Jamie Lindtner

It was 70 degrees today...  in Pennsylvania.  in November.  Ya'll..  70 blooming degrees.  I. Will. Take. It.  It was lovely.  And the kids were off, cause you know..  voting and all.  So we headed north to my mom's house, met up with my sister and her bundle of kids that she nanny's for and spent the afternoon at the park. The weather was perfection.  Blue Skies.  And the leaves..  Oh, the lovely, inviting, glorious, shimmering fall leaves.. candy to my eyes.  I was so glad I had my camera with me.  I love taking portrait pictures.  I love looking at my surroundings..  the colors, the scene...  and shooting real life.  I'm not too much of a pose..er...  for shooting..  I shoot as life happens.  I shoot pics as my kids play..  as we hike...  as they interact..  I see a moment..  call their attention.  and Wah.. Lah..  a moment captured for eternity. ...

So, I think October won.  October definitely had me beat.  Worn out and tired, I can feel the cold weather blah's coming on and October was not productive.  I feel like I trudged through last month in a fog and it's time to get a hold of things and pull back out of it.  So, November here I come and I plan to win.   For Starters, November means getting back  to the Y and exercising.  I had glorious plans of getting into shape, losing some added pounds, pouding the pavement..  I mean, both my kids are in school ALL day now.. I have hours upon hours to exercise and it JUST. HAS. NOT. HAPPENED.  And I could beat myself up over it.  In fact, the jeans getting tighter are doing a fine job of that themselves.. Instead, I'm hitting the Y this month and setting a goal again of 30in30.  I did this a while ago - with running..  30 miles  of running in 30 days..  I'm no where ready to be running 30 miles this month, ...