Wordless Wednesday - Mostly

When Little Miss's bus pulled up today, she was not thrilled that I was there to greet her. She was hoping for Grandma and let me know her thoughts on the matter.

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Point Taken

When Mister Man arrived home from school today, he announced that he had something to show me. He proudly unzipped his backpack and pulled out his snack box. I assumed he was going to show me how he ate his snack and did not spit his orange seeds into the bag but instead my exhortations that garbage should go into the garbage finally sunk in.

I was a little optimistic.

That said, isn't the hand writing on his note awfully neat? And it's so polite. And he wrote in full sentences. I'm so proud!

Ok, really, I'm searching for the silver lining here, while trying to recover my breath after laughing a little too hard.

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Now *This* Is A Picture

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As a mom, I try to document some of the more memorable experiences that the wee ones have had - from Mister Man's first lost tooth to the mosquito bite that swelled shut Little Miss's eye to fun at local festivals and more.

I don't capture all the moments I wish I had - the first steps, pictures at every month in the same place for the first year or two - but I've got plenty of fun ones and ones that I hope they'll treasure as they get older.

No, it's not taking the pictures that's my problem. It's doing anything with them (posting on the blog aside) that is the problem. I eventuallly download them from my camera to the computer, but actually printing them. I haven't printed a photo since a 2001 trip my husband and I took to Seattle.

Ummmm yes, that's two plus years before Mister Man was born.

At this point, I've taken some really neat photos of the wee ones that should be proudly displayed throughout the house. I should be buying stock in framing companies - or learning to make my own frames - after I've lovingly placed the remaining photos into year by year photo albums, each noted with the date and the subjects of the pictures.

Oh, I can't even type this with a straight face.

I'm so intimidated by the sheer number of unprinted pictures I have at this point, I am paralyzed into intertia. It's one of my goals for this school year to get caught up. Nearly ten years is a lot of photos, so my goal is to take it month by month - September to do up to 2002, October to Mister Man's birth, etc.

In the meantime, pretend like this picture is in a beautiful frame in our family room. Humor me.

Isn't he cute?

And man, do I feel like a bad mom now.

BlogHer Day 2 Recap: Photos

Ohhhh my. I'm tired. I'm really tired. I'm apparenly far older than I thought I was. It's a good thing this is only a two day (sorta) conference! But I'm so going to BlogHer10. THANK you to all the sponsors for all the fun they allowed from the various parties to the sessions and facilities -- and of course the way cool swag.

While I have no picures of my swag -- and it's all put away already, it was a really neat way to see and learn about all sorts of products that I might not otherwise use or come across. I'm STILL so bummed I was late to the SocialLuxe Lounge and just missed getting what was probably the most awesome swag, including a Kodak video camera that I would have really loved. I have no "real" video camera and haven't yet justified buying one. *le sigh*

Anyway, I do have a ton of other photos -- so enjoy the show, with commentary wherever I can. And where my sleep derived brain fails me, help me out with some identifications please!



Commentary on each picture is in Flickr but not showing up in the slide show. Grrr. Help?

I didn't make it to as many sessions on Day 2 of BlogHer as I did on Day 1, but there were some great ones. Unfortunately, there were also some really small rooms for some very popular sessions and large one for others. Lots of fun and socializing though, regardless.

And thanks to Weaselmomma -- I got a rather unique and fun experience and photo with Paula Deen. Yep, sweetest woman ever, even rolling down her window to my shock as the limo was driving away to wave at us. I wasn't expecting that at all (really, who would?) so the picture misses most of it since I had already turned it off and put it away.

Lots of way fun parties that night starting with the BlogHer cocktail party on the promenade where we had fun chilling out and enjoying the weather. We moved over to BowlHer after that which was hilarious. I managed to break my thumbnail on the first ball, as usual. They had some surprisingly good food though, and a great atmosphere. Finally, time for the famed Cheezeburgher party in the Presidential Suite that was crowded as all get out. I'd never seen cheeseburgers in a silver buffet warmer before, but it worked! Finally, we had an impromptu SeaMan party in the lobby until we finally gave up and went to bed.

This morning packing things up was a challenge, but I did it. Tomorrow you'll hear about my fun of getting home! But for now, I'm off to bed. I can't believe I really have to work tomorrow, but somehow I'll do it. Here's to more than four hours of sleep in a night!

And to think, BlogHer 2010 is still over a year away. Is it too early to start planning?