Been wading through over 500 photos of Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. It is taking forever because I keep getting distracted by them! My first goal is to pick a bunch of family/scenery shots that tell the story of our vacation. I want to put them together in a YouTube video like I did for our Stone Mountain trip last October. Then I want to group and process some "professional" shots because I keep running across some awesome pics in there. Definitely some work that can be sold and entered into competitions. Finally, I want to print some photos for framing and a special scrapbook I am making.
I am looking at a lot of Lightroom work!
I have also decided to join an online quilt along and make a new quilt. Right now, that is really all I want to work on. I love the monotony sewing long, straight lines. I find it calming. Here is a peek at the fabric I am using and my progress so far.
It is all from Heather Bailey's Pop Garden Line. I am in love with the colors. They just say "summer" to me.
This is what I am doing writing now. See the long straight lines? Soon I will be cutting the pieces in to squares and sewing them together in - you guessed it - long straight lines.
Speaking of quilts, I never posted of photo of the 5th grade quilt that I sewed.
Each student painted a square that represented something that they do at their school. I didn't design it. The only thing I did was sew it together. And I'm not being modest when I say I didn't do a very good job of it. The binding part was hard and looks like a 5th graders did it.
Finally, the end of our vacation means this
The beginning of my running program. I've put on a few pounds during all of my recent traveling. Also, I just need to get into better shape. And I know that (even though I don't like it) there is really nothing better than running to keep the weight off and get in great shape.
In that spirit I have given us a family goal. I have registered all 5 of us for the Gasparilla 5k in Tampa next February. That's right. We are ALL going to do it. We have 8 months to prepare. Anybody up for a family vs family challenge???
And yes, I am still playing tennis. I joined a C+ team. Yikes, that is a couple of levels higher than what I was playing before. Going to be playing LOTS of tennis this summer to prepare. Don't want to let my new teammates down.
OMG, first of all, you suck 'cause you started the quilt after me and you're already ahead of me. And you have three kids.
Second of all, we are so running when I come visit you. I need to start. FOR REALS.
xoxo
Posted by: Cameron | June 18, 2009 at 02:02 AM
Do you have any certain family in mind for the challenge? ;)
Posted by: leesa salazar | June 18, 2009 at 01:41 PM