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Sometimes, you just have to push through it

August 21, 2019 By: Nanette

Ever notice how when you want something, I mean REALLY WANT something, everything gets in your way?

I wanted so badly to enter the Sony Alpha Creator in Residence Grant.

It took me weeks but I had my essay finally done after about 4 or 5 redos. The budget was done after a handful of refinements. I was finally somewhat ok with the results.

Then an unplanned trip came up which took me away for a week. Unfortunately, it was a week filled with headaches, migraines, anxiety and depression. That was a tough one to get through but I did.

I knew I’d need to get the video done while on my trip so I took my mini video camera with me so I could record, fresh batteries and all and yes, I checked it before I left. Somewhere between packing it and getting to my destination, a 6 hour drive it decided to die. I pulled it out, hit the power button and nothing.

I changed out the batteries and nothing.

Needless to say this got me all frazzled, now what was I going to use? Nobody else had a video camera I could use and even if they did, I didn’t have a laptop or anything to take the file home with me.

OK, so that’s that right?

Nope, not going to happen.

I grabbed my sister and my cell phone and recorded it that way. Not the best option, in fact, it’s probably the worst option ever but it would be a video vs. not doing one at all and being eliminated immediately for not having completed all the requirements.

Fine. At least, I had a video I could work with.

So after the week away, I got home and had less than 48 hours to edit my video, upload it and complete my online application.

I opened my video program and uploaded my video. Yay progress!

Nope.

My video program decides it doesn’t want to cooperate. Have you ever had your video editing program just decide it’s not going to cooperate? It isn’t fun is it? Especially when you are on a time crunch?

OK, Finally my video program takes my video. Progress!

I got it edited. Progress!

Uploaded it to YouTube. Progress!

Yes, finally things are starting to turn around here.

Or so I thought.

Watched the video before I submitted it just to make sure it looked ok and nope.

My volume was too low and there was just no way to make it loud enough.

I feel like Charlie Brown yelling at this point, “AAAUGH!!!”

I even texted my husband, “that’s it, I’m done. I give up”.

I’ve got less than 36 hours now before the official deadline.

I can’t give up. I have to do this. I have to finish what I started.

“Just one more time. Don’t give up. Just try.” That’s all I kept telling myself over and over again.

So I got my cell phone out, stood by a window, grabbed a teddy bear to hold just to get me through it and recorded it again and again till I got it all in one shot. I don’t have time to fight with the editor again.

Uploaded it and the volume was fine.

It’s time, time to get that online application done. I entered my essay, my budget, my images and my video and then I did what I have been wanting, needing to do – I hit submit!

UGH, life just had to throw every stinkin’ monkey wrench it could find at me. But it’s done.

I did it and I’m proud of me.

Win or not, I’m proud I pushed through all the hard stuff and did it!

ToyStory 4 Free Printable Coloring Pages and Activities

June 18, 2019 By: Nanette

Are your kids as excited as we are for the upcoming release of ToyStory 4 this Friday, June 21, 2019? Personally, I’m excited to see how ToyStory4 unfolds and to see our ToyStory friends again. We’ve been staying away from watching the trailers, etc. because my daughter wants to be totally surprised when we watch ToyStory4. So I have to post this when she’s not looking.

How about your kids? Do they watch the trailers? Are they beyond ready to see ToyStory4 in the theater?

Free ToyStory 4 Printables!

Well, they only have to wait just a few more days. To help build even more anticipation for them, I’ve got some fun, free ToyStory 4 printables for you – games, recipes, and coloring pages!

Go ahead download them all!

ToyStory4 Memory Game Cards

ToyStory4 Road Trip Bingo Game Cards

ToyStory4 Bo Peep Maze

ToyStory4 Coloring Pages

ToyStory4 Road Trip Snack Recipes

If you have an Instagram account and share their creative ToyStory4 coloring pages on IG tag me @AMomBlog. I’d love to see your children’s artwork.

Cinderella Celebrates 70th Anniversary

June 17, 2019 By: Nanette

Cinderella is just one of those timeless classics we all grew up with and now it is celebrating it’s 70 Anniversary with a new release on Blu-Ray+DVD+Digital. I was provided with a copy to enjoy with my family.

In honor of its upcoming 70th anniversary, the timeless animated classic, Cinderella, waltzes into the highly celebrated Walt Disney Signature Collection and the hearts of a whole new generation. The enchanting tale, which showed us that dreams really do come true — and inspired countless fans to reenact the Royal Ball and Cinderella’s infamous midnight dash — arrives home Digitally in HD and Movies Anywhere on June 18, and on Blu-ray™ and DVD on June 25.

The Anniversary Edition of “Cinderella” offers two all-new extras: “Cinderella” trivia and fun facts, hosted by Ruth Righi and Ava Kolker from Disney Channel’s “Sydney to the Max,” and “In Walt’s Words: Enhanced Edition,” a special edition of “Cinderella” featuring fascinating production details, original storyboards, archival photos, thumbnail sketches and transcripts throughout the feature film. Hours of classic bonus material celebrates the masterful animation, memorable music and long-lasting impact of “Cinderella,” showcasing Walt Disney’s core group of animators, the art of Disney Legend Mary Blair, the original demo recording of the film’s title song and Cinderella’s iconic glass slipper.

Recently added to the prestigious National Film Registry, the animated classic centers on kind and hardworking Cinderella, who is ordered around by her cruel stepmother, her awful stepsisters — even the big clock in the church tower tells her when to start another day of drudgery. But they can’t stop her from dreaming, and Cinderella has faith that someday her wishes will come true. When an invitation to the royal ball arrives, Cinderella is sure her time has come — until her stepsisters, with the encouragement of Lady Tremaine, tear her gown to shreds. Just when Cinderella believes all is lost, her Fairy Godmother appears, and with a wave of her wand and “Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo,” transforms an ordinary pumpkin into a magnificent coach and Cinderella’s rags into a gorgeous gown, then sends her off to the Royal Ball. But Cinderella’s enchanted evening must end when the spell is broken at midnight. It will take the help of her daring animal mice friends and a perfect fit into a glass slipper to create the ultimate fairy tale ending.

“Cinderella” is the ninth title to join the Walt Disney Signature Collection, which includes groundbreaking films created or inspired by the imagination and legacy of Walt Disney, featuring timeless stories and characters that have touched generations. The film takes its place alongside “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Beauty and the Beast,” “Pinocchio,” “Bambi,” “The Lion King,” “Lady and the Tramp,” “Peter Pan” and “The Little Mermaid.”

Walt Disney’s live-action Cinderella will also be released on 4K for the first time on June 25.

BONUS FEATURES ON BLU-RAY & DIGITAL:

*NEW BONUS

  • Try This Trivia on for Size – Join Ruth Righi and Ava Kolker from Disney Channel’s Sydney to the Max and put your knowledge of Cinderella to the test.
  • In Walt’s Words: Enhanced Edition – Watch the movie and gain some insight into its production with storyboards, archival photos, sketches and transcripts.

CLASSIC BONUS

  • Diane Disney Miller “Cinderella” Film Intro – In this introduction to the animated classic, Diane Disney Miller describes how Cinderella helped launch a studio renaissance.
  • The Real Fairy Godmother – Learn about the real-life inspiration for the Fairy Godmother: Mary Alice O’Connor, wife of Disney layout artist Ken O’Connor.
  • Behind the Magic: A New Disney Princess Fairyland – Discover how Imagineers created a Fantasyland at Walt Disney World featuring each of the Disney Princesses.
  • The Magic of the Glass Slipper – World-famous shoe designer Christian Louboutin creates a very exclusive “Glass Slipper” in honor of a beloved Disney classic.

THE ART OF CINDERELLA

  • Concept Art – View a gallery of concept art from the feature’s production.
  • Character Model Sheets – View a gallery of character model sheets from the feature’s production.
  • Story Sketches – View a gallery of story sketches from the feature’s production.
  • Live-Action Reference – View a gallery of photos taken from live-action footage shot as a reference for the animated feature.
  • Pencil Animation – View a gallery of pencil animation from the feature’s production.
  • Behind-the-Scenes Stills – View a gallery of behind-the-scenes stills from the feature’s production.
  • Feature Stills – View a gallery of stills from the feature.

MUSIC AND MORE

  • “Cinderella” Title Song
  • “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes”
  • “Oh, Sing Sweet Nightingale”
  • “The Work Song”
  • “So This Is Love”

*Bonus features may vary by retailer

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