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1325 days ago
Being a Mom means that I am behind the camera, capturing the special moments of my children. I am hardly ever in the pictures, although I have learned the awkward, outstretched arm version of taking a picture of myself. If I am in the picture, it meant that one of the kids took the photo, and then we see who has a natural gift for photography. I have seen the National Lampoon’s Vacation movie enough to not feel comfortable in handing off my camera to a stranger. My key to Family Photojournaling success is to take many pictures. Using a digital camera with a screen, you can check the picture before leaving the site, to make sure you didn’t chop off someone’s head or take a picture of your lovely thumbprint. Today’s digital cameras and high capacity memory sticks make photojounaling less expensive than back when a roll of film for taking 24 pictures cost $6 and the developing for double prints was $8. On a recent one-week trip to Disney ...
1352 days ago
mandyvan wins 685... lol omg A2 another dumba$$ play I won with two pair. Everyone has their own strategy, whether it is making moves based on stats or talking trash. Trash talking is a strategy, this incident weighed on my emotions and made me unfoundedly question my abilities. Sometimes I play Aces to the flop regardless of my kicker, especially if they are "suited" which means of the same suit. If a neutral or guy handle wins, they get "nh" for nice hand or "vn" for very nice. My handle gives away my gender as female, and I get a comment that I made a bad move, but still won? Hey, Mandy Patinkin (great in Princess Bride, Criminal Minds??) is a guy! Once, I beat 5 guys playing poker when I fell asleep between every hand! (Uh, who do you think had to clean the house all day before they came over?) You're just jealous because I am beating you at "your" game, so see you at the tables! The best I have done ...
1434 days ago
...and dishes and vacuuming. A little time off has given me time to reflect and do more housework than usual. Therefore, I must vent. I always talk about how my mother had the same washer and dryer for twenty years and how I have gone through three of them in ten years. I blame the fact that "they don't make them like they used to." In my ramblings, I mostly get nods of agreement, but a wise lady once offered that we own more clothing and wash more often these days. My piles of undone laundry would agree with her! Play clothes, school clothes, keeping up with fashion and growing kids, not only take up more space in retail outlets, but our laundry rooms as well. Dishwashers have outlived my address changes, but I do have to give them vinegar rinses every now and then. I was impressed by the dishwasher aisle during a recent grocery visit. Not as out-of-hand as, say, the laundry detergent or dishwashing liquid aisle with every scent and texture imaginable, ...
1435 days ago
Wow. I'm blogging. It feels weird. It's going to take me a while to figure out what I actually want to say, but watch out, because when I do, it will be much longer than this, I promise. I type fast and I have a lot on my mind. Just not right now, I am sleepy.
