Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photos. Show all posts

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Looking @ The Sky on Friday

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When I woke up on Tuesday morning as I was making my coffee, I glanced out of the kitchen window. Much to my amazement, the sky was all aglow in colors of purple and pink. The sun was rising and I was lucky enough to be able to capture it to share with you. Although this photo (and the many others I snapped) did NOT do justice to this beautiful sky, I hope you can enjoy it for a minute as I did. The colors in the sky were so astonishing.  It was such an inspirational moment for me. The sky is ever changing and so mesmerizing. Since today is the first day of the year, I am reflecting on the last year and realizing how lucky I am. Of course there are lots of things I want to change, resolutions if you will. I will work on them this year and hopefully succeed. Here's to wishing you and yours a very prosperous and healthy new year. Happy New Year to you all. May this year bring us another year of beautiful skies and new friends to play along.
  • For information on Looking at the Sky on Friday, including graphics click here.
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Family Portraits

On Sunday we spent the afternoon with Tyler's pre-school teacher who also happens to be an amazing photographer. She was very patient and gave us her undivided attention for 4 hours. She gave us over 300 images to choose from. These are just a few of my favorites.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Ruby Tuesday

This photo was shot on the top floor of the Bass Pro Shop we visited while in Shreveport, Louisiana this weekend. We had the pleasure of doing some shopping over at The Boardwalk. Our first stop was Joe's Crab Shack, where the waiter gave me crabs. (See a few posts below for explanation.) For more Ruby Tuesday photos, click the badge below to visit Mary.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Wait 'till she sees what's in my diaper!

My 99th
Wednesday
Previously Speechless ~ More WW

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Ruby Tuesday


This was the scene at my office yesterday afternoon. While their mommy was catching up on Facebook, Twitter, & Blogging working very hard on important office work, term insurance comparisons and such they were snoozing their little hearts out. I didn't have my camera with me, so I used my cell phone. I am using this for my Ruby Tuesday photo because the chair that is holding the DVD player that put them to sleep is red. There is also red on the head of the turkey decoy Shelby propped up under her Kindergarten nap mat to use for a pillow.

In other news, Emily (who is now 8.5 months old) has finally cut her first tooth. I am not sure which one it was because like her sister and brother before her, she cut two in at the same time. Now we're just waiting for the ear infection that usually follows. I was just getting used to sleeping the whole night through (well, mostly) and now here comes the teething monster. She is also crawling about now pretty well. It is simply amazing to me to see this little baby growing into such a big girl. It seems like only yesterday Tyler was trying to unscrew my belly button with a screwdriver to get his baby sister out...Good times, I tell ya...good times!

Shelby is officially a first grader now. She's been promoted from Kindergarten to the 1st grade. She is out of school for the summer. We've not made any big plans thus far, but we're all excited that we're going to have a visitor in a couple of weeks. My baby sister, Jeannene is coming to spend a couple of weeks with us in June. We can't wait for her to get here. We're looking forward to a fun filled summer.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Photofiddle - Funny Name, Great Idea

What is Photofiddle? It is the only website that allows the user to instantly transform their uploaded digital photos into various styles of art. The style, size, and design are as unique as your photos. As a Photofiddle customer, you can choose canvas or art prints, framed or unframed. The quality of this artwork is nothing short of amazing. The Photofiddle website is unique tool for transforming any picture into art with over 50 different style choices. From oil painting to modern art, pencil sketches to photo collages, you are sure to find something to choose from with this one of a kind service.

The stretched canvas pictured here contains the snapshot that all of my family and most of our close friends received as a Christmas card in 2008. The small photo under the canvas is the original photo. You can see the contrast from the oil painted canvas. Every detail that is in the digital image has been brought to life with vivid color and awesome texture and stretched on a canvas. I was so excited when I received this product because surpassed my expectations by a long shot. Anyone who has read my blog, or even took a quick look around probably knows that I love to take photographs. I have hundreds of images that are still sitting in limbo waiting to be printed, so Photofiddle is a dream come true for this proud mommy!

This Mother's Day, if you are looking for a mother's day gift, I would strongly urge you to click this link, take a look around and try it out for yourself. Upload a photo, play around with it. You're going to want to do this because


I am giving away a $50 gift certificate
to one of my lucky readers!



Winning is easy
. Follow these simple steps and you're well on your way to making someone (possibly yourself) very happy this Mother's day:
  • Click over to the Photofiddle website.
  • Take a look at the design choices.
  • Come back here and leave a comment letting me know which is your favorite.
It's that simple! Here are a few things to remember:
  • This contest will end Sunday, May 3 at 12:00AM CST, USA.
  • I will choose a winner at random via comments.
  • The winner will be notified via e-mail. If no valid e-mail address is available an alternate will be chosen at random.
  • You may receive extra one extra entry for each of the following: Following CrAzY Working Mom via Twitter, Twittering a link to this post, Following CWM via Google (by using the widget in the left hand sidebar), Following CWM via Facebook, adding a link to this post on your Facebook Profile {if you already follow me via any of the methods mentioned above then you are eligible for extra entries by default - just be sure and leave a comment letting me know}, blogging about this post, posting the CrAzY Working Mom badge in your sidebar, or adding CrAzY Working Mom to your blogroll. Please note that for each extra entry you choose to take advantage of leave an additional comment. I will choose a random winner by assigning each comment a number. Please leave a valid e-mail address so that you can be notified should you be the chosen winner. If you tweet or blog about this contest, please leave me a link to the post.
Since there will only be one gift certificate given away, I have been given a special code for the readers of CrAzY Working Mom so that you can take advantage of this awesome service at a discounted price. The code mom15 just needs to be entered on the shopping cart page in the promotion code box and click apply then you'll receive a 15% discount on your final purchase!

Good luck to each and every one of you!!

THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Wordless Wednesday - A Rainy Easter

My 96th
Wednesday
Previously Speechless ~ WW Headquarters

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Ruby Tuesday - The Buzz

I put up a hummingbird feeder Saturday. So far I've seen two different hummingbirds stop by for a drink. Since I was preggers last year I didn't put forth the time or energy to put one up, so it may take them a while to come around. I have decided that I could sit for hours out there with my Canon in firing position waiting for the "perfect shot". It's not easy to get a perfect shot of those little devils either. They are quite fast. These are a few of the early shots, hopefully with a little more experience I will be shooting them with a little more ease. If you would like to see more wonderful Ruby Tuesday photography, click the badge below the collage to take you to Ms Mary, our wonderful host. I think you'll like what you see! Now, I'm off to change some light bulbs. Why in the world is it that when one goes out, they all do?! I changed one in the kitchen yesterday and now the other is out. Grrrrr...

You can click the image to see a larger version.

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Wordless Wednesday - A Face Only A Mother...

My 95th
Wednesday
Previously Speechless ~ WW Headquarters

Monday, April 06, 2009

Manic Monday - Trip

We took a trip to the Little Rock Zoo Saturday. We had a fabulous time and I got some awesome pictures. I've uploaded some photos to my Flickr account, as well as my Facebook account. If you want to see the Flickr photos, you can click the box to the right with ever changing photos and it will take you there. To get to my Facebook account, just click the picture and off you go:

Happy manic Monday to all of my friends.

Monday, March 09, 2009

Manic Monday - Full


A Net Full of Fish

Okay, it's not full, but we caught our limit. We couldn't have put anymore in it legally. We spent the weekend in Mountain View, Arkansas. It was beautiful. The weather was a bit windy, but overall it was nice. We had a wonderful time! Yes, Tyler wore his cowboy boots in the boat. I could not get him to put on crocks. Yes, they are still wet! *LOL* More photos and details to come. I've got to get the kids up and ready for school. This time change is kicking my butt already! Happy Manic Monday, my fellow minions.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Ruby Tuesday - A Letter To The Postman

Dear Mr Postman,

I received a piece of mail today, three days later than I had expected it. You probably knew that, though didn't you?! I have a sneaky suspicion that you might have kept it in your mail truck over the weekend to entertain yourself. You see, I subscribed to Netflix because I love the convenience of getting online, clicking on the movies I would love to enjoy, and then waiting for you to deliver them to me. I was expecting two movies to arrive in my box last week, instead only one arrived and sat all alone on the tv stand and the other...well, it arrived just a bit late. Mr Postman, I hope that my popcorn of the month arrives next week in a timely manner and unpopped as I like to indulge in popcorn while I enjoy a good movie.

Next time if you would like to take home my mail for the weekend, feel free to grab a bill or hubby's Cabella's Magazine. I won't tell him what happened to it, I promise.

Thank you for your dedication (ya know the rain, sleet, or snow thing),
Your friendly neighborhood Netflix Customer

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Ruby Tuesday - V-Day



Shelby at her Kindergarten Valentine's Day birthday party on Friday.
There was a sea of RED all over the classroom.

Sunday, February 08, 2009

The Weekend in a Nutshell

Friday afternoon hubby and I planned an impromptu camping trip with the kiddos. He has a deer camp in Cave City. It's a beautiful place and there's lots of woods to ride around in on the four wheeler. Our camper is still there, so we decided to just go home from the office, pack up a few things and spend the night. My wonderful MIL graciously agreed to keep Emily for us so that we could enjoy some time with the older two. Oscar (the wiener dog) tagged along as well. The weather was supposed to be warm this weekend so we thought it'd be the perfect opportunity to head out. What we didn't realize was that the ice storm that hit the state two weeks ago had crippled this city.

We built a fire when we got there and the kids had fun roasting some hot dogs and marshmallows. Brien got some strawberry marshmallows. I did not know they made such. They were really yummy! Shelby and Oscar slept in the back of the camper in the bottom bunk while Tyler curled up in between Brien and myself in the itty-bitty full sized bed. Before the night was over, I ended up on the couch bed. Even the King sized bed at home isn't big enough for the three of us because this child likes to sleep sideways!

Brien woke up bright and early in the tradition of being at "deer camp" I suppose. He got dressed and went to look around. He came back and reported that he had seen nothing. By this time Tyler had woke up and was very disappointed that his daddy had went hunting without him. We couldn't make him understand that it was not hunting season and he could not hunt anything. When he got dressed we went out exploring. I took my weapon of choice, my Cannon Rebel. I had fun shooting all kinds of things. I didn't kill anything, though. I did get some great photos for Looking at the Sky on Friday for the next few weeks. I also got some shots of Oscar barking at cows, like the one below in the Camera Critters meme.

Brien made us some breakfast and we headed out on the four wheeler exploring. As I mentioned before there was a bad ice storm a couple of weeks ago and there were lots of trees down making our explorations a bit difficult. We managed, though and we all had a great time getting out in the woods. The temperatures were in the high 60s and there was still ice in the woods, so that tells you how thick that the ice must have been at one point in time.

We had a lovely time and it was nice to get away even if it was only for 24 hours. Here are a few more photos I took while we were there, if you're so inclined. I've put them in a scroll box to take up less room. To see more photos, you can click over to my Flickr account here.


Shelby in the deer stand.

Tyler in the deer stand.

Deer tracks

Sitting around the camp fire
Shelby & Oscar on the Wheeler


Keeping warm by the fire


The Throne

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Looking at the Sky on Friday

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