just in case i forget later

I bought this filter for my camera and I keep questioning myself about this filter because I don’t know a damn thing about them. I remember back in the day if I used a red filter with black and white film it made the picture sharper. That’s it.

So I was suckered into buying this filter, because the guy showed me a couple of tricks with it. I’m a total impulse buyer. “ooooh look, sour apple gum!”

This is the shot before with the polarizer on the light side.

EXACT same picture with the polarizer rotated to the dark side.

Cool huh?

Anyway..spent the day with the ex and kids and went to Six Flags Marine World. I know, I know…”How could she spend the day with him after all the shit?”
Well, 2 little girls that don’t go on rollercoasters and two older kids that do.
In order for them to all have a good day you have to have two adults to split up the fun stoppers and the extreme rollercoaster riders.

I’m glad I went too. If I didn’t go I would have missed getting pictures of Shea feeding a giraffe! OMG.

I would have missed a killer whale splashing half of the audience…I swear, that never gets old!

I wouldn’t have gotten to see this adorable dolphin come up the window of the tank and play with Alyx and Shea.

I would have missed getting to run from roller coaster to roller coaster with my 12 year old daughter at the end of the day to try to get in ‘just one more ride’

to view the pictures click HERE

I spent the whole day hanging out with my step son (Dan’s son from his girlfriend before he met me) and we talked. We talked more yesterday then we ever did when I was married to his dad. This is the child I held when he was just a baby, the little boy we spent every other weekend with for over 10 years. He has always been afraid of me because he knows that if he spends any time with me he is going to be asked a million questions by his mom and it’s best just to ignore me and be able to say, “I didn’t talk to her.”
I totally understand where he’s coming from and I don’t blame him. Yesterday though…was probably the best day I have ever had with him and I totally owe it all to Shaun’s son, Tyler.
I have bonded with Tyler so fast that I call him my son. We talk about everything. We talk school, video games, books, girls, tv, computer…everything. I spent yesterday treating Ryan just like I treat Tyler.

At one point in the trip I said, “I’ve missed hanging out with you Ryan.” and he just sort of shuffled to the right and then the left.
I said, “This is the part where you say, ‘I’ve missed hanging out with you too!’ and you give me a hug.”
and he just laughed.
I joked, “Okay, I’ll just call your mom and say, ‘me and Ryan had SOOOOOO much fun today! we talked about EVERYTHING!'”
He got this horrified look on his face and said, “I have missed hanging out with you too Kris.” and he gave me a hug.

On the way home I drove because Dan got sick and Ryan sat up front with me. We talked all the way home. 2 hours of talk with him. I swear I don’t think if we added up all the hours we spent talking in the past 14 years it would add up to 2 hours.

Good times.