little flirt
Originally uploaded by jen_lancaster
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Ramblings
How's that for a title? I almost just titled it "February 18". Creative, huh? It's been a busy week. The screen died on our laptop, so we've been transferring files and programs to a different computer. It's been going fairly smoothly, except for my Photoshop Elements catalog, which took me one evening (until 1:00 a.m.) and most of the following day to figure out. I'm not sure I did it right, but it's done. I've also been getting my "ducks in a row" to possibly start subbing at a preschool. I figure it will be a good part-tine job that will let continue to be involved in the kids' school, too. I've had to round up references (a little tricky, considering most of the directors/administrators I've worked under have either retired or moved out-of-state), get a tuberculosis test, fill out an application, and take a childhood illnesses/abuse recognition class (done last night) and a first aid/CPR class (will be done on Saturday). I've also had my first cold of the season, which is good (good that it's the first), but it has been holding on FOREVER!! I'm ready to be done with coughing. I am constantly amazed at the amount of mucus one human body can produce.
Anyway, I've discovered an absolute gem of a website for those of you who use Photoshop or Elements. She has *FREE* actions that are awesome! If you use Elements, you know actions for that program are fairly rare. I'm trying to upload a series of edits to show you, but my computer/internet is being retarded right now and not cooperating. I'll keep trying.
As I wait for the upload, I'll tell you that A is reading! Just small, short-vowel words, but she's sounding them out. She read a lot of Hop On Pop by herself yesterday. A couple weeks ago she had a dental appointment. They usually go well, but this one was pretty cute. When they went to take her x-rays, they got the front one just fine. When they tried to do the back one a look of terror came acrosee her face. She then told the hygenist about how she had choked on a carrot (over 1 year ago) and had to have x-rays. The hygenist showed her the x-rays they took when she was 4 to show her she'd had it done before and had been fine. When she heard that, A asked, "Was I brave when I was 4?" How cute is that? Anyway, the rear x-rays were a no go. Maybe in August. The craziest part of this is the carrot incident didn't faze her when it comes to horsing around at the table, which was the cause of the whole ordeal.
Ok - the upload is (finally) finished. The first picture is the original. It was extremely underexposed.
Here I made several screen layers to lighten the image.
Then I took the image and ran several of the coffeeshop actions.
I have no idea why it put a square on her head.
Anyway, I've discovered an absolute gem of a website for those of you who use Photoshop or Elements. She has *FREE* actions that are awesome! If you use Elements, you know actions for that program are fairly rare. I'm trying to upload a series of edits to show you, but my computer/internet is being retarded right now and not cooperating. I'll keep trying.
As I wait for the upload, I'll tell you that A is reading! Just small, short-vowel words, but she's sounding them out. She read a lot of Hop On Pop by herself yesterday. A couple weeks ago she had a dental appointment. They usually go well, but this one was pretty cute. When they went to take her x-rays, they got the front one just fine. When they tried to do the back one a look of terror came acrosee her face. She then told the hygenist about how she had choked on a carrot (over 1 year ago) and had to have x-rays. The hygenist showed her the x-rays they took when she was 4 to show her she'd had it done before and had been fine. When she heard that, A asked, "Was I brave when I was 4?" How cute is that? Anyway, the rear x-rays were a no go. Maybe in August. The craziest part of this is the carrot incident didn't faze her when it comes to horsing around at the table, which was the cause of the whole ordeal.
Ok - the upload is (finally) finished. The first picture is the original. It was extremely underexposed.
Here I made several screen layers to lighten the image.
Then I took the image and ran several of the coffeeshop actions.
I have no idea why it put a square on her head.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
bucket of love
bucket of love
Originally uploaded by jen_lancaster
Ah, if only the contents of my laundry basket were always so sweet!
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
25 things about me
October orange
Originally uploaded by jen_lancaster
I thought I'd post my Facebook list of 25 things about me . I may add to this list as I think of things.
1. I had hoped to avoid compiling one of these lists. However, in the last 14 hours I have been tagged in 3 other lists.
2. I wish I had done this when it was only 16 Things About Me.
3. I cannot stand repetitive banging noises (kinda funny, since I have 2 kids).
4. I love sauerkraut.
5. I can't stand sausage.
6. I don't like the taste of alcohol. Why anyone would spoil a perfectly good pina colada (nature's perfect drink) with rum is beyond me...
7. I graduated from high school when I was 15.
8. I skipped grades 3, 8, and 1/2 of 12th. (see #7)
9. I had a substantial head wound and subsequent infection at birth. I was supposed to be blind, deaf, retarded, or some combination of the above.
10. I was born in a military hospital in Germany (see #9)
11. I was the WSU Woman of the Year in 1995.
12. I wish I had chosen a different major in college.
13. When I tried to get a copy of my birth certificate a few years ago (the original had been lost) I discovered that the state department had lost the record of my birth. Fortunately, I had a photocopy of the original so I could get another one issued. And, after all that, my mother found the original.
14. I hate ketchup, except in meatloaf.
15. My first crush was Benji Hillhouse in 4th grade. He wore a skinny tie...
16. I REALLY wish I had done this list earlier so I could stop here.
17. I have had surgery twice: wisdom teeth removed in 1990 and gall bladder removed in 2007.
18. I have been addicted to Carmex.
19. I have not seen a chick flick (with the exception of Pride and Prejudice, Phantom of the Opera, and In Her Shoes) since 1999. Incidentally, that is the year I got married...
20. I am starting to get into photography, especially since I got my cool new camera for Christmas.
21. I hate fast-food hamburgers. Wendy's McDonald's, Burger King, Spangles - all nasty!
22. I am a game nazi. I can't stand having game pieces out to get lost or destroyed. The strict rule in our house is you don 't get another game out until the first one is put away. No exceptions, or else it's "No game for you!"
23. I am a Sci-fi junkie. Star Trek (all except the first few seasons of Voyager - yuck!), Babylon 5, Stargate SG-1, Firefly. I love 'em!
24. We don't have cable, so don't ask me about Battlestar Galactica. Haven't seen it (see #23)
25. My best friend is Tracy Booker. We became friends on the way back from New Life Ranch, probably in 1986 or 1987.When I saved her a seat, my friend Rebecca told me she wanted to sit with the "popular people" (I'm serious - she actually said that to me!). So, I sat with Tracy and we shared McDonaldland cookies and endured the several hour "ride from hell". Giant tour bus, no working air conditioner, no opening windows, July in Oklahoma and Kansas. Yeah, it was hell. The bus ride, not the friendship. ;-)
26. I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
My sense of humor
I got this in an email today and was cracking up. Yes, I find this sort of thing hilarious!
Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are the winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus : A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
3. Intaxicaton : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation : Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near
future.
6. Foreploy : Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
7. Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
8. Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9. Inoculatte : To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Osteopornosis : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Karmageddon : It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
12. Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
13. Glibido : All talk and no action.
14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
16. Beelzebug (n.) : Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17. Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
And the winners are:
1. Coffee , n. The person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted , adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. Abdicate , v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4 esplanade , v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly , adj. Impotent.
6. Negligent , adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. Lymph , v. To walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle , n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence , n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash , n. A rapidly receding hairline..
11. Testicle , n. A humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude , n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. Pokemon , n.. A Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster , n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism , n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent , n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.
Here is the Washington Post's Mensa Invitational which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are the winners:
1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus : A person who's both stupid and an asshole.
3. Intaxicaton : Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation : Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone ( n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near
future.
6. Foreploy : Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
7. Giraffiti : Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
8. Sarchasm : The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9. Inoculatte : To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
10. Osteopornosis : A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Karmageddon : It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like, a serious bummer.
12. Decafalon (n.): The gruelling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
13. Glibido : All talk and no action.
14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
16. Beelzebug (n.) : Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17. Caterpallor ( n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in the fruit you're eating.
The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its yearly contest, in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings for common words.
And the winners are:
1. Coffee , n. The person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted , adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one has gained.
3. Abdicate , v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4 esplanade , v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly , adj. Impotent.
6. Negligent , adj. Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only a nightgown.
7. Lymph , v. To walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle , n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence , n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has been run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash , n. A rapidly receding hairline..
11. Testicle , n. A humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude , n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by proctologists.
13. Pokemon , n.. A Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster , n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism , n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent , n. An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by Jewish men.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Oww!
flower girl
Originally uploaded by jen_lancaster
Nothing much to post today except that my calf muscles want to die right now. Walking is extremely painful. I think we might have pushed a *little* too hard during Monday's PT session. These are the days I really don't care for living in a house with 4 levels and 3 sets of stairs. Today's PT session skipped the exercise that induced my agony, but replaced it with several other crazy activities that had me wanting to pass out. Note to self: when going to therapy DO NOT wear a sweater!! I was sweating so bad I wanted to lose my top. I don't think they would have appreciated that...
Well, I need to hobble downstairs to get meat out of the freezer, then hobble up 2 sets of stairs to get to the kitchen to start dinner. Anybody got any morphine?
Monday, January 26, 2009
He makes it!
He makes it!
Originally uploaded by jen_lancaster
Not too much going on here. Oh wait, yes there is! Nothing monumental, though. Mostly working around my physical therapy, which is 3 times a week. My ankle feels more stable when I walk without my brace, so I think it's helping. I'm finishing up my class this week, and need to seriously clean my house for the Superbowl party. Yuk! I think there must be a secret dust manufacturing plant in my house. That and getting ready for the Valentine's parties at the kids' schools.
N made a basket last week during his basketball game. It wasn't his first one, but it was the first one when I had my camera ready...He is the blue shirt #4 in the video. As I type this, A is loving her Dora movie from the Library.
"Swiper, no swiping! Swiper, no swiping! Swiper, no swiping!" " Oh, maaaaaaaan!"
"I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map... I'M THE MAP."
"Backpack! Backpack! Backpack! Backpack! Yeah!"
Sheesh! Who comes up with this stuff? Although I must admit, it *is* better than PeeWee's Playhouse. *shudder* Well, the bus is here and I must start dinner.
Cheerio!
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