I'm horrible at daily life lately...

I'm really not a scheduled type person. I don't ever plan to be, nor do I want to be. That said, the only constant in my life lately is exercise. This is a good thing, really. Everything else in my life is put on hold it seems. Just when I think I'm getting caught up something else happens. It has all been good things until yesterday though. My dad, my grandpa and my uncle came over for dinner, my mother and father in law did as well. That went very well. It was seriously the first time our fathers have met and we have been married almost ten years!!! That's not the bad part though. Shortly after my dad had left, he called very upset. His auntie passed away. Granted, she was very ill and in the hospital for 20+ days, it was still very emotional for him. I didn't grow up close to his side of the family, not that it matters, but it did make me feel very sad for him. His auntie actually did a good portion of raising him as a child. They were extremely close. It's always so hard to hear my dad so upset, it has only happened maybe three times I can vividly remember.

Other than that things have been going quite well. The cubs are right smack dab in the middle of a basketball tournament. It's so fun watching them play. Both have gotten increasingly better with time since last year. I really should be getting to bed, I have to get up in 5 1/2 hours. So quickly I'll say... Cub4 has tooth #3 (top tooth now.) He's busy trying to take off up the stairs~ YIKES!!!! He can stand for a few seconds at a time, pulls himself up, but still not interested in "normal" crawling. He's improvised and does his own thing. He's a little too mobile for his own good, he's scary!!! Anyway, I'm off to sleep.

Quick few lines here...

Art show was great!!!! We should be getting new flooring because of it, so that's pretty exciting!!! Yay!!! We are just not carpet people. LOL Embarassing to admit, but it's true. We've only had our carpet for 2 years and it looks like it's been through some rough times.

Tomorrow we should be moving our bedroom back upstairs. Everyone's been sick the last couple days including myself, so things have been on hold. I did wind up finishing up proofing the baby shower from a couple weeks ago though. FINALLY!

Our current room will be used as a studio/workspace, so that's exciting!! Then to figure out my lights.... hope that doesn't take long.

More from my busy life...

It's been pretty hectic and I swear it has to be on the verge of slowing down here sometime!!!!

Print #4 is commmmmplete!!! It's the first with hubby's signature feather burned onto the print itself. It turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. I figured this is good as spot as any to keep track of when these prints were "hatched."

Cub#4 has two teeth now, don't know if I already blogged that or not, but he is soooooo great at letting me brush them. Man this kid is awesome!!!

I also bought a bunch of new toys. I'm just waiting on a few more then I can really play! Hubby told me for early Christmas to go ahead and order those "bees." So I'm just waiting on my softliter and then I can play. YAY!!!

I still haven't printed a Christmas Card this year, oh no!!! I really hope people don't get the idea I've crossed them off of my list LOL.

What else is happening~ For New Years I have been commissioned to take pictures at the local casino, prom style :oP So that ought to be interesting. I've also taken some shots for some company through my brother, it was nothing big, but a part for his quad and they will be using the shots for marketing purposes :o) I finished my friend's order for 2 photo blankets too. I really doubt they will be here in time for Christmas though. That sucks. This same friend also announced her engagement a few days back, guess hubby and I will shoot her wedding too. Like I said, busy life!!!

One mildly interesting inquiry had me grinning though. Someone had seen all the pictures I have been taking lately and asked if I photographed people at all. She was asking hubby, I wasn't there yet. Anyway, she was saying how backlogged she gets with requests for her photography and asked if I would be willing to travel around the US to take pics. LOL That would be interesting. I really don't know if anything will seriously come of it, but that sounded like fun :oP

We have another art show this weekend, so hopefully it will be as successful as the last few. Hubby is trying to get one more print done before then so we have to head out of here soon!!!

When life slows down...

I'll wonder what to do with myself. I took pictures at a baby shower on Saturday, still not done proofing them. It was just a favor for my sis, but still, I don't want pictures floating around there with people knowing I took them. That's another thing!!! I took pics for my friend, I actually had to reshoot. Man, oh man that sucked. Not the photoshoot itself, but the lighting in her house wasn't that good at all. It's ridiculous. I took the pics, put together a collage so she can get 2 photo blankets made from a company on ebay. Unfortunately, they are sending her a kit, that she can send the pic into the company or upload it to their website. Oh please!!! I know we wound up cutting it really close, but wow I really wish we would have bookmarked the company which promised delivery by Christmas if ordered by Dec. 5th. Oh well, it should all work out, sooner or later.

I'm still busy digitizing more of hubby's paintings and he's busy filling orders for the business, it has been doing quite well for itself the last few weeks. I know it's just the holidays, but it's enough to make these holidays happy.

I'm still trying to figure out my dang printer too. I just bought an Epson 2200 printer which can print up to 13 inches wide. It's huge and the ink is supposed to last 100+ years on paper :o) That's fine and dandy and all, but what good does it do me if my pictures look terrible?!?! I'm confused on whether it's my monitor, the printer, the picture, the software, all of them, none of them or just the combination!!!! Ugh!!! I really hoped it would just be a simple hook it up and go, but apparently that's too simple of a wish. The good thing is, I'm learning a lot about the printer, just not the right stuff, I guess.

Tiring, tiring, tiring...

but in a good way. Print #3, put a done sticker on that one!!! Yay!!!!

We had our first snow Thursday. It was gorgeous!!! It's pretty well melted now, but it was great. The kiddos got early release due to the snow, but Friday came along and nada, school as usual.

Cub#4's second tooth is finally making way. He's absolutely wonderful at letting me brush them~ what a great kid :o)