The Sewing Mom

Since there’s not much of anything to watch on T.V. today and I’m tired of working on the holiday decorations, we’re sitting here playing some board games. We played a few rounds of UNO Attack and are in the middle of playing Cranium. One thing I am certainly enjoying is the fact that I’m spending the day with my family. We’re just simply enjoying each others company.

Having been married for over 21 years, I can definitely say without hesitation that I’d much rather be spending my weekend here with my family than looking for a date! I didn’t really enjoy the dating game much way back when I was dating and today I think it would be even more intimidating. What do you think, would you hit this link to try Smooch.com and experience modern dating? I’m a pretty low tech person, so not sure that would be right for me, but I’m sure a lot of people would enjoy it, especially since it’s free.

Like I said, I’m just happy I’m not in the dating game, but to those who are, good luck!

Where are all the holiday movies?  I realize today is Sunday and there is the NFL, but it seems to be that the movie channels should be showing some holiday flicks.  Instead, we’re sitting her watching Men In Black.  Now I do enjoy this movie, but it’s not a holiday movie and it’s hard to stay focused on holiday decorating when I’m watching aliens.

 I’m just disappointed in the selection of shows today. 

My nephew is busy planning his wedding and reception. I’m wondering if he and his fiance have thought about placing the disposable cameras on the tables at the reception. I’ve seen this at other weddings and it allows the guests to take photos during the reception, shots that the professional photographer wouldn’t get. If they do decide to use those cameras, they could probably talk his mom, my sister, into scrapbooking all the developed pictures for them into a nice book.

Have you ever been to a wedding reception or other event that had the guests taking pictures? I like the idea a lot, but as a guest, wouldn’t it be nice to get to see the pictures after they’re developed? Usually only the hosts get to see the final result. If my nephew and his fiance go this route, I’m going to ask them make the wedding photography available for the guests to view.

A recent press release talks about a service that allows viewing of all those event photos.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LIFE’S BEST PHOTOS HIDDEN FROM VIEW, UNTIL NOW
Freeing Wedding Photos From The Dustbin Of History

CHICAGO, Illinois — November 26, 2007 — We’ve all been to a wedding reception, grabbed a disposable camera at our table, and captured a moment we know the bride and groom will appreciate. Perhaps it was a bouquet toss, a laugh, or the joyous reunion of family and friends who’ve come together to celebrate a marriage. But what happens to all those moments afterwards? They disappear into albums and shoeboxes, seen only by the newlyweds. In time, the wedding is defined by the formal poses snapped by a hired photographer – and all of those great candid moments are forgotten.

It’s been like this ever since the advent of disposable wedding cameras. Even with the advent of social networking and web 2.0 interactivity, no one has come up with a simple and practical solution that allows wedding guests to revisit a wedding and view the moments they’ve photographed. Few newlyweds are up to the arduous task of scanning the negatives from their disposable cameras, let alone creating a way to share those digitized photos with their many guests. iTheeSnap.com, provider of complete wedding camera solutions, has the answer.

iTheeSnap.com has been listening to customer requests and adding features that improve and simplify candid wedding photography. With the launch of web albums, iTheeSnap.com now automatically scans, uploads and creates a secure web album that allows full photo-sharing access for wedding attendees. Say recent iTheeSnap.com customers, “Our guests really appreciated the preprinted cards pointing to the website and their handiwork! While iTheeSnap.com’s service saved us a lot of time and money, the pictures really speak for themselves!” Guests now have the opportunity to view, download, print and comment on their favorite photos, reliving the moments that would otherwise be forgotten. Available today at iTheeSnap.com, web albums unlock life’s best photos simply and beautifully.

Founded in 2007, iTheeSnap.com brings innovation and ease-of-use to the disposable wedding photography market, including online ordering of premium FujiFilm® cameras, film development, negatives, prints, photo DVD, free shipping and online photo sharing. More information and demo web albums, are available at www.itheesnap.com.

Press Contact:
Ditmar Schnetz, President
iTheeSnap.com
(224) 595- 8480
ditmar@itheesnap.com
www.iTheeSnap.com

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Oh my gosh, I didn’t think putting out all the decorations would be this challenging!  When you live in the same house for a few years or more, you simply pull out the boxes of decorations and put them out where they belong.  Move to a new house and it’s like starting from scratch. 

I don’t want to go out and buy all new decorations so I’m working with what I have.  This house just has a totally different layout and things just don’t look the same.  I do think we’ve finished the tree, I even found our Santa that goes up on top and my husband just now put him up where he belongs.  It’s all the room decor that I’m struggling with.  I know it will all come together eventually, I just hate seeing my family room in such disarray!

Maybe it’s time for a bloody mary and I can drink and rethink the decor! 

When we bought this house one of our requirements was that it have a 3 car garage. We came from having a house with a basement and a shed, both of which were used for storage. This house has an attic, but with the Texas heat, there are a lot of things we can’t store up there. The 3 car garage would allow us space to store the mowers and yard equipment that we kept in our shed previously.

One thing we didn’t realize was how short the depth of this garage is. We have a full size van and it takes up every inch of the length of the garage. In order to park both our vehicles in the garage it is going to mean that we need to keep the garage and everything in it completely organized. It’s not that way right now which means the car fits in the garage, but the van sits out in our driveway.

There are currently no shelves or tool cabinets in the garage and I think we’re going to have to put those in if we’re ever going to get both vehicles and the lawn equipment into the garage in an organized manner. Did I mention that our riding mower currently sits outside as well?

Now that we’re having colder temperatures and it’s raining out, I’m sure my husband would really like to have the van in the garage too. It would mean that he wouldn’t have to get wet when he leaves for work in the morning! Maybe after the holidays we can work on this home improvement project.

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With the downfall of Google’s PR we are all looking for ways to increase our traffic. I think this is extremely important if, like me, you’re involved with Pay Per Post. PPP”s Real Rank is heavily weighted on site traffic. There are many ways to build traffic and one basic way is to submit your site to directories.

The Sewing Mom was recently added to the Wordpress Blogs Directory which is a free directory. The WP Directory relies on bloggers to get the word out and support the directory. The only thing they ask of bloggers is to write about the Directory and to include a button on their site. My button is located in my footer. You should definitely check it out and submit your blog.

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