Life changing events…. September 20, 2007

I’ve been on an emotional roller coaster for a few weeks. Maybe it’s the weather…I hate fall…dread sinks in….  These events have changed my spirit….once bright….once lighter…once favored.

• This is your life…Are you who you want to be? -song I hear on the radio when I really don’t need to hear it.
• My oldest daughter sings Jesus loves all the little children…Green and purple, black and white…..
• Toby Keith and Joe Perry doing Mystery Train on Elvis Tribute show.
• Working to pay the cable bill
• Keeping my youngest young….but pottytrained.
• Spooky shadow person on Ghost Hunters -Lighthouse Edition…What’s next?
• Working 80 bazillion hours a week and getting nowhere…hate this somewhere
• Wanting
• Britney Spears has gone off the deep end!!!
• Wanting
• No best friends, just friends, and I’m really good at alienateing them….friends….people who leave a cheerful grin, but no goodbye….could’ve been a best friend…did’nt realize it untill there was no one there to…..
• On my way to work at 6:30am, saw a little girl friendless on the daycare playground running her fingernails against the fence…..wanted to stop her because I felt a maternal instinct? …..Just kept driving….she’ll learn that metal and brick hurt like HEdoublehockysticks under the fingernails.
• Wanting
• Fear of Satisfaction
• I was beautiful once…modeled a bit…what’s the point in putting on makeup now? The only remarks taken away each day are “G#% D*%# it why don’t you do anything right?”
• And finally last but not at all what hurts the least, Seeing my ex looking and doing very well….My physicality was last seen as a pathetic nobody in his eyes….stings…..a cannon couldn’t have done more damage……………………………………………………lifeless.

Strengths and Weaknesses August 17, 2007

At my job we were asked to define our top 3 strengths and weaknesses before we were given a raise. Here is my letter to my Operations Manager who said “I think you’re a really good employee” after reading this and gave me a bit more of a bump in salary than I had expected.

Strengths and Weaknesses

I beleive my strengths are keeping up to date on what is fashionable
for the web because I’m always looking for content to go into what
I’m doing. Example: I see at least a 100 different web sites a day
because I’m looking for the details to go into our descriptions.

Another Strength I think I have is double checking everything.
Whatever data I upload, I check it within minutes and then later
after a project is done I re-check it for mistakes I might have missed.
Example: Editing Details on the VME site.

With strenghts in Gaphic Design, I believe with each new project,
even each logo I make (or header, pretty much anything creative) I stay
excited about it. I literally can’t wait to dive into it. I know what
looks good and is pleasing to the eyes, I make sure every spec is right
before and after it’s been created (Double-checked). Example: If I have
a logo I’m just not sure about what to do with it’s design creation, I
leave it until later and give it some thought for awhile and go onto
the next one (or several), and then come back to it when I’m ready. If
I still don’t have a good idea by the time I need to get it completed,
then I will make thumbnails until a good idea comes together with what
it is to be for.

I don’t have a hard time admitting when I’m wrong, but I view this as
a weakness because then I get discouraged in what I’m doing.

I like the designs I come up with so when I’m asked to change it
because it’s not something that (say you) want, I get dissapointed
in myself.

Finally another weakness I know I have, is I feel like I spend too
much time on one project (or each specific design) that I need to
keep balanced with other important parts of each task.

I hope you can tell that I enjoy my work. If I were’nt passionate
about what I’m doing, you wouldn’t be, either. I don’t dissapoint in
my work because I stay organized with preparation and timing. I know by
now what is expected of me and my duties are done with accuracy.

Evonna Gaba

Picking Flowers at Papa’s House July 18, 2007

We love to pick flowers, we’re girls! So whenever we get the chance to be in a garden I’m there to capture every minute of it on camera.

Hi Mommy! July 18, 2007

Everyday I call home on my lunch hour and talk to my girls. Zoey always tells me what she’s eating and I always tell her to take a good nap and I’ll be home when she wakes up. Then the phone is handed over over to my littlest princess who gets on the phone to say only one thing over and over…Hi Mommy! But everyday, it melts my heart and I look forward to hearing those little voices.

Camping Indoors July 18, 2007

Last week we decided to put up the tent in our livingroom because we don’t have a yard. We cleared the toys away, and pushed the furniture to the far edges of the room. My husband blew up the queen size air mattress BY MOUTH in a matter of MINUTES! He must have some super human lungs or something. Then the girls came downstairs to see their surprise. It was so much fun to play in it all evening long. But, by bedtime there was no way these girls would go to sleep! Sooooooo we decided to play camp out. We roasted marshmallows and hotdogs over a campfire (our Gas stove-top), and laid in the tent with the fire glow (the light above the stove streaming in from the kitchen) as the only light, and counted stars (smoke alarm light) and shooting stars (car headlights glimmering through the curains in the dark). This was a great way to spend quality time as a family and we didn’t have to leave the air-conditioning.

Pretty Little Fairys July 11, 2007

I love to put fairy wings on the girls, they are like little fairies how they flutter about the house. In the first pic I partially created the wings and I made fairy dust that looks like it is being blown from her wand, and the fairy dust dances on the flowers just as it looks like she is doing. In the second pic I put mesh wings on and softend the background and her diaper. I actually used this pic for awhile on my business cards because she’s pointing up with her little pointer finger, so I creatively put my info just above it. I digitally enanced the third pic with fairy wings and found this great pic of mountains and flowers to put behind her as a backdrop. I love them all.

Beauty Girls July 11, 2007

I love this picture of my daughter with her little cousin. They are at that age where they enjoy dressing up and painting their nails. This really captured the moment.

Favorite Ramen Noodle Recipes July 4, 2007

RAMEN EGG DROP SOUP
In a saucepan, cook the Ramen Oriental crumbled up in water. Add the flavor pkt., and 1 sliced green onion. Then when boiling add 1 beaten egg, stirring quickly to break it up. Noodles will be done in 3 minutes. Serve.

RAMEN SKILLET
In a skillet scramble 4 eggs in butter. In a saucepan cook 2 pkg. Ramen Noodles in water for 5 minutes then drain.
Add the cooked Ramen to the cooked eggs, along with the flavor packets. Stir in 1 cup frozen English Peas, and 1 can cooked chicken. Heat and serve.
You could stir in different meats or add seafood, as well as other vegetables and change flavors of Ramen to make a variety of this recipe.

Mom’s Car June 29, 2007

I have learned over the last few years to keep several things in my car for the kids, the husband, and the just in case! Here’s my top 10 to keep in the car at all times:

1. Kleenex in the glove box
2. My Bible in the seat next to me
3. Cupholders! Cupholders! and did I mention Cupholders?!
4. Wal-mart bags for trash, dirty clothes…dirty diapers
5. First aid kit (we added Dora band-aids for the kids)
6. Tampons - just in case!
7. Clean sippy’s and bibs - because I always forget them in the diaper bag
8. 2 baby dolls - because someone will undoubtedly want a different doll!
9. Sunglasses for EVERYONE! - take advantage of the dollar store on this one, we go through a couple pairs a week!
10. Tennis shoes for the kids, you never know what they’re gona step in.

It sounds like a cluttered mess to have so much stuff in the car, but if you have pockets on your seats it all fits nicely into them because kids things are small. So far. Have anything to add to the list? Let me know!

This was my first love - Taking pictures June 29, 2007

I already have 22 complete photo albums of my kids and they aren’t even in pre-school yet!

Working Moms/ Stay-At-Home Dads June 28, 2007

Here’s a huge topic open for discussion. At my house I try to leave every morning before my girls wake up because 1. they will throw a huge fit when I walk out the door. 2. because of that it makes my husbands head spin, I can almost see it about to pop right off his neck! Therefore because it frustrates him to have crying, screaming girls for a little while, I don’t get to see my girls before I head out to work. The reason I’m working and husband is home is for so many reasons. Many of which force me to not share with the rest of the living world. But I can tell you this, the transformation from being a full-time mommy to working outside my home full-time has sent my kids into an uproar. My oldest was mad one morning that I had to leave (before I stopped having breakfast with them) that she went right up to her daddy and told him to “Just go to work!” So what is your situation? Do you like it or loathe it?