17Apr 2008 by Kaylene 6 Comments

Taking the plunge, what I like about me.

Kevin and I
Short version, a friend challenged fellow readers to name some things that they like about themselves and blog them. Long version, read post titled by the same name on Jenni and Will's link in my blogroll. I've put it off till now, but now I need a pick-me-up. I love my eyes. I think they're rather pretty and speak a lot about me. Here's a pic of my eyes I did a while ago, a year or more. I honestly thought about this one before I saw Jenni's eye paragraph and pic about her eyes. I'm having a hard time with this, I can think of things I like, but not really things I like about myself. I like my calfs. I know weird. I think considering my overall weight,…
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16Apr 2008 by Kaylene 4 Comments

Depression Stinks

Aiden, Baby Joey, To new beginnings, Venting
In case you haven't been able to tell from my lack of upbeat posts lately I'm struggling a bit lately. I'm just going to copy my post from my private family blog. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Screaming, Crying, and Tired (kids, not just me) It's been a rough week. I don't know why, I'm just tired and down and struggling. There's nothing that's any harder than usual, so I don't know what's up. So please pray for me if you get a chance. Yesterday the bug guys came. They only sprayed the kitchen and main bathroom and said I'd only need to stay out of those areas for two hours, and that I didn't need to leave. I decided to be extra cautious (and safe) and go ahead and leave for the day.…
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16Apr 2008 by Kaylene 1 Comment

“Tank-oo Mommy”

Aiden, Venting
I've quoted Aiden before, but now this is his favorite phrase.  Especially when he's been a huge stink.  Once I get him calmed down and to act rationally he always says "Tank-oo Mommy" with a sheepish side glance. I can't tell if this is a good thing or a bad thing.  It may be a bad thing since it means that he knows he's out of control and is being manipulative, or it may be a good thing because he's sincerely grateful to me for helping him get back on the ground without getting too grumpy in the meantime.  Maybe it's some of each. I just want the out of control tantrums to end.
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12Apr 2008 by Kaylene 2 Comments

My Wonderful Husband

Kevin and I
I think Kevin has forgotten how incredible I think he is. He's being hard on himself right now, that happens sometimes, but I think he's awesome anyways. It takes an awesome kind of man to have put up with my faults all of these years. During pregnancy I can't do dishes. It's BAD. During each of my pregnancies he's completely taken care of them. Even when I haven't been pregnant it's my least favorite chore and he's usually taken over them rather than waiting around for me to do them. A year ago, right before getting pregnant with Joey I'd made a personal goal to do more dishes so that that mantle woudn't fall squarely on Kevin's shoulders, I started doing at least one batch a day and he breathed…
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11Apr 2008 by Kaylene 3 Comments

Much better.

Aiden, Baby Joey, Church, Family Fun, Kevin and I, Michael, Pictures
Marissa, my visiting teacher, came over this morning and it was really nice to see her. Pamela moved away this week (Whaaa!!!) I'll miss her so much, but it was fun to see Marissa and her sweet new son (he's even newer than Joey). I worked on my re-designed business cards (BTW getting nowhere with those), and researched Michael's birthday cake and I'm trying to decide if I'm brave enough to do a cake or if it'd be funner to just buy a fun one... When I went and got Michael I decided to go to the zoo again (we went Wednesday with Playgroup), we had a good time, when it came time to go get Kevin he decided to meet us there, so we all got to play at…
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11Apr 2008 by Kaylene 5 Comments

Yuck!

Aiden, Baby Joey, Kevin and I, Michael, Venting
Not such a good day yesterday. I had a tooth ache yesterday. It wasn't fun. Kevin's cell phone is broken, the antenna broke off on Saturday, and so it's reception is very, um, picky. So most of the time he can't make calls out, he only receives a handful of his incoming calls, and most phone calls he does get are garbled or one or the other person can't hear, or even better it just hangs up. This has been a blast... Hopefully they find his warranty soon at work and can get it fixed or replaced. Aiden was a little crankier than usual. Enough so that we didn't get out the door into the car to go get Michael till about 10 minutes later than usual. I pulled up…
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08Apr 2008 by Kaylene 2 Comments

Ten Easy Tips to getting better photos SOOC

Pictures
SOOC~ Straight Out Of Camera. I just thought I'd share some stuff to help my friends take better pictures. Get out your camera's and enjoy. :) 1~ Watch your angle. Where the camera is in relation to the subject makes a big difference. NEVER shoot a woman from below, try to shoot from her eye lever or above. This almost always helps with everyone else as well. This lengthiness out the neck and face, minimizing face fat (or what they may perceive as fat) or minimizes it from view below natural curves, and also does flattering things for eyes if the subject is looking into the camera. 2~ Get on your subject's level. What's cuter? a baby on the floor, or a close up from ground level of a baby…
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