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Aug 11 2010

BBBS: Back to School Shopping

This year Big Brothers Big Sisters gave “scholarships” of $50 to each Little specifically for clothes and shoes for back-to-school. Jessica and I shopped at TJ Maxx, Rue 21, and Target; she came away with four shirts, leggings, jeans, hairbands, and some unmentionables.

Of course, new clothes means we have to have a photo shoot!

I’ve been reading a lot about photography and I really see how a reflector or some kind of fill flash would have helped in the late evening light. Somehow, though, I doubt Jessica will care one way or the other ^_^

When we get together next, Jessica is going to write a thank-you letter to the donor who made our awesome shopping trip possible and to BBBS for being all-around awesome!

Jul 9 2010

Photos: Sock Monkey Recording a Demo

… at Studio 2100.

My father-in-law, Steve, is the keyboardist/organist.

See more photos of Sock Monkey on my Flickr page.

Jul 8 2010

Photos: Scrapapalooza

Traci, Lea Ann, and I have been making a habit of attending the Scrapapalooza events held about three times a year by Scrapbook Generation and Star 105.1. The most recent was held June 26 at Remington’s, and I made sure to take lots of photos.

Lea Ann and Traci are my besties

Panorama of Remington's full of scrapbookers

So many scrapbookers!

Chocolate fountains (aka, we've died and gone to heaven)

Nikki Sivils (in the pink cardigan) demonstrates a technique

Partway through the off-and-on stormy day, the power went out!

Surprise! The lights are out!

Working in the dark

Luckily, it came back on within a few minutes.

Scrapbookers still hard at work at about 9:00 pm

Our day lasted from about 8:45 am to 9:30 pm. That’s a LOT of scrapbooking!

See more photos of Scrapapalooza on my Flickr page.

Jul 7 2010

Photos: Fourth of July Fireworks

… taken in Rockaway Beach, MO.

Fireworks

See more fireworks on my Flickr page.

Jun 23 2010

The “My Blog is Carbon Neutral” program

Via EcoSalon this morning: the My Blog is Carbon Neutral initiative. The goal is to plant a tree for each participating blog/website in Plumas National Forest in Northern California, helping to reforest after wildfires. Since it’s easy to join, I figured why not? More information is available here.

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