i got an email today from my friend, Dana.  i think this is the cutest website!  all you have to do is GO HERE and click the PURPLE BOX and the sponsors will donate food to shelter animals.  it's FREE - you don't have to register or anything!!  JUST CLICK!  i thought that was so cool!

so i started looking around on the site - and they have the most adorable items in their store!! CHECK IT OUT HERE.  the jewelry is too cute!  i think i'll be shopping a lot here.

REALLY adorable stuff... like this 'I Rescued a Human' tag for only $6.95.  And if you pick one up, 14 bowls of food will be funded.  isn't that nice?  what a great idea.

i love animals.

~ciao for now

and manage your time.

You may remember a link that I posted to Randy Pausch's "last lecture".  Here is the link, if you would like to do yourself a favor and spend about an hour listneing.

Well, I was surfing YouTube on my iPod and I came across THIS new lecture by Randy Pausch that I thought you might enjoy.  It's about time management and it is absolutely priceless.  If you have a hard time getting things done, again, do yourself a favor and STOP and WATCH for an hour.  And if you are really motivated - grab a note book and TAKE NOTES!!  I already subscribe to a lot of this (or i would get nothing done), but I really learned a lot and I think you will too!

Tomorrow I have the honor of photographing a family as a gift.  Baby Gavin is not well, and I offered to take a few photos for the family and pariticipate in a fund raiser for Baby Gavin with Cora DeLoia of Spoiled Chics.  If you would like to learn more about baby Gavin, just go HERE.  Once I have their family session ready, I'll post it here.  By the way, I donate all of my 'store' proceeds and until further notice, all of the proceeds from my little store will be going to baby Gavin.  So check out some of the stuff I love (to the right) and go shopping!

Here are a few links that are pertinent to today's post!

Baby Gavin
Spoiled Chics
Randy Pausch
Randy's Last Lecture
Randy on Time Management

~ciao for now

I just prepared the Bellissima newsletter, and if you are here because of that, you might be looking for a discount code!  The code to receive 5% off your total order of $50 or more - in addition to free double 4x6 and 5x7 prints is:

sweetie

Yes!  You get BOTH the discount and the free doubles.  We will automatically print 2, so don't order 2 unless you want 4.  And the discount of 5% is good on ANYTHING in our Boutique, including canvas prints!

If you want to keep up on our specials, make sure you sign our Guest Book!  and then checkout our Latest Work.  And if you want to order a personal item from our Boutique, all you need to do is call us to schedule a session for yourself, your family or even your pet!  HERE is how you can reach us! 

If you are a bride or groom, or know someone who is getting married, send them our way!  We are nearly booked for the year, and we are hoping to fill our calendar soon, so drop us an email or give us a buzz to check on your date if you are tying the knot this year or in 2009.  We aren't limited to Pittsburgh weddings ~ we've actually been travelling quite a bit - so while we are certainly listed as Pittsburgh wedding photographers, we will travel just about anywhere!

This month our charity is the American Heart Association - of course!   So, 10% of all our print sales will go to this very worthy cause.

Another contest question is coming...  I forgot to announce that Alexander is a shih tzu. That was the answer to the last contest.  Just in case you were wondering.

~ciao for now!  Thanks for stopping by...

i just noticed this... the iPod touch price went down!  Here you go...  NEW - not used.

well i got a tremendous response from last friday's funny, so i thought i'd post another!!

i have to tell you that i am  PC girl.  however, i was at the apple store yesterday in anticipation of a kind of big announcement, coming in 2 weeks.  being there reminded me of this video clip...  every time i watch it, i swear, i laugh out loud. this one is rated PG for a little language, just as a warning.

Oh!  and another contest is coming as soon as i can take a picture of the contest item~ 
BTW - i didn't leave the apple store empty handed.

ciao for now! 

have a great weekend!

i've been putting the finishing touches on lots of albums... 

Julie and Steve's was released a little while ago and I didn't post it!  what was i thinking?!  They are from colorado, and very adventurous.  An absolutely gorgeous couple, their album was a joy to design.  HERE you go!  (or click on the photo below) and don't forget to adjust your speakers.

watch for more!

~ciao for now~

i got up really early and went to the grocery store.  i found these great little Lipton packs...

i don't drink enough water.  i just don't get thirsty!  it's very weird.  i thought this might be a good thing to try and they are so good!  i only got one little box, but i think i will try some others.  just pour it into a bottle of water and - tada!- iced tea!

then, when i got home, xanny was looking particuarly scruffy...

so he got a haircut and a bath.  usually this project takes a few days, but he was so good!  he stood pretty still for the clippers, and then we went to Larry's Laundomutt for his bath.

hey!  here are the shoes i bought!  all 6 pair!  DSW was having a fantastic sale, and my total for all my new shoes was only $160!  my receipt said i saved over $300!!  woohoo!!!

~ciao for now~

i have on planet earth...

holy WOW! since i don't have TV - and with the writers' strike i'm not missing a THING! - i do watch a TON of movies and dvd's. this series is absolutely incredible. Here is the trailer for the series - once you see it, you will want the whole collection.

the little penguins polar bears and things i've never even HEARD of before... and the places, like caves and deserts and mountains that this technology has captured is truly beyond words.

 "With an unprecedented production budget, using high-definition ph photography and revolutionary ultra-high speed cameras, FIVE YEARS in the making, over 2000 days in the field , using 40 cameramen across 200 locations, Planet Earth is the ultimate portrait of our planet."

~ciao for now!

robin

my sister and i were laughing our heads off last night...

do you remember this?  enjoy!!!

the new ipod touch has a uTube link.  i NEVER thought i'd use it, but i DO! all the time!  i don't look for 'silly' clips, but there are really great clips of everything on uTube.  I've found lectures and interviews that are great.  if you don't have an iPod touch - visit my little store and get one!  the links are to the right, if you want to go shopping... 

here's the iPod link, and if you already have one, you will definitely want the Bose earphones - simply amazing.  then scroll down and enter my contest for a chance to win an iTunes or Amazon gift card!  Now aren't you glad you stopped by?  Subscribe to my blog, ok?

Ciao for now - and here are the links to get your own stuff...

oh my gosh!  i think i missed monday and i thought today was wednesday!

ANYWAY - the CONTESTS continue!!!

i am still looking for a new blog name....  BUT!  the shoe contest is over and the answer is...

 i bought (drum roll..................)

6 pairs of shoes!!!!

NOW FOR THE NEXT CONTEST:

you all know my little Xanny (alexander)

to win a $10 iTunes or Amazon gift card...

WHAT KIND OF DOG IS XANNY?  (spelling counts!)

the winner will be drawn from all the correct answers that are received at busybeecontests@gmail.com

thanks for making a guess!!  isn't this fun?