Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
The Miller's wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Remember Alyson... Two years ago today Alyson lost her fight with Osteosarcoma. She was a wonderful person that fought a good fight. She was an inspiration and we still miss her very much. Rest in peace. Stand on your head to take better pictures?
Here's an article I found rather interesting, posted on Yahoo!Tech page.
By Christopher Null, Yahoo!Tech writer Get Better Portraits by Turning Your Camera Upside Down? File under oddity: Website Digital Camera University says that you can take better portraits (that is, pictures of people's faces) if you turn your digital camera upside down. Why? It has to do with the location of the flash: Since it's mounted above the lens it creates slight shadows by the way the light bounces off the lines on your subject's face, which makes wrinkles and blemishes look more noticeable than they should. By turning the camera upside down, the light (now coming from beneath the lens) hits the face at a slightly different angle, creating a slightly different image. That's the theory, anyway. Looking at the close-up on the site's sample images you can indeed see the difference the writer is talking about if you look at the lines around the model's eyes fairly closely. But I tried it myself to make sure this wasn't a hoax. When shooting an adult face, it was very clear that the upside-down tip did indeed reduce the appearance of lines. The crease around the mouth was noticeably less visible in the upside-down shot I tried than in the regular portrait. However, there was one unintended side effect: The upside-down shot made her face look much redder than it should have, for reasons I can't explain. I also tried the trick on my four-year-old daughter, but since she is not yet jaded and beaten down by the cruel world, she doesn't have facial lines. I couldn't tell the difference between the side-by-side shots of her. As the linked site itself notes, the effect is subtle and difficult to see, but it does exist. Is it something I'll do regularly? Probably not, unless repeated portraits keep turning out badly. But it's a neat little party trick that you ought to try at least once when snapping a shot of grandma. Don't know if this will work, but I'll try anything if it makes 'some' folks look better (no, I'm not pointing anyone out) Crazy Christmas LightsWizards In Winter - Trans-Siberian OrchestraThis ought to get you in the mood for Christmas!!! (no, this is NOT my house, though it would be neat if it was:-) ) Christmas Lights synchronized to "Wizards in Winter" by The Trans-Siberian Orchestra Dance your heart out Mady!Our niece Madyson auditioned for a part in the Florida Dance Theatre's rendition of The Nutcracker. The performance was held at the Polk Theatre in Lakeland. It was a great show with lots of talent. Unfortunately, my pictures of Mady dancing didn't come out very well, but here's a few pics from after the show with her being asked for an autograph - I guess it's time to start a Mady Fan Club!   
Graphic photo - accidentA friend sent this photo of a horrible highway accident in Germany. The picture may be kind of hard to take for some of you. If you look closely you can see what appear to be some survivors of the accident still in the wreckage. Although the picture is quite graphic, it makes you realize how quickly our loved ones can be taken from us. My friend stayed on the scene to help and even though he performed Mouth to mouth on quite a few of them, none apparently survived.  Terrible... Ok, not really, but I thought it was funny :-) Women take to grilling...plank grilling
Here's a recent article from the Happy Cookers Group about women and grilling. This actually sounds like a great way to cook, though I'll just use the grill since Susan would probably burn the house down. :-)
Women take to grilling You'd think women would embrace their freedom from cooking once they've introduced their men to the grill.Not so.The number of outdoor female grillers is up 20 percent from just a few years ago, according to the 2005 Weber GrillWatch Survey conducted for Weber-Stephens Products Co. in Palatine, Ill.Women are hot for the heat for several reasons said Karen Adler, co-author of "The BBQ Queens' Big Book of Barbecue."Women who have their own apartments enjoy entertaining, and grilling is part of that. And if they were brought up on a Foreman grill, they know the pleasures of a crust-coated burger.What are women preparing?Food grilled on wood, said Adler, who runs an online barbecue business in Mission, Kan. "Planking is one of the hottest new trends," she added.Purchase a fancy grilling plank at specialty stores. Or make your own.Any clean, 1-inch thick piece of untreated wood will work; cedar, oak, cherry and apple are popular choices. Soak the wood plank in water for at least an hour, so the plank will withstand the heat of the grill without burning.Most any food you grill can be prepared on a plank: fish, chicken, small roasts. Cuts of meat that require quick, high heat, such as steaks and chops, are better off on the metal grill.One of Adler's favorite "planked" recipes for the holidays is Brie with cranberry chutney. Just place a wheel of Brie cheese on a wooden grill plank. Place the plank on the grill's grid over low heat just until the cheese begins to melt. Top with cranberry chutney and arrange crackers on the side. Holiday Ice Exhibit - Orlando
Every year the Gaylord Palms Hotel in Orlando presents an "Ice Exhibit" featuring carved ice "art". I have to say it was quite interesting and not to mention..COLD! They keep this area 9 degrees F. BRRRRRR. Here's some pics.
    
Mik Turns 12!!!!
Here's a little slideshow of pics from Mikayla's Birthday Party. It's hard to believe she's 12 now...where does the time go!
  Oh, this is easy mom, who say's you can't drive with your eye's closed...
Jeremy cruising the strip. (Everyone out there driving around need to watch out for this guy :-0)
There goes the light bill..
Here's a couple of pics of our Christmas tree and Christmas lights on the house. I wanted to show them now before half the lights blow out. I spent 2 whole day's last week just putting these darn things up. (I know, I know, you folks are SOOOO impressed)
Ba humbug.  
ANOTHER 'WOOT OFF' TODAY!!!!
Once again, WOOT.COM is doing a WOOT-OFF! Better check it out, you might miss something nice, you know, Christmas gifts for me....
http://www.woot.com And, here's a couple of nice auto-refresher's specifically for wootoffs. This is a good way not to miss anything. http://www.oddpic.com/wootoff/index.html http://smoothdesigners.com/woot/index.html CYA Excuse me, could you tell me the time?
I came across this site the other day and found it to be quite interesting. This is a clock that a hand scribbles the number and erases it, then rewrites it as the time changes. Where do people come up with this stuff? Click the link belowand watch time go by...
http://beeks.eu/swf/handclock.swf
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