Things that happened today

inside

outside.

make sense?

or in other words...

one side of the door vs. the other.

<3

jill

I have really good ideas.

We did something a little out of the ordinary this year for Christmas. 

I had such a magnificent plan.  (Chad would disagree on the magnificent part)

Poor little Kassidy hates her room. The walls are pink. PINK I tell you!!

We would spend all of Christmas eve painting over the pink walls kassidy so detested and surprise her on Christmas morning with pretty new bedding and walls. 

If we were going to pull off this surprise we were going to have to be a little sneaky. 

Soooooooo... we spent the night at grandma's house.

Yep, late at night we loaded up our sleigh and hauled everything over to granny's.  Except the walls... they were drying. Huge thanks to mom and dad for keeping the girls busy all day while we worked :)

By 2am I was rethinking the brightness of my magnificent plan... also Chad wanted to kill me.

And even though it was a ton of work, I didn't get to see my kids much, Chad wanted to kill me, and we got almost no sleep...

it was worth it.  

I am positively positive that this will be one of the kids most favorite Christmas memories :)

and Kassidy's room looks amazing... when its clean.

btw, have you ever seen such a huge-normous fake Christmas tree in your whole entire life?!!

me neither.

If you scroll back up to the top and take a look at the first picture again, I'd like to point out the horse that lucy is holding, it was a Christmas present from her sweet sister Natalie. Natalie is my crafty kid. She made that out of socks. (seven to be exact) It's actually really cute. 

... incase you wondered where all the matches to your socks are, consider that you too may be living with such a crafty child ;)

[dis-kuhm-bob-yuh-leyt]

Somebody informed me that today is December first.

>..< 

(blink blink)

sigh.

I'd like to express my general feeling on the matter as described below.

and this.

November? Helloo... hellooooo.

where did you go?

The key to life.

Today is november 26th.

november.

it is november.

Take in a full account of our attire, then send us no flowers.

Today was gorgeous. I lived in the world today. 

happily.

The children are happy.

The old man in the chair is happy.

happy us.

happy.

happy.

happy.

people i love filled with happy.

sunshine is happy.

purple sunglasses. longboard. hands up high. on a high. 

happiness.

crashed.

This is what me and my family did today. 

I love them. 

Go into the world and BE HAPPY.

:)

compare.contrast

Man structure.

       

God structure.

      

I enjoy both.

"View from my Toilet"

Should be the name of a book. yes?

not mine though.

I thought I would share with you my new working process, or in other words... the view from my toilet.

I recently found out that my working process needed some improvement.  Before it was, shoot > make a contact sheet > choose what to print > make final print.

I really just didn't know any better.

But along the lines of not understanding the worth of my work I also have a really hard time knowing which photographs are worthy of printing. makes sense right?

This is where my critique class has been ever so helpful. 

new process.  shoot > make contact sheet > grab ANYTHING that sparks my interest, make a proof print > live with it > make a full size test print > final print.

The moment Jim uttered these word to me I knew it was just what I needed.  

I think the key here is living with the images. In addition to living with them I will be rearranging them, looking at them in different ways, and paying attention to which images speak to which.  And all this from my cozy little toilet room. I am certain a new spot is in order, but this is it for now.

I love this. Anything that slows the process down is a very good thing.

I feel perfectly content just making proof prints to live with for the rest of the semester.  Shhh... don't tell Mr. W.

Just kidding, you can tell him. I've worked my tail off this semester and have plenty to show for it ;)

* this girl ain't worried about it *

A rare glimpse

at my ugly handwriting.  (you can thank me later)

...it's because I'm struggling with something.

I am sure I mentioned the critique class I am taking over at Art Intersection, yes? Well...

I found myself going into one of my almost unintelligible rambles last week as I expressed my frustration with finding value or importance in any of my images. 

Sometimes (alot) I think, how could this possibly matter? 

It seems an awkward position to be in. So much passion for something and yet a questioning of it's value.  

My instructor, Jim, thankfully interrupted my ramblings, and asked me to do something.

He told me to write.  Take your notebook here and just start writing, he said. Write down everything that comes to mind, anything at all pertaining to the need to photograph. write write write, don't stop. See what happens. 

So I did.

Is it the final word? no.

It was 30 minutes of my brain putting forth effort.

Is it informative? Yes.

Things came out I didn't expect.

Will I write more? obviously.

I pulled this part out and gave it a little highlight because reading back through I paused on it, this thing which was pulled from within.

In that statement I find something real. Something I need.

:) jill

zombies i love + on a sugar high

I'm really lucky.

Natty B. likes to play school. even dance school.

She teaches Lucy dances over a period of months and then she has a recital.

yesterday was the recital.

song: Monster Mash

location: trampoline

costume and makeup by Natty B.

girls, girls, girls...

just one more. 

ok, in

3... 

2...

1...

nice one.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

it counts.

today me and lucy played a game.
it was called guess what animal I am


I'll start...
j: i start with b, i'm black, and i'm blind
l: A BAT!


ok you go...


l: I start with j
j: jackrabbit?
l: nope
j: giraffe (she's only 5)
l: noooooo (but smarter than i thought)
j: jack russel terrier?
l: ok its jrrr


completely. impossibly. stumped.


j: i dont know, what are you?
l: A JRAGON!


ah, mystery solved.