September 2006 Archives

Scott has been so good at keeping this blog updated... me, I've just been busy. Too busy as a matter of fact. After the wedding, I ended up with 6 new clients and a whole lot of deadlines! It's been stressful and for the first time since I started my business, I am having to turn away clients. Crazy. Not something I should complain about but, I must say, finding a good balance in life is a constant challenge.

With all that said, hard work does pay off. I'm using this opportunity to announce the launch of my latest project -- Roots Television! It's an "online tv channel by and for avid genealogists and family history lovers of all stripes." It has some wonderful programming. My favorite up to now is The Call of Story, storytellers describing memories of family. I watched all the clips this morning and each one brought tears, not just one, a whole bunch... Peanut was laying in my lap and she licked them away. What a sweet puppy. If you have a moment check out the website and watch tv!

Charlotte's cousin Folkert stayed with us last week, his last stop on a quick cross-country trip he undertook after his internship in Montreal. After some discussion, we ended up deciding to go to Moab for the weekend to do a little Western sightseeing.

Friday afternoon we left the house and headed west on I-70. Though it was only the middle of September, there was more snow on the drive than I usually see on our way to go skiing! However, by the time we crossed the continental divide, we were mostly in the clear.

Yesterday, Charlotte and I went up to Boulder for our nephew Rob's third birthday party. Unfortunately, the three hours of the party were the only unpleasant hours of the day weather-wise. Luckily, however, nobody let a few sprinkles or high winds ruin their fun.

Happy birthday, Rob!

I drove up to Keystone yesterday to photograph my buddy Charlie's bike race. I'd been meaning to go to one of these at some point, but the new camera was the perfect excuse.

I got some decent shots and some decent lessons learned. My pictures taken with our longer lens, at about 300mm were much better than with our 70mm lens. Also learned that practice makes perfect when it comes to taking pictures of racers coming at you at around 25 mph. Taking pictures of this race will make me much more confident at shooting slower moving sports, that's for sure.

Charlie finished 7th out of 25 semi-pro riders, which is excellent. Especially considering he'd just dusted off his mountain bike after a long hiatus. Nice!