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august break

August 3, 2010

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So I’m taking the August break.

Here’s the plan for the August break: you simply share one photo (or more!) per day on your blog – Monday to Friday, or every day. Or whenever you want. Using any camera – DSLR, compact, Polaroid, Holga, iPhone (my choice), Instax, 35mm, video – with or without words – anything goes – for the whole of August. No pressure -  just looking at August through your camera lens as a way to be more present this summer. And to have a little break from the pressures and expectations of regular blogging.

Eight weeks until our baby girl arrives … less than 2 months until Emma becomes a big sister … an unbelievably small amount of time until our lives are drastically changed … and I am just needing some peace and quiet.

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blog bizness

July 12, 2010

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Numero uno, so today’s the last day to vote for my little blog space in the BlogLuxe awards. But I will honestly say the other blogs in the eye candy are so fierce (ohmygoodness, did I just use that word?) that I am truly honored to even be nominated among them. Seriously.

Secondly, I am working on answering the questions that were asked in this post, so I should have that post up sometime in the next couple of days. Or weeks.

You know, coming back from vacation is always hard, because you have to unpack and get right back into the swing of things (and driving 12 hours is really not good on the pregnant uterus, so I have spent most of the day just trying to recover and let baby girl stretch out) but luckily, my mother in law stayed here while we were gone, so we came home to a spotless house. And fridge.

Yes … my fridge is spotless.

No … you can’t have her.

But the reality of going back to normal life is setting in, so it may take me a few days to answer those questions.

In the meantime, enjoy my ham …

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She needs to work on being more photogenic, don’t you think?

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an open book

July 3, 2010

in bloggy,dogs

So we’re on vacation this week. As you’re reading this, we are probably in the car. Listening to the most annoying voices ever from the backseat (die, Max & Ruby … DIE!), eating our picnic lunch WAY too early (ahem, Keli), having your adorable wife read emails and facebook posts out loud when she’d much rather be reading a book (ahem, Ken) and stopping to pee every 15 minutes (she’s 3 … I’m pregnant … your guess is as good as mine).

I’m always nervous to post that we’re away from our house in case someone decides to break in, but let me set some things straight.

a. we don’t have anything worth stealing,

b. trust me, we don’t buy expensive electronics or gadgets or artwork or jewelry,

b. if you do break in, please clean up after yourself, because the *last* thing i want to do is clean up YOUR mess when we get home.

Besides that, we are too cheap to board our dogs, so we have someone staying at our house with our two ferocious dogs.

No, seriously.

They’re, like, insanely mean. See?

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No, wait.

Okay, here’s Macey in her most heightened state of awareness.

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Oops, that’s not it, either.

All right … just make sure you do NOT throw a stick!

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Well, unless you want her to chase it over and over again.

Okay, okay.

Whatever you do … don’t let your kids anywhere near them! There is no telling what they’ll do!!

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Ugh. NEVERMIND.

While we’re away, I’ve got some scheduled posts ready to go, including one from one of the coolest chicks I know who I pretty much want to be in another life. I mean, besides the fact that we’re practically twins already.

But I thought I’d do something a little different on the blog this week …

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That’s right. Anything. Shoot me some questions.

Within reason. Nothing perverted. Or weird. Or about my current weight.

You can ask about photography or camera equipment or editing programs or what I did before I had kids or sewing or how I can lick my own elbows or what I do in my spare time or exactly what I did to become so awesome. You know, the usual.

At the end of the week (probably during the 10-hour drive back home next Saturday), I’ll go through and answer them.

And please ask something. Because there’s really nothing more embarrassing than opening up the floor for questions and then hearing … *crickets*

In the meantime, watch out for these two.

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They will totally rip your head off.

You know, after they roll around in some dead grass and lick themselves.

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So I was just twittering the other night while Ken was away watching baseball, and I noticed a few of my friends mentioning that they had been nominated for the 2010 BlogLuxe Awards. I moseyed on over to vote, and ummmm …

holy-crap

This sounds so cliché, but I’m completely honored beyond belief to have even been nominated. Seriously. Look at that list of amazing blogs! I’m even a contributor on one of those blogs (but I am selfishly pulling for my own blog, thankyouverymuch.)

So thank you to whoever nominated my blog. Thank you thank you thank you.

Anywho … you can totally vote once a day until July 12. Just sayin’.

But I am TRULY blown away to even be on that list.

I literally feel like I am in the midst of greatness.

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Canon 50D • 85mm • ISO 125 • F2.5 • shutter speed: 1/2500

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another beautiful weekend

April 10, 2010

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… and I’m stuck inside for most of it. Stupid allergies.

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I decided to bring spring inside with an updated blog look – inspired by Beth’s beautiful new design. Oh, the adorable bumblebee PS brushes and beautiful green background are from Pixels & Ice Cream.

And a special shout out to plain m&m’s for keeping me from losing my mind while working on the custom css. Holla!

So … what are your weekend plans?

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