On the road again....

ok, perhaps not the road, but the wagon for sure....

I leave for my cruise in just under three weeks and it has become all to real the fact that I don't have a single bit of summer clothing I can get my body into...

So I have been on the wagon since Monday night, and to be honest, so far so good, I have not cheated one time, I have been motivated, and excited...

Someone sent me this, thought it made sense today, forgive me!

I have been cutting out carbs, eating veggies and Meats, it is amazing how much water I was retaining... scary!

anyway, my ankles are shrinking (my meds make me retain water in my ankles, I know dead sexy!)so far and I hope it goes up from there...

have a great day

Laura

I won an award!!!

Traci

from "stamping Life's prescription " send me a blogger award, how cool is that!!!

thank you thank you thank you!!!!

Now I get to send an award to a few special people who have "encouraged" me....

1) Allison

2) Bobbi-jo

 

3)Brit

4)Christy

5)Lindsay

ok ok.... Now for those that one, it is time to send awards of your own! To five fab blogs that make you smile! 

Traci, also did this about me quiz thing, I thought maybe I would try it too!!!!

thanks again Traci!!

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? no

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? today... looking back at pictures of my friend

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? I don't mind it!

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Honey Ham

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? Only the furry kind. Two dogs and two cat, maybe someday!!

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? sometimes!!

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM? A lot.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? not sure.. long story!

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Absolutely not, can't even stand getting on a ladder!

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? hard one... have happy thoughts when I think of Fruit loops tho

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? well I try not to, but often have too

12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Chocolate!

13. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Eyes/smiles

14. RED OR PINK? pink

15. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? my misfit health!

16. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? I miss alot of people for all sorts of reasons!

17. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST? Yes, it would be fun.

18. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? no shoes, jp bottoms

19. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? my BF snoring!

20. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? turquoise 

21. FAVORITE SMELLS? my moms turkey

22. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? My mom

23. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO POSTED THIS NOTE? yes, don't know her, but love seeing her creations!

24. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? Don't watch sports.

25. HAIR COLOR? well.... that is a long story, a little short on hair these days! for now it is brown!

26. EYE COLOR? blue (ish)

27. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No

28. FAVORITE FOOD? Ohh, very hard because I LOVE food! I would say my most  favorite is my moms turkey!

29. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Happy endings.

30. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? The woman! awful to be honest!

31. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?  yellow tee

32. SUMMER OR WINTER? Neither, love spring and fall.

33. HUGS OR KISSES? Both

34. FAVORITE DESSERT? would often prefer more dinner then dessert...

35. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? hopefully everyone who has the time.

36. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? I don't know.

37. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? alot of scrapbooking mags, as well as photography mags, some photoshop stuff... the usual!

38. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? mouse pad???

39. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? Didn't watch TV last night

40. FAVORITE SOUND(S)? birds singing, let me know that spring is coming!

41. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles

42. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Christmas without my mom...

43. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? oh I have lots... I think!

44. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Calgary Ab Canada

45. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? Everyone

I guess you are suppose to tag 25 people. I would like to "tag" everyone who has read this far. I think it would be cool to learn a little something about the people who I blog with. If you do decide to play along, please leave a comment so I can go read something about you! ( good idea Traci)

with a smile

Laura

what a day!!

h Had a fabulous day, spent the morning with my Step dad and went for a wonderful breakfast...

Then my girlfriend Jackie and her two totally wonderful children came over and let me take some pics of them for a school project, so in return I took a few family photos for them...

Aren't they so sweet!

 Jackie, by the way, is also the friend I am going on the cruise with...

three and a half weeks and counting!!! 

hope all is well!

Laura

4 weeks yesterday!!

"all my bags are packed, I'm ready to go, I'm standing here out side your door, I hate to wake you up to say good bye..... Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane don't know when I'll be back again.... Oh babe I have to go" Ok so none of this is true, have no idea what to bring or pack, but am super excited!! In four weeks I leave for my cruise... crop and cruise to be exact, 100+ scrapbookers, hanging out and having an awesome time!!! I can't wait! I hoped to loose a few pounds before the trip but that doesn't seem to be happening, so guess I will have to be happy with me and just plan for a great time!

some things I have been working on...

Hey girlies...

Have had a busy few days, taking pictures, working, school ect. but love being busy... Keeps my mind off of the not so wonderful things going on in my life... (sniff sniff)

And with my earnings bought myself some treats, scrapbooking ones, big shock I know!!

so here are a few pics of my latest purchases....

LOVE IT!

Hoping to do some old fashion scrapbooking in the next few days using my new treasure!!!

hope this finds you warm(it is snowing here again) and happy!!

with smiles

Laura

wow!!!

Me, on my Soap Box Preaching... so if you don't want to know, don't read it!!!

With on line friends like I have, who needs enemies... I just got this totally mean email/forum post from a blogger... If you don't like what I have to say, STOP READING!! Better yet, don't feel the need to copy and post for all your online forum readers to see!!! Are you kidding me, Pathetic!!

Back to blogging!!

these first three pics were taken at my friends Melanie's house, it was her husbands birthday, and she made him a boob cake, so funny!! She has a little five month old daughter, she sure loves her daddy!!!

I also had a ton of fun taking pics for the 

One Year Anniversary party of the SCRAPYARD 

a scrapbooking store I work at...

Today I received this fabulous huge bouquet of flowers from my friend Mindy, she knew I had been having some health issues, and thought it would cheer me up!!  She was right, what a fabulous way to wake up!!!

I will post some pics of them, as well as a family shoot, and a Friend photoshoot I did this last week!!

ok, time to watch HOUSE, what a fab show!!

I got Bumped!!!

By my blogger group... I have been a part of a blogging group for the last few months, and have done my best to "follow the rules" but it seems, I have failed, and thus, got kicked out! Sadly, they didn't even take the time to tell me why... Sort of hurts my feeling, other then the last week or so I think I am very present on here, and those of you that know me personally know that I have had alot on my plate lately.... Hence why I hadn't been on here... Anyway, on to bigger things I guess! Been taking a ton of pics lately, and will post the results here in the next day or two... wishing everyone a good day! Laura

Hey all...

wanted first to say sorry for not writing a photography tip post... I will....

Been happily busy working, and trying to get a hold on house work, I play so much on the computer that my house suffers!

Had a very busy day yesterday tho, did eight clients(I have a salon in my house) each client getting at least an hour of my time...

did 7 loads of laundry, Made a nice dinner for my DH unloaded and loaded the dishwasher, took down all Xmas decorations including the tree and got it all put away!!

what a difference a few months makes... the first picture is of the snow as seen out my back window, the second is my mom and grandma this summer!!

amazing the difference a few months makes!!

more digi scrapping!

this evenings creation...

The last few days have been good, and busy which is good. With this economy people are holding on tight to there spare $$'s 

So a busy week makes me very happy!! 

This, if you didn't know is me, with my little pup Jake, reluctantly wearing a sombrero...

isn't he cute!!

Started back at school last night, have an awesome teacher, perhaps one of the best so far...

really looking forward to learning some new things!

have a great night everyone

Laura

have a great night everyone!!

creativity continues....

this is a picture of me and my friend Erin while we were away for her 30th birthday get a way weekend...

She is also the sweet Lady who had Mark and I over for Christmas dinner, She has an absolutely awesome family, and I am so lucky to call her my friend!

almost forgot...

Sorry all I almost forgot to do my post today...

ok as promised...

A- is for aperture priority, which means you get to control the aperture. 

Aperture is very hard to explain, and took me a while to really get...

I am going to give you the explanation in points in hopes it will be easier to understand:

-if reading your manual and it talks about F stop, that is the same as aperture

-the F stop is the number that determines how wide the shutter is open.

-Aperture/F stop is represented by a number, the smaller the number the wider the opening, the larger the number the smaller the opening.

-smaller aperture = shorter field of distance, field of distance is the amount of what is in focus in your photo.....

ok, why might you want to know this???

good question!!

Do you like those pictures where the background is blurred and the foreground isn't?

Knowing how aperture works is how that happens, OR when the foreground is blurred and the background isn't... remember this, the lower the number the more is out of focus!!!

HOWEVER... this isn't the only thing you need to know when trying to achieve that look. you have to be mindful of the distance between you and your subject(what you want in focus) as well as the distance between your subject and the background you hope to blur... you want your subject closer to you, and the background further back from your subject.

I hope that made an ounce I know it confused me at first!!  

good night!!

another LO....

hello my wonderful readers,

am very tried so I hope you will forgive  me, I am going to do photo tips tomorrow instead, but here is my latest creations....

so cute

ok, it is late, 1am here, so time for bed! 

sweet dreams

more creating!!

Did this the other night, but internet wasn't working to good on my Laptop so I couldn't upload it...

These are some pics I took of my girlfriend Erin and her son Jaxon...

Anyway, some updates for you all...

I have good news and "bad" news...

The good news is our first turkey turned out totally awesome!! For those of  you who don't actually know me, turkey is my very favorite food, it isn't just the turkey itself but the family and laughter that goes with it, I love it!!

SO I was a little concerned that cooking it may pose a problem, it may be just me but sometimes when I spend a day cooking something, the smell gets imbedded in my body and then I can't eat it... if that makes sense This mostly only happens when I make soups, which I really enjoy making bt end up giving away cause I can't eat it after I made it.

Well the bad news... It happened with my turkey... I made it, smelt it all day, could hardly wait to dig into in, and COULDN'T I was so sad....

even the next day I tried eating left overs, and still couldn't stomach it!

it was only the day after that I was able to enjoy a small bit!

Thankfully Mark didn't have this problem and very much enjoyed turkey dinner and the left overs to follow as did the rest of my family that came to dinner at the house. 

Oh one other odd thing, somehow, I made KFC gravy, you wouldn't be able to take the difference, it tasted exactly like KFC gravy... very weird!!!!!

Wishing all a Happy New Year, and thank you so much for all the well wishes sent to me on the comments!!

ALso for those of you that finally took a look at your camera manual, well done!!!!!!

take care

Laura