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Monday, December 6, 2010

Changes

First I would like to say sorry to my blog for totally avoiding it last month....lol

Lots have been happening in my household but the biggest change I'm having to come to terms with is.... My BABY is now 18 and a Senior in HS and this school year is already half gone...

Saturday we went to view the Art Institute of Colorado. This is the college my daughter applied and got accepted to. I am not sure I'm ready for her to leave home but I know it is going to happen.And seeing the school,even though I am impressed by it,made this more of a reality.

I am so proud of her and I know she will do nothing but make me prouder in the future but it still hard to think of her leaving...

Here is my latest LO I have made for her book:
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Nov 3

Lots have been happening around here but right now I would like to introduce the newest member of our family....

Rascal, a 6 week old chocolate lab


Thursday, October 21, 2010

October 21

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while but lots have been going on.

Tuesday was the last regular volleyball games and the team just forgot how to play that night....It was pretty ugly.
Saturday will be Sub State tournaments and I was told if we win 2 we will go to State. Well my daughter ( who is a senior) told I did not have to go Saturday,since the coach is letting her play very little in the games.
This really hurts me, to watch someone who has played the game for the last 7 years in school. In the last games she has been put in for 1 or 2 plays then sits on the bench for rest of game. Both of us are ready for volleyball season to be over.
I just keep telling Val that the season is about over and how she has her whole future ahead of her.
While 'Memories " are wonderful to look back on, they are the past and you can't go back to then nor can you change them....You just have to keep looking forward to the future and grow.....

Ok on to happier topics....lol Val and I have been working on her Senior Pictures. And a photography site I joined has a challenge to take a picture using the rule of thirds. Well I looked back at the pics we took both her and I.Most of mine do not use this rule while most of her's do. I asked her about it and she didn't know there was that rule but it just made her pics look better...Which I agree it does and the rule makes sense, I just hadn't thought about it. The rule is you graph a pic in third both ways.Where the lines intersect you place your focal point. But in some pics I still believe it should be balanced (esp.portraits).
Here is Val's fave using the "rule"
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And here is mine :
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Another photography site I was looking at challenged their users to take a pic standing over the subject....I had never done this till I did Val's pics....Here is my favorite for that one...
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Saturday, October 16, 2010

October 16

Just got home from Volleyball game.....
Been a real stressful day...
Hope tomorrow is a better day....
Good Night!!!

Friday, October 15, 2010

October 15th

It has been a longgggggggggg week.
Last week we found out Val was accepted to the Art Institute of Colorado, so we have been working on paperwork for her entry.
Sunday night, I started a new diet program. I have got to start doing something and this is a start.
Tuesday Night was Senior Night at the Volleyball Game. We won 1 and lost 1 but they were great games....
And tonight is our last home football game, so Val will be dancing and playing in the band at half-time...
Oh did I tell you that tomorrow is an all day volleyball tourny? Another long day..
Maybe not having a child at home next year is not ALL bad....lol

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Mankato Tourny

Saturday I spent all day at a volleyball tourny. It was a fun day but so long..... I am ready for volleyball to be over but I will miss it since this is Val's senior year and she will no longer play. Here are some action pics I got Saturday....
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My daughter is the girl in the white....

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Home Early

Got home early tonight from Volleyball Game and decided to work on challenge pages.
Monochrome challenge was to use a Nature Pic. I don't usually do nature LO's, mostly of people....lol But had some pics for my daughter's pre-college portfolio. She is going to major in Photography , so I did my fav of her shots...

Monday, October 4, 2010

Memories

I got to scrap again tonight... I have been looking at baby pics and grabbed one of Val at 2, for a color challenge. It is starting to hit home that she will be a senior this year and will be going to college 300 miles away next year....
I keep telling myself I am ready for it but..... I am sooooo gonna miss my baby girl.

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Me Time...

Tonight was the first time in the last week I have gotten to take a breath and have ME time....
My hubby runs an elevator in rural Kansas and now is Fall Harvest , so my time is mostly down at the elevator but tonight was MINE and I was gonna scrap....lol
2 hours later ...I have one LO done,but at least I got something done....Tomorrow night I will "try" for another...
Hey, I got to blog too....hehehe

Friday, September 24, 2010

V-Ball

Got everything done and made it to the game....

We WON!!!!!! Here's some pics I got:
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September 24, 2010

Good Morning !!!!
Today is going to be a BUSY DAY...
Had to go to the school to get a schedule for tomorrow's tourny,pw for Power School so Val could check her grades, tell coach she was going home after v-ball game tonight with me and find out how to wash the uniform she is wearing, so she can wear it tomorrow too ( she is the libero, so she has to wear a different color than the other girls....lol) DONE
Get mail. DONE
Go to grocery store. DONE
Start to meatballs for lunch. Cooking good lunch since I will be gone tonight and all day tomorrow....lol Done
Wash dishes and clean kitchen. Done
Start laundry. Done
Only things left on list are make scalloped potatoes for lunch, finish laundry,make Val's meal for game,pick up check at grocery store and get milk, cash check at bank
,get ready for volleyball game and leave by 3:00.And take camera to game for pics....lol
I think I need a wife...lol Well next year will be quiet once Val leaves for college...

I better get off this computer and get back to work.....byesssssssssssss

Thursday, September 23, 2010

September 23,2010

Hi,
I just joined a blog challenge to see if it would get me to blog more often...
Not much happen today since it rained last night, which slowed fall harvest down...
I have a "list" of scrapbook pages I need to get done for Val's HS book and today I just didn't feel "inspired" to do anything.....lol
Ohhh I started Iris Johnson's new book,8 Days to live. And I need to start a list of the books I read....:)

Need to stop at school in morning to get schedule of Volleyball Tournament for Saturday and get PW so I can get on-line to see my daughter's grades....She is more worried about seeing them than me. Guess that is what happens when you get to be a senior....

Waiting to see the season opener of CSI...Have to wait till morning to watch opener of Grey's Anatomy....Why do they put the good shows on back to back on the different networks....lol
Time for shows....byessssssssssssss