Monthly Archives: November 2008

Mommy, We Gotta get a Tree!

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Imagine, if you please, that statement coming from a five year old with a deep voice. My son has insisted since early November that it was time for Christmas and we needed to get a tree. Going into any stores after Halloween, shoot, before Halloween ruins it for kids because of all the commercialism. I told him, no tree until after Thanksgiving. Period.

So, naturally after attending the tree lighting downtown, he turns to me and says, “Mommy, we gotta get a tree. It’s Christmas.” While I know the holidays have become a lot more impersonal and focused around buying and spending, I have worked hard to not have my kids forget the reason for the season. Having traditions not focused around gimme, gimme, gimme makes for well-rounded little people. In addition to going downtown for the treelighting, we also stopped to see the train display. This year was the first one where we actually made it in the building and were able to see the trains up close.
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This is also the start of the carriage rides. We tried to do that last year, but it cost entirely too much to ride behind a smelly horse!
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It was a nice evening and the weather was just about right for a November evening. So, like my little man said, it is Christmas time and I guess we had better get that tree or I will never hear the end of it.

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Blur as Art

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This weekend, my family and I went downtown for the tree lighting ceremony. While shooting the holiday scenes around me, I remembered I had an interesting image from last year of the lights all blurred in my shot. This year, I intentionally looked for opportunities to blur my image and let the lights become the art. My challenge to you is to find the perfect imperfection in your blurry images. Purposely blur your image and see what you come up with. Happy shooting!

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Happy Thanksgiving

My middle child comes up to me about an hour ago and says she wants to read something to me. This was her message.
HappyThanksgiving

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24 is back!

It took me about a year to catch up on all the episodes of 24. Now, it is back and I could not be more thrilled. Jack Bauer has to be one of the most tragic characters I have ever had the pleasure of watching season after season. That is how you know TV is good, it makes you feel something.

If you are not hip to 24, get hip. Do it…do it now! http://www.fox.com/24/redemption/

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5 Fab Faves

From now on, I will be sharing some of my favorite finds. I can not see keeping them to myself when sharing is so much fun.

Jen Lemen’s Trust Cards Words of wisdom from a wise woman.

Kris’ Chaos in Translation I met her at BlogHer and her writing always makes me laugh or think.

Laura’s Dolce Pics If you are a photography junkie, this is the place for you. She offers great techniques and photo information about each of her images.

Mrs.O This blog is all about the soon-to-be First Lady and her fashions.

Jennae’s Green Your Decor I can not say enough about the great information she shares about going green at home.

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