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talby’s 6th birthday today.
wow…time flies.

and annie’s 3rd birthday was last week.
she was nervous to be the center of attention.
she even asked for talby to blow out her candles…too scared.

and my dad’s too.
he and i have matching iPods now.
but his doesn’t say “hot mama” on the back.

still borrowing kristin’s computer.
i miss my blog.
so much.
keep checking on me.
i may sneak over to my neighbor’s before wednesday.

kristin is so nice.
SO NICE!!!
i need to learn to be nicer like she is.
she has been letting me take her laptop home while annie is at preschool.
who does that?
she is SO NICE.
and look at her blog at that nut project.
it was too cool.

okay…with no pictures…i feel uniinteresting.
i miss iPhoto.
i mess with all my pictures
“enhancing” them.
so i feel bummed each time i look at my empty comptuer desk.
i have been begging to buy a laptop on credit
but my husband is such a good boy.
“we don’t do that honey”
ugh.

i have had lots of people ask me about my camera in the past
so i will tell you about that.
exciting right?
sorry.
i got this camera for christmas 2006.
my first time using digital anything.

it is a Canon Rebel XT.
it is the most basic of the SLR cameras.
we bought the body only through b&hphoto.com
i have read lots of other blogs about photography
and this was a place that had many recommendations.
we bought the body only
and purchased the lens separately so we could pick the one we wanted.
my lens is an EF 28 – 105.
i have no idea what all this means.
seriously.
craig did most of the research…he likes research.
i have no patience.
so he gave me choices…and i picked this lens.
i may pick another sometime…but this has been great.
really great.
so….does that answer your questions?
it’s the same camera that you can buy at target or walmart i think
but instead has a lens that is metal and not plastic…
and from what i am told….it’s all about the lens.
i love this camera.
but it is big…and bulky
and has tons of settings…and things to learn.
if you are interested in photography and want to get better and better
if it’s something you think about alot…
then maybe you should get a camera like this.
but if you want to carry it with you all the time (it won’t fit in your purse)
unless you are jana.
if you don’t like everyone noticing your big giant camera.
if don’t like a click sound for every photo…
this isn’t for you.
i have had a big SLR camera for many many years.
i prefer the big camera…big screen…big buttons.
i need it.

okay..that was long.

are you wondering what i read right away when i finally got my hands on a computer?
ree
tara
ali
karen
and my email of course.

a few good things about not having a computer…
i made an entire mini album (my first)
from our vacation
and i have talked to my husband face to face
instead of shouting from the computer desk to the couch the entire evening.
just kidding…it’s not that bad…usually.

well…i have to go return the computer.
sniff..sniff…
i will try not to cry
or make her wrestle me to get it out of my hands.

MY COMPUTER IS BROKEN!!

it’s so awful.

i am so addicted to it.

after 4 hours on and off hold and very little conversation with apple….

they told us to take it in to a service center.

boo hoo.

so then…they told us 10-14 days.

i said "i might die craig."

so…don’t forget about me.   

please.

this also means no pictures. 

and i have some really good ones to share.

AND…

i have been tagged by traci.

i am supposed to tell 7 random things about myself.

1. i have cavities in all my teeth. 

and i hate the dentist…(not as poeple but their job)

last year when i was told i had to get a root canal

i had emotional breakdown right there in front of the whole dental staff. 

it was ridiculous. 

i insisted on being put under or i couldn’t go through with it. 

i’d rather give birth…maybe.

2. in high school i had a fundraiser (with my friend tonya)

to raise money to cheer at the hula bowl in hawaii. 

it was called cow pie bingo…

we sold tickets for the squares on the ground

and when the cow pooped…if it went in your square…

you won!  i think the winner got ??? a cake? 

i can’t remember that part. 

how small town is that?

3. i adore will ferrell. 

i wish he was my friend.   

4. if i am flipping through channels and COPS is on…

i have to watch.  i am sucked in.

5. i don’t like football. 

i wish that i did. 

craig wanted me to go with him to the chiefs/packers game sunday

and i just couldn’t.  i knew i would be miserable…

i can’t sit still that long. 

he took scott instead.  it was a much better choice.

6.  i don’t like seafood.

none of it.

it smells bad and it feels so gross in your mouth.

to quote jim gaffigan "the best compliment you can say about fish is that doesn’t taste like itself…try the salmon…it’s not fishy"

7.  i almost can’t sleep if i can’t wrap my foot around craig’s ankle.

so that’s my 7 random things…

thank you to my neighbor amy for letting me use  her computer…

getting my fix.

you thought i was exagerating…didn’t you?
thank goodness for thursday night tv on dvr.
it made all that folding not seem so bad.
and i also made cupcakes and a birthday cake.

annie turns three on saturday.
she got to bring treats to pre-school.
she’s licking her lips.

i was smiling at my name on my latte today…i liked it.
i don’t know why.
this morning i got my haircut.
i LOVE to have my hair done.
it’s quiet…they wash your hair…it smells so good…and i feel pretty when i leave.

do you like the new blog look?
i think i am finished with the major changes.
it was frustrating and fun to work with all the changes.
i learned alot.

melissa is having a party over in her blog along with The Blissful.
if i invite all of you she makes me her BFF.
so go on over and check it out.
it’s a party celebrating with christmas decor…already.
her blog is all things decorating…i spend lots of time there.
and the blissful is an amazing store in ohio.
she wants you to leave a comment…like a good party guest should.
you can tell her i sent you.
AND i just clicked over to make sure i have the details right
and i saw that i’m a winner….wow.
i’m excited about that.
be sure to join the party.
it really is getting me in the mood for christmas.

there is nothing more i would like to do today
than be with Jenny
laughing and having a yummy dinner
and more laughing.
instead i will fold 10 loads of laundry…
not quite the same.
i hope you had a great day Jen!
love you so much.
happy birthday.

this is the sweetest pumpkin.
annie made it at preschool.
so creative and out-of-the-box.
they even got to use little hammers to pound the things in.

sean was “the grim reaper” (in his imagination)

talby wore the tiger that grandma made for lauren years back.

scott was TONY HAWK…a pro skateboarder.

annie wanted to be a bat.
she was sure of it.
so i made her some wings and sewed ears to a stocking cap we had.
hearing her little voice say happy halloween….too cute.

seasonal driveway art by sean
we each had a gravestone.
we were all “ded”

ms. kristin and eliza with annie at preschool…
and amy my neighbor.
both of these ladies always have very good costumes.

amy’s sick pumpkin…
also very original and out-of-the-box.

i cleaned out 6 pumpkins this afternoon.
lauren wants some credit too…
she did cut three open and clean half of her own.
then the phone rang and she was gone. 🙂
after dinner they each made their own design.
annie wanted a scary face with mad eye “bwows”.

scott had the most original idea
but needed a grown up’s brain to figure out how to do it.

i thought sean’s looked a little like him…with the teeth.
he did it all completely on his own.

i still have mine but haven’t had time to carve it yet.
i am going to go with the big cursive D scraped in…not carved.