Playing Catch Up

I keep getting behind on this blogging stuff. Life is keeping me extremely busy. I forgot till now what "Coming upon finals" use to mean. It's been so long since I was last having to worry about Finals!

First off, Big Shout Out to my greatest friend Charlotte and Her husband Jon on their 2 Job Offers! (You know where I'm crossing my fingers for...) And HAPPY BIRTHDAY (Though I'm late) to my "other mother" Veda! Love you and thanks for all you have always done for me.

We just found out this week that Aspen has to go in for Oral Surgery and be put out, because aparently she didn't develop enamel on her back teeth and they are just holes, and the poor little one's mouth is always hurting her when she eats. She just cries, and it breaks my heart. So she has to go have all her back teeth capped adn fixed. Scary to have a child put out...hopefully it all goes well. What's another medical bill...since we just finally paid all ours off, guess it was time for more.

We finally got a kitchen table!!! Wahoo!!! No more eating on the floor!

A BIG HUGE THANK YOU to Lacy, Steve, Ivy, and to Lyndi for letting me take their pictures!! You guys are real troopers to put up with me being as slow as I am. I had a TON of fun though. I was going to post some pics, but I didn't ask their permission, so I don't want to do that without...

There are STILL openings for more photo models!! Email or call me to set it up. Or leave a message here and I will contact you. Trust me, at least you will leave here laughing a little...I think...

The other day (wed I think) I went to a funeral in Newton...maybe it was Thursday...er Tuesday...ahhh!! My week was a jumble. IT was sometime the "other day" It's been a while since I was out to Newton. It was nice to go home and see familiar faces. (Newton will always be home to me) I got to see one of the people I have admired all my life, and LOVE LOVE LOVE so much. She use to babysit me and watch after me a LOT when I was a child. She lived two houses down from me, and her granddaughter was one of my very best friends. She would always feed me yummy strawberry jam on toast (My favorite) instead of making me eat the greenbeans my mom would send with me to her house to eat for breakfast. Yuck! She was so great, and she'd throw those green beans out and give me the good stuff, since I'd always say "Grandma Charlotte, do I HAVE to eat these greenbeans?" And she'd say "No way" and then I got the good stuff! Well, she is aging as we all do, and I saw her at the funeral and she came up to me and gave me a big hug, and then she said "Remind me who you are." Now you have to understand how big of a role this gentle lady played in my life as a child. My mom would often not be home and she'd forget to leave a message, or make sure I had a sitter to come home to, and I'd go home as a kindergartner to an empty house and I'd be scared, and Grandma Charlotte always took me into her house and let me stay with her. She was my angel. When she asked me that question, I just started crying, I haven't really cried since my dad died, but the tears just came. Then she started shedding tears too while she just hugged me and told me how much she loved me and reminded me of the "Strawberry Jam on Toast" Story (So then I KNEW she knew who I was). I realized how much I dont' like the whole aging process. I dont' like losing people I love, and I definetely don't like the forgetting process. It breaks my heart. I hope that she knows how much I love her and what a big difference she made in my life growing up. I hate getting sentimental, and I hate feeling vernerable when I tell stories like this (I dont' know why...I'm strange like that...) but I wanted the world to know that Angels come in every shape and form, and how thankful I am for the one I had as a Child.

A HUGE favor...

Hello everyone! Alright, I am in need of some models for my final project in photography. I am doign my project on the Stages of Relationships, and I need some models who are willing to let me take some pics (being the amateur that I am...) I am even happy to buy ice cream for my subjects since I am desperate. It has to be done by the 5th of December. So I have about 2 weeks to wrap this thing up. I need some patient subjects, since I'm still learning and I'm not super fast. Here is what I need...if you would be willing to be a model for me for one of these, please let me know and let me know what dates you would be available. You can also send me an email to shandamk@gmail.com

Thanks to anyone who participates!!!!!

I need:

Someone pregnant who's willing to show their tummy
A mother/baby
A Mother/Father/Baby
A couple who is dating
A newly wed couple
Someone who has been married for 10 plus years
Grandparents holding hands
Someone who knows how to cry in front of a camera...or can fake it at least...
Two people who would be willing to pose as if they are divorced (I needed a divorced couple, but I don't think I can get them in the same room, so I will have to pose this one...it will be fun though)
A Couple who can pretend to be mad at one another
Someone who is single
Brother/Sister
Grandpa with a cane...anyone have a grandpa with a cane that would be willing to let me take their picture??? I have wanted this pic for a long time...
Father with a toddler son
Grandparents with some grandchildren
A couple who one has to care for the other

Okay...hopefully some of you out there can help me. If you know anyone who'd be willing to, and wants some free pictures, please let them know about me doing this!!

Thanks! I'm desperate for models to help me get this done. It's a huge project and a huge part of my grade.

Seriously!!??

Grrr...this is my venting day I guess. I was hoping to get through this school stuff quickly...but in the art department, I am learning there is NO SUCH THING AS QUICK!!!!!! Very upsetting when you are 25 (almost) and have hardly any shooling behind you, when you should be at least half way if not DONE with the dang college stuff. What was I thinking dropping out?!! But if I hadn't dropped out, I would have ended up in psycology, and I doubt enjoying it as much as photography.

Here's my upset. I went to register for classes (since registration just started this week) and ALL THE CLASSES I want to get into are ALREADY full!!!! WHAT!?? It's only the 3rd day of registration. So maybe I'm not meant to go to school this next semester, but man! Come ON! I'm not getting any younger. If it's this difficult to get in these stinkin classes, I will never get through them in a timely manner. I'll be going to school until I'm 50! (exageration...I know)

Anyhow, for how many are in the art program, you'd think they'd offer more classes or something...but they don't. Bummer. Pray someone drops out for me...maybe I can squeeze in and not be so grumpy about it.

Anyway, enough complaining for one day I guess...don't even get me started on work and how under appreciated I feel...can't wait for the day I don't have to work anymore.

A good day

I had a pretty good day today. I wasn't excited about the week though...what with the Presidential candidate, and worries over what's to come and what kind of "CHANGE" we have to look forward to...I really hope Obama is all he says he is, and that he really is going to promote "good change" I will try to hold my doubt at bay...

But TODAY was fantastic. I LOVE my photography class. Can I say that again...I LOVE my photography class! It's been so much fun. This last assignment (I will try to get a photocopy on here for you all to see) I shot pictures of my brother Shiloh, and a pregnant gal, and Shilohs girlfriend. It was a lot of fun. I made up my own studio, and made some good lighting, etc. Well, today was critique in class, and my teacher said he was "extremely impressed" with my shots and the "great lighting" I came up with. He even said he'd like to trade me one of his prints (He sells them for between 35-85) for one of mine that I did this week. It made me feel really great! I think I'm getting better as I go along, and being able to see things better through my lens...how to make things look good. I'm having a lot of fun with the class. I'm not however having as much fun with Ceramics...I don't love it at all. I stink at working with my hands...

I'll be sad to leave my photo 1 class, because my teacher is awesome, and the class is a class full of about 15 girls, and we have all become great friends, and they are so nice. That's rare for me to feel that way, because I rarely get along with girls, but they are just so nice, and we have a lot of fun together. But I guess in order to advance, you have to keep moving on.

Aspen has had roseola (Sp?) this week. She's been SOOOO grumpy!!!! Ugh. Poor girl, she is so uncomfortable. We have had a year of it. One sickness after another. But we are gonna start getting on the up and up here!