Of course the girls don't need any help looking pretty but....
I recently learned how to use "brushes" in photoshop and have downloaded several swirley ones. I love them. This picture was already photoshopped and was pretty nice on it's own, but then I added the frame and it's just beautiful!!
Everything looks better framed:
Mallory Boo
I miss this age....this was before she could shout "I don't like you, doh-doh!!!!" to me.
bobiah and barney
Barney used to be her constant companion....now it's just her blankey (also barely visible in the top right hand corner of this picture).
How cute is this? The title of it ("I surrender") makes it even cuter.
So something I was thinking about today:
Balancing my checkbook.
Never done it. Not EVER. So I live in a constant cycle of trying to remember my balance and what I've spent, along w/ checking online every 5 minutes to see if anything pops up that I've forgotten. Not only does it make it pretty hard to manage my money, but it also makes me a little bit insane.
WHY do I spend and never write down the transactions?
Because I feel uncomfortable making the person in line behind me wait an extra minute while I write it down. I know, I could do it after I leave the store, but I tried that before and that never worked either, I need to write it down while I have my checkbook open in the store. But I always feel like I need to rush out of there so that it doesn't inconvenience the people behind me. And today I was just thinking: that's pretty dumb.
Why do I care so much about where that person has to be or has to go, that I need to rush to get out of their way?
So I apologize to anyone who might end up behind me in line any time soon, but darn it i'm going to record every transaction I make for every store I go into.....so I can better manage the $5 I have left over for myself every paycheck. :o)
So something I was thinking about today:
Balancing my checkbook.
Never done it. Not EVER. So I live in a constant cycle of trying to remember my balance and what I've spent, along w/ checking online every 5 minutes to see if anything pops up that I've forgotten. Not only does it make it pretty hard to manage my money, but it also makes me a little bit insane.
WHY do I spend and never write down the transactions?
Because I feel uncomfortable making the person in line behind me wait an extra minute while I write it down. I know, I could do it after I leave the store, but I tried that before and that never worked either, I need to write it down while I have my checkbook open in the store. But I always feel like I need to rush out of there so that it doesn't inconvenience the people behind me. And today I was just thinking: that's pretty dumb.
Why do I care so much about where that person has to be or has to go, that I need to rush to get out of their way?
So I apologize to anyone who might end up behind me in line any time soon, but darn it i'm going to record every transaction I make for every store I go into.....so I can better manage the $5 I have left over for myself every paycheck. :o)
LOVE LOVE LOVE
My next craft undertaking: hand embroidery. So today (instead of working....shhhh.....) I'm browsing all the many ideas and patterns and projects on the web. I love the old-fashioned, heriloom, sort of childlike look of it. And it seems to me that for the most part, it must be easier than counted cross stitch.
Just got this email today....
...and I can't stop going back to look at it!
It's called "the pink dachshund", and it's about a momma dachshund who's raising the piggy as her own. It's especially funny b/c I had just ordered the movie "The Ugly Dachshund" from netflix and we had "movie night" last friday and watched it and ate pizza. I knew that movie by heart, I watched it SOOOO many times when I was little. I'm glad to say it's still funny if not MORE funny now that I'm older.
What super smart 7 year olds do for fun in their spare time:
Not creating outfits and cute hairstyles on Barbie.com......not watching video clips of Hannah Montana on youtube......(okay so those are both things Arissa does daily).....but this:
Going through "My Pictures" on our computer to find pics for the last post, I came across this that Arissa had saved and she titled it: "Weather Science".
Name that baby....and look at Arissa :o)
ANSWERS AT THE BOTTOM!!!
(We didn't have a digital camera when Arissa was a baby! So these are some of the oldest I could find of her)
(We didn't have a digital camera when Arissa was a baby! So these are some of the oldest I could find of her)
#1: Mallory Mae#2: Arissa @ Preschool
#3: Arissa @ Coronado Beach
#4: Mariah Grace
#5: Arissa & Mariah
#6: Arissa & Mariah
#7: Mariah on a real pony @ a photoshoot outside of Walmart
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