The randomness of December Tuesday afternoons.

Hey friends.  I've completely given up apologizing for the many random posts I create, along with the pointless talk that streams from my mouth.  It is, what it is.

 And I do hope that randomness is somehow enjoyable.  Bwahahaha! 

 Okay, so first up... lets talk about resolutions, (which will be here in just a few weeks) healthy eating, accountability, etc.  If there's a chance that you are looking for that, but want to join a group for accountability sake, blah, blah, blah and want it to be free... you can join ME doing the Daily Burn.  Just go to their website and create a free account, and invite me (Sasha Brodeur) to be one of your motivators.  I promise to motivate you if you motivate me!  You can even spy on me to see what I'm eating and if I'm drinking my water and working out!  I may do the same to you.  Thus... the motivation, you see?

 I need a baby.  Or a  million babies.  Gosh I just love babies. 

 I have a whole rash of friends and family having them... so consequently I'm dreaming about them, longing for them, thinking about them, and pretty much mush whenever I'm near one.  This is my friend Amy's baby.  He's so yummy!

Speaking of babies... mine are growing up and creating a LOT of school papers.  In January I'm going to be listing something really fun in my Etsy shop,  for those of you who want to organize the chaos once and for all!  (I make no guarantees it will organize every area of your life... but it will help with the school papers anyway.)

 I've been getting a lot of questions on photographing a Christmas tree bokeh.  Um... yeah... not an expert here guys.  But I'll tell you what... I'll give my settings for the following photos for you to play and experiment with!  So the smaller the F-stop number, the  bigger the round lights in your bokeh.  I was shooting on a very gray day with my 50mm lens.  Shutter speed was set to 1/50,  F-stop was set at 3.2 and because it was so stinking dark inside my ISO was all the way up to 1600 for this shot.  (Not my favorite, but I wanted to get a photo into this post.)

 

Don't you think jingle bells make the most darling candle and vase filler??  

 And speaking of darling things... paper whites.  Oh love love love.  Always have, always will.  Every year I swear I'm going to start some  bulbs in random bowls and dishes on Halloween, doing one each week so I have blooms throughout December... but I never do.  My grocery store did though!  Hallelujah! 

 I thought these would make fun teacher gifts too, so I bought a couple extra pots just beginning to bloom, wrapped them in brown paper, tied them with twine, and had my children attach some sweet tags with "Thank you for helping me learn and grow." 

Now I'm off to learn how to make 3-D snowflakes with my son!!  I've always wanted to know how to do this.  We're going to hang them in our windows and pray for a White Christmas!!

What are you guys up to this week?