Tonight I did something I don’t do all that often…I opened my computer.Most everything I do these days seems to be done on my iphone, so seeing “large” fast images and web pages is a good thing.
I spent some time surfing the internet for polaroid film. I love the impossible project film but wanted to find out if I can use it in my Diana polaroid back…nope. To bad, THOUGH, while playing around researching film options I did come across a wonderful site that allows me to turn my jpegs into instant polaroids on my computer. YAY!! www.poladroid.com check it out if you like the polaroid look, have fun with it!
I have been running off and on for, should a dare say, almost 20 years! It surely doesn’t seem that long. My body screams it really has been that long…as I grabbed the bottle of Motrin before I headed outdoors this morning. Later this afternoon I’m sure it’ll be screaming for more when the first batch has worn off.
Now, as most of you who know me, know I’ve had to battled with my weight my entire life, I’m not a rock hard skinny mini. Shocking I know. Hehe.. I’m ok with that and have been for some time now. Along with my battle of weight, I’ve battled depression for just as long, not to mention blood sugar issues, sorry to disappoint those who thought I was ‘perfect’ …haha, just kidding. Anyway, the one thing that has always helped is EXERCISE. Almost everyday I’m up and the third thing I do is slip on my workout shoes. It’s not something I throughly enjoy doing, I like how I feel when the workout is complete but the act itself is questionable. It has become such a part of my life my girls wake up say “good morning” then ask “did u work out yet?” if I don’t already have my workout clothes on.
Why am I tell you this. Well we went out of town this weekend, I forgot my workout clothes. I felt like crap! I felt ugly. So this morning, I put on my shoes, took the girls out and ran 4miles. It felt so good…minus telling the girls to stop yelling at each other and get off the road. The feeling of the pounding on the pavement is different than riding a stationary bike, or swimming. It’s almost as if all the frustrating thing in life are pounded away with every step. The soreness in my knee is a reminder of the years spent going in circles, how far I’ve gone and how far I still have to go. A reminder of how much I need to exercise to maintain a health body and mind. It simply feels good to feel good, even if I feel bad.
Nope. I’m not going to say “get out there and start running. Exercise!” what works for me, works for me. We are all different people, have different needs and different motivations of why we do what we do. What I hope is you find out what motivates YOU to find what makes you feel happy.
Ps. I wrote the above this am and it’s now 3p and I need more Motrin.
i hear ya. i love to run but have been sidelined with an injury for almost 6 months now. each time i’m at PT and they ask me how I’m doing, I say “i’m getting larger and bitchier by the day.” it is purely mental for me. I really, really miss it….
This afternoon I finally transferred my hosting domain and semi-finished my new blog look. Some of you, if you’ve been following, know my blog crashed last summer and hasn’t been the same since. I was afraid to touch it because I was so ticked off at the situation of the how and why it crashed. Well, most people who know me, know I’m pretty hands on (some call it cheap, but whatever…;) ). My last blog template left me unable to change a lot or even update/delete images. IT WAS A MESS!!!
Now as I sit in my massage chair, I can breathe a slight sigh of relief. I still have a mess…spent 1.5hr on the phone with a wonderful man at Bluehost who attempted to help transfer my old post and make sure their site was capable of supporting my website templates, but at this point I don’t care I need the new blog. I loved bludomain and their templates are wonderful, but my cpanel is such a mess I feel like it’s a sinking ship. My old customized designed blog screwed everything up, and now it’s time to let it go. Yep, flushed that $$$$ down the drain. Live and learn.
What I am excited about, is where I want to take this new blog. There are a lot of photographers who use their business blog strictly for that…promoting, clients, sales, etc. This site is going to be more of an all encompssing expression of me and my artistic side. Many days I want to sit and write, create, photograph, whatever…but have no real place to display my mini masterpieces, haha. For example, a few weeks ago when I was started to redesign this blog I wanted to created a stop motion video header. It took a few weeks to find what I wanted to use, test, shoot, edit, try to convert the files etc…as you can see it’s not the header I imagined but it is complete.
[Hopefully, that shows up! I'm writing this post from my iPHONE! YAY!! I should work for apple, I love there products so much.]
So the video, was made up of many many individual images pieced together to create a video. I wanted it to represent life, a photo is only 1/60 at the most. While we cherish the memory of a photo, we have to remember the moments surrounding that one photo, make those moments the best life we can live and capture those.
I know as well as the next, life is NOT perfect, that’s ok. Those imperfect moments need to be remembered as much as the happy. Hearing someone talk in a monotone voice all the time causes one to become bored and fall asleep….having one feeling is sort of the same. IMO, like should be full of peaks and valleys. (You’ll be reading those moments from me.)
Enough for tonight. I hope you like the new look, I’m still adding and tweaking but I’m gonna be here more!!
This morning I was picking up the kitchen and noticed H. had placed her blankets and favorite animal on the counter before she ran out the door to play with the neighbor kids. Seeing them lay there like forgotten toys made me feel slightly sad at how fast my girls are growing up. H. starts kindergarten in two weeks and R. will be in the 2nd grade already. Where did the last few years of my life go? I’m going to be old before old with a wink of an eye.
This summer has been the first summer since 1998 I haven’t have to work on the weekends, I can’t even tell you how nice it has been. Chris and I both agree, having the weekends to get up and go do whatever has been a blessing. Our neighbors don’t see us much, but the neighborhood stays quiet then.Using the last few weeks of summer to enjoy with my girls. I hope you all are doing the same!
Life isn't viewed one moment at a time. Life isn't perfect.
When we allow ourselves to love what we want simply because we love it, we begin to live, to love. I love taking photos of things I love, whether that is people, places, or things. The glance or touch from someone we love it helps fills our soul... THAT glance/touch is what I wait for in in my photographs. To capture THAT moment, to remember THAT moment is what a photo is about.
It's to remember, a photo is one moment in your life.
Most everything I do these days seems to be done on my iphone, so seeing “large” fast images and web pages is a good thing.
. The feeling of the pounding on the pavement is different than riding a stationary bike, or swimming. It’s almost as if all the frustrating thing in life are pounded away with every step. The soreness in my knee is a reminder of the years spent going in circles, how far I’ve gone and how far I still have to go. A reminder of how much I need to exercise to maintain a health body and mind. It simply feels good to feel good, even if I feel bad.
Using the last few weeks of summer to enjoy with my girls. I hope you all are doing the same!
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