Free Card making class at JS!!!

Scored big today!!!

Little man wanted to go to yard sales today,so we started at 7 a.m. He was on the hunt for a weight bench, he wants to get "beefed" up before school starts :0) So off we went, he with his lawn mowing paycheck, his little buddy, "H" daddy and I. The first sale he mapped out to go to was like 15 miles away from the house.....hmmm. We drove up and all I could see was lots of pink!! I said to him, you picked a girl sale!!! Well they had an Xbox, Ipod and playstation he wanted to check out. But we missed the xbox, uggg, it was only 40.00 with games. So as I was thinking what a waste of time and heading to the jeep I spotted the prize!!! Yes, a brand new George Foreman Grill!!! Still had the sticker on it. It is a beautiful red and came with 3 sets of grills. I have priced them at the store and they were 100.00 when they first came out, I danced away with it for $10.00. So, I had to tell G he was not in trouble for going to the pink sale...lol...
Here are the specs on the grill:

Applica #GRP106QPGR RED GeoForeman360 Grill
$76and up (22 stores) cashback · 2 - 12%
User reviews (25)

106 square inch cooking surface with versatility of 5 round removable plates 2 grill Plates, 2 quesadilla plates and 1 deep dish pizza / bake plate Mechanical temperature control for perfect results Adjustable tilt to knock our fat and floating hinge.

So to back up a little, I have been on a replenish the kitchen kick! After almost 20 yrs of marriage I am ready to buy some new kitchen aids. Part of my reason is to help me to prepare yummy home cooked meals, save money(part of my debt free plan), eat healthier, and just to show my family love. So at the new store in town, Liquidation Outlet, I bought a GE toaster Covection Oven and a new 6 QT crockpot with a sealable lid. Both new, good working condition for 40.00!! They are black and stainless steel. They do not match my pretty new grill but they will soon live in harmony together.

The week before I purchased a Cricut expressions Machine from the outlet store for the mere price of 135.00 w/tax!!! What a steal, I have been wanting the big Cricut for a long time now. My sweet husband wanted to buy me one a few times and I would not let him because they were just to pricey. I feel God knew the desires of my heart and blesses me with my bargains!! So yes while I feel I have spent WAY to much money latley I really saved even more. Does that count? :0) So my love of scrapbooking and paper crafting has resurfaced and I created dad a card for his bday. Sorry, no pics I just did good to get it mailed.

We also picked blueberries, we almost blunered that!! Our friend told us they were 3.00 a bucket and when we went to check out it rang up 82.00!!!! Hmmm, she was wrong they were 3.00 per gallon!!! Yikes, she cut us a deal and we wrote her a 50.00 check, $10.00 more than she asked for. SO you can imagine I need some blueberrie recipes :0).

Have a blessed day,
Would love to hear your comments,
Tracy :0)

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Happy shooting,
Tracy

Happy New Year!!!

I love this time of year, fresh start, fresh air and everyone is talking about goals and organization!!! Ahhh... I could live like this always....:0) I truly love to organize and set goals and I have been a busy beaver doing so. I have also made January my mission completion month. Yes, to finish the projects I started that are looming over my head..Yep, I am going to get it done. So I am proud to annouce I have just finished scanning the last of 300 photos into the ol' pc. They are old fammily photos I got from my mom a couple of years ago and I promised to scan them and get them back to her. ( I am so glad I did not say when) hehehe.

So onto my goal list, I am going to bare my list and let you hold me accountable.
***To increase my worship with my Savior and Father God!!!
1. 365/52 Take a photo a day and post once a week while mastering my camera.
(off to a slow start posting but the new laptop is on it's way :0))
2. Enter photography contest, (hopefully 1 a month at least)
3. Build my photography business, pricing, business cards, ect..
4. Be outside with my son more, at least 20 ,mins a day.
5. Loose my extra fat .... like 19 pounds extra!!! I have already lost 16 before we went to Disney, then gained 8, almost back down then to the next 19. and to get in physical shape. I got the WII fit active.
6. To schedule outings with frineds, at least once every 3 mos.
7. Scrap 365 pages...have not started yet but I am not scared!
8. Faith journal with Patter.
9. To love passionatly. In a sence to hug everyone I meet.
10. To love my family even more...


My motto is this, "TO LOVE PASSIONATLY AND LIVE SIMPLY"

I am loving life no matter what it throws at me and I am going to make my life the best it can be with Gods direction.

Loving Life,
Prophotomom!!!

Vacation or I mean a Staycation......

So I have been off work since friday at 3:30.... What have I done??? not sleep much... my son has been waiting for this week all month lonnnngggg. So friday night I walk in the door from work and see Garrett had done the spot of dishes, swept the floor and was in the process of mopping... boy, was I surprized!!! So I didn't make a big deal out of it because I didn't want him to think I was in shock (which I was...) so I sat down had a snack and checked email. After a little small talk with him I hear, boy I bet you are living the" SWEET LIFE" now...... arnt't you mom? I chuckled quitly to myself and said why do you say that son? Well me working and cleaning and you sitting doing nothing...lol.... I controlled myself and did not let the laughter get out of control. My reply: Yes son, I believe I am....thinking the whole time... and I am sure I said it out loud, it's usually and always me doing the cleaning and you sitting doing nothing.... Yes, it truly was a priceless moment. So anyway... his motive for cleaning is because I told him earlier in the week that no one is spending the night until the house was back in control. So he hurried and did some work so his little buddy Blake could spend the night... It worked Blake stayed for 24 hours and they had a great time.
Saturday morning I punished both of the boys by taking them yard saleing. My photog friend Chris and I went shopping for props and maybe even booked a few photo shoots. So anyway after the first 2-3 sales they boys were done!!! It was quite comical to listen to the excuses of why we needed to quit yard saleling. They did get me back though!!! I had to take them to Extreame Sports to let G wheel and deal a new bow with the owner Zeck. I don't think Zeck was in G's price range on the trade in... Garrett would not give in to the trade in price of 125.00 (rigged out) when we bought the bow (stripped) at 250.00 (new). Of coarse G is not looking at any bow, he is looking at a Mathew's Ignition. The demo sales for 350.00---stripped.... uggg..... boys and their toys... at 10 years old he really needs a job. lol....
Sunday, we attended church and had an awesome worship service and Brother Johnny delivered a very thought provoking message. I saw a couple of new faces at service and was surprized they were there. I knew they were members of a very well know large church. So I went on welcomed my new visiting friends, (so glad they came) and asked what's the 411 on being here? She said it was time for Church agian.. and that I had no idea of what they had been through. She even resigned from her paying position she held at the church. I personally know how hard it is to change your church home and it is such a hard thing to do that intertwines with all areas of your life. But change is good expecially if it is directed by God.... that's the best change of all. It just doesn't always feel good or is comfortable while doing so.
So, after my #1 DH finished working on the farm, messing with the cows and fixing fence we picked of E boy #2 of G's sleep overs...and went to the Cards game in Springfield MO. It is always a great day for a ball game and we had a great time. The cards were not on their game... lost like 14-4... They took a spankin and went home to cry about. Very sad.... that have lost 4 games in a row.
Monday, so we went to Branson Rec plex to swim and G had a bleeder after being there for 15 mins!!! So we spent 30 mins in the office trying to get it to stop. Well.... we got it to stop but he was told he could not swim for a couple of days until the spot scabbed over... (I have never seen that much blood come from a little tiny slit!!!) So we left there, looked at a few stores and headed to Cold Stone Creamery. The boys had a blast and the ice cream was out of this world awesome! G said he wanted it to be a tradition to go to CSC everytime we go to Branson.
So we are pulling out of the parking lot to go home... ( I had photog meeting last night) and it happened. They boys saw the water bumper boats and stated pleading and begging.... then saddness and guilt. I was going to let them do it but held out on telling them yes. I just wanted to see what guilt things they would use....sad eyes, puffy lips ect... lol... no it really was not as bad as it could have been. So I caved and we went to bumper boats, this was G's first time of doing it all by himself. I thought his face was going to crack from the constant smile. He and E ganged up on a girl .....she was not amused and was a bit fiesty about their repeated attacks of bumping her and making go to the cave. She did retaliate and also said a few ugly things.... shesss, they did not figure out why she got so huffy... they were just playin....
So we dropped E off with his dad and then we are going home....then the cell rings, it's DH. He said C called and wants G to call him. Well G called and now C is in the living room playing play station. Yes, boy #3 spent the night last night. I went to photog meeting, (i will post on that later, a cool meet coming up, stayed tuned for that) So daddy went and bought pizza and let the boys ride dirt bikes and four wheelers with the neighbor kids. I think G is having an awesome week so far, and if he doesn't think so I will remind him of all of the fun he has had with photos!!!!!
So I hope I havn't bored you all to pieces.... I am off to do the grocery shopping, pay bills and do some photo editing.
Okay, so blogger is giving me a hard time on uploading...so I will try to remember to do more later... also, I will be updating my photog blog this week, don't forget to check it out.
amomentintime.blogspot.com
Have a blessed week.
Loving life,
Tracy

What's on my mind today....

Well, I worked through my lunch helping another dept so I was off work and hour early, pretty cool. By the time I ran a few errons, came home and unloaded I was not home any earlier. So my list of things to accomplish is...
Get ready for a meeting with a photography client
Edit photos, uploade photos,
Make 2 storyboards
Work on Garrett's baseball photos, ( I did a special shoot of G in his All start uniform and I have intentions of doing a gallery wrap!!!) It will be beautiful.

Oh and then there is the house list,
I am decluttering and organizing and then I will be able to deep clean!!! I am still in the kitchen and have one big cabinet to do and a few drawers and I am done.

So, I can't finish this post without a photo and I am going to spare you a photo of my broke dishwasher and dirty dishes!!!

So I have decided to show you DH chasing the cows... they keep getting in the yard!!! So far they have gobbled up two bags of dog food and left a lot of POO around the yard and in the GARAGE!!!!

Happy Tuesday

I hope this finds everyone doing happy and healthy. Sorry I was out for the last two weeks, I have been taking an on-line photog class and it has kept me very busy learning and creating!!! I have a sneak peak to share, here is a storyboard I created of one of the recent weddings I photographed with my photog friend Chris. You can check us out on friendphotography.photoreflect.com. So I will stop the jabbering and let you see my latest masterpiece....drum roll please........

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