• Ideas to Help your 365 Project be a Good One
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    Ideas to Help your 365 Project be a Good One

    February 3, 2011 - By 

    The other night I had one of those nights, where I just laid in bed and couldn’t stop tossing and turning and my mind was just flying and made it impossible to sleep. I for some reason got on the subject of the 365 project, trying to think of things to take pics of. I’ve tried doing the 365 project for the last several years and eventually I get burned out. I actually started coming up with ways to make it more exciting. I got up and started writing…. Experiment with lighting, focus, angle, aperture, bokeh, depth of field (DoF),…

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    Update on Life {a post with NO pictures}

    February 1, 2011 - By 

    I’ve been wanting to update on what’s been going on. I’m enjoying so much doing the 365 Project, but this blog wasn’t meant to be mainly a photography blog. Although, this blog has turned into much more that I had originally planned, which was to chronicle the lives of my family, the good, the bad, and sometimes even the ugly! Life is starting to rev back up again. Drew starts back to soccer practice this week. He’s already returned to his weekly scout meetings and D-group sessions. He’s thinking of trying out for the JV track team. This weekend he’ll…

  • Easiest Way to Cook Bacon
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    Easiest Way to Cook Bacon

    January 29, 2011 - By 

    About a year ago, I discovered the easiest way to cook bacon. 4 reasons I love this way of cooking bacon: * Cooks the bacon nice and flat. * Don’t have to tend to it like you do when cooking bacon on the stove top. * Can cook a lot of bacon at one time. * Much easier to clean up. 1. Preheat oven to 400°F. 2. Get 2 cookie sheets and make sure they fit together like a puzzle. 3. Spray the bottom of the pan you plan to use as the top with cooking spray. 4. I line…

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    Happy birthday, Drew!

    January 23, 2011 - By 

    So today is Drew’s birthday and yes, he is a teenager! I’m not sure if I start feeling light-headed when I think of that, because it makes me feel old or because it seems like yesterday, I couldn’t wait to meet our first born. The other day, I had kind of this out of body experience. I was sitting in my Lazy Boy chair in the living room, where I usually sit when I’m in the living room. The boys were on the couch watching TV together. I had the weirdest picture appear in my head and I’m not sure…

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    Birthday Shortcake

    January 23, 2011 - By 

    Just a quick shot of Drew before he started to eat his strawberry shortcake. The weekend was a bit busier than I had anticipated and I didn’t get a chance to make his cake, so while we were at Publix picking up shrimp for his birthday dinner, I let him pick out a dessert. I still plan to make him a cake. For my memory’s sake, here’s what we did on his birthday: Sunday School Church Lunch at his chosen place, Shogun Auburn vs. Tennessee Basketball women (we lost) Cooked fried shrimp and fries for his birthday dinner Opened presents…

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    Toomer’s Oak Trees

    January 20, 2011 - By 

    I’m not sure I can find the words to express the sadness that the Auburn Family are experiencing because of the impending death of the Toomer’s Oak Trees. These are the times when we realize the role of tree service springfield il. For those of you who are unaware of what I’m speaking of I’ll try to put it in a nutshell for ya. Toomer’s Corner is the center of town, right downtown and the corner of campus. It’s where 1,000’s of students, alumni, and fans gather after every Auburn victory. It’s a place where we celebrate by rolling the…

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    We are the Champions!

    January 15, 2011 - By 

    This season has been nothing less than remarkable and amazing. I agree with Coach Chizik in saying that to try and describe it would “cheapen it.” As Auburn Alum and die-hard fans, Rob and I go into every football season hoping and praying that Auburn plays well and goes to good bowl game. After the 2004 season losing a chance to play for the National Championship, it seemed as if we would probably never live to see Auburn do that well again. This team proved us wrong and we are so glad they did! Here’s when ESPN Game Day came…

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    Dozing Daisy::Feeling More & More at Home

    January 12, 2011 - By 

    **Yes, another picture of Daisy. I just can’t help myself. She is so photogenic and doesn’t mind the camera, unlike Rosie who would practically run away when she saw me get my camera out.** Daisy is adjusting nicely still. We’ve quickly learned some of her tendencies, which has helped us to know how she may react in certain situations. I was concerned about her response to the craziness that would probably occur while we watched the National Championship game, but she sat right at my feet. She stayed pretty calm most of the time and we never had to resort…

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    Daisy::Our Newest Addition

    January 8, 2011 - By 

    Meet the newest edition to our family. This beautiful Pembroke Welsh Corgi is Daisy. Some of you may recognize her if you read Tracy’s blog. I “met” her when I started doing the Mommytography project. She commented on my header, which you’ll notice has a Corgi on it. I responded in saying that we were currently Corgi-less, because Rosie passed away last year. Never did I think she would respond saying that she had a Corgi that she would like to find a good home for. I talked it over with Rob and after talking back and forth with Tracy…

  • Life

    Goodbye 2010

    January 4, 2011 - By 

    What did you do in 2010 that you’d never done before? Went to Oakland Cemetery for a PhotoWalk Did you keep your new years’ resolutions and will you make more for next year? I didn’t write any down this year. One of the main ones was to read 1 book a month, which I will be writing a blog post about soon. Did anyone close to you give birth? My sister-in-law gave birth to my newest Nephew, Kaleb.

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    2010 Photographic Review

    December 31, 2010 - By 

    I just went through my flickr pics and picked a random pic from each month for this past year. January February March April May June July August September October November December

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    1 Goal {Read a Book Each Month}

    December 31, 2010 - By 

    One of my goals this year was to read 1 book a month. Here is a list of what I read… January Picara by Pat MacEnulty February Season of Water and Ice by Donald Lystra March How Full is Your Bucket? by Tom Rath Our Iceberg Is Melting by John Kotter April The Heart of the Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman May The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler June Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor July Hot Fudge Sundae Blues: A Novel by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor August Laura: America’s First Lady, First Mother…

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    2010 Blog Review

    December 30, 2010 - By 

    I did this blog review in the past and here’s what you do….Post the first sentence of the first post of each month. January I have a box of old T-shirts that the boys have grown out of that I just couldn’t bare to throw or give away. February I’ve had this post about half way done for awhile and am finally making myself finish. (post is gone) March My last week at the library I saw this book, flipped through it, and decided to check it out. April Universal Pictures’s *big* summer release is hitting theaters July 9, 2010,…

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    Christmas 2010

    December 29, 2010 - By 

    On Christmas Eve, Rob’s Dad and Step-Mom arrived. I decided to do a nice meal and make it something a little more traditional. So I made a homemade marinaded/injected for a ham with green beans and pecan praline sweet potatoes. It was SO yum! Christmas morning after Santa dropped by! Opening presents Drew with his new, shiny trombone. He was very excited! Look you can see my reflection! Christmas Day snacks! Making Christmas dinner! After dinner I got on facebook and noticed someone who doesn’t live to far said that it was snowing! Went outside and here’s what we saw!…

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    10 on Tuesday {New Recipes I want to make for Christmas}

    December 21, 2010 - By 

    There are about a 100 recipe ideas I have had lately from blog reading and watching the Food Network. I decided today for my list, I’ll tell you 10 of them. 1. Graham Cracker Bark 2. Christmas Pretzel Rods 3. Chocolate Turtle Cookies 4. Frozen Brownie Sundaes 5. Baked Apples 6. Honey Baked Ham 7. Sweet & Salty Bark 8. Peanut Butter Bacon Cookies (for Drew) 9. Rocky Round Muffins 10. Parmesan Muffins Look for pics and recipes over the next week!

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    Santa Pics 2010

    December 18, 2010 - By 

    With Christmas approaching I thought I would post this pics I scanned on one of my scanning sprees. I wished I had more pictures of me with Santa and you never know, the more I go through old pics from Grandmother’s house, I may come up with more. How priceless is this one? Me, I supposed this was my first Christmas 1975 with the Sleeping Santa! I just laugh every time I look at this one. This one, well I’m not having anything to do with this rosy cheeked guy. “Let me down!” Here I am at Monnig’s after having…

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    Welcoming Christmas

    December 17, 2010 - By 

    This morning we went up to Atlanta for the Children’s Christmas Parade. We really enjoyed the parade and it really got us in the Christmas spirit. Afterwards, we walked over to Peachtree Center and ate at El Ninfa’s for lunch. After that we headed back home so we could watch the SEC Championship game on TV. Here are some pictures I took during the parade.

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    Christmas Parade

    December 14, 2010 - By 

    Here’s pictures from the Auburn Christmas parade yesterday. Alex and Rob were on the float with Pack 29, but they were on the other side so you won’t see them in the pictures. Have a holly, jolly Christmas It’s the best time of the year I don’t know if there’ll be snow but have a cup of cheer Have a holly, jolly Christmas And when you walk down the street Say Hello to friends you know and everyone you meet. Oh Ho the mistletoe hung where you can see Somebody waits for you Kiss her once for me Have a…

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    10 on Tuesday {Shows Rob and I DVR}

    December 14, 2010 - By 

    Haven’t done 10 on Tuesday in a long time, but you know writing lists really is one of the easiest ways to write. DVR is where we digitally record tv shows, movies, etc. on our cable box. 1. Criminal Minds 2. Bones 3. NCIS 4. Amazing Race 5. Survivor 6. Human Target 7. Lie to Me 8. The Mentalist 9. All the CSI’s (CSI, Miami, New York) 10. Big Bang Theory