T.G.I.F.

I really do not have much to jabber about today....so I thought I would just throw in a photo.  I am going for the instagram look.  I love that ap and I wish I had a iphone for just that purpose...  anyway,  I just grabbed a photo from my files and picked this picture. I think this picture was taken near the Cedar Rapids airport.

Have a great weekend!
Till next time....
Laura

Well here it is! The original Post. I thought I lost it

So, I have been working on my blog and tinkerin' around trying to change it and make it pop but I am just not there yet.  I also now have 2 blogs going. ( my recipe site.) I want you to check it out, but I now need to figure out a way to put a link on THIS one to send you to the other one. sheesh. I literally have been driving myself crazy with all this. I have no clue how all this works. I am computer illiterate. I can sit for hours and hours trying to figure all this out and I get so frustrated I end up cussin' like a sailor at the computer and then I am salty the rest of the day.     So anyway, last night my husband in a nice quiet hushed tone politely says to me in a tone one would use to talk to a 6 year old.. ( he will enjoy reading this) ." Ok, now I think you really need to work on your time management...and setting limits on your time on the computer....every time I come home  your sittin on it doing whatever"    Ok.... maybe he's right.......somewhat.   I do spend a lot of time on the computer, but lately it has been to get my Blogs polished up and work on photo editing...and sometimes it takes me a while.   But I also set a timer and it will tell me when to get off and I usually do......ok..."sometimes" I re-set the timer when it goes off but that's not the point.   I DO also do things with the kids, make sure the house is clean ( ok, usually 89% of the time) and dinner is on the table. ( ok so last night got away from me and it ended up being a frozen pizza night.)  Oh..who are we kidding. I am a junkie. But I think for the most part I balance it out pretty good. I enjoy photography, editing and blogging and connection with friends on FB during the day to get adult conversation.   So who am I convincing here? You all or myself? ha! I have no clue. anyway, please tell me sometimes you all do this.  What are your guilty pleasures? I wanna know.  :)  

ok, I am going to boot down the computer now ( a.k.a the anti-Christ ha ha) and get some things done and play with my kiddos. 

Till next time :)

Laura

Changing my blog and TGIF

   So I have been working on changing my blog and so far this is what I have.  I used to be happy with just a plain blog but now I am ready to move on to bigger and better things so this will actually be under construction for a while.  You should see me, I have 16 windows open on my computer flipping back and forth with how to's and my Dummies book out. The thing is... I have no patience ( and my ADD doesn't help matters either)  to sit and read and learn. I want instant gratification...so I guess I would rather sit here on the computer and neglect my children for 2 hours at a time and curse at the computer and ask God why he hates me instead of taking 1 day ( or night) to read thoroughly and actually figure it out . I am a hands on learner. Seriously.  Just give me the dang thing and let me do it.   I have friends that have the neatest blogs and write nice, funny, interesting informative  things and I want the same thing too. I guess I have Blog envy.  So anyway, bear with me. I promise soon, I will have interesting things to write about and show you my favorite things and have links to interesting articles and how to's. I just need to figure out how to do it.
Did I just say interesting things 46 times?  

Here's to the weekend. :)  What are your plans?

Till next time

Laura

Just havin' fun.....

I recently read an article on watermarking your photos. I am not sure if my pictures are watermark worthy yet, and I have no plans to start a photography business ( although I have been asked to shoot some pics and have been offered payment for doing so and I was a little excited ( and nervous) about that....but anyway.... I went to a website that offers free watermark imaging to your pictures ( Pic marker.com)  you can get the free one or you can upgrade and purchase a more advanced watermark and editing file to download) any-hoo, If I did own a business, I think this is the name I would choose. My last name is in fact pronounced "class" so I thought it was fitting..... I can't take all the credit though, I kinda snagged this name from my husband Brad who at one time was going to go on his own and start his own construction company called " First Klaes construction"..    I guess I didn't ask, do you see my watermark on the left hand bottom corner? he he
This picture was taken yesterday at a trip to the pumpkin patch down the road from us....( Colony Pumpkin Patch in North Liberty)  they have GREAT photo ops...( and pumpkins of course)

PS... at the time I looked at my "preview" of my blog I just saw that you can hardly read my watermark- it says "First Klaes Photography"

Have a great day :)