Thursday, May 1, 2008
Scrapbooking Fun!
In my search for tutorials for Photoshop Elements I stumbled on the Scrapper's Guide website. I subscribed to their weekly tips and started to learn quite a few neat tricks. (even if it meant I had to leave the internet on overnight so I could download some of the videos!) Linda (the instructor) is very easy to follow and has a goldmine of knowledge!! They announced that they were producing a training DVD for latest edition of PSE and I immediately ordered it. I'm now getting even more of a sense of how powerful this program is, and how much I don't know...but am learning!!!! Here's my latest page. (I think if you click on the picture it should open up bigger in your browser) I love using the Sticker Edge technique that makes the words look like a sticker. The Puzzle pieces are just one of the MANY presets in PSE, a new world the DVD introduced me to. All I had to do was click and drag in the pictures, and could resize, zoom in, zoom out...amazingly powerful! And of course don't forget that I could pick my font colour from Shannon's pjs.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Mark Makes Blog Headlines
Mark - an integral part of our lives, whom we love dearly, but for some reason doesn’t usually make the headlines in our blog. Today is his turn.
Several months ago Mark went and put some pot lights in for a lady. Usually his company works on all of their jobs together, but this time Mark had gone alone, and successfully completed the task. She called back recently and asked to have some more work done. “And,” she asked, “could you please send the OLDER GENTLEMAN who come and did the work last time. I believe his name was Mark. He was so kind and courteous, just a real joy to have around.”
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
From the "Totally Unexpected" File
Every Wednesday we take Lisa bowling at the Chesterville bowling alley. She has bowled for many years and is actually quite good, usually scoring around 150. She loves it, and lets the world know when she has thrown a strike with her loud joyous shouts of "Yes! I did it!"
Today when we arrived, our fellow bowlers were all waiting outside. We were told they were filming inside, and would be done in a few minutes. I assumed the local high school's media class was at work.
When we entered I soon realized they were not amateurs. They were a crew from TVO, filming a segment for "Mark's Moments." Never heard of it but, cool. One of the regular bowlers is a young boy who is going blind, and they are doing a show on "A Day in the Life of Palmer." Then it hit me...it's probably TVO Kids...my kids watch that!
I asked Devin if he knew Mark from TVO Kids. His face immediately indicated yes, as he realized why the guy across the room looked familiar. Guess he couldn't place him without the big black box around his head. Devin went over and said "Hi" and had a little chat. We called Brent over, who by this time had started bowling (he keeps Lisa company), and soon he was also star struck, trying to figure out how to have a conversation with someone who was so down to earth, funny, and wore very cool shoes...but normally entered our living room through the TV.
The owners of the alley took a picture and quickly printed it off for us; sometimes technology is just too cool. Mark graciously signed it, along with personal notes to each of the boys. Despite what the sign says over his head (oops...) he was a very responsible young man, GREAT with the kids, and certainly an unexpected visitor in our tiny town!
He said he was going to post the photo on his blog on the TVO kids website. I imagine the boys will have me checking a couple of times a day until he does.
Mark's Moments airs on TVO on Wednesday at 5:55pm, Saturday at 10:20am, and Sunday at 1:23pm. Palmer's segment won't be on until late May or June.
On the way home Devin decided he is going to always carry around his Alfredsson, Heatley and Spezza cards, because "You just never know who you'll meet."
Today when we arrived, our fellow bowlers were all waiting outside. We were told they were filming inside, and would be done in a few minutes. I assumed the local high school's media class was at work.
When we entered I soon realized they were not amateurs. They were a crew from TVO, filming a segment for "Mark's Moments." Never heard of it but, cool. One of the regular bowlers is a young boy who is going blind, and they are doing a show on "A Day in the Life of Palmer." Then it hit me...it's probably TVO Kids...my kids watch that!
I asked Devin if he knew Mark from TVO Kids. His face immediately indicated yes, as he realized why the guy across the room looked familiar. Guess he couldn't place him without the big black box around his head. Devin went over and said "Hi" and had a little chat. We called Brent over, who by this time had started bowling (he keeps Lisa company), and soon he was also star struck, trying to figure out how to have a conversation with someone who was so down to earth, funny, and wore very cool shoes...but normally entered our living room through the TV.
The owners of the alley took a picture and quickly printed it off for us; sometimes technology is just too cool. Mark graciously signed it, along with personal notes to each of the boys. Despite what the sign says over his head (oops...) he was a very responsible young man, GREAT with the kids, and certainly an unexpected visitor in our tiny town!
He said he was going to post the photo on his blog on the TVO kids website. I imagine the boys will have me checking a couple of times a day until he does.
Mark's Moments airs on TVO on Wednesday at 5:55pm, Saturday at 10:20am, and Sunday at 1:23pm. Palmer's segment won't be on until late May or June.
On the way home Devin decided he is going to always carry around his Alfredsson, Heatley and Spezza cards, because "You just never know who you'll meet."
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