just testing flickr video – so far I think the quality is better, but they limit their video size to 90 seconds… which probably isn’t usually a problem, but sometimes could be….anyway, lets see if this works:
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May 09
testing again
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May 09
Lydia at dance
testing this out… This is the new video camera. I’m not loving it. Seems like the image quality isn’t much better than what I was getting on my Canon Powershot digital camera! But maybe its the horrible lighting in the dance studio….ugh. I know its much worse since I uploaded it to youtube – its better on my computer or tv, but still not quite the quality I was hoping for from a sony…although its a cheap sony, so maybe you get what you pay for, sigh.
Anyway, here is Lydia’s dance – if she were dancing in the recital, this is what her class would be doing. Even though the video quality sucks, she’s still a cutie.
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May 09
the things that go through their minds….
earlier today Meredith came inside after swinging for an hour or so. She was very excited. Seems she had been giving it a great deal of thought, and finally came up with three different poses to use on her CD jacket once she became a rockstar. She then went on to model all three poses. She’s awesome.
Speaking of awesome, Lydia has taken to the following phrase – “I’m awesome that way” – I love the contexts in which she uses it – usually after doing something really silly or crazy or something – or she will just make stuff up and end the whole tale with a knowing nod and saying, “I’m just awesome that way”
And in other news – Allison turned ten a few days ago. Her birthday was a big deal, and she had an amazing cake, drug the whole family to the cheesecake factory, and got an ipod. What more could a ten year old need? Oh yeah, a surprise birthday outing to take place later this month with her two best friends. I’m going to take them all to a local waterpark for the day – they will be so surprised! Shhh, don’t tell her! We couldn’t do it closer to her birthday because one of her friends had some family obligations. But that just means she has more time to fret about it and get all excited. She will never suspect this.. Meredith already guessed that I was taking everyone to the mall – yeah, that would be fun, but not quite right……
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Apr 09
Roots and Shoots talent show
The girls are involved in a local Roots and Shoots group – last week they performed at a local nursing home. I took some sucky vids with my point and shoot to show you how good they did! Allison was SOOO nervous – dropshots cut them off at 2 mins (Allison’s was just over 2 mins, and Meredith’s was just over 3) – I didn’t realize they did that – that’s the whole reason I didn’t post to flickr, because I knew flickr limited things to 90 seconds, I may have to post to youtube instead, but for now this will do:
Photo Sharing – Video Sharing – Photo Printing
Photo Sharing – Video Sharing – Photo Printing
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Nov 08
21st century bedtime…
The following is a chat transcript between me and Allison – Allison was in the living room – yes, right around the corner from where I sit on my own computer….
Allison: good night
me: good night
Allison: can we stay up a little longer
me: nope, sorry
Allison: WHY
me: geez! – because
Allison: x-(
me: get off the computer now, get your jammies on and tidy up anything and lets go to bed!
Allison: GEEZ
Allison: PLEASE PLEASE.
me: Seriously, its time to get off the computer
Allison: GRRR i want to stay up
me: I know. Get off the computer
Allison: MAN GEEZ GRRRR HARUMPH
:-|
x-(
x-(
x-(
me: goodnight. NOW
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Oct 08
And now for something you never would have expected
Me. In a big hoop prom dress. In 1987. This shows my sweet and dainty side. My inner southern belle.
A recent halloween party reminded me of this dress, and my sister was kind enough to tell me that she had a picture and could scan it in and send it my way.
I figure, before my political career gets off the ground, *I* should be the one releasing this photograph..you know, before the press gets a hold of it. This should mitigate any potential damage.
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Oct 08
not quite sure what to make of this….
Apparently when Webkinz decide to have babies, its called “stuffing” and when Sims decide to have babies, its called “Woo Hoo”