Photo Roulette Friday & lots of stuff

Lots of fun stuff going on today!

First...A favor for me?
I am getting married next year, and I have entered a contest to win a photography package for my wedding. In order to win, I need comments! Go to this blog post (it is the photographer's blog) and comment on my story. You have to fill out the entire comment form in order to submit it.

Please do this for me. It will only take a minute, maybe two. But it would mean so much to me. And the deadline is midnight Sunday morning. Thank you!


Second...



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Third...


Cara over at Mischief and Laughs is starting up a new meme called Photo Roulette Friday. If you really enjoyed Sami's RAW(e) theme this week, which was 2(6), then you'll LOVE Photo Roulette Friday! Cara will post a number, no, 2 numbers, and we'll post the photo that we find using those numbers.

Confused? Keep reading.

For the first week, she is starting us off with 10(8),
meaning the 10th folder, 8th photo.

*Quick sidebar: I have a very serious organization system for my photos. First, they are split by year - 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 (anything earlier than 07 is combined into one folder). Within that, they are split by groups of 3 months - Jan/Feb/Mar, Apr/May/June, etc. Within that, they are split by date or event - May 15: graduation, June 30: zoo, etc. If necessary, I also have them split within each folder by camera - Nikon, Samsung, or Canon (more so within the last few weeks).

So, I have a lot of flexibility here, finding my 10th folder. I dug into the archives again, because I like memories - I went into my 2007 folder, which is simply split by date, starting with July (because I didn't have my own camera before that). The 10th folder is November 8th, and the 8th photo is this:


A beach photo. What a shocker.

I'm also submitting this to SOOC Saturday, which is run by Slurping Life.



Lastly...

BlogOscar.

That is all.

Macro Friday #2 (on Saturday)

This is actually week #3 of Macro Friday. Oops!


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Writing

I am in full-on BuNoWriMo REBEL status. As I already mentioned, I am continuing my NaNoWriMo novel from last year. I've decided not to focus on the word count AT ALL. I mean, my main goal at the beginning of the month was to write every day. That's it. While I haven't exactly accomplished that, I'm starting to get back into my groove. Basically, out of nowhere, my main character (who had been sitting in the back in my mind the past few months) pushed herself front and center, and I felt like I NEEDED to write more for her. It also helped that, back in November, I had created a playlist for this novel. So I opened up the playlist, turned the volume up, and just listened.

That's it! That's my mojo. Music. When I heard a song that evoked feelings and helped me SEE the story, then I added it to the list. Listening to the playlist helps me take the visual story in my head and turn it into words. And there are still moments of the story that I see in my head, but I haven't quite gotten to that part of the story yet. I am SO anxious to get there, but I can't rush this.

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CSS winner

This past weekend was our first CSS with an open theme. I was nervous; I thought that no one would link up, considering that we had an all-time high last week with 6 entries.

But you all pulled through and linked in some beautiful photos! We also had 3 new participants, and a NEW all-time high with 7 entries! Thanks to all of you! Keep spreading the word and keep splashing color on your photos.

I had to pick a winner on my own this week because Jon's been busy with wedding prep for his best friend's wedding. It was so hard; you have NO idea. I looked at all of the pictures, looked at them again, stared at each one, narrowed it down, stared some more, narrowed it down again, and then stared some more. And then I finally picked one.

Congrats to Sam over at Raising Rida! She is this week's winner with her adorable scarf photo of her baby girl. You get a virtual prize - you get to pick a theme! The next open week is July 18. Once you pick a theme, email me! (My email address can be found in my profile.) You also get this snazzy button to put on your blog for bragging rights.


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