May 29, 2009

She's back

yeh i was gone for awhile... just busy with life!  I just figured out how to blog from my blackberry and update photos... i am jazzed... that will be fun too... i do that on facebook alot..but i want to get back to blogging...


......stay tuned

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Testing mobile blog
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March 27, 2009

feeling mojo or is it goji?

well my last post was alitle dark and depressing and that was how i was feeling at the time... it was a rough beginning of the week.. so so so dang tired...  today i am feeling good, especially for having only 5 hours of sleep and being startled awake by a 6am call that my friend was going to the hospital by ambulance and having no coffee - all in all.. doing well!

I did some investigating and started taking Acai berry (1500mg strength) on Wednesday... along with drinking some GOCHI juice (goji berry) - in my attempt to take care of myself... next week starts excercise (famous last words) - and I have to tell you - i feel great - i feel well rested, and i have some serious mental clarity, none of which i had before for quite some time.

I am still staying up late, running around being super busy - but the first night i tried the goji juice, i slept SO soundly -  and when i woke up i felt refreshed... and alert...  it's been a decade or so for me that i have felt so good...  and this morning when i was startled awake - and had to get up at 6am - to rush to my friends house, i did it with ease...

i do feel some positive effects from this juice... some other positive effects that Jeff is benefiting from too.. {wink wink} serioulsy been awhile since i felt ALIVE.. loving it. and its only day 2 and i feel great -  so i am hoooked on the juice. man...

fyi, my friend is ok... long story, cannot blog about it :) all is well...

Went to see billy joel and elton john last night, had a blast! looking forward to a fun weekend w. the fam!

March 24, 2009

scattered

my mind is scattered...  it is like an autofocus lens, struggling to focus.. i can hear the cranks going back and forth... zoom... zoom...

i have many irons in the fire right now, which is great - i have been given many great opportunities recently - and i am jumping on them... but.. still.. i feel scattered... maybe i am just tired. if you saw the dark circles under my eyes, you would agree... maybe i am trying to do too much at once... maybe i am terrible at time management... which i think i am. I am great @ Crunch time... though.. but leading up to crunch time i am so easily distracted.... i can focus on the urgent... but i will focus on the non important urgent... first... which is not smart. i know.

i think i am just tired...  feeling overwhelmed and a ton of pressure... money is ok now, it will be tight in a few months... i have some things that are going well... towards the tipping point... but i get scared... everyone so often, fear grips me and i cannot breathe...

i am staying up way too late...  i need to sleep - that is what my problem is today.. and then i get overwhelmed and panicky when i don't sleep... i feel like every minute i am not doing something, i am failing...

i am working to find the balance of being home... new job of a househould... and building two businesses... and keeping my sanity to balance it all... how do super women do it?

tomorrow will be a new day... and I will be bright eyed and busy tailed... maybe a power nap is in order


 

January 04, 2009

... that one special picture...

As I edit through the galleries of pictures I've taken, every so often there is one picture in the group that I just love... It's not usually the one that is typical or the one I think other people may like, but for whatever reason, it captures "something" and speaks to me... these pictures are the the reasons I love taking pictures - this next pic says all of that to me.. maybe it is because I was a flower girl when I was 5, in my sister's wedding... maybe it is just the innocence captured in the moment, for whatever reason, I love this photo..DSC_0468 copy  

December 07, 2008

in front of the lens...

i am always behind the lens.. i tease Jeff that if I died, there would be no proof of my existence - since I am always behind the lens taking the photos.. i like it that way. i feel that i am not photogenic and it is a GREAT effort to get a good shot of me... just the facts as i see them. Since making that statement tho, Jeff has made more of an effort to take family snapshots with me in the mix...

I love taking photos.. its my passion... i love the process of finding that perfect shot to the part where i tweek the photo in photoshop and take it from ordinary to extraordinary... i could spend every waking hour doing this over and over again. I get a high from creating a work of art photo... still new to the idea that i am an artist... but loving it.

Well Hank wanted to take my photo today.. we were at the park and I was waiting for a family to show up for a photoshoot.. i did not do my hair or my makeup - but i agreed to let Hank take the pic... knowing I would delete it afterwards... as I never ever take a good photo.. in my own mind...

Well here is his photo and actually i like it.. i was thrilled... this is how people must feel when i take their picture and show them the finished product... what a thrill for me to be in front of the lens... and to see my son has a great eye...

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November 30, 2008

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November 28, 2008

moving..

ok, so i am keeping this blog for myself...

but we will have a family blog @ http://azpetersonzoo.blogspot.com/

Jeff's stepdad is going to Afghanistan for a year so we created a family blog so he can keep in touch w. us.. Jeff and the boys will also be updating the family blog as well - so bookmark that one in your favorites....

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