Since we moved here in June of 2006, I have not done such a good job of organizing my photos. I post my favorites to dropshots and that’s about it. We take a TON of photos. They have been disorganized in my computer. While searching for one to make a card for my neighbor the other day, I decided to clean things up a bit. It’s AWESOME. I can FIND my pictures. I can DO things with them. Here is one thing I did with them. I call it “Zane grows up”
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Heh heh. I can’t find the list of cute things I wanted to share. I guess this is a process. I’m considering phasing out my other blog. Perhaps even transferring everything over here. It’s a bit intimidating. Plus, Caspian has exploding lava something or other that he is throwing around. Zane is a kitty who meows incessantly. It’s a little hard to focus. But hey, I’m blogging! Exploding lava grenades. That’s what it is. He is detonating them. And teaching dear sweet Zane to do so. Le sigh. I probably need to watch that documentary about boys Heather kept talking about. Could it POSSIBLY make me feel better about the fact that Caspian just told me he burned the place down with napalm? I doubt it. Who is making these boys into soldiers? Certainly not I. Interesting. If I weren’t so annoyed.
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I keep thinking I need to get blogging and I keep NOT! Ack. I think I’m intimidated by how much I have NOT blogged and I have a bunch of notes of cute Zane-isms that I need to transfer since he ONLY had a digital baby book (this.). So, since I have been intimidated, I figured I oughta write something, ANYTHING. Here it is. Something. Anything. Hopefully now I will write more later. I think having the two blogs messed me up. And getting a job. Freakin’ jobs.
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Nearly a year ago, Kevin had to rip down our side fence because we learned it was infested with termites. If you are a die-hard shameless fan, you may remember me blogging about it here. (You can also see Kevin’s last concrete project there.)
Well, it has taken quite a bit of time, some donated concrete, some new tools from a store I refuse to mention because I hope to never shop there again, a lot of waiting on dudes who were supposed to be cutting out stumps. VOILA! Kevin has begun work on the new reclaimed concrete wall that will replace the old termite-infested fence. (We thought he would be doing it all summer. Ha ha hah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !!!!) Anyway, we’re glad it’s started. I am officially a reclaimed-concrete-wallmakers widow. (you know, like deerhunters’ widows?)
Here are some pics from the other day…
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I am not going to specify whether the adjective “weird” in the title of this post modifies neighbor or photo. At any rate, our neighbor is always doing some putsy thing around her house. Always. Her house would be in shambles if I lived there, apparently, because I am so not good at putsing. So, yesterday, as Kevin was cleaning up from working on his wall (more on that later), I heard him talking to her. When I went out there, this is what I saw:
Silly.
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Here I am, self-portraiting. I can’t remember if I usually do this here or over on my other blog, but here it is. I’m getting my toes wet with the blogging again.
I just kinda liked my hair today and felt like dorking around online. Unfortunately, there is a whiny 2 yr old who wants my attention, so I don’t know how much dorking around online I’ll be able to do. Well, at least I’m going to do this.
Here it is (sorry it’s a little fuzzy–laptop camera. my regular camera always gives me weird, unattractive angles when I self-portrait. I guess I have to work on that):
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OMG, this site has been down forEVAH due to technical difficulties that I was powerless to manage. Then, through a stroke of genius, the universe sent my Virgo friend LaDonna searching for some astro help with upcoming Saturn in Virgo. Sweet LaDonna agreed on an exchange, and VOILA! Presto. Here is my site back after weeks and weeks. It was so quick and painless. (Neither of which it was being when I was trying to figure it out.) She is amazing. I’m so glad to be back up and running. Thanks, LaDonna!!!
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You know how kids like cameras? Well, who doesn’t? But you know how you don’t want your kid to use your camera because it is expensive and he/she is likely to break it? Check this out–Fisher Price has a fully functional digital camera for kids.
It is SO fun! Zane just runs around taking pictures on his camera, and when it is full (about 60 pics or so), I upload them to my laptop. You can also use a memory card, but that’s a bit of a pain since it’s behind screws. We get a lot of pics of his feet and some other really funny stuff, but he’s getting the hang of it more and more. Some of my favorites are the ones where Kevin is crouching down specifically so he gets in Zane’s shot the way he has it set up. So cute. Here are some of his photos:
Not the best quality, but still pretty fun. Keep an eye out for more photos by Zane. (Or sometimes we just use his camera. Ha.)
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Well, we’ve had the idyllic porch for a year and I FINALLY got some hanging flower baskets for it. Ahhhhh. It’s very nice. Check out my fuschia:
Here’s the front view:
We also got jasmine, which we’ve wanted for-like-EVER. I think it is more prevalent in the West than the midwest. We plan to fill the yard with jasmine and honeysuckle. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Nice to smell ya.
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As he does every morning, Zane asked for a “snack and a drink”. So, I got him a sensible snack of milk and a breakfast bar. He asked me for goldfish and cheezits. He always asks for that. Or bar-ga-cue chips. I try to avoid those snacks in the morning. I told him he needed to eat his breakfast bar and then maybe later. He didn’t like that answer. Here is Mommy’s snack for Zane:
Then, I went to the bathroom, leaving him with Kevin, who, in his defense, had been out smoking or something when this conversation with Zane happened. When I returned, THIS is what Zane had:
Oh Sagges.
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