Yay for Photoshop and New Orleans

So I've spent several hours the past couple of days doing post-production on some of my favorite New Orleans pictures.

I know I have a tattoo to finish for my friend.  I know I'm supposed to sew pj pants as a thank you for all of the free fabric I was given.  I know that I need to sew my cute adorable nieces some holiday skirts.  I know I need to sew the dresses I'm designing for New Year's Eve for me and my friends.  I know I have Christmas presents to make.  I know.

But there are just times that I want to work in Photoshop and get some post-production done.  For crying out loud I was in New Orleans in March.  Yes that's right March.  (So good luck getting those pj pants before you go back to school.  Haha!  ....just kidding.... sort of.)  I went for my birthday because it was a place that I've always wanted to visit.  And I had to / wanted to go somewhere because it was an important birthday and I wanted to celebrate it away from home.

Three of my dear dear friends met up with my sister and I and we had a blast.  I'll be posting pictures of us having fun in a different post.  This post has some of my favorite pictures that I took which I did some experimental post-production on.  (Ok, not all of it was experimental.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We were there the weekend after Mardi Gras and as yoiu can see the evidence was still around.

 

 

Hope you enjoyed New Orleans from my eyes.  I want to go back....

Back in May...

I played tour guide to my friends up in Forks, WA.  Am I from there? No.  I just had been there twice before with other people and for some reason I love going back!  We had amazing weather and fantastic time.  Here's some photos highlighting the trip.

Here we are working the Police Station

Look we found Alice Cullen~

Those Hunsaker girls are amazing and hilarious!  So much fun!

Why hello there Amanda, you enjoying the beautiful hike?

Isn't it so pretty?!?!

I so LOVE 2nd Beach!

Time for a Bonfire at First Beach.  Why yes that is an Edward doll.

He just makes pictures so much more fun.

 

I so love taking jumping pictures

 

 

It may be hard to see, but Brittani and Edward are holding hands while they walk to the front of the school. LOL

 

I don't judge you!

We also headed to Kaleloch Beach and the tidepools

You can't see Edward and I.

um... Just some fun in Port Angeles

And time to enjoy some Bella Italia.

CIVIL WAR TIME!!!

It's Civil War today!

Are you a Duck or a Beaver? (Or can you careless?) 

I wonder if my Aunt and Uncle are going to be at the game... they're BIG Duck fans.

(I drew this picture a couple years ago but colored it last year and I wanted to use it today.)

As the Hulk would say... "It's clobberin time!"

Guess what?!

So I have a few things that I've done this year that I haven't blogged about.  And by golly I'm going to have them posted before the year is over!! (For example, I have visited 3 places that I've always wanted to visit but I haven't blogged about it yet.) 

It's my goal.  But I really suck at goals.... for example, NaNoWriMo... I didn't finish.  I was doing so good at the beginning too.  But I have learned something from this is - don't let friends visit you in November if you're participating NaNoWriMo.  LOL  (Just kidding love you guys!)  After they left I just never got back into the flow of writing and went many days without writing anything.  But that's ok. 

I'm bound to complete something I set out to do.  So I'm going to start with low expectations and post all my 2009 activities and trips in my "TO BLOG" folder before December 31st.  Here I go!

Do you ever want to...

...just hop onto a plane and travel somewhere just for food?  

The last couple of days I've really wanted some beignets

from Cafe du Monde in New Orleans. 

Oh... they're SO yummy!

Wouldn't that be an awesome weekend trip?

Bad boys, bad boys whatcha gonna do?

That's right this post is about COPS

The other night Derek and I were watching COPS because he doesn't like Criminal Minds or NCIS (which I don't understand), but anyways we caught the most awesome episode EVER.

1. The officer was called to a home because of a domestic disturbance.  Did he push her?  Nope.  Did he hit her?  Nope.  He threw his cheeseburger at her.  Yep, a cheeseburger.  They even went to the "scene of the crime" and on the floor next to the couch was a half eaten cheeseburger.  After the office talked to the two, the guy apologizes to the him, the officer says "You don't need to apologize to me.  You need to apologize to her."  So he sounded like a 5 year old who was made to apologize by his/her mother for doing something wrong.

2. The officers respond to a barn on fire and they end up in the woods going after an ex-husband, but he has a gun and starts shooting at them.  His demand was for a cell phone and something else that was ridiculous.  The police keep him talking while the SWAT team roll into place... literally.  And they took him by surprise and guess what his reaction was!  "Wow, you guys are good.  I didn't even hear you sneak up on me."

Haha!  Classic COPS.

daily quote

Campbell: Fiona tells me you're a soil scientist.
Michael: Yes, yes, I love my dirt.
~ Burn Notice

And now it's the end of the month. Can you believe tomorrow is December 1st?!?!? Where did this year go?