From Housewife to Film Maker

After being a housewife/stay at home mom for 23 years and 8 children, I'm learning to be a film maker.

The detailed life of me, an entrepreneur Business woman/Mom . . . October 31, 2009

Details of my businessing and momming day . . .
-I took some pictures with my new, yes I’m defiantly keeping this camera, camera, more on that in a minute.
-researched to find classes for Final Cut Studio, this is one huge program sooooo, so much to learn a series of classes would help tremendously,
-went to school to eat lunch with Dan and Caleb. Well wasn’t that a surprise, they had a real code Yellow Lock down, that went to a code red and back to code yellow. So off to the depths of the kitchen to stand around in the dark and listen to teacher continually shoosh children. The police did finally let parents leave however the school was still in code yellow when I left. Have no idea what was going on, hopefully we’ll get an email filling in the blanks. I figured if the police were letting parents leave then there wasn’t anything life threatening. ie: no one toting guns, loaded with bullets.
-Now it was practically time to zing off to pick up the little ones I was going to care for from school, so I filled the small space by stopping by the bookstore on the way. I’m proud to announce that: I left without a book to my name. Or debit card. Nearly bought one though: The Undiscovered Self-The Dilemma of the Individual in Modern Society by Jung. It was a struggle. But I managed it. Lack of funds was a motivator here. Instead I wrote it in my handy, dandy, always in my purse, notebook. I’ll get it another time.
-Picked up little ones from their school. Picked up Dan and Cal from theirs. Went to the home of the ones I was taking care of.
-They played. I worked. Well worked a lot. Had to care for them and attend to them a lot too :) . Started researching Ebooks. Tired of looking into what to do with my blog for now. Besides, I need to look into Ebooks. We’re strongly considering having Red Book and Cotton available in this format. So it provided a nice diversion. Anyone that might know anything please fill me in. I’m starting on the bottom rung of this ladder. A very popular place for me to find myself for the last couple months wouldn’t you say?
-Left there in time to drop Cal and Dan with their dad and snap Zach up and cross town, just in time to sit down and watch the beginning of our movie: Gamer. Good movie. Thought provoking.
-Drop Zach home, come home start working.
-Enjoy an hour phone call with my friend John1, bitched about an earlier call with my mother, very cleansing ;) , nearly fall asleep, got up, to chat with you.
There, my day in 382 words. The continuing saga of the life of me, a woman, seriously committed to being a entrepreneur business woman with a solid business, AND serious about being a mom and assisting my children to be solid little beings on their way to being solid grown adults.

In the vain of “business woman”. I took pictures today of my Inspiration Board (I named this board something else, but do you think I can come up with that title right now) that I’ve been working on creating. It’s not finished and for good reason. I look for just the right person to add. And just the right picture. Here’s the picture I took, I wish it turned out better, it’s washed out, probably too much light. I even took it outside so their wouldn’t be a flash reflecting off the pictures:
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I made this board in order to have business people, mainly woman, that I admire always before me. If they could do what they did. I know I can do what I have a vision to create. Having this board in front of me keeps me inspired and motivated. I’ve either read their life stories or watched movies on their lives and often both, and to say the least they have each been very impressive. I have a few more that I want to add very badly. Julia Child’s being one. However, trying to find the picture is a bugger. I didn’t start this project with the intent to finish it right away. I wanted to have it be a very thoughtful process created with visual beauty. It really is very nice to look at when it’s not all washed out
Tomorrow I will list the woman and why I have picked them.

Now, it’s sleep time,
Love ya,
Theresa Jane
-psyched that tomorrow is Halloween, or today really since by the clock “tomorrow” is already here. Trick or Treat!! And please, don’t smell any feet!

 

Did I mention I’m an unpublished author . . . October 24, 2009

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dreamstimefree_5867618Okay, I have to share! Hope the “boss” isn’t looking”.
I was typing a comment to a fellow blogger in response to her post and I had a revelation. But before I go there, I need to prep you a little. Did I mention?? I’m writing a book? Well I am, an autobiography. Then I have two other smaller books that I’m writing too. Work on those here and there. But they aren’t books, like, you know, stories: fiction, non-fiction… But for the moment I’m not saying more than that. Why? Good question. Thinking… Thinking… Hummm… could be fear. Writers tend to get a little wonky about what their working on when it’s in a tender stage. Should I just blurt it out??? Pause… Thinking… I can’t. Just can’t. Not yet. Not right now. You’ll probably laugh when I finally do unveil what I’m working on. Wave your hand and say, “Phish, what was so fearful about sharing that?” Well, I’ll have to take that chance and I’m ready for the, “You’re silly” comments that will follow. Course I’m just now realizing this is kinda cool, kinda like a cliff hanger. Since I’m a writer it fits perfectly doesn’t it? Well. Now that I’ve thought of that I’m definatly not saying. You’ll have to just wait. Otherwise I would be left without a cliff hanger.

Goodness, just looked at the clock. Got to run. Getting my kids and going to Best Buy and Red Box for a movie, then back here to bake Duncan Hines Brownies and cook a meal to be eaten while watching said movie. TV dinner tonight! LOL.

Theresa Jane,
-who will be back, I promise!!!!!!!!

 

 
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