bi-annually
ByHey everyone! It’s my bi-annual I have nothing to write about post.
Seriously.
NOTHING.
My mind is blank, my motivation is low. So, what do I do in times like these?
I open my blog to you…(SAVE ME from the blank draft page…I am begging you.)
Now is a great opportunity to ask me anything…want to know how many cups a coffee I drink everyday? Ask me! Photography question? Ask me! Blogging question? Ask me! What side of the bed do I sleep on? Ask me!
(answers to the above questions: 1. A LOT. 2. If I can’t answer it, I’ll find a person who knows what she is talking about and have it answered for you. 3. If I can’t answer it, I’ll find a person who knows what she is talking about and have it answered for you. 4. If you are facing the bed, I sleep on the left side. LEFT SIDE IN THE HIZZOUSE!)
And if you don’t have a question, I’d love it if you’d tell me something about you in the comments. Where do you live, what are you doing this weekend, what’s your favorite thing to order from Sonic?
Does everyone love chili-cheese dogs as much as my family does?
HOORAY FOR SHARING!
I’ll be back with answers & content!
(and hopefully less exclamation points.) for real.
Seriously? I get to be first?!?! I had better make it count then.
Okay….here’s my question….
I know in the past you have said you were a picky eater….have you always been that way? Is you husband picky as well? Do you feel that your kids aren’t exposed to different foods because you don’t like them?
Sorry, that was a bunch of different questions, I know. I’m curious because I LOVE food…all of it (almost to a fault, but thats another story) and have no idea how I got a picky eater for a kid, what to do with him, and if he’ll ever move beyond eating peanut butter sandwiches and pizza.
And something about me? We just got home from the last tball game of the season. Alle-freakin-luia. Lets just say we are not a tball family….we’ll stick to soccer, thankyouverymuch!
What’s your favorite color M&M?
Nell
SheSnaps.com
I want to know how it feels to be able to take such amazing pictures and then have them be so good that people want to buy them? I have two, I won another and I can’t wait to buy more. You are going to make me spend more than I should on these beautiful pictures. Also, can they only be bought through the Etsy shop or can we order directly and pay cash?
I don’t have a question.
Mark just told me that if I get pregnant again he’s going to have to get on the boat to America. His spider senses must be tingling, because I’m ovulating.
The End.
May I please ask two questions? How do you get to do all the great things you get to do through blogging?
Hi Beth,
Do you find it stressful to come up with new blog material all the time? How do you come up with all the new ideas and topics?
(YOUR blog is MY absolute most favorite blog to read in the whole wide blogosphere). Keep up the good work!
A little about me: we live in Ohio near Toledo. I have 2 kiddos (4&7), a good husband and a very lovable golden retriever. My little one just finished her last soccer game of the year. I want to have a public blog but I am terrified.
I’m sorry this is so long.
Have a great Saturday!
Hi Beth! Happy Saturday!
OMG I LOVE SONIC! They just built one about 1/2 a mile from my house, and let me tell you THIS IS VERY BAD. In fact, I printed out the Shrinking into Summer With the Sisterhood badge and stuck it to my dashboard to remind myself to DRIVE QUICKLY PAST THE FAT GRAMS.
I heart every single one of their shakes. I’ve never met one I didn’t like. Which is probably a huge reason my hips look the way they do.
Hope you have a great weekend! I love your blog.
Where do you order your prints from? And, what’s your favorite book?
Hi Beth
I love all of your pictures – just wondering how you became interested in photography and also how you became more advanced in your skill? yay! thanks for the opportunity to ask!
Left siiii-ide represent!
How often do you shave your legs?
Okay, I really really want to buy a new camera but I am lost where to start. I love taking pictures of my one year old (I am positive I have more than a thousand pictures of just her in her first year – it is so fun to take pictures of her!). Right now I have a Nikon Coolpix P2, I think it’s a 5.0 megapixel. I want a camera I can do more with (like Bokeh!) by playing with the focus and whatnot, but I don’t want it to be too big if I can help it (I like carrying my camera in my purse or diaper bag).
Long story short, do you have any camera recommendations for me??
Hell yes I love chili cheese dogs! My question is, how does it feel to be friends with me, as I am so amazing and beautiful? Just kidding! My REAL question is what is your favorite Starbucks drink? Not worrying about calories or anything of that sort, of course.
Some of these questions are kind of hilarious:
Something about myself: I rotate back and forth between left and right side of the bed depending on which boob is fullest… gotta love the TMI in that one.
Oh, and we absolutely love sonic. My most favorite thing from there is the cranberry limeade. I heart limeade. It tastes like a really swanky alcoholic beverage without the inconvenience of drunkeness. Not too into chili dogs, but slap some ‘kraut and ketchup on it and I’m good to go. Oh… and another great thing about sonic: they serve the full menu all freakin day long, so when you are jonesing for a burger at 9 a.m. or a egg and cheese sandwich at 10:30 p.m., you’re good! Oh… and on days when I’m feeling extra lazy and don’t feel like making kid.the.first a lunch for school- just swing through the sonic and get a grilled cheese and banana (with a cranberry limeade for me of course.)
Hi Beth! I did send you an e-mail asking a question the other night. Maybe it got stuck in your spam like yours to me always do?!
OK…..something about me…I don’t think Sonic is all that it is hyped up to be and I am addicted to reality TV.
The question that I can’t seem to figure out is:
1) How can you resize your pics when using picasa? Specifically pixels?
Let’s count the number of times I used the phrase “Oh… and” in that last comment.
Photo question: I currently have an 18-50 mm lens (that came with my Nikon D40) and a 50-200 mm lens (thanks to my awesome brother, SIL, and parents). Which lens should I get next? I love the idea of some macro stuff, but it would be a limited use, no? I’d love to show off some great bokeh, so something for that maybe?
I live in Wisconsin, near Milwaukee. We don’t have Sonic around here—wait! There’s one near Miller Park (where the Brewers play)! Never been there, but now I think I need to check it out. Probably not a chili cheese dog, though. I’ll get back to you!
Too funny. I just posted about my not-so-good experience at my first visit to Sonic. Everyone seems to rave about it…I guess I didn’t order the right things. I’m going to give it another shot though.
We wrapped up our soccer games then did a bunch of errands which included late lunch a chick-fil-A (yum!). Now it’s raining – boo.
No questions – love your blog and your amazing photography.
Hi, Beth… I live in Jackson, TN which is 120 miles west of Nashville…
this week-end I am in Tupelo, MS visiting with my elderly parents….they were the subject of my You Capture photo for “fun”…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9699402@N02/3426340139/
right now at Sonic I usually order the Junior Deluxe Burger with mustard, small tater tots, and a small mocha Java Chiller to finsh it all…yum!
Hi Beth! I have been reading your blog ever since I joined the Sisterhood, and I love it (even though I don’t usually comment … I am SO BAD about that). Anyway, about me … I’m getting married August 1st and starting law school soon after. My fiance and I have recently gotten into photography, especially since we want STELLAR photos from our Maui honeymoon. Do you have any photo processing tips or tricks, or favorite web sites that you visit for photography information? Thanks!
Another one…
Out of all the prints for sale in your shop, which one is your most favorite and why?
Nell
SheSnaps.com
Cherry Lime-aid all the way! You could hook me to an IV with that stuff!
Lets see what have I done today? Well I went to Home Depot and bought dirt & flowers.Came home and planted the flowers in all my pots…… ran out of dirt UGH! Now I’ll need to go buy more. After that I edged the yard and put down weed & feed. Just got out of the hot tub…….. boy did I need that.
Have a great weekend
I am from Iowa but live in Erie, PA and came to your site via google analytics (of all things) from my etsy. I dig your writing style and have been reading your blog (call it spying if you will) for approximately a week now.
Also, I’ve never in my life been to a Sonic but I want to know where one exists near my home since they are always…ALWAYS… commercials on TV for them!
Jamie
I want to know which character you choose when you’re playing Mario Kart
(I always choose Yoshi!)
i live in ’sunny’ florida, except it’s storming like crazy right now. my son came into town today and the two of us went out with our cameras and visited an old, abandoned rose garden. i’ll have to post some of those shots soon.
my one vice in life? jellie bellies! and i don’t have a clue if i spelled that right. my favs are french vanilla and capucino. do you have a fav?
it was stinker’s birthday yesterday so this weekend is all about family, sleepovers, too much sugar, fun activities and the noise decibel in the house reaching ridiculous levels!
(side note: the girls were talking about bratz yesterday and why they were banned at our house and I thought about your post the whole time)
my question is kinda trivial…are you on facebook?
Hey Beth!
I live in metro Atlanta and just happen to be having Sonic at the very same moment I am reading your blog. My favorite thing to get there is a cherry limeade for half price at happy hour, but since we just finished gutting our kitchen for a remodel to start this week, and we have essentially no kitchen to speak of, we are camped out, at 9:30 p.m. on the master bed eating off the value menu. Good times here in the ATL…
Hi Beth-
Have you ever broken a bone? (I was thinking of your own bones, but if you’ve broken someone else’s bones, you can tell us about that too).
Something about me… I think ponies are creepy.
I sleep on the left side too!
Ummm, today is my birthday and I am effing 37 years old, OMFG. What is your favorite thing to do on you birthday?
Also, do you find Will Ferrell as funny as I do?
Don’t worry, we all really feel so uninspired sometimes. I also can’t find something to write about on some days but it gets by. Soon you will be able to blog again.
My question for you is:
What’s your dream profession?
This might be kind of boring, but I’d love a post/tutorial on blog etiquette. I always worry I’m making some huge faux pas.
Or, if that is too boring, describe your favorite outfit in high school. If you have a photo to add, that would be even better.
Where is the closest Sonic from Portage?
Maybe you could describe, in great detail, just how awesome Sonic is. I am unfortunate enough to live in a place with no Sonic, but an abundance of Sonic commercials. The little round ice is enough to make me want to move.
I’ve been toying around with the idea of opening an Etsy shop for my pics. Was it hard to do? Do you think it’s worth it? Would you be threatened by my Etsy presence?
What type of shampoo/conditioner do you use?
What makeup do you use?
(I ask this because you always look very pretty in photos.)
I can’t do Sonic, they are AWFUL here. I do enjoy Happy Hour Vanilla Diet Cokes though.
P.S. I LOVE the new header on your blog!
You take great photos. I love them. Can you share the camera brand you use and which lens(es)?
A little something about myself: I am an expat mom blogging from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Following your blog of quite a while now and reading your tweets too!
My kids’ favorite game!! Would you rather??
Would you rather: Have a Brazillian wax EVERY day or have underwire permanently implanted in your boobage?
Would you rather: Wake up and find the Obamas are in your bathroom or Oprah’s going through our garbage?
Would you rather: Lick the inside of a turtle’s shell (fresh off the turtle, yo!) or swallow whatever comes out of a squeezing a snail?
GO!
Whoop! Left side sleepers!
My question is, what song did you and Brian dance to at your wedding? If you got married again today, would you choose the same some or a different one? I’m searching for that perfect song for my October wedding!
I have a photo of each of my 4 daughters that I would like to have enlarged and hang on our walls. They need to be big because our ceiling goes up to 18 feet. Something artsy – wrapped canvas maybe.. Where would you send me to get that accomplished?
Something about me.. our daughter got her first 4-H pony on Saturday.. yesterday while trying to get up on it (off of steps mind you cause my pants were to tight to get up on my own) I managed to get my sweatshirt tangled on the saddle horn which then threw my balance off thrusting me forward and pulling every.damn.muscle up and down my right leg through to my buttocks and lower back!! At which point I announced that I was to old for this crap to my father that “caught” me, but to save face with my daughters I rode the pony!! but my oh my pulled butt muscles bite it:(
I don’t think that I’ve ever had a chili-cheese dog and we don’t have sonic. There is nothing I love more than a hot dog at a stadium (I’m a huge Phillies fan) with kraut and sweet pickle relish and spicy brown mustard though. Unless it comes with a Miller Lite
How is Shred going? When you and Brian get a “night out” what do you do/where do you go? What are you looking forward to the most about summer?
“Where do you live, what are you doing this weekend, what’s your favorite thing to order from Sonic?”
Oregon baby! Going to do a whole lot of nothing this weekend. And OMG THE TATER TOTS!! And before I couldn’t eat/drink caffeine thanks to the little one, Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper. *drool*
And question for you! If you could live anywhere in the entire world, where would it be and why?