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Randomness {This or That Thursday}
Has this week flown by or what? I’m trying to remember what I could have done to make it go by so quickly but, yeah, I got nothing. Maybe it’s just that I’m getting older and time flies… I’m finally starting to branch out and get a little more creative with my self portraits. It’s nice to do more than take pictures of my face. Thank you, Creators of Photoshop. Do you see all those buttons? Aren’t they pretty? I originally bought them to use as accessories on scarves that I crochet but I’ve stopped crocheting so now I have a ton of buttons just sitting in a drawer. I’m…
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Photography Challenge {One in Thirty} with a Random Thought
I edited Jasmin using the Caramel texture from The CoffeeShop Blog. I’m linking up with Shauna at Mist and Lilies for the One in Thirty Photography Challenge. If you’d like to join in, here are the rules: Try to get a different setting for each shot, for each day. Try to use Photoshop to warp the expressions on your prop (Shaunna posts examples here and tutorials here). Submit your shots on Sunday in February only. Add the button to your post. Feel free to incorporate your prop shops if you participate in Ashley Sisk’s Scavenger Hunt Sundays. Visit other challenge participants and leave them some comment love Although you can use your own ideas,…
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Random Saturday
1. I spent some time at my “fortress of solitude” aka the Cape Girardeau Conservation Center. I love it there. It’s so quiet. I just grab my camera and walk. Sometimes I’ll come across other people and we’ll chat for a bit, other times, it’s as if I have the whole wooded area to myself. 2. Have you ever walked past a mirror caught a glimpse of yourself and thought Who is that? That’s what happened to me the other day. I was putting my resume together and as I read it, I saw this person who is so very different from who I’ve become that it shocked me. The…
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Random Saturday
1. Today we were finally able to celebrate Miss 15’s birthday. We had cupcakes and ice cream. Her mother lacks creativity and baking skills so we ate store~bought cupcakes. 2. Thursday morning the kids came running into the house screaming and whooping “School is cancelled! School is cancelled!” So I hopped up out the bed to find out why. It snowed. Seriously guys, don’t wake me for less than 2 feet. And don’t cancel school for less than a foot. 3. This week’s Project 52 2012 Edition theme was “fashion”. You’d think this would have been easy for me given the bags, shoes, jewelry and cosmetics that I have in…
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Random Saturday and a Winner
1. My baby is 15 today. My plan was to ignore her until the exact time of her birth, except no one can remember what time she was born. I remember 2 things from that day: Yelling “Get it out of me!” Obviously, no drugs were involved in the delivery of this child Turning to the hubs while he was doing that Lamaze breathing and hissing “What the *$%# are you counting for?” 2. We tried a pomelo today. Have you ever had one of those? It looks like a giant green grapefruit and has a similar citrusy taste. I sliced it length wise and tried to eat it that…
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Random Thoughts
Is your church putting on a Christmas pageant this year? I remember when I was little, the pageant was the highlight of the Christmas season for me. I always begged to play Mary and, one year, they let me. The little Nativity set above reminds me of our church pageants with all the kids decked in bathrobes to portray wise men or shepherds, girls clothed in white sheets with glittery wings and, of course, the requisite kid with cotton balls portraying the sheep. Those were good times. I heard that Alabama has passed an ethics law limits the amount of money students can spend on teacher gifts. Or, at least,…
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Random Thoughts
How was your Thanksgiving? Mine was pretty good, we spent it with the parentals. My dad had knee replacement surgery a few weeks ago and is using a walker, this has provided endless amusement for me. Yesterday, I decorated it with ribbons and bells ~ you can check out the picture by clicking here. Last night, I heard a story on CNN about pastors who encourage their members to tweet during services and I thought Hmmmm, I dunno how I feel about this… I know some people tweet during conferences and things like that but tweeting during church? It annoys me to see people with their earpieces in during the…
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Random Thoughts
The boy got his learner’s permit this week. That’s pretty scary. I’ve lived with this boy all of his life and I’ve seen him do some things that have made me shake my head… Now he’s about to be turned lose on the public. Behind the wheel of a vehicle. Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought When did I become a grown up? I mean seriously, when did life become about bills, jobs, kids and stuff? What happened to the fun that we thought we’d have as soon as we got out of our parents’ house? Oh, yeah, that’s what lead to the kids and the becoming…
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Loose Threads and Other Random Thoughts
1. That’s me with Miss 17. I’m so incredibly proud of her. I’m also slowly but surely preparing myself to let go as she prepares to go to college. I will not cry. On Friday, she and I hung out and did a bit of shopping, eating and talking. Seeing my daughter grow from a little bean to a young lady has been the most amazing trip. I’m one of those blessed moms who hasn’t had to go through all the problems that I caused my mother with her teen daughter. That’s not to say we haven’t had our issues (at 12 she started to lose her mind, at 13…
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Loose Threads and Other Random Thoughts
Weekends in my house tend to be quiet. The kids usually go and stay with my mother~in~law pretty much from the minute they step off the bus until we force ask them to come home. And the hubs either works, races or hangs out with his friends so I’m pretty much left to my own devices, which I love. This weekend, however, was different. I survived a “man cold”, made a headband and weathered a power outage… Friday I woke up to hear the hubs moaning into the phone “I’m not coming in today” sniff sniff “I don’t feel well” cough cough. Inwardly, I groaned because this didn’t bode well for…
