photoshop/illustrator

Josh had a project for one of his classes that he had to design packaging for dried fruit. He created the design, the name and the logo. This was his finished product, and I am impressed!  I may or may not have helped out a little bit. He used illustrator for most of it and I have never used that before so it was a little difficult to try and help! We both had fun (and got frustrated) experimenting with it and seeing some of the cool things illustrator (and photoshop) can do! We both also really want to learn more and practice with these programs so we don't have to take the hard way around everything we do ;). I think this will be one of the fun skills we will have fun working on this year! I love sharing interests and hobbies with hubby (even if we would use these programs for totally different things)!

sleepless in seattle... with a twist

I am in a film class (different than my media class) this semester and we were talking about editing and how editing can change the meaning of a film. We watched this clip and I thought it was hilarious. It is so crazy how movie (or any media) makers can twist something to make it seem any way that they want! Check it out. 

sisters stop motion!

I love stop motion videos! About a year and a half ago my sisters and I made this video and it is finally put together (thanks Alyssa!!). Check it out! I always have fun trying to think of silly ideas for these and putting them together and this song is a special one that will always remind me of my childhood and happy memories.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/i91033c0dd29g2e/500miles.mpg

I think I need to make another stop motion sometime soon! :)

nesting and 30 weeks

I've had a bit of a hard time with this so called "nesting" part of pregnancy. I am a planner at heart. I love knowing where I am going, what I am doing and all the details in between. Since getting married to Josh I have learned more to go with the flow and not need to plan so so much. BUT with some things I just can't help it. So since being pregnant it has been hard for me not to be able to plan for much of anything! We graduate end of April, move that weekend to Colorado, Josh starts his job May 1st and then I am due May 16th. So much happening at the end of the pregnancy that I just hope that baby girl decides to come on time (and not early), which I also have no control over.

And one of the hardest things for me about moving is that I can't plan on anything! I can't buy much of anything to get ready for a new baby. I can't decorate a cute little space for our little girl. I can't even organize all the other stuff in the house because we are just packing up and moving. We don't even have an apartment lined up to live in yet! We are literally packing up and moving out there and have no where to settle (yet...definitely still searching, even though husband banned me from looking for at least another few weeks haha).  For me this is terrifying. My first baby (need I say more after this one?!). Josh's first "real" job. Our first "real" place outside of college. We don't own furniture. We don't have anything bought for the baby (except a few clothes on clearance I just couldn't help but buy). And I can't plan for anything. Terrifying I tell you!

But through this all I have been trying to keep my cool and not worry too much about the future. Like Josh is constantly reminding me, everything will work out okay. And even though I still have so much that I freak out about with all these new things and all these firsts, I do know everything will be okay. I am definitely so grateful for the internet (here is my media plug), because we can search online for potential places to live since we aren't there to search before we move and that I was able to buy a car seat and stroller that went on sale online that I hadn't seen the price that low in any store! So things are coming together. I think it will still drive me a little crazy that I don't have time or space to really nest and get ready for our baby girl, but I am trying my best to have faith, move forward and trust that even though this is not exactly how I thought my first pregnancy and prepping for a baby would go, everything will still be great.

seriously?

The side bar on my computer pops up with a lot of ads for either things I've previously looked at on the internet or other things related to that. I usually just ignore them but I saw this one and I had to click. I was shocked! It really is a little potty for kids with an attached Ipad holder. I mean, I see how they are trying to tap into this technology market (cause all we care about is making money and convenience, right??), but I just find it so bold and a bit stupid (for lack of a better word) to advertise this! Our little kids shouldn't be plopped down in front of an Ipad so young and (in my opinion) so many other techniques to trying to potty train are out there that have worked for centuries that this is not really an excuse to make this work. Ay yay ay.