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lilo cheered me up. i'm super annoyed today. i had a photo session scheduled for 2 pm. and she didn't show up. i sat around until 3:30 pm. this is the same person that was supposed to have them taken of her kids on thursday and i re-scheduled for today. i have a life too and if you can't make it, at least frickin' call me.
katrena and i at the sock hop (i don't know what's over her eye in this picture)busy, busy day! and i loved it.i had a senior picture session and the girl takes amazing pictures. she's just a natural and i know that most picture sessions won't be that easy. anyway, i hope she's happy. then i had to get ready for the "sock hop." i wore a black poodle skirt, a lavender shirt with a white button top and a purple scarf around my neck. i also wore saddle shoes that my mom and i painted, bobby socks and did my hair in a high pony tail with my curls. and last but not least pink lip stick, pink blush and black eye liner. i had so much fun taking pictures and dancing. richie lee, is a 50's singer impersonator and he does a fabulous job! we got done around 10:30 pm and i had to go home and edit pictures and upload them. i didn't get to bed till around 2 am. tomorrow is going to be tough because i have another photo session. i sure hope i can handle this.more tomorrow...
i spent most of the day cleaning, really deep cleaning for spring. then i helped the mentoring coordinator decorate for the sock hop tomorrow. everything is turning out really well. the kids should have a good time and the adults too!then, i got home and watched desperately seeking susan. it's a pretty good movie, it has madonna in it and it's from the 80's. then i went to bed.more tomorrow...
the movie i watched .well, i thought i was going to have a productive day. but instead i spent four hours in the tax office waiting to see our lady. they don't take appointments and you just have to wait your turn. after four hours i was getting super annoyed and then i find out that you can leave them and come back and sign them in a few days! arrggghhh. i was crabby. i watched some stupid movies that i got from netflix's. at least i'm keeping up my habit of stupid movies. blah. more tomorrow...
here is what i created with some fake moss, flowers and greenery. it'll look perfect with a little girl is a fairy costume!i went to council bluffs today and got some flower props at hobby lobby. they were having sales on the flowers and greenery, so that was even better! when i got home i created a fairy scene for a photo shoot that i though i had for thursday. matt got home and told me the guys girlfriend couldn't/didn't want to do it thursday and said that sunday at 2 pm would be perfect for them. so, i guess i'll do it sunday. more tomorrow...
i almost woke up late today! i was having weird dreams and in my dream i was already awake getting ready for work. then lilo started barking at a damn dog and woke me up. thanks lilo!work was normal.there was no bible study tonight because the leader is sick. i wouldn't have been able to go anyway...i went to pastor bob's visitation. my prayers go out to his family. i can't imagine how tough that has to be for them.more tomorrow...
i'm sad, i'm relieved, i'm remembering good times, i'm shocked. pastor bob passed away last night.
i remember he was our substitute bus driver when i was little and then when i got older i would tan at his business. then, i really got to enjoy time with him over the last 3 summers during vacation bible school. the kids loved him and he loved the kids. we would have such a good time with the pre-school group. he would act like a kid to when it came to water day and he would bring in his water slide. hahaha. good memories of water day!
i'm not a member of the christian church but i'm glad that i went to a few services. during service you got such a joyful feeling listening him spread the word and singing and smiling. i will truly miss pastor bob and cherish the memories i have of him.
today was a short day... i went to the sock hop practice, then atlantic to get a few prescription refills and then back home to do some vacuuming then bed. good night.more tomorrow...
picture of my garden tilled up goes "here"
today i finished the props for the sock hop, i made a car and a 50's couple. then i practiced a few poses and lighting effects outside with katrena.then later in the afternoon my parents helped me prepare my garden. it's so refreshing to clean up the garden, i mean...after you prep it, plant it and get the produce out of it and then to prep it again in the spring, it's such a good feeling knowing you planted everything and you can enjoy fresh veggies with no pesticides on them. i think this year i might make it a few feet bigger, i'll do a little bigger each year.after the garden clean-up was done i went back home and watched the fist disc of sex and the city. is it just me, am i the only girl in the world that doesn't care for the show? i've tried watching it for years and i guess i just don't get it. i figured it was because i didn't start watching it from the beginning, so i got the first season thru netflix's and i was so bored! i don't find it funny, or even enjoyable. blah. then i went to bed.more tomorrow...
picture of my reflector goes "here"pretty calm day today... i spent most of it in the studio practicing on the dummy and i must say i am making progress each time i practice and everything becomes a habit of checking the camera settings and focusing. i must say that i love it. i went to the post office and hooray! my reflector came! i am so excited to practice with it. then matt came home and we hung out and watched some tv and i got bored and went to bed.more tomorrow...
gosh, sometimes thoughts can ruin your whole day. once in a while i get to thinking what my life should be like... i've been married almost 3 1/2 years and we should have at least one child by now, but it reality we probably won't have children now. i should still be working as a graphic design in carroll...but i'm not and now i'm changing careers. i should be thinner...but a big thanks to medications they have totally f***** up my metabolism and i struggle to not gain weigh not to mention loss weight. i should be able to remember something someone tells me...but no more than 5 minutes later i've forgotten what they told me. i should be thankful i'm alive...but somedays it would hurt less if i wasn't. i should be thankful for the few friends and family that treat me normal...but sometimes i forget how hard that must be for them too. blah. it's just one of those days.
lilo ripping the stuffing out of a bear.
i woke up to find matt still in bed, he called in today. i know he's sick when he can't go to work because he's only called in maybe 3-4 times in the last 3 years. he slept all morning and i woke him up to eat some soup around 1. he finally got up at 2 and had soup then went back to sleep. i made cherry strip bars for the soup supper tonight. i'm so proud that they turned out. i remember i loved when we had those for lunch in high school and some of my friends didn't like them and would give theirs to me. i went to lent services and the soup supper and there was an amazing turn-out tonight. and tonight the camel told the story and i learned lots about the camel too. i went home and watched mama mia! the movie...not sure what i think of this movie yet. more tomorrow...
corned beef and cabbage that i had for the first time!
happy st. patrick's day today! mel and i had lunch at larsen's pub today, they were serving corned beef and cabbage and since i'd never had it before she insisted we go. i've always been skeptical of corned beef but i tried it and enjoyed it very much. then i practiced on a "dummy" in my studio for a bit and worked out some lighting kinks that i was struggling with. i went to bible study tonight and was out of it. i was so tired and had so much on my mind the entire night, i just couldn't get into it. there was a new girl close to my age there tonight, she was really nice and very knowledgeable of the chapter. i got home to find matt already sleeping. i went to give him a kiss and felt that he was sweating and the sheets, pillows and comforter were all wet with sweat. i woke him up and he said that he has what i had last week and it came upon him super fast like it did me. i hope he feels better tomorrow. more tomorrow...
work was usual.
matt and i made egg rolls! we work really good together at this... we start out frying the pork then added a bag of coleslaw, a bag of frozen peas, bean sprouts, lemon juice, soy sauce, a little pepper and sea salt all in a bowl. next matt warms up the oil in a pan while i start rolling them. i am the official stuffer and roller while he is the fryer. yum!
after dinner he helped me in the studio, i needed some wheels on a few stands. we got that done and enjoyed the nice evening outside before it cooled off.
then, matt let me cut his hair. i was excited...because i've only cut hair like 3 times in my life! he usually cuts his own hair but his shoulder was bothering him and he really wanted it cut. so i did. and i must say it wasn't bad for me cutting it...but it wasn't exactly good either. we got a few laughs out of it though.
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this is what happens when a spatula gets to close to heat...and i couldn't sleep in today either! but i made sure my pants didn't wake them up. instead i watched terrible infomercials. gag me. for lunch we went to IHOP. it was really good, i tried something new for once. but, our waitress sucked and she was rude. then when we got back to the apartment i decided i better leave for home. i got home and studied my pictures from friday and arranged some stuff in the studio. matt and i made egg rolls for dinner and i did some laundry then went to bed. more tomorrow...
this is the green horse we saw yesterday, i didn't take this picture but i found it on omaha's website. of course, i couldn't sleep in! then i woke becca up because she could here my pants. hahaha. anyways... we got up and ready to start the day going to different little shops. we started first with anthropology, which is a fun store and i love the style of it...they must have a wonderful marketing team. then we went to a few stores around there, just browsing. next we went to country side village, there we went to lots and lots of shops from a book store, to an art gallery, a bathroom/bedroom place, a few stationary shops, one of which becca works part-time at. then to a knitting shop, a pet boutique that was super cute...but it smelled like wet dog...yucky. we met nathan for lunch at big fred's pizzeria. yum, i was pleasantly surprised with the pizza nathan chose. it was simple but really good. next we went to a few shops downtown with the help of "bertha" the gps lady. we went to several places in the old market and becca asked me to take my camera around to get some random pictures for her, which i did. while we were in the old market we went to some awesome antiques shops, a garden shop, the park, and walked around and saw a green horse. it was green because of st. patrick's day. we decided to go back a little closer to her apartment and find a park. which we didn't do. instead we went to border's bookstore quickly then to juice stop. yum. yum. yum. it was so good and then i took random pictures of trees for her bathroom and we ended up by a lake (i can't remember the name of it! damn.) and drove around til she almost fell asleep. later we went to dinner at applebee's with nathan. and my sizzlin' apple pie wasn't sizzlin and i was kind of sad, sure it tastes the same but i need the effect! after some humor from nathan we went back to their apartment and watched shag! nathan was waiting for friends to pick him up and in the mean time, he watched it with us and didn't complain...because he liked it! then we feel asleep. wow, becca... it's no wonder why you were so tired, look what we did today and you drove! more tomorrow...
this is tim and he is posing while helping me perfect no shadows! he was great to work with. woot. woot. i'm super excited to be going to bezy studio in bellevue today! i feel better with the meds i have and i left around 7:45 to be in bellevue by 9 am. i wanted to give myself plenty of time incase i got lost. i got to his studio and we didn't waste any time. he critiqued my photos and then we worked on lighting and settings and some much stuff. he is such a nice guy and a really great teacher. i am forever thankful for the opportunity to soak up his knowledge. we finally got done around 7:30 pm. i didn't realize what time it was and becca was calling me because she thought i was lost or got into a wreck. i got to becca's and she had made dinner and it was so tasty! it's called crock-pot spaghetti (but she was in a hurray and baked it instead). we laid around and talked and watched the ending of friday night lights... which i had never seen before and now i'm going to get it on netflix's. then i met her boy when he came home and i was happy for her, or the the both of them. relationships are so hard and when you find someone that you can be your true self with is such a wonderful feeling. more tomorrow...
blah... i was so sick today that i did nothing but make a doctor's appointment, went with my dad to get my meds and then home to sleep more. by the way, i have a sinus infection...again. i just had this a month ago. blah...more tomorrow...
i woke up today feeling like i was getting sick, i took my vitamins and tylenol cold and sinus stuff. i did my to-do list and then took a short nap, then woke up feeling worse. the pressure of my sinuses was enough to make me cry.matt came home and took care of me and gave me soup and sprite and watched a little bill cobsy doing stand-up comedy, it was funny. then he left to help cose quickly and i went to the lent services with this week's being about the dove. good service.more tomorrow...
the cake i made.
work was as usual.
it's my turn to bring snacks to bible study and to lead. scary, i know! i decided to make a snack mix and then a raspberry ripple cake. i managed to make all this and peach tea plus go over bible study plans ahead of time so i would look like i knew what i was doing and talking about.
everything went well and we called it a night.
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blueberry cheesecake made by the one and only steffenie brown.
i was going to take mel out for lunch today but didn't because she wanted to go home and nap during lunch. so i went to steffenies and got her dessert instead. i got her a creme bru le and my self a slice of blueberry cheesecake that was indescribable. i went home and did nothing the rest of the night, but i did watch or rather listen to a little dancing with the stars! more tomorrow...
the little doggie!i thought i woke up in time for church but i didn't with the damn time change. i forgot to set the clocks last night.i went to my parents house today to work on the scrap book. i was distracted and was playing guitar hero on nintendo ds and my dad was looking out the window and he was stuttering trying to say the dog is by the shed and i threw down the ds and slipped on natasha's dress shoes, it was the only thing i could slip on fast and ran out the door and chased the dog into a shed and cornered it and grabbed the little stinker. whew! the doggie was found!then we worked on the scrap book for hours and i went home and cleaned, did a bit of laundry and watched tv with matt.more tomorrow...
a picture of katrena that i took yesterday.
happy birthday to my mom! it's my mom's 53rd birthday today. i woke up and went to a scrap booking sale with my mom. each month i go to a scrap book gathering in audubon at the memorial building and a lady would host it since she was a creative memories consultant. well, she decided to put it on hold for a bit and everything was 40% off and some stuff was 50% off. we went there and got some stuff for a good price. i took her home and found out my sisters dog was lost. we spent a few hours in a field and around the farm calling for her and we didn't find her. i felt bad. it got cold out too. the dog is a little chihuahua and i don't know how it could stay warm through the night. matt and i went home and watched a movie and i read a little. more tomorrow...
this is my dad moving a shed.happy birthday to mel! it's my boss's 30th birthday today. i called her around lunch to see if she wanted to do lunch and of course, indulge in a slice of cheesecake... but she was getting ready to leave for her son's usa state wrestling tournament. so, we made plans to on monday. so instead i went to bellevue today. i bought some stuff from a photographer that needed more room. i got some flames, a set of mushrooms for a fairy scene, a few fake straw bales that look real, some dress up fairy costumes, a few stands and a vase. he's going to mentor me too, i think next friday perhaps. i'm super excited he's been in business for 30 + years and is amazing. it's never boring at my parents house. my dad didn't want to build my mom a new chicken shed... so what does he do, he moves a shed and converts it into a chicken shed. this shed is like 45 years old and my dad hooks his baby tractor up to it and pulls it across the barn yard. hahaha! i love my parents and their craziness too. when i got home i borrowed trena and did a few fairy scenes and i think she enjoyed seeing the results too. i like it a lot. then i did some editing and called it a night. more tomorrow...
becca! come on now, what do i love about cats and dogs (besides their paws) ? i can see how you would guess ruth and leroy's chair... it's actually my bible cover/case thing that's brown and leather. but there is something on the brown leather. it's a cat whisker! true story... i was at bible study tuesday night and i must admit i was bored with the study and i looked down at my socks and noticed a white hair. and i thought crap, i brought a lilo hair attached to my sock on her new carpet. but then i thought, lilo's hairs are not that long and i pretended to itch my foot and picked up what i was hoping was a whisker and it was! i played with it in my finger the rest of the time and it soothed me. other readers, besides becca might not understand my love for whiskers. i simply love how they feel. it's almost therapeutic to me.that's my story for today, i didn't do much... just the usual... sleeping, eating, working in my studio.more tomorrow...
becca- do you know what this is? for any one that doesn't know i'll post what it is in my next blog. i went with my dad and mom to carroll today and we shopped a bit and then went to a thrift shop to look for props and i found a few. i even found 2 pampered chef stoneware baking dishes, one was $6 and the other was $7. score! when i got home i decided to go through more photography stuff and sort things, i even rearranged my studio so it's easier to work. i like it better too. my mom and i made banana bars for a funeral luncheon thingy tomorrow and then we went to the soup supper and lent service at the exira lutheran church. it was about a donkey named jennie. it was good. the end. more tomorrow...
my flyers.i made a few flyers after work to put up around exira, elk horn and audubon advertising my studio. i'm excited and scared at the same time. tuesday is bible study night and it feels so refreshing going. i drove and almost hit a deer. beth and lydia rode with me and we didn't see it because it blended in so well with the tan color of the ditch. i came to a complete stop while the girls were screaming. the damn thing just stood there. i guess the saying "like deer starring into headlights" is very true. i watched house hunters and then read a few chapters and fell asleep.
look at matt's hair!
today was a usual monday i worked and came home. matt and i went through old junk mail and worked on organizing things a bit. the bachelor was on tonight! matt actually watched it with me, with a bit of cometary thrown in... but it was good and i was very shocked with the outcome. i have liked molly from the beginning and everyone deserves happiness. i worked on a few designs for the girls track team and then went to sleep. more tomorrow...
black bean and mango salsa.
church today and then matt and i went to atlantic to run some errands and get some groceries. we got home and then did some work and cleaning in the basement. we're still on the "get rid of stuff" theme.
there was a 4-h meeting today at 5 pm. it went fine. then when i got home a made a new salsa recipe, black bean and mango salsa. it turned out pretty good. i usually don't follow recipes, i like to make it my own and since this recipe called for tabasco sauce and jalepeno, i opted to leave them out. oh, just in case you are at a store and are trying to find the mangos... they're are green, not orange in color like i thought. jeeperz, i felt like i was 5.
we watched some tv and called it a night.
more tomorrow...
i'm bummed that i'm not going to becca's this weekend. i need a weekend away from my life. i'm not going because i have issues with the weather. so instead i took dylan and katrena to a robots/rockets workshop for 4-H.
it was pretty cool, they got to build paper rockets and hook them up to a tank and launch them. they also got to put a robot together and make it do stuff.
we got some ice cream before heading home, i had my favorite... banana cream pie blizzard. YUM!
i took them home and went home myself. matt made another weird concoction for dinner. it was pretty good.
i worked on a slide show for the mentoring party that is coming up and then went to bed.
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lilo with her pretty bow that she got from the groomer since she was good.
lilo doggie got groomed today. now, some people think it is crazy that we take our dog to get groomed... but when you trim your dogs nails and you get it a little to short and suddenly they are bleeding all over the kitchen and the only thing you think to do is pour flour on to let it clot, it makes you not want to EVER do that again and we would rather pay $13 to let someone else give her a bath, clean her ears and butt and trim her nails. so, anyways... while she was getting groomed i went to templeman's in atlantic and browsed for some props. i found the perfect music paper that i have visioned and it was only 50 cents.
it got yucky outside and i don't think i'm going to make it to becca's this weekend.
i was tired all afternoon and didn't do much and i went to bed early.
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i love this dog.
sometimes i wish i had all of the answers to any thing i wanted. i'm not sure if i'm happy with the jen i am now or the jen i was three years ago. i like pieces of both and i want it both ways. life would be much easier that way. when i get down like this a weekend away to re-fresh my mind usually does me some good. i plan to go to becca's this weekend. i'm perfectly fine doing nothing with her, maybe watch a few movies or something. i just feel blah today. blah.
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this would be me with ashes on my head. see becca, catholics are not the only ones.
ah, i love sleeping in. and that's what i did today. lilo and i cuddled all morning and i don't feel guilty about wasting my morning.
i worked on my website today and am trying to make sure all of my links work. so far, so good.
my family and i went to ash wednesday service in hamlin tonight. i was glad i went too. the them this year is about animals and how they relate to lent. then after service we had coffee and then went home.
i watched a movie when i got home called penelope. it was super good. i recommend it.
then i went to bed,
more tomorrow...
