A few vacation photos

just a few of my faves..not that you can't see them in numerous spots (my main blog or even fb)

I can't do it

sit still or rest...I just can't....I am off school this summer and I am lost LOL...the family keeps laughing at me....it's ridiculous....I've planned task after tast btwn vacations to get me through. I've reorganized the house, purged items...cleaned up..my Mom had our cousin Mark out to paint( Need to take photos..once it's clean up there I promise LOL)....and I still can't rest. Yesterday was to be a quiet day of scrapping..I promise Nic to do an album of her adorable nephew Teo...so what do I do? ONE page and then decide to trim the bushes in front. Um. Yeah..NOT a good idea. Ask my brother Tom why I never pursued a career in Haircutting. The bushes look horrid. Not just bad. BUT I then decided it was time to weed my flower bed and convert it to a rock garden.

This was done after MUCH discussion with my green thumb stepMomma.....just plant rocks. Ok...we did and it looks fantastic..but man was it a lot of work. I put in three flower pots..easily swapped when I kill them. Notice I didn't say if. And then lots of other flower pots. Next summer we are braving a vegetable garden!

We just got back from Ga/Fl and are heading to Co/Ut/Nv in a week. It's been rush, rush, rush. I will include some more photos..b/c I hate reading blogs with nothing to see

I'll try and not be so neglectful!

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Wonderful Trip so far

I made it to Atlantic Beach....if you haven't ever been there you should head to my friend Jeanne's blog as her description does it so much better justice than I could do..plus she's an awesome writer besides! Her blog is: http://www.atlanticbeachlife.com/







She took us to Al's Pizza and we had an awesome visit..albeit a short one....




The view of the Lemon Drop Bar...which we loved...from the boardwalk heading to the beach...the motel is beyond it....sweet!

I got to meet up with some great friends this trip....and now we are happily landed at Bonni's....where we will be for the next four days....my three who have a pool in our backyard are acting like the *new* pool here is the first they've ever seen..and somehow coming here in June to BEAT the heat has backfired on us madly..it's hotter here NOW than it was last Aug. Man alive...it's sweltering..so in that regard I am looking ever forward to home. I met Donna and Julie and Julie...(hey I said it was a lot of people.....) and will include a pic or two here and there :)

Julie and I at the ocean...we had a blast body surfing!

Enjoying the Fountain Park near our condo...the gang of kids :) Katie didn't join us this day :) Too busy texting.

Florida at this time of year is muggy..and hot..we've decided all future vacations there should be in the dead of our winter. :) But other than my million bites of some mysterious bugs..we had a great trip..saw a hermit crab scurrying along the beach..played in the surf and scrapped....

Bonni and Chris on their anniversary...aww how sweet :)

More of my Favorite shots

the actions on these are amazing....but here are some more pics for my patient "clients".

Testing this on my blog...who knew i could text my blog? LOL

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SOOC - shot with my 20d, 50mm 1.4 lens (my baby) I think in av mode...don't remember

My editing without actions....ok at least it's brighter

using my first action with vignette mode and some other stuff.....actions from coffeeshop's blog (awesome actions!)

A few observations: My life is going to be consumed w/this until Organic Chemistry in the fall. :)

And I am leaving on vacation and the house is not nearly clean enough nor the bedrooms empty enough for the painters coming while I am gone. So I will do more on vacation. Til we meet again dear blog1