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Project Central = Psycho Central?

On By AngeliaIn Angel Lia's Photography, Life is what you make it.19 Comments

Look! An ADHD quiz! My results say……

Of course, that really says psych central, not psycho central, but don’t you know the exes are nodding their heads in agreement at the psycho part (heh!). I kid. I kid.

But, where was I?

Oh yeah, being ADD or ADHD, because that’s what the quiz confirms, and we all know how accurate the internet is (right?).

Any other adult ADD(ers) out there? Do you feel my pain? Could this really be true?

Look! A shiny object!

Speaking of shiny objects….don’t EVER watch UFO’s on Planet Earth before bed. You will have the FREAKIEST dreams.

Ahem.

I’ve known I could be ADD for some time now. Tasks take longer, or get lost, forgotten, or discontinued. I abhor lists and plans, but WANT (so badly) to be organized. And how to do that? I have no idea because the focus is just not there. My mind constantly swirls in ideas but catching one is like grabbing a hand-up from the old merry-go-rounds that spin ferociously fast (weren’t those fun?).

When we question our health….what do we do? I’ll tell you what I do…..I turn to the self-diagnose power of the web; self-assessment and the like. Sites like Web MD – my personal favorite (and most dangerous).

I confirmed my color blindness via the web. Remember that post? Of course, I knew that in fourth grade, but did not diagnose myself at age 10, and neither did any of my eye doctors in the last thirty years. To give them the benefit of the doubt, maybe when I said I couldn’t see the number in the circle, they really thought I just couldn’t SEE (which I couldn’t). But I digress…..

My point is….(I don’t need a self-assessment. This post is proof. Ha)…..I have started new projects (especially this year). I am working on them in my ADD way and that means when I go to complete perfect them, I get distracted. It’s the story of my life right now. I begin, lose focus, waiver, and then move on to something else. Which is why I have bookmarks in over a dozen books gathering dust on my nightstand. But I am working towards the end (somehow, someway) one page at time, one project at a time.

Project One– FINALLY, with the help of my dear husband, I have launched my photography website. I’m still adding more pictures, categories, and pricing (eventually). I’d still LOVE for you to check it out. Angelia’s Photography or Angel Lia’s Photography. I go back and forth on the name, but the website is just angeliasphotography. Can you believe there is ANOTHER Angelia Photography? How cool is that?!?

Project Two– This goes along with project one. FINALLY! A Facebook fan page. MY FAN PAGE – Angelia’s Photography. I am so lucky I had 25 of you LIKE me and I got a user name – all official and stuff. Of course, I’m still adding pictures and figuring out how to manage (or admin) a page. But, who cares?! I did it. I created a page. You must LIKE. You must! (pleasepleasepleaseplease).

The rest of my projects include…..my Photoshop homework for class. I hope to design a business card. I have Photovision DVDS to watch. You get to creep on professional photography shoots. Creeping! My fav.

My garden is a mess and I hope to plant something to replace the dead brown branches I have managed to keep dead all winter (um, yay?). I have pictures to finish editing of FOUR GENERATIONS of daughters. I photographed them just prior to my ankle injury. Here are a few shots….


Moms & Daughters.


Circle of generations.


91yrs old and beautiful!

Can I just say I LOVE her? I want to adopt her as my grandma. I lost all my grandmas and have none living. I’m pretty sure she agreed to that.

My sprained ankle is healing. After two weeks, it looks normal again, in other words, not purple in color and swollen like a grapefruit. It doesn’t feel normal, but at least I can walk and drive.

I am way behind in blog reading and thanking ALL the wonderful commenters on my Freshly Pressed drive-in movie post. The stories of your drive-in movie experiences and nostalgia made me laugh and reminisce myself. I, too, remember piling many bodies in mom’s red wagon (because the price was per car) to head to our local town’s drive-in. It really is a great time. I think scary movies are the best at drive-ins. I hope many of you do find a drive-in and create memories for our next generation of children. I am happy to hear so many of you have screens you can go to. So thank-you for that, what you shared with me was far better than being freshly pressed (for serious!).

Lastly, it’s Easter weekend. That means it’s my last weekend to worship enjoy my favorite Easter candy.

Why yes, I did shoot portraits of my favorite candy. Is there a quiz to see if that’s normal?

Today, I say good-bye to my favorite Cadbury Creme Eggs.

Tomorrow, I rejoice in the Risen King.

My focus will be on family gatherings, and the love of our savior.

Have a Happy Easter! May it be most joyful, blessed, and complete (heh, get it? complete?).

Look! I finished a post!

Did you take the quiz? Are you ADHD?

Wecloming the Day

On By AngeliaIn Beautiful Life, Days and Nights18 Comments

It’s been a rough weekend – moving. Need I say more? It’s not just the back-breaking labor of it (heh, labor – Labor Day – get it?). But the fact that I must accept help from others. Help cleaning. Help packing. Help loading heavy items and moving them from one place to another. Load and unload of those items. Most of which that have no place to go. Do I feel like I deserve that kind of support? That kind of assistance? A giving of service, out of love, out of family. Well….

No , I don’t want to burden anyone else, I feel like I should do it all MYself. But as Jason’s niece says (at four), “That’s ridiculous!” So, I shelf my pride, and I shrug off the chips of independence on my shoulders, and I accept. I accept the generosity. I accept the gratitude. I am humbly and eternally grateful in having this help voluntary, from the outpouring of kind hearts. Jason tells me, of course, my family is helping you. They love you. You are our family and will be my wife.

So, I let his step-dad fix the broken things. His mom clean the dirty things. His brother move the heavy things. I bow my head in thanks for family. A family chosen from loving another. How beautiful.

And today, I welcome the end. The final cleaning. The four-week countdown to the wedding and final preparations. Where do I find the peace and serenity God gives me?

My moonflowers.

One of the baby yard plants had a bloom last night. I felt as proud as the mama plant because I saved the little orphan by flagging it from the mower.

Here she is in all her little glory. Wow – to grow through grass and untreated soil – to just keep growing until the reward of opening her petals to the moon. And maybe that is how I feel too. Going and going and going towards that reward. That day blooming in the future; our marriage, our one home. The seemingly overwhelming details still to handle will finally be complete – and resplendent beyond imagination.

As I turned to go inside, after proudly photographing my little moonflower-that-could. I see a small bee on the mother ship. It’s not the ginormous Okie bee, but it is a busy bee. Something I will be today (and many others). All the wonderful hobbies I love – reading blogs, writing posts, and taking pictures. All on the back-burner as this wedding closes in. So bear with me, as I work my bee bum off and try to get everything done, plus work full time. I will BEE around, just very busy.

Have a bee-u-tiful day!

Midweek Morsels

On By AngeliaIn Life is what you make it.25 Comments

*I took some pictures at the park*

*I still adore this camera with an exuberance that is scary*

*Did I mention how much I love these guys?*

*From left to right, Sydney, Molly, Jason, and in front is Bridget*

*I am a soon to be step mom to Molly and Bridget. Soon to be wife to Jason. Soon to be mom of a teenage driver*

*WOW*

*Somehow I’ve gotten on-line plenty of times the last three days but forgot to re-fill my thyroid medicine*

*Yeah, I’m completely out*

*Working with mongo amounts of snow up North and canceled flights = a lot of rescheduled business flights*

*I think the economy MUST be picking up. It’s super busy which is GREAT! Or it could be the all the snow?*

*I’ve had very limited time to read and comment on blogs due to working through lunches*

*I sent a check to my brother for half my Dad’s funeral expenses. I cried over the finality of that. It was gut wrenching. It wasn’t the money. It was the LOSS sinking in*

*Why is it a month later (almost two) it rips so deeply?*

*I still ache over both of my Dads being gone*

*I really miss them, every day. Please hug your Dad for me*

*I started the 30 day challenge on Wii EA personal active trainer*

*Surprisingly, I picked a girl trainer*

*Mistake #1- picking HIGH intensity on my first work out. No mercy came to mind*

*I am committed to a 5K or 10K mid April. We will see what I get up to*

*I am HIGHLY confident though*

*Busy workplace. Working out. Splitting time between two houses*

*Does not equal a lot of blog writing time*

*I really need a schedule. Five minutes to get ready and out the door to work in the morning is really pushing it*

*I want to apologize to all the people behind me driving to work. I really can apply make-up and watch the road*

*REALLY! I actually don’t wear much. I don’t need, nor do I use a mirror. This really helps get me to work on time*

*I’m SORRY. I appreciate your patience and you going around me so quickly*

*It’s 8 months to my wedding date*

*Have you seen my website? http://jasonandangelia.com *

*Yesterday was 8 years from my last wedding date*

*I’m fascinated by number coincidences like that but hate math*

*Weird, right?*

*I am on a 30 day abstain from aspartame (aka sweet n lo). I heard it can cure headache problems. So far, it seems to be working*

*Snow, ice, sleet tonight-tomorrow? Texas? Really? That would be TWICE in ONE year. I’ll believe it when I see it*

*If that happens, work is going to get waaay worse shuffling people around on a holiday weekend. Yikes!*

*I have WINNERS from my giveaway. Remember that?*

*I say winners because I decided to add two more Target gift cards*

*I can’t stand  having just one winner*

*See why giveaways are not my future blogging forte?*

*I’m too nice. I really want to give something to EVERYONE. Makes me sad to just pick a few*

*I’m serious*

*I hope you have enjoyed my mid-week morsels. I hope I didn’t steal that from another blogger. I’ve never heard that before I don’t think?*

Congratulate the random winners-

FOXY

Kellene

Elizabeth

I must have a life

On By AngeliaIn Life is what you make it., Mon Dieu! and all that stuff.4 Comments

I must. It can’t go by so quickly otherwise.

Another crazy, superfast, funfilled weekend, featuring adorable little girls, and a best friends beautiful wedding has whipped by. Here it is MONDAY (again!).  Not only Monday, but ohmygosh, MID-September. Are you serious? Wasn’t it JUST September like, last week?

Don’t I have to shop for Christmas and be DONE before Sydney leaves for Gulfport, MS the 19DEC? How many paychecks before Christmas anyway? Seven? Holy Moly!

I feel like I am losing my mind. I have soooo many things to do but NOTHING gets done.

I even have a to do list application on my iPhone.  FULL of things to do but nothing checked off. Most times, one thing  leads to ten other things to do.  I feel like I’m in a time warp, same old things repeating, but nothing every accomplished.  Is it me?

Ok, so it’s Monday and maybe THAT’S what it is. Or maybe…. as I edge closer to 40, I spend so much time looking for things, I, either can’t remember, or misplaced, that by the time I figure it out, a week or two (or was it three?) has gone by.

Maybe… I’m just trying to sort through it all Every. Single. Day…..Did I lock the car? Better press the button again. Did I lock the house? Where are my keys again?  Was the  back door locked after I let the dogs in? Check, re-check, check again. Did I put that in the junk cabinet? or out in the file cabinet in the garage? Or maybe my room?? Attic? Did I pay insert name of bill here? Have the dogs been outside? Are the dishes in the dishwasher clean or dirty? How old IS that coffee creamer in the fridge? Was it really three days since I blogged? When does Italian class start? Oh gosh, what time was that at? Is my after hours on call week this next week or the next? Is lunch ALREADY over? Crap, it’s busy at work! SURELY the economy is improving? When is the last time I got the mail from my PO box?  Wonder if it’s overflowing? How in the world am I going to remember to drop my car off at the body shop before work tomorrow? Is it FRIDAY??? YET?????

Hallelujah! I just discovered my incredible boyfriend just signed us up for DANCE class together! That sure brightens up my Monday. Now, I’ll have dancing with Jason to look forward to.  I bet I remember that one.

🙂