Freeze Frame

I've done it - I've bought a new camera. I've always wanted a 'semi-pro' camera but I've never really known why. But after having kids, the answer to the why comes to realization - if I don't freeze my beautiful kids into photographs, I'll miss so many milestones that I'll want to remember later. And while I'd very much like to just have a professional photographer follow me around day to day and photograph my kids - for free - it's just not going to happen (no matter how hard I cross my fingers or wish!) So, here it is - the Nikon D3100 D-SLR camera. On my lap. Resting after taking a few shots of Parker, Legend, and some honey bees outside. :o)

I hope to learn how to use this darn thing soon...there's so much potential for some fantastic pictures and I haven't the slightest clue about how to do anything besides focus the lense and engage the shutter...

I'm going to go read the manual some more now - until next time.

Cleaning out the closet

The weekend is here...after the last three days of sitting in court for jury duty (just to get released as an alternate at 4pm on the last day of the trial), I'm feeling pretty relieved that I'm at home doing housework! This weekend is reserved for cleaning out the closet. Clothes, shoes, items no longer of relevance in our lives...simply cleaning out all of the clutter. I encourage others to do so, too!

I also encourage the cleansing and re-organization of one's life and the priorities that they have placed. It's always good to set priorities but they do no good (and sometimes more harm) if those priorities aren't revisited periodically - are my priorities as important and relevant as they were yesterday? Last week? A year ago? As my family grows, I've come to pay more attention to priorities. I've learned that my priorities are not the same as those of others - and I've learned that others expect you to make their priorities your own. Sadly enough, some of those others I speak of have not yet met that time in their life where they look at the big picture and decide what's important and what's not. And this is not to say that we all don't sometimes have those moments where we don't see the big picture. What's important to me today is my wonderful, beautiful husband, my spunky, curly-haired daughter, and my pushy, porky, chipped-tooth son. Our happiness comes second to none and we're proud to say that we will reserve whatever it is that we need to in order to preserve and continue to pursue the things that make us happy.

Anyone else care to do some spring cleaning with me this weekend? It is actually quite refreshing.