I missed posting my Friday Photo Bliss photo because we have all been sick with nasty colds/coughs
and I don't have any energy. I am behind in everything (blogging, housework, sleep, etc.) and I am trying to take it easy. I need to get well.
Times like this I miss working outside of the home. BC (before children) I always had tons of sick days because I was hardly ever ill (no germy kids). So when I was sick I stayed home, soaked in hot baths, watched TV, slept, read books, and enjoyed the silence. Sometimes it was a bit of a holiday, to tell the truth.
Now, life is different. When I feel bad I usually have a housefull of sick people to take care of. So my needs come last, as they should. And I know one day my kids will be on their own and I will have peace and quiet once again when I am sick. But I will probably spend that time missing the days when my kids were little and I could take care of them. :-)
The afternoons have been sunny and warm, so we spend a few hours each day outside. Otherwise we would get stir-crazy. I don't know if I could be a stay-at-home homeschooling mom if I lived up north where it was cold and snowy all winter. How do you snowbirds do it? My two active boys would drive me crazy! I love Texas. Give me 100 degree heat over mushy cold snow and ice any day.
I brought my camera out yesterday (the first time in almost a week) and I got a few cute shots of the boys. I am also previewing a new free web action in the image above. It adds a color block on the right side and also automatically adds the text for the watermark and caption and resizes and sharpens for the web. I also have a version for horizontal images coming out. I hope to post these in the next days, if I ever catch up with everything else.
Here is a sample of the horizontal action. I took this photo today of Imp in the barn. It is filthy in there, but it makes the absolute best photography studio ever! I don't even have to add dirt to my boys' faces, it is added naturally to give them that authentic look. ;-) This was processed in LR2 with my Vanilla Latte B&W preset, no adjustments made. I forgot how much I love that preset.
Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!
