tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38156430301934668472024-02-19T01:35:14.855-08:00Adventures of the Lopez'sThe ramblings of a Southern Girl & Boy who are stuck in the Northwest (for now)!Cassie Lopezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174465159620441209noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815643030193466847.post-90236296884147705052010-07-26T21:08:00.000-07:002010-07-27T16:30:40.283-07:00Moving....To another blog address... sorry guys... apparently my influx of photos is too much for Blogger to handle and I've used up all of my alotted photo space on their server...so the Adventures will continue over at:<br />
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It's going to take some time for me to figure out the little quirks like the email automatically going the our parents, so bear with me ... But the good news is, I have tons of pictures from this past weekend to post :)<br />
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See you over there!<br />
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CassieCassie Lopezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174465159620441209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815643030193466847.post-27800394062939849902010-07-20T00:19:00.000-07:002010-07-20T09:18:35.302-07:00Wild Flowers & CityscapesUsually wild flowers around here bloom in May & June...since we've had such a wet spring, they held off blooming until July this year. The best field I've seen around Auburn just happens to be on the side of a freeway entrance. My loving husband was kind enough to stop and let me climb out and get a few shots, even though I'm sure we both looked incredibly silly trekking around Auburn Way with camera in hand near the entrance to Hwy 18.<br />
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<i>"</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;"><i>Red roadside wild flower if I'd only picked you, </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;"><i>took you home set you on the counter..."</i> </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">Blake Shelton "She Wouldn't Be Gone"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: verdana; font-size: 12px;">This song gets stuck in my head every time I drive by this patch!</span><br />
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Tonight, while Rico was off playing Disc Golf (think golf, with weighted frisbees and free courses!), I drove up to Beacon Hill to practice some night photography. I found <a href="http://www.cityofseattle.net/Parks/park_detail.asp?id=433">Dr. Jose Rizel Park</a> on North Beacon Hill. It wasn't crowded at all, though it was kind of in a shady neighborhood (I accidentally stumbled onto a homeless camp while looking for a good spot to set up my camera - no one was home, luckily).<br />
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My prime location :)<br />
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If you look closely, you can see the light trails of 2 airplanes in the sky. I also really like the starburst on the lights (no editing to create those!).<br />
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Since I wasn't having much luck with the track horses, I headed down Green River to see if I could catch any action there.<br />
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And my most favorite so far...<br />
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Top of Tomtom Falls (we couldn't figure out how to get to the base of Tomtom so this is the top only): We had to cross an old train tressel to reach it...<br />
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Then Rico started having waaay too much fun with the new wireless remote!<br />
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We started at the top ... Which by the way is really cool to stand at the top and look all the way down! We discovered a tiny little lagoon where we took our shoes off and relaxed.<br />
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And worked our way down to the base:<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Excuse my chicken wings, but I can now cross another item off my list: Walking behind a waterfall :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4MemL97r6QufAjtfVwVR1Tn1kZ0rmvOcSCZVfYwmKYbFTNr1RzPst7yf2ErC0P6-C94YZH2ZhARL7z8yJXkndh0dIQsqlIF2Zs9vqMw2UxMdUdpgjsDIJJPdtN4pAQHyGgGCGNNF6QI/s1600/DSC_0176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB4MemL97r6QufAjtfVwVR1Tn1kZ0rmvOcSCZVfYwmKYbFTNr1RzPst7yf2ErC0P6-C94YZH2ZhARL7z8yJXkndh0dIQsqlIF2Zs9vqMw2UxMdUdpgjsDIJJPdtN4pAQHyGgGCGNNF6QI/s400/DSC_0176.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Where in the world is Rico? Oh you mean the tiny little white dot beneath the falls? Yeah that's him!<br />
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On the way back, we stopped at a scenic pull out to get a good view of Mt. Rainier, from an angle I've never seen. You can see where the top collapsed during the last eruption and the flat glacier that grew on top.<br />
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True to the Northwest tradition, it was cloudy and threatened to rain the whole time. It was only about 65 degrees when we got there, so by the time night fell, we were all shivering because the wind was whipping around.<br />
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You'd think, slight wind, better fireworks because the smoke would be blowing away...that's what I thought too...unfortunately, when the wind blows the smoke, it also blows the fireworks away...logical right?? So a lot of the shots ended up like this:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fun w/ Bugles!</td></tr>
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Beware: fireworks overload to come!<br />
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</div><div>I have more photos that I'll post from our waterproof camera but we have to wait for them to be developed - no way was I going to chance getting my good camera wet (which is why all of the rafting photos below were by the photographer the company hired).<br />
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The below shot is not a great one to see everyone in action, but you can pick out that Rico is taking a wave to the face!<br />
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During the calm parts of the river, they encouraged us to play games, such as Trust - two people hook their oars together, standing up on the side of the boat, leaning out away from each other. Rico and John played this one... John was dunked first, lol. Of course, he swam around and pulled Rico over the side for payback! We threw buckets of water at the other boats and played Rodeo, where one person stands on the bow of the boat, holding a rope, while the remaining passengers paddle the boat around in a circle as fast as they can until they fall off! Photos to come, I promise!!<br />
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After the rafting trip, we drove through Leavenworth but found it too crowded and small to make us want to stop. So we continued on and took the scenic Rte 2 home. From the shots below, you can see some of the mountains are still topped with snow, which is great for the rafting season. It also explains why the water was freezing just 4hrs before we hopped in the boat!<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">July 3 - Saturday we are driving up to Wenatchee and going White Water Rafting (a first for both of us) then on the way back, we're going to visit the Bavarian village, <a href="http://www.leavenworth.org/modules/pages/index.php?pageid=1">Leavenworth</a>.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">July 11 - Our new gym <a href="http://www.anytimefitness.com/en-us/clubs/110/Auburn-WA-health-club">Anytime Fitness</a> sponsors a local hike every other Sunday at Mount Peak in Enumclaw. This time we're going to try it. We may not survive but if we do, I'll show you pictures!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">July 14 - Miss Erika's (my mom-in-law) birthday...don't know what we're doing as of yet but still an important mention!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">July 18 - Billy & Nikki's son Aiden is turning 2 and they're throwing a perfect party on a hopefully hot & sunny July day, which includes water guns and water balloon fights for the adults!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">July 24 - My Worldwide Photowalk in Tacoma with Erika in the morning, then the Issaquah version at 4pm.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><a href="http://armstrongfamilychronicles.blogspot.com/2010/06/someone-is-reading-this.html">This little lady</a> made my day by nominating me for the SuperStar Blogger Award. She makes me makes me snort inappropriately when I read the antics her son puts on and has me in awe of how she makes raising 2 kids look easy.<br />
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The rule behind accepting this award is I must now divulge 7 things the blogging world doesn't know about me, so here it goes:<br />
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1. It creeps me out the sound that eggs make when you put them in water to boil. It sounds like little baby chicks chirping to be let out.<br />
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2. I have a bachelors degree in English degree but I love my job in accounting, yet I still haven't figured out what I want to do with my life career wise. I love my photography and ideally would love to just travel around the world with my husband and take photos for a living, but it seems too unrealistic to be a viable option!<br />
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3. My green thumb is so broken, it's black! Seriously! I'm horrible at keeping plants alive and yet I still want to have a vegetable and herb garden. I haven't tried it yet but I'm thinking about it. Though that would require more sun than where we live now.<br />
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4. I hate raw onions, but love them cooked (at least the point where I can't taste them but they still give the food flavor)<br />
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5. I used to hate steak, now I can't get enough. My parents love to tell the story about them eating steak while I preferred hotdogs!<br />
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6. I tried being a vegetarian when I was younger because my star crush - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001795/">Jonathan Taylor Thomas</a> - once said in Tiger Beat that he was a vegetarian. I lasted 1 day...<br />
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7. I have a scar on my right ring finger from sticking my hand in an air conditioning fan while it was running when I was young.<br />
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These bloggers make my day go by so much faster and keep me so entertained! And my nominees are:<br />
1. Kris at <a href="http://www.prettyalltrue.com/">Pretty All True</a><br />
2. Ree at <a href="http://thepioneerwoman.com/">The Pioneer Woman</a><br />
3. Amanda at <a href="http://www.nicholson.tv/famblog/">The Family Blog</a>Cassie Lopezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174465159620441209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815643030193466847.post-30494756171458742522010-06-27T00:41:00.000-07:002010-06-27T00:41:06.934-07:00Man in the Moon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My intent tonight was to get a good shot of Mount Rainier at sunset because today was going to be the best day of the weekend weather wise. Amanda told me about a spot that she thought would make a good vantage point so Rico and I headed up to the Mountainview Cemetery Lookout (yes it's as creepy as it sounds...a cemetery is right across the road and looks over this scenic point...though come to think on it, I want a damn good view for my final resting place too so they might have something there!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well it turns out that tonight there was going to be a full moon rise at around 9:30. We didn't realize that until photographers (with much better equipment than me - yes I'm a little intimidated) started showing up and parking their tripods. They were all very nice and told us why they were setting up shop - the full moon rise behind Mt. Rainier- which sounded really cool! I ended up taking Rico home in record time (he's going out with friends tonight and was supposed to meet them right around the time the moon would rise...he also wasn't too fond of the mosquitos using him as life support!). I sped back to the overlook in time to see...no moon! Everyone waited around til about 10 mins after the time the moon was supposed to rise. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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The good news is that I'm learning how to use my manual setting on the camera a little better which is great. This was just a lucky day all around -- the weather turned out great, there were no clouds in the sky after 12pm or so (which also helped getting the shots of the moon & mountain) and just by happenstance did we go looking for a good photo op and found a perfect night for it.<br />
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So I headed back down the hill, gathered up my wallet, reusable shopping bags and coupons that I had forgotten the first time and put them in my trunk. I sat down to start my car...I'd locked my keys in my trunk! <i>Good one Cassie! </i>Luckily, I hadn't locked my car when I ran inside for the wallet so I could just pop the trunk open and grab them and go. Good thing, 'cause I let my AAA lapse so I don't have them to fall back on anymore!<br />
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The good news of the day.... there's this strange orb of glowing light in the sky making it so we might, <i>might</i> get up to 75 today! So despite the craptastic morning, the sun is finally shining and I'm a happy girl!<br />
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Just a bit of trivia: it has been 272 days since we've hit 75 degrees or higher! Since September 23rd of last year!! The old record - 254 days!Cassie Lopezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174465159620441209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815643030193466847.post-44091126735553034692010-06-20T13:37:00.000-07:002010-06-20T13:37:41.048-07:00Rico's First FlightMerry Christmas Rico! Yes - I know it's late but Rico decided to wait for clearer weather before using his Christmas gift. Since Rico has contemplated becoming a helicopter pilot, the perfect gift last year for him was a test flight. He scheduled the flight yesterday when the forecast said perfect weather for today. We woke up to cloudy skies and chilly temperatures. But we took the chance and as we drove to Boeing Field, the clouds thinned and finally the sun popped through. It seemed that the exit for Boeing Field was the line for the clouds, so he got super lucky and had amazing blue skies for his first flight (the clouds returned as soon as we started heading South again and it's supposed to rain all this weekend, blah).<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To me, this little copter looks like a dragonfly - little skinny tale with a big head buzzing around.... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSfNz0peZxIJQhQiGH_-Yy9vd9OqT1GZg_ixV5t8aIqPRjLyWjciUJQKJW15Y0x1iihRL9vcmd3iB6JtmAgCGfdNF9rPttaRCMcNcQrjA09xXXm4YwikQ4XcLLmtbga3BDMscL6381iAc/s1600/Flying+Rico+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSfNz0peZxIJQhQiGH_-Yy9vd9OqT1GZg_ixV5t8aIqPRjLyWjciUJQKJW15Y0x1iihRL9vcmd3iB6JtmAgCGfdNF9rPttaRCMcNcQrjA09xXXm4YwikQ4XcLLmtbga3BDMscL6381iAc/s400/Flying+Rico+(1).jpg" width="267" /></a></div>Since there is no way I can describe what it was like to fly a helicopter, I'll let Flyboy tell you in his own words:<br />
It was an amazing experience. It started out with Bryan (Flight Instructor) walking me through a few of the basics of safety and the controls of the helicopter. Then we headed out and got settled in and ready for take off. During the take off and landings of the helicopter, Bryan was in control but once we got up and out over Seattle, Bryan gave me control and just assisted in making corrections (there were two sets of controls, similar to a Drivers Ed car). We headed north from Boeing Field out over Queen Anne Hill and up to Lake Washington and back down along the shore. The coolest part was flying right over Qwest Field. It was so awesome to be able to just hover over Seattle and see everything. I wish the flight could have been longer but I look forward to going back out and doing more training.<br />
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I got to control the Cyclic (basically a stick in the middle of the copter that controls the forward and backward movement), the Collective Lever (up and down controls on the side of the seat) and the Throttle (controls speed of the engine to keep the copter in flight). I didn't really get to use the Torque petals though which controls the Rudder and controls the pitch and balance - we didn't really need it because the wind wasn't blowing too hard.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some other interesting information Rico discovered by talking with his instructor:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul><li style="text-align: left;">It takes approximately 4 years to be able to make a decent living flying helicopters.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">There are 3 levels of licenses: Private, Commercial, CFI (Certified Flight Instructor)</li>
<ul><li style="text-align: left;">Private: 40hrs of flight time (not allowed to charge for your services)</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Commercial: 250 hrs</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">CFI: Most pilots will work as an instructor to accumulate hours.</li>
</ul><li style="text-align: left;">It takes approximately 1000-1500 hrs of flight time for insurance companies to consider you coverable in the business of flying.</li>
<li style="text-align: left;">Each hour of flying costs anywhere between $200-$350 depending on where you fly and if you buy in bulk.</li>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our last major stop was much further east, towards the end of the gorge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Maryhill Stonehenge</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a full size replica of the one in England, this one dedicated to the fallen soldiers of WW1.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrjoFDEJQqmt-Bx6xVk-8ldK2w63r35VckNbP5eqRbEWyY3LwzJKOr3WvEdAV5Ue4T0VF9ZJ5zF-DLjO1-XVrZVLqxR6pQG1CbcrHLUaXRzEc8DJowWb-r1ySVRt7wrsCyKnMPBRRLVGg/s1600/Columbia+Gorge+(59).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuP_ctenfqVD1DpfpGDfx2s9zEpFyjkAUTn9JtlmTQabhaOCdz9XDqOx0MbHz1_cm-BW2L8HD3q1-XIVSelVesPB7mT90TO8KRb741tzffdIXfEtZ01PLDJjptFbCh4MWhMgnRCN9A5Y/s1600/Columbia+Gorge+(61).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKuP_ctenfqVD1DpfpGDfx2s9zEpFyjkAUTn9JtlmTQabhaOCdz9XDqOx0MbHz1_cm-BW2L8HD3q1-XIVSelVesPB7mT90TO8KRb741tzffdIXfEtZ01PLDJjptFbCh4MWhMgnRCN9A5Y/s320/Columbia+Gorge+(61).jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Rico is finally finished with this quarter at school...that make him 3 classes away from graduating! Yay! 2 this summer and one more this Fall! He starts back June 21st so he has about 10 days to enjoy not doing homework (It's almost over, babe, you can do it!!).Cassie Lopezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174465159620441209noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815643030193466847.post-38356668066384935542010-06-13T15:40:00.000-07:002010-06-13T15:40:50.794-07:00Perfect Day, Part 1!Yesterday we took a 15hr road trip (Rico drove the entire way - what a champ!), starting out at 3am and returning home around 6pm! It was a long day but so worth it. The first 2 1/2 hrs were pretty uneventful driving from Auburn to Portland. <br />
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Originally, I had 3 or 4 places picked out that I wanted us to stop at and explore. We ended up with many more than that because a lot of the waterfalls along the <a href="http://www.columbiariverhighway.com/">Historic Columbia River Highway</a> are visible from the highway pullouts - which makes it extremely easy to stop and see the sights. <br />
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We started off our day at the end of Larch Mountain Road, which leads to Sherrard Viewpoint. We were kind of worried at first because on the drive up, it was super foggy and we couldn't see anything beyond the road. Luckily halfway up, the sun started poking through and eventually at the top, as you can see, we didn't have any issues!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Sherrard Viewpoint</b> boasts a view of 5 mountains. Mt. St. Helens (left), Mt. Rainier (center) and Mt. Adams (right).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIsOGC_b-xAI-bCxUbkeW8Nt2N28fuLkURA_2tFfmo8t8BialF7OSvb3-Zq9oXCthR1T6TUZXbgaejgNo1qbbZ5eM1S2YtRfY_CZ4l9re8Wj18nKfB41UoCUNsQKXlk85AWDoXH3JZxU/s1600/Columbia+Gorge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVIsOGC_b-xAI-bCxUbkeW8Nt2N28fuLkURA_2tFfmo8t8BialF7OSvb3-Zq9oXCthR1T6TUZXbgaejgNo1qbbZ5eM1S2YtRfY_CZ4l9re8Wj18nKfB41UoCUNsQKXlk85AWDoXH3JZxU/s320/Columbia+Gorge.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZPxl2wI7zanym56COU9BmmoRpU3AJnGhJN27D5yGXv87HKEx3niCldFSdW9V7_JXt5TtuaX2K4A7eXKubmBQR1vf1B9MWRxKpwh64A5o3gPl5jrspmwFtlaRAx72X-7uUwAt2bgfA0c/s1600/DSC_0018+19-02-38.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZPxl2wI7zanym56COU9BmmoRpU3AJnGhJN27D5yGXv87HKEx3niCldFSdW9V7_JXt5TtuaX2K4A7eXKubmBQR1vf1B9MWRxKpwh64A5o3gPl5jrspmwFtlaRAx72X-7uUwAt2bgfA0c/s200/DSC_0018+19-02-38.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9zkULmFQKfdwi3R3BBexIZhjnmfd8Zun5sglzn7nKMVKclYXRHpKNfJva91pUXev2BaCiZJOEf9svDZbsLFdgrfftIpL8MmXZqtRB9OVHIdo3iOD710hRqDgrc2du-18Ry1oko2z3_Q/s1600/DSC_0017+19-02-38.JPG" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga9zkULmFQKfdwi3R3BBexIZhjnmfd8Zun5sglzn7nKMVKclYXRHpKNfJva91pUXev2BaCiZJOEf9svDZbsLFdgrfftIpL8MmXZqtRB9OVHIdo3iOD710hRqDgrc2du-18Ry1oko2z3_Q/s200/DSC_0017+19-02-38.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiht3EmmiFEbANWQtkGFqCRhn2xzF3O6rmarOU-xUCzMwmD0XQch-yyxunfKPQ7EuW3pPHAyoElRp14wCcHrbAplIFjoBp7eGLxznNQ4yb6hlFdVnRiQGtLRGpJXjUVHFq9DBWtqOZX_eI/s1600/DSC_0020+19-02-38.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiht3EmmiFEbANWQtkGFqCRhn2xzF3O6rmarOU-xUCzMwmD0XQch-yyxunfKPQ7EuW3pPHAyoElRp14wCcHrbAplIFjoBp7eGLxznNQ4yb6hlFdVnRiQGtLRGpJXjUVHFq9DBWtqOZX_eI/s200/DSC_0020+19-02-38.JPG" width="200" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Mount Hood</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDgAMGDqccrh5NKCvVSiQNrPOv3egnudwX5PxTnTyB7fdn47f5cJY_62XJRN63RAa04rgAvXiy0alEfBuXWfB6fO7Zflswp7ePZhfIAiHA98A_qpOjW29NW9vN8L2mmdsCkkqdJ0tdm4/s1600/DSC_0019+19-02-38.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDDgAMGDqccrh5NKCvVSiQNrPOv3egnudwX5PxTnTyB7fdn47f5cJY_62XJRN63RAa04rgAvXiy0alEfBuXWfB6fO7Zflswp7ePZhfIAiHA98A_qpOjW29NW9vN8L2mmdsCkkqdJ0tdm4/s200/DSC_0019+19-02-38.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgeCw0HT4aJgJ-RvxQBoAdCdW8VcONLZ2mHi_iuO3fXZfJSlNPyavFKMmWmCoCP5L0pOPCpvmGDGEKIYDPHHlA5WfcchizyDc0RnsKwjZc7mg9NIPIbqff7gAlqiWjRCGSeqvJpx7Beds/s1600/Columbia+Gorge+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgeCw0HT4aJgJ-RvxQBoAdCdW8VcONLZ2mHi_iuO3fXZfJSlNPyavFKMmWmCoCP5L0pOPCpvmGDGEKIYDPHHlA5WfcchizyDc0RnsKwjZc7mg9NIPIbqff7gAlqiWjRCGSeqvJpx7Beds/s320/Columbia+Gorge+(1).jpg" width="302" /></a></div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Luckily, from the parking lot, there was only a 1/4 mile hike to this scenic viewpoint :)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></td></tr>
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After that, the sun had burned off most of the fog so we were able to open the sunroof and cruise around with the windows open. We discovered that we could usually tell when there was going to be a stop coming up because we could hear the waterfalls through the sunroof which was really cool. We caught quite a few that weren't listed on the map by listening for them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crown Point Overlook Vista House - as you can tell, we couldn't see anything from here...the fog was still too heavy.</td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Multnomah Falls</span></b></div>One of the most talked about falls of the Columbia Gorge. This is one I insisted on seeing and I'm glad we got there early. Lots of people were just starting to pull in as we were leaving, so we missed the crowds. The sun coming through the trees created a really cool lighting effect though it was hard to catch...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The other things I want to go see are:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.attrition.ws/index%7Epage%7Ehikeoverview%7Ehikeinstanceid%7E63.cfm">Rattlesnake Ridge</a> (which has an amazing view despite the horrible name!)</span><br />
<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/cape-horn/">Cape Horn Loop</a></div><a href="http://www.couleecorridor.com/" style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Coulee Corridor</a><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So if I can recruit some of my photo buddies (<i>hint hint!</i>) to go with me, these should all be fun day trips!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Today at work, they recruited us to help serve brunch to the high school seniors (my hand is sore from scooping out so many eggs, it's hard to type!). They look so young to be graduating from high school (way to make me feel old!!). But then again, there are some of them that are way too mature looking to be high school seniors! That reminds me though, they officially set the date of my 10 year high school reunion for October 15, 2011</span>. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I haven't completely decided if I want to attend yet...but it'll probably depend on where we're at at that time, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Confession: I fell off the wagon...the exercise wagon that is. I haven't been to gym since Sunday (and I feel guilty every night when I'm cozy on the couch and going to bed on time to get a good nights sleep - but obviously not guilty enough to go to the gym this week!). But I do plan to go tonight and Sunday (Saturday might be out because of our day trip). But good news...I'm down to the last notch in my most favorite and warn belt and my comfy, tight jeans are now almost too loose! Though the scale isn't showing much change, my clothes definitely are :)</span>Cassie Lopezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174465159620441209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815643030193466847.post-59956635051420692032010-06-06T20:32:00.000-07:002010-06-06T20:32:37.529-07:00Paparazzi For A Day (I Heart Faces Photowalk)Yesterday was the the 1st Annual I Heart Faces Photowalk and I am so glad we participated. Amanda, Erika, Rebecca and I loaded up our equipment and headed up to Seattle at 7:30 in the morning, leaving ourselves enough time to find time to find parking spots for two cars (one at the end of the route and one at the beginning). Turns out we were incredibly smart for leaving an hour and half early for a half hour drive. Lets just say the four of us definitely don't know Seattle like the back of our hand! But we did make it to our meeting spot on time, after a few U turns (my specialty). <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had 3 models, rotating between the groups as we walked around downtown. Imagine 5-10 people surrounding one woman who is posing. It honestly felt like we were paparazzi! We had people come up to us asking what was going on a lot. Some of the girls started having fun with it and said we were shooting scenes for a movie, haha!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a win-win situation. The models get free photos to build their portfolios and we get free experience with our camera and photos to build our portfolio if we so desire.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If I could change one thing about yesterday it would have been the time we started and how long we were able to shoot. The sun is up around 6am these days so to get great light, I think we should have started around then instead of 9am. And according to the national rules, we were only allowed to shoot from 9-11am so it didn't give us a lot of time for setting up tripods and such (I didn't use mine at all - though I did carry it around the time.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since portrait photography isn't my forte, I also shot some stuff around the girls. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rMmkumXRGGv8mJhdq8QK-sOB4DTxptMO3YJZI2pHaL8QayqH5GqDIWyA35yHvVxiwfTVfaZyqOixiRutfukvqlDR8U4iwDavACzB35vWbNFDV16kCPSOUMdFvXXFsHyza-HPnw6UMs0/s1600/I+Heart+PhotoWalk+(24)wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2rMmkumXRGGv8mJhdq8QK-sOB4DTxptMO3YJZI2pHaL8QayqH5GqDIWyA35yHvVxiwfTVfaZyqOixiRutfukvqlDR8U4iwDavACzB35vWbNFDV16kCPSOUMdFvXXFsHyza-HPnw6UMs0/s320/I+Heart+PhotoWalk+(24)wm.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I completely stole the idea of the under the bridge shot from Amanda - Thanks Mandy!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyN-pMqogE20k8T5prEhUmAv2z6aMUkRiWYb_WE-v8IU4tZG70XlFem0l564XjO9flBvbUPdX68UYPem16AIAzFFiSCXZOv_W26zTdy0Cr0en2K45w0Va7236mV1jrwHlDulrFD7CRgc/s1600/I+Heart+PhotoWalk+(30)+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmyN-pMqogE20k8T5prEhUmAv2z6aMUkRiWYb_WE-v8IU4tZG70XlFem0l564XjO9flBvbUPdX68UYPem16AIAzFFiSCXZOv_W26zTdy0Cr0en2K45w0Va7236mV1jrwHlDulrFD7CRgc/s320/I+Heart+PhotoWalk+(30)+wm.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>Cassie Lopezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174465159620441209noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815643030193466847.post-47383290415232344832010-05-27T05:25:00.000-07:002010-05-27T05:25:36.913-07:00A borrowing concept...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">About this time last year, Rico and I cleaned out the garage, threw out a lot of stuff and reorganized it so we could actually walk in there. I also made a pile of my wedding decor that we had saved and was still usable. Well this weekend was gorgeous (the gray rainy Seattle weather is back in full force this week though) so I got the camera out and started photographing/inventorying what we had stockpiled from the wedding. I then posted it on Craigslist to see if we'd get any bites. And sure enough, we were able to sell our first box of foam Plumerias on Sunday (to a lovely girl who is getting married in a Florida destination wedding). I'm loving the whole Craigslist thing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have one more box of margarita candles that we didn't even put out because I forgot to in the rush of the reception day. What a waste there!</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We're keeping the lanterns that we got for super cheap at Bed Bath & Beyond on clearance. When we bought them, we knew we wanted to save them for our future house - they'll look great on a deck or in the garden/backyard.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other than that, Rico is swamped right now with homework (finals are coming up so apparently they are trying to cram everything in at the end of the quarter). But despite that, he's lost 8lbs on his Biggest Loser diet. Tonight we're having dinner over at Billy & Nakita's (with their adorable son Aiden). I have no idea what we're having but it probably won't be healthy. I guess I'll just have to do the best I can and try to implement the whole portion control thing...wish me luck!</span>Cassie Lopezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174465159620441209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815643030193466847.post-6149185941707393532010-05-14T19:05:00.000-07:002010-05-14T19:05:25.036-07:00Fix It Friday #2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sitting in the house with all the windows open and the breeze blowing, the smell of bbq's grilling! A great end to the week. As I said last week, this will probably become a regular thing as I'm trying to learn new techniques with Photoshop and Aperture. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3331/4605498646_3113e018e2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3331/4605498646_3113e018e2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Afters</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhva0UNcXHjT2gVKqGu4_Z0zyzw8oU92IXIQ8WcwO6w8yWir51eGnFuLtAcXlKiEcUoN-HM8OFeyqkBDz3C49-nf88kIoUS7o_KQIcW4WZFmioVEWq0EAaPvueXUq5R6PpwE6T6rLQnuyI/s1600/4605498646_3113e018e2_b+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhva0UNcXHjT2gVKqGu4_Z0zyzw8oU92IXIQ8WcwO6w8yWir51eGnFuLtAcXlKiEcUoN-HM8OFeyqkBDz3C49-nf88kIoUS7o_KQIcW4WZFmioVEWq0EAaPvueXUq5R6PpwE6T6rLQnuyI/s400/4605498646_3113e018e2_b+(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<li>Reduce our Netflix from 2 at a time to 1 at a time (we won't get rid of it completely just because we stream a lot of movies this way and it's free with any portion of this services so it's free access to lots of movies on demand. We watched the the first 5 seasons of Lost and 4 seasons of Heroes this way and it's really convenient.) This also keeps us from going out to movies as much.</li>
<li>Lower our cellphone plan from 700 to 550 shared mins per month. We very rarely go over 550 anyway and we'll have rollover minutes as well so we most likely won't ever go over that. I also got rid of my texting plan all together. It was only $5 a month anyway and I figure if I pay per text, it's still going to be cheaper than the plan (that shows you how many texts I actually use).<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rico's 401K loan payments end in Sept so that's an extra amt coming in that is currently tied up.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We're going to try to rearrange the storage unit so we can get rid of that completely. Hopefully sell some stuff or just move it to the garage. </span></li>
</ul><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I mentioned giving up one car as an option - I'd be willing to get rid of my car. That would mean one less payment + half the insurance, meaning about $450 a month. But I think we would drive each other crazy if we went to a 1 car family, considering we'd have to change our work schedules and work around each other if we wanted to do something that the other didn't want to do. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If I'm lucky - which I'm not counting on - my 2 year review is coming up in June/July. They didn't do one last year so no raise. Maybe they'll make up for it this year....we can only hope.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enough of this depressing subject! Today is a gorgeous 70 degrees with bright blue skies. Perfect for grilling hamburgers and airing out the house! Have a great weekend!</span>Cassie Lopezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174465159620441209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815643030193466847.post-42485463286488447612010-05-09T20:25:00.000-07:002010-05-09T20:25:22.565-07:00Mother's Day OutingThis weekend turned out gorgeous on both coasts. Apparently the soft crabs are popping like popcorn back home, which is keeping them busy (in a good way, definitely). Here on the West Coast, the rain clouds parted and the temps rose to around 70 with gorgeous blue skies, perfect for a Mother's Day outing! Rico and I took Erika on her first trip up to Snoqualmie Falls.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzv92tDyl7WWHHlqeU6s6-nh5vwLQHKvoIDR78tDT6DAd7qu1fvjiROhyphenhyphenvPH8E5YWF9OvRUo6kD_SXnB5fc5DVcAn67odM_l2HM9mfhU9Oc0LseWh65zw1baI1I2wnuA8R7wOthYEv02g/s1600/DSC_0015+(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzv92tDyl7WWHHlqeU6s6-nh5vwLQHKvoIDR78tDT6DAd7qu1fvjiROhyphenhyphenvPH8E5YWF9OvRUo6kD_SXnB5fc5DVcAn67odM_l2HM9mfhU9Oc0LseWh65zw1baI1I2wnuA8R7wOthYEv02g/s320/DSC_0015+(1).jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Lookie what I made ... I figured out how to put watermarks on my photos. I haven't decided if I want to go with a more traditional name like Lopez Photography...but for now it's LocoPhoto :)Cassie Lopezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174465159620441209noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815643030193466847.post-92083840055656385692010-05-08T23:20:00.000-07:002010-05-08T23:20:45.803-07:00Happy Mother's Day<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, I'm celebrating a woman who has encouraged me to dream, who has supported me through tough decisions, who is the strongest woman I know.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A woman who knows her own mind, speaks it freely and is an incredible business woman. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Intelligent, forgiving, patient, stubburn. A wife, mother, and soon-to-be grandma.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To her I say, thank you. Thank you for being an inspiration and a support system. You're who I want to be when I grow up. I love you, Mom!</span>Cassie Lopezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08174465159620441209noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3815643030193466847.post-77416308832786789192010-05-07T07:27:00.000-07:002010-05-07T07:27:26.931-07:00Fix-It Friday #1<div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Whoohoo! It's Friday! We made it to the end of the week! Tonight, I'm lucky enough to get to go to the Nickelback concert at the Tacoma Dome. Amanda had an extra ticket and since I've never seen them and love their music, I jumped at the chance to go! No pictures though - they have a strict camera policy unfortunately and I don't want to chance having it confiscated. </div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The organization that is sponsoring our photo walk in June (<a href="http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/2007/11/faqs-fix-it-friday-instructions.html">I Heart Faces</a>) holds a weekly challenge for it's members. It's called Fix-It Fridays. They upload a random imperfect photo and you practice your editing on it. There's no contest and no winner, it's more to see different styles of editing and tips as well as tricks. So with that said, here's my first attempt. I'm at work so all I have is Google's Picasa to help me...</div><br />
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