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A minimalistic desktop with rainmeter's simplesentance skin
The wallpaper is from www.hdwallpapers.net
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I think this looks okay on all browsers, although Firefox 3 is still the most recommended.
My 6th theme, tribute to the arguably most beautiful game on console by far.
Project 52
Week 41/52
Week 41's theme is "Think BIG"
From: Catcher In My Eye :)
Taking a BIG Leap of Faith!
Moving from the boot heel of Italy to moving to North Texas was a BIG move!
How BIG you ask?
When you are an eight year old girl, that has lived in Italy your whole life and gone to school since you were three years old, had the same circle of friends, gone to the beach with family & friends every Summer, attended family get togethers with your Daddy's family as far back as you can remember, eaten Italian food and practiced Italian customs Because YOU ARE ITALIAN... and, THEN, last Winter, your Dad comes home and says, "Do you want to go live in America? Christmas with American cousins at Gram & Poppy's will be a FIRST! Never seen a real American Santa, just pictures!!!
Your Dad is transferred to America first, and has been AWAY more than at home.
There is a lot of waiting because it is JUST Mom. Mom said she might as well be a single parent.
Life here LOOKS different. Houses are different, food is different and the clothes & shoes that kids wear are different. Now, YOU are THAT "New Girl" and the girl that has not played American sports or even heard of Cheerleading!
(And what's with ZOMBIES???)
Teachers are still Teachers, but spelling words are different, as is the language you speak when you are out and about. Grammar is awkward, reading is kinda difficult but Science and PE and Music and Art are fun! Eating breakfast as well as lunch with your class is fun! (What happened to pasta & bread at home for lunch?) No Saturday school here, Whoopee!!!
Mom made time for Scout meetings! Friends that go to scouts, are crafty & fun!
You are happy to find that Americans swim too, but in pools. Does every house in the U.S. have a pool? (That's where the town's water went! Who would have thought there was water rationing?) As in Italy, the U.S. has swim clubs! That's ONE thing that is the same :)
It's nice to find that other Military kids have come from other far away places and you find that they had to wait months for their toys and furniture to come across on a ship, too!
Some kids are just like our family, and hardly ever get to see their Daddy either.
You took a BIG LEAP moving from Italy to America!
And after the first quarter of school, you realize that you DID it!
Your family found a new home and you speak English now every day at school and go to a new 3rd grade class and you DID make NEW friends! It is just like Mom said it would be!
YOU took a BIG Leap of Faith, Girl!
And YOU did it!
YOU did it!
Yea!
Whew!!!
A BIG shout- out to our G.daughter and her siblings!
Gram & Poppy are proud of you and love you all!
This is Rachel running down a hill at her brother's Cub Scout day camp!
Playing in the woods near a creek was ANOTHER First! And it was so much fun!
Project 52
Week 41/52
Week 41's theme is "Think BIG"
From: Catcher In My Eye :)
52 of 2014
Weekly Theme: Minimalism
Week 22
Taken May 31, 2014
Title: Only the Essentials
Notes: Well, yet again the theme did not immediately lend itself to my subjects. This week we visited the wonderful Devon Horse Show in Devon ( of course ) PA. It is the oldest and largest multi-breed horse show in the country. The main ring is surrounded with stands reminiscent of the Kentucky Derby too. Anyway, I didn't think I would find a good subject that was not some obscure close up and I wanted something different. I think I found it in my final choice, a shot from the Hunter competition. The dapple grey horse and rider were in bright sun, jumping a white hurdle with white fence and white bleachers in the background. Over exposing blew out most of the shot as I was focused on my two subjects. The high key result left only the darkest edges of the light colored horse and most of the rider visible. Just the minimum needed for my shot ;-).
Just a fun photo, Santa Barbara, California, near wharf (Bluewater Grill). I hope their food is as good as they look outside...
Rainmeter theme
MidnightBrio - Weather/CPU
Obligatory clock
Icon Launcher
Encoded - Time/Date
Chalk board - HDD1
The Substitute
Project 52
Week 19//52
Week 19 theme: A Mother's Love
From : Catcher In My Eye :)
Grandson, Drew, stood at our PICK-up spot, at the flagpole, on his Pre-K Graduation Day this week, just as he had done all year watching for me to pick him up.
What started out to be an act of a Mother's love for her young son, turned into so much more this school year... A Grandmother was given purpose in her 'humdrum' life... and dull days were filled with fun and color.
A Grandmother's story:
Sometimes, as Grandparents, we are asked to HELP OUT with the Grandkids...
A couple weeks into this school year, my daughter was asked to go back to being a teacher, after a seven year sabbatical from her teaching career. Her 'babies' were both in school now...their oldest son starting First grade and their youngest was just beginning Pre-K. It had been 12 years since I 'ticked' to a school schedule! The prospect of watching a clock and keeping a school calendar was intimidating.
The five year old was not a HAPPY CAMPER! He liked his Mom better, "at home", and wasn't interested at all, in explanations of a 'second income'! He wasn't ready to share HIS Mom with a room full of fifth graders and their growing pains!
My youngest grandson was hestitant about having a Grandma, fill- in for his Mom! Grandmothers do not always know how to do things like snap pant waists and tie shoes as well as Mommies do them! Gram's have to be taught things like, "I don't like pickles!" and "I only drink water!" In those first few weeks, my Grandson had CONCERN written all over his little face :(
And MY time.... Well, that was put on hold, at least until weekends. I had traded coffee and morning talk shows for Cheerios and MAX & RUBY on "nick jr." My mornings of leisurely folding laundry over phone calls and bill paying while facebooking had instead turned into building Lego sets and Playdoh activities! Lean Cuisine lunches and spinach salads were replaced with Kraft Macaroni & Cheese and Hebrew National Franks, plain, in a hot- dog bun.
At first, I saw the circumstance as time that I was giving up... but within weeks, I found I loved having the companionship and the kid noises in our home again! I loved having someone telling me knock-knock jokes as we ran errands! My mind was challenged answering animal questions and my little buddy loved being asked Math Facts! My Grandson discovered that the two of us loved the same HERSHEYS chocolate bars, and that we BOTH didn't like ketchup! He asked me all the time what my favorite color or food was and gave me choices, and then would say, "Gram, we are just alike! I like that, too!" COINCIDENTALLY, we both liked scrambled eggs, and I just happened to have lots of fresh eggs! :)
I don't know any 5 year old boys that like grocery shopping. Drew soon developed a better attitude towards grocery shopping with me. I tried to keep to keep to a short list. He knew where the Deep Dish Pepperoni Pizza LUNCHABLES were stored and led me there first. About Halloween time, Drew discovered he was pretty good at helping me shop. He pointed out that he and his Poppy, liked, "the SAME things: Fig Newtons, Chobani Greek yogurts and Baby Ruth candy bars!" I had trained a shopping buddy in the art of shopping for Goodies!
AS the end of the school year draws near, it makes me sad... I will miss listening to Curious George as I put away laundry and PETE THE Cat books on cd as we drive to Walmart. But most of all, I will miss instances like seeing a little face watching me thru smudges on my car windows as I gas my car. I will miss his warm little hand as we "Share" (his idea) carrying the egg basket to the hen house to gather eggs.
A few weeks ago, my daughter told me that Drew calls HER, Gram, when she gets home, late in the afternoons. I confessed to her that Drew has inadvertently called me, MOM, the whole school year and that I had answered to MOM eagerly.
I remembered the first time that my grandson called me Mom...He got a little embarrassed and his cheeks turned red and he asked,"Gram, is it alright that I sometimes mess-up and call you Mom?"
I bent down and at eye level told him, "if YOU don't mind me pretending that you are my little boy... You know? I might call you SON!" Drew smiled and gave me a hug.
I love this little guy ... I love that he still gives me hugs and kisses.
A favorite time of my life was being a Substitute teacher in my three children's schools. I loved knowing my children's teachers and friends. I loved being a part of their school days!
This school year of 2012-2013, I loved being a Substitute MOM, never a replacement but always a stand-in Mom. In this instance, a Mother's love CAN be substituted by a Grandmother's love.
1. happy weekend!, 2. Untitled, 3. Untitled, 4. a new chapter, 5. cute & sweet., 6. lull
I made these Pirate Theme Cake & Cupcakes for a Theme party (pictures to be uploaded later) that I design.
The ship took me almost 10 hrs but im v.pleased with the result. It was inspired by studio cake (thank you for inspiring me, your work is excellent!!).
For more pics, pls go to my blog: www.thecupcakelicious.blogspot.com
Scavchal #25 - This month's Education Center topic is Simplicity. First, you must find a piece of old wood (driftwood, for example). Display it on a dark background with no other obvious visual background element. You may use some small accents (a flower, a stone, etc.) to create interest, but attempt to create a still life with the style and elegance seen in Japanese art.
I seem to have a problem counting!! lol. Small accents - just a couple of iris and a twig and a piece of bark!!
But I am adding this one because I love it and it really makes me feel that it has the feel of Ikebana.
If this really is too much stuff then a simpler one is in comments!
Happy Thursday Rabbits!
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