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 Long and a bit of a dreadful week. Here’s to next week being better. Happy weekend. Today’s video starts our several-week-long lens videos. We start with the discussion on zoom lenses vs fixed lenses. Hope you like it. Feel free to let me know if anything is unclear or if you have questions. Next week is more lenses. Photography Tips is a weekly feature and is posted every Friday. You can find all of them here.
 And here he looks just like me when I was a baby. It’s really odd to have a kid who looks like you. Never had that before.  David’s been totally addicted to playing games on my iPhone and honestly I don’t think it’s terrible to let him play. Especially since he wrote every one of the letters of the alphabet yesterday. I am so proud of him.  Semi-productive day today. I did finish my tag but it was already too dark to take a photo so it’s coming tomorrow.
 David laughed and laughed.  And so did Aurelia. He was even giggling watching his brother entertain him.  This is also from yesterday, while I was chatting with my sister, I told her I had to go to the bathroom so could she please watch Aurelia. I think she did a great job, all the way from Turkey.  And Aurelia really loves eating that phone.  It’s that or the laptop, so we’ve compromised.  A lot of photos but too tired for words. Happy Wednesday. This week’s download is a set of numbers designed for those of you doing Ali Edwards’ December Daily. (I am doing it, too!) Here are some examples of what’s in there:  You can also use the trees like a layered template like this:  You can download it here: tree dates set download. You are welcome to play with these as much as you want and use them anywhere you’d like. You are NOT allowed to sell them ever. You don’t have to but I’d appreciate a link back if you do use them. This is part of a weekly digital download series. They are posted every Wednesday. You can find all of the ones that were posted here.
 It took him seconds to get going.  He only stopped to watch his brother.  Who gave him his daily kiss and a hug before we left to go back home.  How can one not be thankful for this life? I’ve been worrying about work and not being as productive as I’d like lately but yet yesterday a workmate said some wonderfully appreciative words to me and I felt so thankful that I saved them so I could go back and look next time I felt insecure. And today he did something even nicer. It’s nice to feel appreciated. If there’s someone you’re appreciating, make sure to tell them. You never know, you might make their day. He sure made mine.
 First of all, thank you for all your plethora of suggestions about what to sell on my etsy store. I think there are some awesome ideas and I will try most of them, slowly. Last week, I was lying in bed when the idea for this book came to me. I loved making my december daily book and recently I was looking at creative therapy catalyst book and realizing that it was my art journal for the year and I loved it so much. So I decided to make those for my store. My word for 2010 is LOVED and I love the idea of having an art journal dedicated to my word of the year. I love how beckoning this cover is for me. How it already makes me feel loved. So I decided to make custom journals. Covers. The inside pages are for you to fill. If you really want one with inside pages, let me know and we can discuss. I really enjoy making these and thought maybe people will like having them. So, here they are: custom word of the year journals. More detailed photos there. Hope you like them.
 I am not sure you can see it but tooth number two is also out and visible now.  Happy Monday.
If I had all the extra time in the world and my kids and husband were sleeping, I would spend most of it reading. The joy I get from getting lost in a novel is unparalleled. And Dickens is one of my favorites. 
 And David just kissed his brother over and over again. I swear I didn’t pose him one bit. I think he sees me kiss Aurelia so much that he likes doing it too.  All in all, a sweet weekend here. I am almost done with my etsy journal, I’ll post it early this week I am hoping. |
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I am a huge John Irving fan. I’ve read almost every single novel he wrote. Like most of his other fans, I’m sure, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Cider House Rules, and The World According to Garp top my list of favorites. And if I were being completely honest, I’d also say that I didn’t like The Fourth Hand at all. It just wasn’t up to Irving’s amazing caliber.
