You knew it was coming!

The beloved Computer!!! I don't know what I'd do without it! I know several people have posted theirs but I just had to follow suit:) I was trying to post all those things that wouldn't be like everyone else but it came down to the end and everything I thought of came after my computer:) You can bet that during most of my "free" time this is where you'll find me!(and probably someof my not so free time!!LOL Especially since getting my............










I just love it!! I've wanted one forever but since I had to beg and plead for a laptop a few years ago, asking for an Apple was out of the question.LOL I was lucky to get a laptop at all muchless requesting a specific kind. I loved my Toshiba though! Great machine! Never gave me a bit of trouble but of course I had to have the new Core Duo processor right??? Better for running larger programs like PS they said. Yea right!!! Not that Compaq I ended up with for sure!! Piece of Crap!!! Anyway, I'll spare you the details on how I ended up with the Apple, let's just sufice it to say....I'm in love!






This is one awesome machine! I loved it so much that I bought the Display bc they were out, I NEVER do that!! My DH would never let me buy a display that costs so much!(good thing he was out of town;) So everyone told me I would hate it(not a chance), too much of a learning curve(whatever!), I'd be wanting to get rid of it within a month( you'd have to kill me first) I honestly have never been happier! I could not even fathom going back to a PC!! Talk about funny! I laugh everytime I watch those commercials, they are so true and I know you Mac lovers out there agree with me!!! Oh well, sorry I've rambled on for so long but what can I say.......I don't know how I would LIVE without my Mac:) Thanks for all your help with Yesterday's pic. I think I wil print the BW for my SIL!! Also please forgive me for not making it to everyone's Blog these last couple of days but my MIL is in town for a few days so I've been entertaining:)

Off Theme......Sort of??

Ok so I'm gonna give you guys a break from my awesome little life of things I can't live without, well kind of anyway. Today I'm gonna tell you that one of the things I can't live without is.............Photoshop!!! However since I don't have the box bc I DL'd mine from Adobe(plus you know what the box looks like) I thought I'd show you why I love it so much! Like you don't know:) LOL. I know you do because most of you are of the same mind, haha! Anyway, here is the results of one of my PS successes. I took this shot of my nieces a couple of months ago right when I was first thinking about taking the plunge into the world of Photography. You can see(or at least I can) how far I've come in just a short time. The original shot was not the best to begin with. It's been a while so I don't really remember what I did to it but I was going through my shots and I would really like to print this for my SIL but I wanted to see how it stood up to you guys first:) So let me have it, what does it need, if anything/ should I scrap it and start over? Is it print worthy? I just don't know bc I have aunt goggles on. They are just so beautiful! I love how the simple fact of the way their hands are propping their faces shows their diff. personalities:) Anyway back to the PS thing.....This program is nothing short of amazing! I swear I could study for years and never even scratch the surface on the "miracles" this program is capable of! Nothing short of amazing!!! So here's the shot, like I said let me have it:)



Ok, Ok, you talked me into it..... I'll show you the original, but only if you promise to keep this between us:) LOL and only for the sake of PS comparison photos so you can see why I can't live without it:) So see I really am on theme;)

You mean there's more!!!!

Absolutely, I told you the list could go one forever:) Today I am going to share something with you that I bet a lot of you enjoy.....But for me, I simply can't live without them;) I actually had a friend stop by a few days ago with her husband and I had some of them burning and when he asked about it she said"Oh you better believe there is a thin coat of wax on everything in this house" I LMBO!!! This is so true. I actually have a closet downstairs that I keep pretty well stocked with them at all times.One if the first things I do when I come in the door is light my candles!








As I'm sure you've guessed by now, it's not just any old brand I like, I prefer........... Partylight actually! I bet you thought I was gonna say Yankee or White Barn or something like that:) Nope! I love partylight! The ones that you have to order and have a party and all that jazz. They smell the best, last the longest, and burn the cleanest:)(again, really wishing I could get some sort of kickback here for the publicity) I hate that black film you get on some of the jars! and these don't get that! Picky I know but what can I say, I like what I like:) Oh you know what others smell really awesome and are super cheap, those Glade scented oil things? They go in the little glass dish and burn for a few hours and then go out, those smell sooo good, there's a linen one..... I think I may light that now:) Oh and I know you want to know my favorites scents...right?:) I just love the Yuzu and Lime(no I have no idea what yuzu is but it sure smells good) for the kitchen and there's a strawberry rhubarb,mmmmmm... and lets see......an orangy(sp?) one they just introduced that I've been burning like crazy!! And No I do not sell them, I leave that to the professionals(it would take away from photo time), I just buy them, which makes for some very happy consultants;) So here I go with some beautiful candle shots:) LOL! Yea right, who knew it was so hard to take a picture of fire, next time they won't be lit;) So I did the best I could with them. CC always welcome as you know.
PS. Here's a shot I got of DS riding his firetruck today. I changed the color settings in my cam. today so I'm wondering how they look to you.......and Julie I'm with you, I can't get rid of the noise no matter what I do... Let me know if you figure it out=)
PPS. Nevermind!!! UGH!! I let a friend check out my camera the other night and I'm checking info to send my assignments....ISO 1600!!! No wonder I got grain!!! Never again, no one is allowed to touch the camera! Oh well!:)

Day 3.....

And here we go with one more thing I can't live without! Now I know what you're thinking if you read the blogs and you've seen the other Cell's, but........mine is a little different, (not that I don't love all those cute little razor's out there, used to have a hot pink one myself. )It's more of an extension of my computer:) This way I can get all those cool comments you guys leave me anytime of the day( or night for some;) This was a Christmas present from DH bc I forget EVERYTHING.....and I mean everything.....(well except the POTD, but everything else;) Anyway this was his attempt to get me to remember it all and let me just say, it works!






This baby has kept me from missing Hair appointments, nail appointments, it reminds me to pick my son up from School everyday(told you I forget everything), you name it, it does it! As a matter of fact now that I think about it, it's a lot like my camera, in that I can only imagine one day being able to use it to it's full potential:) And for those of you still stuck on it reminding me to pick my son up, NO I would never forget him.....intentionally! I just want to play it safe=)Come on people he gets out at 11:30am 3 hours is not a lot of time to get things done, but nevermind that, next year.....All Day:) YEA!!!! Ok on with the blog.....So yes this is my lifeline to the web and all things web or email related when I can't be by My Comp. (which I was gonna post and still may but I thought that was kind of obvious since I spend so much time here:)LOL.

These are some of the emails I got today=)


And my kids just love that Mom has Mario on her phone!



Anyway, I'm sure I could live without all of these if I absolutely had to , with the exception of my camera, again(obvious) but I am having so much fun showing you guys how completely self involved and shallow I really am as I post my chapstick., perfume, and cell phone while you do your husbands, kids, and families......LOL JK. You guys know I love my family too.....right??? I mean I CAN post them and all but what fun would that be? Wouldn't you much rather see all the other can't live without items I have bc really i don't know if there are enough days in the week for them all. I may need extra time.... or maybe I can post more than one a day bc really there are quite a few. I always tell people that God knew what he was doing hen he planted me in this century bc he knew I could never have made it in any other! yea, Yea I know you can't miss what doesn't exist but trust me I would have known something(s) were missing, I just wouldn't have known what they were;) Thanks for stopping by and as always CC is welcome and appreciated. I am so glad you guys liked the bw, BTW. I've been looking for a new fav. and now I'm off to see what this painting with light thing is.....hmm.........

Another thing I can't live without.......

This is the 2nd thing I can't live without:) And I'm sure by now you guys ae thinking how really shallow I am, I mean purses, chapstick, and now perfume? Yes perfume! I love this stuff. I buy it every chance I get, when I walk in the Mall, I always go through the perfume section(right after I check out the bags of course) just to smell what's new. I'm always looking for one that doesn't smell like something 1) that I already have and 2) like the one sitting next to it on the counter. It drives me crazy that they are all smelling so much alike right now.

This one I did Bella's BW I think....

Ok and the second reason I have so many..... because I love to smell good of course! I like to smell my perfume and you know after you wear the same thing everyday you can't smell it anymore! and I like to smell it.....weird, I know.....but true none the less! So I collect enough of them so that I can switch them up, I usually don't wear the same one more than a few days in a row. My favs right now are the ones in the front, Juicy Couiture(sp) and I'm not getting up to ck right now!) Dior Cherie, and Chanel Chance.



I wear these like all the time right now. I also have a bottle with my name engraved on it (the blue one) that I got from The Women's show that comes around here once a year. I always leave there with at least one bottle:) This years bottle was Kiss(which I bought for the free t-shirt) it helped that I liked the smell!LOL and last year was Bulgari Blue Note, which they were engraving) and the year before was....... OH! Vera Wang(which I got nothing free with but oh well). and yes I do wear all these:) Maybe not every day but as often as I can:) I'm only on person you know! I know I have way too many and I TRY not to buy them so much anymore,really I do, but every once in a while I find one I just can't pass by:) Hey what can I say, I just can't live without them!!
Well I guess that's all I've got for tonight, I'm off to shoot the next item I can't live without ! TFL:) Plus I better get my butt in gear and get this weeks assigment done for the class I'm taking, I'm so stuck on this POTD I haven't done it yet:) So I better get moving!

I ran Indie's Color Kick on this one.

Yea!!! A new Week!!!

Not that I didn't enjoy last week mind you, I was just ready to move on. So now we move on to THINGS we can't live without.... and since this is sort of like emotional attachment and we've been through the obvious, ie kids, DH, Kate Spade!!LOL Yes, you heard me right Kate Spade!!! I'll just take this literally and go with THINGS! So the first thing on my list this week that I can't live without is...... drumroll please........










That's right, my chapstick, I'm completely addicted to this stuff. My brand of choice, Burt's Bees! The best, I love the mintyness(sp) of it and I DO NOT GO ONE SINGLE PLACE W/O IT!!! No Kidding, I have this stuff stashed everywhere.... bedside table, car, purse, closet, bathroom, you name it's there. I know now that it has to do with using it too much and your lips getting used to it and not making their own moisture anymore or whatever. Too bad someone didn't tell me that BEFORE I was hooked. Seriously though, I think it comes from this insane fear I have of my lips getting so chapped I look like I have a Kool-aid ring around my mouth.Ever seen someone like that? Well, in school(like, elementary of course, by High school I was hooked) that was me! Don't ask me why but I never had chapstick.......hmmm. maybe bc my Mom was concerned this would happen....... anyway I have pitures(cringe) yes pictures, of me with those tell tale stains around my mouth, and I don't mean your lips just being a little kool-aid red either, I mean all out full blown circle half an inch out all the way around your lips!! No not pretty, at all! As a matter of fact, I think we should just stop talking about it now as it's bringing back memories it took years of therapy to supress.....LOL.... JK, no I didn't really go to therapy for chapstick addiction, but I do believe I could have back then. Can you imagine? Do you know how mean kids are on a good day??? Can you imagine when there really is something legit for them to pick on you for??? So please, parents don't allow your kids to be victimized by this awful affliction that can be avoided by spending 1.99 at the gas station!! (or Walgreen's if you prefer the mintylicious Burt's Bee's as I do) Wonder if I could get some kickback for the advertisement:)


PS. Hey do you guys think these can double as Macro Monday? I'm all out of flowers:) Course I do have some great macro's of the top of the OJ bottle left over from the tag:)

I'm adding this so I can show how helpful momstime tut. was to me today:) Thanks again!!

Tagged......

So I've been tagged by Jordan and since I am being lazy this weekend and I ran out of pet's earlier in the week, I'm gonna use this for my POTD:) Hope you don't mind and as usual feel free to CC away! Of course, as this wasn't something I would normally take a picture of at all much less a macro I don't know that the CC will do me any good:)(of course how funny is that? that's the whole point...duh....lightbulb moment:) LOL. As a matter of fact this is generally something we try to take out of our pics;) At least I do, and that's all I'm gonna say. So the challenge was for me to take a macro of something and you guys to guess what it is.... Now I'm not all that original, (Shhhh. don't tell anyone! ) but I really enjoyed this.... very creative- Mr. Jordan's Husband.....Of course you should have seen the look on my DH's face as he watched me walking around doing this! must not have watched too closely though bc he had no idea what it was when I showed him!LOL,So anyway I am sure you guys will guess this right away, bc like I said, not very original, plus I did give you one very good hint:) Now I think I'll add a little twist to it before I tag someone. The first person to leave a comment telling what it is will be the next tag.... and just to keep it interesting I'll let you know what your challenge is when I know who you are:)before you ask, of course I already know what it is I just want to keep you in suspense! Come on don't be shy now, let's see how good y'all are. ( yes, I just said y'all, I know:) So what are waiting for? Guess already!

Wow! Check out that DOF!! HAHA Just kidding! Have fun!!!
UPDATE*** Well so much for thinking that the obvious would be unrecognizable:) LOL Took like all of 5 minutes for someone to get it:)