Hey!
Sorry I haven't written in a bit. I have been pretty sick this last week. I have my ZOOMA 5K this week at Amelia Island in Florida. I am really excited about it. Not only is is an entire day to myself, it is also a pretty amazing race to do. After the race you get to do yoga, massages, etc. and it is included in the price of the race. I am also looking forward to the metal, it looked really cool online. So, I was up to five miles last week again after Xmas break, but after getting sick this weekend my lungs are very constricted. I feel almost like I have asthma or something. I hate getting sick. It always changes your body for about a month. Not only was I sick this week, I also got sick Xmas day. So, I have been trying to recover, but I feel rundown. So, enough complaining. I know the race will go well, and I honestly am excited for a fun day. This is a new experience for me too. I do not do things like this alone. I think it will give me a boost to my self-esteem!
I was commissioned for a painting this week. It is for an 11x14 of the really neat silver A-10 picture I posted on here a while ago. I am so excited to get started on it. Last week, randomly, I started the same picture for my husband as a 36x36 painting. It took an entire large tube of silver paint to cover the canvas! I love getting commissioned. Now that is a self-esteem booster!!
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Hi,
Wanted to say Happy New Year!
I bought a camera for taking pictures of my paintings. This is so that I can then turn them into prints for sale. The reason I need a large camera is for resolution purposes. This Nikon D3200 has 24 mp. The 55 mm lens that it comes with is awesome. It has vibration resistance so that when you point and shoot, your hand and body movement don't ruin the picture! The problem is I need a 300 mm lens. This is because of the resolution end product too. The more mega pixels and higher resolution from a quality lens, the better outcome of a print one will have. This is like, for instance, when you think you have a great picture and want to make it bigger to print off. Even if you were to leave it alone and print it, the quality alone may just be terrible. Then enlargement would only make that worse. I think it is crazy how large the 55 mm lens is, and I need to get a larger one!
On a different note, I had a great trip out to see my dad. I couldn't have asked for it to have been better. I think it would have been fun for my husband to have been a part of it. A date night would have been nice! Things continually change with the birth of a child. The amazing Christmas my dad gave my daughter was phenomenal.
The change occurred when the house was not my home anymore. I wrote a few weeks ago about how it felt like that. I can still say it has the most familiarity and comfort than any other place I go to, but it just wasn't home. I think the cliche of "home is where the heart is" has always been a little bull. I think that maybe my home is where my daughters memories are taking place. Home is where she is comfortable. Home is where our lives go smoother.
I have to say I am disappointed in myself for not working out the last 9 day. I got ill and just could not run. I was really looking forward to it. I loved running my neighborhood in the past, and I wanted to do it again. I feel like now I am going to have to start from scratch again. I will head in tomorrow and try to run a few miles and lift for a bit. I still don't feel 100%. I have a 5k in a few weeks. I think it is funny now how last year at this time a 5k was daunting. Now, I look at it like a fun run to go enjoy! I like when things like that in life change, and it is something you can smile about and be proud of.
School starts back up for me on the seventh. I look forward to the Christmas break every year because it is the only one you get through online school. Unless you request it, but that just sets you back another month. I only have 6 classes left. Ugh, can you say finally!!!! Anyway, I am enjoying school break. I really needed it.
Wanted to say Happy New Year!
I bought a camera for taking pictures of my paintings. This is so that I can then turn them into prints for sale. The reason I need a large camera is for resolution purposes. This Nikon D3200 has 24 mp. The 55 mm lens that it comes with is awesome. It has vibration resistance so that when you point and shoot, your hand and body movement don't ruin the picture! The problem is I need a 300 mm lens. This is because of the resolution end product too. The more mega pixels and higher resolution from a quality lens, the better outcome of a print one will have. This is like, for instance, when you think you have a great picture and want to make it bigger to print off. Even if you were to leave it alone and print it, the quality alone may just be terrible. Then enlargement would only make that worse. I think it is crazy how large the 55 mm lens is, and I need to get a larger one!
On a different note, I had a great trip out to see my dad. I couldn't have asked for it to have been better. I think it would have been fun for my husband to have been a part of it. A date night would have been nice! Things continually change with the birth of a child. The amazing Christmas my dad gave my daughter was phenomenal.
The change occurred when the house was not my home anymore. I wrote a few weeks ago about how it felt like that. I can still say it has the most familiarity and comfort than any other place I go to, but it just wasn't home. I think the cliche of "home is where the heart is" has always been a little bull. I think that maybe my home is where my daughters memories are taking place. Home is where she is comfortable. Home is where our lives go smoother.
I have to say I am disappointed in myself for not working out the last 9 day. I got ill and just could not run. I was really looking forward to it. I loved running my neighborhood in the past, and I wanted to do it again. I feel like now I am going to have to start from scratch again. I will head in tomorrow and try to run a few miles and lift for a bit. I still don't feel 100%. I have a 5k in a few weeks. I think it is funny now how last year at this time a 5k was daunting. Now, I look at it like a fun run to go enjoy! I like when things like that in life change, and it is something you can smile about and be proud of.
School starts back up for me on the seventh. I look forward to the Christmas break every year because it is the only one you get through online school. Unless you request it, but that just sets you back another month. I only have 6 classes left. Ugh, can you say finally!!!! Anyway, I am enjoying school break. I really needed it.
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