Here is this week’s I Heart Faces Fixer-upper, taken by the amazing Susan Keller. Contemplation. Isn’t he a sweet little boy with a tear on his cheek?! Here are a few of the things that I did with the picture while playing around in Lightroom 1. First, I got rid of the line in the…
Archives for March 2009
Zooming In (5 Minutes for Photography)
Today, 5 Minutes for Mom is hosting a few photography tips and a chance to share some of our own photos that fit within today’s subject. Today’s subject is Zooming In….something I do quite a bit. Why? Well, I zoom in to decrease distractions in the background. Here, the background is VERY busy and VERY…
I Don’t Know if I *Do* Normal…..
And yet this is the topic that I picked from MamaKat’s writing prompts this week: Normal is…..(At MY house, at least): ~Normal is going to sleep at midnight and waking up at 7:00am. ~Normal is drinking Instant Breakfast with my vitamins every morning to “get me through til breakfast….” and then forgetting about breakfast until…
Perspective
Albert Einstein on Perspective: “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” “When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.” “No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a…
More Snow Day Fun!
Here are a few more pictures from Monday’s snow day. Covered in snow and loving it! Why is it that the cold doesn’t seem to faze little kids?Hmm…some on the face? Take a taste!He put his own gloves on (or should I say…he put his big sister’s gloves on?) He cracks me up.Poor guy. He…
Wordless Wednesday
Twizzler was playing around with the jenga blocks yesterday morning. He came up to me and asked, “You know that building in Washington DC with Abraham Lincoln inside it?” I said yes….”Well,” he said. “I just made it. Come look!” For more Wordless Wednesday photos from other great bloggers, see 5 Minutes For Mom and…
Doug
A Tribute to a Boy’s Best Friend I spent the day today helping a friend out, while another friend helped me out by watching AJ for me. It was a long but fulfilling day. I arrived home a few minutes after my big kids had gotten home from school. As I was unloading the car,…
Tackling the Bathroom!
This week, I have decided to focus on the bathroom. Oh! The bathroom! Growing up, I never paid much attention to the toilet bowl build up. Now, as a mother, I am painfully aware of the way the toilet looks. And in a house of 5 kids, our toilets are used a lot…and often left…
You Either Love It, or…..
Or you hate it. Snow days are a real mixed bag for me. On one hand, I really love a day to sleep in and take it easy, but is it really possible to take it easy with 5 kids in the house all day? Somehow it’s different during the summer, when we can spend…
Menu Plan Monday 3/2
I’m a little late getting started on this, but here is my meal plan for the week: Cheesy Vegetable Soup Pot Roast with mashed potatoes, carrots, and gravy (I cook whole potatoes, carrots, onion, and a roast in the crock pot, seasoned with lots of spices. After cooking, I peel and mash the potatoes for…
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