PSE Photo Editing

Now that I've figured out how to make collages in PSE, I had a super easy time putting together 5x7 sheets of the pictures I want printed for the baseball sleeves in my Week in the Life 2010 scrapbook. Of course, even though it was pretty easy to do, it still took me several hours, as in about 6!, to get them all edited and ready to print.

These are my baseball card pictures for Friday. With a couple of exceptions,  I ended up with 12 pictures for each day. It was really difficult choosing the photos on some days, other days, no choice at all, (because I didn't take very many).

And I still need to finish up the other collages yet. I can't decide if I want to add a strip with the day of the week on the collage itself, or add that in later. I'll think on it. Next step is to work on the opening pages. I plan to do my journaling first and then import the photo so I can be sure to print the sizes I need for each day's opening page. I kept a running list of daily activities (with the time included) that I'm going to print out and put in somewhere...I'm pretty sure I'll be adding a few more pages. One of my extra pages is a large picture of a rocket launch during one of the evening ball games. Very cool. And only in Florida :)

My Crazy Life

I didn't even think about my blog yesterday! I didn't think about it until I was in the middle of my power walk this morning. It just hit me out of the blue that I didn't post yesterday! gah! It's probably because I spent most of the evening working on editing my pictures from the Week in the Life project.  I chose 132 pictures for the week, but I think I need to pare it down a bit more. Some days I didn't have enough to choose from and other days I had way too many. I also finally figured out how to make a collage in PSE! I'm actually kind of proud of myself for figuring it out. I'd read tutorials and just didn't get it. I'm so glad I stuck with it.

Here is Monday's collage. I didn't flatten the images yet, because I may still make a few changes. I like to keep my options open :)

Once I get all the pictures cropped and edited, I'll upload them to Shutterfly. They are my favorite online processor. They have very good print quality and pretty quick shipping. Hopefully, I'll be finished with the editing sometime today. I really want to get this project finished so I can enjoy the fruits of my labor!

I also have Project 365 underway, so I have lots of pictures to go through :)

Week in the Life of Us - 2010 - Sunday

Good morning for some fresh baked Gingerbread Dark Chocolate Chip muffins

so yummy. they ate them right up!

I was the last one up so the bed didn't get made right away

And then I cleared off the table

I pulled out my pretty new pumps today

Who is that handsome man?

J brought half the sand pile back from the fields in his shoes!

K did some yardwork - she rocks

sweet new polish!

working on the school schedule for the week

the boys watching some YouTube

texting and listening to music

trying to assemble my wrap

Chad sent J up on the roof to clear away the tree mess from the air conditioner unit - he loves that job

the completed wrap! go me!

storm rolled in. lots of lightening - major rain

chillin for the night. Got me a book, Chad's playing cards and we're watching a new TV series on the Wii through Netflix.

I didn't expect to have as many pictures for Sunday and I actually ended up with a great amount to choose from. Now that all the pictures are taken for the week, it's time to start editing and sketching the layouts for the book. I'll also need to send them off to be printed. But I have a bunch of other pictures that need printed at the same time, so I don't think this project will be completed for another week or so. What a great experience! I'm already excited to do it again next year! :)

Week in the Life of Us - 2010 - Saturday

8:30 am walked into the concession stand

9:30 am went to check on the kids

they were all having fun

12:00 pm went to publix to pick up milk, bread, and sugar :O

12:30 eating my tuna salad sandwich and checking the weather report for monday

12:35 J is now playing ball on the football field

and then K asks me to run her home for a second.

3:30 pm I'm still in the concession stand working on stocking and Coach Mike asks J to join them for practice - Coach Mike was J's coach last spring - great guy

4:30 we're doing inventory

and we count everything

7:53 we're finally home from the baseball field. I spent 11 hours down there working today! Just call me baseball insane because crazy doesn't cover it.

Week in the Life of Us - 2010 - Friday

Friday morning coffee date

because it's Chad's day "off"

K worked on school in her jammies today

Yet another laundry day - this time Chad's shirts

Working in the concession stand

sorting out the pencil box

and then I ironed all those shirts

fed Ruby

took a quick break to glance through the latest Cloth, Paper, Scissors

keeping the book at the baseball game

J was the opening pitcher. He did a great job!

Lots going on today. Fridays are usually a bit different because Chad is home all day. I never know what I'm going to get accomplished when he has a day off. Sometimes we work all day and sometimes we play. Today was a bit of both - a happy medium.

Week in the Life of Us - 2010 - Thursday

Normally I am still asleep when Chad heads off to work. But this morning I needed to be up early to get my marathon training in. So I was able to snap Chad on his way out the door this morning.

and then I snapped a picture of myself getting ready for that 5 miles!

J having cereal while watching some cartoons. He gets pretty engrossed in his shows.

After my walk, J and I went down to the field for some batting/pitching practice. Luckily, Coach Mike and his boys were there getting the field ready for tonight. That's me in the catcher's gear. The boys find me really hilarious.

When we got home from practice it was lunch time. J and K had PB&J and K had a grapefruit with it.

I was going to have Tuna Salad for lunch but these Whole Wheat Banana Blueberry Pancakes were still in the fridge so I  had those for lunch instead!

After lunch, and helping with school work, I finally got around to my shower. After that I had to do today's batch of laundry. It really is an everyday thing. I skipped laundry on Tuesday and ended up having to do two loads on Wednesday. Tomorrow's load of laundry is already sorted and waiting for me :)

We actually got mail today!

The kids were all outside playing so I snapped some pictures of them goofing around and making faces at me.

My outfit today.

We spent a little time on the couch getting computer work done.

Down to the ballfield after dinner. First stop: concession stand!

Only after the concession stuff was taken care of did Chad stop to watch a game.

While watching the game on field #1 we saw the rocket launch! It was pretty cool. I didn't have my camera out when we first saw it and by the time I had it out to take a picture all that was left was the smoke trail.

While the last game was playing out, the kids were on an empty field having a game of their own.

Tonight is Project Runway and I try not to miss it. We settled in to watch the show and K wanted to see what I had posted so she plopped down between us. Then J decided to settle on my lap since there was no other place for him to relax. We don't fit on this tiny little couch very well, at least, not now that the kids have grown!

I took lots of pictures today. There is a definite ritual to our days. Three more days to go!