November 9th...

can't think of a title

a lot of stuff going on so we're going to have a bullet point post....

• I did 2 photo shoots on Saturday and it really made me feel my age. My back and knees said only do one at a time going forward :)


• I can't believe we are so close to Thanksgiving. And if I wait until my usual Thanksgiving weekend to decorate for Christmas, then they will only be up for 4 weeks. So I'm starting soon!


• A guy that my kids went to school with had an aneurysm on Monday, wasn't expected to make it through on Friday, and is now showing progress. Power of prayer....don't ever doubt it!


• I'm so aggravated with my cable TV provider...arghh


• I have so many pictures to edit.......


• I'm off of work on Wed....guess I'll be editing :)
  
• I did the treadmill and the Wii fitness tonight.....and I'm going to try and do it every night because I want to be able to eat lots of good stuff Thanksgiving through Christmas!


• pics above are of the floors we had refinished back in September...not very good pics but I couldn't find anything else I wanted to post. And what's a post without pics


• You can't even believe how happy I am with the Dallas Cowboys right now....and loving 1st place so much.

that's it...

later.....

Photography......

I love this photo of Maddox.

I have always loved photography.

I had a really nice 35 mm camera when the kids were little. Film and developing were so expensive so the occasion really had to be "film worthy". But still, I enjoyed it.

So when they came out with digital, Johnny right away bought me a Sony with a Carl Zeiss lens. It was an awesome camera and the pictures were so beatiful, sharp and crisp. And as digital camera's improved, he continued to up grade my camera. I have always felt that Johnny totally "got" my love of photography. And I have always felt so blessed to have a husband who believed and supported my passion.

Over the years, I have read 100's of books on photography.......studied pictures, read about photographers, taken classes and dreamed of taking pictures. To me, if someone can capture the subjects personality, then they have achieved the ultimate. Even with landscape pictures....if you can look at a picture and feel yourself there....I mean really feel yourself there, then the photographer has done a good job.

I have shot so many pictures trying to reach those goals. I may go through 100's of shots and then I find it.....the "money" shot. The one that captures everything I saw with my eyes or heard or felt. I'm getting better....I keep working, keep learning and keep dreaming. And I'm enjoying it...

later........

Tonight.....

we are going to see the Trans Siberian Orchestra tonight!

this will be our 4th year of seeing them

we look forward to this show every year...wish it was a little closer to Christmas but that's ok!

and this year is especially great as we will be in a suite, fully stocked with food and drink!

a very Merry Christmas present from our BIL

all of the kids are going and it's going to be great!

later.......

I voted....

I love to vote!

I feel powerful when I vote!

I did not vote for this character though........haha

my son on Halloween.......he was "Joe Dirt"

later.........