If you link to my blog and I DON’T have you listed on my sidebar linkies, would you kindly leave a comment here with your URL (link address) so I can consider adding you?

I say “consider” because if you’re pron, a sicko (not in the physical sense, but the mental), don’t regularly post (why give my readers, all 3 of them, a dead link), post pictures or text that might be considered offensive by the majority of my readers (again, all 3 of them, so that’s a tight margin and not very good odds), a better photographer than me that I don’t know in person (really, why would I want to point out that I’m not as good as I think I am, hmm?), don’t linkie to me or someone I just don’t want to link to then I won’t add the link.

That’s pretty simple, isn’t it?

Maybe I already have everybody (all 3 of you) that reads me (and my poor comment section will remain neglected).

Poor, poor section.

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Oh, the name :) I thought I had explained the name on my blog before, but I just looked and it seems I hadn’t… just posted the logo. I get asked that all the time and wish I had a fun story, but I don’t. It was quite the process going over all sorts of possible words and phrases. Somewhere, probably still in moving boxes from over a year ago, there are scratch papers with ideas written then scribbled out.

My actual name is already taken by an comedic actress and a girl involved in a murder (two different people, not a murdering actress), so using my name plus ‘photography’ was out. Besides, our last name gets butchered all the time as Hudson, Hodgkins, Hobson and Hubson so I didn’t want to worry about spelling over and over (see my side bar on baby names to get my drift).

Two worded phrases that I thought might work were already being used (Hocus Focus anyone?), so I had to go with three and do a search to make sure the three don’t come up in an existing business.

I have a beef about mispelling on purpose too: Kim’s Kreations, Krazy Kar Korner (isn’t that an actual business name in Utah somewhere?), Foto To Go, Sooper Sweaty (you catch what I’m throwing here, don’tcha?)

Although I don’t believe in being lucky (like Harpo, “I feel that luck is preparation meeting opportunity”), I like the word a lot. When I see it written or hear someone say it I get happy inside – it’s a happy word. I love the color red, not so much to wear but to look at and decorate with (considered using “rosso” instead of red but figured I’m not Italian, nor do I speak Italian, so that went out the window). My very first eBay purchase years ago was a 41′ wooden rooster from Africa (I had a thing for roosters but it’s not like I want a bunch of rooster stuff all over my house), but I’m a girl so I adapted to use hen (chick didn’t flow) instead of rooster.

Since the name story is so boring, maybe you could come up with a better one? When someone asks me, “How did you come up with your name?” I could have something much clever to say! Add it to the comments and we’ll vote to see which one is the best. Come on, let’s play…

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Last time I went to a Beauty School for a Do, it turned out FANTASTIC. But that gal (Kylie) has graduated (both from HS and Beauty School) so I have to start all over.

Fortunately, Bridgette, Mark + Owen are here unexpectedly for a few days vacation. Unfortunately that means that we decided it’d be a good time to get the family picture taken (sans Bryant + Brad since they’re in Chile for another year) for the folks’ annual Christmas letter with picture. Now, I don’t mind getting my pic taken. I hope I don’t look fatter than I am (some angles are just not flattering as others – and I’m not saying I’m FAT, so don’t patronize me by trying to convince me that I have a fantastic figure – spare me), but I try to give it my Alma Mater best.

Which is a little tangent I’d like to share for a sec…

It’s better to have pictures of you TRYING to look good than you grimacing, hand in face, turning away, yelling “Don’t take my picture!” or running from the camera. Practice in the mirror, turn your PnS (point-n-shoot) on Timer and let it click away while you move around and check out all the possible poses to find the most flattering.

You might say, “But I don’t have make-up on,” or “I’m too fat.” You know, it is what it is… get over it and take a picture. Then you’ll have pictures to compare your BEFORE and AFTER looks and appreciate them each for what they are.

Pictures are cool… you should have some of yourself, if not for you then for your family, friends, kids, husband, wife (hopefully you don’t have both of those) or 11 o’clock news. You never know when you might be on the news (Ben and I were on our first date).

P.S. If you’re an iPhone lovah, click the iPhone link at the top of the page for a video. I love that guy!

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