Are You Kidding Me?

Dec 8th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 2

I woke up this morning to about 1/2 inch of snow on the ground. I can still see parts of my grass. The driveway was covered, but parts of the road was still visible. You know what I did? I left a few minutes earlier than I usually do, and I drove a little slower. [...]

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What’s Cooking This Week

Dec 7th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

Here are items that I grabbed for cooking this week. We will see how it pans out. Tonight: Pad Thai. Sometime this week: a pork roast, probably with an apricot & ginger marinade and chicken fingers, Mac’s favorite. I also picked up a standing rib roast. ‘m going to learn how to cook one properly. [...]

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Finally, some photos!

Dec 6th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

James – Christmas 2009 I focused my energy on the photography room the end of last week. Except for the photography equipment, which is cluttered due to a lack of any storage devices to keep it neat and organized, I got the place cleared out. On Saturday, Mac and I changed the backdrop from black [...]

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Jay Christmas 2009 Portrait

Dec 6th, 2009 // In: Jay, People, Photos // By: // Comments 0

Jay Christmas

Jay’s Christmas session — Yeah, I saturated his blue eyes. I love them. This is a butterfly lighting set-up with a 5-in-1 and AB800 on I totally forget the power level. I’m going to start marking this stuff down now that I have a desktop in the studio now.

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Organization

Dec 4th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 1

I hate thinking of titles. I use the plastic Itso storage containers in the kids playroom to organize their stuff. They work great when the kids actually put toys in them. A friend gifted me some extra small storage trays that I was going to use downstairs for more toy and craft storage with the [...]

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What’s Cooking – Lately

Dec 3rd, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

I wasn’t feeling like putting a lot of effort into cooking since we got back from the four Thanksgiving Dinner Tour. I made sloppy joes w/ queso. I made Mexican casserole, which I’m sure the likes of Rick Bayless would question me on what parallel universe I live in that has food like that in [...]

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Ada’s first bigger Love and Logic lesson

Dec 2nd, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

I’ve been reading even more on Love and Logic which is the method that is used at Raintree. I want to fully use it at home. It is a change in thinking than how I was raised–sort of–and it is very easy to revert to that “I Don’t Want To Tell You Again” behavior. Yeah, [...]

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That was fast

Dec 1st, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

About 15 minutes ago, the reality that today is the first day of December sunk in. It seems like it was yesterday when Ada was constantly talking about her Halloween costume, and she started doing that in August. Here are three more things: Ada made me a crown today in school. I’m about to go [...]

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