http://www.elisalou.com/blog Add a little color to your life Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:02:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.elisalou.com/blog/2008/07/23/brought-to-you-by-austin/ Shiloh thought these flowers were pretty cool. I had to agree. I have a few vintage cameras sitting on the shelf but lately I seem to have come across a bunch of old Polaroids. I recently found one of these I got it for $10 when I tagged along with my friend ... http://www.elisalou.com/blog/2008/07/23/dont-forget-to-stop-and-smell/ Spent the day at the lake yesterday and now we are all tired.  On-going debate in our house- boat or pool.  Andy wants a boat, the boys and I want a pool.  We'll see. In the meantime I sit on the porch with my little guy with little bags of organic ... http://www.elisalou.com/blog/2008/07/20/its-hot/ I often get asked for "lifestyle" photos of my bags so people can get a better idea of their size. A couple years ago I did a bunch but nothing lately, and there have been a lot of bags added since then. So....thinking "it can't be that hard... I can use ... http://www.elisalou.com/blog/2008/07/17/lifestyle-shots/ I have been having a hard time lately- playing the mom roll and the business owner roll.  I need a class on time management or something. I have gotten so many requests from the fabric lovers out there to offer up more of our fabric to sell so I have been ... http://www.elisalou.com/blog/2008/07/17/still-here/ and a few other places as well and if you have never seen the outtakes- the Rwanda kids always make me smile and if you want to learn a little more about Matt http://www.elisalou.com/blog/2008/07/13/matt-goes-to-austin/ Andy's work does this thing called "summer fridays" which is basically an option to work more during the week and take a half day on Friday.  It's a great idea but it never works out.  At least not for him. But yesterday it did- well sorta, he came home at 3.  ... http://www.elisalou.com/blog/2008/07/12/summer-fridays/ Astro the million year old wonder dog is fine.  All he has is a urinary tract infection.  No kidney failure, no cancer. some antibiotics and he should be good to go. Austin has recently turned into a skateboard punk.  He bought himself a skateboard with his mowing money and has been out ... http://www.elisalou.com/blog/2008/07/11/good-news/ too much to do.  The yard is a mess, the kids are all home, and a bunch of sewing to do.  Trying to keep focused and productive. Thank you for the kind words on Astro- turns out that the vet was not calling about the results from his cyst (we still ... http://www.elisalou.com/blog/2008/07/09/not-a-lot-to-say/ Recently we have decided to check out some local lakes. The first one is Indian Lake where we spent the day yesterday. Indian Lake is about an hour West of here. We found a lot of very pretty places.  This one was my favorite Can't you imagine spending a nice relaxing summer there?  Actually ... http://www.elisalou.com/blog/2008/07/07/indian-lake/