tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85965075717216084242024-02-20T20:18:12.599-08:00Living.Loving.Learning.Allison Clemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242504736622468392noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596507571721608424.post-84469822881943883322012-06-10T07:48:00.001-07:002012-06-10T07:49:19.618-07:00Around HereTrying out blogging from my phone. We'll see how it goes. I'm hoping that it will be super convenient. Before I could actually do it, though, I had to agree to let them access & manage my life. Geesh! I hope I do 't regret agreeing to that.<br />
Here's a photo recap of what's been going on the last couple of weeks...<br />
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My school & teaching commitments are over (yay!) and I am trying to convince myself that things are starting to look up. I had a long Mother's Day yesterday, but got to visit with my mom's side of the family. Since I've moved away, I don't get to see them as much as I used to, or as much as I'd like, so it was a really nice visit. I was enjoying the moments too much to take photos, so the only Mother's Day photos I got were these...taken with my mac photobooth program. Proof that I really do put my kids to bed every night...or at least I put Norah to bed every night (well, mostly).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Norah loves to read (hear) Judy Moody chapter books every night before bed. This character series has turned into her favorite, which, as a reading teacher, is really exciting for me. We are already on Book 5, we usually read a chapter a night. My favorite part is how she re-tells, or reads the books after I'm finished. She'll hold the book like a big girl, as me the name of the chapter and then make up the rest of the story. LOVE!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My friend took these shots of me & Norah at my shop today. I was there doing a <a href="http://riversongspa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Makeover Monday for my business blog</a>, and I was taking lots of shots of her "afters" and Norah came in, so she took some shots of us, which thrilled me because of the lack of photos yesterday.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">And, I know I'll really be back to normal & good when I feel like scrapbooking again, which will probably coincide with getting current on all of my other to-dos. I'll keep you posted ;)</span>Allison Clemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242504736622468392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596507571721608424.post-72216277519653940552012-05-13T07:10:00.002-07:002012-05-13T07:10:38.953-07:00Zoo Trip<div style="text-align: center;">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My absence here is an indication of the activity level in my personal life...nada. Meaning, no time for a personal life, really. Personal as in intrapersonal. I've been spending a lot of time with other people, but less time as an immediate family, and even less time by myself. I need alone time. However, I just finished up my school year, and I'm really looking forward to scheduling some me time in. The best thing that has happened lately was getting to chaperone a 2nd grade field trip to the Pittsburgh Zoo. This was great because I got to have a Jonah & Mommy day, which never happens.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">That's all for now, but I'm hoping to start blogging a little more frequently,and perfecting my photo collages and groupings. Good blogging goal, right? And, you can always check out what's going on in my professional life at my other <a href="http://riversongspa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog</a>. That's always a great place for some makeup, health, skin care inspiration. And, just this week, I even did a fashion-y Five on Friday post. Also, big changes on the horizon for my new website with an online shopping cart. Yay!</span></div>
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I picked up <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Gifts-Imperfection-Supposed-Embrace/dp/159285849X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1332768286&sr=8-1" target="_blank">this book</a> last week and decided to start reading it on the ride down. It's been a long time since I picked up a book and was instantly drawn in. Since I switched careers, I find that I follow my heart/gut/instinct a lot more than I used to. I find that I follow inspiration where it leads me, and I try to stay in tune with my intuition. That may sound like hooey, but it's true for me. Just like anybody else, my life gets imbalanced a lot, and I try to figure out how to get the balance back. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So far, this book is just what I need to read right now. It talks about struggling with perfectionism and getting caught up in what other people THINK about you and what you're doing, instead of just being authentic to yourself and being vulnerable. I must be hormonal because there were many times in the first four chapters, that my eyes briefly welled up and I probably could've shed a tear or two. However, I'm not a big crier, especially in front of my husband, and espcially not when I did my makeup that morning ;)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div>Allison Clemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242504736622468392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596507571721608424.post-2961034085478511782012-03-16T05:41:00.000-07:002012-03-16T05:41:57.172-07:00getting out of town and girlfriend time<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I'm so excited to be going to Fairfax, VA this weekend! I get to visit with one of my oldest & dearest friends, and we're getting facials tomorrow! I haven't had a facial since October 2010! I am hoping to do lots of shopping. I will thoroughly document the weekend, and keep the blog updated. Yeah, right. But, maybe I'll try. I'll leave you with my two favorite photos from this past week...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MMqlwMEEfHMbRSilDWWQ1AB8_stezqbE4vxf6i0lxYqIp8f_7ToFoeMxhVi2iGnEh8x5jh36T4IMCdJDIGeRAyJdQw9KaoVrWV-jBnDv0dsOEPrM11e0PvwI6OIgPfA5oX3uFdvXlJMA/s1600/IMG_1745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4MMqlwMEEfHMbRSilDWWQ1AB8_stezqbE4vxf6i0lxYqIp8f_7ToFoeMxhVi2iGnEh8x5jh36T4IMCdJDIGeRAyJdQw9KaoVrWV-jBnDv0dsOEPrM11e0PvwI6OIgPfA5oX3uFdvXlJMA/s320/IMG_1745.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">She is absolutely enthralled with Judy Moody right now. I love how she likes to listen to the chapter books and can follow the story line. Maybe she's a reader after all.</span></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I'm doing a giveaway over on my <a href="http://riversongspa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">business blog</a>. Check it out if you haven't already, and definitely enter to win!</span>Allison Clemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242504736622468392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596507571721608424.post-32269913676381243162012-01-13T17:37:00.000-08:002012-01-13T17:38:04.383-08:00Photo-A-Day<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So, I don't have any craftiness to share, but I have been keeping up with my Photo-a-Day project (shhh...don't tell, but I didn't take a photo yesterday, and it's after 8pm and I haven't taken one today either). Here's what our week (or more) has looked like...</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I love my vitamins & supplements.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMUYj8lJD1dJqu4bGgkO-_sNH35S1jOvrT74DG3623emmqECM0rcg0u7vThYN_Yv14NdqW0mDMclNqTQPO9hOjOv2Bdu_Ikv0Z7u6VtTlT-pkShM69-jLWf0lvdOiw_6Szn00hqu2t3NK/s1600/IMG_1059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtMUYj8lJD1dJqu4bGgkO-_sNH35S1jOvrT74DG3623emmqECM0rcg0u7vThYN_Yv14NdqW0mDMclNqTQPO9hOjOv2Bdu_Ikv0Z7u6VtTlT-pkShM69-jLWf0lvdOiw_6Szn00hqu2t3NK/s320/IMG_1059.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">They love their Nintendos. Jonah even played all of Norah's games with her.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">My happy place.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Jonah + Slate at karate.</span></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">What a moon.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Errands to Bridgeport.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Joe made me lots of meals this week. Thanks, Joe!</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Candles at my shop, from Root's Seeking Balance line. How cool that one of my Picture Winter prompts at Big Picture was, "Seeking Balance."</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Awesome dinner with friends. Mmmm.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Jonah is obsessed with chocolate. I always follow the recipe on the hot cocoa box, but turns out he's just as happy with microwaved chocolate milk. Go figure.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">New arrangements at my <a href="http://www.riversongspawv.com/" target="_blank">shop</a>.</span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I've been having the best time photographing new things at my shop, and delving into social media networking. I think my <a href="http://riversongspa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">blog</a> feature Makeover Mondays is going to be a hit.</span></div><br />
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</span>Allison Clemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11242504736622468392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8596507571721608424.post-11082306574970959352012-01-06T08:01:00.000-08:002012-01-06T08:01:47.652-08:00some camera talk & layouts<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">So, Andy "agreed" to let me get a Canon 7D for Christmas. I think it had something to do with the fact that I got him a new GoogleTV. The thing is, I haven't even taken my first picture with it yet. I'm too intimidated. I am already learning new stuff from all of these photography books and classes I'm taking, and I'm practicing it on my old camera. I am hoping that any day now that will change. In fact, I'm also working on a blog for my <a href="http://www.riversongspawv.com/" target="_blank">business</a>, and I'm hoping to do a Makeover Mondays feature, and I need to photograph a client this evening after I do a little makeover :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I got some papercrafting time in last week, and I really loved working with <a href="http://www.studiocalico.com/" target="_blank">Studio Calico's</a> <a href="http://www.studiocalico.com/kits/brooklyn-flea" target="_blank">Brooklyn Flea</a>. I used some sketches from Kelly Purkey's last Sketchpad class, and I am liking how these came together. I think one of my most motivating factors is having photos I love to work with.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">I will admit to being a bit of a nerd. The older I get, the more I relish the new year. I was trying to talk to some 3rd graders about how lucky we are to get fresh starts, and they about laughed me out of the room. It kind of hurt my feelings. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Here are some highlights since the start of the new year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br />
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