Consta and I are off to meet my parents in sunny California tomorrow. Seriously, check out this amazing (I know your jealous soggy Maryland) forecast!

holy smokes cs4!

i went to a mini cs4 seminar at work today. they showed us a lot of the great new features involved with the software including this sweet little feature:

say I want to make the image above a bit smaller in width, but I liked the length of the photo. I don't want to get rid of anything, so I want to keep the boat, sunset and birds. How do I do this? Hmm...I could Transform the photo (below) but, then I end up with an anorexic sun and a really short boat.



Instead, I use Edit > Content Aware Scale. I end up with the image below where everything stays in proportion.



Of course I could not wait to test this out at home. The first image I chose was a random photo with a little boy I know. I realized that photoshop needs to be able to tell the background from the "main" parts of the image. It ended up making poor Luke look like a wrinkled old man.

It's still a really great new tool. Probably my favorite from the day. I'll try to remember to post more of these as I test them out.

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this dog is mostly how i feel today.

i'm drained and tired. home buying is being put on hold - again. it's all because of a pretty big financial problem that should have been taken care of a year ago. i'm annoyed and completely tired of waiting - i'm even more tired of waiting for parents to grow up and stop relying on their kids.

this is suppose to be a time when consta and i come together and get giddy about getting our first place together. i'm excited about moving in with him and packing his lunch everyday. maybe not the most glamourous of things but, i'm looking forward to it.

unfortunately all it seems to do is annoy him when i talk about it.

i seriously don't know why i get excited about this anymore.

some serious great deals at banana republic. i made out like bandit!

Consta and I decided that we're finally going to start looking for a place of our own. I expect it to be a long, draining process. I know, I'm so optimistic. Despite that house prices and interest rates have dropped, property taxes are up.


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consta and i have been color disputing. as much as i love the navy, khaki, yellow and white for a summer wedding near the water - i can't have him feeling uncomfortable wearing something he hates. it's crazy to think i can't find anything that would go with black, but HOORAY! i found a gorgeous bridesmaid dress tonight from watters - at least i think so. i have no idea if the girls will like it, or how much it costs. there is a place near my house that carries it so i plan on calling tomorrow for the price. it comes in this pretty mocha color and a lovely jewel tone blueish-green.

ahhhh!!!! i saw some of these really cool bouts made out of objects in a magazine. i can't remember where i saw them, but i was visiting 100 layer cake and saw her post for fritts rosenow bouts. i'm so excited that they have ones made out of playing cards!

yes, i know. it's the small things in life that make me happy.

i can't wait to try tyler's ultimate upside-down french toast. it sounds really really delicious, and looks even better. i wish we had smell-o-vision capabilities.

i think i'm going to treat myself to a new ipod. i need something to motivate me to get back into the gym and start running. this might be just the ticket.

I'm calling today to book The Easton Club for our wedding next year. We're hoping for June 26th. The place is doing a ton of reservations - hopefully, they'll be as beautiful as they sound. We're still going to keep looking because this place is a bit far but, it really is exactly what we want.