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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Friday, July 23, 2010
A Month in review
We are still having a few issues over at Divine Digital with the reintroduction of the Boutique. Hopefully it will all be squared away soon. I can't wait to put all of my new designs up in the boutique.
I am grouping a lot of these posts together since we don't have internet at home yet (hopefully Monday if they were right ;) ) I have been going through my photos as well so that I can match them up with my daily posts.
Hmmmm it was another day of butterfly photography but this time they spent a lot of time on the ground:
John was even able to get one to land on him ;) It was pretty cool.
They have a place in Florida called Butterfly World and it's cool for the little ones because you can walk into one area where there are tons of butterflies and they will sometimes land on you. The thing about what we have here is that they don't have to interact, everything is wide open and yet they will land on you if you are patient enough ;)
Alex was at work and the boys spent almost the entire day playing XBOX360 together. As for me I was happy listening to them play their games and baking. I made one large Banana Bundt bread, 6 banana bread cupcakes with crumb topping and one large bannana crumb muffin for Alex for his dessert. For dinner I made chicken cutlets, squash and alfredo noodles. My back feels like it is going to break but it was worth it.
After a quick run to the library we went home, it was mainly Butterfly photography and just hanging around the house today. John wanted to go out but it started pouring so he was stuck here. I finally got through the whole telephone and internet mess and hopefully we will have our internet hooked up by the 26th. Thanks to Tracy at AT&T we were able to get it all straightened out and set up. Fridays are leftover night so it was a quick clean up thankfully.
After court (we went on behalf of a friend of ours) we grabbed John and took a run into Dickson to get some bills paid and let him trade in his old games for some new ones. I took Charles' games for him and he finally got God of War 3. We grabbed some cold cuts and decent Italian Bread for Dinner. We haven't had those in awhile so it really hit the spot. I went outside to do some more Butterfly photography and Alex & John soon followed. John climbed the tree again to get some hopefully better and closer shots. There were a few hummingbirds starting to make their way over as it was close to dusk but we couldn't seem to get any shots of them out in the clear. What we did end up getting were a bunch of moths - we think these are those Tomatoe horn worms at maturity, who looked really cool and almost always had glowing eyes from our flash lol:
Again there were more butterflies. This one is pretty much a loner, he comes by himself and surprisingly enough the others seem to leave him alone. The blue type and the orange spotter ones continue to battle it out and this big fellow just goes along his merry way getting whatever nectar he can.
I was able to get really close to one of the others. Close enough to touch ;) Charles was my photographer this time.
Of course he flew away rather quickly but it was fun while it lasted ;)
Apparently the text file I had set up here on Alex's laptop was incomplete - not sure what happened. I will fill the missing dates in next time. In the meantime I am uploading the images from those dates - at least the ones I have with me.
JULY 3
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I am grouping a lot of these posts together since we don't have internet at home yet (hopefully Monday if they were right ;) ) I have been going through my photos as well so that I can match them up with my daily posts.
July 17th
Hmmmm it was another day of butterfly photography but this time they spent a lot of time on the ground:
John was even able to get one to land on him ;) It was pretty cool.
They have a place in Florida called Butterfly World and it's cool for the little ones because you can walk into one area where there are tons of butterflies and they will sometimes land on you. The thing about what we have here is that they don't have to interact, everything is wide open and yet they will land on you if you are patient enough ;)
Alex was at work and the boys spent almost the entire day playing XBOX360 together. As for me I was happy listening to them play their games and baking. I made one large Banana Bundt bread, 6 banana bread cupcakes with crumb topping and one large bannana crumb muffin for Alex for his dessert. For dinner I made chicken cutlets, squash and alfredo noodles. My back feels like it is going to break but it was worth it.
July 16th
After a quick run to the library we went home, it was mainly Butterfly photography and just hanging around the house today. John wanted to go out but it started pouring so he was stuck here. I finally got through the whole telephone and internet mess and hopefully we will have our internet hooked up by the 26th. Thanks to Tracy at AT&T we were able to get it all straightened out and set up. Fridays are leftover night so it was a quick clean up thankfully.
July 15th
After court (we went on behalf of a friend of ours) we grabbed John and took a run into Dickson to get some bills paid and let him trade in his old games for some new ones. I took Charles' games for him and he finally got God of War 3. We grabbed some cold cuts and decent Italian Bread for Dinner. We haven't had those in awhile so it really hit the spot. I went outside to do some more Butterfly photography and Alex & John soon followed. John climbed the tree again to get some hopefully better and closer shots. There were a few hummingbirds starting to make their way over as it was close to dusk but we couldn't seem to get any shots of them out in the clear. What we did end up getting were a bunch of moths - we think these are those Tomatoe horn worms at maturity, who looked really cool and almost always had glowing eyes from our flash lol:
July 9th
Again there were more butterflies. This one is pretty much a loner, he comes by himself and surprisingly enough the others seem to leave him alone. The blue type and the orange spotter ones continue to battle it out and this big fellow just goes along his merry way getting whatever nectar he can.
I was able to get really close to one of the others. Close enough to touch ;) Charles was my photographer this time.
Of course he flew away rather quickly but it was fun while it lasted ;)
Apparently the text file I had set up here on Alex's laptop was incomplete - not sure what happened. I will fill the missing dates in next time. In the meantime I am uploading the images from those dates - at least the ones I have with me.
JULY 7TH
JULY 6TH
JULY 3
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Saturday, February 27, 2010
And the days go by..................
Can I post some new designs?
Can I post new listings in my eBay & Etsy stores?
Can I show you some new and wonderful photos I have taken?
No, no & no. Well, ok maybe I could, but then I wouldn't be able to do any of the things I mentioned. I am so dis-organized it's not even funny. I need someone to take me by the hand and help me!! I don't know whether it is the ADHD, middle age or what but I am so incredibly scattered that it's amazing I remember to breathe.
I have reconnected with so many of my 'old' friends, some whom I have known since I was 10, these are friends that I would fight to the end for. Friends who always have a special place in my heart no matter how many years go by before we find each other again, and I haven't had the time to call even one of them. So for Mark, who spent endless hours with me, sleeping over each other's houses, double dating and just being the best friend in the world - For Kathe, who was always sweet to me and jumped on my arresting officers back when he tried to push me into the cop car during the walk out in High School (story for another time) LOL, For Lorraine, who was always my friend no matter how annoying & crazy I was and who was there in the hospital for my first son's birth - and for MaryEllen who showed me that you can be a Lady, intelligent and extremely funny all at the same time - I miss & love you all and think of you all the time. I am just .... me. Disorganized and buried under things to do. There are so many others whom I would love to mention but I don't have enough time and space here to list everyone lol.
On the flip side of this situation is the fact that all my hard work is paying off. Charles is doing well with his studying for the GED. For those of you who don't know he is trying to get out of High School early. He had gotten special permission from the Superintendent to take the GED once he turns 17 next month. Once he passes it he will be going for College Classes for computers so that he can get some letters added after his name lol. He is a natural when it comes to computers, already into serious programming etc but he knows that in order to secure a good job he will need his degree. I am sad that he won't be having a normal graduation ceremony but glad and proud that he is driven to move ahead faster and go for what he wants.
Both of my stores are coming together although I have not had any sales at Etsy yet :( I am working on two designs right now for bracelets and am waiting for some items I ordered to come in so that I can work on 3 others that I have in my head. Disorganized, disorganized. Alex and I went to Wal-Mart & Office Depot a few weeks ago and bought several 'designer' boxes so that I could organize all of my beads, wires, charms etc and he even made some dividers for them. Alas, I still haven't figured out what is comfortable for me. I also have been fighting the urge to decorate these little boxes lol. Maybe I should just let myself go and do it, it might help the juices flow.
So right now it's Saturday and I got a delivery from China of over 1,000 items. Nope, not exaggerating over 1,000. The reason for that is because some of the packs I got contain 300 items while most contain around 40, so it's not as bad as it would seem but it will definitely keep me busy for awhile. Poor Alex will be taking pics forever lol. He has been trying to help me out by taking all of the photos so I could concentrate on listing, pricing and advertising. Aside from my boys, he is the best thing that ever happened to me and I thank God everyday for him.
Well I have to go for now, I have a lot to do, just in case I didn't already tell you that lol. Have a great day and please drop by my eBay and Etsy shoppes and add me to your favorites. You might find something you like :)
HUGS!!!
Can I post new listings in my eBay & Etsy stores?
Can I show you some new and wonderful photos I have taken?
No, no & no. Well, ok maybe I could, but then I wouldn't be able to do any of the things I mentioned. I am so dis-organized it's not even funny. I need someone to take me by the hand and help me!! I don't know whether it is the ADHD, middle age or what but I am so incredibly scattered that it's amazing I remember to breathe.
I have reconnected with so many of my 'old' friends, some whom I have known since I was 10, these are friends that I would fight to the end for. Friends who always have a special place in my heart no matter how many years go by before we find each other again, and I haven't had the time to call even one of them. So for Mark, who spent endless hours with me, sleeping over each other's houses, double dating and just being the best friend in the world - For Kathe, who was always sweet to me and jumped on my arresting officers back when he tried to push me into the cop car during the walk out in High School (story for another time) LOL, For Lorraine, who was always my friend no matter how annoying & crazy I was and who was there in the hospital for my first son's birth - and for MaryEllen who showed me that you can be a Lady, intelligent and extremely funny all at the same time - I miss & love you all and think of you all the time. I am just .... me. Disorganized and buried under things to do. There are so many others whom I would love to mention but I don't have enough time and space here to list everyone lol.
On the flip side of this situation is the fact that all my hard work is paying off. Charles is doing well with his studying for the GED. For those of you who don't know he is trying to get out of High School early. He had gotten special permission from the Superintendent to take the GED once he turns 17 next month. Once he passes it he will be going for College Classes for computers so that he can get some letters added after his name lol. He is a natural when it comes to computers, already into serious programming etc but he knows that in order to secure a good job he will need his degree. I am sad that he won't be having a normal graduation ceremony but glad and proud that he is driven to move ahead faster and go for what he wants.
Both of my stores are coming together although I have not had any sales at Etsy yet :( I am working on two designs right now for bracelets and am waiting for some items I ordered to come in so that I can work on 3 others that I have in my head. Disorganized, disorganized. Alex and I went to Wal-Mart & Office Depot a few weeks ago and bought several 'designer' boxes so that I could organize all of my beads, wires, charms etc and he even made some dividers for them. Alas, I still haven't figured out what is comfortable for me. I also have been fighting the urge to decorate these little boxes lol. Maybe I should just let myself go and do it, it might help the juices flow.
So right now it's Saturday and I got a delivery from China of over 1,000 items. Nope, not exaggerating over 1,000. The reason for that is because some of the packs I got contain 300 items while most contain around 40, so it's not as bad as it would seem but it will definitely keep me busy for awhile. Poor Alex will be taking pics forever lol. He has been trying to help me out by taking all of the photos so I could concentrate on listing, pricing and advertising. Aside from my boys, he is the best thing that ever happened to me and I thank God everyday for him.
Well I have to go for now, I have a lot to do, just in case I didn't already tell you that lol. Have a great day and please drop by my eBay and Etsy shoppes and add me to your favorites. You might find something you like :)
HUGS!!!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Snow!
Well I heard the word snow yesterday and considering I really need to get my behind out of my chair and get a little exercise I managed to convince Alex & Charles to take a walk. As you can see in this photo, the snow was just starting to fall when we went out at around 4pm yesterday.
And this one as well:
Charles decided that it was too cold for him and ran back to the house - literally ran lol:
After dinner we heard a knock at the back door. Apparently even the natives were having a hard time coping with the snow:
This morning we awoke to no internet and a lot more snow:
Those are just a couple of shots from the back door lol. I have not yet ventured outside. I will be going out later though as I want to get a shot of the ponds, they look awesome with the snow and ice.
Alex had to go outside with a hair dryer and heat up our internet dish lol. It was a bit frozen over and we couldn't get on.
Well, that is all for now, I am hoping that this weather doesn't hinder things too badly. Small town, no ice trucks, no plows (which makes no sense to me since this is farm country lol) and the mail will be slower than the proverbial molasses in winter. Hopefully we won't lose internet.
I need to go and get more items into my eBay store and finish up a mini kit I have been working on ;) Have a great day and stay warm!
And this one as well:
Charles decided that it was too cold for him and ran back to the house - literally ran lol:
After dinner we heard a knock at the back door. Apparently even the natives were having a hard time coping with the snow:
This morning we awoke to no internet and a lot more snow:
Those are just a couple of shots from the back door lol. I have not yet ventured outside. I will be going out later though as I want to get a shot of the ponds, they look awesome with the snow and ice.
Alex had to go outside with a hair dryer and heat up our internet dish lol. It was a bit frozen over and we couldn't get on.
Well, that is all for now, I am hoping that this weather doesn't hinder things too badly. Small town, no ice trucks, no plows (which makes no sense to me since this is farm country lol) and the mail will be slower than the proverbial molasses in winter. Hopefully we won't lose internet.
I need to go and get more items into my eBay store and finish up a mini kit I have been working on ;) Have a great day and stay warm!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
New PSA - Disturbing but Powerful Video
This Video is disturbing but so right on the money. Anyone who has children, drives or owns a cellphone NEEDS to watch this video.
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