casting, casting!

well, we have our first, and hopefully only, cast at our house!  knock on wood!  while i was out of the room, my kids decided to play on the flip out bed.  ya know, the bed that comes out of a sleeper sofa....the ones with a really cool hiding spot underneath them when they are pulled out?  well, my daughter, jamie, was under the bed pushing the mattress up with her feet and my son, ben, was on top of the bed and jumped right where she was pushing up on the mattress.  he landed right where one of her legs was!  well, she would not walk on it, but could move it, so i didn't think it was broken.  this happened on saturday morning, so we decided we would just watch her over the weekend and see if she was milking it or if she was really hurt.  you know how kids are sometimes.  well, come monday morning, she still would not walk so i took her to blue ridge bone and joint.  they have an awesome walk-in clinic i found out about.  anyway, after the xrays, the doctor said he couldn't see a fracture, but there was definite swelling and fluid around her knee.  he said there could be broken cartilage that won't show up on the xray or it could be her tendons, or it could be a small fracture that they can't see.  so, to be safe, he wanted to put a cast on her that she has to wear for ten days.  i think i was in shock while they were talking about the cast....it hadn't even occurred to me that she may need a cast!  they let her pick out the color and she of course got hot pink!  it's pretty!  but, she can not put any weight on it for ten days, so i am having to carry her everywhere.  luckily she is a small almost four year old....she weighs 30lbs.  with that cast on, it feels more like 40!  but, she is taking it like a trooper!  she wasn't even scared at the doctor while they were putting it on.  this is a little girl who also doesn't shed even a tear when she gets shots.  she is one tough cookie!  so, my next ten days will be spent taking care of and snuggling with my little girl....and i have to say, i don't mind!  i plan to snuggle, watch movies, carry her back and forth to the bathroom, and maybe get some photography business stuff underway.  she also has a fever and a cough, so she is laying pretty low, which makes it a little easier to keep her resting!  she is one that is always on the go and into everything!  so, here are some pics of jamie in her hot pink cast!  hopefully the only one we will ever have.....knock on wood again! 

   

facebook

i love facebook.  i mean i LOVE facebook.  but, i find it annoying sometimes that now with facebook in my life and in my head, i find myself living my life as facebook status updates.  as i am doing stuff throughout the day, i find myself thinking of the facebook status i would write about it.  now, this isn't consant, but happens pretty often, i admit!  but, before facebook existed in my world, i never had thoughts like this.  it has definitely changed my brain!  i do love facebook though!  i have been able to connect with family from all over the world!  now that is amazing!  family that i haven't seen in 20 years and some that i have never even met!  what a wonderful tool facebook is!  i think it is awesome that it can really help with people's businesses as well!  it has also been amazing to find friends from high school as well as elementary school.  i am a navy brat, so we moved about every three or four years.  so, i was ALWAYS the new kid at school.  that was hard.  it was also hard to leave friends behind.  i have found many people from elementary school on facebook and that has been neat!  i am amazed that people even remember me.  well, i remember them, so guess they would remember me, especially with a last name like Rehbein!  i was watching the movie "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" with my husband at the movie theater and during that part where the red headed newlywed and her husband come into the picture.....i said "i went to elementary school with her!" she was always in the school plays.  i remembered that she was very nice.  anyway, i found her on facebook and that has been neat to talk to her!  check her out....maria thayer!
 i got to move around alot!  i was born in portsmouth, virginia, then we moved to longmont,colorado to live with my grandparents while my dad was on a ship for a year. we then we moved to sandy, utah; then  ft. ord, california; then apple valley, minnesota; and finally, cary, north carolina.  after that i went to appalachian state university in boone, north carolina and then moved to asheville, north carolina with a friend after graduation!  i have since married and now live in fairview, north carolina which is just about 5 minutes from asheville!  i love it!  we live out in the country on family land.  it is beautiful out here!  i am finding that i love the country life. i grew up in neighborhoods, so it has definitely been an adjustment for me to live out here.  we were driving by in the area one night while our house was being built so we decided to stop by and look at the progress.  we got out of the car and it was SO dark.  i just couldn't believe how dark it was!  it gave me the creeps and i had to get back in the car.  i felt like there were animals that could be anywhere looking at me!  i was scared.  we have lived here almost five years now and i have since settled in to the country life.  i have seen bears by our house and didn't freak out nearly as much as i thought i would.  it is weird to see a bear by your house though!  but, of course i ran and got the camera! 

been awhile....

well, as you can see, it has been awhile since i started this blog and did my first post!  oh well, here i am now.  let me see....well, what I did today was go to theclickproject at the  conn-artist studio and gallery  in hendersonville.  they are offering free informational sessions right now.  i  went to the session and it was actually really fun and informative!  met alot of nice people and made some great contacts!  one woman even lives in fairview and wants to get together to work on studio lighting....i learned alot there! i also met alot of really nice artists there including catherine vibert, laurie mccarriar and brennen mcelhaney.  the class was led by wendy outland who is a counsultant to visual artists as well as arts organizations.  she shared alot of great information!
 see, i got my tax id number the other day, finally! in saying finally, i mean that i have been trying to make myself pursue something in photography for awhile now.  i had a website  a few years ago, but chickened out and took it down.  i had even made business cards and put them out at a friend's store in biltmore village.  but then, i got scared that someone would actually call me!  talk about being a chicken.  guess it is the shyness in me.  so, here i am wanting to still pursue photography.....my true passion.  i mean i am addicted to photography.  it really makes me happy!  my eyes are constantly taking pictures as i go about my day.  it is nice, although does get annoying sometimes.  sometimes i wish i could just see the world as it is, without a photo in mind.  but, that is the way my mind works!  always snapping photos in my head!  ok...rambling.  anyway, i learned alot at this class i took today and am looking forward to moving forward in my new business venture!  I am going to take my time and do it the right way....do the research i need to and move forward from there!  but, i have a plan!  and i'm excited about it.....

August 1, 2011
posting.  posting. am i posting?  well, here it goes!  my first blog post!  I can't believe it! 
I notice that I use exclamation points alot! oops....i just did it again.  here, i will try not to use one.  it feels very weird not to use one.  anyway, I do notice that I use them alot.  I just like them!  :)