Thursday, August 14, 2008

splash.makers

WOW! You ALL take your voting seriously!

As of midnight last night, there was a total of 15,282 votes.....wow.
The top three all received over 4000 votes: Image 2, Image 9 and Image 10. These are the three that will be featured on the new splash page, and the 8x8 bevel mount. The other runners-up will rotate through as the featured images as time passes. Thank you all so much for voting!

I'm off to pack more boxes....

Have a fabulous day!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

re.move

As in....move....again!

Hey all!
I can see that you all have been busy voting in the contest, and that's great! I will keep the voting open until Wednesday, and then I'll announce the winners.
Until then, (and after also!) I'm going to be buried in moving boxes, packing tape and the like: we are scheduled to move back into our house on Saturday! We are very excited to be going *home*. Apartment living has been a great adventure that none of us will ever forget, and the kids made great strides in their swimming skills, but I'm ready to be back in my house.

I'm over all of us being on top of each other all the time and having no place to put anything. (Those of you who know me know that I like for everything to have it's place....I'm hoping the twitching will stop soon after we're back home, lol.)

I'm tired of housing my 'office' on a 4 foot folding table that's shared with another computer and printer in the corner of the living room.

I'm weary of having to get down on my hands and knees to see what's in the back of the fridge here.

I'll happily say goodbye to the 'th-dump, th-dump' sound made by every.single.vehicle as it comes through the entry gate that's just below our bedroom window.

I will sing praises when I no longer have to play garage door roulette to see just how many times I'll have to push the remote button for the door to go all the way down. (Over the course of the entire summer it's gone down on the first push a mere 5 times. The record is 17.)

And these guys.....


need the structure, routine and familiarity of their own home, belongings and surroundings.

I'll be back!
Keep Voting!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

new.view

Time for a contest, people!

I've got a new website in the works, and need to update the splash page images. There are three slots, so we'll have a contest to determine which three will be the chosen ones. I've chosen 10 of my favorite images from the past year, and you all get to cast your votes! (That part was actually verrrry hard - I had to list all of my favorites on slips of paper, and then I had my kids draw out the first 10. Please don't feel offended if *your* image isn't among those here....I can guarantee you it was likely in the original pool of 26 entries!)

The 3 images with the most votes will be featured on the new splash page! The winners will also receive a complimentary 8x8 bevel mount of their winning image.
You can vote as many times as you wish, and be sure to send your friends and family by so they can cast their votes too!
Let the voting begin!

Image 1


Image 2


Image 3


Image 4


Image 5


Image 6


Image 7


Image 8


Image 9


Image 10