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My loves-Molly who just turned 7 and Izzi...oh my counter top surfing, trash eating, underwear, eating love bug puppy who was 9 months on Dec 8th. It is a good thing she is so cute and lovable because I tell you......

She is a Puppy-she does what puppies do-like tonight-she ate all of the Papa Johns breadsticks in 3 seconds flat!

I am working on getting Live Writer up and running-otherwise I would have been posting more. For some reason it works but not for pictures and what fun is that! I am really anxious to share more with you all with some fancy frames etc but for now this will have to do! I meet with my (PAID) computer guy on Monday I hope to get this figured out! ( I said PAID because I and a friend-we all know-have tried everything but no luck! So now I am willing to dish out some cash to get me on track!

I think I may have sold the Lobster Boat (My Dad's- given to me when he died-long story....) and federal permit. I'm not going to count my chickens just yet but it is looking promising. A weight off my shoulders for sure! another headache in the long run-chasing money from my estranged Bro but if he doesn't pay-well then I guess I own a house too. (I pray it will never have to come to that though)

Please keep reading-I promise I will get more exciting! Right now I am just trying to "learn" myself in photography and Photoshop!And to top that all off Blogging all over again!!!!! As well as trying to run a household and my husband's business. Exercise, which used to be pretty important to me-has gone right out the window for now-got to change that on Monday;)

Stick with me-I promise I won't let you down!!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Stacy

FEAR

I heard this saying a few years ago from my favorite Spiritual Teacher-Wayne Dyer.

FEAR-False Evidence Appearing Real

I used to have that written down in my little notebook when I waited tables at this new high class restaurant here in my town. It was very overwhelming to me at first because I felt like I didn’t know all about this fancy menu with all these fancy “paints” and menu items. My first reaction was, “I cannot do this!” Now I knew how to wait tables but I didn’t know how to talk about fancy Sashimi and  Herb Encrusted Salmon.

So I put this saying in my little book that I took orders in. It helped tremendously-when I got scared or felt like I was going to totally screw up I read that and then thought, “I can do this”.

Did that little saying totally make me flawless and THE best server ever? Well, NO, not even close. But it helped me push past “the Fear” of the unknown until I indeed KNEW it and could approach a table with confidence and knowledge. The saying “Fake It, till you make it goes a long way.”

I did indeed become a great Server at this Great Restaurant for a couple of years.And the times when I was put on the spot with a question I could not answer? Well, honestly and a smile go a long way too!

Which brings me to here and now at this time in my life.

FEAR-I am afraid to try something new. I am afraid that I don’t know enough yet. I am afraid I won’t have all the right answers. I am afraid people will think I suck. I am afraid I will screw up. I am afraid…

You get the idea-I could go on and on about My Fears~

So I have decided to adopt that saying again into my brain regarding My photography. I want to become FEARLESS!

And it all starts in MY BRAIN!

FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL

Will it Work?

All righty then…. Let’s see if I can add a picture from Live Writer…

Cause the Morgan NEVER takes a bad picture!

Photo Blog Post

I really wish I could get Live Writer to work properly on my computer-but no such luck! But I am so excited to post some photos I have taken lately-I still have soooo much to learn but I feel really confident that I can learn it. As I work with my pictures and my camera I am slowly re awakening a passion I have had for so many years that I forgot about-Stealing Moments In Time-Pictures-Picture Taking. I find myself looking at everyday life through a lens. If you have any interest in photography, you know what I mean. The sun, the light, the rain, the fog, the trees, the expression on someones face-all leads my mind to think-"take a picture" or "this would be a good picture." It brings on a whole new perspective to life-my life-I like it. I want to know it all and everything all right now!!!! I am impatient, and I get frustrated when i know I could do better! I have so many books going at one time and so many websites saved....it is crazy. I need to be patient-take it slow-I am trying:)

I really wish I could get Live Writer to work properly on my computer-but no such luck! But I am so excited to post some photos I have taken lately-I still have soooo much to learn but I feel really confident that I can learn it. As I work with my pictures and my camera I am slowly re awakening a passion I have had for so many years that I forgot about-Stealing Moments In Time-Pictures-Picture Taking. I find myself looking at everyday life through a lens. If you have any interest in photography, you know what I mean. The sun, the light, the rain, the fog, the trees, the expression on someones face-all leads my mind to think-"take a picture" or "this would be a good picture." It brings on a whole new perspective to life-my life-I like it. I want to know it all and everything all right now!!!! I am impatient, and I get frustrated when i know I could do better! I have so many books going at one time and so many websites saved....it is crazy. I need to be patient-take it slow-I am trying:)

screw it-I am publishing this post knowing I it is screwed up and I have double paragraph! If I wait till I fugure out what I am doing wring-it will never get published!!!!

Please comment and give me advice!!!

Pics

Who Am I And What Am into and Up to these days...

First off-Thank you Astaryth for putting me as an entry in your world famous blog! I got a few readers because of it and realize that they must really trust you and your opinion because they started to follow me based on a real downer of an first entry of sorts after being away! Thank you new followers:) Also let me apologize for having no clue to make my pics go where I want them in blogger-still waiting to get LiveWriter to work correctly! So forgive me if these pics are EVERYWHERE they are not supposed to be! UGH!

I wanted to jump right into my blog again but I got rather sick and had no motivation. I am better now! Yea!

I want to blog again because I want to connect again with old friends and make some new ones AND most importantly I want to share my pictures with everyone and learn learn learn how to take better pictures! I also enjoy writing and sharing my life with others:)

I have seen some amazing photographers here in "blogging" land so I thought what better place to share my photos and get help and advice from all of the wonderful people in this blogging community!

But first I just wanted to share a few pics of mine so you can get to know me! Now remember I am no professional and have LOTS to learn and only got my camera and lenses in July! But I have ALWAYS had a passion for picture taking just never the wallet to buy a good digital SLR. Through a series of unfortunate events (my step Mom passing and 18 mo later my Dad) I now have a Nikon D 80 and two lenses (Sigma 17mm-70mm 1:2.8-4.5 and a Sigma 70mm-200mm 1:2.8 ) About 15 years ago hubby bought me a Pentax K 1000 so I used that through the years but never really understood what I was doing with Fstops and apertures! If I got a good picture it was surely by chance!!!

Now I have a digital camera and find myself loving photography again with even more passion! I love digital photography because I can take and take pictures and even if they don't come out good I can fix em up later on my computer! But-I want to be better at taking them and understanding why they came out good or bad so I don't need to fix them later in the photo shop elements program I don't know how to use very well;)

First, we are a MotoX family! Every weekend May through Sept we go to the track and my 12 year old and 10 year old son race. So I have lots of opportunities to take action shots! (Hence the zoom lense)

Then up there somewhere you will see Ben, my oldest in the tree and Jack my youngest on the beach! I love this photo! We call in "The Hoff" because he looks like David Hasslehoff running on the beach in Bay watch! LOL Then the Mill Fire we had here this past summer. Just random but a great chance to shoot a burning building! Sadly, it was set and one of my areas many old mills lost.

Tomorrow I will be doing my own amateur photo shoot with my family. I need lots of practice on portrait photography and it is going to be a nice warm day here in Maine. So if anyone has some advice PLEASE advise me! I am open and ready to receive all of your infinite wisdom!!!!! Including how to make my pictures go where I want them in Blogger!!!! lol

Have a great day everyone!!!!

Stacy

test through blogger

My youngest son as Road Kill Kermit!