Tuesday, September 23, 2008

I WON!!!

Yay!  After many votes and time to count them all, it was announced today on Me Ra's blog that I won the Water Photo Contest!  

IMG_9806©


It is so nice to have a surprise like this after all the weird stuff that has been happening lately.  From my poor chicken to our orphaned squirrel to me being sick for almost a week straight...it gives me something to smile about :)  

I am trying to rest and get better but my boys are making it hard for me to do so.  It's like they know Mamma doesn't feel good.  I discovered a chunk of random hair on my bathroom floor...yes, my youngest found some scissors and decided that he needed a hair cut.  Thankfully I can make it look "blended" but goodness.  The things these boys will do to keep me wired so I can't rest.  I guess moms don't get sick days...should have read that part over more carefully before I signed up.  

So what am I doing to get better?  Lots of fluids, lots of medication and cough drops and finally, lots of movies.  I finally gave in and let the TV babysit for a bit.  My kiddos don't get to watch alot of TV because I think they should use their imagination and play...that's what I did as a kid.  So, I don't feel so bad doing this so I can rest and get better.  

I haven't forgotten about my children's studio stuff.  In fact I have a funny story about that...funny now...I was irate then:

I went to the Antique mall to look for a chair.  It's so frustrating to me that I can find the same chair down in GA that I would here but it would be 100 bucks less.  All their chairs are like 165 dollars...and they aren't even in that good of shape.  So, I ended up purchasing a 1940's vanity bench...someone had covered it in this cool orangy-red material and I couldn't resist.  So excited, I got home and immediately set up some of my material and plopped the bench in front.  I told the boys to take their shirts off and they were gonna be my guinea's again.  Now, I don't have a backdrop stand yet, so I was using some paint buckets....

Do you see where this is going?

Here's before:

IMG_6804©

IMG_6841©

And after:

IMG_6853©

IMG_6858©

Moral of the story...Ali needs to buy a backdrop stand...I spent about an hour scooping up paint with a Pampered Chef Spatula...I was able to recover almost the full gallon, but it's a little dirty. I don't know know if I'm gonna still use it for my living room or not. I dunno...

Parker looks so pitiful doesn't he? Well, I laugh about it now. Ok...gotta get some sleep so I can get better. Take care!!! And Thanks again if you voted for my photo! Ya'll are AWESOME!!!


8 comments:

  1. Congrats! You will LOVE Lightroom! Oh and I hope that paint was water-based! :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. Congrats again on the photo contest! This is the first time I've looked through your blog and you're photos are lovely!!!

    We were so surprised to find that sterio - the last one that sold on ebay went for $600 and we found this one for $25! Crazy!

    ReplyDelete
  3. ALI YOU WON!!! I just checked Me Ra's blog and saw your picture popup and I about peed my pants! Congratulations - it was the best picture after all :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. well, i love my boys, please send them south for omi and papaw, and you can take a rest....
    PLEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEE!
    SO HAPPY YOU WON THE PHOTO CONTEST ALI-OOP!
    did you get the paint cleaned up and hope the boys didn't get in trouble, omi loves her grandsons :)

    ReplyDelete
  5. ALIIIIIIIIII! You go girl! I'm so proud of you!!! I have to admit though. I'm not surprised. Not at all. I knew you had that one in the bag. You're an incredible person and an even more awesomely awesome person. I want another Romarita date!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Ali, Congrats! I'm happy for you! :) Lora

    ReplyDelete
  7. Awesome... I knew you would get it!!!

    ReplyDelete