Growing Pains

Lorely comes out of the bathroom and starts asking questions...

"Mom, at what age are you a woman?"....

WTH? Where is this going ...

Me - Baby, you're a woman from the moment you're born.

Lorely - Oh, I thought you turn into a woman at 10, or so....Anyway, can I tell you something?

Me - Of course, what is it?

Lorely - I just shaved my legs in the bathroom...I don't know why, I just did. Both of them...

Oh, I just want to pull that hair right off her head. What the heck is she thinking? Doesn't she know how much worse it'll get. Didn't I tell her that if she ever wanted to get rid of the hair on her legs I'd take her to the spa to get it removed? And what is that about "I don't know why?" is she acting dumb? Like I believe it. I should've gone to check on them while they were showering. I knew it. I knew they were up to something. It just pisses me off...OK count to 10, don't scream at her or anything, she's trusting you isn't she?

So I answer

Me - Oy Lorely. Not a good choice. Why did you do it?

Lorely - It's because Chris (ds) told me I had hairy legs. And I felt bad. And so I wanted to get rid of the hair.

Me - Well, not a very good choice. I think it'll get worse. We'll just have to wait.

Lorely - Oh no Mommy, no! .... I'm sorry.

And off she goes crying...

And I feel like immediately calling my mom to ask her what to do. Heck, she had 12 girls, she's bound to give me pointers on this stuff. And to think Lorely is only 9. Gosh, she's only a baby. She's my baby. Lord, where has the time gone. I don't know who's suffering the growing pains more Lorely or me. But I think it's me, and this whole ordeal makes me want to cry...

Thanks for listening (or in this case, reading).

PS- And of course, being the bad mom that I am, I had to take a picture of her crying...I might even scrap the incident...maybe...

SPECS: Manual Mode, ISO 400, AV 1.8, SS 1/100, RAW

PP: Resized, USM, #1-Indie's BW, #2-Urban Acid, #3 Teya's Little Christmas

Breakfast tacos

Every morning (just about) I have a breakfast taco. It could be potato & egg, bacon & egg, chorizo (mexican sausage) & egg, but regardless of what taco it is, it must have beans in it. Yup. A taco for breakfast. Of course, the flour tortillas don't really help with the diet...but at least it carries me to lunch...which is at 2:20 nowadays :(

Again this shot is from the flea market...and no, I don't buy my tacos there, I buy them at the gas station (Stripes) near school, but this taco was absolutely HUMONGOUS!!!!! I think it could've fed about 3 of us...Anyhow, since the shot is sooooo boring, I decided to try something funky and used some actions. Let me know what ya'll think...especially since I didn't like anything....(only the original)

TFL!

SPECS: Manual Mode, ISO 400, AV 1.8, SS 1/1000, in RAW, 1-point focusing (can you tell where I was focusing?), natural light.

PP-#1-Indie's Subtle, #2-Sketch, #3 Acid, #4-Modern Art

The week of food...

Yup, my favorite subject. However, since I'm in a diet, I'm going to excuse myself from it and eat my favorite foods in order to take their pic right????? Thank you, I knew you guys would agree with me. So without much delay, here's my first try at food. Shot at the flea market last week (on purpose) specifically for this week...now ain't I clever, shooting ahead...

Now, if I could only plan my meals ahead of time I'd be set...

Colorful

I went to Mexico last night to look for "colorful" shots for the CC-Color Challenge....or at least that was my excuse before the margaritas...heehee

Anyway, I figure I might as well share them with the gals from the POTD challenge...so here they are.

And just to let you know, the "beggar" was not letting me take her picture so that shot is extremely cropped (hence the pixellation). I had to go across the street, change to the 85mm lens, and shoot inconspicously so that she wouldn't cover her face...hmmm, maybe I should've given her a $10 and that'd done it...

SPECS: Manual Mode, 50 & 85mm lens, ISO 400 (all shots) AV 1.8-2.5, SS 1/800 to 1/4000.

PP: Resize, USM, and Indie's Subtle (as if they needed more color huh).

TFL!

More of the same...

Gone yesterday but back again. I've been working hard at school so I really haven't been able to see anything @ 2 peas :( but I'm trying to keep up).

Anyway, here's two more shots of the flea-market. I like the fan one. I found it so neat to shoot the fan from the back. This fan was at one of the food stands. The patrons looked at me funny (but I got over that real quick) and the worst thing was that I kept rearranging my "angle" because I wasn't liking it.

The pots shot was done with "permission" from the booth owner. Again, she looked at me funny but said, go ahead...and even asked for her daughter to get out of my way. That was nice of her. :)

TfL!

SPECS: Both shots: Manual Mode, ISO 400, AV 2.0, SS 1/250. In RAW.

PP - USM, resize for web, color pop:Indie Rich.

My curly locks

She's child #3. My miracle child. She is the only one who had curly locks as a baby. She loves to draw and paint. She loves her grandparents and is crazy about her aunt Nancy. She is feisty, and grumpy, and likes to be alone. She is always pinching/squeezing elbows, knees, or any other place that feels "wrinkley". She kisses hands often. She gives hugs unannounced. She only talks to you if she wants to. Otherwise she'll just look at you and walk away. The one that sings and dances uninhibitedly in public when she so desires. And if she tires, she expects for someone to carry her as if she was a baby. My little Danny. Born with Tetralogy of Fallot. My curly chubby baby who had open heart surgery at 6 months. The one that kept us awake for many nights prior to her surgery. Who had us on rosary after rosary during her hospital stay, and then after. A child that when you see now, you wouldn't think she had a heart condition. The child who was given a chance by God, and last week diagnosed with "no further surgeries needed at all." Yeah, this is my Daniela, and I love her.

More fleamarket finds

More stuff from the flea market...I wonder if yours (wherever you might be) are like this one.. You can find anything from "exotic leather" boots (mostly made of plastic I think), old sewing machines, homemade scrubs, or just water (naturally flavored) called "agua fresca"...same concept of lemonade but made with strawberries, or melon, or watermelon, etc...does that make any sense?

TFL!

Objects...

I don't remember if it was objects or specifically objets around the house...at any rate, I took this pic at the flea market today. They were on sale for $0.25 each...and I didn't buy a single one...Man, with all the ones we have at home from eating at McD's so often I think I should set a booth myself...heehee...

We don't usually go to the flea market, but the girls were bored and so we went. Oh but when we do go, we like to see all the animals, and furniture, and toys, and all the stuff they sell there, but the best part is the junk food. Oh yeah, lots of junk food. Doesn't matter how hot the day is, or if the locale is of questionable hygene... nope, we eat away...I guess it's part of the experience isn't it? Anyway, the wind was terrible and there was plenty of dirt flying everywhere; nonetheless, the place was packed and it was pretty colorful to say the least.

Coming to think of it, I think I took enough pics to last me all week so I'm set. One thing I must say is that people looked at me weird...like what the heck is she taking pictures of...DH just walked away...like he didn't even know me... :(

SPECS: Manual Mode, 50 mm f/1.8 lens, ISO 400, AV 1.8, SS 1/400. Natural light.

PP: Cropped at 300ppi (or 250?)and USM.

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More of it...

Here's a bit more terracotta (in case you missed it). These were shot today (Saturday) at our local university for the CC-Composition Challenge -Frame within frame. Lorely (oldest dd) not very cooperative but I did what I could...BTW -sorry about the repeat (from MB) but it fits both categories and some of you might not see it over there :)

TFL!

SETTINGS: ISO 400, Manual Mode, SS 1/100, f/13, RAW.

PP - Resized and watermarked for web.

Fav Color and a ghost

OK, so I haven't been up for a while, but you really shouldn't blame me. It's just that the "topics" aren't doing anything for me, nope, no inspiration on my end....OK, OK, so it's just an excuse I know, but really, I think I'm just gonna keep posting whatever, and be mostly "off topic". Hope no one minds and that it'll be OK.

But for today, I'm on topic. Here's my favorite color "Terracotta". DH says I only like the color because it "sounds" so cool. Maybe. But then I went ahead and checked my house and whadayaknow, I have "terracotta" colored items everywhere, even my formal dining room (AKA photo studio) is painted "terracotta". So from now on, I'll stop saying my favorite color is pink, or blue, or even red, because I think I have found my baby: terracotta. Yup, terracotta...terracotta, terracotta...It does sound nice doesn't it (I prefer it over burnt orange haha)

Anyway, here's a few of my Mexican artifacts in that color, and the second shot is a ghost that was wondering around the house messing up my pics (yup, that's Andrea...AKA Andy, our baby girl). I just thought it was a cool shot and she loved that she looked like a ghost.

Enough rambling. TFL!

Settings: Manual Mode, ISO 400, 18-55mm lens (yup the kit lens), AV f/11, SS 4 secs, mounted on a tripod, shot in RAW

PP- Resized @ 300ppi and enhanced with Teya's color pop.