on the creative side

Just Hangin’ Out

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Fran Lebowitz said, “I must take issue with the term ‘a mere child,’ for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.” After the week I have had dealing with some parents (who have suddenly become eduction majors) I think I prefer the company of children mere or otherwise to that of some adults.

I have come to an understanding, as of late, that some people who have found success in business and life think that they know everything and will be successful with everything they touch. I am here to say that is so not true. I have several parents who are trying to tell me how to teach and what to teach. However, even when I have implemented something they have requested they are still not happy! It is truly a no-win situation. I am learning to smile a lot when I am not happy!!!!

Have a great weekend!

Traffic Never Stops

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I am going to start posting, hopefully, more often! One of the things that I really enjoy is taking photos and playing with my camera. I am having a tough time at work and I am going to make it a priority to shoot and edit more.

This last weekend I convinced Evo that I needed a new camera lens (macro) and a new tripod. This image was shot just right down the road from my house with the new tripod on Sunday, January 20, 2008 at sunset. I will be posting a few more from this shoot over the next few days!

Have a great week!!!

A Rose By Any Other Name…

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Well, we went back to school on Monday. I had a great vacation! I accomplished a lot and had fun with friends and family. I was able to make the basement an area which we want to hang out in.

NJ’s bathroom had been done in a golf motif (non of us play golf). Now he has earth tones and some of my photos up in his bathroom. I gave him the option of having wall art or my photos and he chose photos. He picked out everything in his bathroom from the colors to the towels. It look very nice in there now.

Evo’s office had not been a place where he wanted to work. We painted two walls a tan color and he is enjoying that space now. We still have some work to go in there with work space (desk etc…) but it is on it’s way.

The basement has an open space which we use as a game room. NJ received a flat screen TV for winter solstice and we mounted it on the wall. Now NJ can play games or watch TV comfortably.

I was able to scrapbook during the break as well. I am working on a high school album for NJ. He is currently a junior and I am a little behind (his freshman year still)! I did get three different layouts done. YEAH!

The only thing I didn’t get to that I really wanted to was jewelry. I have the stuff to work on it but just didn’t have the time. I think I need to add about 4 hours to my day.

I hope your new year is as good or better than years past! At least enjoy what you have. I am going to try to work on not getting caught up in what is happening right then and there but looking at the bigger picture.

View from the Top

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Ok so I like flowers in my house when we have company. I don’t buy them often but we were having a few friends over and I decided we needed flowers. I bought a bunch of purple and white flowers. This is one of the many shots I took. You can see more at Flickr.

Let me know if you have an idea for a photo shoot. I am always open to new ideas.

Drinking from the Cup

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We have spent the last five days going from one hockey rink to another for a hockey tournament with NJ. We started the tournament with a 5 to 3 loss. Then a 3 to 3 tie, followed by another tie of 1 to 1. This put the U16 Thunder On Ice team in the semi-finals of the tournament.

The semi-finals were played Sunday, December 30 at Alltel Ice Den. We ended with a tie of 4 to 4 due to a last second (literally) goal by the other team. However, there had to be a winner to move on to the finals. Thus, a five minute sudden death overtime was set up by which neither team scored. Again there had to be a winner so we went to a shoot out. Nine rounds later Thunder On Ice was the winner and was moving on to the finals.

The final was played Monday, December 31 at Alltel Ice Den. The Thunder team started out slow but held strong for a win with a score of 4 to 2.

NJ played four and a half out of the five games. He kept his head about him during the shoot out. The coached deemed him MVP of the tournament.
Needless to say he was an extremely happy boy!