A few nights ago I was talking with a friend of ours here in town about his potato container. He and his wife followed this tutorial back in the spring and are waiting anxiously to see the results of their months of work.
As our conversation was wrapping up I said, “Hey, be sure to get some good pictures when you dump out your container!”
He nodded politely and said something like, “Mmhhhmmm. That’s a good idea.” (But he had a look on his face which told me that he had no idea why I would suggest such a thing.)
And then I realized: Laura! Only certain bloggers take pictures of every cotton pickin’ thing they do. Most people do not feel the need to take a picture of their potato container experience. Or of the food they buy on sale. Or of the dirty laundry on their bathroom floor.
I offered my friend a way out by saying, “Oh yeah…never mind. You have to remember that I’m a blogger and this is the way I think. I’ll take a picture of MINE when I dump out MY potato container. YOU just get your potatoes and go make yourself some dinner.”
Like I said in this post…only a blogger takes a picture of newspaper stuffed into stinky shoes.
To prove my point, here are a few picture examples:
I took this picture one night when Matt pointed out that our boys had arranged some lovely “reading material” on the back of the commode. I’m wondering…how many of you have a picture in your computer picture file named “toilet.jpg”?
Or how about this with a picture of what looks like a mother (that would be me) cutting off her son’s ear. It’s just that maybe someday I’ll blog about how to give a boy a haircut. I have a whole file of these kind of pics, oh yes I do.
Here we have a creation our oldest came up with one day while snapping green beans. I happen to think it takes a lot of talent for a child to spell his name with long green vegetables and I wanted to remember the moment forever.
Ah yes the classic black banana picture. Hey, I had some really deep insights to talk about and needed a picture to illustrate.
Check it out. The whey has separated from the curd.
A funnel, a balloon and some lentils. A memory to last a lifetime.
Fuzzy balls with googly eyes. I think I got these centered very well in this picture. I’m not bragging or anything, but I must say it takes talent to take such an amazing shot. I mean, no matter where you are, it’s like the eyes are looking right at you. Okay, not really. But I made you go back and look again, huh?
Don’t even ask me how this shot made it’s way into my picture file.
I did not take this picture. I do believe it’s time to delete it. Yes?
This is what happens when you let your son pretend that your fifty pound wheat bag is a pinata. Note to self (and to whomever it may concern): When a wheat bag is hit with the blunt end of a light saber…it spews forth a steady stream of wheat. All over the kitchen floor.
Well, that was fun. And completely pointless.
Oh but you just wait. Not only am I planning to take pictures of my “dumping out the potato container” experience…I may even video tape it.
As I complete my crazy picture file tour I have just one last thought: I sure hope I take as many pictures of my children as I do of my casseroles.
love the pics! you have to be ready for any post you want to write, right? I remember when my hubby laughed at me for taking a picture of my (homemade) bread. first,it was my very first attmept and it turned out great. and second, it was for my blog. and he thought it was great. :) i’ll be looking for that how to cut a boy’s hair post!!
O Praise the LORD!!!!! I’m not the only one that takes those kinds of pictures!!!
You are blessed and highly favored!
My friends and children continually mock me and my camera. Thankfully, my husband still thinks it’s cool.
Now that I have a blog I take pictures of everything too! My kids think it is hilarious, but they humor me anyway!
I’m glad I’m not the only one whe does this. My hubby thinks I’m insane. The kids are like “Mom!!! I don’t want these on your blog or facebook!!!!!” I lie and say I won’t, of course I do though. Yeah, delete that scary guy one. :)
I can completely relate. Recently, my husband asked me why I was taking a photo of my cinnamon-sugar shaker!! I actually have a folder in my photos titled “blog stuff”!!
I’m so relieved to know that I’m not the only person taking the strangest pics! My boys (hubby too, I expect) think I’ve gone crazy. They’d be mortified if they knew I’d taken a pic of my desk to demonstrate untidiness, or just one of the many ironing piles I have strewn around the house. You have to have before and after pics though don’t you?
Thanks for making me smile and taking my mind off my worries for a while.
As the youngest of four children, I always noticed that our childhood photo collections included many of my oldest sibling, then in gradual decreasing numbers with the other two, down to hardly any of me. I understand now, that the novelty of every little moment gets lost as time goes by. It’s not hard to accept that there are more pictures of the older kids than of me.
I just never figured on kids having to accept the fact that there are more pictures of potatoes or sneakers or casseroles than of the kids…
See what you can do about that, will you? Make sure your boys don’t take second place to a garbage can of potatoes. :)
Too funny, Laura. Wow, but you make us laugh!
My blog has become an electronic scrapbook of sorts that includes pics of kids as well as empty corn cobs ;-)
And I’ll have to fwd this to a photo-nut friend =)
Oh, please tell me about cutting boys hair. And about scissors. I’ve been cutting my sons hair -sometimes it looks better than the barber’s job, and sometimes it doesn’t. And now my scissors are dull…what to do?
I am totally impressed with a name spelled out with green beans!!
The weird one of the tribal guy (?) might come in handy if your kids ever talk about getting tattoos or piercings. Just a thought…
:)
Laura,
I totally want to see a post about cutting boys hair- with pictures!! I have been cutting my boys hair but only with clippers- not brave enough for scissors. Please oh please post about this!
Thanks for the laugh! (And I do have a “toilet” picture from when my 2yo got it stuffed full of toys and daddy had to pull it up to clear it.)
I love this post so much. I have the STRANGEST photos that I have taken exclusively for my blog. Having all boys sure does make things interesting.
Case in point: http://www.suzyqhomemaker.com/blog/my-son/
I am ROLLING here. Every time I pull out the camera, Hubba says “You gonna blog about that?”
I have pictures of my dinner plate, my son eating every.bite.of an ice cream cone (or most of them anyway), my ferments, my whey draining, cases of blueberries, a glass of iced tea, smoothies & people I don’t even know….. I could go on & on, but I think you understand!
LOLOL!!
Haha…love the pics. My husband says the same about my blog pics when he comes across my camera that has 15 pics of the dinner we had the night before. A sure sign of a blogger.
Keep ’em coming, its nice to see that we are all normal :-)
My hubby is still not used to me taking pictures of our food. I canned tomatoes for my first time at my grandmother’s so she could supervise this weekend, and when I wanted to take pictures of my finished product, they thought I should stand behind it, like a normal person would for the scrapbook. They didn’t get that I only wanted a picture of the food!! ;)
I have been following you for a bit. Yes following. Not stalking. ; P I’m sure you get posts daily about some crazy woman who thinks she’s your long lost twin. haha Well, I’m afraid there are many of us out there who take pictures of the craziest things, food being on the TOP of my priority list. So keep on clicking, sister!! Keep on clicking!! Cause we’re loving it!!