A recap of my week…sort of.

Wrong time to start blogging. I have to leave here in an hour and a half, to run some errands before work…

We had an away softball game yesterday, and I underestimated the weather. It was, well, nice out when I left for work…((I went in early, cause I had some stuff to get done)) but I’d still been chilly all day. By the time I left the building ((at 2:30…we were taking the bus to the game with the kids)) it was pretty warm out. We got to the game, and then I realized it was downright hot out. ((Granted, coming from 40 degree days straight to like 80 degrees…that’s a big deal, until we get used to it))

W. is sitting out the rest of softball season…don’t ask why. So, because he couldn’t play, he was instead playing the part of a human jungle gym

Our team did so good, and they played an awesome game ((We only lost by 1 point)) I love watching the games, but Mac and L. get soooooo bored, so all I hear for the entire thing is “I’m hungry”, “I have to pee…again” “Is there anymore juice?” “Can we go now?” “I’m hungry” “I’m bored…bored…bored…bored…” You get the idea. It doesn’t matter how much juice, or snacks I bring, it’s always the same. They really only get like that at away games though, because I won’t just let them wander off and play out of my sight. At home games, I let them go off on their own, because I know where they’re going. They love home games

We didn’t get home last nite till 7pm. Not a huge deal, but, the girls had lots of homework. G. was up till 9pm, and L. was up till 8:30. ((they’re usually in bed at 8pm)) I mean, sometimes, they lay in bed awake till 9pm or so, but because of being out in the fresh air, then the bus ride home…They were exhausted when we got back. Mac fell asleep like a half hour after dinner ((she was asleep before 8pm)) and L. was asleep like 5 minutes after getting into bed. After I tucked G. in, I realized I was hungry, so then I had dinner, and went straight to bed. I don’t think I was awake for more than 10 minutes before I was totally out.

W. has to go to the high school today for an orientation thing, so he had to be up at 5:30 to catch the bus for 6:30. I woke up at 5:30 ((I had set my coffee early yesterday Yay for thinking ahead)) and planned to get up, but apparently I didn’t, because the next thing I knew, I heard W. saying “She drove right by! It’s not my fault!”. He was talking about the bus…so, Mike told him to get in the truck, and he’d drive him…but as they got outside, the bus had come back

But then I was like, “oh shit! I fell back to sleep”. So I got up in quite a hurry…and now I’m trying to gather myself, and plan for all the stuff I have to get done today.

But, I’m going to backtrack for a minute…Back to Wednesday When the kids had their Spring Concert. About an hour before we were due to leave, L. told me this bit of news.

L.: “I have to sing a solo”
Me: O_O “Really??”
L.: “Yep” and she put on her excited but shy face. “I’m a little nervous”
Me: “Sweetie, that’s awesome! Not that you’re nervous…but that you’re doing a solo!”

Then she gives me her ‘I’m-proud-of-myself’ smile Then, while at the concert, I had a feeling I knew when it was her turn to get up and sing…because she all of a sudden got really smiley, and covered her face with her hands…Then, she stood up, and walked to her spot…and she looked a bit nervous, but more excited. And then she sang.

Now, for the most part, I’m just a big bitch, but when it comes to my kids, I’m not. I’m such a total sap it’s not even funny, so of course, watching her up there, I swelled with pride and my eyes got all teary. Which I didn’t want her to see. ((I used to tear up when G. was little too, and she’d be on stage…but, if she saw me, she’d start bawling, and have to leave. )) So, I stayed behind my camera until she was done, and then gave her the biggest smile I could, trying to tell her how proud of her I was. ((After the show was over, I did indeed tell her, and she responded back with a ginormous hug ))

That’s my girl

W. had a part in it as well…him and his group did ‘Take Me Out to the Ballgame’, but for some reason, their cd wouldn’t play, so the audience sang the song for them

My kid is the one in the catchers outfit.

G. and her group did that parody song ‘Coke and Sprite’ Oh man, they definitely put a lot of effort into it. They’d practiced a ton, and it really paid off!

G. is the first in line, in the black turtleneck

Mac had fun, as usual

Awww

However, while she loves to watch the show, her favorite part is always the food at the end When it was time for the kids to eat, she loaded her plate with all the things that caught her eye…even though some of it, she wasn’t going to eat. She just thought it looked pretty

Also, got a few shots of W. and a couple of his friends.

W. on the right. He’s always the one who won’t look at the camera.

And these are some random snapshots

W. shot this one, when he was bored at the game

I noticed my habits are color coordinated.

Mac, drinking juice on the bus ride home.

W. got bored on the bus and took apart his marker.

Then, yesterday, we had a softball game, and our team won! Afterwards, there was a school dance, and while W. wasn’t allowed to go, G. decided she wanted to. Mind, she’s in 4th grade. At first, she didn’t want to go, but in the end, she changed her mind. It ran from 7-10pm, and by 9:20-ish, G. was ready to come home. So, Mike headed over to pick her up, and when she got home, she was ready for bed. L. had fallen asleep in my bed about an hour or so earlier. So, I tucked G. in, and went back into my room. I ended up falling asleep in the chair ((L. and Mac were in my bed anyway, taking up almost the whole bed)) but I moved later on. Granted, I had to lay across the end of the bed, but whatever…

It was weird, cause earlier last nite, I was freezing, and it was chilly out. But, as I was laying in bed, I was noticing that it was much, much warmer in my room. I opened the windows, and found that while it was about 3 in the morning, it was much warmer out then when I had gone to bed. I didn’t sleep too much, cause I had three cats with me, mixed with the girls’ feet…Not too bad, though…I got up early It’s definitely not cold out, rather it’s very warm. But, it’s humid as hell. Ugh. I just hope the bugs aren’t terrible. I was thinking of checking the garden today for weeds and stuff. Not sure if there are any, but I should probably make sure.

Tomorrow is W.’s birthday! His birthday present came on Monday, and he’s been itching to have it. I’ve been itching to give it to him, too…but, he’s got to wait till tomorrow

So, until then, when I’ll have a birthday post…

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My goal for today, and I really hope that…

I don’t know yet if I have to go into work today…but, if I don’t have to go in, my goal today is to get out into the garden. The seeds I started in the house have sprouted! Teeny, tiny little green shoots, and they’re adorable. If such a thing can be said.

Also, I really hope that I can get one of the computers the school might be selling. I’m going nuts, not being to edit my photos properly. I mean, I can use this computer to process them in lightroom, but I despise having to work with Acorn. Too many steps. Damn, I miss photoshop. Granted, if I get one of those computers, I have to upgrade the OS, cause right now, they’re running Tiger. It’s also not the biggest HDD, but I have my 750GB external, so I’m not too worried about that. At least if I can get one, I’ll be back to working on a 17in. screen.

I have lots of photos from our Sunday trip to the lake…They’ve been run through lightroom, with my favorite preset at the moment, but I’m not in the mood ((damn Acorn, again)) to reize them all and stuff…

Not sure if I mentioned it in the post before last, but I thought I’d try some long exposure…If it can be considered that, anyway.

And not that this was taken on Sunday, but did I ever get this picture of Spaceball in here?

This one, however, *was* taken on Sunday

Then, everyone was just throwing rocks, and I wanted to see if I could catch a good splash

I think a bit of a crop on that one would be better…of course, I didn’t do it. :\

And of course, some snaps of my kiddos Which, if Acorn will stop goddamn quitting out on me, I would get in here :\ ((two crashes in three minutes. I give up with this POS program))

Well, I managed to get two done…W., fishing, and Mac with her favorite food

I seriously can’t work this way. :\ This computer is just impossible. Whatever. I’ll end this here before I start to get all whiny and pissed, which I can feel, is right around the corner.

Until…who knows.
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Well, that was a pretty good Sunday, actually :)

I did blog early yesterday morning, but that was more of just finishing a late day blog I’d started on Saturday. And, that one was done before I’d even *done* anything yesterday.

I’ve said forever how I loathe Sundays for the most part. ((Not summer vacation Sundays, though.)) Well, yesterday, Mike had to work from 7:30am-4pm, which left me solely in control of the day. Remember when you were younger, and your parents would leave to go grocery shopping for like an hour or so, and that was when you’d turn on the radio really loud and all that good shit?

Well, I didn’t do that.

I made breakfast for the kiddos, and then straightened up the house. W. had a bit of yard work to do, and then he was going to go over to his friends house to practice his Shakespeare some more. He also said he was probably going to the movies, as well. The girls went outside with him, because as it turned out, it was really nice outside.

I didn’t much feel like staying in…so, I turned off ‘Orphan’ ((which I had put on while I was cleaning)) and grabbed the camera. I was planning on getting some shots of the girls, but they wanted nothing to do with it. So, instead, I sat down next to this tree and decided to just shoot…mostly at random.

I haven’t used the macro setting too much yet. Mostly because, every time I go to use it, the goddamn flash pops up :\ Also, I can never seem to get it to focus properly the way my old Canon used to. However, yesterday, I was in no rush, so I just kept at it. It was sunny out, and the flash only popped up on me a couple times. I promptly closed it.

So, instead of looking around trying to look for things to shoot, I just wandered around the yard, stopping at random trees, or spots of flowers and shit, looking only through the viewfinder. I tell ya, I noticed more little details doing that…And, I actually shot around 100 pictures. I feel like a dumbass, waiting almost a whole year before using the macro setting…

I put up a quick preview yesterday…If you didn’t see it, it’s this:

When I saw it through the viewfinder, I immediately thought ‘dragon…that looks like a dragon’. Then, I looked at it on the LCD screen, and thought the same thing. It’s a branch on our lilac tree It’s basically SOOC…the blurring and focus was shot like that. The only edit was a lightroom preset for the blue toning.

And here’s the rest. Resized, and ran one lightroom preset over each one. ((The preset ups the blue…))

There’s a few more, possibly…but that’s all I processed yesterday.

I’ll also post these on my photoblog, too…

Not sure what I’m going to do today…I’m not going into work, but I’m keeping G. home today, as she seems to be coming down with what I had last week There’s softball practice for W., and L. has her first T-Ball practice as well

So, until…who knows
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