Hair… pull.

Wow, if it has been a stressful.. annoying day. I’m not going into detail in this public post but for a few of you, you’ll read it in a private post soon. I am absolutely disgusted with things at this point and after a long talk with Jo, we’re fixing to do something about it. That something, of course, will have us traveling again. Joy.

For an ugly day (figuratively speaking), there sure was some pretty..

And tomorrow begins another Winter storm, which is calling for as much as 50cms of snow. Fun times, I say.

Now that we’re nearly halfway through March, there’s no denying that Spring and Summer are just around the corner. There’s also no denying that there will soon be weddings galore.

For those of you that are currently planning your wedding, you may find that it’s quite the task. Let me introduce you to a wedding website that could help making your wedding planning a lot easier, Wedding Museum. Whether you’re looking for a photographer, DJ, or even a florist or you need help with your song selection, itinerary, and searching for local vendors in your own state, Wedding Museum will be your wedding planning guide.

When you join Wedding Museum, you will have access to some great wedding planning tools. Tools like; creating and editing your guest list, the latest in wedding news, a wedding budget calculator to keep up with your expenses, and even a free wedding website that can feature your registry, wedding details and even your photo album. If you’re looking for details regarding a loved ones’ wedding, Wedding Museum can also help you with that through their collection websites. All you have to do is search for their website by entering their last name into the search box, then press go. You’ll be forward to your search results, which include the wedding date along with the city and state.

Though however beautiful a wedding can be, the planning part can be very, very stressful. Wedding Museum is there to help and guide you along the way with all of their resources, unique wedding ideas and useful, interactive tools. If you’d like to learn more, feel free to pay them a visit.

This was a paid review

If you downloaded “In the blue” before now, please not that I have uploaded an updated version of it. There were a few bugs that I have gone in and fixed and the theme is now XHTML and CSS valid. My apologies for not making sure these things were fixed prior to releasing the theme.

Also, while on the topic of themes, I’m working on a new theme which I hope to release in the next couple of days. It’s a 1 column theme, but for those of you looking for a 3 column theme.. it’s coming, I promise.

Edit; I’m not so sure that what I took a picture of today, is an iceberg. I think the person that told us there were already icebergs at Twillingate, is a little… crazy. The water was still frozen for the most part. The trip wasn’t entirely wasted though, I did take pictures of whatever that was, just in the event it was an iceberg. I took a few other random shots around there, including one of a coast guard helicopter hovering in front of me, which was…. odd.

Icebergs in Twillingate. Heading out for pictures. It’s a gorgeous day, so I’m going to use it to my advantage. Hopefully, with any luck, I’ll have photos to share later.

Yay!

Sometime tomorrow, I will be taking Scribblescratch.com offline for a bit. It’s nothing major, I just want to put up a new theme and make sure everything functions properly and is validated as well. The validation part is already kicking my butt and I’m hoping that it’s not going to succeed in kicking my butt (aka, me giving up on it). I’m also hoping to incorporate a daily photo portion of the site, though I’m not sure if I’m actually going to follow through with this part or if I’m going to start back up with my photoblog (eyetakepictures.com). Either way I feel like it’ll eventually pose as more of a chore, so I’m still not 100% that I’m going to even do this. Ha!

Anywho. I just wanted you all to know that in case you stumble onto the site during that time. I’m hoping it won’t take very long and in the event that it does, I will likely just put the site back up until I have more time to tweak things. We’ll see!

It’s amazing how simple little things trigger the biggest memories. I can hear certain songs playing on the radio that remind me of relatives, friends, old boyfriends and just good times in general. Earlier today I was thumbing through one of several boxes we have in my in laws’ storage room and stumbled onto a couple of engraved plaques. One was actually mine, from my high school graduation and the other was my dad’s from his retirement - a congratulations on so many years of work for the state and such. It triggered memories of my dad making his own t-shirt to wear to his retirement party, which read “I’m retired, I don’t have to wear a tie”. Silly but if you knew my dad, it’s very fitting.

And once again I’m homesick.

I can’t wait for the weather to warm up. I hate being stuck in this house so much, especially since we’ve been several Winter storms lately. Being stuck inside has left me feeling so lazy, with little to no motivation to do much of anything. I really need to get my butt back into shape and I’m afraid that isn’t happening, as much as I wish for it to. I’m soon going to resort to weight loss pills to drop these holiday pounds, that I swore I’d lose long before now. It’s well into March now and the holidays were over in January. That realization really depresses me at times. Especially knowing there are plenty of people that are already dropping those pounds. Pffth.

Needless to say, I’m really looking forward to Spring. Hopefully the melting snow, warmer temperatures and new life will motivate me more than these Winter storms and freezing temperatures have been.

Jo’s been talking about wanting to get into photography for a few months now. In fact, at Christmas he suggested that if I couldn’t find the cell phone he’d been wanting, I should look into digital cameras. I actually love this idea because for a long time, he didn’t understand my passion for photography. It’s only been in the last year or so that he’s been able to see why it is I enjoy doing it. I guess another part of me is rather excited about the possibility of a “husband and wife” photography team. Ha, ha. Silly, I know.

So, I think I’ll start looking into those cameras for him and maybe surprise him. I think it’s going to be best to go ahead and invest in a digital slr verses a point and shoot though, that way he can learn the digital slr first. I wish I’d been able to do the same but the money just wasn’t available at the time. I think I’ll go with Olympus again, that way we’ll be able to share the lenses. LOL

I can’t wait to get my zoom lens in my hands. I saw this bird on a branch above my head the other day and though he/she wasn’t very high, it would’ve been a better photo had I had a lens that could zoom in on the little thing a bit better. I’m honestly surprised (and thankful) that he/she sat there long enough for me to take it.

I hope to have that lens soon though, so no worries.

I could use a nice, long holiday, couldn’t you? Do you enjoy golf, or are you planning a trip? Maybe you should have a look at the Branson real estate, perhaps for a nice rental place. I bet you could find a nice condo to rent out for your getaway. It seems like after the holidays had settled down, everyone was looking for a way to getaway and relax. I think I’m still in that mode. I think it has everything to do with this Winter weather. We’re expecting another 25-35cms before the end of tomorrow. Spring can’t come soon enough.

Speaking of getaways; I’m going to try and convince my husband that we should head down to Twillingate soon. I was browsing around Flickr the other night and noticed there are people already posting iceberg pictures. How exciting! I’m just not sure if the icebergs are close enough to get decent pictures of yet and I doubt we’ll be taking any tours for a while yet. And speaking of those tours, I can’t wait for my dad his and his girlfriend to pay us a visit. He’s also itching to go on one of these tours, so I think we’ll wait to do ours until they visit too. Well, pending they visit before late Summer. I simply cannot wait.

My sister in law has been having some trouble with breaking out lately. She’s always, for the most part, had nice skin and it’s only been for the last year or so that it’s been really bad. A lot of it has to do with stress (things I will not go into here), I’m sure but even so, I think I’m going to try and find something for her. She’s always coming to me asking me about different products and while I don’t know much about a lot of the things she asks about, I do try to help with the research part. I think I’ll check out some of the acne products at Orovo. I may even be able to find something for myself, not that I’m breaking out or anything. It seems like their products may help with the scars on my knees (from knee surgery). I’m no insecure about the scars at all but I have to admit, it sure would be nice not having them be so noticeable.

And speaking of products; I’m going to go down some more Theraflu. Yes, I’m still sick. Yuck.

I’m still sick. /insert cough, wheeze, stuffiness.. etc.

I also found out some horrible news a few hours ago. Tammy’s dad passed away. Tammy is my mom’s roommate and I am very close to her. This makes me so sad and even though they didn’t have the best relationship, I know she is torn to bits. He’s struggled with his health for the last year or so but especially so for the last few months. This morning he had trouble breathing so they took him to the ER. He was fully aware of what was going on, who was there and the like but in the end, he lost his battle. I know he’ll be deeply missed.

The things I do for a picture. I guess I spent too much time on that cliff near the shipwreck yesterday. Too much wind and misty conditions have done a number on my health. I woke up this morning with a bit of stuffiness in my nose and a few snifflies. Now I’m into that whole hacking, coughing, sneezing, just-not-feeling-good-at-all mode. I guess that’s the price we pay though, I definitely wouldn’t change it because I love the way the shots turned out and can’t wait to print some and send to my family back in Georgia.

Speaking of the pictures though, I took a few other miscellaneous shots while we were out and about yesterday. This little red shed (hey, that rhymed) stuck out against the dreary day.

Now if you’ll excuse me. I have some art to create and a delicious French Vanilla Smoothie to drink, courtesy of my new best friend, Tim Horton. Ha, ha. I sure hope it makes me throat feel better!

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Well this boat is going nowhere fast! I saw this yesterday, as we were driving out to Embree for the other pictures I posted. It’s the only boat I’ve seen in the harbors around here. It seems like everyone else pulled theirs out for the season.

I think it’ll be a little while longer before they take her out again, don’t you?

PS: Whoops. It helps to post the right photo. For some reason I posted one of the others. Ha, ha!