It's Official!

We are Moving! (and soon too- mid to end of January-)
So much to do and plan and figure out I think my head might explode. It's very exciting but scary at the same time.

Anyways we have officially put our house on the Market now. I did a huge post for it here, so if you know of anyone interested send them our way. I sure am going to miss our home but I really have run out of projects to do here so it'll be nice to have another home to do more projects on. :)

Christmas Cheer

So I took this picture for our Christmas Card,that I never made, but I love it! and had to share it. I love that they love each other and always give each other loves(hugs) when they are away from each other for awhile.

Painting in the Winter sucks!

So I don't know about anyone else but I am constantly painting in the winter time it seems. I always get the great idea right before Christmas that "hey we'll make presents for Christmas, they're cheaper and so much more personal" ya you'd think I'd learn or at least remember last years experience, but no I don't. So instead I'm bundled to the T, freezing in the garage, painting and waiting forever and ever and ever for stuff to dry. And by golly that Poly stain does not want to dry in the cold, we'll have to eat dinner on the floor for a week before the chairs I refinished dry. I AM though super excited for the massive mirror I got from D.I. for $6 to be done, and I got another Chair that I'm refinishing,(that I'm trying to do a tutorial on how I do them that I'll post later).
Anyways Dave Graduated! that I didn't blog on at all :( I actually forgot my camera so we have no pictures at all :( (It was long and boring anyways.) But a good accomplishment, I'm very proud of him and I love him especially when he brings me home flowers (like these)-he's such a sweet guy.

Anyways if your curious and since I have no family that reads my blog it seems I am free to tell you what we're making for Christmas. First I sewed a butt ton of Rice bags (which are very cozy, soft,& pretty, yum!) and than we made some frames that each have the specific amount slots of kids in their families so that they can just switch out the pictures as they're families grow and change. ya kinda boring but for poories like us it's gonna have to do. I'll show you a shot of them when I finally finish them.

Anyways Merry Christmas Everyone--hopefully your preparing for the holiday's is going a bit smoother than mine.

Dear Santa.....

All I want for Christmas is this lens

Canon EF 85mm f1.2L II USM Lens

But this one may be a bit more reasonable (sane)

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Telephoto Lens

And this one would be really nice but I'm worried I might tip over trying to hold it up :)

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Telephoto Zoom Lens

But to be Honest I got all that I really wanted for Christmas today----

*****Dave got a JOB offer from Lockheed ****
Watch out Colorado springs here we come (and yes I am scared to death)

Proof.

Proof that my lil' girl is such a DADDY'S GIRL.

Tonight we went and tried to take some pics for our Christmas Card, I say try cuz' it's always a frustrating process. I much prefer being behind the camera instead of in front of it, and as it's just a friend helping us take pictures I'm walking back and forth changing settings trying to set it up and the kids of course would much rather run around. It's super fun let me tell you. Anyways out of ten or so shots this is the only one that is halfway decent. I do like the colors though :)-----*Dave read this and saw it as being mean which I didn't mean in any way, I was so glad that our friend would take pictures for us and the only reason some of them didn't turn out very well is cuz' well the kids were running around looking different directions, I look horrible, Dave's not smiling ect. ect. All around for what he was shooting I think he did really well*------

So I've been busy lately trying to learn Illustrator. I've always wanted to learn it and I constantly open it up and well just kinda sit and stare at it cuz' I'm so overwhelmed with it- It sure is pretty though :)
Dave has started to give me assignments to do in it, just to get me started. I made a sphere, cone, and cube yesterday and today I made a snowflake that I turned into a brush, and than I found some tutorials and started doing them until my brain exploded and said it could handle no more. The next thing I'm gonna do I think is really learn the Pen tool cuz' it just blows my brain every time I try to do anything with it. Anyone know of any great pen tutorials? Or any really good Illustrator tutorials?

Failing Miserably

I have really stunk at blogging lately. I don't know my hearts not in it right now too much going on. actually more like too much stress. Dave graduates in two weeks, we're still waiting on hearing back from some Interviews and it's Christmas, with all that entails, and the fact that I am a huge planner and I hate not knowing where I'm going to be or what Dave is going to be doing ect. ect. ect. All that stress feels like a ton of bricks on my chest and it's hard to focus truthfully. Usually I love getting ready for Christmas but this year I don't even care to much as long as I can throw it together fast, I mean we're in serious trouble when I don't even Want to do a Christmas Card--(that is so not like me, I love designing them) At least my Sis in Law is having one that I made :)
Hopefully we'll get back on the bandwagon here, until than toodleLoo :)