oh man, my spelling is going to suck when i get back unless the reader is accustomed to american AND european spelling. oi!
well. i'm trying, obviously, to blog a lot more. however, i realize...they suck. not much of interest.
so to explain. quite frankly.
we're boring and bored. yes. i might have mentioned that a time or two about myself, but it really is like a virus and it's plagued us all. this winter really has gotten to us all. while i, myself, am headed off to start tanning. i believe it might be time to invest in a SAD light or i heard tale of one up at the base that is for us to use. so i wonder how that works with small kids? i saw the sun, while in the woods this morning for a few minutes. while it was absolutely FREEZING and there's still snow on the ground (seriously WHY have i still not purchased some waterproof super lined ultra warm boots yet??) the sun came out. it burst through the tall tree tops and i stopped, much to oscar's dismay, in the middle of a clearing and just stood. while my breath was puffing out like smoke, and my feet were nearing frost bite, oh how glorious that sun was!
my face was warm, my body even felt warm anywhere it was touched by the light. it is something, that is impossible to explain until you go from living in sun-hell like abilene to no-sun-hell like england! perhaps it is the way i could explain how WARM 60 degrees is here contrary to how COOL it is in texas.
i was GIDDY to see temps in the near forecast @ 43 degrees! how sad?? yeah i am stoked for a 50 degree day in the sun.
when it hits 60 and the sun is out, the kids are playing hookie from school and we're stripping down to our skivvies and running wild, laying around...whatever we can to soak up as much as we can.
let's all pray for the neighbors sakes that they all stay at work that day!
at any rate, i feel like it's my job, i think it was in the job description but maybe i need a raise b/c it's a lot more work here, to get us all on the move. find some things to get the wheels cranking. to ..... well that old olivia newton john song just burst into my head (and MAN did i love it back when, i should totally find that pic) "lets get physical!!!". probably a different context, but regardless, it is what we need.
i think i'm going bike shopping. :o) i wonder if you really DON'T forget how??? i'd better get some grown up knee, elbow, butt, and should pads and an ultra mega helmet. yeah. spend less on a bike and more on protection. that's probably ideal for me. and then...i should probably practice some before i subject the whole family to it. hmmm....
their bikes haven't fared too well over the winter either. i'm pretty disappointed in that as it is.
at any rate, my project now is clearing out the office. i wanted to get rid of all desktops, however that is awhile in the making. if, and the operative word here is *IF*, i can get my programs to work on this, then i am fairly certain the two desktops are about to get cleared off and set up for the beating of a lifetime. um, in other words, handed down to the boys.
i sooooo wish that they could take decent care of stuff. i'd have loved to get them notebooks for CHristmas. soon enough i'm sure.
i'd just love to have a small desk area for each of them but one that isn't overcrowded with computer equipment. well, soon enough i hope. i'm holding a camera hostage from kade until he can prove he can take care of things. we'll see.
well...on that note, i think i hear a salad calling my name.
i've got a lot of work to do.
Nearly there....
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
ahhh...mobility at last
i'm going to scream.
i just wrote out this whole long post. and guess what? sure it saves my blogs as i go along...but then somehow it selected EVERYTHING and then i got an "m" out and guess what? yes that replaced EVERYTHING and left me with "m" after nearly an hour of trying to yap about pretty much nothing with all interruptions included of course.
at any rate, i'm excited. i tried the netbook for 2 days. apparently i'm not 19 anymore and and cant be doing any of that 10" screen business. so my spoiled self took it back to store and traded it for five more inches. ;) haha! how could i resist though? i was just going to get a comparably priced laptop, but how shocking, they were OUT. so...spoiled, i noticed this beauty and mike got this for me instead. oh how i love thee new laptop. (except for that annoying thing i can't figure out that keeps opening new windows randomly and....selecting and erasing long blog posts). as long as i have coveted a macbook pro, i used my neighbors y'day and honestly i like this better. granted, i'm sure part of it is that i really have no desire to learn a new OS. i'm sure i'm the only photographer on earth that will say that. i just don't see the amazing difference. i actually think, thus far, this one is faster. haha
anyway. nothing much here. sick to DEATH of this shit winter and this shit weather. its not just me either, even lifelong residents say it's especially awful this year. i've never seen so much snow in my life. it's snowed sooooo much this year, most times it didn't stick and i'm even sure a lot of folks didn't even know it ever snowed (a lot was late at night). it has though. a lot. it snowed like mad just this morning, even started sticking and i'd rather have that than the in between. barf.
anyway. i keep daydreaming about the sun. about wearing shorts and sitting outside and feeling the warm sun on my skin. i even got called "fair-skinned" by a doctor!!! ME?!?! yep. i'm kinda pasty. ugh.
i think i might go find myself a tanning salon. sheesh.
anyway. i also don't have new photos. i know, dis-owned. *sigh* i just can NOT get the creativity going. there are loads of ideas up there, they just don't want to un-hinge and come on out. so i think i need to just schedule something and go DO it, with someone i can't cancel on at that. haha!
i think that will get me going. i know that steph and shannon are saying, "but you have two perfectly good subjects right there!!!" i can hear it, yep. all the way over here before you've even said it. i know, but it's just hard to explain. i'm afraid my camera is going to stop working due to no use.
well. i'm working on it.
however, my main point in suffering through endless interruptions was to try out a new method of sharing photos on here. so, just as a tester, we'll see how this is. if i could find a faster/easier way to share bulk photos, then hey all the better. it is an issue actually.
so, if this does work, then there are just a few that were faves from 2009. nothing new necessarily etc...
so here goes. i hereby vow to blog more now that i can do it easier without having to leave my children totally unattended or trying to do this in my sleep. now i can just vaguely ignore them in the same room and blog. that's way totally better right?
oh and now someone, something is totally screwing with me. firefox crashed. AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!! (luckily firefox saves for you, so i didn't lose THIS). ugh!!!!
okay. now on to the test.
i just wrote out this whole long post. and guess what? sure it saves my blogs as i go along...but then somehow it selected EVERYTHING and then i got an "m" out and guess what? yes that replaced EVERYTHING and left me with "m" after nearly an hour of trying to yap about pretty much nothing with all interruptions included of course.
at any rate, i'm excited. i tried the netbook for 2 days. apparently i'm not 19 anymore and and cant be doing any of that 10" screen business. so my spoiled self took it back to store and traded it for five more inches. ;) haha! how could i resist though? i was just going to get a comparably priced laptop, but how shocking, they were OUT. so...spoiled, i noticed this beauty and mike got this for me instead. oh how i love thee new laptop. (except for that annoying thing i can't figure out that keeps opening new windows randomly and....selecting and erasing long blog posts). as long as i have coveted a macbook pro, i used my neighbors y'day and honestly i like this better. granted, i'm sure part of it is that i really have no desire to learn a new OS. i'm sure i'm the only photographer on earth that will say that. i just don't see the amazing difference. i actually think, thus far, this one is faster. haha
anyway. nothing much here. sick to DEATH of this shit winter and this shit weather. its not just me either, even lifelong residents say it's especially awful this year. i've never seen so much snow in my life. it's snowed sooooo much this year, most times it didn't stick and i'm even sure a lot of folks didn't even know it ever snowed (a lot was late at night). it has though. a lot. it snowed like mad just this morning, even started sticking and i'd rather have that than the in between. barf.
anyway. i keep daydreaming about the sun. about wearing shorts and sitting outside and feeling the warm sun on my skin. i even got called "fair-skinned" by a doctor!!! ME?!?! yep. i'm kinda pasty. ugh.
i think i might go find myself a tanning salon. sheesh.
anyway. i also don't have new photos. i know, dis-owned. *sigh* i just can NOT get the creativity going. there are loads of ideas up there, they just don't want to un-hinge and come on out. so i think i need to just schedule something and go DO it, with someone i can't cancel on at that. haha!
i think that will get me going. i know that steph and shannon are saying, "but you have two perfectly good subjects right there!!!" i can hear it, yep. all the way over here before you've even said it. i know, but it's just hard to explain. i'm afraid my camera is going to stop working due to no use.
well. i'm working on it.
however, my main point in suffering through endless interruptions was to try out a new method of sharing photos on here. so, just as a tester, we'll see how this is. if i could find a faster/easier way to share bulk photos, then hey all the better. it is an issue actually.
so, if this does work, then there are just a few that were faves from 2009. nothing new necessarily etc...
so here goes. i hereby vow to blog more now that i can do it easier without having to leave my children totally unattended or trying to do this in my sleep. now i can just vaguely ignore them in the same room and blog. that's way totally better right?
oh and now someone, something is totally screwing with me. firefox crashed. AAaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!!!!!! (luckily firefox saves for you, so i didn't lose THIS). ugh!!!!
okay. now on to the test.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
helloooo, hellooo......HELLO??? ECho?
well, here we are. how long since my last blog? according to steph it's been way too long. ;)
here i am. trying out something new. my late birthday pressie! yay! a netbook! i've been wanting one, but oh don't i ever have such a hard time spending money on anything more than $40 at a time! yeah, well nowdays i do, here's old age setting in.
i'm trying to get used to this. this keyboard in kinda like typing on a mini-calculator at court reporter speed. my giant man-hands (i'll never forgive seinfeld for that episode!) are having a bit of difficulty with it, but i will get used to it!
at any rate. there is absoLUTELY NOTHING going on. nada. zip. zilch.
i have nothing new to report at all.
perhaps the lack of blogging of late. in fact, until a couple of days ago i had not even picked up my camera in over a month! even picking it up then, i only snapped a couple of quickie shots. hmmm, perhaps this ice age of a winter is getting to me! i told mike that i needed to go through one more winter here before i could decide if i wanted to stay here any longer. granted we've already made that decision, but i think this winter would've done me in anyway. i've figured it out, in texas we get a break randomly from the winter. there's also something like...sunlight? at regular intervals rather than that shocking moments of blinding brightness that is so fleeting you wonder if it really happened or not. in texas, however, we get those heatwaves randomly with the winter-ish weather. i think i have decided that is why the winter here is a bit tough. i'm used to random breaks here and there. there are NONE here.
so i am now certain that the BEST time for a little holiday...is NOW. its around this time last year i noticed the perpetual bitchiness had taken over and it simply took a couple hours of sunshine and above freezing temps to realize it was just a weather related funk. maybe i should go find some cheapie weekend vacay to somewhere sunny and kinda warm. :o)
spain always looks warm on weather.com
the boys are both doing well. we've had a few versions of illnesses swarming through around here. hopefully we're on the mend now! they are half-term break right now and the poor little guys have spent it all sick!! perhaps this is where some of that sunshine would again come in handy! fresh air, sunshine...yep i can feel it now!
anyway, i have to say that i finally figured out part of the reason i call less or write less and what not is b/c i currently have NOTHING to mention really. i've found out, that i am undeniably BORING. there is no beating around the bush. i. am. boring.
it's simply a sad, sad day when i come to that conclusion.
the boys are oddly playing contentedly at the moment, i've got marley and me on the tv (which incidentally had me in tears on both ends of the spectrum when we watched it. how SUE is this entire movie??? wow!) and i've got several things to get done today! i'm working on getting things ready for our move. it shouldn't be too awful long. however, not soon enough. we're moving down on the housing list, slowly...but surely.
so that said, i'm trying to get unnecessary things culled out. i also got to make an ikea run earlier in the week, so it's organization time baby! current plan... empty the entire kitchen and start all over. :) it's not that bad really, but organized neat cabinets make me smile.
at this particular time, i'm terribly sorry to report, that i have no photos to share. i know this is grounds for being disowned...but i will get on that. maybe i will get some sleep soon so i dont pass out at random intervals after the boys fall asleep tonight.
here i am. trying out something new. my late birthday pressie! yay! a netbook! i've been wanting one, but oh don't i ever have such a hard time spending money on anything more than $40 at a time! yeah, well nowdays i do, here's old age setting in.
i'm trying to get used to this. this keyboard in kinda like typing on a mini-calculator at court reporter speed. my giant man-hands (i'll never forgive seinfeld for that episode!) are having a bit of difficulty with it, but i will get used to it!
at any rate. there is absoLUTELY NOTHING going on. nada. zip. zilch.
i have nothing new to report at all.
perhaps the lack of blogging of late. in fact, until a couple of days ago i had not even picked up my camera in over a month! even picking it up then, i only snapped a couple of quickie shots. hmmm, perhaps this ice age of a winter is getting to me! i told mike that i needed to go through one more winter here before i could decide if i wanted to stay here any longer. granted we've already made that decision, but i think this winter would've done me in anyway. i've figured it out, in texas we get a break randomly from the winter. there's also something like...sunlight? at regular intervals rather than that shocking moments of blinding brightness that is so fleeting you wonder if it really happened or not. in texas, however, we get those heatwaves randomly with the winter-ish weather. i think i have decided that is why the winter here is a bit tough. i'm used to random breaks here and there. there are NONE here.
so i am now certain that the BEST time for a little holiday...is NOW. its around this time last year i noticed the perpetual bitchiness had taken over and it simply took a couple hours of sunshine and above freezing temps to realize it was just a weather related funk. maybe i should go find some cheapie weekend vacay to somewhere sunny and kinda warm. :o)
spain always looks warm on weather.com
the boys are both doing well. we've had a few versions of illnesses swarming through around here. hopefully we're on the mend now! they are half-term break right now and the poor little guys have spent it all sick!! perhaps this is where some of that sunshine would again come in handy! fresh air, sunshine...yep i can feel it now!
anyway, i have to say that i finally figured out part of the reason i call less or write less and what not is b/c i currently have NOTHING to mention really. i've found out, that i am undeniably BORING. there is no beating around the bush. i. am. boring.
it's simply a sad, sad day when i come to that conclusion.
the boys are oddly playing contentedly at the moment, i've got marley and me on the tv (which incidentally had me in tears on both ends of the spectrum when we watched it. how SUE is this entire movie??? wow!) and i've got several things to get done today! i'm working on getting things ready for our move. it shouldn't be too awful long. however, not soon enough. we're moving down on the housing list, slowly...but surely.
so that said, i'm trying to get unnecessary things culled out. i also got to make an ikea run earlier in the week, so it's organization time baby! current plan... empty the entire kitchen and start all over. :) it's not that bad really, but organized neat cabinets make me smile.
at this particular time, i'm terribly sorry to report, that i have no photos to share. i know this is grounds for being disowned...but i will get on that. maybe i will get some sleep soon so i dont pass out at random intervals after the boys fall asleep tonight.
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