Morningtime, Morning joggers and General Morning cheery-ness

I USED to be a morning person, and still consider myself so when I'm not burning the midnight oil...like.... all. the. time.

I think jogging is healthy, just not morning jogging. If morning joggers knew how tempting they looked to morning motorists, they would stay home and do sit-ups.

I have a "carpe diem" mug and, truthfully, at six in the morning the words do not make me want to seize the day. They make me want to slap a dead poet. ~Joanne Sherman

I actually have grown to enjoy running/ jogging. However, part of my despise in the morning is probably because I'm not the one out there doing it (in below freezing weather)! I see those of you who ARE, and even though I want to run you over so early in the morning, it is only because I admire your dedication!

Don't be a jerk..It's Christmas!

Things are busy and crazy and busy! I have a final exam literally the week before Christmas, making my final paper due at that time as well. Tis the season right?

So far so good.

I took pictures of the house all decorated for Christmas for you, but still need to upload! Also did another photo shoot today, I started editing and will post those soon! Will post soon enough; I SWEAR!

As you all know, I am a retail manager. People have a way of bringing out their true colors at Christmas, when I heard this; I HAD to post! Not only is it funny, but I love Lego's and Spongebob equally!
Anyhauser,
Enjoy. More will follow soon enough!

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Christmas Card Picture al la Jen

I usually pride myself on my personalized Christmas card photo's that don't really look 'homemade'. I skipped last year, so THIS year had to be rad!

Last year was shit, by early December I hadn't been promoted yet and was B-ROKE. Cierra didn't have a Birthday Party, and the only reason I put a tree up was because my mother bought one for us!

In contrast; This year has been really good. Getting things back to normal sometimes seemed like a long journey, but before I knew it, things were looking up!

It makes me so very grateful for my family and friends. Never stop hoping, never stop being positive (which is sometimes easier said than done) and never stop loving!

I digress (or should I say.... I ramble...) lol

Here is our family Christmas Card. Photoshopped by yours truly!

Photoshop Shiz: I put a Christmas bow on the box, in the picture of Rod and I. Then created a layer out of the sunglasses, so when I was finished layering Rod and I onto the lenses, I could overlay an opaque layer, giving the illusion of mirrored lenses. Using the image of Rod and I; I doubled over the picture onto Cierra's lenses and used layering mask to crop out the background behind us. Finally I dragged the lenses layer over the cropped image of us and put the opacity down to 18%. viola!
And here is the randomage that got us to that point: