Wine on the Keyboard

The Retaining Wall

Kacey — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:21:55 +0000

Yep, there was a bunch of boy noise here this past weekend. So, they decide to go over to The Geeky One’s house and help him build a retaining wall for his flower garden. Yes, it was The Adorable Girlfriend’s request. Now, I’m just saying…we just helped them put in their fence. Remember that? When is MY turn for chores to be done to MY house?? But I digress…

There was a lot of discussion and figuring out of the best way to do things. Lots of this.

SuperGuy was involved, so of course there was a lot of strings and levels involved in the project.

Did I mention a LOT of time spent standing around discussing the project. So much so, that it didn’t get finished. The concert down at the arch and fireworks seduced them away. Then it rained. And rained. I guess The Geeky One will have to finish the wall on his own.

Oh, and because you just KNOW this photo was coming…

I leave you with…

Evidently my family is unable to get together without a pointing photo…

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June Photo of the Month Contest

Kacey — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:00:21 +0000

Now, it’s time for the long awaited June Photo of the Month Contest! This month’s theme was Reflections.

But first, some family news. All FIVE, count ‘em five boys are going to be in town this weekend plus assorted cute and adorable girlfriends. So, I’ll leave this entry up through the weekend for everyone to vote on. I’ll be back on Monday with lots of boy photos from the shenanigans that I’m sure will be going on here this weekend. Have a fun and safe Fourth of July!

Now the entries. The artist’s name is below their photo:

Asthma Girl

Murrieta

Tug- Alien Eyes

Closer than they Appear ~ Crazy Daisy

Annie

Lynda

Kacey ~ Subaru Self Portrait

I love the clouds reflected in the hood of my Subaru on my photo. Oh, and notice that SuperGuy didn’t enter this month? Hm, I guess that means I’ll get more votes tham he will this month!!

Vote for your THREE favorite photos!
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Kacey’s Reflection Photo Attempts

Kacey — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:31:53 +0000

First off, the June Photo of the Month Contest post will be up tomorrow. I swear I’ll have it finished by then. So be sure and check back and vote for your favorite Reflection photo. Tomorrow.

In other news, seriously, I’ve taken one billion zillion reflection photos this month. I’m still not totally pleased with the one I chose to enter in this month’s Photo of the Month contest, but here are a few of my other attempts. I’m good with showing you my failures. I’m a sharing kind of person…

A Bottle with a View
Yes, I know, better in concept than in execution.

Rear View Self Portrait
But then I realized that title could be taken wrong…

Red Door Reflection
Notice I’m sporting a pony tail with MOST of my hair caught up in it. I may get to the “long hair” stage yet.

A Gift from SuperGuy
A gift for no reason, I may add. Which is either terribly nice, or…I wonder what he did that he hasn’t ~~confessed to~~ told me about yet.

Anyway, make sure you check back tomorrow for the World Famous Photo of the Month Contest!!

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Summertime Happy Hour

Kacey — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:01:14 +0000

What more needs to be said?

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Moving On

Kacey — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:05:41 +0000

I must be the only mother on the planet who is sad that her son is moving back to town after being away at college. Seriously.

I saw so much of The Photography One while SuperGuy and I were over at The Love Nest. Remember we even lived with him for a bit before we found The Love Nest? Anyway, The Photography One and I would go to Steak and Shake (YUM!) for lunch every week. (I cried when we left Steak and Shake for the last time. Sigh.) We’d also go to dinner. Meet for drinks. I swear I saw more of him in the last year than I have in the last FOUR years combined. I’m so going to miss him now when we’re over in Columbia at The Love Nest.

But, I know, this isn’t supposed to be all about me. It’s about The Photography One moving on to a new stage of life. Moving back to St. Louis. Yes, I KNOW we live here too, but he will work, run with his buddies, and generally be too busy to see his mommy every week. Sigh. Anyway, back to the moving day story…

First off, it was 100 degrees on moving day!! We brilliantly decided to do most of the moving on Friday night. After the sun went down. Yeah, baby…here was the thermometer–in the shade–when we headed over to The Photograph One’s apartment on Friday. At 7pm…

I should have known how this was going to go when I had to drive him 30 miles to Jefferson City to pick up the closest moving van. Okay, that wasn’t too bad. We had a nice chat on the way. In the air conditioning. I’m all about the air conditioning when it hits 100 degrees!

There was a ton of stuff to put in that tiny moving van. In the heat.

There were a few refreshment breaks…

and brief pauses to watch the Cardinals game…

and a bit of silliness…

We had to go back on Saturday to finish up. SuperGuy and I left about 2:30pm to head back to St. Louis. I’m not sure what time the boys finally got out of there. (because they never texted me to tell me they got home safely. This mean YOU!).

In a nice (planned) twist of fate, The Impish One moved INTO The Photography One’s apartment, so that made some of it easier. We left a bedroom set, chairs, desk, some tables, etc for him. Thank goodness, because nothing else was going to fit in that van! (You remember that they closed down The Impish One’s dorm in the middle of the year and my rant about that?)

Anyway, son, welcome back home and onto real life. Don’t forget to visit your momma!

“I’m moving on and last I can see
Life has been patiently waiting for me
And I know there’s no guarantees, but I’m not alone”
–Rascal Flats

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Call for Submissions-Reflections

Kacey — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:10:01 +0000

Yes, it’s time for submitting your photos for the June Photo of the Month Contest. This month’s theme is REFLECTIONS.

I spent a lot of time trying to capture different reflections this month. I call this one “Waiting Patiently for Breakfast.” Coffee and donuts, yum. Yes, I know, one of my reflection failures. You can just barely see me reflected in the coffee pot. Okay, and I took it at 4 in the afternoon, so the title is kind of a lie too…

Anyway, either leave a link to your reflection photo here in the comments, or use the Contact Button at the top of the site to send me your photo or a link to it. You have until midnight on the 30th to send me your photo! Have fun with it!

Title: She has the Whole View in her Hands

As a total aside, I love it when you submit a title for your post with the photo! Good luck!

Sneak Peak for tomorrow’s post….Moving Day…

Title: It’s Never Going to Fit

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Thoughts on Life

Kacey — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:13:25 +0000

The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another. ~James Matthew Barrie

Allow me to indulge in some of my baby boomer thoughts for a brief moment, okay?

In my twenties I thought I had my whole life plotted out. I’m a planner, what can I say? It sure hasn’t turned out like I expected. Not. At. All. But it’s a good life, I’m very thankful for that.

I have an amazing, caring husband and 5, count ‘em, FIVE boys. Never thought I’d be the mother of five boys! I have The Love Nest to escape to. My photography, that I took up after college–but let drop after the boys were born–has taken me in new directions I’d never imagined. This blog has been become such a tremendous part of my life, along with all of you, my blogging friends.

Life doesn’t follow our carefully planned out course. Our kids throw us curves. Life will push us towards paths we had no idea were even there. Bad stuff happens. Good stuff happens. The book of life we thought we were writing turns into a whole different novel. I wonder where the next fifty years will take me?

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True Confessions

Kacey — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:23:14 +0000

True Confessions…as opposed to false confessions, I guess…

I’m a bit obsessive about germs. Not over the top obsessive, but a bit. I have hand sanitizer by my kitchen sink. Now, that’s a nice normal place to have it, right? I have been know to ~~yell~~ suggest to the boys to use it before digging into the ice cubes or setting the table or handling food. That’s not bad, right?

Some in the bathroom.

Okay, and some in my cute and adorable summer Coach purse. I mean, there are germs out there people! I’ve been known to use sanitizer wipes in hotel rooms on door knobs, the phone, and the remote.

Tell me I’m not alone in this. Tell me this is normal…and if you all agree this is fairly normal, I’ll make sure all the males in the family read the comments!

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Chihuly Inspiration

Kacey — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 09:22:45 +0000

Did you even wonder where Chihuly got his inspiration for his beautiful glass work?

I’m thinking he walked into his home one day and found an onion, just like the one we found at The Love Nest.

I bet I’m right, what do you think??

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Too Hot

Kacey — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:13:20 +0000

Yep, it’s too hot to even think about writing a blog post. This was in the MORNING. Heat index of like 110. So, first we had months of rain, now we’re having this kind of heat. Where is the lovely late spring, early summer mild weather???

So, what’s happening, weatherwise, in your neck of the wood??

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