A new studio, a new blog!

Just Because is moving up in the world... literally. The photo studio that used to be in the basement in our house has now been moved to the main floor. This allows for a little more space during shoots and also allows for a better traffic flow in the house for clients. Here's a pic - not that you can really tell all that much from this... =) Oh, and even cooler (well maybe just as cool) is that all of the care package inventory fits very nicely just behind the background curtain (which would have been wasted space anyway), so Just Because is now all in one room, which makes my organizational self very happy.

Also, Just Because has a new blog too! Postings of many of my shoots will be able to be seen here - if you're interested!

Yay!

I think I'm in love.

I mean, let's not get carried away here or anything... vacuuming is still vacuuming, but it just got a lot better. (Click the picture to see the full specs!)

Who likes packing?

I sure don't! I always feel like I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off and then I always wonder if I have everything that's needed... and packing for kids on top of it has made the whole packing process even more stressful. But I found a great tool that will hopefully make it all better (I have yet to try it, but it seems promising). Enter in basic information about your trip and it spits a packing list and a to-do-before-you-leave list back at you. What could be easier?

Now if only entering the information about a trip to Hawaii made the trip actually happen! =)

Marin's beanies

Marin knitted hats. A hat designed by her shortly before her death has just been released by Hurley. You can see it here. A portion of the proceeds are going to the Marin Morrison Foundation.

Obamicon yourself!!

http://obamiconme.pastemagazine.com/

History made

Change has come.

Addy and I made cookies over the weekend - clearly the Inauguration was on our minds. =)

Dolphin olympics

Be warned though: It's a little addicting!

Rainforest love

Click here to help save the rainforests. It's super easy and it may make you feel even better about your day! =)

Just Because and more shameless self-promotion

I had a booth at a Holiday Bazaar yesterday. Here's a pic (the best I could get anyway) of my booth. Also, be sure to check out Just Because for new holiday shirts!!

...and a new look for Just Because too!

Just Because has a new website! Click on the picture to see what other new things are going on!!

Thanks to Deanna for her design of the new site!

New look for rhinoworld

Same old content, but a new look for the (now larger!) Smith fam.

Click the picture to go to our site.

Debating and waiting

As the days tick by and I grow more and more restless waiting for Newbie to come, I'm becoming more and more frustrated with politics. However, I will make time in my schedule (unless in labor, I guess!) for the VP debate tomorrow night. It will probably be the most interesting of the four, just because of the participants. Plus it's being held at Adam's and my alma mater. Click here for more information!

Maternity pictures

So, picture this.

A tripod, a camera with a timer, a wiggly 18 month old girl, two tired parents and a hope for some fun family maternity shots. It was a challenge to say the least, but it was fun too. Click here to see some of our final results. =)

Scott and Lisa's Wedding

We spent the weekend celebrating Scott and Lisa's wedding. What a great time we had! Pictures can be found here!

Frozen in Grand Central

Wow! I don't know what I would do if I had been in the middle of this! =)

http://lolvideoz.blogspot.com/2008/02/frozen-grand-central.html

I know - another LOL cat...

...but I thought that this one was particularly good!

Make ahead meals

I was looking for some good freeze ahead recipes so that I could take some meals to a couple Moms who have just had babies and I ran across this blog. The food looks good and, best of all, the site includes exact instructions for heating before eating (most of the sites that I found only mentioned that certain recipes were great for freezing and eating later, but they didn't include re-heating instructions). After finding this site, I may look into the 'once a month cooking' idea. It's given me the guts (and a little know-how) to freeze some of the meals that I already make!

My famous and super cool husband!!

Adam was interviewed a couple weeks back about some of the things that he does while he's at work. The interview is on the net now. I always knew that he was destined for greatness!! You can see it here if you're interested. Everything that he's talking about is, of course over my head, but he's sure cute as he talks his lingo!!

A site for rookie (and maybe not so rookie?) moms

So, I just stumbled on to this site. I haven't had too much time to peruse it, but it looks like there's a ton of information that I might find valuable. I thought that I would share it - just in case there are others out there like me! =)

Yet again, more shameless self-promotion

I've been working on expanding Just Because over the past couple weeks. I'm still working on one more area, but that will probably take a little more time to get up and running, so I thought that I would run with everything as it is for a little while. Anyway, if you have a free moment, I'd love it if you checked the site out. Of course, suggestions and comments are always encouraged! Thanks!

http://just-because.com

PS - I've added some more care packages recently too. Graduation, gardening, and relaxation - packs now exist for all of them!