Millie's Photo Gallery

Millie-girl recently downloaded her camera onto my Mac -- all 250+ images. Oh! There were numerous videos, too, but I didn't count those. Although my budding photographer has her own PC to store her pictures on, she just knew that I'd want all of her photos in my iPhoto Library. That girl LOVES to share!

Millie received her camera as a Christmas present from her big bro. & sis. It was the perfect gift for her -- I had no idea that a camera would get used so frequently. Most of the pictures she snaps are of our cats, Bartholomew and Jemima, but there are some other "interesting" things that she captures. I might be in trouble for sharing these images without the written consent of the photographer, but I simply couldn't resist sharing how our 10-year-old sees her world. I have added captions & comments to help tell the story behind each artistic shot.

Enjoy!!!

"Teamwork"

Millie's stuffed animals are attempting to keep a bear in a pink tutu from falling off the edge of the bed. This makes me think of Toy Story. At least she doesn't blow up her toys like Sid...

"Sweet"

"Shadows"

Okay, I warned you about the cats appearing in the majority of the photos.

Here goes:
"Stupid is as stupid does."


"Tastes just like Jelly Belly's ear wax jelly beans."

"Yuck"

"Splish! Splash!"

"Portrait of 'Mima"
I laughed as my girl staged this shot.
Miss Millie reminded me of Deb (Glamour Shots by Deb) from Napoleon Dynamite.

"Paraffin Therapy"

"A detected detector"

"$&¢"

"Oh, nuts!"

"Jolly"

"Oh!" (A self-portrait)

What's goin' on?

I have not taken the time to update the ol' family blog for a while. Have you noticed? When I started INOKWACA, I never intended to post details/tidbits about our family on a daily basis. Weekly? Maybe. So, I figure I'm doing well if I manage to get a few things written each month. Our lives are just not that interesting! If I don't think we are that exciting, why should you?! 

So, what IS going' on with us? Not much.

After several people twisted my arm, I created a Facebook account. It was really kind of entertaining for a few days. I reconnected with several long-lost friends, so that was a plus. As fun as it is, I simply do not have time to spend lurking in cyberspace to see what my friends & relatives are doing. If I check what's going on once or twice a month, that might be plenty of Facebook time for me. 

Life at the House o' Smith been good, despite the fact that Liesey was ill this past week. That girl rarely gets sick. She had a fever for a few days -- her highest temperature reading was 103.8 degrees. Yikes! Thankfully, no one else has caught the crud. Our ballerina is feeling well enough to take a dance class from 4-9 p.m. tonight. I am sure she will be tired after so many hours of dance. Or perhaps ballet will have some therapeutic value... 

Miss Millie continues to baffle our optometrist as to how she has perfect 20/20 vision when everyone else in the fam. is sooooo myopic! (We had eye doctor appointments this week.) Millie's a genetic fluke, I guess, or else she managed to draw from her grandparents' perfect vision gene pool & bypassed the "love is blind" genes her parents offered.

M&A Magoo are counting down the years until they will be old enough to opt for LASIK surgery -- or whatever the option will be at that time. It's been five years since I had my eyes corrected, and I am still seeing perfectly. I continue to be amazed that I am no longer "blind." I liken my LASIK experience to the story found in the 9th chapter of John regarding the blind man that Jesus healed. My opthamologist didn't use mud and spit... I'm so grateful (every day!) to see clearly w/out any correction. And the mono vision thing seems to be working out, too, as I do not need reading glasses. 

I met with Dr. Dutton, my radiation oncologist, on Tuesday so she could explain the results from my recent mammogram. Thankfully, it was great news that she had to share. I'm in the clear for another year!  It has now been three years since I completed my radiation treatment & was declared cancer-free. Hooray! I am participating in a breast cancer clinical study, so I get to answer "fun" surveys at each follow-up visit, and they also take digital images of the "treated area" to compare from past visits. Or perhaps they take the photos just to humiliate/embarrass me. The nurses always assure me that no one sees the photos besides my doctor, and they never fail to mention that my face is NOT in the photo. I smile, just in case. 

Next week Mr. Smith is up in the air again as he travels to St. Louis again. (Is St. L. still the "Gateway to the West" when one is traveling from the west to do business there? Or does it depend on which side of the Gateway Arch one is standing on?) Smitty has several trips scheduled over the next month to Little Rock, St.L., & Ft. Worth. This traveling man gig is short lived, so we don't mind it.

Life is good -- it's never dull --- but see, we really are not that exciting.

Guess what appointment I had this morning!

Millie Camillie :-)

Our young gardener made me smile by offering this beautiful bouquet of Camellias. She then went back out to the garden to find other things to add to this arrangement. There's not much to work with this time of year, but she managed to find a few flowers and decorative grasses to make it an interesting & balanced centerpiece. My Millie Girl is sooo thoughtful & creative!

It's been a fun weekend, but Monday is coming quickly. At least I've got pretty flowers (and a great family!) to help me ease into a new week. Yep, I am pretty much blessed.