Chatting with Gundi

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Now my problems with visa's for France and UK start :mad: :annoyed:, that's always the worst thing of planning our trips.

Visa's always hold people up! Hope you get it all taken care of without much headache!!

Good morning ladies. Not a good night. Finally fell asleep around 2, only to wake up around 5 because my shoulders were hurting. I eventually just got up and took my shower. My hands are so puffy this morning. They look llike the fat chubby hands of a 3 year old! :lol: Today's a good day for Johnny to show up since there's no way I'll be able to get my wedding ring on. This always happens when we're busy. Not sure why. I guess from lifting boxes all day. I think I'm gonna fire my husband. He's a slave driver. :rofl::rofl:

Rene, that's no good! I was up til 1:15 doing the pages for my SIL, she has to publish the book today! Then the one morning the baby sleeps in we have an apt. so I have to get up anyway. Why do they do that, he seriously NEVER sleeps in.

Rene, I'm sorry you didn't sleep well and are all puffy now. You definitely need to stay home and scrap today.

Chris, I LOVE all your backgrounds. You rock!

Sandy, yes, you're stuck with us once you have the flair. :D

Heather, my new Survivor buddy!! The little fat guy cracks me up. I don't want him to win, but he sure makes the game interesting. Why can't anybody see through him? I like Jaison and the doctor, and can't even remember anybody on the other tribe.

Ya he is good for the show, but he drives me nuts. We always DVR them and watch them on Sunday nights, so don't spill any beans.


Strange thing that.... I felt some chains tightening around my ankles when I added to my siggy ;)

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: See how Chris is, controlling!

Good morning everyone! Hope everyone has an awesome Friday! Mine is going to be busy, it's HOMECOMING day for DD's high school! She has been over at the rival school with a group of kids AND A POLICE OFFICER (LOLOLOLOL!!!! he's our neighbor.. shhh) since about 4am!! I arranged it with the neighbor/cop and OUR school principal so that none of the kids had to worry about getting into trouble with the law or with the principal. They were all so loud here at my house this morning, I wanted to choke them all though... they were so excited!!! They are a REALLY good bunch of kids, I'd be willing to bet that this is the biggest crime they have ever committed and they were excited about getting to do it! Tooooo funnnny!!

I start NKOTB and the Mentee program today!! I'm soooo skeeered!! I won't have any time to start my NKOTB though until tomorrow. Drats!

Have a great day!

WOW, you are a great mom. I would have just told my kids to not get caught! :rofl: :rofl: You will do great on NKOTB! Just have fun!!

Are you using CS? You can choose to AUTO SELECT LAYER or not and the check box for this is right at the top of the workspace when you have the move tool activated.

The CTRL click option can be turned on/off in the prefereces menu.. I think it's under the GENERAL tab... I have mine off so that I only need to click.

Don't knowi f that helps or hinders...

Did this only happen when you plugged in the tablet?

Yep, that box was checked so that was the problem!!

[addicted]

Which Survivor are you watching?

Survivor Samoa, I think! Do they have American shows in Omar? We don't watch TV but we do watch this just because it's hilarious to watch how these people think.

Oh Stitchie, wasn't the black hair dresser so funny when she was going off about how she lives in Bronx, or where ever, and this camping was horrible!

[ReneT]

Good morning everyone! Hope everyone has an awesome Friday! Mine is going to be busy, it's HOMECOMING day for DD's high school! She has been over at the rival school with a group of kids AND A POLICE OFFICER (LOLOLOLOL!!!! he's our neighbor.. shhh) since about 4am!! I arranged it with the neighbor/cop and OUR school principal so that none of the kids had to worry about getting into trouble with the law or with the principal. They were all so loud here at my house this morning, I wanted to choke them all though... they were so excited!!! They are a REALLY good bunch of kids, I'd be willing to bet that this is the biggest crime they have ever committed and they were excited about getting to do it! Tooooo funnnny!!

I start NKOTB and the Mentee program today!! I'm soooo skeeered!! I won't have any time to start my NKOTB though until tomorrow. Drats!

Have a great day!

Oh how fun for her and her friends!!! That was nice of your neighbor.

Don't be skeeered. You'll enjoy it!

[ReneT]

LOL! That is too funny. What a good mom you are arranging a police escort. Have a fun day Laura!

Homecoming day for me too. I'm meeting the band at the parade start and walking the route with them, then the game. Hopefully we can win this one. The band won't march their show during halftime due to the homecoming activities, so they play their show after the game tonight. Makes for an extra long night and I'm not really sure why they do that... I'm not sure anybody is going to care about the band after the football game.

Have fun!!! I've never heard of a band doing that before.

[ReneT]

Sorry you had such a crappy night.. and you KNOW you will never fire Gary since he is just too perfect to replace. ! LOL !

This is true!!! He's a keeper.

[sands_healy]

Survivor Samoa, I think! Do they have American shows in Omar? We don't watch TV but we do watch this just because it's hilarious to watch how these people think.

Oh Stitchie, wasn't the black hair dresser so funny when she was going off about how she lives in Bronx, or where ever, and this camping was horrible!

Yep we've got the Samoa one on at the mo. Probably a few weeks behind you. Not been following it though.

[carolyn d]

This is true!!! He's a keeper.Just request bionic shoulders during the busy season... haha... you've probably just pulled on muscles you don't normally use is all.

[carolyn d]

Sands.. LOVED your response to WHY IS THE SKY BLUE in the NKOTB forum ! Too funny...

[ReneT]

Rene, that's no good! I was up til 1:15 doing the pages for my SIL, she has to publish the book today! Then the one morning the baby sleeps in we have an apt. so I have to get up anyway. Why do they do that, he seriously NEVER sleeps in.

It's a conspiracy!

[ReneT]

Just request bionic shoulders during the busy season... haha... you've probably just pulled on muscles you don't normally use is all.

Actually they were hurting a bit before we started this. So it's probably from being on the computer too much. But, shhhhh..... don't tell Gary.:D That would take away part of my reasons for whining. :rofl::rofl:

[stitchmich]

Which Survivor are you watching?

Survivor Samoa, I think! Do they have American shows in Omar? We don't watch TV but we do watch this just because it's hilarious to watch how these people think.

Oh Stitchie, wasn't the black hair dresser so funny when she was going off about how she lives in Bronx, or where ever, and this camping was horrible!

I read that the earthquake and tsunami that affected Samoa this week had no effect on the taping of Survivor. It said they are currently taping Season 20 in Samoa and Season 19 was also in Samoa. So I guess we are watching season 19 and they will be back there next season. I almost said something about who went home last night, but I didn't in case you hadn't watched yet. Thursday night has been family Survivor night in our house for years. We love it, some seaons more than others, and all watch together often with popcorn. except that last season, DD stopped watching with us because she's got too much else to do.

That chick last week had some attitude at the other camp. wow. And Sands, this was only the third week, so you haven't missed much.

Have fun!!! I've never heard of a band doing that before.

I've never heard of that either. I don't think I was at the Homecoming game the last two years. I don't know how many people will stay to watch so not sure why they do that. We'll see. I stopped working at noon today and relaxed for a couple of hours, knowing that I'm going to be on my feet all afternoon. I heading out shortly and coming back tonight with hundreds of new pictures to sort through :D
See ya'll tomorrow!

[idtwinmom]

WON'T BE much of a help by the time Ifinish "whiting out" the company name, the itme description and other pertinent information... the only thing will be BILL TO and SHIP TO...

so , still no help.... sneaky woman.

Yeah! And by the time you find the tracking number I will have the package. So, approx. when will it be here, and will it fit in my box (we do have a package box, but it's not super big) or should I watch for it at the door?

[idtwinmom]

ME, ME, ME!! What the heck with the big fat guy???



Oh Rene, I wish I could save ya! Then I'd be saving a rain forest to! :rofl:



Who is Sam Elliot?

The dreamiest cowboy on TV, sidekick to Patrick Swayze in the movie about the bars where Swayze played the bouncer. Name is totally escaped my brain at the moment.

Ok Lisa I'm laughing so hard because I started your video and my dh in the BG says "NO". When my sister was here last week, she showed my kids a spanish video and it was that! She knows spanish and loves it so she wanted to show my kids some spanish stuff and they played with video over and over and over again. I even know the spanish for it..... Yo soy tu gumi nola! There's the spanish translation and I have no idea how to spell it! Anyway... my dh was so sick of that song. :rofl:

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
Tell him sorry!

[idtwinmom]

I just noticed... during the day today, I managed to waffle my way \ almost to the "golden" number....gaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh, I don't talk this much on the phone !

"Gundi Girls Photo Guru!
And if I could think of a g word for photo.......

[idtwinmom]

OK, caught up! Man this schedule of not being on the computer in the morning is killing me! And me with too much to do to be back online until Sunday!

Sorry Rene that you are hurting! I'm sure that it's the work and not the computer that is doing it too you!

LauraB, wish I had had the guts to do NKOTB when I could. I missed my chance though and will always regret it. Also: I agree with Carolyn, you get the MOMA award for sure!

Lots going on, including the photography class starting tonight. Got to get off this machine and go to the bank and get his money!

Hugs to you all!

[>>aruaL<<]

Ya'll wanna hear something kinda funny? Remember my DD and her friends, with the neighbor dude, went over to the rival school this morning right? Well.... a little nice lady who happens to like our group of kids, and USE to work at OUR school happen to be on campus already when the kids and the nice police man arrived to do their "innocent dirty work" (as they called it). She opened the gates to the campus, the gym and the office.. and she let them INSIDE to do their dirty work!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

So when the staff and kids of that school arrived this morning, not only was their school the victim of their rival, but it was literally in their territory.... not just outside the gates and parking lot! Apparently the coach isn't so happy... not in a bad way.. but more like in a fun rival "we are going to get you back" way...and his kids are planning revenge! His group is good kids too, so we have no worries...but it sure is funny. Wish I could see the look on their faces when they walked past those gates and realized their rivals were right there inside their buildings! Their principal thinks it's hysterical (phew!!) and our principal loves it and is proud of the kids for keeping it good clean innocent fun.

About time this town had some fun.. and school spirit!

Yay!

[idtwinmom]

Ya'll wanna hear something kinda funny? Remember my DD and her friends, with the neighbor dude, went over to the rival school this morning right? Well.... a little nice lady who happens to like our group of kids, and USE to work at OUR school happen to be on campus already when the kids and the nice police man arrived to do their "innocent dirty work" (as they called it). She opened the gates to the campus, the gym and the office.. and she let them INSIDE to do their dirty work!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

So when the staff and kids of that school arrived this morning, not only was their school the victim of their rival, but it was literally in their territory.... not just outside the gates and parking lot! Apparently the coach isn't so happy... not in a bad way.. but more like in a fun rival "we are going to get you back" way...and his kids are planning revenge! His group is good kids too, so we have no worries...but it sure is funny. Wish I could see the look on their faces when they walked past those gates and realized their rivals were right there inside their buildings! Their principal thinks it's hysterical (phew!!) and our principal loves it and is proud of the kids for keeping it good clean innocent fun.

About time this town had some fun.. and school spirit!

Yay!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:
I just think this is so cool! You are so giving a good example for your daughter and her friends and I hope some day I can do the same for my kids!

[idtwinmom]

First: Photography class has been postponed one more week! :cry: But at least Kristie found a 4th person, so the good price is in place!

Second: if you want to be outraged and support one of our DSP Grandmothers (I don't know that she is part of the GT) visit this thread: http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?p=748519&posted=1#post748519

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Lisa, no applogies here, it was pretty funny! He needs to be riled (is that a word) once in a while!!

Laura that is funny! It will be fun to see how they get back at ya!

[ReneT]

Ya'll wanna hear something kinda funny? Remember my DD and her friends, with the neighbor dude, went over to the rival school this morning right? Well.... a little nice lady who happens to like our group of kids, and USE to work at OUR school happen to be on campus already when the kids and the nice police man arrived to do their "innocent dirty work" (as they called it). She opened the gates to the campus, the gym and the office.. and she let them INSIDE to do their dirty work!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

So when the staff and kids of that school arrived this morning, not only was their school the victim of their rival, but it was literally in their territory.... not just outside the gates and parking lot! Apparently the coach isn't so happy... not in a bad way.. but more like in a fun rival "we are going to get you back" way...and his kids are planning revenge! His group is good kids too, so we have no worries...but it sure is funny. Wish I could see the look on their faces when they walked past those gates and realized their rivals were right there inside their buildings! Their principal thinks it's hysterical (phew!!) and our principal loves it and is proud of the kids for keeping it good clean innocent fun.

About time this town had some fun.. and school spirit!

Yay!

Oh how fun!!!!!! How great that the kids on both side are getting to have so much good clean fun in the name of school spirit!!!

[ReneT]

Hi Gundi Girls!!!!

Yay, I got off work at 7:00 tonight!!! So I came home and did some work bookkeeping since I've gotten behind on that this week, but that's OK because sitting in my desk chair was sooooooooooooooo much better than standing on concrete floors and lifting boxes of paper for the rest of the evening. Back tomorrow at 8. I'm hoping I can sleep tonight. I laid down on my bed for a second earlier, but decided I better get up and do the bookkeeping before I fell asleep.

I just looked at my calendar and realized I have 4 layouts due before next Wednesday. I don't know how that's going to happen. I'm about to work on one right now for maybe 1/2 an hour.

You guys have a great weekend!!!!!

Shana, where are you???? Is your tooth still bothering you?

[Christine]

seems like I have had my taxi hat on allllllll day! Tomorrow I will be shooting hopefully lots of people (flu shots). Last week the clinic only had 17 patients in 4 hours but it was a really nice day so probably people were out playing. Maybe with the weather turning people will remember to get in to get it done

[idtwinmom]

It's on my list for tomorrow! Wish I could let you do it too, not to sure about the guy at our pharmacy (he looks about 90 and I'm not too sure how steady his hands are!)

[Christine]

oh yeah and I went swimming this morning. I have just been doing the elliptical cuz it has been so hard for me to breathe and I can do that slowly, but decided I really wanted to swim even if I had to go slow. Swam for 45 min or so but had to take lots of breaks.

Sands you must have gotten quiet lately. We were even, then you and Crys both got way out in front of me, wonder when I surged out in front. lol I don't think either of us is ever going to catch chatty Crys. :D

[ReneT]

Hey check out my babies in their Halloween capes. LOL. Halle, the one on the left is the one with epilepsy, and Doxie, the one on the right is the one who ate the mouse poison. You can tell she likes to eat! hee hee. Does anyone know what to do about the green eye in the photo? I tried several things, but nothing worked.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/6697/thumbs/HALLE-_-DOXIE-TOO-CUTE-TO-S.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=335784)
Halle & Doxie R 2 Cute 2 Spook

[ReneT]

seems like I have had my taxi hat on allllllll day! Tomorrow I will be shooting hopefully lots of people (flu shots). Last week the clinic only had 17 patients in 4 hours but it was a really nice day so probably people were out playing. Maybe with the weather turning people will remember to get in to get it done

You work at a pharmacy that is attached to a clinic? That's how the clinic is where my doctor practices. It has its own pharmacy.

I got my flu shot last week!

[idtwinmom]

Green eyes are a b*&^% to get rid of. But since you have another dog with pretty much the same eyes, you might try cloning (or copying and blending over the top). When you take your copy use a pretty good sized feather (in this case 10 might work). Then just blend it over the top using transform and possibly a little Distort filter to make it fit.

[ReneT]

Green eyes are a b*&^% to get rid of. But since you have another dog with pretty much the same eyes, you might try cloning (or copying and blending over the top). When you take your copy use a pretty good sized feather (in this case 10 might work). Then just blend it over the top using transform and possibly a little Distort filter to make it fit.

Thanks, I'll try that tomorrow. I hadn't thought about using Doxies eyes and blending them.

Good night everyone!

[Christine]

It's on my list for tomorrow! Wish I could let you do it too, not to sure about the guy at our pharmacy (he looks about 90 and I'm not too sure how steady his hands are!)

LOL well not to brag or anything but I have so many people that will come and check to see if I am there before they will get one, and they aren't shy about saying "Oh I will come back when Chris is here, she is the best" :rofl: I actually had one guy, a few years ago, come back and say that he didn't think I really gave him the shot cuz we use retractable needles, so he never saw the needle after I gave it and he insisted that he didn't feel it at all! What do you say to that? Ummm ok next time I will make sure it hurts more?!!! :lol:

[Shana34]

Hey ladies I just got home from my friend's. It was her birthday so we had a little party for her. I was fed like I've never been fed before...and my stomach is protesting! LOL

Rene...I'm glad you got to go home and work there...at least that's more comfy for you. :D

So tomorrow starts the next few days of whirlwind wedding weekend for me. Say that five times fast! LOL. We go tomorrow morning or afternoon (I hope afternoon) to get everyone to pick out their dresses and get that square...thank gosh I already have mine picked out. I don't want to try anything on at this weight. LOL Then Sunday it's my sister and I at the bridal show at the arena. WOOHOO I get to cater to her every whim! Thank gosh I love helping her, or I might go crazy LOL. So if I'm not around much this weekend...my sister has run me ragged. LOL

[Shana34]

LOL well not to brag or anything but I have so many people that will come and check to see if I am there before they will get one, and they aren't shy about saying "Oh I will come back when Chris is here, she is the best" :rofl: I actually had one guy, a few years ago, come back and say that he didn't think I really gave him the shot cuz we use retractable needles, so he never saw the needle after I gave it and he insisted that he didn't feel it at all! What do you say to that? Ummm ok next time I will make sure it hurts more?!!! :lol:

That's so awesome that you can give out the flu shots. Do you just have to be a pharmacist to administer those there? We had a company that sent nurses into our store to do it a few times every year.

[Christine]

You work at a pharmacy that is attached to a clinic? That's how the clinic is where my doctor practices. It has its own pharmacy.

I got my flu shot last week!

oh good girl!

No actually we just have a "clinic" time set up kind of thing on 2-3 saturdays during flu season, right there in the store. They usually have me run them. When we aren't having a clinic, people can do walk ins but they have to wait in line with the prescriptions etc.

[Christine]

Hey ladies I just got home from my friend's. It was her birthday so we had a little party for her. I was fed like I've never been fed before...and my stomach is protesting! LOL

Rene...I'm glad you got to go home and work there...at least that's more comfy for you. :D

So tomorrow starts the next few days of whirlwind wedding weekend for me. Say that five times fast! LOL. We go tomorrow morning or afternoon (I hope afternoon) to get everyone to pick out their dresses and get that square...thank gosh I already have mine picked out. I don't want to try anything on at this weight. LOL Then Sunday it's my sister and I at the bridal show at the arena. WOOHOO I get to cater to her every whim! Thank gosh I love helping her, or I might go crazy LOL. So if I'm not around much this weekend...my sister has run me ragged. LOL

have fun and don't get to ragged :D

You have to be certified to give them as an RPh and your pharmacy has to have an agreement w/ a doctor that basically says you can have a standing order for flu shots so anyone who comes in can get one if you do this and this for screening etc

[Christine]

look how far we are on the multiplicity

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/7359/thumbs/73_K_Multiplicity2.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=335792&ppuser=62565)
Mulitiplicity 2, part ... (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=335792&cat=500&ppuser=62565)

Lisa do you see your frames, hmmmm? ok I know there are 4 and not 5 but this looked better to me LOL so go with me on this one :lol:

[carolyn d]

Back from the football game...well, I have mixed emotions about the whole thing... I was lucky in that I was right on the sidelines and was able to wander at will. There was also a pro photog there (with one of those massive sports lenses ) who was kind enough to not only let me trail him around, but gave me so many tips and hints about location etc. The only negative was the lack of REALLY good lighting. I personally think the field could use one more pair of lights. (and that's just me speaking.... I'm sure the city of Warwick feels what's there is enough.LOL ! And the team I went to see lost. Another note on the bright side was that I dressed warmly enough. haha.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43161913@N04/sets/72157622380130997/
is the link to the flickr account where I Posted the images I kept. I was surprised with some and disappointed with others. I just did the best I could without using a flash. Just of note to you other shooters... I had the iso all the way to 3200 as kind of an experiment, but I was generally surprised with how decent they looked on the whole. Definitely not perfect, certainly not great, but decent. Tell me what you think. I may do this again.

[Shana34]

look how far we are on the multiplicity

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/7359/thumbs/73_K_Multiplicity2.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=335792&ppuser=62565)
Mulitiplicity 2, part ... (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=335792&cat=500&ppuser=62565)

Lisa do you see your frames, hmmmm? ok I know there are 4 and not 5 but this looked better to me LOL so go with me on this one :lol:

I LOVE the kits so far. You guys are so awesome and I was hoping you'd be in one soon! I'd leave some suggestions right now, but my brain isn't working.

have fun and don't get to ragged :D

You have to be certified to give them as an RPh and your pharmacy has to have an agreement w/ a doctor that basically says you can have a standing order for flu shots so anyone who comes in can get one if you do this and this for screening etc

I'm going to try my hardest not to get too ragged. LOL That's awesome that you can get certified for shots. NYS has so many rules and regulations it's hard to do anything here. If you've ever done a transfer to our from our state, you'll get the idea...LOL We can't transfer controls, we can only transfer 1 refill in or out then would need a new prescription, we can't accept anything that's not on a NYS pad that's a control....there's so many it's not funny. I used to get a LOT of people from PA yelling at me because of the transfer laws, etc. They didn't understand why it was so different from when they went 15 minutes down the road in PA.

Back from the football game...well, I have mixed emotions about the whole thing... I was lucky in that I was right on the sidelines and was able to wander at will. There was also a pro photog there (with one of those massive sports lenses ) who was kind enough to not only let me trail him around, but gave me so many tips and hints about location etc. The only negative was the lack of REALLY good lighting. I personally think the field could use one more pair of lights. (and that's just me speaking.... I'm sure the city of Warwick feels what's there is enough.LOL ! And the team I went to see lost. Another note on the bright side was that I dressed warmly enough. haha.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43161913@N04/sets/72157622380130997/
is the link to the flickr account where I Posted the images I kept. I was surprised with some and disappointed with others. I just did the best I could without using a flash. Just of note to you other shooters... I had the iso all the way to 3200 as kind of an experiment, but I was generally surprised with how decent they looked on the whole. Definitely not perfect, certainly not great, but decent. Tell me what you think. I may do this again.

Carolyn there are some truly AMAZING shots in there! You shouldn't be down on yourself...they are WONDERFUL...and it was your first try!

[idtwinmom]

look how far we are on the multiplicity

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/7359/thumbs/73_K_Multiplicity2.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=335792&ppuser=62565)
Mulitiplicity 2, part ... (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=335792&cat=500&ppuser=62565)

Lisa do you see your frames, hmmmm? ok I know there are 4 and not 5 but this looked better to me LOL so go with me on this one :lol:

:lol: That was the first thing I did notice! Why is it 5 frames just don't look right no matter what you do (that's why I wanted a designer to pull it off for me :lol:)

[idtwinmom]

Carolyn - there fabulous! I especially like the one showing the young man's disappointment. You sure can tell what the outcome of the game was just from that one shot!

You sure are up late! Must be able to sleep in tomorrow!

[Shana34]

Okay ladies I'm going to hit the hay. If I'm not able to pop on at all this weekend I hope you all have a great one! :D

[carolyn d]

have fun and don't get to ragged :D

You have to be certified to give them as an RPh and your pharmacy has to have an agreement w/ a doctor that basically says you can have a standing order for flu shots so anyone who comes in can get one if you do this and this for screening etc

I'm gonna call the company tomorrow as I haven't received it yet... don't know what size the package will be.. sometimes they are bigger than i would assume due to all the packaging.

They did say there may be a shipping delay because the BILL TO address is different from the SHIP TO address....

I hope your undies aren't in too tight a twist over this... :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:(My grannie panties would be a thong by now ! )
YOU WILL GET IT.. YOU WILL GET IT... JUST BE PATIENT !

[carolyn d]

Carolyn - there fabulous! I especially like the one showing the young man's disappointment. You sure can tell what the outcome of the game was just from that one shot!

You sure are up late! Must be able to sleep in tomorrow!

yup yup.. that and the fact it took FOREVER to load those images..but i wanted to get them done and out of the way..those 23 are the only ones I kept out of 140.. so not too bad. I really was surprised with the outcome. i really didn't expect to have that many decent ones. And to have the iso so high and them look decent was also nice. They don't seem too grainy.

I think the biggest disappointment was the lack of any real "highlights". I felt bad for the kids. They are a very young varsity team.... mostly sophmores...last years team made it to the state championships, but the majority of that team were seniors. This group is trying to fill high expectations. And yes, that young man's face says it all.

[idtwinmom]

hmmm...typing on the laptop means not checking for spelling errors (mouse gets in the way and makes the whole screen bounce!) I still think you did a fab job. And I'm surprised too that the high ISO didn't look worse. I went to 800 not long ago to see if I could get rid of the stabilization problem I was having and it really got grainy!

[sands_healy]

Sands.. LOVED your response to WHY IS THE SKY BLUE in the NKOTB forum ! Too funny...

:D Thanks Carolyn, Neak and Mars always pick on me :), glad I had a comeback.

Ya'll wanna hear something kinda funny? Remember my DD and her friends, with the neighbor dude, went over to the rival school this morning right?

:lol::lol: that sounds really funny!

Sands you must have gotten quiet lately. We were even, then you and Crys both got way out in front of me, wonder when I surged out in front. lol I don't think either of us is ever going to catch chatty Crys. :D

Nope I don't think anyone has the ability to catch her up.

Talking of photography, a friend of mine here is getting married at the end of November and she's asked me to take her photos :eek::eek::yikes::yikes: I couldn't really say no...... now I'm freaking out!

[stitchmich]

Chris, your kit is looking awesome!

Laura, the lady letting them in the school is hilarious! I hope you all had a fun homecoming last night.

Carolyn! You got some really great shots! I can't believe you shot those on 3200 ISO. I took over 200 shots yesterday, but got home at 11:30 and went straight to bed. I am only awake (partially) right now because some stupid LOUD crows outside my window didn't realize I needed the sleep. :lol:

[suvgal]

Back from the football game...well, I have mixed emotions about the whole thing... I was lucky in that I was right on the sidelines and was able to wander at will. There was also a pro photog there (with one of those massive sports lenses ) who was kind enough to not only let me trail him around, but gave me so many tips and hints about location etc. The only negative was the lack of REALLY good lighting. I personally think the field could use one more pair of lights. (and that's just me speaking.... I'm sure the city of Warwick feels what's there is enough.LOL ! And the team I went to see lost. Another note on the bright side was that I dressed warmly enough. haha.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43161913@N04/sets/72157622380130997/
is the link to the flickr account where I Posted the images I kept. I was surprised with some and disappointed with others. I just did the best I could without using a flash. Just of note to you other shooters... I had the iso all the way to 3200 as kind of an experiment, but I was generally surprised with how decent they looked on the whole. Definitely not perfect, certainly not great, but decent. Tell me what you think. I may do this again.

Great job Carolyn...you were so lucky to have the pro give you hints ..... I especially like the last one ....the expression you caught is priceless.

[suvgal]

Hey Sands... when will we see some more of your underwater shots???

[sands_healy]

Hey Sands... when will we see some more of your underwater shots???

:wave: Hi... as soon as I go diving again... should be soon, since I haven't been for 3 weeks! Say would you like to see my shots from my last dive? We saw a whale shark!

[ReneT]

LOL well not to brag or anything but I have so many people that will come and check to see if I am there before they will get one, and they aren't shy about saying "Oh I will come back when Chris is here, she is the best" :rofl: I actually had one guy, a few years ago, come back and say that he didn't think I really gave him the shot cuz we use retractable needles, so he never saw the needle after I gave it and he insisted that he didn't feel it at all! What do you say to that? Ummm ok next time I will make sure it hurts more?!!! :lol:

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Hey ladies I just got home from my friend's. It was her birthday so we had a little party for her. I was fed like I've never been fed before...and my stomach is protesting! LOL

Rene...I'm glad you got to go home and work there...at least that's more comfy for you. :D

So tomorrow starts the next few days of whirlwind wedding weekend for me. Say that five times fast! LOL. We go tomorrow morning or afternoon (I hope afternoon) to get everyone to pick out their dresses and get that square...thank gosh I already have mine picked out. I don't want to try anything on at this weight. LOL Then Sunday it's my sister and I at the bridal show at the arena. WOOHOO I get to cater to her every whim! Thank gosh I love helping her, or I might go crazy LOL. So if I'm not around much this weekend...my sister has run me ragged. LOL

Have a fun weekend of wedding stuff!!!!

oh good girl!

No actually we just have a "clinic" time set up kind of thing on 2-3 saturdays during flu season, right there in the store. They usually have me run them. When we aren't having a clinic, people can do walk ins but they have to wait in line with the prescriptions etc.

Oh I see.

Back from the football game...well, I have mixed emotions about the whole thing... I was lucky in that I was right on the sidelines and was able to wander at will. There was also a pro photog there (with one of those massive sports lenses ) who was kind enough to not only let me trail him around, but gave me so many tips and hints about location etc. The only negative was the lack of REALLY good lighting. I personally think the field could use one more pair of lights. (and that's just me speaking.... I'm sure the city of Warwick feels what's there is enough.LOL ! And the team I went to see lost. Another note on the bright side was that I dressed warmly enough. haha.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43161913@N04/sets/72157622380130997/
is the link to the flickr account where I Posted the images I kept. I was surprised with some and disappointed with others. I just did the best I could without using a flash. Just of note to you other shooters... I had the iso all the way to 3200 as kind of an experiment, but I was generally surprised with how decent they looked on the whole. Definitely not perfect, certainly not great, but decent. Tell me what you think. I may do this again.

Wow Carolyn!!! More wonderful shots!

:D Thanks Carolyn, Neak and Mars always pick on me :), glad I had a comeback.



:lol::lol: that sounds really funny!



Nope I don't think anyone has the ability to catch her up.

Talking of photography, a friend of mine here is getting married at the end of November and she's asked me to take her photos :eek::eek::yikes::yikes: I couldn't really say no...... now I'm freaking out!

You'll do great!!! That would scare me to death though!!!

:wave: Hi... as soon as I go diving again... should be soon, since I haven't been for 3 weeks! Say would you like to see my shots from my last dive? We saw a whale shark!

Yes, we definitely want to see those photos!!!!

[sands_healy]

ok here goes :)

This was our dive master with him :
http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr249/sandshealy/P9113035copy.jpg
He came really close to us, at one stage I had to try and suck in my stomach so that I didn't make contact with him.
http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr249/sandshealy/P9113031copy.jpg
We swam with him for close on 20 mins!
http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr249/sandshealy/P9113025copy.jpg
When we eventually very reluctantly got on the boat, she still circled us, while we were packing our gear away, and we had to wait till he was some way away from the boat so we could start the motors up.
http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr249/sandshealy/P9113027copy.jpg
We've been very lucky since this is our 3rd time seeing one in 2 years :)


Here's a video one of my friends took and uploaded to You Tube :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIp4rX7Izf8

[ReneT]

I don't even know what to say Sands!!!!! I would have wet my pants!!!!! Wow, those are some great photos though! Did you know you might see him or was it a total surprise??

[suvgal]

:wave: Hi... as soon as I go diving again... should be soon, since I haven't been for 3 weeks! Say would you like to see my shots from my last dive? We saw a whale shark!

I always look forward to seeing your photos...please post them....when we were on vacation at Cape Cod MA there were warnings of white sharks and they even closed several beaches around labor day. The sharks were after the seals that were swimming up and down the coast.

[sands_healy]

I don't even know what to say Sands!!!!! I would have wet my pants!!!!! Wow, those are some great photos though! Did you know you might see him or was it a total surprise??

Yeah they are normally sighted between June and October here, so we were really hoping that we would see him / her. Amongst the four friends that we dive with, the one wife is the only one that hasn't seen one. She was sooooo determined she would see one on that dive that while we were handing our gear over to the boat driver after the dive, she kept her head in the water. That's the only reason why we saw him. Cos she was the last to start taking her gear off and she saw him!

[suvgal]

WOW Sands!!!!! Sent the url to my grandkids. Will be looking for more after your next dive. You know how I love to see them.

[carolyn d]

SANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THOSE SHOTS ARE AWESOMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!! OMG OMGOMGOGMGOMGOMG !!!!! Leaving me gasping for air and speechless.

[carolyn d]

:Talking of photography, a friend of mine here is getting married at the end of November and she's asked me to take her photos :eek::eek::yikes::yikes: I couldn't really say no...... now I'm freaking out!

Been there, done that... so having been in the postion of soiling myself in terror....
1. There are ALWAYS the "must have" shots.. THE RING, THE KISS ( "you may kiss the bride" moment, etc.). make a mental list of them and be ready when they happen. Since quite a few of them are at specific times during the ceremony, you should have no problem with the timing.
2. FAMILYSHOTS- ask the bride/goom if there are any special family members coming for special shots.. enlist the help of someone (not the bride or groom) to help organize the family so everyone is ready to go. I would suggest doing the bride/groom + any elderly family members first as sometimes it is difficult for the elderly to wait around. Do them first so they can proceed to the reception venue.
3. VENUE- arrive a tad early and scout your location. If it's outdoors, look for a pretty area of open shade. If indoors, scout out an area without too many background elements... ( doors, windows, framed art work etc) . If possible, have someone stand in position so you can take a meter reading etc and either remember it or write it down. Then when the time comes for the actual portraits, you are all set !
Ceremony pictures in a church can be tricky .. especially if there are stained glass windows! Again, take a few practice shots prior to the event so you can make any necessary adjustments ! Also a good idea to ask the minister/reverend/ where you are able to walk...he/she may not want you ON the altar/choir loft etc. Doing so can help you plan your shots .
4. RECEPTION shots are more relaxed , fun and free for all. Again, any special family members should be remembered here too. The bride, groom and their families will be especially appreciative of those images of any elderly/special family members having a good laugh/dancing etc. But basically, it's a matter of following the bride and groom around..

[carolyn d]

Great job Carolyn...you were so lucky to have the pro give you hints ..... I especially like the last one ....the expression you caught is priceless.Thank you.. I think that one and the one of the guy with his hands clasped in front of him are my favorites. the elderly gentleman, Pepper, is a lifelong resident of Warwick. His children and grandchildren played for the school football team over the years and he has NEVER MISSED A GAME ! A year ago, his wife passed on, leaving him ever so devasted. The coaching staff made him an honorary coach so now he gets to hang on the sidelines with the team. The kids really love him.

[idtwinmom]

:wave: Hi... as soon as I go diving again... should be soon, since I haven't been for 3 weeks! Say would you like to see my shots from my last dive? We saw a whale shark!
Saw the shots totally awesome. It made me remember that I should scour your gallery for any LOs that might include shots/info that I can use with the kids. I'm home schooling now, and using any and all materials to spark conversations. When we do my "Where I Live" challenge for Sunday Scrappers I'll be begging for you to add yours! :lol:

Thank you.. I think that one and the one of the guy with his hands clasped in front of him are my favorites. the elderly gentleman, Pepper, is a lifelong resident of Warwick. His children and grandchildren played for the school football team over the years and he has NEVER MISSED A GAME ! A year ago, his wife passed on, leaving him ever so devasted. The coaching staff made him an honorary coach so now he gets to hang on the sidelines with the team. The kids really love him.
How sweet of the team to adopt him that way! I'm sure having the people around him will give him a purpose, if you know what I mean.

Still waiting on that tracking number. :lol: Can you at least give me a hint of when it might be here?

[addicted]

look how far we are on the multiplicity

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/7359/thumbs/73_K_Multiplicity2.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=335792&ppuser=62565)
Mulitiplicity 2, part ... (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=335792&cat=500&ppuser=62565)

Lisa do you see your frames, hmmmm? ok I know there are 4 and not 5 but this looked better to me LOL so go with me on this one :lol:

WOW, love the frame and the stitching is AWESOME!!

Back from the football game...well, I have mixed emotions about the whole thing... I was lucky in that I was right on the sidelines and was able to wander at will. There was also a pro photog there (with one of those massive sports lenses ) who was kind enough to not only let me trail him around, but gave me so many tips and hints about location etc. The only negative was the lack of REALLY good lighting. I personally think the field could use one more pair of lights. (and that's just me speaking.... I'm sure the city of Warwick feels what's there is enough.LOL ! And the team I went to see lost. Another note on the bright side was that I dressed warmly enough. haha.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/43161913@N04/sets/72157622380130997/
is the link to the flickr account where I Posted the images I kept. I was surprised with some and disappointed with others. I just did the best I could without using a flash. Just of note to you other shooters... I had the iso all the way to 3200 as kind of an experiment, but I was generally surprised with how decent they looked on the whole. Definitely not perfect, certainly not great, but decent. Tell me what you think. I may do this again.

Holy cow Carolyn, these are fantastic! You are amazing, you're my hero! :love2:


Talking of photography, a friend of mine here is getting married at the end of November and she's asked me to take her photos :eek::eek::yikes::yikes: I couldn't really say no...... now I'm freaking out!

Yikes, good luck with a wedding! I'd be freaking out too!!

Yeah they are normally sighted between June and October here, so we were really hoping that we would see him / her. Amongst the four friends that we dive with, the one wife is the only one that hasn't seen one. She was sooooo determined she would see one on that dive that while we were handing our gear over to the boat driver after the dive, she kept her head in the water. That's the only reason why we saw him. Cos she was the last to start taking her gear off and she saw him!

Oh MY GOSH! Those photos are so cool and I would seriously have crapped my pants (Rene :rofl:)! Anyway...you all will laugh at me, but I have a hard enough time water skiing because I'm afraid of the little, itty, bitty, fish in the lake let alone the ocean. Don't ask me what got me afraid of them, but I seriously have to talk myself into going into the lake because it will be OK. :rofl: Good thing she was so intent on watching! I really wish that someday I could scuba dive, but I don't think it will ever happen with me!

[Shana34]

Hey ladies. So my wedding weekend was a bust. My sister never told me what time today...and my temp. filling is falling out, so I had to take major pain meds early this morning. I ended up sleeping through my alarm and woke up to a call from her asking if I were still going. I explained the situation to her and she said a call would have been nice. I feel horrible. I guess they can't get my dress in her wedding colors too...which stinks because she loved that dress and so did I. So now I'm back to square 1.

Hopefully I'll be able to make the show with her tomorrow...if she'll still have me.

[carolyn d]

Hey ladies. So my wedding weekend was a bust. My sister never told me what time today...and my temp. filling is falling out, so I had to take major pain meds early this morning. I ended up sleeping through my alarm and woke up to a call from her asking if I were still going. I explained the situation to her and she said a call would have been nice. HEY .. A little sisiterly sympathy here ! It's difficult if not impossible to "wake up" with pain meds. And if you called early in the morning.. just what time are we talking here??? Early like 3am?? If you had called then, there would have been heck to pay ! I feel horrible. in more ways than one !!! I guess they can't get my dress in her wedding colors too...which stinks because she loved that dress and so did I. So now I'm back to square 1. AWWWWWWWWWWW crapola !

Hopefully I'll be able to make the show with her tomorrow...if she'll still have me.yes she will still have you.. sore tooth and all. Is the temp completely out? If so, the pain is probably from the "environment" seeping into the nerve area.. Can you get to the pharmacy and see if they have any OTC temp filling material? If they do, give it a try and see what happens. But before you put it in, make sure you clean out any food debris that may be lodged in there.. Even if you have been eating on the other side, stuff can still get caught. So make sure it's clean first!Dometimes just cleaning it out works too.. I have never used the OTC temp filling material, but I HAVE had patients who have had decent short term results with it.

[Shana34]

yes she will still have you.. sore tooth and all. Is the temp completely out? If so, the pain is probably from the "environment" seeping into the nerve area.. Can you get to the pharmacy and see if they have any OTC temp filling material? If they do, give it a try and see what happens. But before you put it in, make sure you clean out any food debris that may be lodged in there.. Even if you have been eating on the other side, stuff can still get caught. So make sure it's clean first!Dometimes just cleaning it out works too.. I have never used the OTC temp filling material, but I HAVE had patients who have had decent short term results with it.

The temp is still in. It's just loose I think. And I think the pain meds wore off because I can feel where it's pressing on the nerve. I'll definitely look into the temp filling material if I can wake up enough to get down there! LOL I've been trying to call my sis, but she's not answering. Hopefully I'll get in touch with her later tonight.

[stitchmich]

Hey everybody! I'm back from the Fireman's day parade and I am sooooo tired. It was HOT today.

Sands, your photos are amazing. Don't sweat the wedding. You'll be great. :)

[stitchmich]

Shana, sorry to hear you are in pain again. Hope you feel better soon.

[carolyn d]

hmmm...typing on the laptop means not checking for spelling errors (mouse gets in the way and makes the whole screen bounce!) I still think you did a fab job. And I'm surprised too that the high ISO didn't look worse. I went to 800 not long ago to see if I could get rid of the stabilization problem I was having and it really got grainy! yeah, you and me both... and i did go back and fix the spelling errors... I was totally brain dead by that time and didn't know I could go back in and change stuff...

[ReneT]

Hey ladies. So my wedding weekend was a bust. My sister never told me what time today...and my temp. filling is falling out, so I had to take major pain meds early this morning. I ended up sleeping through my alarm and woke up to a call from her asking if I were still going. I explained the situation to her and she said a call would have been nice. I feel horrible. I guess they can't get my dress in her wedding colors too...which stinks because she loved that dress and so did I. So now I'm back to square 1.

Hopefully I'll be able to make the show with her tomorrow...if she'll still have me.

Oh, I'm sorry you missed the wedding stuff and that your tooth is hurting again. That stinks. :hug:

[ReneT]

Finished work for the day! Yay. The day went by so fast. Kinda weird. Tomorrow we are not having to work. The job we were planning to do has some type of problem, so they will have to fix it Monday before we can run it. So I'm gonna scrap tomorrow!!!

[ReneT]

Hey check me out. I'm all dressed for Halloween. I'm ready for Captain Jack Sparrow!!!!!:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[carolyn d]

finished work for the day! Yay. The day went by so fast. Kinda weird. Tomorrow we are not having to work. The job we were planning to do has some type of problem, so they will have to fix it monday before we can run it. So i'm gonna scrap tomorrow!!!holy guacomole, renee... Is that really you in that avatar???

[ReneT]

holy guacomole, renee... Is that really you in that avatar???

No, it's my HEAVILY photoshopped face on a model in a Halloween costume's body. :lol:

[GaryT]

Here I am - Captain Jack Sparrow!!!

[ReneT]

Hmmmmmmm..........

I meant THIS Captain Jack Sparrow:

http://www.hugbacker.com/wp-content/uploads/depp-sparrow.jpg

:rofl::lol::rofl::lol::rofl::lol:

[addicted]

Rene, you look HOT! Have you heard back for the adopt a NKOTB? I signed up but haven't heard anything!

Shana, sorry it was such a crappy morning! Hope you get better soon!

[ReneT]

Rene, you look HOT! Have you heard back for the adopt a NKOTB? I signed up but haven't heard anything!

Shana, sorry it was such a crappy morning! Hope you get better soon!

Thanks! Wish I really looked like that!

No, haven't heard anything, but I did read that Fran would send us a PM on Monday with the names of our New Kids. You need to get your blinkie!

[Shana34]

Thanks guys. :rofl: @ GaryT in Jack garb! :D So glad you get to scrap tomorrow Rene! I'm missing our chats! LOL

[sands_healy]

SANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THOSE SHOTS ARE AWESOMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE !!!! OMG OMGOMGOGMGOMGOMG !!!!! Leaving me gasping for air and speechless.

Thanks Carolyn :o:o

[ReneT]

Thanks guys. :rofl: @ GaryT in Jack garb! :D So glad you get to scrap tomorrow Rene! I'm missing our chats! LOL

Me too Shana!! I feel like I haven't talked to you in forever!!!! I'm actually scrapping right now. Working on my layout for Carole's QC challenge.

(Gary didn't think I was too funny for putting him in the pirate hat.) :rofl:

[sands_healy]

Been there, done that... so having been in the postion of soiling myself in terror....
1. There are ALWAYS the "must have" shots.. THE RING, THE KISS ( "you may kiss the bride" moment, etc.). make a mental list of them and be ready when they happen. Since quite a few of them are at specific times during the ceremony, you should have no problem with the timing.
2. FAMILYSHOTS- ask the bride/goom if there are any special family members coming for special shots.. enlist the help of someone (not the bride or groom) to help organize the family so everyone is ready to go. I would suggest doing the bride/groom + any elderly family members first as sometimes it is difficult for the elderly to wait around. Do them first so they can proceed to the reception venue.
3. VENUE- arrive a tad early and scout your location. If it's outdoors, look for a pretty area of open shade. If indoors, scout out an area without too many background elements... ( doors, windows, framed art work etc) . If possible, have someone stand in position so you can take a meter reading etc and either remember it or write it down. Then when the time comes for the actual portraits, you are all set !
Ceremony pictures in a church can be tricky .. especially if there are stained glass windows! Again, take a few practice shots prior to the event so you can make any necessary adjustments ! Also a good idea to ask the minister/reverend/ where you are able to walk...he/she may not want you ON the altar/choir loft etc. Doing so can help you plan your shots .
4. RECEPTION shots are more relaxed , fun and free for all. Again, any special family members should be remembered here too. The bride, groom and their families will be especially appreciative of those images of any elderly/special family members having a good laugh/dancing etc. But basically, it's a matter of following the bride and groom around..


Wow thanks for this :D.... they aren't getting married in a church, since we don't have one here in our town (I'm in a Muslim Country), they normally have church in one of the houses, so they are getting married at one of the hotels here which should be ok :). I'm going to adjust your instructions ;) to suit that :).

[sands_healy]

Saw the shots totally awesome. It made me remember that I should scour your gallery for any LOs that might include shots/info that I can use with the kids. I'm home schooling now, and using any and all materials to spark conversations. When we do my "Where I Live" challenge for Sunday Scrappers I'll be begging for you to add yours! :lol:

Thanks Lisa. Now that I'm not on DET I have a lot more time for challenges and keeping up in threads etc. ;)

[sands_healy]

Oh MY GOSH! Those photos are so cool and I would seriously have crapped my pants (Rene :rofl:)! Anyway...you all will laugh at me, but I have a hard enough time water skiing because I'm afraid of the little, itty, bitty, fish in the lake let alone the ocean. Don't ask me what got me afraid of them, but I seriously have to talk myself into going into the lake because it will be OK. :rofl: Good thing she was so intent on watching! I really wish that someday I could scuba dive, but I don't think it will ever happen with me!

Then you would have DIED if you diving with us on this one occasion :D. We had come up from our dive and were waiting for the boat to come and collect us. It was busy uploading some other divers that came up before us ;). While we were waiting these little anchovies were jumping around out of the water around our heads. A few actually hit us in the face :rofl: All we needed was some lemon and Tabasco sauce and we had breakfast on tap :D.

[sands_healy]

Hey ladies. So my wedding weekend was a bust. My sister never told me what time today...and my temp. filling is falling out, so I had to take major pain meds early this morning. I ended up sleeping through my alarm and woke up to a call from her asking if I were still going. I explained the situation to her and she said a call would have been nice. I feel horrible. I guess they can't get my dress in her wedding colors too...which stinks because she loved that dress and so did I. So now I'm back to square 1.

Hopefully I'll be able to make the show with her tomorrow...if she'll still have me.

So sorry it didn't work out Shana. I'm sure she will have you back, its just wedding nerves! Give her a call :)

[sands_healy]

Hey everybody! I'm back from the Fireman's day parade and I am sooooo tired. It was HOT today.

Sands, your photos are amazing. Don't sweat the wedding. You'll be great. :)

Thanks Mich... did you get some cool shots?

[ReneT]

Then you would have DIED if you diving with us on this one occasion :D. We had come up from our dive and were waiting for the boat to come and collect us. It was busy uploading some other divers that came up before us ;). While we were waiting these little anchovies were jumping around out of the water around our heads. A few actually hit us in the face :rofl: All we needed was some lemon and Tabasco sauce and we had breakfast on tap :D.

Lemon & Tabasco - hee hee. Gary wants to learn to scuba dive really bad. He really liked the "snuba" think he did this summer in Grand Cayman, but he would really like the real thing. I showed him your photos of the shark. He was like "that's so cool".

[Shana34]

Me too Shana!! I feel like I haven't talked to you in forever!!!! I'm actually scrapping right now. Working on my layout for Carole's QC challenge.

(Gary didn't think I was too funny for putting him in the pirate hat.) :rofl:


I love it! He makes a good pirate. Ask him to whisper "arrrr matey" in your ear! :rofl:

[sands_healy]

Hey check me out. I'm all dressed for Halloween. I'm ready for Captain Jack Sparrow!!!!!:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

Here I am - Captain Jack Sparrow!!!

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[ReneT]

I love it! He makes a good pirate. Ask him to whisper "arrrr matey" in your ear! :rofl:

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

[sands_healy]

Lemon & Tabasco - hee hee. Gary wants to learn to scuba dive really bad. He really liked the "snuba" think he did this summer in Grand Cayman, but he would really like the real thing. I showed him your photos of the shark. He was like "that's so cool".

I seriously enjoy my diving. I'm so relaxed after. I'm a nudibranch fan so I normally am going really slow to see if I can find some :)

Not many people know what Nudibanches are... so here are a few pics of some around here :

http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr249/sandshealy/Nudibranch_2-1.jpg

http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr249/sandshealy/PA311989.jpg

http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr249/sandshealy/PA101918.jpg

http://i488.photobucket.com/albums/rr249/sandshealy/3.jpg

[Shana34]

Oh wow sands! I would love to see that in person. Those are some great shots. Oh I forgot to tell you all the bad news from today. The dress I was originally going to get didn't come in Clover (my sister's color) when we first went to get them, but they said it would be coming out in clover. So I ordered it. It didn't come out in clover. So now I have to find a new dress. She wants me to be the only one with white in my dress because I'm the MOH, so the first dress was perfect...it was a white top with clover lace around the midsection and a clover skirt. I can do that in separates, or there was a dress I was in love with before I saw the other one.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/7323/6569-600.jpg What do you think?

[ReneT]

Did you take these photos too? I had never heard of them either. I had to look them up on Wikipedia. How often do you dive?

[ReneT]

Oh wow sands! I would love to see that in person. Those are some great shots. Oh I forgot to tell you all the bad news from today. The dress I was originally going to get didn't come in Clover (my sister's color) when we first went to get them, but they said it would be coming out in clover. So I ordered it. It didn't come out in clover. So now I have to find a new dress. She wants me to be the only one with white in my dress because I'm the MOH, so the first dress was perfect...it was a white top with clover lace around the midsection and a clover skirt. I can do that in separates, or there was a dress I was in love with before I saw the other one.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/7323/6569-600.jpg What do you think?

I like the idea of you being the only one with white in your dress. I think that's a great idea she had. I love this dress. I think it's gorgeous!!! When is the wedding?

[Shana34]

I like the idea of you being the only one with white in your dress. I think that's a great idea she had. I love this dress. I think it's gorgeous!!! When is the wedding?

August 6...so I have until then to lose 20000 lbs! LOL No really I would like to lose at LEAST 50 lbs before the wedding...perfect would be 125-150.

[ReneT]

August 6...so I have until then to lose 20000 lbs! LOL No really I would like to lose at LEAST 50 lbs before the wedding...perfect would be 125-150.

That dress will be perfect for a summer wedding. Just take it slow and eat healthy.

[Shana34]

That dress will be perfect for a summer wedding. Just take it slow and eat healthy.

Yeah I've already started just cutting down my portions and watching what I eat and I know I've lost weight because I'm almost able to fit into my old pants again. I need to get active again too because that was most of my problem. So I've been wanting to go on nature walks...to photograph and get the exercise. It's just a matter of getting the motivation on those off days.

[ReneT]

Yeah I've already started just cutting down my portions and watching what I eat and I know I've lost weight because I'm almost able to fit into my old pants again. I need to get active again too because that was most of my problem. So I've been wanting to go on nature walks...to photograph and get the exercise. It's just a matter of getting the motivation on those off days.

Yeah, I'm not too good at the exercise thing either. Unfortunately.

[Christine]

Hey ladies. So my wedding weekend was a bust. My sister never told me what time today...and my temp. filling is falling out, so I had to take major pain meds early this morning. I ended up sleeping through my alarm and woke up to a call from her asking if I were still going. I explained the situation to her and she said a call would have been nice. I feel horrible. I guess they can't get my dress in her wedding colors too...which stinks because she loved that dress and so did I. So now I'm back to square 1.

Hopefully I'll be able to make the show with her tomorrow...if she'll still have me.

oh no! sorry you are still hurting!

[Christine]

yes she will still have you.. sore tooth and all. Is the temp completely out? If so, the pain is probably from the "environment" seeping into the nerve area.. Can you get to the pharmacy and see if they have any OTC temp filling material? If they do, give it a try and see what happens. But before you put it in, make sure you clean out any food debris that may be lodged in there.. Even if you have been eating on the other side, stuff can still get caught. So make sure it's clean first!Dometimes just cleaning it out works too.. I have never used the OTC temp filling material, but I HAVE had patients who have had decent short term results with it.

I have both used it and had patients use it. works well. The one I had was Dent Temp I believe

[Christine]

No, it's my HEAVILY photoshopped face on a model in a Halloween costume's body. :lol:

you did a GREAT job!

[Christine]

Here I am - Captain Jack Sparrow!!!

he he he, hi Gary! you should come over to play more often, did we scare you off with that one poll? :lol:

[Christine]

I like the idea of you being the only one with white in your dress. I think that's a great idea she had. I love this dress. I think it's gorgeous!!! When is the wedding?

very summery and I like the color :)

[Christine]

oh yay I got caught up. So anybody want to join the poor gundi party? :lol:
Let's see what did I have on tap today.
6:30 got up to make sure Aimee got headed to her swim meet
7:30 went to swim laps (hard to do when you still can't breathe from your stupid infection but did it anyway. LOL)
8:30 came home, got ready for work and checked in for a few minutes
9:30-2:30 at work
3:00 came home and ate cuz no time to eat at work
3:20 started making applesauce. Peeled a huuuuuuuuuuuuggggge box of apples. (Like you know those boxes that fit 10 reams of paper? it was bigger than that, filled all the way to the top.) Plus the apples were smallish, so it was a LOT of them.
4:00 still making applesauce
5:00 still making applesauce
5:30 finally ready to start bottling
6:00 realize I only have enough seals for the first batch, call dh at work, please pick some up on the way home.
7:00 next batch all ready but waiting for seals
7:20 dh arrives home without the seals cuz they were out grrrrr
7:30 go to the store by seals and a bunch of boring stuff we needed
8:00 process next batch of applesauce
8:15 start making marinara sauce, while cleaning up the applesauce mess cuz I need those pans again and apple marinara didn't sound too good
9:00 still doing tomatoes
10:00 bottle sauce and cleaning potatoes from my garden
10:30 cleaning all of the mud out of the sink from my potatoes, seriously had NO idea they were that dirty
11:00 waiting for marinara to be done processing
11:15 Check my email and forums, almost 150 emails! sheesh!
12:00 still trying to get caught up

LOL So is it ok to complain about being tired? LOL Of course in between all of that was the constant, mooooooommmmm, help me with this, where is that, etc etc etc. :D

[Christine]

HEATHER!!!!!

I heard the news from conference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wahoooooo are you so excited?!!

(Today was general conference for our church and they announced they were going to be building a temple up near Heather)

[Shana34]

oh yay I got caught up. So anybody want to join the poor gundi party? :lol:
Let's see what did I have on tap today.
6:30 got up to make sure Aimee got headed to her swim meet
7:30 went to swim laps (hard to do when you still can't breathe from your stupid infection but did it anyway. LOL)
8:30 came home, got ready for work and checked in for a few minutes
9:30-2:30 at work
3:00 came home and ate cuz no time to eat at work
3:20 started making applesauce. Peeled a huuuuuuuuuuuuggggge box of apples. (Like you know those boxes that fit 10 reams of paper? it was bigger than that, filled all the way to the top.) Plus the apples were smallish, so it was a LOT of them.
4:00 still making applesauce
5:00 still making applesauce
5:30 finally ready to start bottling
6:00 realize I only have enough seals for the first batch, call dh at work, please pick some up on the way home.
7:00 next batch all ready but waiting for seals
7:20 dh arrives home without the seals cuz they were out grrrrr
7:30 go to the store by seals and a bunch of boring stuff we needed
8:00 process next batch of applesauce
8:15 start making marinara sauce, while cleaning up the applesauce mess cuz I need those pans again and apple marinara didn't sound too good
9:00 still doing tomatoes
10:00 bottle sauce and cleaning potatoes from my garden
10:30 cleaning all of the mud out of the sink from my potatoes, seriously had NO idea they were that dirty
11:00 waiting for marinara to be done processing
11:15 Check my email and forums, almost 150 emails! sheesh!
12:00 still trying to get caught up

LOL So is it ok to complain about being tired? LOL Of course in between all of that was the constant, mooooooommmmm, help me with this, where is that, etc etc etc. :D

I think you need a superwoman/supermom flair. You have every right to complain about being tired. I would be beat! I don't know how you do it. Is it something that comes with kids that you can survive on such little sleep? LOL

[Christine]

lol who knows, I guess you just do what you have to. :D

OK I did some more for multiplicity

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/7359/thumbs/73_K_Multiplicity21.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=336017)
Multiplicity 2, part c (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=336017)

Its coming right along. I like how it is autumn-ish, but not your classic autumn. Don't you think?

[Christine]

ok ladies and Gary ;) It is now 1:00 and if I don't go to bed I ..........wi..ll.....be........fall.i.n..g as......l.....ee.ppp right .......here............eplofrhzaeft

[carolyn d]

Here I am - Captain Jack Sparrow!!!
AHOY Cap'n Jack !!! And it's a sometime mutinous crew we have here ! Rebellion abounds ! Just ask Capn Gundi.. we get outta control ! Welcome to the insanity !!

[carolyn d]

Wow thanks for this :D.... they aren't getting married in a church, since we don't have one here in our town (I'm in a Muslim Country), they normally have church in one of the houses, so they are getting married at one of the hotels here which should be ok :). I'm going to adjust your instructions ;) to suit that :).

You are MORE than welcome.. I just hope it helps. The hotel should have somewhere great for photos either inside or out. I can't stess enough the magic words OPEN SHADE....if it's just SHADY, then you can get those blanched white spots on the hair,face etc.

My friend, Michelle, was recently married and I did the camera work. the ceremony was finished at 12 noon ! OMG nothing but harsh, harsh bright light... and there was very little open shade available... and the only really pretty places were wide open!

I took their bridal shots in probably the least attractive spot which of course offered the best option for shade... but once I zoomed in and arranged them a bit, all the ugly was cut out..

I enlisted the aid of her mother in law to organize her side of the family, and her mother to organize that side. And just told them in advance where we would be.

Her reception was, of all thngs, a back yard barbeque... so it was just a matter of following people around, trying to get shots of everyone "doing something" and then just checking with 'the mothers' at various times for any group shots they would want.

I did get some fun shots of the bride getting ready.. and the mimosas that were on tap !

I can safely say the photographer was very relaxed by the end of the day ! LOL

[carolyn d]

Oh wow sands! I would love to see that in person. Those are some great shots. Oh I forgot to tell you all the bad news from today. The dress I was originally going to get didn't come in Clover (my sister's color) when we first went to get them, but they said it would be coming out in clover. So I ordered it. It didn't come out in clover. So now I have to find a new dress. She wants me to be the only one with white in my dress because I'm the MOH, so the first dress was perfect...it was a white top with clover lace around the midsection and a clover skirt. I can do that in separates, or there was a dress I was in love with before I saw the other one.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/7323/6569-600.jpg What do you think?that dress is gorgeous !

[carolyn d]

August 6...so I have until then to lose 20000 lbs! LOL No really I would like to lose at LEAST 50 lbs before the wedding...perfect would be 125-150.that gives you plenty of time to loose and be healthy... grab your camera and take a walk..every time I take the camera for a walk I'm gone for HOURS! You'll feel invigorated AND have somethng lovely to show for your time !

[sands_healy]

Did you take these photos too? I had never heard of them either. I had to look them up on Wikipedia. How often do you dive?

We try to dive every second weekend, but sometimes it just doesn't happen that way ;). Trying really hard for us to go this Friday again. Our weekends are Thursday / Friday here :)

Oh wow sands! I would love to see that in person. Those are some great shots. Oh I forgot to tell you all the bad news from today. The dress I was originally going to get didn't come in Clover (my sister's color) when we first went to get them, but they said it would be coming out in clover. So I ordered it. It didn't come out in clover. So now I have to find a new dress. She wants me to be the only one with white in my dress because I'm the MOH, so the first dress was perfect...it was a white top with clover lace around the midsection and a clover skirt. I can do that in separates, or there was a dress I was in love with before I saw the other one.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/7323/6569-600.jpg What do you think?

I love that dress!

lol who knows, I guess you just do what you have to. :D

OK I did some more for multiplicity

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/7359/thumbs/73_K_Multiplicity21.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=336017)
Multiplicity 2, part c (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=336017)

Its coming right along. I like how it is autumn-ish, but not your classic autumn. Don't you think?

Wow, love those leaves Chris! awesome job.

You are MORE than welcome.. I just hope it helps. The hotel should have somewhere great for photos either inside or out. I can't stess enough the magic words OPEN SHADE....if it's just SHADY, then you can get those blanched white spots on the hair,face etc.

:o:o:o sorry you've probably done this several times already, but could you explain open shade? I'm generally an underwater, landscape, macro shooter :D. I've done a few portraits of my kids and I did the school portraits last year. I did take my sister's wedding photos but that was like 20 years ago :D.

[carolyn d]

We try to dive every second weekend, but sometimes it just doesn't happen that way ;). Trying really hard for us to go this Friday again. Our weekends are Thursday / Friday here :)



I love that dress!



Wow, love those leaves Chris! awesome job.



:o:o:o sorry you've probably done this several times already, but could you explain open shade? I'm generally an underwater, landscape, macro shooter :D. I've done a few portraits of my kids and I did the school portraits last year. I did take my sister's wedding photos but that was like 20 years ago :D.

OPEN SHADE would be like the shade under a canopy... very little bright light filters through so there are little or no areas of vivid sunshine/shadow contrast.

as opposed to SHADE where the sunlight filters through making areas of vivid contrast.. (think light filtering through tree brances and getting all those bright spots of sunlight on the ground. )

I suppose you could almost consider underwater photography like open shade.. the lighting is more even without great flares of sunlight piercing through.

[sands_healy]

OPEN SHADE would be like the shade under a canopy... very little bright light filters through so there are little or no areas of vivid sunshine/shadow contrast.

as opposed to SHADE where the sunlight filters through making areas of vivid contrast.. (think light filtering through tree brances and getting all those bright spots of sunlight on the ground. )

I suppose you could almost consider underwater photography like open shade.. the lighting is more even without great flares of sunlight piercing through.

Ah ok, I understand, more like diffused light rather than black and white shade! Is my thinking correct?

[sands_healy]

Did you take these photos too?

:yes::yes::yes: I did take those photos too :)... those are just a few of the shots I have of Nudi's :) Got loads others too all different kinds and colours. I love these little creatures.

[stitchmich]

Sands, great photos!

Rene, waking up to Jack Sparrows face makes my day. Thanks ;)

Shana, pretty dress! You can drop the weight. Just take it slow and healthy. I need to walk away from the computer more and get active too. :D

Chris, just reading your day makes me tired!! Your kit is awesome. I love the "non-traditional" autumn feel of it. The leaves are perfect. I love that you did leaves, but not regular fall leaves.

[Christine]

Hi lovely ladies the beauty or the itouch. I woke up at 6:30 and categorically REFUSED to get up. Since it is general conference, we don't have regular church meetings and can watch it on tv in our jammies so I am staying in bed catching up from there. Lol it is raining like crazy! Sands u should bring the kids over we already have snow up in the mountains and more I am sure after today. :D

Carolyn and Sands you both have had some awesome pics posted wahooo for you! OK photography question. The other day I was trying to take some closeups of a rose I was using my 50mm 1.8 lens on the D80. The problem if I got in as close as I wanted, I was too close to focus. I am wondering now if I should have left on the 18-200 and just zoomed in. Would zooming give me the shallowness of the 50mm? Cuz it is a variable lens so way zoomed is like 5.6 I think. Any other options/ thoughts? Seems like it talked about this in Brian's book, but I had to turn it in to the library. :( help please.

[suvgal]

Sands...thanks for posting the nudis. Am looking forward to your next dive and what you might see. It's good to have you back in the forums

[addicted]

Just catching up really quick! Don't have time to comment on everything, but sounds like you are all OK, but Shana SO sorry about your pain.

Chris, I was crying I was so excited!!!! I can't wait and just want to know where it will be. This is pretty HUGE news for our little town. Still blown away because we have 2 only 30 minutes away?!?!?!

Hope you all have a GREAT day and I might have more time to check in this evening. Oh and Rene, thanks for the info with the blinkie!!

[ReneT]

oh yay I got caught up. So anybody want to join the poor gundi party? :lol:
Let's see what did I have on tap today.
6:30 got up to make sure Aimee got headed to her swim meet
7:30 went to swim laps (hard to do when you still can't breathe from your stupid infection but did it anyway. LOL)
8:30 came home, got ready for work and checked in for a few minutes
9:30-2:30 at work
3:00 came home and ate cuz no time to eat at work
3:20 started making applesauce. Peeled a huuuuuuuuuuuuggggge box of apples. (Like you know those boxes that fit 10 reams of paper? it was bigger than that, filled all the way to the top.) Plus the apples were smallish, so it was a LOT of them.
4:00 still making applesauce
5:00 still making applesauce
5:30 finally ready to start bottling
6:00 realize I only have enough seals for the first batch, call dh at work, please pick some up on the way home.
7:00 next batch all ready but waiting for seals
7:20 dh arrives home without the seals cuz they were out grrrrr
7:30 go to the store by seals and a bunch of boring stuff we needed
8:00 process next batch of applesauce
8:15 start making marinara sauce, while cleaning up the applesauce mess cuz I need those pans again and apple marinara didn't sound too good
9:00 still doing tomatoes
10:00 bottle sauce and cleaning potatoes from my garden
10:30 cleaning all of the mud out of the sink from my potatoes, seriously had NO idea they were that dirty
11:00 waiting for marinara to be done processing
11:15 Check my email and forums, almost 150 emails! sheesh!
12:00 still trying to get caught up

LOL So is it ok to complain about being tired? LOL Of course in between all of that was the constant, mooooooommmmm, help me with this, where is that, etc etc etc. :D

Yes, after all that, I would say it's perfectly fine to complain all you want. Wow. Apple marinara sauce made me laugh! :lol:

HEATHER!!!!!

I heard the news from conference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wahoooooo are you so excited?!!

(Today was general conference for our church and they announced they were going to be building a temple up near Heather)

:yippee::yippee::yippee:

lol who knows, I guess you just do what you have to. :D

OK I did some more for multiplicity

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/7359/thumbs/73_K_Multiplicity21.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=336017)
Multiplicity 2, part c (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=336017)

Its coming right along. I like how it is autumn-ish, but not your classic autumn. Don't you think?

I love those leaves!!!! Very cool and different.

ok ladies and Gary ;) It is now 1:00 and if I don't go to bed I ..........wi..ll.....be........fall.i.n..g as......l.....ee.ppp right .......here............eplofrhzaeft

I beat you to bed last night!! You were up late!

:yes::yes::yes: I did take those photos too :)... those are just a few of the shots I have of Nudi's :) Got loads others too all different kinds and colours. I love these little creatures.

Wow, great shots - again!!!!

Just catching up really quick! Don't have time to comment on everything, but sounds like you are all OK, but Shana SO sorry about your pain.

Chris, I was crying I was so excited!!!! I can't wait and just want to know where it will be. This is pretty HUGE news for our little town. Still blown away because we have 2 only 30 minutes away?!?!?!

Hope you all have a GREAT day and I might have more time to check in this evening. Oh and Rene, thanks for the info with the blinkie!!

You're welcome!

[ReneT]

Guess what!!! I've got an appt for a massage at 1:30!!!! I'm so excited!!! My silly husband got up this morning and went to play golf at 8:00!!! Not me, I slept till 10:00! Yay!!! I'm glad he was going to play though because he needs some fun after the week he's had. I am thinking about going to see Fame after my massage if there is a showtime that will work. No one in my family wants to see it, so I may go by myself if my friend is still sick from a cold.

[sands_healy]

Wow, a massage.... I should treat myself to one of them.... enjoy it Rene.

[idtwinmom]

lol who knows, I guess you just do what you have to. :D

OK I did some more for multiplicity

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/7359/thumbs/73_K_Multiplicity21.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=336017)
Multiplicity 2, part c (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=336017)

Its coming right along. I like how it is autumn-ish, but not your classic autumn. Don't you think?

Oh, I feel so special. I think I have made like 2 suggestions because I've been so busy and you used both! I love those leaves, they are exactly what I wanted! (Oh - Rene, I think this will be one of my gift kits!!!! I'm totally in love with it!)

[idtwinmom]

Guess what!!! I've got an appt for a massage at 1:30!!!! I'm so excited!!! My silly husband got up this morning and went to play golf at 8:00!!! Not me, I slept till 10:00! Yay!!! I'm glad he was going to play though because he needs some fun after the week he's had. I am thinking about going to see Fame after my massage if there is a showtime that will work. No one in my family wants to see it, so I may go by myself if my friend is still sick from a cold.

Oh, what I wouldn't give to go with you! We could have such a great girls day!

[Christine]

Just catching up really quick! Don't have time to comment on everything, but sounds like you are all OK, but Shana SO sorry about your pain.

Chris, I was crying I was so excited!!!! I can't wait and just want to know where it will be. This is pretty HUGE news for our little town. Still blown away because we have 2 only 30 minutes away?!?!?!

Hope you all have a GREAT day and I might have more time to check in this evening. Oh and Rene, thanks for the info with the blinkie!!

It will probably help to pull some of the demand from Ogden and Logan, plus think how super that will be for all the people in Tremonten and the little towns along the Idaho border. When it is done, let's plan a day to go! yay!!!

Did you know that Jordan River was the #1 busiest temple in the whole world until these 2 new ones were completed. It probably has lightened up now.

[Christine]

yahoo Rene! Enjoy it!

Lisa, of course, you are special. All of the gundi girls are :D

[idtwinmom]

Let's see if I remember everything:

Shana - ouch! I feel so sorry for you! I'm sure Sands is right and your sister will forgive quickly!

Sands - love your photo's. Who knew that "Nudis" were such exciting photography models!

Rene - Love the new avi, and Gary I truly giggled when you popped in! Don't be a total stranger!

Carolyn - What have you been up to GF?

Chris - I would stay in bed all day after a day like that! (well, I would want to!) And I would be whining a lot more than you did!

I think I hit just about every major store in town yesterday. I was shopping for school stuff. The big disappointment was not being able to get the shelves I wanted for school supplies. The guy at Fred Meyer was totally uncooperative! May try one of the other stores this afternoon as I couldn't finish the grocery shopping. I did get the math materials that I need to move forward with the kids, some Christmas gifts and a couple of Science books. Did you know that Border's and JoAnn fabrics give discounts to teachers? And further, did you know that as a home school Mom I qualify? Yeah! 25% on books and music at Border's (plus this weekend it's 30% on everything but magazines), and 15% at JoAnn's. You don't even have to prove it's for the kids!

Don't forget the Sunday Chat! We sure have been having lots of fun, haven't we Shana?

[Christine]

oh oh oh, what time? It might be in between conference sessions

[idtwinmom]

3 PM Eastern, so less than 1/2 hour away! It would be so great to have you there since we have a newbie having trouble with making bubbles and I don't know what software she uses. You have PSP experience if that's what she's in!

Hope you can make it!

[idtwinmom]

Just checking to see if my blinkies working! Yeah! It is!

Just told PQ that I couldn't wait to tell DH he has 5 "new kids"! :lol:

[idtwinmom]

6 minutes until Sunday Chat

[Christine]

ok question, we have an old computer that still works but I want to get rid of it cuz it is so old, still on Windows 98, friends with the dinosaurs etc and we never use it. SO, how is the best way to blank out the hard drive so that none of my personal stuff can be recovered from it, short of using a hammer :D

[Christine]

ok Lisa, gotta go do a couple of things, so I might be a bit late, but will be there :)

[idtwinmom]

ok question, we have an old computer that still works but I want to get rid of it cuz it is so old, still on Windows 98, friends with the dinosaurs etc and we never use it. SO, how is the best way to blank out the hard drive so that none of my personal stuff can be recovered from it, short of using a hammer :D

Find any old Windows CD (98 is the best as that's already installed). Put it in and "Reinstall" the OS! Tell it to "Reformat the drive". This wipes everything on it and puts a brand new copy of the OS on it. A real expert could still grab data, but it would be more money than it is worth to even try at that point.

[stitchmich]

6 minutes until Sunday Chat

Lisa, I need to run DS up to church. I'll be back for chat in 20 minutes. :D

[Shana34]

that gives you plenty of time to loose and be healthy... grab your camera and take a walk..every time I take the camera for a walk I'm gone for HOURS! You'll feel invigorated AND have somethng lovely to show for your time !

I actually did that today! Walked for about a mile or two and felt great...apart from soreness! LOL The only problem is is my throat is raw from the beginning of a cold, but I can deal with that!


Shana, pretty dress! You can drop the weight. Just take it slow and healthy. I need to walk away from the computer more and get active too. :D

I know this darn computer! :D

Just catching up really quick! Don't have time to comment on everything, but sounds like you are all OK, but Shana SO sorry about your pain.

It's okay...No more pain after tomorrow! And it's not as bad as it was before I got the temp filling, so I can deal.

Let's see if I remember everything:

Shana - ouch! I feel so sorry for you! I'm sure Sands is right and your sister will forgive quickly!

Don't forget the Sunday Chat! We sure have been having lots of fun, haven't we Shana?

My sister put me on a MAJOR guilt trip today, but hopefully that will be the last of it. Her friend upset her more than me, so I kind of got off a little bit easier considering.

Yes the Sunday chats are awesome! I'm sorry I couldn't make it today...I was at the bridal show. You want to experience something interesting? Get in a room packed with about 300 bridezillas and watch the chaos! :D

Whew I think I got everything. Rene - I hope you had fun at the massage today! You are taking me next time, right?

[>>aruaL<<]

I haven't really had time to check in... I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

[carolyn d]

Hi lovely ladies the beauty or the itouch. I woke up at 6:30 and categorically REFUSED to get up. Since it is general conference, we don't have regular church meetings and can watch it on tv in our jammies so I am staying in bed catching up from there. Lol it is raining like crazy! Sands u should bring the kids over we already have snow up in the mountains and more I am sure after today. :D

Carolyn and Sands you both have had some awesome pics posted wahooo for you! OK photography question. The other day I was trying to take some closeups of a rose I was using my 50mm 1.8 lens on the D80. The problem if I got in as close as I wanted, I was too close to focus. I am wondering now if I should have left on the 18-200 and just zoomed in. Would zooming give me the shallowness of the 50mm? Cuz it is a variable lens so way zoomed is like 5.6 I think. Any other options/ thoughts? Seems like it talked about this in Brian's book, but I had to turn it in to the library. :( help please.Each lens has a "close focus " distance, and after that it will focus no closer.... for example, my fisheye lens will focus as close as 4" while my 70-300 will focus no closer than 15".

You do have 2 options... one is a set of extension tubes.. Extension tube are GLASSLESS tubes you put between the lens and camera body. This forces the lens to focus closer than it normally would. Kenko makes a set of 3 tubes, 12mm, 20mm, 36mm -Canon mount for Canon, Nikon mount for Nikon. Becuase they are glassless, they do not interfer with lens optics: the image will be sharp edge to edge. They do , however, cut down on the light entering the lens.. so typically you are tripod mounted when using them. The least expensive I have found them is $169.00

A second option is a Canon 500D close up filter. this is a glass filter but fantastic optics ... it will definitely allow you to see "closer", but not a true macro ! It runs about $150.00 for a 77 mm and around $75.00 for a 58 mm..(I know those two particular prices because I have one of each..they also come in other sizes and are priced accordingly.) there are other "close up filters" advertised as MACRO filters, but the optics on them are very poor- you'll wind up with smudgy edges...

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/photo.php?pid=30737072&id=1076590219 this was done with the Canon Close up Filter... Not perfect or well composed, and it's not perfectly sharp DUE TO THE BREEZE, but you can see there is no "smudging" on the outer edges above and beyond the very shallow DOF. This was taken with a 70-300 mm lens set to macro and the filter...

Some zoom lenses have a "macro" feature,,, not true macro, just allows the lens to focus a tad closer with it in the Macro position than what you could do when in the Normal position.

You can use your tele-zoom lens and get as close as possible to fill the frame with your rose... a zoom lens, by it's nature"BRINGS STUFF CLOSER" so you may get a better composition using that one. You may need to be tripod mounted to do this tho because of the variable aperture/available lighting.

Did I help or hinder ?

[Christine]

oh yeah I remember Brian talking about the tubes, didn't really get what they are. The longest being only 36mm they must be short, I remember thinking of like a paper towel roll when he was talking about them. LOL After I get the kids in bed, I will post my flower pics and you guys can see what you think. Oh and I need to post 2 layouts too. Wahoo actual scrapping taking place here, although I have already had one request to turn my LO into a QC. LOL

[Christine]

oh yeah another thing, ok say you are wanting to do lots of macro shots, and going to sell them or whatever, so you want to go buy _________. Not just do a work around. What would the _________ be?

[carolyn d]

oh yeah another thing, ok say you are wanting to do lots of macro shots, and going to sell them or whatever, so you want to go buy _________. Not just do a work around. What would the _________ be?

If you are going to do flowers etc, you could get a 105mm macro lens http://www.adorama.com/NK10528AFVRU.html?searchinfo=nikon+105mm. .

An excellent third party option is the Tokina 100mm f2.8 http://www.adorama.com/TN100PNKAF.html#.
Either of these lenses are dedicated macro lenses rendering a 1:1 image. They also have a focus limiter switch which allows you to limit the focusing, making either a nice portrait lens as well


there are other third party lenses as well, but I only have had experience with the Tokina. My 70-300 is a Sigma, very inexpensive and it has a fairly sluggish action and a tendency to "hunt" alot. I bought it about 3 years ago when my money was very tight and I really didn't know as much as I know now about lenses. But based on my experience with the Sigma, I doubt I would look at another one. JMHO.

I have several Tokina lenses and have been extrordinarly pleased with them.. and honestly, for my purposes, i don't see the difference between it and the Nikon lens and the Nikon is double the price. Many of the shots I've shown you are taken with the Tokiina...And Lisa used them when I was in AK.. very smooth action, well built, excellent optics, and great price... Reviews are good for these lenses as well.


HOWEVER, if you are thinking of doing the itty bitty critters, then I'd suggest you jump to a 180mm or better.. Gives you a bit more distance between you and the critter, so no one gets all stressed out and skittish with a lens 3" from its face. But now you are talking REALLY big bucks and you'll need to double check that your camera has the capability to intergrate with the light metering and the autofocus feature.

[carolyn d]

I actually did that today! Walked for about a mile or two and felt great...apart from soreness! LOL The only problem is is my throat is raw from the beginning of a cold, but I can deal with that!

I wound up doing the same thing today.. woke up at 330 am and couldn't fall back to sleep, so packed everything up and took a hike....hung out here til about 530, got dressed, found an open gas station, the off to Dunkin for a coffee, drove to my "location" and just shot till about 10 am. Went to my moms and mulched her flower beds, watched the football game and then went to another "location" for sunset shots...and got home about 6pm... talk about a long day ! I'm bushed.. and heading for bed ! But need to clean all the filters I dropped, first !!!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035345&id=1076590219&l=a0bca07f3c

[Christine]

OK here's a couple of my rose shots:

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii294/gundimom/flowers/DSC_5843.jpg http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii294/gundimom/flowers/DSC_5837.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii294/gundimom/flowers/DSC_5845.jpg

Here's the link to the whole album:
http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii294/gundimom/flowers/

[Christine]

Forgot to say feel free to CC :D

I also did a layout today about my last Mexico trip. I hadn't even looked at the pics yet and was excited by some of the ones I got. Look at my dolphins!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/6096/thumbs/ADayOntheOcean_gundi.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=336158)
A Day on the Ocean (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=336158)

I also forgot to post this layout the other day that goes w/ my newest QC

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/6096/thumbs/73_T_PutItInYourPocket_01.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=336157)
Don't forget to Play (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=336157)

[Shana34]

Okay you two amaze me with your photography. I hope one day I'll be able to take shots half as good! :D Chris, the rose photos are BEAUTIFUL. And the rose is my favorite color...double score! Carolyn, you never cease to amaze me. I LOVE the photos with the silhouettes of the fishermen...gorgeous! Would you two like to do my wedding if I ever get married? :lol:

[Christine]

I wound up doing the same thing today.. woke up at 330 am and couldn't fall back to sleep, so packed everything up and took a hike....hung out here til about 530, got dressed, found an open gas station, the off to Dunkin for a coffee, drove to my "location" and just shot till about 10 am. Went to my moms and mulched her flower beds, watched the football game and then went to another "location" for sunset shots...and got home about 6pm... talk about a long day ! I'm bushed.. and heading for bed ! But need to clean all the filters I dropped, first !!!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2035345&id=1076590219&l=a0bca07f3c

super Carolyn! So tell me how you upload those? Do you shoot in RAW? how do you convert? do you shrink the size for uploading, how do you do that? Tell me your process please cuz I think the way I do it takes forever LOL

[Christine]

Okay you two amaze me with your photography. I hope one day I'll be able to take shots half as good! :D Chris, the rose photos are BEAUTIFUL. And the rose is my favorite color...double score! Carolyn, you never cease to amaze me. I LOVE the photos with the silhouettes of the fishermen...gorgeous! Would you two like to do my wedding if I ever get married? :lol:

Thanks!!!!! I don't even pretend to be in the same class as Carolyn, but if I figure out how to upload more efficiently I will post my sunset and cloud pics from Mexico. I was so excited by the way they turned out.

[sands_healy]

Carolyn, awesome shots. I seriously want to take a course on how to photoshop shots :), my photos are cool enough to begin with, but they could do with that extra pop.

[carolyn d]

Carolyn, awesome shots. I seriously want to take a course on how to photoshop shots :), my photos are cool enough to begin with, but they could do with that extra pop. those shots are SOOC...I have my camera tweaked to slightly increase color saturation.. I like my colors "thick" .. but the tweak was only very very slight. And yes, your photos have tremendous impact so ideally, you shoule only need to MAYBE sharpen them a bit. Most images could use a tad of sharpening anyway. But if everything else is done IN CAMERA, you relieve yourself of the burden of spending hours sitting at the computer in post process !

[stitchmich]

those shots are SOOC...I have my camera tweaked to slightly increase color saturation.. I like my colors "thick" .. but the tweak was only very very slight. And yes, your photos have tremendous impact so ideally, you shoule only need to MAYBE sharpen them a bit. Most images could use a tad of sharpening anyway. But if everything else is done IN CAMERA, you relieve yourself of the burden of spending hours sitting at the computer in post process !

I love to hear a great photographer say that! I do a little tweaking in PSP, occasional cropping, sharpening, get rid of red eye and I love the curves tool. My goal is to have my photos reflect what I did with the camera rather than what I do with the computer, but the computer sure does make a big difference sometimes. :D Speaking of sharpening, what settings do you all use for unsharp mask? I had some presets and lost them a few weeks ago when my computer died.

Chris and Carolyn, both of your photos are fantastic! Chris I went to the photobucket site. My favorite is the side view of the rose. Carolyn, the fisherman shots are terrific. And Sands, your photos are way cool already!

I uploaded bunches of band pictures yesterday, nothing photographically inspiring though. :lol: Remember I told ya'll that the band was going to play AFTER the homecoming game. Well I guess it was more of a dress rehearsal for next week's competition because the only ones watching were the band parents! Look at the empty stands...
http://im1.shutterfly.com/procgtaserv/47b9ce25b3127cce98548da47c3e00000035100IbtGLRm3csV

[Shana34]

Today's the day! Is it wrong to be this excited about getting a tooth pulled? LOL

Michelle - Wow...that's crazy that they did it after the game. The empty bleachers are so sad :( I've never heard of anyone saving a performance until after the game. Unless they want to do it when not many people are watching.

[stitchmich]

Today's the day! Is it wrong to be this excited about getting a tooth pulled? LOL

Michelle - Wow...that's crazy that they did it after the game. The empty bleachers are so sad :( I've never heard of anyone saving a performance until after the game. Unless they want to do it when not many people are watching.

Not wrong to be excited if it's causing you pain. I hate dental work, but I hate pain more :lol:

It was homecoming, so they did introduction of the homecoming court and crowning the king and queen during halftime. It was just silly to make us all stay late after an already long day, to perform the show just for the parents.

[Christine]

Michelle that makes me so sad to see all those empty stands.

Carolyn can u give us some post processing tips please? :)

Shana hope ur tooth goes well.

got lots to do today, designing picking apples, hopefully canning pears, plus the mom stuff so see u when I see u :D

[sands_healy]

those shots are SOOC...I have my camera tweaked to slightly increase color saturation.. I like my colors "thick" .. but the tweak was only very very slight. And yes, your photos have tremendous impact so ideally, you shoule only need to MAYBE sharpen them a bit. Most images could use a tad of sharpening anyway. But if everything else is done IN CAMERA, you relieve yourself of the burden of spending hours sitting at the computer in post process !

I was under the impression that all pro's really work their photo's. So I'm pleased to hear that you don't need to do it, if the shot is pleasing already!


I'm off to Muscat tomorrow (Oman's Capital, about 2 hours drive for me), to try and get the first of my visa's sorted out. Please can you think good thoughts for me, I really don't want to be travelling there for nothing ;).

[Christine]

Good thoughts Sands! :hug:

Lookie lookie!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/7359/thumbs/73_K_Multiplicity22.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=336224&ppuser=62565)
Wahoo mine's done! (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=336224&cat=500&ppuser=62565)

[stitchmich]

Michelle that makes me so sad to see all those empty stands.

Carolyn can u give us some post processing tips please? :)

Shana hope ur tooth goes well.

got lots to do today, designing picking apples, hopefully canning pears, plus the mom stuff so see u when I see u :D

sending you good vibes, Sands :D

Chris your kit turned out so great. Thanks for making my little tag :yippee: and the beaded wire is super cute!

[idtwinmom]

Carolyn - gorgeous! And you have an email with DH's response!

Sands - I would not have thought your photo's ever needed tweaking! Also, prayers you have a safe and successful trip!

Chris - Oh my heck! Those are superb! I just wish I had a camera I could get to do that kind of work with!

Shana - Good thought for your dental appointment.

[Shana34]

Well the appt went very well. Thank you all for the well wishes. I was nervous because the woman in the room next to me was having a really hard time. So when the doc came in I prepared myself for a lot of discomfort.

I didn't feel a thing! And...it was over in about 2 minutes! He just popped that baby out and I was good to go. My jaw is starting to get a bit sore now that the novicaine is wearing off, but it's not even half as bad as what it was...so I'm a happy camper. :D

[idtwinmom]

Shana - yeah! That soreness will go away soon and you will be well again! Gotta love that!

Sands - I follow a photography blog (kind of, don't read everything) and thought of you the minute I saw this: http://blog.townerjones.com/2009/10/mm10-wedding-photography-tips-by-kevin-mullins.html It's Wedding Photography tips!

[carolyn d]

Carolyn can u give us some post processing tips please? :)

http://www.thedigitalphotographyconnection.com/pfdp_player.php?ID=52
This is the photoshop tutorial with which I learned to do some adustments.

and this
http://tricks.onigo.net/guides/2005/08/remove-color-cast-step-by-step.html
is a very quick way to use your photoshop program to correct color casts whether they be heavy or light....

here is an example.. this was taken on a beutiful summers evening- with all that wonderful golden sunset light... yeah?? where the heck is it??? Well, this was taken with the WB set to AUTO.. and to me it looks flat, lackluster and bluish... NOT AT ALL LIKE what I saw through the viewfinder..
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j237/mamamolar/DSC_0012.jpg

So, using ONLY the white balance/color cast technique ( and just cropping out those legs! ) I came up with this... and THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I SAW THROUGH THE VIEWFINDER !!!!!
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j237/mamamolar/SAYCHEESE.jpg

[carolyn d]

I was under the impression that all pro's really work their photo's. So I'm pleased to hear that you don't need to do it, if the shot is pleasing already!I'm sure that some do it heavily and some don't... most images can use a bit of sharpening or color saturation boost.. depending upon the image and what YOU want it to convey. Personally, I like very rich colors- kind of want to be knocked over with color within the boudries of realism.

And I am getting past all the cropping etc as well...It is so much better to crop your image IN CAMERA (zooming in/out, repositioning, different lens choice) WHILE YOU HAVE THE SUBJECT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.. Of course, if you are shooting on the fly, then it's a matter of repositioning more often than not !

part of the workshop I'll be attending next week is professional post processing tips.We will be getting up and to location BEFORE dawn, shoot for an hour or so, then return to the classroom where Bryan is going to review, criitique our images and then go over what the pros look for and how to post process. The we will be returning to locaction an hour before sunset to 1 hours after sunsetfor more shooting. Then back to the class room for more critiques.

So when I get back, I'll be more than happy to share whatever I learn. If I can remember everything !


I'm off to Muscat tomorrow (Oman's Capital, about 2 hours drive for me), to try and get the first of my visa's sorted out. Please can you think good thoughts for me, I really don't want to be travelling there for nothing ;).

Hope all goes well, Sands ! Bureaucratic paperwork is godless !

[carolyn d]

Well the appt went very well. Thank you all for the well wishes. I was nervous because the woman in the room next to me was having a really hard time. So when the doc came in I prepared myself for a lot of discomfort.

I didn't feel a thing! And...it was over in about 2 minutes! He just popped that baby out and I was good to go. My jaw is starting to get a bit sore now that the novicaine is wearing off, but it's not even half as bad as what it was...so I'm a happy camper. :D

I'm so happy that everything went smoothly ! make sure you follow your post op instructions TO THE LETTER !!!

[ReneT]

Hi everyone. Greetings from Paper Hell. :D I haven't had time to read all I've missed. Maybe tonight. I spent yesterday evening and 1/2 the night in the ER with a kidney stone. Passed it while I was there. Then spent 1/2 the day today at work having a hard time functioning because I was so groggy from the pain and nausea meds they gave me. Feeling better now. I miss you guys!!!

[>>aruaL<<]

ALL of my photos came out BLURRY from homecoming! I'm so sad! Wish I was a good photographer.. but alas, I am not. I should hired y'all to come take photos! LOL!!

[carolyn d]

super Carolyn! So tell me how you upload those? Do you shoot in RAW? how do you convert? do you shrink the size for uploading, how do you do that? Tell me your process please cuz I think the way I do it takes forever LOLBecause I did these as practice/throw away shots, I just shot in JPEG. Other than that I always shoot in RAW. I convert RAW>JPEG throught LIGHTROOM and keep a DNG file separately.

Uploading to photobucket can be a pain in the butt... you can only change the size AFTER your initial upload .. under EDIT>RESIZE. ( I haven't seen any other way to batch load smaller images as initial uploads yet ! Doesn't mean it can't be done,, just that I have no idea.)

[carolyn d]

Hi everyone. Greetings from Paper Hell. :D I haven't had time to read all I've missed. Maybe tonight. I spent yesterday evening and 1/2 the night in the ER with a kidney stone. Passed it while I was there. Then spent 1/2 the day today at work having a hard time functioning because I was so groggy from the pain and nausea meds they gave me. Feeling better now. I miss you guys!!!OMG RENEE... I'M SO SORRY TO HEAR THAT! ER HELL AND PAPER HELL ALL IN ONE DAY!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Gads !

[carolyn d]

ALL of my photos came out BLURRY from homecoming! I'm so sad! Wish I was a good photographer.. but alas, I am not. I should hired y'all to come take photos! LOL!!THAT DAMN CAMERA !!! Blame the camera ! Not you ! Sounds like the shutter speed as a bit too slow !

[carolyn d]

Not wrong to be excited if it's causing you pain. I hate dental work, but I hate pain more :lol:

It was homecoming, so they did introduction of the homecoming court and crowning the king and queen during halftime. It was just silly to make us all stay late after an already long day, to perform the show just for the parents.Those empty stands are so sad.. I have never heard of the band perfoming after the game ! When I was in high school, ( in the last century) the band performed and then the king/queen were announced etc...) Seems such a shame the band is not given the same importance !

[idtwinmom]

Hi everyone. Greetings from Paper Hell. :D I haven't had time to read all I've missed. Maybe tonight. I spent yesterday evening and 1/2 the night in the ER with a kidney stone. Passed it while I was there. Then spent 1/2 the day today at work having a hard time functioning because I was so groggy from the pain and nausea meds they gave me. Feeling better now. I miss you guys!!!

Poor dear! What Carolyn said and more! Do you get them often? I had a friend in Oregon that got them every time she ate chocolate (every time! without fail). To keep them small and easier to deal with she said to drink tons of water. Maybe drinking more at work would help!

Take care and don't work too hard!

[stitchmich]

Hi everyone. Greetings from Paper Hell. :D I haven't had time to read all I've missed. Maybe tonight. I spent yesterday evening and 1/2 the night in the ER with a kidney stone. Passed it while I was there. Then spent 1/2 the day today at work having a hard time functioning because I was so groggy from the pain and nausea meds they gave me. Feeling better now. I miss you guys!!!

Oh NO! I am so sorry to hear this. I'm glad you are feeling better. I can only imagine the pain through seeing my DH with one. Couldn't even get a day off work for a kidney stone? :p

[stitchmich]

ALL of my photos came out BLURRY from homecoming! I'm so sad! Wish I was a good photographer.. but alas, I am not. I should hired y'all to come take photos! LOL!!

oh bummer. Does it help to know a lot of mine were blurry too?

[stitchmich]

Those empty stands are so sad.. I have never heard of the band perfoming after the game ! When I was in high school, ( in the last century) the band performed and then the king/queen were announced etc...) Seems such a shame the band is not given the same importance !

well, the band was on the field and played during the introduction of the homecoming court and all that stuff. They just stayed after the game to play the competition show. It was waste of time mostly.

[carolyn d]

OK here's a couple of my rose shots:

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii294/gundimom/flowers/DSC_5843.jpg http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii294/gundimom/flowers/DSC_5837.jpg
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii294/gundimom/flowers/DSC_5845.jpg

Here's the link to the whole album:
http://s267.photobucket.com/albums/ii294/gundimom/flowers/Chris, those are simply wonderful ! What a great color to work with ! The detail is awesome ! Awesome lighting... these are very sensual images ! And love love love the reflection ! SUPER SUPER JOB ! The flower looks like velvet.. I just want to reach into the image and TOUCH the flower. .. A sucessful image invites the viewer to participate with any one or more of the senses, and you've accomplished this !!!! And it's difficult to do !

[stitchmich]

Poor dear! What Carolyn said and more! Do you get them often? I had a friend in Oregon that got them every time she ate chocolate (every time! without fail). To keep them small and easier to deal with she said to drink tons of water. Maybe drinking more at work would help!

Take care and don't work too hard!

OMG, every time she ate chocolate!?!? the horror!!! My BIL used to get them a lot when he was in high school and college. He decided beer drinking was a good way to keep his fluids running. :lol:

[stitchmich]

Carolyn that sounds like an awesome class!!

[ReneT]

ALL of my photos came out BLURRY from homecoming! I'm so sad! Wish I was a good photographer.. but alas, I am not. I should hired y'all to come take photos! LOL!!

Oh no!!!!!

OMG RENEE... I'M SO SORRY TO HEAR THAT! ER HELL AND PAPER HELL ALL IN ONE DAY!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Gads !

I'm just glad it passed already. I've had them last for 3 days before.

Poor dear! What Carolyn said and more! Do you get them often? I had a friend in Oregon that got them every time she ate chocolate (every time! without fail). To keep them small and easier to deal with she said to drink tons of water. Maybe drinking more at work would help!

Take care and don't work too hard!

I get them occasionally. I haven't had one in about 2 years. I guess this is probably my 5th one. I'm sure I haven't been drinking enough water. Every time I have one it reminds me to drink more.

Oh NO! I am so sorry to hear this. I'm glad you are feeling better. I can only imagine the pain through seeing my DH with one. Couldn't even get a day off work for a kidney stone? :p

Gary told me to stay home today, but if I did that, he would just have to work even harder and longer, and I didn't want that, so I went ahead and came to work.

[Shana34]

Rene are you glutton for punishment? Just kidding. That's really sweet of you to want to help him no matter what.

[stitchmich]

I get them occasionally. I haven't had one in about 2 years. I guess this is probably my 5th one. I'm sure I haven't been drinking enough water. Every time I have one it reminds me to drink more.

Gary told me to stay home today, but if I did that, he would just have to work even harder and longer, and I didn't want that, so I went ahead and came to work.

Awww, you're so sweet. I think you may have motivated ME to drink more water. Hey guess what... I actually got on the treadmill today :tup:

[carolyn d]

LISA..

UPS 1Z97435X0355867808

should be delivered tomorrow ! Knuckleheads forgot to send the tracking number after my first request !!!!

I felt compelled to post this here so that EVERYONE knows there is actually something in the process.

[carolyn d]

Carolyn that sounds like an awesome class!!By the time I get home on Monday, I should be completely sleep deprived and jet lagged ! But I can't wait to get there ! I just hope I remember half of what will be going on !

[ReneT]

Rene are you glutton for punishment? Just kidding. That's really sweet of you to want to help him no matter what.

He just works so hard and such long hours all the time. I just don't feel right about staying home during these times when there is something I can do. KWIM?

[carolyn d]

He just works so hard and such long hours all the time. I just don't feel right about staying home during these times when there is something I can do. KWIM?AND so you can whisper "AAArrrrrrrrhhhhhhhh Matey" in his ear ! ROTFL.

[ReneT]

Awww, you're so sweet. I think you may have motivated ME to drink more water. Hey guess what... I actually got on the treadmill today :tup:

Yay for you!!!! I wish I could get motivated to exercise. I think everyone needs to drink more water. Gary had a kidney stone right after we got back from our cruise in June, and I know it was from not drinking enough water while we were out at the beach, etc.

Speaking of cruises, I booked our cruise for next summer today. Alaska in June!!!! I think that will be really awesome!!! I booked it super early so I can start paying it out each month.

[ReneT]

AND so you can whisper "AAArrrrrrrrhhhhhhhh Matey" in his ear ! ROTFL.

:lol::lol::lol:

[carolyn d]

Yay for you!!!! I wish I could get motivated to exercise. I think everyone needs to drink more water. Gary had a kidney stone right after we got back from our cruise in June, and I know it was from not drinking enough water while we were out at the beach, etc.

Speaking of cruises, I booked our cruise for next summer today. Alaska in June!!!! I think that will be really awesome!!! I booked it super early so I can start paying it out each month.
OMG HOW AWESOME ! You are going to LOVE it ! Are you doing the overland as well ?Did you know that UTAH is part of the direct flight path to AK.. Are you leaving from Waashington or Vancouver?

[addicted]

I have been so busy trying to catch up on life and it's not working! :( I just kepp juggin along and nothing is getting done. Oh well, I might get caught up by next week and then can spend more time with you all!

I skimmed through the post and Rene SO sorry about your kidney stone. DH has had his share and they are bad enough to watch.

The photos are fantastic from all of you and Laura too bad about your photos! That sucks!

Sands, good luck tomorrow!! Probably today for you already. :rofl:

[ReneT]

AND so you can whisper "AAArrrrrrrrhhhhhhhh Matey" in his ear ! ROTFL.

OMG HOW AWESOME ! You are going to LOVE it ! Are you doing the overland as well ?Did you know that UTAH is part of the direct flight path to AK.. Are you leaving from Waashington or Vancouver?

We will leave from Seattle. We have Rapid Rewards from Southwest, so we always fly free. I was looking at some of the excursions, and oh my heck, they look so cool. One that I want to do for sure is a helicopter ride to a glacier, then go on a dog sled ride. How cool does that sound? I'm kinda confused about the weather though. Like how cold will it be in Alaska in June? Obviously cold at the glaciers, but when you look at the cruise websites, they say the average high temp in June is in the 60's. That confuses me.

[carolyn d]

We will leave from Seattle. We have Rapid Rewards from Southwest, so we always fly free. I was looking at some of the excursions, and oh my heck, they look so cool. One that I want to do for sure is a helicopter ride to a glacier, then go on a dog sled ride. How cool does that sound? I'm kinda confused about the weather though. Like how cold will it be in Alaska in June? Obviously cold at the glaciers, but when you look at the cruise websites, they say the average high temp in June is in the 60's. That confuses me.that sounds about right.. Lisa can really tell you better. When I was there in August, it was a perfect 70-72 degrees...and you are going to a glacier, not the north pole. !

[Christine]

another big canning day, went down to visit Cupcake and got twice as many apples as I did the other day LOL, will be doing those tomorrow. Today I did 14 quarts of pears. The silly things wouldn't peel worth crap, so I got inventive and used my peeler, corer, slicer like I do with apples, so instead of my pears being quarters they are skinny slices. LOL But hey it saved me a TON of time. :D The best part is 14/14 sealed bottles, I just LOVE that popping sound. :D

I will have to catch up tomorrow cuz I am just way too tired tonight. Hugs!

[ReneT]

another big canning day, went down to visit Cupcake and got twice as many apples as I did the other day LOL, will be doing those tomorrow. Today I did 14 quarts of pears. The silly things wouldn't peel worth crap, so I got inventive and used my peeler, corer, slicer like I do with apples, so instead of my pears being quarters they are skinny slices. LOL But hey it saved me a TON of time. :D The best part is 14/14 sealed bottles, I just LOVE that popping sound. :D

I will have to catch up tomorrow cuz I am just way too tired tonight. Hugs!

Oh yum, I love pears.

[idtwinmom]

LISA..

UPS 1Z97435X0355867808

should be delivered tomorrow ! Knuckleheads forgot to send the tracking number after my first request !!!!

I felt compelled to post this here so that EVERYONE knows there is actually something in the process.

OK, that has to be the most convoluted trip any package has ever taken.
ANCHORAGE, AK, US Yeah! It's in the neighborhood!
LOUISVILLE, KY, US East?
ONTARIO, CA, US Hey, we finally went north!
VERNON, CA, US
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US Not sure if this is further south, but it's still CA not northbound!
SAN PABLO, CA, US Further south
ROSEBURG, OR, US 09/30/2009 Totally going south here!
PORTLAND, OR, US 09/29/2009 Makes sense as Portland is bigger than Vancouver, so much of Vancouver's mail goes this way
VANCOUVER, WA, US 09/29/2009 Just north of the Oregon/Washington border

Sorry about the upside down tracking, but that's the way the site listed it!

[idtwinmom]

Yay for you!!!! I wish I could get motivated to exercise. I think everyone needs to drink more water. Gary had a kidney stone right after we got back from our cruise in June, and I know it was from not drinking enough water while we were out at the beach, etc.

Speaking of cruises, I booked our cruise for next summer today. Alaska in June!!!! I think that will be really awesome!!! I booked it super early so I can start paying it out each month.

Please, oh please tell me you're coming through Anchorage! (I'm sure you said just Southeast, but still, I girl can hope right?) And if you aren't, promise you will some day!

[idtwinmom]

We will leave from Seattle. We have Rapid Rewards from Southwest, so we always fly free. I was looking at some of the excursions, and oh my heck, they look so cool. One that I want to do for sure is a helicopter ride to a glacier, then go on a dog sled ride. How cool does that sound? I'm kinda confused about the weather though. Like how cold will it be in Alaska in June? Obviously cold at the glaciers, but when you look at the cruise websites, they say the average high temp in June is in the 60's. That confuses me.

Southeast, which as I remember is where you said you were cruising, is all coastal, think breezes (not winds though!), with a mountainous backdrop. Yes, 60s would be normal. Make sure to take layers! Short sleeves may be comfortable at some points later in the day, but mostly light weight, long sleeves with sweaters for early and late. Of course, a coat, etc..., for the glacier trip. I've flown over in a plane, but not a helicopter and we couldn't land. And a dog sled ride is something I have never managed in all the years I have lived here. (remember, this was a move home for me!) You might also want to make sure you have something for light rain. June is one of the driest months, but Southeast is known for mists no matter what time of year and rain on more days than dry.

Have fun!

[sands_healy]

Well the appt went very well.

So glad it went so well for you Shana!

Sands - I follow a photography blog (kind of, don't read everything) and thought of you the minute I saw this: http://blog.townerjones.com/2009/10/mm10-wedding-photography-tips-by-kevin-mullins.html It's Wedding Photography tips!

Wow thanks for that Lisa! I will definitely be reading that!

http://www.thedigitalphotographyconnection.com/pfdp_player.php?ID=52
This is the photoshop tutorial with which I learned to do some adustments.

and this
http://tricks.onigo.net/guides/2005/08/remove-color-cast-step-by-step.html
is a very quick way to use your photoshop program to correct color casts whether they be heavy or light....

here is an example.. this was taken on a beutiful summers evening- with all that wonderful golden sunset light... yeah?? where the heck is it??? Well, this was taken with the WB set to AUTO.. and to me it looks flat, lackluster and bluish... NOT AT ALL LIKE what I saw through the viewfinder..
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j237/mamamolar/DSC_0012.jpg

So, using ONLY the white balance/color cast technique ( and just cropping out those legs! ) I came up with this... and THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I SAW THROUGH THE VIEWFINDER !!!!!
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j237/mamamolar/SAYCHEESE.jpg

Wow I love the change!

Hope all goes well, Sands ! Bureaucratic paperwork is godless !

:yes::yes::yes:

Hi everyone. Greetings from Paper Hell. :D I haven't had time to read all I've missed. Maybe tonight. I spent yesterday evening and 1/2 the night in the ER with a kidney stone. Passed it while I was there. Then spent 1/2 the day today at work having a hard time functioning because I was so groggy from the pain and nausea meds they gave me. Feeling better now. I miss you guys!!!

So sorry to hear this Rene..... wow!

LISA..

UPS 1Z97435X0355867808

should be delivered tomorrow ! Knuckleheads forgot to send the tracking number after my first request !!!!

I felt compelled to post this here so that EVERYONE knows there is actually something in the process.

Ok I missed the beginning of this. I thought the mention of couriers was just a joke!

Speaking of cruises, I booked our cruise for next summer today. Alaska in June!!!! I think that will be really awesome!!! I booked it super early so I can start paying it out each month.


Wow!!! Awesome!!! A cruise is on my bucket list ;)

Sands, good luck tomorrow!! Probably today for you already. :rofl:

Thanks!

:think::think::think: I lost a quote :(

I wanted to say to Carolyn : I don't often regret where we live, but its at times like this that I do. There aren't any photography clubs or courses like the one you're attending anywhere near to where I am. So I'm very envious of your course :).

[sands_healy]

So I'm feeling much better today :D.

My trip to Muscat itself was pretty much uneventful. Which is a relief in itself considering the really bad drivers here. I was stressing badly about getting to the French Embassy in time, since yesterday I wasn't able to get 6 months worth of bank statements from the bank because they were and had been off line for 2 days :shocked:, so I had to go this morning before I went to Muscat. That delayed me by an hour! The Visa section of the Embassy are only open from 9am to 11am. Then while I was waiting on the statements I happened to check my paperwork to see that I had everything that was required, and I noticed that the woman that had done my photocopying hadn't copied my resident visa for here, even though I had asked her to. Thankfully they just did it at the bank for me. I arrived at the French Embassy at 10:30, after driving passed it a few times!

As it turned out I walked straight up to the counter. The lady was very pleasant. As she was looking at my paperwork, I noticed a sign that said from the 6th October, children from the age of 6 needed to be present while their parents applied for visa's, so they could do biometric "whatever". I panicked. I had read on the website that they didn't need to be present and I hadn't brought them with me!

The woman was very pleasant, and overlooked the fact that my DD wasn't with me. I didn't have a consent document from DH agreeing that I could apply for visa's for my children and she was going to only process their visa's once she got the form, which would delay the process by another week! She kindly agreed for me to fax her the consent document, thereby allowing me to collect all three visas at the same time. Phew!

The best part was, as DH is British, I didn't have to pay a cent for the visa's!!! :yahoo:

I can only put this down to all the good thoughts / prayers that were coming our way.

Thank you!

[Christine]

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Christine]

Hope all goes well, Sands ! Bureaucratic paperwork is godless !

Hmmm quoting about the class but it got lost so anyway

PLEASE TAKE LOTS OF NOTES!!!!!!!!! now I am so excited too. LOL

[Christine]

A pox on kidney stones AND blurry pictures! Hugs to u both.

[Christine]

LISA..

UPS 1Z97435X0355867808

should be delivered tomorrow ! Knuckleheads forgot to send the tracking number after my first request !!!!

I felt compelled to post this here so that EVERYONE knows there is actually something in the process.

Lololololol

[Christine]

Thanks everyone for the comments on my rose pictures I wish I had more time to focus on photography but I am LOVING how it is finally making sense. Although now I wonder why it always seemed so overwhelming before. I guess I had an ah ha moment. Still waiting for one of those with my external flash. Carolyn I know u explained the concept but I think I need a "Chris do this and this and this" plus the time to play :D

I will finish catching up later, have to design something while Josh is at school then MORE canning after that. Rene since u r doing so much paper you know the size of those paper boxes. Picture two of those overflowing with apples! Lol

[ReneT]

Please, oh please tell me you're coming through Anchorage! (I'm sure you said just Southeast, but still, I girl can hope right?) And if you aren't, promise you will some day!

Yes, I think it is southeast. Juneau, Skagway, Victoria BC, Glacier Bay. Those are our stops. That's not near Anchorage is it?

Southeast, which as I remember is where you said you were cruising, is all coastal, think breezes (not winds though!), with a mountainous backdrop. Yes, 60s would be normal. Make sure to take layers! Short sleeves may be comfortable at some points later in the day, but mostly light weight, long sleeves with sweaters for early and late. Of course, a coat, etc..., for the glacier trip. I've flown over in a plane, but not a helicopter and we couldn't land. And a dog sled ride is something I have never managed in all the years I have lived here. (remember, this was a move home for me!) You might also want to make sure you have something for light rain. June is one of the driest months, but Southeast is known for mists no matter what time of year and rain on more days than dry.

Have fun!

Thanks for this info. May have to get you to repeat it next summer when time to go is closer.

So I'm feeling much better today :D.

My trip to Muscat itself was pretty much uneventful. Which is a relief in itself considering the really bad drivers here. I was stressing badly about getting to the French Embassy in time, since yesterday I wasn't able to get 6 months worth of bank statements from the bank because they were and had been off line for 2 days :shocked:, so I had to go this morning before I went to Muscat. That delayed me by an hour! The Visa section of the Embassy are only open from 9am to 11am. Then while I was waiting on the statements I happened to check my paperwork to see that I had everything that was required, and I noticed that the woman that had done my photocopying hadn't copied my resident visa for here, even though I had asked her to. Thankfully they just did it at the bank for me. I arrived at the French Embassy at 10:30, after driving passed it a few times!

As it turned out I walked straight up to the counter. The lady was very pleasant. As she was looking at my paperwork, I noticed a sign that said from the 6th October, children from the age of 6 needed to be present while their parents applied for visa's, so they could do biometric "whatever". I panicked. I had read on the website that they didn't need to be present and I hadn't brought them with me!

The woman was very pleasant, and overlooked the fact that my DD wasn't with me. I didn't have a consent document from DH agreeing that I could apply for visa's for my children and she was going to only process their visa's once she got the form, which would delay the process by another week! She kindly agreed for me to fax her the consent document, thereby allowing me to collect all three visas at the same time. Phew!

The best part was, as DH is British, I didn't have to pay a cent for the visa's!!! :yahoo:

I can only put this down to all the good thoughts / prayers that were coming our way.

Thank you!

Wow, how stressful!!! Glad it worked out though!

[ReneT]

Rene doesn't want to play with paper any more.

[ReneT]

How funny is my hubby with the pumpkin head?

[addicted]

My little guy is SO sick!! HE started with a fever last night and then through the night I had to keep giving him meds. He is SO croupy, it must be bad when you pick up a 10 year old for school and they say, "it sounds like he can't breath." I have a dr. appt. but it's not for another hour still! I hate waiting. I hope you all have a great day!!

[ReneT]

My little guy is SO sick!! HE started with a fever last night and then through the night I had to keep giving him meds. He is SO croupy, it must be bad when you pick up a 10 year old for school and they say, "it sounds like he can't breath." I have a dr. appt. but it's not for another hour still! I hate waiting. I hope you all have a great day!!

Oh poor baby!!!! :hug:

[stitchmich]

Hugs, Heather. I hope he's feeling better soon.

Rene, your cruise sounds awesome!! My sister and BIL want to cruise to Alaska in 2013 and asked me and DH to go with them. I'd love to go with her. How are you feeling today? other than being sick of paper....

Lisa, that is some seriously messed up tracking from WA to AK!! did ya get it today? tell us all about it!

Sands, it sounds like your adventures turned out pretty well. Sounds like you got lucky getting it all taken care of!

Chris, don't tell me there is a learning curve to using an external flash? I was hoping that would be an easy adjustment. :rolleyes:

[ReneT]

Greetings from the Rain Forest Eradication Department. I currently have 12 bandaids on my hands and fingers due to paper cuts. The worst thing is the cardboard box cut I have. That's painful!

I'm feeling better today. I would love to go home and scrap though! :D

[stitchmich]

Greetings from the Rain Forest Eradication Department. I currently have 12 bandaids on my hands and fingers due to paper cuts. The worst thing is the cardboard box cut I have. That's painful!

I'm feeling better today. I would love to go home and scrap though! :D

:lol: New title for you Head of RFED. Sorry about your booboos, though.

I have been out half the day, meeting at school, lunch with a friend, grocery shopping at BJ's and now I am finding it hard to do any work at this point in the day (almost 4pm) I also stopped at Best Buy to see if they Wacom tablets. I found them in the photography dept instead of the computer dept and was disappointed that they were taped up tight and none on display so I couldn't see one.

[ReneT]

:lol: New title for you Head of RFED. Sorry about your booboos, though.

I have been out half the day, meeting at school, lunch with a friend, grocery shopping at BJ's and now I am finding it hard to do any work at this point in the day (almost 4pm) I also stopped at Best Buy to see if they Wacom tablets. I found them in the photography dept instead of the computer dept and was disappointed that they were taped up tight and none on display so I couldn't see one.

Which tablet do you want? I think I want the touch one.

[addicted]

Rene you are SO funny!! :rofl: I love your comments about work.

Stitch, just go with the touch, :D easy for me to say huh!! Just kidding, I am going to check out the videos right now while DS is sleeping for a minute.

Got back from the doc, he has "para influenza" whatever that is? He had a flu shot so not sure what kind of flu it is, but it's HORRIBLE! His fever is bad, he had to have a breathing treatment there, steroid shot and I had to go get steroid medicine to give him for 48-72 hours! He can't sleep cause he has so much crap in his throat and he keeps waking up. Anyway...hopefully the worst will be over in a few days, but we are suppose to go the the family cabin with 40 other people, on Friday, for my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary. I don't know what to do??? If we don't go people will be mad and if we do go, people will be mad. :lol: So I need to talk to dh and the in-laws to figure it out!!

[idtwinmom]

My little guy is SO sick!! HE started with a fever last night and then through the night I had to keep giving him meds. He is SO croupy, it must be bad when you pick up a 10 year old for school and they say, "it sounds like he can't breath." I have a dr. appt. but it's not for another hour still! I hate waiting. I hope you all have a great day!!

Poor thing! I sure hope he's better fast!

[idtwinmom]

Hugs, Heather. I hope he's feeling better soon.

Rene, your cruise sounds awesome!! My sister and BIL want to cruise to Alaska in 2013 and asked me and DH to go with them. I'd love to go with her. How are you feeling today? other than being sick of paper....

Lisa, that is some seriously messed up tracking from WA to AK!! did ya get it today? tell us all about it!

Sands, it sounds like your adventures turned out pretty well. Sounds like you got lucky getting it all taken care of!

Chris, don't tell me there is a learning curve to using an external flash? I was hoping that would be an easy adjustment. :rolleyes:
No sign of it yet, but deliveries here seem to be late in the day. This is the first from UPS though, and it said it was scanned here at 8:07 last night so it might not even make the truck until tomorrow. Who knows!

Greetings from the Rain Forest Eradication Department. I currently have 12 bandaids on my hands and fingers due to paper cuts. The worst thing is the cardboard box cut I have. That's painful!

I'm feeling better today. I would love to go home and scrap though! :D

Boy, this is just not your week! And cardboard cuts are nasty! Feeling for you!

[idtwinmom]

Rene you are SO funny!! :rofl: I love your comments about work.

Stitch, just go with the touch, :D easy for me to say huh!! Just kidding, I am going to check out the videos right now while DS is sleeping for a minute.

Got back from the doc, he has "para influenza" whatever that is? He had a flu shot so not sure what kind of flu it is, but it's HORRIBLE! His fever is bad, he had to have a breathing treatment there, steroid shot and I had to go get steroid medicine to give him for 48-72 hours! He can't sleep cause he has so much crap in his throat and he keeps waking up. Anyway...hopefully the worst will be over in a few days, but we are suppose to go the the family cabin with 40 other people, on Friday, for my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary. I don't know what to do??? If we don't go people will be mad and if we do go, people will be mad. :lol: So I need to talk to dh and the in-laws to figure it out!!

Well, here's my opinion for what it is worth: Don't go! If any one is mad, tell them this is for the safety of your child! It will be at least a week before he is really better if not a little longer. The steroids will have the croupy sounding cough much better, but not for at least 3 days! (after the second dose you will notice a big change, but still coughing). I know this because of the croup DS#1 had in June just as school was ending. Oh, and if any one else complains, just tell them that no one in the cabin will be able to sleep because of his coughing so you are really thinking of them (which, of course you aren't, but sometimes people think more highly of your choice if they are at the center of it)!

[idtwinmom]

OK, I'm sitting her all bundled in a giant (big enough for a King size bed) afghan that I made for my son a couple years ago, just trying to feel better. My lungs hurt, but I don't seem to have much cough and I'm dog tired. We cut school really short today and only did reading and a math game. We were done by 9 AM and then they watched a little TV which they haven't done in days while I rested. I feel like I could go to bed right now!

[stitchmich]

Which tablet do you want? I think I want the touch one.

I want the Bamboo Craft, but the Bamboo Pen and Touch is exactly the same tablet, without the extra goodies inside... and it's cheaper. So I am trying to decide which one to get. If I get the cheaper one, I'll definitely buy Kim's class (which is free with the Craft) I'd feel less guilty about ordering the cheaper one right now. :rolleyes:

[stitchmich]

Rene you are SO funny!! :rofl: I love your comments about work.

Stitch, just go with the touch, :D easy for me to say huh!! Just kidding, I am going to check out the videos right now while DS is sleeping for a minute.

Got back from the doc, he has "para influenza" whatever that is? He had a flu shot so not sure what kind of flu it is, but it's HORRIBLE! His fever is bad, he had to have a breathing treatment there, steroid shot and I had to go get steroid medicine to give him for 48-72 hours! He can't sleep cause he has so much crap in his throat and he keeps waking up. Anyway...hopefully the worst will be over in a few days, but we are suppose to go the the family cabin with 40 other people, on Friday, for my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary. I don't know what to do??? If we don't go people will be mad and if we do go, people will be mad. :lol: So I need to talk to dh and the in-laws to figure it out!!


awwww... that's awful. poor guy. Hopefully he'll be better by Friday and it won't be an issue.

[stitchmich]

OK, I'm sitting her all bundled in a giant (big enough for a King size bed) afghan that I made for my son a couple years ago, just trying to feel better. My lungs hurt, but I don't seem to have much cough and I'm dog tired. We cut school really short today and only did reading and a math game. We were done by 9 AM and then they watched a little TV which they haven't done in days while I rested. I feel like I could go to bed right now!

awww... you're sick too? It's too early for so much sickness. Get better soon :hug::hug::hug:

[addicted]

Lisa, I hope you are feeling better! I hate it at the beginning of the sick season, too much stuff goes around. Then, at least at our house, it levels out and not so much crap around. Thanks for your advice. It would be a lot easier not to go anyway, I was stressing about him being able to sleep in a 1 room house basically and no quiet for sleeping. I'll let you know what happens.

[idtwinmom]

Lisa, I hope you are feeling better! I hate it at the beginning of the sick season, too much stuff goes around. Then, at least at our house, it levels out and not so much crap around. Thanks for your advice. It would be a lot easier not to go anyway, I was stressing about him being able to sleep in a 1 room house basically and no quiet for sleeping. I'll let you know what happens.

Well, as I said, it's just my opinion. I feel for him something awful and I know just how hard it is on you too!

[ReneT]

Rene you are SO funny!! :rofl: I love your comments about work.

Stitch, just go with the touch, :D easy for me to say huh!! Just kidding, I am going to check out the videos right now while DS is sleeping for a minute.

Got back from the doc, he has "para influenza" whatever that is? He had a flu shot so not sure what kind of flu it is, but it's HORRIBLE! His fever is bad, he had to have a breathing treatment there, steroid shot and I had to go get steroid medicine to give him for 48-72 hours! He can't sleep cause he has so much crap in his throat and he keeps waking up. Anyway...hopefully the worst will be over in a few days, but we are suppose to go the the family cabin with 40 other people, on Friday, for my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary. I don't know what to do??? If we don't go people will be mad and if we do go, people will be mad. :lol: So I need to talk to dh and the in-laws to figure it out!!

Well, if he's feeling better and has no fever, he shouldn't be contagious, right? But if he's still feeling really bad, he won't have any fun, and neither will you. People surely will understand if you can't make it.

OK, I'm sitting her all bundled in a giant (big enough for a King size bed) afghan that I made for my son a couple years ago, just trying to feel better. My lungs hurt, but I don't seem to have much cough and I'm dog tired. We cut school really short today and only did reading and a math game. We were done by 9 AM and then they watched a little TV which they haven't done in days while I rested. I feel like I could go to bed right now!

Oh geez, so many sick people. Feel better. Make some hot tea with honey and lemon. That always helps my throat.

I want the Bamboo Craft, but the Bamboo Pen and Touch is exactly the same tablet, without the extra goodies inside... and it's cheaper. So I am trying to decide which one to get. If I get the cheaper one, I'll definitely buy Kim's class (which is free with the Craft) I'd feel less guilty about ordering the cheaper one right now. :rolleyes:

Maybe I should do more research before I decide for sure.

[addicted]

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/revb/respiratory/hpivfeat.htm

I found out what parainfluenza is!

[carolyn d]

OK, that has to be the most convoluted trip any package has ever taken.
ANCHORAGE, AK, US Yeah! It's in the neighborhood!
LOUISVILLE, KY, US East?
ONTARIO, CA, US Hey, we finally went north!
VERNON, CA, US
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US Not sure if this is further south, but it's still CA not northbound!
SAN PABLO, CA, US Further south
ROSEBURG, OR, US 09/30/2009 Totally going south here!
PORTLAND, OR, US 09/29/2009 Makes sense as Portland is bigger than Vancouver, so much of Vancouver's mail goes this way
VANCOUVER, WA, US 09/29/2009 Just north of the Oregon/Washington border

Sorry about the upside down tracking, but that's the way the site listed it!

I almost flipped when I read the tracking info !!!!! And it was shipped THE DAY AFTER I ORDERED IT!!! I can only think that due to distance, they need to accumulate as many packages as possible for one massive load ! Either that, or UPS was just punch drunk.....your guess is as good as mine !

[stitchmich]

Lisa, I hope you are feeling better! I hate it at the beginning of the sick season, too much stuff goes around. Then, at least at our house, it levels out and not so much crap around. Thanks for your advice. It would be a lot easier not to go anyway, I was stressing about him being able to sleep in a 1 room house basically and no quiet for sleeping. I'll let you know what happens.

40 people in a one room house?!? Wow. My extened family would not do so well with that :lol: I agree with Lisa. If he's not better, it would be better for everyone, and for him, not to be there.

[idtwinmom]

I almost flipped when I read the tracking info !!!!! And it was shipped THE DAY AFTER I ORDERED IT!!! I can only think that due to distance, they need to accumulate as many packages as possible for one massive load ! Either that, or UPS was just punch drunk.....your guess is as good as mine !

I think UPS is the one and only carrier that actually drives it up here when you ship ground. That is one reason most carriers charge more to ship here as it automatically goes on an airplane. (Even Amazons "free shipping" goes on a plane and gets here way before they say it will!)

[carolyn d]

So glad it went so well for you Shana!



Wow thanks for that Lisa! I will definitely be reading that!



Wow I love the change!



:yes::yes::yes:



So sorry to hear this Rene..... wow!



Ok I missed the beginning of this. I thought the mention of couriers was just a joke!
I sent a birthday gift to Lisa... and first they didn' send me the tracking number/or my spam ate it. I requested the tracking number and they said they would email it to me.. it never arrived. I called AGAIN and finally got the number only to see the package is cruising around the US with total abandon ! .



Wow!!! Awesome!!! A cruise is on my bucket list ;)Gotta love the endless bucket list !



Thanks!

:think::think::think: I lost a quote :(

I wanted to say to Carolyn : I don't often regret where we live, but its at times like this that I do. There aren't any photography clubs or courses like the one you're attending anywhere near to where I am. So I'm very envious of your course :).
I feel very blessed to have the opportunity to do this.. Both timewise and finance wise... It was one of those things that I never knew existed until it fell in my lap and then I realized how MUCH I wanted to do it !

He does them all over the world.. Singapore, France, England, to name a few..
I plan on taking copious notes to share with you all here ... and I only hope they make sense ! Yup, I'm taking all of you to Oregon in my backpack !

[carolyn d]

So I'm feeling much better today :D.

My trip to Muscat itself was pretty much uneventful. Which is a relief in itself considering the really bad drivers here. I was stressing badly about getting to the French Embassy in time, since yesterday I wasn't able to get 6 months worth of bank statements from the bank because they were and had been off line for 2 days :shocked:, so I had to go this morning before I went to Muscat. That delayed me by an hour! The Visa section of the Embassy are only open from 9am to 11am. Then while I was waiting on the statements I happened to check my paperwork to see that I had everything that was required, and I noticed that the woman that had done my photocopying hadn't copied my resident visa for here, even though I had asked her to. Thankfully they just did it at the bank for me. I arrived at the French Embassy at 10:30, after driving passed it a few times!

As it turned out I walked straight up to the counter. The lady was very pleasant. As she was looking at my paperwork, I noticed a sign that said from the 6th October, children from the age of 6 needed to be present while their parents applied for visa's, so they could do biometric "whatever". I panicked. I had read on the website that they didn't need to be present and I hadn't brought them with me!

The woman was very pleasant, and overlooked the fact that my DD wasn't with me. I didn't have a consent document from DH agreeing that I could apply for visa's for my children and she was going to only process their visa's once she got the form, which would delay the process by another week! She kindly agreed for me to fax her the consent document, thereby allowing me to collect all three visas at the same time. Phew!

The best part was, as DH is British, I didn't have to pay a cent for the visa's!!! :yahoo:

I can only put this down to all the good thoughts / prayers that were coming our way.

Thank you!I take back what I said about godless bureaucracy.. because you DEFINITELY had an angel attendnig to you !!!

[carolyn d]

I think UPS is the one and only carrier that actually drives it up here when you ship ground. That is one reason most carriers charge more to ship here as it automatically goes on an airplane. (Even Amazons "free shipping" goes on a plane and gets here way before they say it will!)Lisa, so sorry to see you are feeling punky....hope you start to feel better soon !

[carolyn d]

I think UPS is the one and only carrier that actually drives it up here when you ship ground. That is one reason most carriers charge more to ship here as it automatically goes on an airplane. (Even Amazons "free shipping" goes on a plane and gets here way before they say it will!)
well, we can just consider this item as well traveled ! It's already visited more states than I have! LOL ! BTW, if it's not what you like, you can return it and apply the amount to something you would rather have ! ( see, I'm still being shifty and not giving out any clues )

[idtwinmom]

I feel very blessed to have the opportunity to do this.. Both timewise and finance wise... It was one of those things that I never knew existed until it fell in my lap and then I realized how MUCH I wanted to do it !

He does them all over the world.. Singapore, France, England, to name a few..
I plan on taking copious notes to share with you all here ... and I only hope they make sense ! Yup, I'm taking all of you to Oregon in my backpack !
Gee, just what I wanted to do! (Go back to Oregon, I mean - NOT!) Except for the class that is! I'm totally jealous, but also know I'm totally not ready!

well, we can just consider this item as well traveled ! It's already visited more states than I have! LOL ! BTW, if it's not what you like, you can return it and apply the amount to something you would rather have ! ( see, I'm still being shifty and not giving out any clues )
I wish the darn thing would just get here already! You've got me so curious that it's worse than Christmas Eve!

[idtwinmom]

Well, I just looked and have decided the package won't be here until tomorrow. They don't show it as Out for Delivery, which probably means it didn't make it onto the truck.
:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

Please - won't you give me a worthwhile hint? I'll know tomorrow anyway! :pray::pray::pray:

[carolyn d]

Gee, just what I wanted to do! (Go back to Oregon, I mean - NOT!) Except for the class that is! I'm totally jealous, but also know I'm totally not ready!And who would think they ever ARE??? It's an educational hands on workshop for people of all skill levels to LEARN ! I would think he expects a basic working knowledge of the camera/controls and some very basic knowledge of aperture/shutter/iso/ etc.. but doubtful he expects to have a class full of semi pros. !


I wish the darn thing would just get here already! You've got me so curious that it's worse than Christmas Eve!Yah, and watch you hate it ! sigh

[carolyn d]

Well, I just looked and have decided the package won't be here until tomorrow. They don't show it as Out for Delivery, which probably means it didn't make it onto the truck.
:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:

Please - won't you give me a worthwhile hint? I'll know tomorrow anyway! :pray::pray::pray:Honest to god, if I could think of some obtuse clue, I'd tell ya... anything I say is a dead giveaway ! Yes, it is that obvious !

Besides, it's only 2:46 there.. there is still hope I would think... If not, at least you know it's in the right STATE !! LOL

[idtwinmom]

Now, why would I hate a gift? Can't even imagine! But then you haven't given me any darn clues worth reading!!!!!!! Yeah, it's in the State, but it's not in my hands!!!!!!!!!

It's now 3:22 and I have dealt with a minor disaster. DS#1 hurt his ear lobe and it was swelling and turning purple so I had to make sure that it was not something that I should rush him off to the Dr for. It's not, as suspected, but one can never be too careful where hearing or sight is concerned. Plus, there is not package!!!!!!!

[ReneT]

This has got to be the most anticipated package ever!!! A watched pot never boils. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[idtwinmom]

This has got to be the most anticipated package ever!!! A watched pot never boils. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Yes, and with all these extra eyes watching thanks to someone spilling that it was coming in such a public fashion.....

BTW - where's Debi these days? Oh, Debi!!!!!!!!! (where's the smiley cupping there mouth to hollar!)

[ReneT]

Debi went to Vegas last week to NAPP, but she's back now. Don't know why she hasn't checked in over here.

[idtwinmom]

Oh, just one more thing for me to be jealous about. I would love to go to NAPP! Gee, at least I get to have a birthday present! :lol:

[stitchmich]

Debi went to Vegas last week to NAPP, but she's back now. Don't know why she hasn't checked in over here.

what's NAPP?

[idtwinmom]

what's NAPP?

National Association of Photoshop Professionals (http://www.photoshopuser.com/)

With membership you get the Photoshop User magazine, access to online classes and they have a yearly convention with the best classes anywhere!

[debilou]

Debi went to Vegas last week to NAPP, but she's back now. Don't know why she hasn't checked in over here.

Well, because I got back... and, my MOTHER decided to throw herself a renewal of vows ceremony this weekend...

and, I truly have not a thing to wear... I"M NOT kiddding....

it's their 50th wedding anniversay... I have a gift, a way cool card, hand made by a close friend.

I've been checking and checking with them... oh, nothing happening...

so, now, I have to be there all dressed up... for a big family event... and, I have truly nothing to wear... I've lost some weight.. so truly - I've been frantically going thru my closet looking for anything appropriate.

so, a shopping I will go.

Oh, and, I'm supposed to take the photos... how the heck am I going to do that too...

ok..

but, NAPP was soooo much and more... loved every single second of it.

learned a ton, that I never would have ever learned for a book or on line.

I highly recommend it to anyone who cares about photography...

And, we saw CHER!!!! Awesome!! Do, I have the best DH in the world, well that would be YES!!!

ok, and, I bought some cool stuff at napp, but, if I told you, you would know all my cool secrets.. hehe


so, I can't tell, you...

and, ok, that's my life... and, keeping up with my Mommy duties with the NKOTB...

that's a job... but, lot's of fun...

[stitchmich]

National Association of Photoshop Professionals (http://www.photoshopuser.com/)

With membership you get the Photoshop User magazine, access to online classes and they have a yearly convention with the best classes anywhere!

sweet!

[stitchmich]

your trip sounds great Debi. but really, no secrets for us?? you know friends tell each other all their secrets!
Have fun shopping. I'm sure you'll find something fabulous to wear :D

[carolyn d]

Yes, and with all these extra eyes watching thanks to someone spilling that it was coming in such a public fashion.....

BTW - where's Debi these days? Oh, Debi!!!!!!!!! (where's the smiley cupping there mouth to hollar!)


Yeah, but fun, isn't it ???
Do Alaskans have a different sense of time??? SCHEDULED DELIVERY October 6th.. seems pretty definitive to me !

Now I'm thankful we didn't get the tracking number at the beginning.. Imagine the chaos of EVERYONE checking the UPS site over the past week and watchng it hike around the states !!!

Speaking of Chaos, how is the dear?

[carolyn d]

Well, because I got back... and, my MOTHER decided to throw herself a renewal of vows ceremony this weekend...

and, I truly have not a thing to wear... I"M NOT kiddding....

it's their 50th wedding anniversay... I have a gift, a way cool card, hand made by a close friend.

I've been checking and checking with them... oh, nothing happening...

so, now, I have to be there all dressed up... for a big family event... and, I have truly nothing to wear... I've lost some weight.. so truly - I've been frantically going thru my closet looking for anything appropriate.

so, a shopping I will go.

Oh, and, I'm supposed to take the photos... how the heck am I going to do that too...

ok..

but, NAPP was soooo much and more... loved every single second of it.

learned a ton, that I never would have ever learned for a book or on line.

I highly recommend it to anyone who cares about photography...

And, we saw CHER!!!! Awesome!! Do, I have the best DH in the world, well that would be YES!!!

ok, and, I bought some cool stuff at napp, but, if I told you, you would know all my cool secrets.. hehe


so, I can't tell, you...



and, ok, that's my life... and, keeping up with my Mommy duties with the NKOTB...

that's a job... but, lot's of fun...

sounds like a total blast except the secrets part.. but then again I've been torturing everyone with "secrets " lately... I've just kept the fires banked for you, Deb ! LOL

[carolyn d]

off to watch the last half hour of the biggest loser . .

[Shana34]

I am having the best day EVER! I found my camera! 100+ pics from New Orleans in 2005 saved! :D :D :D :D I got my dress for my sister's wedding. I have a picture of it, but I need to get an XD reader since I can't find the USB cable now LOL.

Tooth is hurting just a bit...nothing bad...I'm actually surprised at how easy this has been...I was expecting a ton of pain. :D

So how's everyone doing? I feel like I have so much to catch up on!

[idtwinmom]

Well, because I got back... and, my MOTHER decided to throw herself a renewal of vows ceremony this weekend...

and, I truly have not a thing to wear... I"M NOT kiddding....

it's their 50th wedding anniversay... I have a gift, a way cool card, hand made by a close friend.

I've been checking and checking with them... oh, nothing happening...

so, now, I have to be there all dressed up... for a big family event... and, I have truly nothing to wear... I've lost some weight.. so truly - I've been frantically going thru my closet looking for anything appropriate.

so, a shopping I will go.

Oh, and, I'm supposed to take the photos... how the heck am I going to do that too...

ok..

but, NAPP was soooo much and more... loved every single second of it.

learned a ton, that I never would have ever learned for a book or on line.

I highly recommend it to anyone who cares about photography...

And, we saw CHER!!!! Awesome!! Do, I have the best DH in the world, well that would be YES!!!

ok, and, I bought some cool stuff at napp, but, if I told you, you would know all my cool secrets.. hehe


so, I can't tell, you...

and, ok, that's my life... and, keeping up with my Mommy duties with the NKOTB...

that's a job... but, lot's of fun...

Debi - since you may not read back to catch up, I thought I would share this link again. It's a photography blog and this post was Wedding Photography tips.
http://blog.townerjones.com/2009/10/mm10-wedding-photography-tips-by-kevin-mullins.html

[idtwinmom]

And before I read another word, I have to tell you all - I'm shaking so bad I can hardly type, I'm crying so hard I can't believe I even was able to read Debi's post (oh, forget to say welcome back - you've been missed!). But my birthday present arrived! At 6:56 PM this evening the doorbell rang and guess what that silly, wonderful, BFF sent me! The Bamboo Touch! Yep! She bought me the tablet! I can't believe it!

So, as she publicly announced she was sending it, I will publicly say:
Thank You! From the bottom of my heart!

[idtwinmom]

Yeah, but fun, isn't it ???
Do Alaskans have a different sense of time??? SCHEDULED DELIVERY October 6th.. seems pretty definitive to me !

Now I'm thankful we didn't get the tracking number at the beginning.. Imagine the chaos of EVERYONE checking the UPS site over the past week and watchng it hike around the states !!!

Speaking of Chaos, how is the dear?

The dear is doing fine. Seems one med (twice and day and bought on the Walmart $10 per 90 pills or $20 for a 3 month supply) and fluids about once per week are keeping him happy. Although he wasn't too happy last night when the needle came out and he started to bleed, or was that me and DH because he was dripping blood on the carpet. (not bad, it stopped almost right away and was quite diluted because of the fluids that came with it) He is showing signs of age as his hips are acting up a bit with the cold, but keeping him active seems to help that too.

Thanks for asking!

[idtwinmom]

I am having the best day EVER! I found my camera! 100+ pics from New Orleans in 2005 saved! :D :D :D :D I got my dress for my sister's wedding. I have a picture of it, but I need to get an XD reader since I can't find the USB cable now LOL.

Tooth is hurting just a bit...nothing bad...I'm actually surprised at how easy this has been...I was expecting a ton of pain. :D

So how's everyone doing? I feel like I have so much to catch up on!

Yeah Shana! Can't wait to see the pics of the dress and of New Orleans! And very glad you are feeling better!

OK, I'm off to read as much as need be to get this tablet hooked up and soon!

[Shana34]

And before I read another word, I have to tell you all - I'm shaking so bad I can hardly type, I'm crying so hard I can't believe I even was able to read Debi's post (oh, forget to say welcome back - you've been missed!). But my birthday present arrived! At 6:56 PM this evening the doorbell rang and guess what that silly, wonderful, BFF sent me! The Bamboo Touch! Yep! She bought me the tablet! I can't believe it!

So, as she publicly announced she was sending it, I will publicly say:
Thank You! From the bottom of my heart!

Congrats! That's an awesome present! :D So kind of her. :love1::love1::love1:

[addicted]

I'm on the touch so I will comment more tomorrow but holy cow Lisa when I read your post I gasped! Carolyn you are the best! Oh Lisa I'm just so happy for you now we can learn together!

[sands_healy]

My little guy is SO sick!! HE started with a fever last night and then through the night I had to keep giving him meds. He is SO croupy, it must be bad when you pick up a 10 year old for school and they say, "it sounds like he can't breath." I have a dr. appt. but it's not for another hour still! I hate waiting. I hope you all have a great day!!

Aww Heather I hope he feels better soon. I'd send DH and the other kids to the cabin and stay home with the little guy ;).

How funny is my hubby with the pumpkin head?

:rofl::rofl:

Greetings from the Rain Forest Eradication Department. I currently have 12 bandaids on my hands and fingers due to paper cuts. The worst thing is the cardboard box cut I have. That's painful!

I'm feeling better today. I would love to go home and scrap though! :D

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: but 12 bandaids??? How can you even fit that on your hands?:rofl::rofl::rofl:

OK, I'm sitting her all bundled in a giant (big enough for a King size bed) afghan that I made for my son a couple years ago, just trying to feel better. My lungs hurt, but I don't seem to have much cough and I'm dog tired. We cut school really short today and only did reading and a math game. We were done by 9 AM and then they watched a little TV which they haven't done in days while I rested. I feel like I could go to bed right now!

Aww no... you're sick too.... hope you feel better soon. Hoping the virus doesn't transmit cyberly :).

I take back what I said about godless bureaucracy.. because you DEFINITELY had an angel attendnig to you !!!

:yes::yes: Definitely someone was guiding everything. Thanks to all my friends that were putting in a good word for me ;)

This has got to be the most anticipated package ever!!! A watched pot never boils. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

I agree, I started waiting with baited breath too!

Well, because I got back... and, my MOTHER decided to throw herself a renewal of vows ceremony this weekend...

and, I truly have not a thing to wear... I"M NOT kiddding....

it's their 50th wedding anniversay... I have a gift, a way cool card, hand made by a close friend.

I've been checking and checking with them... oh, nothing happening...

so, now, I have to be there all dressed up... for a big family event... and, I have truly nothing to wear... I've lost some weight.. so truly - I've been frantically going thru my closet looking for anything appropriate.

so, a shopping I will go.

Oh, and, I'm supposed to take the photos... how the heck am I going to do that too...

ok..

but, NAPP was soooo much and more... loved every single second of it.

learned a ton, that I never would have ever learned for a book or on line.

I highly recommend it to anyone who cares about photography...

And, we saw CHER!!!! Awesome!! Do, I have the best DH in the world, well that would be YES!!!

ok, and, I bought some cool stuff at napp, but, if I told you, you would know all my cool secrets.. hehe


so, I can't tell, you...

and, ok, that's my life... and, keeping up with my Mommy duties with the NKOTB...

that's a job... but, lot's of fun...

Wow, sounds like you had a stunning time.... maybe I should consider joining NAPP. Wouldn't be able to go on the seminar's though :think:

I am having the best day EVER! I found my camera! 100+ pics from New Orleans in 2005 saved! :D :D :D :D I got my dress for my sister's wedding. I have a picture of it, but I need to get an XD reader since I can't find the USB cable now LOL.

Tooth is hurting just a bit...nothing bad...I'm actually surprised at how easy this has been...I was expecting a ton of pain. :D

So how's everyone doing? I feel like I have so much to catch up on!

You lost your camera??? :shocked::shocked::shocked:

And before I read another word, I have to tell you all - I'm shaking so bad I can hardly type, I'm crying so hard I can't believe I even was able to read Debi's post (oh, forget to say welcome back - you've been missed!). But my birthday present arrived! At 6:56 PM this evening the doorbell rang and guess what that silly, wonderful, BFF sent me! The Bamboo Touch! Yep! She bought me the tablet! I can't believe it!

So, as she publicly announced she was sending it, I will publicly say:
Thank You! From the bottom of my heart!

Wow!!! OMG!!! What a present! You lucky thing!

[sammawow]

And before I read another word, I have to tell you all - I'm shaking so bad I can hardly type, I'm crying so hard I can't believe I even was able to read Debi's post (oh, forget to say welcome back - you've been missed!). But my birthday present arrived! At 6:56 PM this evening the doorbell rang and guess what that silly, wonderful, BFF sent me! The Bamboo Touch! Yep! She bought me the tablet! I can't believe it!

So, as she publicly announced she was sending it, I will publicly say:
Thank You! From the bottom of my heart!

I am so happy for you! What a wonderful gift and I am sure you will have so much fun using it!!!!! :tup: