It's the first of December and all day I've been thinking about what I would blog.

On the way home from yet another dentist visit my most stubborn child provided it.

Cooper, hit his older brother.

It wasn't hard, and I'm not sure it wasn't unprovoked.

When I told him that he would have to go to his room for ten minutes when we reached home he replied -

"NO! Mom!  I am only going to do the things I WANT to do and not the things I DON'T."

To which I replied in my most menacing Mommy voice

"You better think about that one again Mister cause you know what will happen if we get home and you DON'T go to your room?"

I hear a quiet "Spanking time?" from the back seat.

"Yup." I said.

More quiet in the back and then Cooper says...

"Okay, I have decided I WANT to go to my room."

You just gotta love'em.

The year is almost over...

It feels like it just began yesterday. *sigh*

It was a really good one though.

Even if it did go by fast.

I am enjoying  getting ready for the last holiday...

One of the things I have to do is pick out some shots for card pack gifts...

Which is actually not as easy as it sounds, because even though I took a lot of good shots this year...

I feel like most of them are only significant to me...

I suppose I will work it out.

Life is good.

I am making it a personal goal to blog and read blogs every day in December.

I miss it... I miss you guys.

Unfortunately my need for sleep over rides my missing you most of the time.

I hope life is treating you well.

Here's to the end of a great year!

THANK YOU!

Well here she is...

My Pop helped me replace the alternator and taught me how to change the oil.

We are compiling a list of other things that need to be done. She is going to be a learning experience.

I am hoping for one more day of warm sunny weather so that I can run some fuel stabilizer through before we put her away.

I keep calling her SHE because SHE doesn't have a name yet.

The kids think we should call her Baker, my Pop suggested Louise the Lark, I kinda like Ethel Lark myself...

What do you think we should name her?

I haven't shared any music for awhile and  my Honey made me a playlist... Yeah, I know, he's wonderful. Why do you think I married him?

Anyway, He made me this playlist and burned it to CD and for the last two days  this song has been stuck in my head, so I thought I would share the insanity  it's one of my favorite songs on the list...

I  thought I would share this one too...

it's  one of Ben's favorites... Is it any wonder I love him so?!

ALSO... SaintVI has her year end PPS pictures up HERE!

I  received a very cool CIRCLE and FACES IN THINGS card from Ideaguy that made me happy and  I just haven't had time to get up... there never seems to be enough time... but I will soon.

Here's hoping you enjoy the ear bug! ;-b

I don't think I found my Perfect Picture this year.

Our topic was such a broad one that I had LOTS of opportunity...

Somehow none of these seems Perfect to me though...

I guess I can recycle this topic for a different year then!

Yeah...

I just might have to do that, until I get it right!

I don't think I found even one FACES IN THINGS picture I liked.

People are already sending suggestions for next year.

SO I guess we'll do it again!

Keep thinking about what you would like to see and shoot.

I hope you guys had as much fun as I did!

THESE PEOPLE HAVE THEIR PERFECT PHOTO SEARCH 2009 PICTURES UP!!!!

Mooncatblue   HERE

Windupherskirt   HERE

WakeUpLaughing  HERE

DanishDoll  HERE

Elevenstone  (has a jump on next year) HERE

hapax23  HERE

Markma   HERE

Aloysius Son  HERE

The Fur Pimp  HERE

Iloveaholiday  HERE

armnatmom HERE

Seedsower  HERE

That's everyone I have so far... If you get your's up, send me a message (not a massage ) and I'll link ya!

(This is mine)

SEEDSOWER's is   here  and  here

MERCYLESS1's  is   here

CRAFTEA's  here

These are the links that I'm behind on! If you have some to put up or I've missed you, please let me know!

Wednesday will be the day to post your best of the year, so choose the one, two or few even that you think are you PERFECT PICTURE for this search!

Then put them up Wednesday, send me a message that yours are up and I will link everyone AFTER NOON!

I have always been a great believer in today. Most people live either in the past or in the future, so that they really never live at all. So many people are busy worrying about the future of art or society, they have no time to preserve what is. Utopia is in the moment. Not in some future time, some other place, but in the here and now, or else it is nowhere. ~ Alfred Stieglitz

I think it might be time to start wrapping up  Perfect Photo Search 09'

What do you think?

Is it time for Faces in Things and Circles to be done?

Life is good.