Wordless Wednesday: Learning About Photo Editing

February 29, 2012

I admit it, I use Picnik.com for photo editing. I’m super lazy, and super busy. Picnik will be going away in early April, and I am SUPER sad about that. I should have figured out Photoshop, Lightroom, Elements, etc. long ago, but I did not. So now I’m trying to catch up and learn another program. I have Lightroom and Photoshop Elements installed on my Macbook, but I have never used them.

Seriously, I have no time to do this right now, but I have to learn.  So I will be reading every tutorial and book that I can.

Wish me luck!!!

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3Welcome to “Angry Julie Monday’s Wordless Wednesday Linky”!

If this your first time here, HELLO! I do a link-up every Wednesday! Post a picture(s) and link back to it here. Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed.

Be sure to check out Wordless Wednesday Link-Ups at these other sites also:

Project Alicia, Better in Bulk, By Word of Mouth Musings, Crazy About My Baybah, Dear Crissy, Five Minutes For Mom, Live and Love…Out Loud, Naptime Momtog, Parenting By Dummies, Seven Clown Circus, Supermom, The Divine Miss Mommy

Also, Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy does “What I Wore Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.

And, I can’t forget Krystina from Lollipops whom does “What I Love Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.


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Hello Monday

February 27, 2012

Hello Monday!

Hello to March this week, Goodbye to February!

Hello to Angry Kid doing “chores” without being asked. Last week it was closet organizing and toilet scrubbing. This past weekend, he brought in the trash without being asked, because it was blocking my car.

The kid brought in the trash cans this morning without me asking. He saw that the trash peeps had already been by & that the cans were blocking my car.

Hello to feeling like a kid again and wearing my favorite shoes.

What? You don’t have Asics with Hello Kitty on them?

I am freeeee from work! Yippee! Time to put on some @Sanrio Asics that I heart! #shoes #febphotoaday

Hello to Angry Kid refusing pictures.
This is nothing new. This is what happens when your mom is a blogger.

This would be the "STOP taking pictures of me" pose @WahoosFishTacos
Hello 24 Hour Fitness.
Hello treadmill and Oscars on the TV.
I figured I was watching The Oscars on my couch, why not workout while still watching the show.

Me, The Gym, and The Oscars.

Hello, how do I even survive the weekends?

I work on Saturday, after we had soccer. Yep, our last AYSO game for the Winter Season.

Hello to sleeping in on Saturdays.

A busy week ahead.

Two trips to LAX, the airport, within one week.

Rain today.

Will I survive the last week of February?

Please tell me that I’m not the only one who has CRAZY BUSY weekends, and is way too busy to blog lately?

I’m linking up with Lisa Leonard and her Hello Monday Series.

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Wordless Wednesday: Chapter Books

February 22, 2012

Angry Kid is in first grade. Unbeknownst to us, he was/is a great reader. He is plowing through chapter books. I took this photo tonight while he was reading his book for homework. The book was 36, yes thirty-six pages. Ye gads!!

Welcome to “Angry Julie Monday’s Wordless Wednesday Linky”!

If this your first time here, HELLO! I do a link-up every Wednesday! Post a picture(s) and link back to it here. Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed.

Be sure to check out Wordless Wednesday Link-Ups at these other sites also:

Project Alicia, Better in Bulk, By Word of Mouth Musings, Crazy About My Baybah, Dear Crissy, Five Minutes For Mom, Live and Love…Out Loud, Naptime Momtog, Parenting By Dummies, Seven Clown Circus, Supermom, The Divine Miss Mommy

Also, Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy does “What I Wore Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.

And, I can’t forget Krystina from Lollipops whom does “What I Love Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.


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5 Things You Might Not Know

February 21, 2012

Megan tagged me on Instagram with this little meme.

I had to figure out 5 Things That You Might Not Know About Me.

5 Things...You Might Not Know About Me tagged by @wmgg. I'm also tagging @bringingupburns @cuppakim @modchik @cupcakescutlery @ragstostitches

So if you have been wondering why I’m barely around, and rarely blogging…look at #1!!

Seriously, this was fun doing this. And I hand wrote my list. I’m fancy like that. I read Gone with the Wind in 5th grade. I think I’ve read it at least 10 times by now. I gave up monster Energy drinks when I found myself drinking too many. I love me some rap and I work way too much. Oh, Angry Husband is a left handed also.

If you do a similar post, leave the link in a comment. It will be fun to see what everyone else puts down.

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Hello Monday-The President’s Day Edition

February 20, 2012

Hello Monday!

Hello to No School for Angry Kid. Hello to another work day for me!

Abraham Lincoln. First grade journaling.Hello to Angry Kid’s first grade journals. Should I be proud that he knows how to spell assassinated?

Hello to a busy work week last week.

Hello to going shooting with the boys on Saturday. I survived. Angry Kid got to take his revenge out on zombies?

My family has a weird zombie obsession, does yours?

The newest warrior to defeat the zombies. He looks so proud. #zombieapocolypseHello to my husband’s new favorite photo. This photo has so many things going on in it.

Angry Kid's cleaning spreeHello to Angry Kid going to sleep at around 4pm on Saturday night.

Hello to Angry Kid waking up at 5am on Sunday morning. Angry Kid went on a cleaning frenzy on Sunday starting with his closet. He then went and cleaned the toilets in both of the bathrooms in the house. He is quite random.

I'm in the land of pretty food. I have no clue on what to but here. I also feel like I should have driven a Prius instead of my Tahoe.Hello to Whole Foods. Or as my BFF Stacey likes to call it, “Whole Paycheck”. Everything looked so pretty and shiny. And ouch the prices! I felt odd driving my Tahoe there.

Hello to Angry Husband’s recent Celiac diagnosis. Goodbye to Gluten.

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Hello to Monday, end of the weekend, and start of my work week.
Hello to a school Holiday for the kid.

How was your weekend? Did you do anything exciting?

I’m linking up with Lisa Leonard and her Hello Monday Series.

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Insta Friday

February 17, 2012

Hello There! I thought that I would join in on today’s Insta-Friday held over at Life Rearranged.

Here are some of the photos that I have taken this week. It has been CRAZY busy as usual….

Angry Kid is sporting @elislids newest edition, the fedora. It goes well with his soccer uniform, doesn't it?
Angry Kid is modeling one of Eli’s Lids newest products, a Fedorable. Yep, doesn’t he look cute with his fedora and um, soccer uniform? Angry Kid has a VERY large head. I was laughing when Kara gave me the hat. I tried it on and explained that I have the same size head as Angry Kid. Nobody believes me, but you can see here how big his “little” head is.

Happy Valentine's Day to me. Yogurtland after doing paperwork all day at work.
A little Valentine’s Day treat for myself.

Tis' the 15th of the month. #meon15 #febphoto366
Me on 15! A little random participation in Feb Photo 366.

My mommy got me two pieces of vintage aqua colored Pyrex with the farmer print for Valentine's Day. Husband does not get it. Giggle!
I am 36 years old and my mom still gets me Valentine’s Day gifts. I think that this gift is even better than chocolate. Vintage Pyrex in the butternut pattern, in AQUA!

Went to @teraraestephens this morning to get my hair done. As usual, she fixed my hot mess!!! The before photo was taken last night. Six months into Operation Pixie Grow Out!
Project Pixie Grow Out. I NEEDED some color bad. My roots were beyond scary. Tera also cut off my mullet. My hair is growing out nicely and she cut it to be like a bob. Yippee, my hair looks almost normal now.

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Cirque Du Soleil’s OVO

February 16, 2012

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending Cirque Du Soleil’s OVO in Santa Monica.  This is the second Cirque show that I have attended. I went with my BFF, Stacey. I had never been to Santa Monica, so I made Stacey drive, because she knows Los Angeles better.

Right away, I was in awe. Cirque had their big top set up in the parking lot right on the beach in Santa Monica, adjacent to the Pier. It was a beautiful view walking to the venue.

Cirque Du Soleil OVO

After entering the Big Top, we headed towards our seats. After sitting down, we noticed a very large egg in the middle of the stage. There is NO PHOTOGRAPHY ALLOWED, but I snuck a little picture before the show started.

Getting ready to see #OVO @Cirque with @mommastacekat. Adults only day out.

What is OVO? What is this show about?

OVO, meaning “egg” in Portuguese, is a headlong rush into a colorful ecosystem teeming with life, where insects work, eat, crawl, flutter, play, fight and look for love in a non-stop riot of energy and movement.

When a mysterious egg appears in their midst, the insects are awestruck and intensely curious about this iconic object that represents the enigma and cycles of their lives. It is love at first sight when a gawky, quirky insect arrives in this bustling community and a fabulous ladybug catches his eye – and the feeling is mutual.

OVO features many acrobatic acts including a stunning flying trapeze act: Six flyers fly as high as 14 m, making this act the biggest of its kind ever presented under a Grand Chapiteau by Cirque du Soleil. This act is the most difficult in the world to execute in terms of the distance between stations. It combines many circus disciplines: banquine, Russian swing and swinging chair. The finale features 20 artists running, jumping and leaping straight up an 8-meter vertical wall.

Cirque Du Soleil’s Show OVO was amazing. It was only the second Cirque show that I have seen but they just keep getting better. I was in awe the entire time. Stacey and I kept whispering about how long it takes them to learn certain skills, practices, etc. I do not have that time of commitment in me.

Here is a little preview video of OVO that I found via YouTube. Seriously, you need to go see this show!

My favorite part of OVO was the Ants and their foot juggling. Seriously, they were AMAZING!!! They were quite impressive with those kiwis.

OVO AntsPhoto via Cirque Du Soleil.

Cirque Du Soleil’s OVO will be playing in Santa Monica until Sunday, March 25th, 2012.

Tickets are still available.

Disclosure: I was provided with two complimentary tickets to see Cirque Du Soleil’s OVO. I was not compensated for this post with any additional payments. All opinions are mine.

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Wordless Wednesday: A Day at USC

February 15, 2012

On Sunday, Angry Kid and I made the trek into LA to go to USC (University of Southern California) with my BFF, Stacey and her family. Stacey’s ‘s daughter, Stella, was going to be participating in a Junior Song Girl Clinic and also performing in the Half Time Show of the USC vs. Stanford basketball game that same day.

Angry Kid has been a USC Fan since birth. I didn’t attend USC but my college did not have a football team so we adopted USC through Stacey’s husband, Carlos, who is a USC Alum.  Stella and Angry Kid have always had cute little USC outfits etc. This was their first excursion together on the campus.

Once you see the pictures, you will see how much fun that they had!

The kids and Tommy Trojan
So excited about this temporary tattoo
Reviewing some video footage
The kids and a USC Song Girl
Besties
Half Time with the USC Song Girls
Song Girls
The kids at the USC v. Stanford Basketball Game

Oh, and the kids are only two months apart. Stella is older, and perhaps a little taller. But Stacey and I are in trouble, aren’t we? I wish I could bottle up all this cuteness!

Welcome to “Angry Julie Monday’s Wordless Wednesday Linky”!

If this your first time here, HELLO! I do a link-up every Wednesday! Post a picture(s) and link back to it here. Wordless Wednesday is a great day to post an awesome picture that “speaks” for itself, no words needed.

Be sure to check out Wordless Wednesday Link-Ups at these other sites also:

Project Alicia, Better in Bulk, By Word of Mouth Musings, Crazy About My Baybah, Dear Crissy, Five Minutes For Mom, Live and Love…Out Loud, Naptime Momtog, Parenting By Dummies, Seven Clown Circus, Supermom, The Divine Miss Mommy

Also, Lindsey from The Pleated Poppy does “What I Wore Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.

And, I can’t forget Krystina from Lollipops whom does “What I Love Wednesday” every week with a great big link-up.


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