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She Is…

February 16th, 2010

1. Madame Poopypants (Several. Times. A. Day.)
2. Helga (If she likes something, she deems it “goot”.)
3. Maltilda (My mom calls her this. It just fits.)
4. Boodle (Short for Buggyboodle, sister of Woggiewoodle)
5. Little Lady (She just is.)

6. Sassypants (Yeah. We’re pretty much in trouble for the next 20 or so years.)
7. Butternut (As in the squash)
8. Punkin Pie (This one just flows?)
9. Little Angie (Angie is my mom. They are too much a lot alike.
10. Bug

Check out more Top Ten Tuesday posts, over at Oh Amanda.

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Wif You?

January 19th, 2010

As I bent over to kiss Bug goodbye this morning before leaving for work, this sweet little face looked up at me and asked,

”Wif you?”

I’m quitting tomorrow.

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It’s New To Me: Flickr & Picnik

September 17th, 2009

Subtitle: A Good Excuse to Post Some WAY Overdue Pics

Since I bade farewell, although temporarily, to my trusty, crusty excuse for a laptop, I’ve struggled to get pictures onto my blog. You remember my frustration with the Mac and uploading pictures, right?

The truth is that I’ve struggled for a years to get pictures just like I want them on this blog. I read so many blogs with amazing pictures, so when I go to post one on here, I feel somewhat lacking downright inadequate. HH put a version of Photoshop on my computer over a year ago. He pretty much told me an idiot could use it. Well….

I signed up for Flickr almost two years ago as part of a Christmas gift swap, but only uploaded pics for that swap and then another one that I helped host. I didn’t really take the time to explore it. I knew some of my favorite bloggy peeps used it religiously, but I didn’t see much use for it since I take pretty crappy pictures. When I really wanted to post a pic of Bug’s new dress, I decided to upload my shots to Flickr and play with the colors. I wanted the picture to be as pretty as my Bug and her dress.

Well, that’s when I discovered Picnik. I’d seen many folks tweet about it, but, again, crappy photographer here… hello! Picnik is now the editing software used in Flickr. (Did I say that right?! Photo-editing newbie, party of one!) It was a dream! It was so easy and something about it makes me want to upload pictures and edit them every. single. day. As recently as two days ago, I even learned how to add text to (kinda) watermark my blog pictures.

Examples, you request? But, of course! Let’s start with Bug’s First Birthday party:

My Sweet Bumble Bee

The Cake

My Proper Lady Eating Her Cake

While I’m still a pretty crappy photographer, a few borders and some text sure make me a little happier with the pictures I post. Now, to get a house with some natural light…

And, yes, I know that most bloggy pros have been using of Flickr and Picnik for a while, but it’s new to me (I’m even thinking of springing for the Picnik Premium Upgrade)! So, if you use Flickr and/or Picnik, I’d love to know some tips & tricks!

(Totally forgot to add that Bug’s bumble bee pillowcase dress came from here– totally affordable, and even with special measurements made it here in record time!!)

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My First Time

August 23rd, 2009

Ok, the title is making me giggle a little. I know what you’re thinking of, you sick-o, and I am SO not going to talk about THAT.

But this is almost as special.

My first internet purchase. (*Dreamy sigh*)

Picture it. 1997. My friend wears this awesome tank out to a bar. I covet it the entire night. She tells me it was a STEAL at J Crew. (The nearest one of which is four hours away.) I pout. She says no, she bought it ON THE INTERNET. What?! What is that?! The next day I march into my techy boyfriend’s place and demand that he show me what that there internet is all about and did he know that one could buy things on there. He typed some weird words, “.” and “com” and VOILA. Within minutes, I’d staked claim to a darling teal blue striped, spaghetti strapped tank.

I wore the heck out of that thing.

But styles change. The look has gradually changed to longer tops (THANK GOODNESS), and over the years the tank got shorter. (Ok, I got wider. To-may-to, to-mah-to.) I just couldn’t get rid of it. I loved the color. It was still in such good shape. And it was my very first internet purchase.

A few weeks ago, though, I took it out of the drawer and put it in the mail. And, yesterday, I got this:

I was speechless.

Prairie Mama sewed it up for me. She takes your old tanks and tees and turns them into stylin’ dresses, rompers, or tops for your little one. Obviously, there wasn’t enough tank to make an entire dress for Bug, so she asked if it was ok to add some purple fabric. It turned out so great! I’ve already pulled aside two more tees from the yard sale pile to send to her.

And, yes, I’m totally lame and forgot to take a picture of the tank before I sent it to her.

Check out Prairie Mama’s etsy shop here.

Hat tip to Steph, who did this first for her Ivy. You can see her dresses here.

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Today Could Be The Best Day of My Life. Or It Could Be Pretty Crappy.

May 26th, 2009

Yeah, I just tweeted that. I figured it’d be a good working title since I’m not even sure right now what this post is going to be about.

I guess I could explain the title/tweet. That’d be a start. The Shoe family has been in what I call “hurry-up-and-wait” mode for a long time. A few weeks ago, that shifted to “what-the-heck-is-going-on-can-we-please-get-some-closure” mode. And that’s still where we are. Today is the day we’re supposed to get some answers. Of course, Friday two weeks ago had the same promise. Today could be pretty darn uneventful.

I’ll bet you are feeling super duper clued in now, huh?

Let me help get your mind off of all that.

My dear sweet, potty-trained in days (I know, that’ll get a post of it’s own once I’m not so put out) Wog has been replaced. Living under my roof is a perpetually dissatisfied, contrary litle boy. He wakes up mad and goes to bed highly ticked off. The span of time in between finds him pushing his sister, throwing his toys, and hitting his mommy. Disobedience and defiance are his super powers.

And Bug… dear Lord, please let it be more teeth coming in and not just a personality disorder. I’m just sayin’.

I’m really not sure who cries the most each day. I’m pretty sure it’s me.

Yeah, sure, there are little bright spots when the two make each other laugh. Or Wog tells a joke or does an impersonation– I so love seeing his sense of humor develop. Or Bug tackles me for a kiss– that little chunk has some strength and likes to use it to spread love.

But right now, all the drama is just draggin’ me down, man.

Maybe it’s just the rain.

Which I am SO over, by the way.

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