Out of Town & I Love Color...

Before Edits.....

After Edits....Color AND CLARITY!!!Hahaaa....I'm a slow learner.....

Before Edits...

After Edits....

Good Sunday afternoon everyone! SO sorry about not posting lately but Hubby had a PHCC (Plumbing, Heating, Cooling Contractors) meeting in Harlengen, Texas Thursday and Friday. That's WAY down South, almost to the border of Texas. We drove...8 hours one way on Thursday...8 hours back again, on Saturday morning. It was a long haul but we made it, AND, where EVER Hubby goes, Wife (me) must follow! I know, I know...it's simply NOT fair for wives to have to do this sort of thing BUT, If I want him to keep cooking on the weekends, just call me "She Who Must Obey"...Hahaaa....yeppers.
For those of you that follow me on FaceBook, I'm sorry you must be subjected to these photos again...but! I didn't show Before and After's over there but am doing so, here. The day was very cloudy and damp but I still got some good shots. I'm still trying to learn how to get more clarity when using the camera and PhotoShopEle10, so bare with me. What I HAVE learned to do is to add color! What fun that is....I like photos that have light added to them but NOT those that are SOOOO light, all you can see are people's eyes and lips!! You've seen those edits here on the web...That's not for me...I'm all about Color...and an occasional black and white or vintage shot.
Well, I'm still doing laundry and trying to find the energy to get things ready for work tomorrow. Hope you all have a great Monday!!

PhotoShoot Fun!

Sam BEFORE the edit...
No edits...Crystal ordering the kids around without much luck!Hahaaaa
More directions!
And More direction...
Sams shot AFTER edit.....

Well, Crystal took pity on me and let me go with her and the kids on an official photoshoot Sunday. How Fun is That?!!! I believe I took over 233 shots!Hahaaa....Crystal would be directing how she wanted them to pose and I'd just be clicking away...Now I have something to work on in Photoshop Essentials10. This is my Grandaughter, Samantha. She'll be 17 next month...Lordy people! Time is just flying. So as I post on the blog, I'll also be slipping in shots that I took. Have a Great Monday everyone!!

Shrimp & Grits, IMACs and Toast for Breakfast...

Santa was good to me...I've only written him, about wanting to switch over to Macs, ohhh...nine or ten times...Hahaaa...I've got tons to figure out! Like...In my Photoshop 10 for MAC, how do you save photos in .jpg format? Can't find the place to change it like I could in the PC version of PSEs....For all of these photos, I had to go to PicNik to change them...what a pain!
Buddy Always gets ONE little bite of breakfast from me...in this case, toast.

Hahahaaa....OH! Stop That! I don't remember where I found this recipe but I had said to Hubby, sometime last week, that I thought that Grits sounded good for breakfast someday soon...Well...This morning I'm sitting at my new IMAC/Lion-OS (Oh Yeah...Santa is SO sweet) when I start to smell...shrimp! Mind you, it's 6am...time for another coffee from the kitchen. Upon my arrival, there's Hubby hunched over his steaming pot of...something. Oh well, I grab a fresh coffee and head back to the computer.

"Breakfast is Ready!", I hear.

Hahahaaa.....ok....This is what I find on my second trip to the kitchen. Shrimp & Grits. An old Southern staple. I'd never had my grits with shrimp before, but I had heard of it. Know what? Served with toast...I must say it was good! I just think it's better served for supper than breakfast...Hahaaa....too heavy a meal.

Well, guess I'll go get a coffee refill...my last cup has gone cold.

Ok! Crystal just called! We are going out on picture taking expedition...Maybe I'll get something worth posting...

Enjoy your day!

A Week Already?

When "they" said 2012 was going to fly by so fast it could give you a nose bleed, "they" weren't kidding! Already one week into the new year! I don't think I've ever gone this long without posting... Oh well, absence makes the heart grow fonder...Or!!! It Better Have had!Hahaaaa....
I can't seem to get my wheels 'ta rolling! Our Christmas tree is STILL standing in the living room. It IS nekked (Necked for you Northerners) and all the ornaments are boxed and ready to go back into storage but when we get home from work, it's like we suddenly turn into zombies! Geeeez! The week has had it's "turns" though... Hubby's Mom went to the ER feeling dizzy and not being able to see much out of her left eye...Got to the hospital and they didn't find anything! Said there might have been an infection in her eye and to see her Ophthalmologist the next day. He couldn't find anything either...Then, she wakes up in the middle of the night to find Hubby's DAD laying in the middle of the floor, passed out! The damn pharmacy had given him a prescription that was SIX times the normal dosage! They said, "there had been a problem reading the dosage...." HELLO!!!! Can't read it??? Call the DOCTOR!
Sorry...didn't mean to shout! You don't want to hear about my visit to a local nursing home to visit my friend...no, you don't....
ANYWAY!Hahaaa....That's how its been around here. Hopefully, Next week will show some improvement...Y'all enjoy the weekend! It's suppose to be pretty here. Maybe I'll get outside with the camera.....