January 2007
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
The kids were off from school and Pete and I were off from work for MLK day. Since the four of us had a long weekend, we took an extra day of vacation and went to...Chicago. (Not exactly the tropics, but it was warmer than Minneapolis.) And now I have a new work-PC background:
A cold and blustery day
Lake Michigan, January 2007
We did a lot of fun stuff, including a visit to Sue (the T-Rex at the Field Museum), the Shedd Aquarium, and the U-505. We also didn't see the sun once while we were there, and -- like here before the snowstorm on...Monday? Sunday? (what day did y'all get that snowstorm, anyway?)...everything was drab and brown with unending grey skies above. It was actually very nice to get back into town yesterday morning and see 1) clean white snow and 2) blue skies and sun.
In other news...wow, my last post was December 9th. I'll have to double check, but I think that's a new personal best for time between blog entries. So, what have I been up to?
There was Christmas -- we hosted for my husband's side of the family the weekend before Christmas, and then spent Christmas weekend with my side of the family.
There was New Year's Eve/Day -- which involved going through a snow-and-ice storm to get to New Ulm, MN, where we were meeting friends. The Cities to New Ulm is usually an hour-and-a-half to two-hour drive; that day, it took us four hours and involved roads reduced to one lane, multiple vehicles sliding off the roads and/or crashing into each other, and general weather insanity. Thanks to Pete's mod driving sklz we made it without any incidents, but I'm not in a hurry to do that again.
And then there was the novel -- which is now finished (huzzah!) and off to my writing group for review/critique. That's been a HUGE time suck and the biggest reason why I've been ignoring this blog and everything else that's ignorable. (Remind me never, ever to try to finish a novel over the holidays. Ye gods.) I've got one final, post-critique pass to do, and then it's well and truly done -- and then I'll move on the next one. I'm telling you, the fun just never stops around here...
A cold and blustery day
Lake Michigan, January 2007
We did a lot of fun stuff, including a visit to Sue (the T-Rex at the Field Museum), the Shedd Aquarium, and the U-505. We also didn't see the sun once while we were there, and -- like here before the snowstorm on...Monday? Sunday? (what day did y'all get that snowstorm, anyway?)...everything was drab and brown with unending grey skies above. It was actually very nice to get back into town yesterday morning and see 1) clean white snow and 2) blue skies and sun.
In other news...wow, my last post was December 9th. I'll have to double check, but I think that's a new personal best for time between blog entries. So, what have I been up to?
There was Christmas -- we hosted for my husband's side of the family the weekend before Christmas, and then spent Christmas weekend with my side of the family.
There was New Year's Eve/Day -- which involved going through a snow-and-ice storm to get to New Ulm, MN, where we were meeting friends. The Cities to New Ulm is usually an hour-and-a-half to two-hour drive; that day, it took us four hours and involved roads reduced to one lane, multiple vehicles sliding off the roads and/or crashing into each other, and general weather insanity. Thanks to Pete's mod driving sklz we made it without any incidents, but I'm not in a hurry to do that again.
And then there was the novel -- which is now finished (huzzah!) and off to my writing group for review/critique. That's been a HUGE time suck and the biggest reason why I've been ignoring this blog and everything else that's ignorable. (Remind me never, ever to try to finish a novel over the holidays. Ye gods.) I've got one final, post-critique pass to do, and then it's well and truly done -- and then I'll move on the next one. I'm telling you, the fun just never stops around here...
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Experiment
Playing around with exposure and light and stuff.
Specs/info for this shot: 5:30 p.m. (i.e. dark room and dark outside), 5 sec. exposure, tightened the aperture to a 32, 400 ISO.
Dec. 7, 2006
Probably more of these kind of shots to come...Not only am I still somewhat obsessed with exposure and light, but I love Xmas ornaments. Shiny! (I was going to use this--or something like this--for our holiday cards, but the girls declared that it was "boring" and agitated for something with more of an Emma and Morgan theme. Narcissism, thy name is 7-year-olds.)
Specs/info for this shot: 5:30 p.m. (i.e. dark room and dark outside), 5 sec. exposure, tightened the aperture to a 32, 400 ISO.
Dec. 7, 2006
Probably more of these kind of shots to come...Not only am I still somewhat obsessed with exposure and light, but I love Xmas ornaments. Shiny! (I was going to use this--or something like this--for our holiday cards, but the girls declared that it was "boring" and agitated for something with more of an Emma and Morgan theme. Narcissism, thy name is 7-year-olds.)
Thursday, December 07, 2006
Morgan
Erm...so ten days later, I'm finally getting around to the Morgan post. (This has blackmail potential. I can already hear it: You always did like Emma best! Even in your blog, I got short shrift!)
For the record, I did not forget. Work up and exploded on me, that's all.
I think I may have mentioned that Morgan's not always the most enthusiastic subject...
But I do occasionally get an actual smile.
November 23, 2006
P.S. Happy Birthday, Scott!
For the record, I did not forget. Work up and exploded on me, that's all.
I think I may have mentioned that Morgan's not always the most enthusiastic subject...
But I do occasionally get an actual smile.
November 23, 2006
P.S. Happy Birthday, Scott!
Monday, November 27, 2006
Emma
It's tough to be a twin. No one can tell you apart, even when you get different haircuts and wear different clothes. And you always have to share--clothes, your room, hair pretties, toys...even posts on your mom's blog.
Well, today Emma, this one's all yours.
Emma
Talking to Nana
Nov. 23, 2006
I'll do a Morgan post tomorrow.
Bemidji was grand fun, by the way! It was great to see everyone. And the parade (and all that candy--and Santa riding on the fire truck!) is something the girls will be talking about for a loooooong time.
Well, today Emma, this one's all yours.
Emma
Talking to Nana
Nov. 23, 2006
I'll do a Morgan post tomorrow.
Bemidji was grand fun, by the way! It was great to see everyone. And the parade (and all that candy--and Santa riding on the fire truck!) is something the girls will be talking about for a loooooong time.
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