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The Not So Nice People at Photobucket

I once loved this company called Photobucket. I have thousands of images stored there and for many years they were my favorite place to shop for photo gifts, but sometime this past year they decided to ask us to pay $500 per year to have our photos appear on our blogs (third party hosting). No warnings…they just literally killed so many blogs with one decision. Now my corner of the world is pretty small but this blog pretty much has recorded my children’s lives for years. Yet now you see all the horrible squares with Xs on them because of one company’s greed. There are folks who have travelled all over the world blogging whose blogs now sit in the desert of third party hosting hell.

This amazing shot was from a dance shoot on the beach a few nights ago.

Aren’t they stunning?

Dancers on the Beach

The Comfort Zone

My husband will quickly tell you that I like my comfort zone. It’s, well, comfy.

My bed.

My pillows,

My fan blowing creating white noise.

Teenagers blow that out of the water…..

Not the sleeping part but all the rest of one’s life. So we work to find ways to fit into their world and they into ours. One thing we did this year that was TOTALLY different than anything we had done before was a ski vacation. Utah, on top of that. Because I didn’t grow up with such vacations I hesitated introducing our pack to said sacred “mommy/daddy” vacations.

Alas, we had a blast! Fractured wrist and all.

More recently my daughter and I travelled to Wisconsin to visit her best friend as they have recently relocated because of careers. Girl TIME!!!

I’m not a fan of airplanes but the two hour direct flight wasn’t bad and we had a great time.

I never knew that part of the country was so beautiful during this time of the year.

Lake Michigan…..

The lake looked like an ocean…..

And was clear and cold as ice! Anna was the only one brave enough to touch the rocks. I definitely got wet but it was because I slipped! You won’t be seeing that photo!