Just random stuff

I’m putting this picture up again for two reasons. Reason #1 is that it is so cute I don’t want it buried under several other posts. Really everyone should see it. Reason #2 is that Jeff took out her red-eye. He used the Gimp which is kind of like Photoshop, but it’s free. (See Jeff’s blog for a list of free, very useful programs.)

So how is everybody’s bracket coming along? So far I’ve picked 13 of 16 correctly. That’s pretty good, but history says it won’t last. I’m notorious for choking down the stretch.

Update on my book project:

I’ve mentioned that I am writing a book of baby songs. I am finished with the first draft, and it is currently at my editor. (You didn’t know I had an editor did you?) Hey Holly, did you know you were my editor?

Now I need pictures to illustrate the book. Below is a list of categories that the pictures should be about:

baby in the morning
baby with mommy
baby with daddy
baby with grandma
baby with grandpa
baby with aunts, uncles and cousins
baby with doggy
baby playing with toys
baby at church
baby taking a nap
baby as princess (girl)
baby as prince (boy)
baby getting a diaper change
baby in the bath
baby getting ready for bed

The size of the photo doesn’t really matter. I (or rather Jeff) can always make it meet my specifications. (Right, Jeff?) The only thing is that I would like the pictures to be of babies less than 1 year old. I would like 3 or 4 pictures per category. Thanks for your help.

Here is another cute picture of Rachel with a couple of her friends (two of my piano students).
Anybody besides me ecstatic to see the sun again? I was just about FINISHED with the rain. The Beatles summed up my feelings pretty will with this song:

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it’s all right

Little darling, it’s been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it’s all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it’s all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes…
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes…
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes…
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes…
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes…

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it’s been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it’s all right
It’s all right

My Project

So a week or so ago I began a project writing a book of songs for babies. I have now finished the first draft. I have written a total of 15 songs (14 of which are unique – two of the songs are nearly identical – one for baby girls and one for baby boys).

The next step is pictures. My plan is this, to put pictures of babies doing the things described in the song. I will leave a space blank on the page for the person who owns the book to put in a picture of their own baby doing whatever the song describes. For example, there is a bath-time song. I want three or four pictures of different babies in the bath, and there will be one space for the owner’s baby.

So basically I am asking for my friends and family who would like their baby’s picture in the book to let me know. I would like for this book to have pictures of babies less than 1 year old. I need the following:

baby in the morning
baby with mommy
baby with daddy
baby with grandma
baby with grandpa
baby with aunts, uncles and cousins
baby with doggy
baby playing with toys
baby at church
baby taking a nap
baby as princess (girl)
baby as prince (boy)
baby getting a diaper change
baby in the bath
baby getting ready for bed

If your baby is now older than one but you want their picture in the book, it is fine for pictures to be older. For that matter if you want your own picture in the book, I’ll take it so long as you were less than one when the picture was taken.

Thanks