Denial : it ain't just a river in Egypt

Facebook again! All my kids are on my friends list. I sign in one day, and see a great pic of Stevie, tagged and linked to one of his friends facebook accounts.The thing is, it's not quite a pic, it looks like it might have been sketched, but it's too perfect for that, so with Reginas permission [Thanks Regina!] I'll blog this pic.......Stevie and one of his friends, Regina :

It turns out this pic was taken to Photoshop, and had a pencil sketch process used on it [I have the baby of Photoshop.....Photoshop Elements,...and I'll go look and see if it has that option.] This pic just spoke to me, I Loved it [and not just because that's my baby there, I'm not prejudiced oh, no ]
Well, ain't THAT a kick in the head! I wanted to try the technique used on the above pic, and discovered a slew of editing options in photoshop elements.Unfortunately, I don't use P.E enough to be conversant with it:

2:00 pm: Get an idea to import a pic to P.E, and use the same technique on it...how hard can it be? [snort]
2:01 pm: Hi, Stevie,how are ya? Laundry time! Get my load out of the dryer quick.
2:10 pm: Let oil guy into the basement to bleed the system, so he can re-start it. Being on the Budget plan means NOT running out of heating oil. We've only been with this company for 19 years, it's probably our fault.The Bastids.
2:15 pm: Oh,yeah, P.E! Find a pic!
2:17 pm: AHA! Found it! [it gets worse from here, finding it was the easy part. I cheated. I posted the pic to an aol message board a few weeks ago, and apparently I haven't lost my mind yet.]
2:21 pm: Try to import image to P.E.
2:31 pm: Take cell phone pics of Tony and Stevie laughing at a stupid video, and get sidetracked, wondering how much I can get them to pay me NOT to blog those pics.
2:41 pm: Still trying to figure out how to import the damn pic to P.E. Where the hell is the EASY button?
2:55 pm: talk to loopies about stock pots.You know, my biggest pot is 16 qts, that is one Big pot. Oh,wait...import image to P.E. HOW ????
3:05 pm: Coffee! Yes!!!!
3:06 pm: How the hell did I do this last time?
3:13 pm: YEAH! Drag and drop baby, that's it!!!
3:14 pm: resize the photo
3:15 pm: ah, here we go.Wait, what? that looks NOTHING like Reginas' pic! And WHY, when I click on a technique, does the photo revert to original size? I saved the resized photo, what the Hell??? Realize nothing I am doing is saving the correct photo size. Damn.
3:31 pm: Go start a game of Mahjong at Pogo.
3:32 pm: Txt Steve with a stupid thing to make him laugh.Hope he has the sense not to let anyone see it :X
3:33 pm: 333, isn't that the sign of de debbil? No,wait,that's 666.Which it will be before I figure this damn thing out.
4:01 pm: I figured out the layer thingie, but not the actual technique that Regina used.
4:20 pm: Gimme a break, gim-me a break, break me off a piece of that KIT KAT bar!
5:01pm: Where's the damn remote?
5:21pm: Just for kicks, Google "Photoshop elements,how to import a pic"
5:22 pm: ::::Head smack::::
5:24 pm: Give up, and start a bloggie

It takes a LOT of hard work to be this clueless, I will have you know. I can deny it all I want....when it comes to computer operations, I'm your gal. Anything to do with pics, or the manipulation thereof? Not so much.


February 28th:
-Happy Birthday Mnon!!
-National Kazoo Day
- Clash Day
- Rattle Snake Round-Up Day

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