Saturday, July 11, 2009
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
The "King" On His Porch Throne
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Rainy Start
It's a rainy start to my day, which I don't mind too much, considering I have the start of a "summer cold" - lots of sinus junk going on. Looks like it should be clearing in about an hour or so, so I'm sure I'll still be working today.
Things are pretty much back to "normal" in our house after all the travels for Laurie and the kids. One week of normality then it's off to northern Wisconsin for a few days of relaxation.
I'm burning a CD of a photo shoot I did a couple weeks ago... It was an instructional shoot with a local photographer who is giving some of her time to share her knowledge with me... I LOVE IT!!! I'm trying to soak in as much information that I can... This 43 year old brain doesn't pull it in as fast as it use to :-)
The photos from the shoot turned out beautiful... I'm hoping to share a sampling of them on my blog in the next couple of days (have to get the ok first).
Work is... work right now. It saddens me that my "hobby" business has, after seven years, turned into "work." Gardening, plants, flowers, etc. is still a passion of mine, but... The "job" part of it has definitely become work. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy it, but... Over the last couple of years my view of my business has changed a lot... It's now much less a "hobby I make a living from" and much more of... Well, more of just a "job."
Speaking of work... I need to get ready and head out the door. Time is money, and since I'm gone all next week I need to get a lot done this week.
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Things are pretty much back to "normal" in our house after all the travels for Laurie and the kids. One week of normality then it's off to northern Wisconsin for a few days of relaxation.
I'm burning a CD of a photo shoot I did a couple weeks ago... It was an instructional shoot with a local photographer who is giving some of her time to share her knowledge with me... I LOVE IT!!! I'm trying to soak in as much information that I can... This 43 year old brain doesn't pull it in as fast as it use to :-)
The photos from the shoot turned out beautiful... I'm hoping to share a sampling of them on my blog in the next couple of days (have to get the ok first).
Work is... work right now. It saddens me that my "hobby" business has, after seven years, turned into "work." Gardening, plants, flowers, etc. is still a passion of mine, but... The "job" part of it has definitely become work. Don't get me wrong, I still enjoy it, but... Over the last couple of years my view of my business has changed a lot... It's now much less a "hobby I make a living from" and much more of... Well, more of just a "job."
Speaking of work... I need to get ready and head out the door. Time is money, and since I'm gone all next week I need to get a lot done this week.
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Monday, July 06, 2009
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Scaredy "Cat"
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Saturday, July 04, 2009
Dog Daze of Summer
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4th Laziness
Slept in until 9 this morning... That was sweet :-) Then watched the Wimbledon women's final between Serena and Venus. Laurie and I were both for Serena this time... Just because she's won less at Wimbledon.
Now I'm in one of my favorite spots... Sitting on our front porch with my iPod on shuffle blasting thru my iHome and drinking coffee that Laurie brought back from Morocco in a coffee cup from a Madrid Starbucks :-) Gotta love world travel!
It's been raining for at least a couple hours... Just a nice steady rain that won't bother me on the porch. SO glad I watered last night using my new above ground irrigation :-) Remember... ONLY water in the morning (Do as I say, NOT as I do)
We have a 4th of July party to attend this afternoon at 2 o'clock - knowing this group that's gathering, rain won't stop us... Sounds like it's suppose to clear anyway (crossing my fingers).
I couldn't believe it yesterday when I looked at the forecast for today... 68!!! That was on weather.com... On accuweather.com it predicted 76. But, whichever it ends up... That's chilly for the 4th!!! I don't want to have to wear jeans and a sweatshirt on the 4th! We don't live in Canada!
Ok, time to do some reading... My parents supplied me with some recent National Geographics... Yeah, I'm a geek :-) I read them cover to cover... LOVE IT!!! Yes, now you know the "private Mark."
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Now I'm in one of my favorite spots... Sitting on our front porch with my iPod on shuffle blasting thru my iHome and drinking coffee that Laurie brought back from Morocco in a coffee cup from a Madrid Starbucks :-) Gotta love world travel!
It's been raining for at least a couple hours... Just a nice steady rain that won't bother me on the porch. SO glad I watered last night using my new above ground irrigation :-) Remember... ONLY water in the morning (Do as I say, NOT as I do)
We have a 4th of July party to attend this afternoon at 2 o'clock - knowing this group that's gathering, rain won't stop us... Sounds like it's suppose to clear anyway (crossing my fingers).
I couldn't believe it yesterday when I looked at the forecast for today... 68!!! That was on weather.com... On accuweather.com it predicted 76. But, whichever it ends up... That's chilly for the 4th!!! I don't want to have to wear jeans and a sweatshirt on the 4th! We don't live in Canada!
Ok, time to do some reading... My parents supplied me with some recent National Geographics... Yeah, I'm a geek :-) I read them cover to cover... LOVE IT!!! Yes, now you know the "private Mark."
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Thursday, July 02, 2009
Family Photo
Here's a photo taken of our family right before Laurie left on her mission trip to Morocco. Everyone is home again... Laurie is settling back into American culture (and laundry and cleaning and picking up around the house) and the kids are coming back down from cloud nine after visiting each set of grandparents and seeing a lot of I-74 from eastern to western Illinois.
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
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