randomness thursday

i know that i complain a lot about everything and anything on this blog and that's what its for. for fun + to clear my mind. i realize my little complaints are nothing compared to others. i am blessed. now this is not a "feel sorry for me" blog so go and visit fatcyclist. i love his writing style and he's funny too. love wicked sense of humor + sarcasm in people. he tends to blog about his mountain biking expeditions but currently he's been posting about his wife's battle with cancer. its sweet+ sad. sad that its happening to good people. oh, he posted a recipe on there for "the worlds best cake ever" {oatmeal chocolate chip cake} and i made it last night. its pretty darn good. because it's pretty darn good + i'm that lazy, kaylee + i are eating it right now for breakfast. hey, its got oatmeal in it so its healthy, right??

some other news: i'm glad to report that we might have kicked one of our "battles" in the ass! mike came home yesterday and started working on the "frame" to block in the space in between our house + chimney. while watching "in the land of women" last night, i didn't hear any funny bizness going on our rooftop or ceiling. meaning, the pesky little critter needs to find somewhere else to live. hahahaha {evil laugh}



i've decided that i'm going to start using the laptop and need to move all my pictures, photoshop elements and download pcs 3 onto it. i want to "embellish" some pictures that i have and i would also love to learn how to do some graphics with it. hopefully in the near future i will have note cards, stationary, posters etc.... all handmade by me. so the next few days i might not be getting anything done around the house, not that it matters since NO ONE IS COMING OVER TO SEE IT!!

here are a few pics i had some fun with. love the out come of all 3. the first one is straight out of camera shot or sooc, as they say in the professional world. love how soft it is. the second one is hard light at around 50% it gave it a little boost of color and definition and the last one is hard light at 100% which gave it a an overload of

of color +definition.

would love to go to this tomorrow night instead i have a jewelry party to attend too and it is a little far.

ok going to go and clean up the house a little then hopefully finish up my project that i started a few weeks ago. would like to get them done for mother's day.