No Idea

I started using Photoshop's Lightroom over the weekend and I have no idea what I'm doing.  I'm thinking I actually may have to study how to operate this software.  Tonight, half of my pictures have a bluish cast to them and the other half are yellowish.  What'd I do?  I dunno.  I also installed the normal Photoshop onto my PC, but darn it all if I can find it.  I've left subtle hints for Dave that I need help, but I think I'm going to just have to walk the laptop over to him, plop it down and ask him to find it.  It's installed, but it hides from me.  I have issues. 

I will tell you, I played with an old photo that my mom pulled in from old glass block slides of my brother and I with the software.  I was around three years old and he was five and we're dressed in all our Easter finery standing in front of Mr. Little's house.  If you saw the state of the original photo, this looks pretty good.  I guess I just need practice.

  

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Lori

What A Night

When I got to gymnastics tonight, the other mom's there quickly informed me that Kira wasn't feeling well.  I look down onto the floor and she's sitting holding her side at her coaches' feet, so I caught her eye, mouthed, "Are you ok?" and she takes off running off the floor to see me.  When she gets to me, she bursts out bawling, says her tummy hurt and wouldn't let me touch it.  This wasn't at all normal activity for gymnastics since she loves it, so I knew she was in pain.  I pulled her out of practice, took her to urgent care and I'm happy to report, it's nothing serious...just a pulled muscle.  I typically don't overreact like that, but she was crying so hard, I knew it hurt and I was worried it could be something serious.  She's doing better now, albeit a bit cranky, and we're winding down the evening.  What a night! 

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Lori

Green Apple

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Ringer

I was so happy with my shoes today until I stood on my feet for several hours this afternoon and stopped feeling my toes.  I couldn't wait to get home and throw on my slippers, but we had to go to Kira's school after work for open house and was on my feet for even more time.  My calves hurt.  My toes hurt and my feet hurt.  But my shoes are really pretty!

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Lori

Gingham Pants

It's hard to see in the pictures, but my pants are actually gingham.  The inspiration for this outfit came from the sales guy at the Gap this weekend.  He wore a grey vest over a checked shirt with a shiny grey tie and I loved it!  I came home and immediately pulled this out to try to mimic that look.  The shiny shoes were my inspiration and I gotta tell you, you don't see a lot of shiny silver shoes when you work in accounting!

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Lori

Bumblemint

Green is my favorite color and I especially enjoy mint green.  Lands End's spring line came out with this beautiful green sweater with bumble bees on it and I had to have it.  I've been reliving my childhood through clothes adorned with animals and this sweater fit right in.  I didn't notice until I was steaming it that the bumble bees are also on the sleeve.  Ohhhhhhhh looooovvve!

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Lori

Hummingbird

It took me a while to figure this out, but J Crew Factory sometimes has the exact same thing as the normal store, but after the normal store sells out of stuff.  Usually, the pieces in the Factory store aren't in the same fabric as what was offered in the normal store, but who cares!  I fell in love with this skirt pattern on the normal J Crew site, but wasn't willing to part with that much money to make it mine.  Even on sale, it was ridiculous.  When I ran across this lower priced, cotton version at the Factory store, I was thrilled.  I bought the skirt and the matching pants!

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Lori