My Rock

Ever had a root canal? No? I don't recommend it. Yes? You have my sympathy.

I had a root canal last night...it was a repeat root canal on a tooth that had already been done a few years ago, but had developed an infection. Not fun!

Scott met me at the dentist and sat with me through the ENTIRE procedure, because he knew how much I dreaded it after the last experience.

As I explained it to the dentist, "I have given birth three times, once by c-section, and the root canal was WORSE!"

But he sat there and let me squash his hand whenever I felt pain (and yes, I felt it even with the numbing) and didn't even make a peep...and I KNOW I was squashing pretty hard.

Then, he brought me home, made sure I was comfy, made me some tea and just sat with me. When I decided to go to bed (waited till I could take another ibuprofen tablet), he even came to bed and held me till I fell asleep.

This man makes me feel like the luckiest girl in the world...I am SO blessed to be able to call him mine!

Just Because...

This is the one I was telling you about...it was stuck in the CF card. GOT IT OUT - WOOT!


Pics are from flowers that Scott brought home...just because. Is he not the sweetest man ever? Yep! He is...and he's ALL MINE! You can't have him...

Sick Kids Radiothon

FINALLY a Radiothon Layout! Done for a challenge over at JessicaSprague.com

I have another one too...but it's stuck on a CF card right now...

The one I told you about...

This is the one I was telling you about...the first one I created after getting off the roller coaster. Nothing digital about this one. It's ALL paper! I did do a bit of photo editing (tweaking), but that's about it.

So, lucky you...you get to gaze upon my handsome DH today!

Assignment 1B - Second Attempt (the real deal) - Nothing but Net

Now THIS is what I was supposed to be doing...compound mask, brush and title, semi-transparent journaling block...


I even added the blended photo as a background (learned that in the last class of Now We're Rockin') and used it on this layout too. Check it out...it's in the bottom left hand corner.

And...I went looking on the net and found that awesome pic of the basketball net in the top right hand corner on which I lowered the opacity and feathered the left and bottom edges to make it look like it was part of the paper!

So, lucky you! You get two posts in one day!

Now, I'm off to start on a quote book Jessica assigned yesterday so that I can get that done before she throws ANOTHER assignment at us tomorrow - YIKES! (but secretly loving every minute of it!)

Assignment 1B

...or y'know...NOT!

I thought I was doing well with this one, but didn't follow all the directions we were given, so I need to go back to the drawing board. Maybe I'll use the cute pics I took or my friend's little man yesterday...

Here's the layout I completed yesterday...not in line with the assignment, but I like it...simple, but gets the message across...


Thanks for stopping in today! Have yourself a stellar weekend!

It's all about f/stop!

So...just because taking Digi in Deep over at JessicaSprague.com wasn't enough, I decided to hop on board with an informal photography class too. I mean...what the heck! It's not like I need to sleep, right???

Our first lesson was all about shooting in Aperture Priority mode. This is where you change the f/stop and let the camera take care of the rest.

Well! I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself, but there you have it:
And I FINALLY figured out a way to remember! Big f/stop (higher number) = big focus (more in focus) - WOOT!

As you can see above, the lower the f/stop (in this case 4.5) the less is in focus (only the coffee cup right in front of the lens) and the higher the f/stop (in this case 29) the more is in focus (the display with the flyers, the tree off to the right).

Now, I wouldn't recommend trying this with a child...especially in the higher f/stop, because the higher the f/stop the slower the shutter speed. And I wouldn't recommend trying it unless you have a VERY steady hand, something hard on which to rest the camera (I put it right on the table) or a tripod. Again, the higher the f/stop, the longer the shutter needs to stay open to let in the appropriate amount of light.

Go out an try it! It works just the same with a regular SLR as it does with a DSLR and I understand some of the higher end digital point and shoots will let you take pictures in Aperture Priority mode. If you do decide to try it out, come on back here and let me know! I'd love to see your results!

Thanks for stopping by today and happy shooting!