This guy will keep you BUSY-

dang, caring for a baby is time-consuming.

(duh.)

So, Project 365: I have been keeping up with it! I promise! I have faithfully taken (at least) a photo a day all year! The only thing is, I have exceeded my 100MB on flickr for a free account. So either I resize my pics... or pay for a membership! Or, I guess put the pics on here, but that would be pretty boring for anyone reading... Oh well! I'll figure it out!

Well, I did it. I opened the etsy shop. I mainly did it for those friends of mine who live in Georgia who had seen things that I've made for Noah and wanted me to make some for them- but within 24 hours of "opening" the shop, I had 3 orders from people I didn't know! Alright! I put a link down on the right side of the page, under Project 365, if you wanna look at it!

Also, I've been working a lot and Noah started Kindermusic last week (I'm gonna write a whole post about Kindermusic soon- I LOVE IT!) It's been pretty busy around here, yet we haven't really had anything exciting enough to post about! :)

IT CAME! IT CAME!

MY NEW LENS CAME YESTERDAY!

I'm a little excited.

(IT's a 35mm f/1.8) I haven't had much time to play with it since it got here right as the sun was going down, but I'm gonna play around today!

Joe did take this picture of us in the backyard though, which I like:






... also, I'm toying with the idea of an Etsy shop. Cloth napkins, camera straps, burp cloths, onesies, hair bows, etc. You know, all that stuff that's already on Etsy. Hmm...

File this one under "carb overload".

150 cupcakes.

In the words of Homer Simpson:

"Mmm... fattening."

Project 365

Well, Project 365 is up and running if anyone's interested. There *should* be a link to my flickr set on the right side of the page here (I have learned this morning that I am proficient in neither blogger NOR flickr). I had to cheat a little because I missed a few days, so a few pics are from late december, but eh, a pic a day relatively speaking.

Also, I'm sorry that the entire project will probably end up Noah-centered. I will try hard for this NOT to be the case.

Anyone else doing (or have done) Project 365? I wanna see!

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4. Take the stairs at work. Every. Time.

5. Run (OR walk- ain't no shame!) a 5k. In order to really keep this one, I'm signing up for one now!

Eh.. so these aren't so much resolutions as they are items on a giant 2010 To-Do List.

New Year's Resolutions, Part I

I'm a little early here, but resolutions have been on my mind recently. I thought I'd share the first few here as a way to keep me accountable.

NOTE: Basically every year before this one, my new years resolution was to lose weight. Well, not this year. There are other things in life that are more important than how I look. That's not to say I'm not going to try to be healthier (especially after this Christmas- cheese straws, fudge, cookies, chinese chewies, ladyfingers... do I need to go on?), but I'm not going to feel like a failure if I'm not down 3 dress sizes. Ok, moving on.


1. Read the entire Bible.

I'm not just walking into this one blindly! Aimee over at Womens Marriage Ministries has pointed me in the direction of the New Thru 30 plan (that's the New Testament in 30 days!) and there's even a handy lil blog frog group to keep me accountable!

I have really been slacking in reading the Word for the past... well, forever I guess. I mean, if someone gives me a verse, I'll look it up, but I'm horrible about reading it on my own. Therefore most of my conversations with God are one sided (me asking for something, or thanking for something) and that's not how it's supposed to be.
My plan is to read through the New Testament first, then go back and read the Old Testament.

2. Learn to use my camera

Hello, my name is Laura and I am one of those girls with a nice camera... that shoots on auto all the time. The first step is admitting you have a problem, right? I mean, my idea of taking a good photo is turning the flash off. *sigh* I'm going to learn, though!

Last night I stumbled across a photography blog of a girl (we'll call her Pixy) on a message board that I frequent and she had a genius idea about bouncing light (read about it here on her blog). So I tried it and here are a few shots I got- I love it! It's truly the happy medium between flash and no flash!

3. As another way to keep the camera resolution, I'm planning to do the 365 project this year. That's one picture, every day, for a year. I've not yet decided if I'll do a separate blog or a Flickr pool. We shall see.

Those are all the resolutions I can think of so far. I thought of another one as I was drifting off to sleep last night (and even thought "dang! that's a GOOD one!") and then completely forgot what it was. *sigh* My poor ole brain.

Merry Christmas!

New Year's Resolution #45374569726342746: Be a better blogger. Sheesh.