My family and I went to Los Angeles a couple years ago and had an ok time. Well, I think the family had a great time, but me, not so much. We were there for an entire week and I still felt rushed and didn't get to do all I wanted to do. It was more wasted time than anything.
I really had no desire to ever go again, but my sister is turning the big 4-0 in March and I've been wanting us and our little sister to start going on annual trips together. We've never done anything like that, which I find to be a shame. So, with her birthday coming up, and she and my little sister have never been, I thought, Hollywood, why not? I just talked to both of them and we are all so excited about it. We are going to drive up there so we can stop at various places I wanted to stop at when I went before. It's going to be so much fun! My sisters are so fun to hang around and we just never get that chance. It's gonna be great! Can't wait!
The girls and I are going to get our hair done today. Imagine the cost of 4 ladies getting cuts and color...whew! Maybe I'll even take pictures of them somewhere if I can find a nice place. I don't know. I haven't taken pictures here since they were little bitty.
I'm going to try to get Emily to do her little project tonight...the one I promised last week. It's great, so keep looking for the video.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
BEYOND ECSTATIC!!!
Years ago, before the digital camera age, my husband bought me a Canon SLR. I loved it and still have that old thing, but when digital came out, he bought me a digital SLR. I had it for just a few months when there was a milkshake accident, ruining it. I then bought another one from Ebay, which I failed to see that it had a shutter problem, so it's been junk from day one. I went for a while without one, not even going back to my first SLR. I finally broke down and bought myself another DSLR and had it for about a year when all of a sudden, it wouldn't shoot. I knew nothing damaging had happened to it, but was just so down and out about it. It would shoot sometimes, but not when I really wanted it to.
This morning, I decided to go ahead and call Canon to send it in for repair but didn't know exactly where I had put my camera. After talking to the agent on the phone, he said for me to call him back whenever I had the camera in my hand, that it may be something that could be managed over the phone. He told me it wouldn't be a setting, so I didn't know how he would be able to walk me through the problem in order to fix it.
So, I just figured I'd call back later, just whenever. In the meantime, the thought of him possibly being able to fix the problem over the phone intrigued me, so I looked online for possible problems. Now, you have to know I have had lenses with all these cameras, and with trying to save money, I'd buy Canons so I could use the same lenses with all of them. With that being said, I have 3 lenses that are basically the same, just factory lenses that came with each camera and a few larger lenses I only use periodically. With the 3 lenses that are basically the same, I would just grab one, without even remembering which one went with what camera and start shooting. That's where I went wrong. As I was reading for possible fixes, I came across one post where the person was having the same problem I was having. Someone replied to her post asking if she was using older lenses in a newer camera. If so, that may be the problem since the lenses have firmware that may be out of date to the newer camera.
I quickly found my camera bag in the back of my closet and decided to give it a shot. It didn't work with the lens that was still on it, so I grabbed the lens I knew did go with that camera and it worked! WOW, it worked!!!!!! My battery is still charging right now and can't charge fast enough! Two years...TWO YEARS without my camera and all it was was outdated firmware in one lens! UGH and AH!!
I feel like I have found myself again. No more fuzzy pictures on this blog!
This morning, I decided to go ahead and call Canon to send it in for repair but didn't know exactly where I had put my camera. After talking to the agent on the phone, he said for me to call him back whenever I had the camera in my hand, that it may be something that could be managed over the phone. He told me it wouldn't be a setting, so I didn't know how he would be able to walk me through the problem in order to fix it.
So, I just figured I'd call back later, just whenever. In the meantime, the thought of him possibly being able to fix the problem over the phone intrigued me, so I looked online for possible problems. Now, you have to know I have had lenses with all these cameras, and with trying to save money, I'd buy Canons so I could use the same lenses with all of them. With that being said, I have 3 lenses that are basically the same, just factory lenses that came with each camera and a few larger lenses I only use periodically. With the 3 lenses that are basically the same, I would just grab one, without even remembering which one went with what camera and start shooting. That's where I went wrong. As I was reading for possible fixes, I came across one post where the person was having the same problem I was having. Someone replied to her post asking if she was using older lenses in a newer camera. If so, that may be the problem since the lenses have firmware that may be out of date to the newer camera.
I quickly found my camera bag in the back of my closet and decided to give it a shot. It didn't work with the lens that was still on it, so I grabbed the lens I knew did go with that camera and it worked! WOW, it worked!!!!!! My battery is still charging right now and can't charge fast enough! Two years...TWO YEARS without my camera and all it was was outdated firmware in one lens! UGH and AH!!
I feel like I have found myself again. No more fuzzy pictures on this blog!
Monday, January 3, 2011
Just wanted to share...
Emily made a dump cake tonight. Yes, the very easiest of desserts to make, but hey, she's 10. Just wanted to share how it turned out even though the taste can't be. Yummy blueberry goodness right here:
Great job, Emily! Can't wait until cools down so we can eat it!
Great job, Emily! Can't wait until cools down so we can eat it!
Today's the Day?
Did I say Monday I was going to start gathering those discs in one place and find them a home? What I meant was...no just kidding. I am off to a slow start, but I have gathered what I have seen. I just haven't figured out what I want to do with them yet. I want something that's going to be easy for everyone to put them away immediately, but there's nothing easier than having the movies in the drawer right below the blu-ray player and sometimes, no one knows just quite how to open the drawer to put them back. That's not really a problem, though because those get cleaned up and put away at the end of the day or whenever I see someone in the process of leaving them out. The problem is all the picture, music, programs, etc. that have somehow been mixed together and stored in the original container of blank CDs. I never know what's used and what's not. Not being organized leads to spending more money, and you know how it is, you go buy a replacement of something lost and as soon as you do, the old one is found. That's my life's story.
So, as of this moment, I've gathered what I immediately saw and have them ready to go through to see what's on them. As I'm doing that, I'm putting them in new cases and separating them for future storage. Morgan had a cool idea as to what to do with all her music CDs and I'm hoping she'll do the same with her movies. She's going to leave them in their cases and velcro the cases to her wall, side by side and up and down, making a piece of artwork, so to speak. I think it'll look pretty awesome.
Right now I have to make a quick trip to Sam's. Gotta get my bulk stock for the month. That's always fun.
TTFN!
So, as of this moment, I've gathered what I immediately saw and have them ready to go through to see what's on them. As I'm doing that, I'm putting them in new cases and separating them for future storage. Morgan had a cool idea as to what to do with all her music CDs and I'm hoping she'll do the same with her movies. She's going to leave them in their cases and velcro the cases to her wall, side by side and up and down, making a piece of artwork, so to speak. I think it'll look pretty awesome.
Right now I have to make a quick trip to Sam's. Gotta get my bulk stock for the month. That's always fun.
TTFN!
Friday, December 31, 2010
Happy New Year 2011!
WHAT A DAY!!!! I'm so ready for bed, I don't even know why I'm on here right now! There was not one moment to stop to even take a breather, but it was very fun filled.
This was my day: Up, shower, grocery shopping and dentist by 8:30am. I survived the dentist and by 10am, I stopped by to see some very dear friends of mine who also happen to be my former bosses at a CPA firm and we all had lunch. By the time I got home, Kristen was finally able to come over and we hung out the rest of the day until about 10pm or so tonight. Just when I thought I could get in bed, the girls just wouldn't have me not buying fireworks to bring in the new year. I caved. So, we did just that. It turned into a neighborhood firework show at the end of our driveway, so yep, even more people to visit with for the next couple hours. My feet are killing me and I smell like a campfire, so off to take another shower and hit the pillow. My only regrets today, not one picture was taken. (let's exclude the fact that Paula, (former boss) threatened to take video of me while trying to drink my tea with a numb mouth)
Eat loads of cabbage and peas tomorrow (today) Many blessings to you and strength to keep your resolutions if you have any. I resolve not to resolve. I know I can stick to that!
This was my day: Up, shower, grocery shopping and dentist by 8:30am. I survived the dentist and by 10am, I stopped by to see some very dear friends of mine who also happen to be my former bosses at a CPA firm and we all had lunch. By the time I got home, Kristen was finally able to come over and we hung out the rest of the day until about 10pm or so tonight. Just when I thought I could get in bed, the girls just wouldn't have me not buying fireworks to bring in the new year. I caved. So, we did just that. It turned into a neighborhood firework show at the end of our driveway, so yep, even more people to visit with for the next couple hours. My feet are killing me and I smell like a campfire, so off to take another shower and hit the pillow. My only regrets today, not one picture was taken. (let's exclude the fact that Paula, (former boss) threatened to take video of me while trying to drink my tea with a numb mouth)
Eat loads of cabbage and peas tomorrow (today) Many blessings to you and strength to keep your resolutions if you have any. I resolve not to resolve. I know I can stick to that!
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Bring on the Organizing!
Well, Emily's not feeling well and running a low fever, so she wasn't able to do the video I wanted to post. She will as soon as she's back to normal.
I've decided what day works best for me to begin organizing things that have gotten out of hand here at home. For the most part, things do get moved, just not put in the proper locations. I seriously think I'm the only person in this house who can't stand things out of order. Morgan runs a close race behind me, but that kid has too much stuff to manage herself. So beginning on Monday, I'm going to start with the CDs and other discs that have seemed to find a way in every room of my house.
I just went through the main parts of the house to take pictures, for my own encouragement, of the discs carelessly lying around. I can't believe I'm going to post them here, but, like I said, self encouragement. Camera's still bad, but maybe that's a good thing.
Here are some just thrown on top of Emily's dresser (along with toys, games, etc., but we'll focus on the items at hand.):
On the bookcase in my bedroom:
Behind the computer monitor in the dining room:
On a shelf in my laundry room:
Are you starting to see a pattern? Nonsense is what this is! Clayton is a major movie buff, so we have our drawers in our entertainment center filled with movies. I filled a large binder full years ago and no one ever looks in it for movies. I have a nook between my tv wall and my front door, so I plan to put up some floating shelves to add storage, but in the meantime, I'm going to find a home for these little boogers where they can live happily together. I didn't take pictures of all the locations. I'm sure to find more. I'm waiting for Monday to start really organizing them.
Tomorrow Emily gets to go to the dr. for him to hopefully let her come home without her walking cast. Poor kid, I know she's sick of it.
I've decided what day works best for me to begin organizing things that have gotten out of hand here at home. For the most part, things do get moved, just not put in the proper locations. I seriously think I'm the only person in this house who can't stand things out of order. Morgan runs a close race behind me, but that kid has too much stuff to manage herself. So beginning on Monday, I'm going to start with the CDs and other discs that have seemed to find a way in every room of my house.
I just went through the main parts of the house to take pictures, for my own encouragement, of the discs carelessly lying around. I can't believe I'm going to post them here, but, like I said, self encouragement. Camera's still bad, but maybe that's a good thing.
Here are some just thrown on top of Emily's dresser (along with toys, games, etc., but we'll focus on the items at hand.):
On the bookcase in my bedroom:
Behind the computer monitor in the dining room:
Are you starting to see a pattern? Nonsense is what this is! Clayton is a major movie buff, so we have our drawers in our entertainment center filled with movies. I filled a large binder full years ago and no one ever looks in it for movies. I have a nook between my tv wall and my front door, so I plan to put up some floating shelves to add storage, but in the meantime, I'm going to find a home for these little boogers where they can live happily together. I didn't take pictures of all the locations. I'm sure to find more. I'm waiting for Monday to start really organizing them.
Tomorrow Emily gets to go to the dr. for him to hopefully let her come home without her walking cast. Poor kid, I know she's sick of it.
Copy Cat
Ever see Julie and Julia? I couldn't wait to see that movie, and when I finally did, I was disappointed, somewhat. Even though Meryl Streep did a wonderful job, it was just a little lame to me. I had to research Julie's blog after watching the movie and can see the possible reason Julia Child didn't like her blog. That woman has a mouth! Anyway, that's not my point here. The reasoning behind Julie doing her blog was to be able to stick with something for a set amount of time because apparently, she's a lot like me and can't finish what she starts unless held accountable in some way. So, I had a thought, since I am now keeping up with this blog fairly well.
As I was cleaning house the other day, I found CDs and DVDs in all sorts of places. There are seriously discs in every room in my house (well not the bathrooms, but I wouldn't be surprised) They are getting damaged and those things just cost too much to be destroyed from carelessness. I am an organizing freak and there are way too many things in my house that aren't organized and it drives me crazy! So, instead of putting things off because of the procrastinator I am, I have decided to copy the reason Julie started a blog to begin with. I'm going to pick one day of the week and starting with all the discs in every nook and cranny of my home, I'm going to organize something and post it here. Actually, I just thought of something. I'll be killing two birds with one stone by doing this. 1. Getting some much needed organizing done and 2. Blogging.
Later on today, I'm going to post a video of something extremely cool that Emily will be doing, so stay tuned...
As I was cleaning house the other day, I found CDs and DVDs in all sorts of places. There are seriously discs in every room in my house (well not the bathrooms, but I wouldn't be surprised) They are getting damaged and those things just cost too much to be destroyed from carelessness. I am an organizing freak and there are way too many things in my house that aren't organized and it drives me crazy! So, instead of putting things off because of the procrastinator I am, I have decided to copy the reason Julie started a blog to begin with. I'm going to pick one day of the week and starting with all the discs in every nook and cranny of my home, I'm going to organize something and post it here. Actually, I just thought of something. I'll be killing two birds with one stone by doing this. 1. Getting some much needed organizing done and 2. Blogging.
Later on today, I'm going to post a video of something extremely cool that Emily will be doing, so stay tuned...
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