When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical may be madness. To surrender dreams, this may be madness. To seek treasures where there is only trash…Too much sanity may be madness, and maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.
After a week on the road, Michelle and I are back home. I’m busy grading final projects for EDU 505 (the course that I’m teaching) and Michelle is preparing for a wedding this weekend.
So while she’s been off doing her thing, I took the time and edited the photos from this past week. Rather than post them all here, I’ve gone ahead and dumped them from Lightroom into a flash slide show. Enjoy. (or not).
I made my way to Madison, WI this week for the Annual Conference on Distance Teaching & Learning. Here are a few shots from the trip. I couldn’t make it all the way to Madison on Monday (too much going on), so I stopped in Chicago. So there is a shot or two from there as well.
Enjoy. (Oh, since I haven’t had time to Photoshop these [though I did use Lightroom to process the RAW images], some still need to be color corrected and straightened… so please forgive the mess).
I am a family man
I traded in my mustang for a minivan
This is not what I was headed for when I began
This was not my plan
I am a family man
But everything I had to lose
Came back a thousand times in you
And you fill me up with love
Fill me up with love
And you help me stand
’cause I am a family man
And life is good
That’s something I always knew
But I just never understood
If you’d asked me then you know I’d say I never would
Settle down in a neighborhood
I never thought I could
But I don’t remember anymore
Who I even was before
You filled me up with love
Filled me up with love
And you help me stand
So come on with the thunder clouds
Let the cold wind rail against us, let the rain come down
We can build a roof above us with the love we’ve found
We can stand our ground
So let the rain come down
Because love binds up what breaks in two
So keep my heart so close to you
And I’ll fill you up with love
Fill you up with love
And I’ll help you stand
‘Cause I am a family man
I’m saving my vacation time
For Disneyland
This is not what I was headed for when I began
This was not my plan
It’s so much better than
Details in the Fabric Jason Mraz (feat. James Morrison)
Calm down
Deep breaths
And get yourself dressed instead
Of running around
And pulling all your threads saying
Breaking yourself up
If it’s a broken part, replace it
But, if it’s a broken heart then brace it
If it’s a broken heart then face it
And hold your own
Know your name
And go your own way
Hold your own
Know your own name
And go your own way
And everything will be fine
Everything will be fine
Mmmhmm
Hang on
Help is on the way
Stay strong
I’m doing everything
Hold your own
Know your name
And go your own way
Hold your own
Know your name
And go your own way
And everything, everything will be fine
Everything
Are the details in the fabric
Are the things that make you panic
Are your thoughts results of static cling?
Are the things that make you blow
Hell, no reason, go on and scream
If you’re shocked it’s just the fault
Of faulty manufacturing.
Yeah everything will be fine
Everything in no time at all
Everything
Hold your own
And know your name
And go your own way
Are the details in the fabric (Hold your own, know your name)
Are the things that make you panic
Are your thoughts results of static cling? (Go your own way)
Are the details in the fabric (Hold your own, know your name)
Are the things that make you panic (Go your own way)
Is it Mother Nature’s sewing machine?
Are the things that make you blow (Hold your own, know your name)
Hell no reason go on and scream
If you’re shocked it’s just the fault (Go your own way)
Of faulty manufacturing
Everything will be fine
Everything in no time at all
Hearts will hold
Well believe it or not, my wife turned 29 again this year. As a way of happenstance, the Fort Wayne Mustang Club was holding their annual show at Ivy Tech this past Saturday (lucky her). So as an easy way to score points with my woman who loves cars, we made our way to share in the goodness. While I am not the car expert that Michelle is, I knew if nothing else, I had a chance to get some fun photos of the cars. I had the super cool camera from work in my possession (as I was working this weekend on learning the ins and outs of f-stops, ISO, and other things that I have no clue about), however, since it was raining, I didn’t think that they would be very keen if I went about getting it wet. Sigh. So all these were taken with my iPhone, which while an AWESOME phone, the camera isn’t as robust. Take them for what they’re worth (oh, and yes, they have been Photo Shopped).
Take everything in...
