So first off, I’ve been sick for the past few days and missed another Mommy Musing Monday post, but I’ll make up for that in the new year. Sometimes life and ill health happens.
Like most New Year’s Eves, it’s time for the usual reflection on the past year. I’m not one for setting resolutions exactly. I like to think of them as annual goals. Not full on SMART goals, but things I can realistically try to achieve within the 12 months ahead.
So lets review last year’s goals…
I had a Mother of the Year moment last week. Ha ha, read on…
Missy Moo is this close to crawling. So very close, but she’s not quite there yet.
She manages to pull and drag herself and she can even change directions by moving herself in a circle while lying on her stomach. And she’s not just trying to do an army crawl, she’s also getting up on her knees and pushing herself up on her arms so that she can semi sit up and wiggle back and forth.
Like most babies, she’s a nosey little fart at times and wants to grab everything that’s not within her grasp. She’s even starting to go for cell phones when Matt or I have her in our arms and a phone is nearby.
So last week I decided to conduct an experiment that involved my daughter and an iPad. The results were hilarious.
She’s clearly her mother’s child. Not only does she love technology, but she also gets easily distracted too! But you would get distracted too if a colourful quilt was all up in your business while you were struggling to drag yourself towards something shiny.
I suspect that she’ll be crawling very soon and then we’ll be in trouble! Luckily we already have the baby gate installed because our friends were visiting last week with their 13 month old. And also thanks to their little guy, our kitchen is on the way to being fairly baby proof (although we have a few things left to do, but that’ll come in time).
My camera and I have a very sordid relationship. I love it very much, but it doesn’t always get the attention it deserves. Then when it receives lots love from me, I don’t know what to do with all of the photos I’ve taken.
I’m OCD likes to take over when I’m processing photos. I bought a copy of Lightroom back in 2011 and it was a mixed blessing. I have lots of great tools and editing magic at my finger tips, but it’s easy to get hung up on needing every photo to be perfect. I struggle with that, but am working through it. I also have a very hard time deleting photos, and there’s a good reason for that…
But there are those moments where you and your camera are in sync. There’s something about the lighting, the composition and the timing. It’s like the universe comes together and says, “Quick, take a photo. Now! Click! Wow!” And you’re so happy you did.
In no particular order, here are just a few photos I’ve taken that are on my Flickr account that I care dearly about. I have so many more. I’ll try to share more soon. Continue reading
A couple of months ago, I discovered an app called RunPee. And the name is fitting – it tells you when you can run and go pee during a movie and not miss important scenes or climatic points. This is a major plus when you’ve paid a small fortune to sit in a dark theater with a bunch of strangers. And it’s conveniently available for Android, Apple and Windows mobile phones for free. Score!
Saw this on Facebook. Thanks for sharing Micaela! (AKA @Caela_rue)
Social media networks explained with coffee…