Monthly Archives: May 2010

You Capture – Sky

I was so, so happy when I saw that this week’s challenge was the sky. I’m a big fan of the sky. I especially love that first break in the clouds after a storm.  You know when the sun first … Continue reading

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Nine Years and Counting

Nine Years ago today, I said “Yes” to my best friend. It’s been nine years of fun, nine years of adapting, nine years of family, and nine years of love. Dave, I love you more than you could ever understand. … Continue reading

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With the stuff and the things

O.K. So I started week 3 of the triathlon training and can I tell you something? TRIATHLONS REQUIRE A LOT OF STUFF! I’m trying my best to only purchase what I absolutely have to have, but there is just so … Continue reading

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All I want

I want her to grow up fearless. I want her to know no boundaries. I want her to power past obstacles and obliterate the limitations that are placed on her. I want her to know that she is strong and … Continue reading

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You Capture – Depth of Field

I tried to go manual to get some good Depth of Field shots, but I’m just so impatient with myself and intimidated by that setting that I ended up using the Portrait preset on my camera. And I really like … Continue reading

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Summer Goals

I try to plan a fairly busy summer. I don’t want the kids sitting around for 2 1/2 months beating each other up because they are so bored. We’ve got 2 road trips (Ohio and Illinois), one family vacation (North … Continue reading

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Tongue Twister

This weekend, we headed to Barnes and Noble so the kids could spend some gift certificates they had.  Jacob is really into joke books and the like so he decided to spend part of his money on World’s Toughest Tongue … Continue reading

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You Capture – Yellow

My original idea for yellow was to lay down in the middle of the street and take a picture of the yellow center line. Then I decided that as much as I love You Capture, it probably wasn’t worth risking … Continue reading

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MIA

Wow.  I haven’t been around here much lately. I’ve reached this weird place where I feel like I have no time to blog.  I want to blog, but something had to give in my life and computer time was the … Continue reading

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