...nothing if I'm the one behind the viewfinder. HA! Just had to share that I got my Mother's Day/economically-stimulating gift yesterday- a Canon EOS Digital Rebel!!! I don't have time to post any samples of my photographic genius at this moment, but stay tuned! Consider this a teaser to keep my tens of readers coming back for more. I hope to get some pictures of the cutest children to ever walk the face of the earth (AKA: mine) really soon.
Honestly, I have no idea what I'm doing with the thing. The extent of my photography skills begins at 'point' and ends at 'shoot.' Now I'm in a world of manual focus, shutter speed, and aperture. I don't know what those words mean exactly, but I do know they are photography terms and that's half the battle, right? Thankfully I have a couple of wonderful friends who are photographers by trade that I'm planning to hit up for some free lessons. But no plans to quit the day job any time soon.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Growing Up
Yesterday, Jason and I attended Micah's Pre-Kindergarten graduation. It was a little ironic b/c this was actually his 2nd year in PK. We held him out of kinder for an extra year b/c his birthday is so late in the summer and we thought it would give him some time to mature socially and emotionally. We'll see if there are any fruits of our labor next year when he's actually in school.
The "ceremony" was very sweet. Micah got to wear his "fancy clothes" (his words). They played a "make-your-momma-cry" video with pictures of all the children as they've grown up. Then Micah's teacher, Mrs. Morgan, presented all of the children with diplomas and called out what they wanted to be when they grow up. Micah wants to be a detective. Which is funny b/c I thought he wanted to be a super hero. I'm actually a little relieved he didn't tell his teacher that, and went with the more respectable detective instead.
Here are a few pictures
It's hard to believe that my smart little boy will be starting school, real school, soon. Before long, the pressures of friends, schoolwork, self-image, and all the other junk that comes with growing up will be reality for him. On the other hand, as he grows, Jason and I get to be participants in Micah's journey of faith. We'll get to see how he glorifies Jesus with his life. I think it will be a difficult and amazing adventure. I pray that, as parents, Jason and I have the wisdom and grace to shepherd his heart in a way that allows him to not only learn from his choices along the way, but also causes him to fall in love with Jesus more everyday.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Prayers, Please
This is just a quick note- I'm having what I thought were minor health issues, but got some lab results back yesterday and my doctor wants to do some procedures soon to further determine what's going on. I'm having them done on June 5th. It's either going to be nothing or something fairly serious, not alot in between. I'm a bit uneasy, but there's nothing I can do about it until we find out more. Your prayers are appreciated!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
American Idol
A recap of a conversation I had tonight with Micah while watching AI:
M: Is this a showdown?
Me: It's a competition. People can vote for who they think should win.
M: Who do you like better, the young David or the old David?
Me: The old David.
M: I think everyone else likes the young David more because they were all holding up signs for him and if you hold up signs, it means you love that person more.
Perceptive, no?
M: Is this a showdown?
Me: It's a competition. People can vote for who they think should win.
M: Who do you like better, the young David or the old David?
Me: The old David.
M: I think everyone else likes the young David more because they were all holding up signs for him and if you hold up signs, it means you love that person more.
Perceptive, no?
A Public Service Announcement
So I had another doctor appointment yesterday. In order to ruin my day, as if being at the doctor's office wasn't enough, the first thing the nurse had me do was step on the scale. Whoa! Talk about a wake-up call- I'll spare you the details, but suffice it to say I'm still carrying around "some" baby weight. Can it still be called baby weight 19 months after the baby was born? I think so. Even though I need to lose like 100 L-Bs, one thing made my day. When I told the nurse I was 30, she was shocked! Shocked, people! She said, and I quote, "You look SO much younger!" YAY!! That almost took the sting out of the weight thing. Not quite, but almost.
Anyway, today I decided to work on my eating habits. I only had a few minutes for lunch and decided to hit Sonic for a nice salad. Because Sonic is known for their nice salads, right? Not their sugary drinks, deliciously greasy onion rings, or heart attack-inducing chili cheese dogs. It took every ounce of strength I had to force my mouth to form the word "salad" while simultaneously pushing air through my larynx, so that I wasn't mouthing the word salad, but actually saying it in an audible voice. I decided to order the Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad b/c the menu said it had black beans (which I love and are totally good for you). When I got back to my office and sat down to dig into my nice salad, imagine my shock when I saw that I could count the number of black beans on 2 hands (and part of a foot). Yes, I'm anal and I counted them. There were 14 beans in a huge bowl of lettuce. 14!! I don't think that even counts as a full serving. Seriously.
There was a decent sized piece of grilled chicken on top of my lettuce and beans, thankfully. But the total for the salad and a medium diet coke was almost $7. I got charged 7 bucks for a huge bowl of lettuce and a drink. And iceburg lettuce, at that. Not even the good stuff. And there was plenty of it. But my PSA to anyone reading: whenever you get a craving for a nice salad, skip the SW Grilled Chicken Salad at Sonic. Don't be tempted by the black beans, as I was. If you think the black beans will make a healthy addition to your nice salad, keep in mind that you can get black beans for WAAAY cheaper at the grocery store, even with rising gas prices driving up the cost of food. Take my word for it.
Anyway, today I decided to work on my eating habits. I only had a few minutes for lunch and decided to hit Sonic for a nice salad. Because Sonic is known for their nice salads, right? Not their sugary drinks, deliciously greasy onion rings, or heart attack-inducing chili cheese dogs. It took every ounce of strength I had to force my mouth to form the word "salad" while simultaneously pushing air through my larynx, so that I wasn't mouthing the word salad, but actually saying it in an audible voice. I decided to order the Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad b/c the menu said it had black beans (which I love and are totally good for you). When I got back to my office and sat down to dig into my nice salad, imagine my shock when I saw that I could count the number of black beans on 2 hands (and part of a foot). Yes, I'm anal and I counted them. There were 14 beans in a huge bowl of lettuce. 14!! I don't think that even counts as a full serving. Seriously.
There was a decent sized piece of grilled chicken on top of my lettuce and beans, thankfully. But the total for the salad and a medium diet coke was almost $7. I got charged 7 bucks for a huge bowl of lettuce and a drink. And iceburg lettuce, at that. Not even the good stuff. And there was plenty of it. But my PSA to anyone reading: whenever you get a craving for a nice salad, skip the SW Grilled Chicken Salad at Sonic. Don't be tempted by the black beans, as I was. If you think the black beans will make a healthy addition to your nice salad, keep in mind that you can get black beans for WAAAY cheaper at the grocery store, even with rising gas prices driving up the cost of food. Take my word for it.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Random Sunday Stuff
When the boys were gone, I woke up at 5-freakin'-30 almost every morning. I give my mom a hard time about waking up early b/c everyone knows you don't sleep as much when you get old and retired. And you have to eat dinner at 3:00 in the afternoon. So I didn't know if the reality of old age was falling upon me, or if it was a psychological phenomenon because I knew there would be no boys and their regular morning bickering to rouse me from sleep. It must have been psychological b/c when Cade woke me up at 6:30 today, I could barely open my eyes. Praise Jesus for Sunday afternoon naps (naps- another thing I didn't need when the boys were away...).
Eating lunch out on Sunday afternoons with 3 kids when Jason's working is an activity to be avoided. So today I decided that McD's drive-thru was going to provide our mid-day "nutrition." Wrong! Their credit card machine was down so I couldn't use my debit card and since I never have cash, I had to devise Plan B pretty quickly. Actually, Plan B1 was to cuss at McD's in my heart. Plan B2 was to drive down a main thoroughfare in town to see what looked like it would be the fastest place to grab some lunch. We ended up stopping at another burger place where we actually hadto get out. Of course, since Sunday afternoon lunch with 3 kids isn't enough of a fiasco as it is, the burger place was out of chicken strips, which was what Micah had his heart set on. Once I promised ice cream to the good little children who eat their sandwiches without crying over the lack of chicken, we actually had a pretty calm lunch. Score one for mommy!
Eating lunch out on Sunday afternoons with 3 kids when Jason's working is an activity to be avoided. So today I decided that McD's drive-thru was going to provide our mid-day "nutrition." Wrong! Their credit card machine was down so I couldn't use my debit card and since I never have cash, I had to devise Plan B pretty quickly. Actually, Plan B1 was to cuss at McD's in my heart. Plan B2 was to drive down a main thoroughfare in town to see what looked like it would be the fastest place to grab some lunch. We ended up stopping at another burger place where we actually hadto get out. Of course, since Sunday afternoon lunch with 3 kids isn't enough of a fiasco as it is, the burger place was out of chicken strips, which was what Micah had his heart set on. Once I promised ice cream to the good little children who eat their sandwiches without crying over the lack of chicken, we actually had a pretty calm lunch. Score one for mommy!
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Into Low-Tech Obsoleteness
The boys came home today! They came storming through the front door this afternoon and it's been so good to have them home again. And noisy. And chaotic. And tearful. And complete once again.
We had a birthday party for Micah today at the local bowling alley this afternoon. He asked for a surprise party a few months ago, so I did my best to make it happen. He was really surprised- especially since his birthday is actually in June.
While planning the party, I was trying to decide on a party favor that would be fairly inexpensive and wouldn't be just a bunch of junk that gets thrown away before the goody bag leaves the party. I saw a great idea in Family Fun magazine about printing some coloring sheets related to the party theme from the internet and putting them together to make coloring books- perfect! I got everything printed, copied, hole-punched and collated. All I needed was brads to hold it all together.
Remember brads? AKA brass fasteners, with a round head like a nail and two tines that you bent to hold your papers together. I must have used a thousand of these little metal friends in art projects at school and church from kindergarten forward, making everything from spinning pinwheels to paper plate Santas with moving arms and legs. Brads are pretty low-tech. And they were the last necessary component to completing my party favor project. Unfortunately, low-tech devices seem to go out of production when you aren't looking.
Have you ever had it happen where you haven't thought of a particular item in such a long time and just when you have the perfect opportunity to use it, you realize it no longer exists and you can't remember the last time you needed the item and wonder when the endangered item crossed the line into extinction? This describes my brad search party. I looked at office supply stores, dollar general stores, and the store-who-must-not-be-named. No brads. Anywhere. I had to settle for ribbon, which you would think would be even lower-tech than brads, but more timeless I suppose. Kind of like pencils. Not as high-tech as a computer, but still well-loved and useful.
The booklets turned out fine and a bunch of 5 yr. olds seemed happy with them. And the party was a mind-numbing success. Tonight I'm exhausted- back to life as usual.
We had a birthday party for Micah today at the local bowling alley this afternoon. He asked for a surprise party a few months ago, so I did my best to make it happen. He was really surprised- especially since his birthday is actually in June.
While planning the party, I was trying to decide on a party favor that would be fairly inexpensive and wouldn't be just a bunch of junk that gets thrown away before the goody bag leaves the party. I saw a great idea in Family Fun magazine about printing some coloring sheets related to the party theme from the internet and putting them together to make coloring books- perfect! I got everything printed, copied, hole-punched and collated. All I needed was brads to hold it all together.
Remember brads? AKA brass fasteners, with a round head like a nail and two tines that you bent to hold your papers together. I must have used a thousand of these little metal friends in art projects at school and church from kindergarten forward, making everything from spinning pinwheels to paper plate Santas with moving arms and legs. Brads are pretty low-tech. And they were the last necessary component to completing my party favor project. Unfortunately, low-tech devices seem to go out of production when you aren't looking.
Have you ever had it happen where you haven't thought of a particular item in such a long time and just when you have the perfect opportunity to use it, you realize it no longer exists and you can't remember the last time you needed the item and wonder when the endangered item crossed the line into extinction? This describes my brad search party. I looked at office supply stores, dollar general stores, and the store-who-must-not-be-named. No brads. Anywhere. I had to settle for ribbon, which you would think would be even lower-tech than brads, but more timeless I suppose. Kind of like pencils. Not as high-tech as a computer, but still well-loved and useful.
The booklets turned out fine and a bunch of 5 yr. olds seemed happy with them. And the party was a mind-numbing success. Tonight I'm exhausted- back to life as usual.
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