2 weeks left and 7 projects to go...

Yeah crazy I know! 2 weeks left until Christmas break and we get handed 7 new projects. 5 of which came on the same day. And now I have four projects due next friday, one due next wednesday, and two due on the 12, oh and then an english project due on the 10th! Yikes!! The crunch is coming. oh and then studying on top of that for finals! All the stuff that has been covered this semester will be on the test because we haven't had any tests yet. We only get one test (per class) a semester. So they are going to be doozy's!!
I've also been staying at school late this week. Yesterday I was at school from 8 am to 6 pm. It was a long day! and then today I was there from 9-4 so it wasn't as long, but it still makes for a very tiring day. We have a print sale tomorrow and friday that we have been getting prepared for, so it's been two very busy days of printing, mounting and matting prints, as well as organizing and labelling and everything that goes along with that! Whew! But, I am definitely looking forward to a nice relaxing weekend back in GP. That should be really great and I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone and also going to Chili and pie night! Hurray! I'll have to try and get some pictures from chili and pie night to put up here because it's sure to be another fun evening.
Every year Webster does a talent show night where the men and the women bring chili and pies and there is a competition. So they start with the talent show, and then half way through they break for chili, which is judged and put into different categories. Then we have pie which is also judged in different categories. And then the talent show continues on! Last year the men brought the chili and the women brought the pies. This year they're switching it. Should make for an interesting night! I'm curious to see what kinds of chili's the women come up with, and the creative genius of the men and their pies.

Cancer strikes again...

For those of you who don't know, Cancer runs on both side of my family. My Grandpa B has had cancer 3 or 4 times and has it yet again. He just had a lump removed from his lip last week and just got the test results back yesterday and they were positive. They aren't sure what they can do for it yet so my Grandparents are going back in a couple weeks for more tests. It's going to be extremely difficult this time because my grandpa is now in his late 80s and has had quite his share of bouts with cancer. I just pray he'll make it through this. We'll just have to wait and see. So please if you ever think of it, say a quick prayer for my grandpa. We'd appreciate it!

For the Bolgers

Today in photoshop, we were learning how to put pictures in a grid pattern for a project we have due on friday. I got a little bit sick of using his pictures that he takes over the weekend and wanted to use my own. I needed nine picture of the same type of subject, and I happened to have the pictures of Kenna and Brooks on my USB drive. SO I made this grid for you guys! If you want it of course, and if you want any changes, let me know and I can change it for you! I can also send a higher quality one. I had to lessen the quality to put it on here! Hope you enjoy!

Thank you all so much!!

Praise God! I was able to get my hard drive fixed with no loss of information!! After recieving my hard drive back yesterday night, I immediately went home and backed up all my pictures onto my computer. Phew, never doing that again! Thanks for you prayers. I'm so totally relieved!

Bad Bad day....

Probably one of the worst things that could happen to a photographer is having their hard drive crash on them. Guess what happened to me today? Yep, my hard drive crashed. It wouldn't be so bad if I had been smart enough to write my pictures to CD and store them in other places, but apparently I procrastinate. Oh boy. Hard lesson to learn. All the pictures I have taken over the past year are on that hard drive including my Bridgestone picture that I worked endless hours on trying to get it just right. If it doesn't start working or if I can't get it fixed by next week, I can kiss entering the contest goodbye. I'm so frustrated right now and hope that I can find my futureshop receipt from a couple of months ago so I can take it in to get fixed so they can hopefully restore it and I won't lose all my pictures. Please pray that it would work. I know praying for a hard drive to work sounds strange, but I really need it to work again. Luckily I got one print off of it before it crashed so I still get a mark for it at least. But it printed kind of pinky and I need to fix some things. oh well...whatever happens happens. It is just so frustrating sometimes....

Congrats to Brent and Chantelle!

I haven't written a formal congratulations to them yet. I did know about her being pregnant quite awhile ago, but it just seems so much more real and more exciting now that she's past that three month mark and able to share it with the world!! So congrats you two! hopefully baby Brent doesn't cause you too much extra pain (especially the fractured ribs he caused his mother :P) We'll wish for that to not happen a second time, and hopefully you start to feel better pretty soon! I wish you all the best in raising the little one, and I'm sure you two are going to make fine parents! Can't wait to see it in May and formally welcome it to the world!! 6 months to go lady! :D

Remembering Today

I hope everyone remembered the significance of the day today. Let's never forget.

Hilarious Comedian!

Ok, So funny! My parents bought this guys DVD from a Laugh for Life seminar they went to this past weekend, and I didn't stop laughing! my throat hurt from laughing so hard. He's a christian guy named Tim Hawkins. Anyways, here's some clips from www.Godtube.com and there's more at his website www.timhawkins.net. Enjoy!!

Scary Bedtime Prayer


Hedge of Protection


Moms


So hilarious. Check out his song "Cletus take the reel." It's a spoof of Carrie Underwood's Jesus take the Wheel. Hilarious!!

At Long Last, I emerge Victorious!

Oh boy! I'm finally editing my biggest project yet. Every year Bridgestone/Firestone Canada ( a tire company) has a competition for all student enrolled in a photographic type secondary education course. We have to take a picture of a bridgestone tire in a setting that is beyond natural. So I finally finished mine. I have a chance (small chance anyways) to win up to 4500 dollars. So we'll see how it turns out!

Here we have the original:
Here is the edited version I'm going to enter!

So I really need to thank my brother for posing like that when there was weather in the negatives not including windchill. Finally all done, and ready to go. Only took about 12-13 hours of editing haha. Hopefully that'll speed up once I learn my way around photoshop :)

After a weekend of wonderful chaos...

comes a complete loneliness and solitude. Quite a jump to make all in half an hour. But hey, the weekend I had, was well worth all the dead quiet around here now. The weekend started off with a surprise visit from my best friends. Logan, Davis, Kaden, Gaelan, Aerylin and Heather all came and surprised me for the November 8th weekend! For those of you who don't know, Logan, Davis, Kaden and a couple others of us "started" (originally founded by Brent and Jared I believe? Correct me if I'm wrong) a wings night every 8th of the month. But with me being moved away, I am unable to really participate in the celebrations. So awhile back we had planned to have a wings night here in Edmonton this month, but then Logan told me that he had to work this weekend, so I planned on a quiet evening at home with my parents. But lo and behold, come about 7:30 friday night, I heard the doorbell ring, and I opened the door to the most welcome sight I've had in a long time. It made me so happy! We played games and just had a wonderful evening and all of us didn't end up going to sleep until 1 in the morning. It was great!! The next few days were equally exhilarating and I hated to see them all leave this afternoon. I tell you though, the time I spend with them now seems to be a whole lot more cherished than before. Not that I took it for granted before, but now I know what I miss out on when I'm not around and I miss it more than anything in the world. I guess we'll just have to do it as often as possible over the next years to come!

Happy Birthday Logan!

Happy 18th Birthday!!
18 today! wow!! You're finally the same age as me...for another two months haha. I'll always be your elder, but someday you'll be able to rub that in my face! When We're both 79, you can make fun of me for being 80 sooner than you will be. So I guess I better enjoy this while it lasts :P Anyways, I hope you had a great day, hope you did something exciting, rather than just count bottles, and I hope you heard some exciting news (congrats by the way :) I wish I could have been there to celebrate the day with you, but I trust you did a fine job anyways. Have a good night, eat lots of cake, and just have a good time! I miss you lots!

Kari

Baby nephew/niece!

The very first pictures of my niece or nephew! Apparently its very active!! :D Praise God for a healthy baby thus far!

This is the cute little face...

And this is the cute little leg, and cute little feet!