Excerpts from Jack and Jill » Your life. Your story.

Ok, I am starting to get with the times!! First Facebook and now Twitter! I have wondered myself what exactly everyone was talking about. What was this thing called “Twitter” and what was the point? With Twitter gaining attention in the news, and being mentioned on television shows, I figured it was time to bring it here to my blog.  I’m sure many of you will read this and think, “Huh? What in the heck is she talking about?”, but I know some of you will create an account and be sucked into the madness in no time!  You can thank me later.

According to Wikipedia, “Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.”
So, in plain English, you post what you are doing, what you are thinking, what you are planning…whatever you want to post…in 140 characters or less.  Those posts (tweets) are shared with the people that “follow” you.  They can keep up with what you have to say, and even reply to you (in 140 characters or less, of course!).  And you can follow people all over the world to see what they are tweeting about.

So, what IS the point?  Well, I guess it’s different for everyone.  Some people share about their personal lives, some use it as a networking tool for work, the media uses it to post news and connect with their readers/viewers, and businesses may use it to reach their clients or potential clients.  For me, I like connecting with other photographers around the world, and I want to follow all the great clients I have!  It’s also great to stay in touch with friends that live far away – then we can feel like we are still a part of each other’s daily lives.

You can update your Twitter feed on the web, or through one of the many available applications (most of them are free!).  You can also update through your cell phone (with some great applications for Blackberry and iPhone users).

The Twitter website has Help Resources for Getting Started and How-To Information.

And of course, follow me by clicking here!  – I’ll follow you back!
Do you Twitter?  Post your username in the comments!  Do you have other tweeps you love to follow?  Share those in the comments with us, too!  And if you have any questions about Twitter, just post those, to and we can try and help you out!

I still want to get my Twitter page all spruced up but hey at least it is up-one more thing to mark off of my list.

What a wonderful thing to do for such a great cause…

When I heard that Hunter was going to chop off 10+ inches of her hair (I actually think that she donated 14 inches) I volunteered to go along to document and to provide Hunter with a complimentary storyboard to showcase the event.  This was in June and by now I am sure that her hair has grown by leaps and bounds. Hunter has the most gorgeous hair, thick, natural curl and blond. Some people have it all! It was fun Hunter! Love the new look!!! Thanks for inviting me along… Click below to view the slide show!

WHAT IS LOCKS OF LOVE?

Locks of Love is a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada under age 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis. Find out more by clicking the link…Locks of Love…

We had some of the cutest and most original costumes this year. Thank you all for taking the time to come in and share them with me and with everyone else who visits the blog. I don’t think that I could pick a favorite and I am certainly glad that I did not have to pick a winner. The votes have been tallied and the first place winner is…drum roll please!

Emma Wedel, the little peacock! Congratulations Emma!

In a tie and tailing behind by just 2 votes were Owen Klug, the little duckie

And our little boxer…Rhen Galla!

I decided to give Owen and Rhen each a complimentary 8×10 as our runners-up!

Great job everyone! I look forward to next year to see what everyone comes up with.

Now back to MY regularly scheduled program…proofing and editing!

Finally! I can’t post a poll with as many entry’s as we have done in the past and I don’t want the job of narrowing down so we are going to vote pretty much like we did Halloween last year. Please click on YOUR favorite costume then scroll down to leve a comment there, Automatically the comments/votes will be tallied. Only one comment/vote per person please.

IMPORTANT: To vote for your winner click on your favorite costume and leave a comment!! You have until Sunday, midnight. I will tally votes and announce a winner Tuesday. The winner will receive a certificate for a Condensed Collection! Good luck to all of our adorable little ones! Send your friends and families to the blog to vote. Hurry!!! Only one vote per person please. I reserve the right to withdraw anyone who I feel isn’t playing fair.