category: Me Me Me Me!

Valentine’s Day: Then & Now

February 22, 2012
"Last week marked my sixth Valentine's day with Hubby. Our first Valentine's Day together in 2006, way back before we were even engaged, we went out to dinner together. We took silly pictures in a photo booth and he sent me flowers to my office. The next Valentine's Day we were engaged. I'm sure had [...]"

Project 365

February 17, 2012
"As one of my more ambitious goals for 2011, I decided to take part in Project 365--a photo a day, every day, in 2011. It was way more challenging than it sounds and I can't tell you how many times I was scrambling to take picture at 10 pm so I didn't miss a day. [...]"

Almost There

February 15, 2012
"Yesterday marked 37 weeks of pregnancy for me and Grayson. It is exciting to know that we are in a good place if he decides to come early. But mostly it is nice to know there is an end in sight. Sometime in the next three weeks (or, I suppose, five weeks ..."

Overwhelmed

January 31, 2012
"I'll let you all in on a little secret... I don't handle change well. Those who know me probably aren't shocked by the revelation, but it's true. I do well in routines. I plan my day, my meals, my outfits. And when something big is sitting on the horizon, I panic. Most of that panic [...]"

Easy Homemade Valentine’s

January 20, 2012
"Last year I saw the cutest idea for Valentine's Day cards. Unfortunately, at the time, Bink was at a daycare with one other child and K was too old to pass out Valentines in school. This year, mostly because of Pinterest, I started seeing ideas for Valentine's Day way earlier than I would have ever [...]"

Goals for 2012

January 16, 2012
"I've been thinking a lot about my goals for this year. I made the mistake last year of trying to accomplish way to many things. This year, especially with a new baby on the way, I think my real goal may just be making it through the day. I decided to pick out way more, [...]"

The Problem with Blogging

January 13, 2012
"I seem to have one major problem with blogging. I'm a pretty emotionally driven blogger. When Bink does something adorable, I rush here to document it. When something is bothering me, I spill my guts here. Whether a soul comments on what I've written or not, I always feel better for having had the catharsis [...]"

Our Weekend Through Instagram

January 11, 2012
"My big gift from Hubby for Christmas this year was an iPhone4S. For the past year I had a Droid X, and while I loved having a smartphone, I hated just about EVERYTHING about the Droid. It was buggy, didn't have as many apps, and just generally awful. While there is a rather huge list [...]"

Goals

January 04, 2012
"This time last year, I set 52 pretty lofty goals to accomplish during 2011. They seemed pretty achievable at the time What I did manage to accomplish (or at least got pretty close): Photography Goals 6. Take a picture every day (Project 365)--almost. I did really well, only missing a few days up until December. [...]"

Pregnancy Update

December 22, 2011
"{First and foremost, everything is fine.} I've mentioned before how different pregnancy is this time around. No time to sit still, let alone worry too much. In many ways, being so busy with Bink and K has been a blessing during this pregnancy. I think if I had had my miscarriage during my first pregnancy [...]"

Apologies and And An Easy Gift Idea

December 06, 2011
"First, my apologies for being MIA for so long. The few weeks/months, but especially the past week, have been...hard. Middle school transition issues. Starting the third trimester of pregnancy. Hubby both working and taking classes full time (and finals week this week!). Mostly I'm just...exhausted. Mentally. Physically. Emotionally. Drained. And I have a nasty chest [...]"

Happy Thanksgiving & Family Portraits

November 24, 2011
"To entertain you this Thanksgiving, I thought I'd share pictures from our family portrait attempt this past weekend. A few weeks ago, Living Social was running a really inexpensive deal for a portrait package at The Picture People. I ended up paying $5 for a small print package, which I figured would be worthwhile since [...]"

Photography vs. Snapshots

November 16, 2011
"I started an intermediate/advanced level digital photography class at our local community college last night. As hard as it is to carve an extra three hours a week to devote to this class, I'm really glad I did (especially since come March there will be even less personal time to go around). The first half [...]"

Toddlers & Tweens

November 08, 2011
"Both of my children are firmly planted in developmental stages where they trying to assert their independence. And it makes for the perfect storm drama around our house lately. Bink's "terrible two's" don't feel so bad most days. There are definitely times, like this morning, when he's clearly woken up on the wrong side of [...]"