Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Lazy Days of Summer


urgh...I've been slacking so much lately...in my exercise, in my scrapbooking, in my housework. In life. Just stamp a big 'S' on my forehead and be done with it.

Exercise, I still get my stroll on but I had got to the point where I walked during my morning breaks at work, when I got home from work, I would take Miyagi out for his walk and then later on, when it got cooler, I'd walk him again and then ACTUALLY jog every 3 minutes. Now, Miyagi looks at ME and I can see it in his eyes..."WHAT am I to DO with such laziness???' Except for the 4th of July weekend (boy that was a gluttonous spell if I ever had one) I still have not had sugar, bread, rice, or potatoes. I've cut out a lot of pasta but not all together. The week after the 4th, I tell you what, I was Miiiiiiiiiiiissssssssssserable....i was sluggish, moody and cranky and the only thing I can attribute to it was I had ate and drank and was very merry with every thing and every body. I can still feel the weight loss but I still feel the slug in me.

Since my last fiasco with Miyagi using a scrapbook as his new chew toy, I havent scrapped like I'm used to doing. Been taking the pictures with visions of pages and layouts dancing through my head but have yet to put into motion. One of my cousins wants to pay me to do a scrapbook for our family reunion coming up in August and beyond black pages...I don't have a clue what I want to do with it.

I'm so glad that at an early age i've taught the boys that this is their house to so they are responsible for taking care of it just as much as I am. Without a lot of prompting they have their on jobs and do them everyday with no problems. I am selfishly thinking 'YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! one for the team cuz i dont have to do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' They clean but c'mon...its 15 and 12 year old clean. Enough said.

I think I've hit the typical lazy days of summer feel. That time when you lay on the couch to read and next thing you know, an hour later, your wiping the slobber off your cheek. Where you actually look at the back of a frozen dinner and think there's enough nutritional value in it too feed your kids. When you dont even wash the chlorine out of your hair after swimming...ummm okay, maybe that is just me but I'm trying to get my groove back, ya'll. I'm having fun taking pictures and enjoying life when it COMES TO ME but for the most part...its like ehhhhhh...I'll get back to you Ms Life...right now this couch feels soooooo good.

Monday, July 14, 2008

My niece's birthday 1st birthday was on the 4th of July but we had her party this weekend...I tell you what...being around babies, does something to me. Makes me re think my decision in having more children. Or really, NOT having more children. I have 3 nieces, who have always stepped in and let me 'borrow' them when I felt the need to be a mother to a little girl...do the mother/daughter thing but I dont know....sometimes I do get that ache and it gets a little bit harder to push it away.....


Ava Rae holding hands

w/ Papa



Ava Rae w/ Papa




Ava Rae smiling for Nana


I love this picture of my brother
w/ Jermylah



The Princess of the Day
'Mylie


OH... the picture below...they are sisters. And yes, my oldest niece, Angela, is 20 while her little sister, 'Mylie, is 1...




Sunday, July 13, 2008

Happy 1st Birfday, 'Mylie....

Her birthday is really on July 4th but for reasons and issues i best not go into, she didnt have a birthday on her birthday but this weekend.....



















Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Hollyhock is such a strange name for such a pretty flower...

Can you see the bee?

Not a bee but a fly...





Now that's a big azz bee...


andddddddddddddd two lil bitty sorry tomatoes on my vine....geez

This post is a call for help...

This post is for Ms Kendra or ANYONE who can help with the smoke in my photos. Someone told me that it’s a photoshop program that probably does the trick but I prefer not to alter my photos too much….

I thought I could copy and paste that info off of the picture on my flickr account but that doesn’t appear to be the case so I got it off my camera…

The picture with the pinkish/purple fireworks in the background was taken in action mode, 1/20 shutter, f3.5, exposure is 0 and AWB is set to AWB

Just to let anyone know, I do NOT mess with the exposure setting…I haven't got the hang of it so I need to play with that more and the AWB…ummmm don’t have a clue what its for but going through my cameras history I do change it.

Any takers on what I’m doing wrong?


UPDATES: JUST ON THE OFF CHANCE THAT THIS HELPS....


HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION: 180dpi
VERTICAL RESOLUTION: 180dpi
BIT DEPTH: 24
ISO SPEED:
EXPOSURE BIAS: 0 STEP
FOCAL LENGTH: 13 MM
MAX APERTURE: 3.625
DIGITAL ZOOM: 1

now, there's a bunch of other stuff that I dont think is important but it probably is....It's also a Canon PowerShot

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Parking Lot Wars

I work in a government office building with limited parking. Put it this way there is parking but most of the close parking, near the building, is not taken up by the public but by state employees. People will get here an hour early just to get parking close to the building. Get here and then…go to sleep in their car or finish getting dressed or put on makeup...LIKE ME. The closer spots are usually taken up my night personnel such as security officers and maintance so some people will lay in wait, like sharks circling a body in the ocean. Parking in the cut to get that coveted spot. This morning was a little different.

I came around the corner of the lane and I noticed the regular van sitting in wait for a prize spot. Me, I park wherever…which reminds me, I need to park further away so I can get a little exercise. Anywho… I pull into a spot backwards, usually, the way my luck runs, someone in a huge ass truck will park next to me on BOTH sides and I have a heck of a time pulling out backwards so just to nip that…I park with the front end out…Again, I park and I hear a car door slam and look up…

A lady gets out of car and starts heading in but notices a guy getting into his car so she hurriedly turns around hops in her car and tries to pull as he pulls out. You guessed it, it IS the coveted spot that the van has been waiting on…both of them try pull into the spot with half of their ass half out of the spot. Now, I’ve been in a view embarrassing situations and when drama rears its ugly head, I’m do not watch. So I put on my makeup, occasionally glancing over. I have my mix cd playing but I can faintly hear voices…I continue to put on my makeup.

By the time I finish, get out, plug my meter, grab my stuff obviously the sittachawation has been diverted because the girl has backed back into another spot (another money grubber parking spot lot thief took her original spot) and I think all is well in parking lot land. Then I realize I left my vacation planner in the car ( got to have something to do while I’m at work…PLAN MY VACATION) so I turn back towards my car and I see the girl ON HER KNEE’S beside her car. My guess, praying not to kick anyone’s ass. Do I intrude? Do I talk to her? Do I check on her? What do I do???? Hell, here I go and I start to walk over but then I was saved! Someone stops beside her and I seen her nod her head and the
Stoper walked on….

More 4th pictures….HEY! if you look at my fireworks pictures, you will notice the smoke...kinda messes up my shots. If anyone knows how to take those clear shots WITHOUT the smoke tendrils...let a sista know....







Monday, July 7, 2008

The 4th...





Okay...I like the 4th...A liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttllllllllllle bit....