may day

I lost a whole month.  Yep.  Goners.  It was back in 2006, July to be exact.  Not like the time I blocked out a whole school year, 3rd grade I think I skipped it, no this time I lost it due to neglectful backup procedures.  Any photos from July 2006 fell into a hole in my backup disks.  It turns out my disk backup of all my photos was pretty haphazard at best.  Stupid disks.  Or me.  Or something.

Oops.  I hope we didn't do anything interesting then.  Dave wasn't concerned by it, since it would probably only be him in those pics and it might have been a chunky phase, and maybe the dogs, or nature. . . I don't know I didn't look through any of the pics from the other months.  Drag and drop.  It was tedious.

I found this out when I was transferring all my digital pics to another hard drive for safe keeping, and so I no longer need to deal with stupid disks.  What a pain.  Did you know that Amazon Prime does photo storage for free as well?  Yeah, I love me some Amazon.  I need that many kinds of backup for my precious (gollum gollum) pics that I didn't look at, just moved over.  Maybe I'll look at them again. . . sometime.

I found that my photo count for January of this year equals my whole year of 2006.  Yeah, I guess there wasn't much to photograph pre-Miley.  Of course, maybe that wouldn't be the case if I had the lost photos from July, assuming I took any.  Wow, maybe I didn't take any.  ??  We will never know, because I also did not write in a journal.  Fail.

Miley got out a photo book of my family pics and was trying to tell Jovey who was in the pictures.  Yeah, she didn't recognize me until 2001, and that's just because Dave was in the picture then.  Him she knew.  My magically changing hair seemed to throw her off.  And she's really bad with names anyway.  Just ask her aunt Breht or our neighbor Julia.

Jovey is very unhappy with my chatbooks.  I get 5 a month until we get caught up with where I am on instagram.  They are books of my instagram pics.  Anyway, we just got the one starting 2013, and she is yet to make an appearance.  She does not understand this.  She should be in all photos since forever.  It's just rude to leave her out for all those years.  'Where baby Jovey?'  Not being born makes no sense to a toddler.  ;)

Here is the reason we take family pictures every year. . . because my parents tortured us with it.   Just a sampling from the past. . .

Miley knew who most of the people were in this last pic, from 2012.

job smob

Found this in my memory box while reorganizing stuff.  My second grade self had it right.  ;)

Speaking of which, look at this naughty little elf. . .



Man, sometimes my non-job is so hard. I mean, how can I stop myself from going in there, interrupting her blanket party, and kissing that little face? ;)

and many more

Thursday, the third day

A picture of you and friends. . .

Technically this is just one friend so I switched the plurals. . . you know, make it pictures and friend_. . . But anyway, we have a bazillion pictures together. . . because she is the coolest person I know.  Meet Kirst, my favorite person.

Hey Kirst why don't we ever take pictures together anymore?  I couldn't find anything more recent then college, how sad is that?  Experienced photo burn out I guess, similar to my daughter right now.

keeping up

So far so good.  I'm all scrapbooked up to April.  Well, it's saved on my computer anyway.  My plan this year seems to be working out all right.  I had a few more layouts to do for March and April.  Lots of pictures were taken.  I'm liking the collage, hit the highlights, scrapbook this year.  A big departure from last year's POTD (picture of the day).  Side note, checked out one of Nie Nie's blogs with a pic a day theme.  Totally cute.  Made me miss my 365 project. . . so I'm thinking I'll add more SOOC (straight out of the camera) pics to the blog more often.  More random pieces of our life to share.  Side side note, am I killing you with dumb acronyms yet?  ;) 

Anyway.  These pages are the monthly openers, they each have two or more (usually more) similar pages that continue on after.  I heart digital scrapbooking.  Have I mentioned my distaste of glue yet?  ;)

In other news, I finished revamping my childhood album.  The sticky sheets were eating away my memories and I finally got around to doing something about it.  They are now freed from their tacky prison and sitting happily on a shelf for Miley to one day mock. . . my hair mostly, I'm sure.

I got nothin

I realize it is time for a new post, but I'm not sure I have any wit or wisdom to share today. . . so here is a little randomness instead. . .

Miley made up with balloons, well at least helium filled ones. They are now a fun toy. What inspired this turn around? Your guess is as good as mine.
Cupcake recipe number two was a success. The plan going in (to fulfill resolution no. 2) was to share this batch with others. Ummm yeah, they didn't last that long. Delightful, delovely, and delicious. Pure heaven in a paper wrapper. Orange Creamsicle. It's also my favorite Italian Soda flavor, coincidence? I don't think so. I'll be making these again, and maybe this time we'll share. . . . ?
The rain is the pits. Another resolution for us was to get outside to the park on every day Dave has off. One full week of rain later and we've got some lazy cabin-feverish type people here. Oh and it looks like in the picture that we only accommodate one of our pets. Nilla's the favorite. Actually, Bear agrees, she doesn't want to lay on another bed, she wants to be by her sis.
Currently making more invitations for Primary. I swear I am constantly making these. Brit, can we stop planning stuff for awhile? ;)Sunday piggy buns, and the girl wouldn't let me take a good picture of them.
I intensely dislike Dell. The company. I don't know about their products yet. My hopes aren't high. I am a Mac person for a reason. Everyone else is crap. We wanted to get a little net book so that I could get Dave out of my office for good. Sorry hon. Mac doesn't make little net books, so we went with a Linux Dell (just say no to windows). Haven't received it yet, but dealing with that company was beyond annoying. Forget a little net book, I'm going to get a Mac Book. . . but then again, it's for Dave's use so what do I care.

The rain has driven us to play indoor games. Here Dave is concentrating intensely on beating Miley at Elefun. . . yes, we are that competitive. ;)
Miley found another use for her butterfly net.
Meanwhile, I am consumed by Dr. Mario. I play it whenever I get a free second on my DS. i heart it. I've reached a point where no one but the computer will play me, and that's because it has no choice. If it did, I think it would decline as well. If there was pro status or an olympic competition for it I'd be in the running. I really should stop. I even find myself playing it in my dreams. See what the rain is doing to me. We desperately need sunshine here!

My ongoing project of digitizing all my family's old VHS home movies is slowly reaching completion. Yesterday I wrapped up 1995 and 1996. I got to revisit some pics of my Junior Prom! Yipppee. Those will not be featured here. I had braces. And the hair. . . it's just too much for you to take.
Gearing up for Valentines Day here. Well, kind of. I was in the craft store the other day and realized that stores actually sell decorations for holidays other than Halloween and Christmas. Weird. I do not own any of those. . . and well, didn't pick any up either. I did buy a cute outfit for Miley to get pics in, and some little somethings for my siblings. That's pretty much the only Valentine tradition we have. . . send a little dumb something to the siblings to remind them I love them, I mean we, well it's my tradition. . . Dave you'll have to get your own. ;)

This winter has been a bummer for us. A whole lot of crappy sickness. Colds galore. Throw in (or up) a little stomach flu and it's just been peaches. I've been sneezing like crazy this week. Shared it (the cold, not the sneezes, I didn't do that on anyone, gross) with at least three people, that should mean I'll be healthy soon. Giving it away is the only route to recovery. Isn't that how it works?
I was organizing my blog a few weeks ago, labeling things and what not, so I could find what I was looking for. . . . when I came across a post talking about our plans for our backyard. My thoughts on the subject in 2008 were that we'd probably have it done by 2010 or 2011. I am so on track with that. Called the landscaper today, maybe it will mean something this year. . . but then again, I still have until 2011 before I can be considered a liar.

There you go Tiff, now you won't have to check the blog again for another few days, well maybe more. . .

Belated, but only slightly

Happy Birthday Little Brother!
yesterday. . . that is.

I did want to sell you when you were a baby, but luckily for you mom wouldn't let me. . . and I guess it worked out for the best that way. ;)

Why am I always carrying you guys around in these pics? You're so lucky you have an older sis like me as a chauffeur. Actually, this went on after I got my license too. Dang lucky!

I have no idea why we're dressed like this, but you do make a cute cowboy.

One of the stellar photos of us, just thought I'd share. . . look how happy we are. . .

Compared to this one where you're practicing your stoic face. Very impressive.

And this one I thought I'd add to highlight your fabulous modeling abilities. I contemplated putting your 'tired face' photo on here too, but thought better of it. Lucky, again. ;)
Looking handsome.

And being a good uncle too.

I hope your birthday was a good one! We love you and your red hair! Pres. Monson was right, it does make you stand out. . . and in a good way!

Twenty-One!!

It's your birthday, Kari-Berry! And as such, here are some adorable pics of you for the whole world to admire! I can't believe my little sis is 21!

Look at your beautiful red hair!

And this is a girl with her game face on. . .

Who could forget how good you were with animals. I can still vividly remember their cries of joy when you would hold them.

I guess you're still good with animals, or just a really soft and warm place to sleep.

Look at the sisterly love you're sharing. And you can barely tell how uncomfortable you are with the closeness.

Oh so photogenic!You even look good with a slightly green tint. And the hair cut is adorable too.
Happy Birthday little girl! We hope it's a great one! Dave and I love you!

Goodbye 1993

A little update for the fam. . . I just finished 1993. I keep thinking that I will ship the movies and then I'm so close to finishing the next one that I decide to wait. . . Needless to say that was four years ago, and they are still stockpiled here on my shelf. Currently I have seven movies to send you. I know Tiff is way eager to watch movies of herself again, so we'll see if I can send them some time soon. I haven't imported 1994 yet, so maybe this time they'll get sent.

Happy Birthday Fanny!

You love it when I call you Fanny, just admit it! Happy 23 Tiff! Dave and I love you to pieces!You helped me build some muscle, carrying you and those chubby cheeks around!

And no one can deny that you have style!

I have a lot of funny photos of you, so you're lucky that only these four made it to the internet! Love you! Happy Birthday little sis!