Oh Em Gee!!!!

I need help!!
So I have had some funk-o crap going on for over a month now. Okay, so seriously don't think I'm crazy, but I feel something moving in my stomach!!!!

Seriously.

It started about a month ago. I remember the first time I felt it. I attributed it to a muscle spasm or gas bubble no biggie, I had felt that before. A week later, after feeling it more and more, I decided to take a pregnancy test, knowing if I was prego I would have to be, what, like 16 weeks along or so? It was a big fat negative. 3 weeks later when I had been feeling it for THREE weeks EVERY DAY I decided it was time to have something done about it. Luckily I came down with a sinus infection! {Woo-hoo!} I was thisclose to just stopping by the minute clinic but then thought, "Hey! an excuse to go to the doctor and maybe have this weird crap figured out!" So off I went. The NP did another prego test, and even a blood prego test and said that if both came back negative that it was just gas. Well, both came back negative!

I don't think I'm pregnant, I never did, I mean, if I were far enough along to feel a baby like this, then I would friggin' KNOW I was prego! KWIM? And the tests confirmed that. But IT IS NOT GAS! I'm starting to get SO frustrated. If it were gas, wouldn't I have felt it before? Why would it just start one day out of the blue?! I went my whole life feeling a gas bubble here and there and then all of a sudden I feel strong gas bubbles moving around daily?! I just have a hard time believing that. Every time I feel it I want to cry. I don't know what it is, or even what it could possibly be! I've even wondered at times if it were worms! I'm having other symptoms as well, but I'm not sure if they're related.

{Is this what's in there?!}

{or this?!?!}

I just don't know what to do. I HATE not knowing what to do! I'm not sure if I should make an appointment with my gastro doctor, or my gyno! All of my other symptoms are ob/gyno related so I kind of want to go that route, but I have a feeling that the movement could be gastro related.

Someone help!!

Has ANYONE ever felt movement in their abdomen? The only way I can describe it, is the way quickening feels when you're pregnant. Someone please tell me I'm not along in this, and that I'm not crazy!!!

Before & After Blog Hop w/ Pixel Perfect

If you'd like to join in on the fun it's easy! Just show us your SOOC shot (straight out of camera) and then your edited one! Be sure to link back to Pixel Perfect and link up your post!

This is Brayden! He is 6 months old and SUCH a cutie patootie. I know what you're thinking, "The Photog Nazi did a session with a BABY?!?!" Well it was a first and a last. Nicole and Brayden are special to me, and I had help and guidance from the best child photographer in the state.

I edited using Photoshop Elements 7.

{Classicly} Amber.com

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Let me tell you about this fab farm chick named {Classicly}Amber.

She makes beautiful stuff like this:

 And super de duper CUTE stuff like this:

Both of these fabulous {Classicly}Amber items I happen to be a proud owner of. She makes even more fantabulous schtuff's that you can find at her ETSY shop!

Not only is she a crafty mama, but she's a home-schoolin', farmstead keepin', photographin', cookin', bloggin' extraordinaire!

Just check out this YUM-O recipe!

'All Naturally Sweet 'n Moist Brownies':

Please visit Amber, and tell her some weirdo chick Brianne sent ya!

A Tasty Tuesday Treat 5.18.10

No post-it's, not tunes, today is a Tasty Tuesday post! It has been so long since I've posted any recipes or good eats! I wanted to share a favorite breakfast of mine.

One of my fave things at McDonalds® is the bacon, egg, and cheese bagel.

Well this baby clocks in at a whopping 590 calories, 26 grams of  fat and 13.5 Weight Watchers POINTS®!

Well my friends I have a very light, and delicious alternative to that fatty mcfaterton breakfast sandwich!

This is what you need:

• 1-Thomas Bagel Thins
• 1 tbsp-Fat Free Cheddar Cheese
• 1 slice-Turkey Bacon {I prefer Oscar Mayer}
• 3-Egg Whites

Scramble the egg whites, while scrambling toast the bagel thin. Cook the turkey bacon, and drain on a paper towel. It's super easy to assemble, just put the scrambled egg whites on the bottom half of the bagel and top with the bacon and fat free cheese.

Total Calorie Count: 230
Total Fat: 4 grams of fat
Weight Watchers POINTS®: 4

Can you believe it?! You get a nutritious low fat, low point breakfast sandwich without sacrificing ANY of the flavor or yummy goodness!

It's Awards Time!!!

I am so honored to say that I have received several rewards the past week from some AWESOME bloggers out there!!

I was lucky enough to receive not one but TWO of these bad boys!!

The fabtastic 21st Century Goddess, and the oh-so awesome My So-Called Chaos nominated me for the Versatile Blogger award.

The Rules:
1. Thank the person who gave you this award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic!
4. Contact the bloggers you've picked and let them know about the award.

Thank you ladies soooooo much for sharing this award with me!!! I think you gals rock and it is SO appreciated!

7 Things About Myself
1. I have a sinus infection that b l o w s!! However, I'd rather have a sinus infection than strep. You can't go without swallowing, I can go with a few days of mouth breathing though.
2. I am obsessed with chubby funny guys! My hubby used to be a chubby funny guy. Now he's a more fit funny guy. It started way back in elementary school too. Guess I've always been a chubby chaser! {Probably why my first marriage to a skinny asshole didn't work out to well....bahahaha!}
3. I am allergic to doing dishes. It causes nausea, headaches, stress, and uncontrolled aggravation.
4. I can't stand writing with pencils. I hate it. I have to write with a pen. Never could figure out why, just one of those weirdy things about me...
5. I have never dropped an f-bomb on my blog or facebook. (That I can remember.)
6. I have a really bad memory, so number 5 may, or may not be true.
7. The only restaurant that I LOVE Diet Coke is McDonalds. I'm not sure if it's psychological, or in fact true that they have the best Diet Coke ever.

I am passing on the Versatile Blogger award to the following:


1. Classicly Amber
2. Six Cherries on Top
3. My Little Life
4. Holy Moly Toledo(s)
5. I'd Rather Be Changing Diapers
6. Mann Land 5
7. From 3 to 5
8. Marvelous Mommy
9. Peanut Gallery Exit Here
10. IA Soup Mama
11. Welcome to the Nuthouse
12. Traveling Down the Tracks of Life with D&H
13. The Weber Family
14. The Undomestic Mama
15. Yes, Our Hands Are Full

The second award I am accepting is The Preppy Mafia award from the lovely little lady Joni over at Six Cherries on Top. Thank you Joni!! ^_^

The Rules?
* Click on the above image and paste onto your blog/website
* Answer the below questions
* Pass onto 10 bloggers that you Love, go to their blog and let them know they've been given the award.

1. Who is your style icon? Bahahaha! Um, me and style don't really go together. It's funny I can look at fashion online and in magazines and I know what I love to look at, but I just don't DO the whole style thing.

2. What is your favorite socialite book? Socialite Book? Wow what is that?? Does the Bible count? <--- I had to steal Joni's answer because that was literally my exact thought.

3. Favorite party theme? Um...I don't have one. I don't do parties other than for my kiddos.

4. Go to Halloween costume? For myself, a witch. It's the easiest, I just have to be myself. Haha!

5. Extravagance you cannot live without? My Laptop.

6. Living person you admire? Allie Brosh. She is a genius.

7. Greatest fear? I have lots of those. The dark, snakes in toilets, alligators under cars, you know, the usual stuff.

8. Trait you deplore in yourself? I have the worst mouth on me. I wish I could clean it up. My language is offensive to say the least.

9. Which talent would you most like to have? I'd love to sing. I love singing, it's just god awful.

10. Greatest Achievement? My life is my achievement. I am a stay at home mom to 3 amazingly awesome kids with the most perfect man on earth, I have a home and a car, food to eat and clothes to wear. Those are all achievements in themselves.

The bloggers that I pass on this award to are:
1. Sustaining Creativity in a Busy Mom's World
2. Serving While Saving
3. Katie's Random Rambles
4. Kays Simple Life
5. Our Daze in the Desert
6. Life as Mum
 I didn't do 10, but oh well. Call me a rebel or something.

The third, and final award that I am accepting today is the Sweet Blog award from the adorable Kelli over at Sustaining Creativity in a Busy Mom's World. She is either WAY too nice or just a nutso to call me sweet, tee-hee. But thank you Kelli! So much!

All I am asked to do with this award is to pass it on to 10 other Sweet bloggers that I feel deserve it! So here goes!

1. The Abstracted Pea
2. Two Much of Something is a Good Thing
3. Katie's Random Rambles
4.  Kays Simple Life
5.  Six Cherries on Top
7.  Life as Mum
8. Peanut Gallery Exit Here
9. From 3 to 5
10. Serving While Saving

Thank you again for these awesome awards!! I am now off to inform all of those awesome bloggers what they have been awarded! Please pay them a visit and congratulate them!

Happy Birthday to Me!

Well....not me personally but today,

{Turns ONE!!!}

I can't believe it! It doesn't seem like a WHOLE YEAR has gone by! It has been an amazing year. Let's take a look back through The Photog Nazi's first year:

My Very First Blog Header! It definitely "needed something" so it took all of 5 days before I tweaked it and came up with this:

Oooo! Pink and black! LOVED IT!! This stayed around for some time. It wasn't until July that I came up with a new header:

This was a fave of mine. It had the Chucks, and the ★star★, a cupcake and a camera! It had the pink and black too. I loved it. It was and still is one of my most fave headers ever. It came Christmas time though and I HAD to have a new Holidayish design! Enter:

My Christmas header*. I thought my little Christmas theme was SO cute! {In fact I will most likely bring this header back next Christmas.} But of course the holidays come to an end. I wanted something new, something that had little bits and pieces of ME. I had a vision. I had a really hard time getting it out in a header though, but the closest I could come was this:

This lasted all of ONE day before I changed it and went {K.I.S.S.} style on my header.

Alas, I could only do {K.I.S.S.} for so long! A week later, I revamped my header and came up with a Springy design:

I tried to work in Busy.B{Custom}Designs. But in all honesty this header just wasn't ME. ♥Hearts♥? Yea uh, not so much. 21 days later I went back to simple:

I think there was something I had liked about keeping it simple, I wanted my writing to be the focus, not my blog design.

I just realized that the next design got lost somewhere along the way.  How sad! That header will be missed, and never forgotten!
EDITED! EDITED!! LOOK what I found!

I found a screenshot of a previous blog design, and look it's the missing header. :D

Next we have one of the most recent headers:

I'm not sure how long this header stayed around it wasn't very long before I switched it up and tweaked it until I came up with this:

 This was my most recent header! I'm still lovin' it and only tweaked it ever so slightly to come up with my current header:

I also went back to keeping it simple.

Who knows what else is in store for ye' old Photog Nazi header?! Only the next year will tell! :D

Before I go of COURSE I have to look back on my very first post EVER!!


"Okay, so everyone, well not EVERYone, but a lot of people have suggested I start a blog. Mostly to keep up with the funny things Hailey says, but for other uses as well. After my post on facebook yesterday, I had even more requests, so here's my blog.

Here you will find all sorts of Renwick randomness. Everything from pics I want to share, to funny stories, and God knows what else.

It will be run by me. The photography Nazi herself, the mother unit, aka Brianne.

I hope it fulfills it's purpose."



Awww! Isn't it cute?! I believe that my blog has indeed fulfilled it's purpose. It took a few months for me to get into the rythym of blogging, but now that I have it has been a lifesaver. It has kept me sane, and through it I have learned so much!

I had hoped to reach the triple digits in followers along with my 200th post at the same time I hit my one year bloggy anniversary. However it didn't come to pass. BUT if I posted all of my unfinished drafts, {all 13 of them} I would be at 206 posts! And I am only a meger 6 followers away from the big 1 0 0. {I was 5 away but recently lost a follower.}

I had actually planned a mega, super, blow your face off post for these achievements and milestones, along with my VERY FIRST EVER giveaway, but because I wasn't able to fulfill said achievements it just wasn't to be**.

*The fonts used in this header have stuck with me, and have been used in every header since!
**I still plan on doing a giveaway for when I reach 100 followers so keep your eyes peeled!

The Many Faces of Leah

Tomorrow is Friday?! Just a wee little random update...

Leah has been pooping on the floor! It's so cool! Yea, not so much. She's going through the whole "taking off her diaper" phase. So I do what any other normal mom does in these situations. I take pictures with my camera phone. Joy. It looks like we'll be busting out the duct tape soon! {If you're squemish look away now.}

{Leah inspecting her pile of glory. And oh look! My Keys!!}

Hailey was sent to her room today for screaming in the house. Yes, I'm a mean mom who sends my poor developing 5 year old to her room for screaming. I don't put up with it. It instantly give me a headache! So anyway, after I sent her to her room and forgot about her {Gosh my mom skills are TOTALLY showing in this  post eh?} she came out dressed as a storm trooper. Who can stay mad at a 5 year old storm trooper? Not me that's for sure. Later on, she got caught sneaking her sister out the back door. She tried dressing up as a GI Joe. Didn't work that time around....

Which leads me to our new and improved time-out corner!

My last trip to IKEA one of my several scores was this blue circle rug:

It is the PERFECT size and shape for a time out rug, and at $4.99 it's totally worth it! Also I got blue because my darling friend Kelli said it is a calming color and God knows we needs calmness during time out time.

I finally talked Joshua into cutting his hair. I couldn't take it anymore. We tried growing it out. Going for the whole Justin Beiber look, but I couldn't stand it. So I took him to the best barber in town and got it whacked off! Honest to blog it's the best haircut he's ever had. I've always taken him to the mall, or Great Clips because they're cheap, and that's often where I take Hailey and it was convenient to do two at a time. I was NEVER happy with his haircuts though. They always jacked his hair up, leaving lines and all sorts of other mess. So I tried the at home hair cut. After all I cut his dads hair. Well Mel doesn't have the thickest coarsest hair on the plant and Joshua does. FINALLY I took Joshua to an actual barber for the first time. {Just so happens to by my darling friend Kelli's hubby Dave, who is awesome.} I am kicking myself for not taking him to a barber sooner. Not only are the haircuts cheaper, but he KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING!!! Joshua's haircut was perfection. If wasn't so busy taking pics of poop and whatnot I would remember to snap a shot of his hair, but I never think about it until he's in bed. Such as now. I will take a pic the next time he goes in.

Losing Keys

{I totally want this sticker!!!!}

I have ADD and I am very, very, extremely, easily distracted. It takes me to up to 3 times as long to do stuff then it would take the average person. Because of my ADD my husband has had to learn to put up with some not very pleasant things. Finding things in places they do not belong, losing things, etc. I lose things ALL the time. Why? Because when I have something in my hand, and I become distracted, there's no telling where it will end up! I've ruined and wasted so many things, like putting ice cream in the cupboard, so it melted and got all gross. Or getting bacon out to cook for breakfast, only to find it that evening before bed, because, well, I forgot about it.

It gets dangerous at times. Turning the oven on to preheat and then deciding to make something else, but forgetting I turned it on. Or just forgetting to turn the oven off after meals. Leaving my purse in shopping carts, or on the shelves at the register.

Which brings me to keys, good God my keys.

{SOURCE}

I can't tell you how many times I have run around like a chicken with it's head cut off trying to find my keys. I've been late SO many times from losing my keys.

Poor Mel. He gets SO aggravated! I can't blame him. I probably would too! It's such a simple solution to him! JUST PUT THE KEYS IN THE SAME SPOT EVERY TIME!! I can see how simple that would be, to come home after a long days work, alone, with nothing in your hands other than your car keys and lunch box, thinking about ONE thing at a time...

Unfortunately I don't have that luxury.

I come in carrying a 20 month-old, and often a sleeping 5 year old. Bookbags, diaperbags, store bags, drinks, sippy cups, books, mail, well you get the picture.

Something like this:

Except not....

And on top of that I'm probably thinking about on average roughly 4 to 7 different things at one time. "Did I grab my purse out of the car? Is it IN the car? Did I leave it at the store? Where is my phone? Crap I forgot the sour cream! That ruins taco night! OH! Look!  A new episode of iCarly! Is that a rock or a bug on the mantel?" etc. Plus I've got the kids talking to me on top of this! "Can I have a snack? What is there to eat?" Telling me about their day, yadda, yadda. If you're a mom I really don't have to paint this picture for you, you get it loud and clear.

Do you see how it is so VERY hard to "put my keys in the same place every time"?! Do you see how it is SO VERY EASY to lost the sons of snitches?!

 I rest my case.

Some New Custom Flair!

Animated and roll over buttons, corner tags, menus, and more! Contact the {Busy.B} by clicking {HERE} TODAY!

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A Little Bugs Birthday

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Where the Beef?

I have been failing at posting lately.

I have just been so busy, and I haven't felt "bloggy" I suppose. I do miss it however. I miss being able to sit down and blog my heart out! :( I'm hoping things will slow down and i can get back to it. I don't want my blog to be one big MEME! I want to get back to my silly stories, and updates, and semi-interesting stuff! lol I've just been too overwhelmed or down in the dumps to share anything, and I certainly don't want to bring my readers down!!

Hope to be out of this funk soon!!

I ♥ Faces Fix it Friday

{Photoshop Elements 7}

• First I adjusted the exposure, and brought up the clarity.
• I used my spot healing brush, and cloning tool and smoothed the skin slightly.
• I sharpened the lashes and eyes, popped the red sweater, and applied a vignette.

Five Question Friday 5.7.10

1. What is your worst memory of your siblings?

Gosh, you know teenage girls can be mean, and being the youngest I had a lot of mean things said to me. I think my worst memories of my sisters would be their teenage years! lol

2. What was YOUR naughtiest childhood memory? (Must be something YOU did, no pawning it off on someone else!)

I don't remember much before the age of 10. It's hard to narrow down what "naughty" things I did after that age. I spent a LOT of time in the principles office in middle school, and high school was just one rebellious act after another. Probably the most talked about would be the time I stole my mom's car at 15. I broke rules, I broke laws, I was a badass rebel in my hayday!

3. Where do you like to go to relax?

Relax? What is that word? I'm not familiar with it...lol, umm...I love bubble baths. There's not much more relaxing than a bubble bath.

4. What was the last thing you won?

Life. I win at life. That's about it. Oh wait! No! I won Operation and Memory a couple of days ago when i played with Hailey. Yes I'm a mean mom that doesn't let my kids win to make them feel good about themselves. I let them lose so that when they DO win it's for real and they know what it feels like to work for something.

5. If you could be on a game show, which would you choose?

I'm not familiar with current gameshows. Maybe Wheel of Fortune? {Is that still on?} I don' know.... 

It's Thursday?!?!

Where did my week go?!

I have been so busy, it has just FLOWN by. It's crazy!

I've been working on a new {BLOG DESIGN}, a logo, some {WEDDING PHOTO'S & ALBUM}}, as well as some {PHOTO'S} for a couple of different friends. Tuesday afternoon Joshua had a Dr. appointment, and yesterday I had a get-together with a good friend.

I've also been going to bed before 11 which is rather early for me lately!

I think I'm having a Costochondritis flair up again. At least that is what it feels like. It hurts!

It's only 8:20am and I'm pretty much DONE today. Yes already. Joshua complained about EVERYthing this morning. I don't think he was happy about anything, and to top it off, he was thisclose to being tardy this morning. The girls have been fighting all morning, which means blood curdling {screams} and crying from Leah, and yelling from Hailey. When they are not fighting, Leah is STILL screaming and crying! I'm too tired and uncomfortable to take it this morning.

I'm hoping to link up with Pixel Perfect's before&after blog hop sometime today!! I haven't participated in any of my normal meme's this week. Then again other than my Moaning Monday rant, I haven't blogged about anything! {Which really isn't like me, I rarely go a day or two without blogging.} There's also some major milestones coming up that I will have to share.

{PS} I FINALLY logged into Google Reader, and had 263 posts from all the blogs I love to catch up on!!! TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE!!! This is just since Monday! WOWZER

Moaning Monday May 3rd

Twice within about 7 minutes of each other, I had TWO people pull out in front of me this afternoon. The first was some pretentious A-Hole in a little VW Passat, {I know he was a pretentious a-hole, because his Passat was such a pretentious a-hole blue.} You see a minivan coming at you, I can understand how you would be under the impression that I was driving slowly, and peacefully down the road. Carrying my children safely home. Not so much buddy. I consistently drive about 5 to 10 miles over the speed limit. So don't pull out in front of me. And if youdo, get the F#$@ out of my way!

The second offender was a school bus. A big 'ol yellow school bus. I get it. I mean, you think, "Hey, I'm a school bus! Not only am I full of KIDS, but I'm basically indestructible!". What you DO NOT take in account is that I could gave a CRAP less. For one I HATE kids. And second of all, YOU pulled out in front of ME. Which means a brand spankin' new car for Brianne courtesy of our local public schools!

Okay, done with my Monday afternoon bitchfest! What are you moaning about his afternoon?!

Forgiven

I have the most darkest of dark hearts.
There is nothing good in me.
My only salvation is {Him}.
{He} is my only grace.
My only good.

Alone I am evil. And Wicked.
Wrong.
Selfish.
Guiltless.

But with {Him} I am FORGIVEN.

f o r g i v e n

Mr. & Mrs. Wehr

It was an absolute honor when Ann and Tyler asked me to photograph their beautiful April wedding! I had the BEST time and look forward to the day when Retrospective Images is a full blown business shooting weddings regularly. It was such a joy to be part of such a special day! Here are several shots from their gorgeous day.