A day in the life of Miz Carla

Time for a big update

I'm still on the runaway train, but have plans to JUMP OFF OF IT Thursday (our last day of school--woot!) I've been working on an altered board book in tiny bits, but really need one good day of being in the zone to complete it so I can get it into the mail to Miz Christine!

In other news....two weeks ago we were zapped by lightening. It must've come through the phone line and jumped into the breaker box because we had lots of things to get fried at once. I was on my laptop doing my thang when all of a sudden I heard the loudest BOOM I've ever heard in my life. I looked down at my laptop and it had blue flames and smoke shooting out of it. I couldn't feel my index finger for awhile, but all is well now. I've joked to friends that this incident left me with superpowers. All kidding aside though it scared me to death and we are very lucky that none of us were hurt or that the house caught on fire.

Since then we've been busy trying to get everything back up and running. The directv is back on, the computer has been fixed, as has the dryer, and all of the phone lines are repaired so we're back online (THANK YOU LORD!!) We did lose a big tv in our room, two sets of phones, and the dishwasher, but none of that is too terribly important.

Here are a few recent pics. The camera and I have been spending a lot of time together lately. I'm still playing around with some photoshop actions--some are a little "overdone" but I like the effect.

Chloe and Abbie on the back deck posing in the "magic" light.

 

JJ

 

My pretty flowers are still alive-Go ME!!

What have you guys been up to?

*Catch up*

Time sure gets away from me lately! I feel like I'm on a fast moving train that hasn't made a single stop in weeks.

My Dearie Marie tagged me eons ago and I competely forgot until just this minute--so let's take care of that first.

What is your current obsession?
Taking pictures. I'm very inspired by this gal!

Which item from your closet are you wearing most lately?
My old navy t-shirts and flip-flops.

What’s for dinner?
Tonight we had spaghetti and it was verra good!

What was the last thing you bought?
2 Litres of Dr Pepper (mustn't run out of Mummy's "coffee")+ all the supplies needed in the event the flu strikes here.

What are you listening to right now?
The TV (some cartoon)

 What are you reading right now?
The 5 love languages.

What four words would you use to describe yourself?
Lately these four.... TOO BUSY FOR FUN!

What is your current guilty pleasure?

Eating lunch while watching tivoed episodes of make me a supermodel :D

What will be the first spring thing you do?
Hmmm it's been spring here for awhile already....I'm going to have to say the first spring thing we did was build a new deck outside the back door.

Where are you planning to travel next?
Road trip to OK to spend time w/ little sisters--I'm a bit homesick and missing my cousins too!

What was the best thing you ate or drank recently?

The grilled chicken salad I made for dinner the other night-the lettuce was so fresh,cold and crisp!

What color is your front door?

White--but not for much longer!

What are you most happy doing?

Relaxing at home with the family.

Care to share some wisdom?
Sure! Don't put off till tomorrow what you could scratch off your to-do list today!

Rules of the meme: Respond and rework. Answer the questions on your own blog; replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention; add one more question of your own.

and I tag.... Christy Grant, Angie Hall-Haviland,and Karenann Young!

I must clear up a little something (ya'll are precious, but you crack me up)... when I talk about school and how busy it's been keeping me...I'm not talking about my education :D I volunteer (with the PTA--or PTO  as we call it here) and towards the end of the year we.get.really.really.busy! All of us (and on a good day that *MIGHT* mean 5 people) are running on fumes and so anxious for the 21st to get here!! ONLY 20 more days woot!!! We're really looking forward to summer break!

During down time I've been playing with photoshop elements. Babysteps....but I'm learning. I found some great actions that make arting up my photos lots more fun. Here are a few recent things...

 

Mr J and Miz C...I promise I don't beat them regularly... I don't know why they look so woebegone in this photo--probably because they were bored with being my subjects and parked in front of a boring old white backdrop.

 

Note to self: lovely lovely warm light in the backyard between 5-7 pm.

 

This is Chloe following my direction to "be ALL serious" :D she's such a funny girl.

The front door was opened the other day and I noticed the shadows on my dining room wall.

A little altered photo of some of the pretties we planted last weekend. Yes Big Daddy I remembered to water them today.

Hope everyone is well and making lots of art, or reading a great book, or doing whatever it is that you are the most happiest doing. Have a fantastic weekend!

xoxs

Carla