialects on Twitter. Totally fascinating. 
• The recipes from an episode of Barefoot Contessa that I bookmarked and intend to make sometime soon (eggplant caponata, caesar-roasted fish, sauteed broccolini and garlic, toasted pita triangles, and fresh peach cake)

P.S. I might just make this a normal feature as I continue to take at least a picture every day. There are so many times that I think, "Oh! I should have taken a picture of that!" but I am just too busy enjoying life and living the experience to actually bust out the camera. Those little things aren't things I want to forget, though. They should all be part of how I document the year. So, every now and I then I will write about the things that happened that I didn't take a picture of.

How's that for a totally random post?