The start of a new week/month

a. Laurie and I have moved into our new home in Red Oak
b. We closed on Wednesday morning and started moving things in Wednesday afternoon
c. I never want to have to stress over moving services again – that’s ridiculous. People give you a five hour window and still can’t be on time.
d. After we closed on Wednesday – the transmission on my truck went out Thursday morning
e. Had to borrow a friends truck and wait for mine to be fixed while we continued moving
f. Had help from Matt & Kathryn on Thursday and Friday
g. Our parents helped on Saturday
h. Got everything out of our apartment by Saturday afternoon – other than a grill, our bikes and cleaning supplies
i. Cleaned out our storage unit after church on Sunday
j. Found out “we’ll move your services for free” doesn’t always mean move for free on Sunday afternoon
k. Enjoyed a dinner of fried chicken tenders and sides with Laurie, Richard, Amber and Gracelyn Sunday night. They brought the food over as a house warming gift. Made the frustrations from earlier in the day seem very petty.
l. Went to bed, ready for a new week and month
m. Happy October everyone

Fly free in Russia

The food and beverage service probably wasn’t the greatest, but I’m sure he had plenty of legroom:

A 15-year-old boy from the Urals suffered acute frostbite after riding the wing of a Boeing-737 plane on a two-hour flight from Perm to Moscow, Russian radio station Mayak reported on Monday.
After clinging on for the entire 1300-kilometer (808-mile) flight to Vnukovo Airport, the boy, named Andrei, collapsed onto the tarmac. His arms and legs were so severely frozen that rescuers were at first unable to remove his coat and shoes, the radio station said.

Seems he could have found an easier way to ride as a stowaway but then again I’m sure the views were terrific.
Read the full story

Bragging on my life

My wonderful life, Laurie, just got responses back from her professor on her Photoshop class.
I had to brag on her a bit.
If you haven’t seen the work she did, visit: www.casadeblundell.com/laurie/photoshop. More projects coming soon.

Unit 1 Project:
Good use of emphais (sic) of upper picture plane to articulate gravity and freedom. Very strong image and very creative use of drop shadow and outer glow to activate the elements.
Excellent experimentation!

CORRECTION
Good example of before/after

LAYERS
Great experimentation. Very strong effects

BASICS
Good use of relative size to imply physical space. Funny image.