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Southern California mom blogs on TV, life, life after a nursing career, photography, kids, and music.
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Best Christmas Wishlist Item EVER!
Because I do so *heart* Chris March, I want this book. I think the man is genius and certainly the most wildly creative designer ever to appear on Project Runway. This is the sort of man I’d love to work with on a big project. His imagination r...
Woo Hoo!
One of my regular reads is the EpicEdits blog. Brian Auer, an excellent photographer, provides me with a lot of inspiration and he’s responsible for me finding many of my photography-related reads (like Syl Arena and his LIDLIPS). Occasionally,...
Easily Happitized
Despite feeling low because I’m away from the family, I’m easily cheered. Go figure. First, as I was putting fresh sheets on the bed last night, the cat decided that was the greatest thing in the world and he went absolutely nutso. He was...
To All Who Have Served
A hale and hearty THANK YOU! It takes a special person to commit to serving your country, to sacrifice time with family and friends and sometimes your life. It takes a special family to keep the home fires burning, to keep everything running smoothl...
A Rash of Ideas
I started this rash thing (inner aspect of my upper right arm) a couple days ago. Didn’t itch too much. At first. Now? It’s all I can think about. I may need to excise it from my body. Ooh, I could make my arms skinny again! But it’...
Chris Muir Loves Boobies!
Darling Chris was kind enough to offer up signed 8×10s of Jan and Sam coyly displaying their cleavage for Boobie-Thon. The auction is live and the cause is good. This is a distinctly rare opportunity to own these special, one-of-a-kind works of ...
See That?
Over on the sidebar. At the top. The Boobie-Thon is back! Once again, I’m very proud to be a volunteer for this amazing fundraiser. We are the original “we share because we care” bloggers and it’s a pretty big deal that we...
Still
Over the years, I’ve written about the impact Steve Irwin had on the lives of my family. I’ll never forget the year LD turned two and on Christmas morning he went crazy when he saw one of his presents was a three or four foot plastic croc...
Portraits
This family really wanted a retro feel to their photos and they’re happy with the proofs. Now I get to send them out for printing. I’m so privileged to know this family and I hope to be able to capture many milestones for them. Oh, an...
Zucchero, He Soothes My Soul
LD and I had a long wait for my prescriptions and we spent the time listening to one of my favorite CDs ever — Zucchero & Co. The above song is the last on the album and it’s gorgeous beyond belief on a real stereo. It reaches places...
Lust
I have a problem. I’m well aware of it. I can’t help myself, though. I took one look at this and started drooling. I’ve found perfection....
Memories…
Good God. This weekend is going to be fraught with all sorts of interesting and, probably, embarrassing recollections. Twenty-five years…it’s a long time. There are moments when high school seems like yesterday and others when it seems li...
Speaking of Heroes
Today is my mom’s safijhwe-fourth birthday. Mere words can’t express what she means to me. But, yeah, she’s one of my heroes. Happy Birthday, Mom!...
A Few More Event Photos
I know, I know…more? Yes. More. Haven’t even posted representative photos of half the families I photographed on the 3rd....
Happy Homecoming
It’s hard for families to be apart, but when there are little ones involved, sometimes it’s even more difficult to help them understand why mommy or daddy isn’t at home. Spending the morning with this family, I was reminded of just ...
Must’ve Been the Heat
I have a killer headache. I had one yesterday, too. I think it’s from the heat and the sun. So much sun. I’m plenty hydrated, but I think the sun did a number on me. Still… I had a blast at today’s homecoming. I was out the d...
Catching Up, Part I
Hi there! Long time, no see. Sure, I popped in a couple of times to post and run while I was in the wilds of Alaska, but that hardly rates as quality time, does it? No. So here I am. Let me tell you a bit more about my trip and the fun I had. [...]...
Too Soon
I don’t wanna leave! I’ll be here in Fairbanks just another 16 or 17 hours. I don’t want to go. It’s been glorious. Even with rain and (my very first) mosquito bites (finally happened today). The sun is now shining brightly an...
First OpLove Shots
I did something different for this first shot. I was looking to try some paint techniques, mainly because I think this little guy deserved something special (he’s my new boyfriend and all, you know). I’ll post the original and mom and dad...
Rut Roh!
External Hard drive says 1.47gb left. Under 16gb left on the laptop. Burning CDs is another backup method, but not ideal. And I can’t get the computer to burn a DVD. I’m going to have to ditch anything not entirely necessary. That means ...
Heh
I got 2nd place on the photo caption contest over at Cowboy Blob’s. Also, one of my photos made the iHeartFaces montage (fourth set down, bottom right corner — saving the best for last, perhaps?) finally. Maybe one of these days I’l...
If You’re Waiting…
If you are waiting for a photo from me, please forgive the delay (especially Leslie, my dear lady). I have to take my computer in to be properly calibrated because it appears that I cannot do it the right way myself. I’ve been going back and fo...
What’s it to You?
The percentage you’re paying is too high-priced While you’re living beyond all your means And the man in the suit has just bought a new car From the profit he’s made on your dreams But today you just read that the man was shot dead ...
The Luau
Tonight was our OpLove shoot at the luau for the Marines and it was quite fun. The other photographers? AMAZING! The Marines and their lovely ladies? Fantastic! I have many photos to sort through and can honestly say this was a great way to spend a...
