Surprise Mid-day post...ETC

You probably don't know this about me, but I love ATC (artist trading cards)...It is a creativity and experimentation in a bite size that I can handle. Unfortunately, right now I am too far from the ATC swap I had become so fond of at Quilting Adventures in Richmond, VA.

But today in my slacking I found out about something call ETC - Embrace the Camera! I love it. Real snap shots of me and my family...today its the kids. ( By the way I found this a what looks to be an absolutely wonderful blog called The Anderson Crew! Check it out and all the other fun ETC's linked from there!)

I can tell you from my own personal experience that the only pictures of my mom from my childhood are when she thought she was thin...and let me just tell you that was not nearly as often as she was actually thin...and I don't care what size she is or thinks she is....I WANT HER IN MY PHOTOS! Photos with me, photos with my dad, with her sister, with her nieces and nephews...she exists and there should be pictures to prove it... and so I embark on ETC...so that my kids can't say the same about me.

I also don't think that life should be cataloged in the un-real moments or the specialist of occasions. I want to remember the nitty gritty...

So...TIAMO ETC week 1....The playground