Merry Christmas Everyone

I havent posted in awhile and I dont know if anyone is even reading this anymore, but I thought I would post some pics on here that I have taken in my semi manual mode:

Well Im having issues with my new external hard drive. But I will be sure to post our holiday pics soon. I have bought a manual camera and am planning on taking some classes so hopefully I will have some true black and white pics to oooo and ahhhh everyone with. Im trying to find a photo editing program that is kind of easy to use out of the box and that is reasonably priced. I hope that everyone has a Merry Christmas!

Here is my little bibble! What a beautiful fall day to be outside! She practiced her walking and greeted her cousin and Aunty when they came to visit by walking right up to them this afternoon. I cant believe that she went from crawling in May, to walking in September/October.

We are leaving to go to Palm Springs, California on Saturday..and I am more than a little nervous to see how she is going to do with the time change. Now that she is walking, little Precious is not going to want to sit still for very long. So I just checked the National Weather Service and the forcast for this week in Palm Springs is a ridiculous 100 degrees!! Looks like Precious wont be needing her sweatshirt there!

I hate spending money

So I dont know what has happened to me because I could spend money like it was going out of style! I went to TJ Maxx today and was going back and forth about spending $21.99 for a bra. I used to spend $45-$50 each for bras at VS. Those days are long gone. I decided that it had a nice fit and so that was justification enough to go ahead with the purchase..but geesh it's not even fun anymore.

Now our 1 year old laptop (Dell...dont ever buy one) has bit the dust and it is only three weeks out of warranty. That really bites the big one. Im upstairs in the attic on our old computer. My hubby has just bought a new harddrive (because that's what he thinks the problem is) online where it will take three days to be delivered. I am such a want it now person that that feels like two weeks to me. I have some really cute pictures to post on here...but its gonna have to wait until that harddrive shows up...grrr......

Another thing I am having a hard time spending money on lately is groceries! Umm..how do I run in for a few things and come out spending $50.00?? I wish that I could coupon, but I cant justify spending the $1.50 for the newspaper because then are you really saving any money? How did I become so cheap you ask? I married a German! Dont get me wrong, I love to find a bargain..but I dont find them that often and wonder if its really worth the time and effort to go scouring for the deals.

Happy Anniversary DH!

My blog boring? Hah! I'll show you! The BMB went out for dinner last night to Applebee's and I have to say that it just gets better everytime! The highlight of the night was when we got to see video of one of the BMB's DH hiney! It was hilarious! That girl is crazy...but a lot of fun too! Did I really almost think I was getting a tattoo? DH would KILL ME!!!!!

So, today is our anniversary and we are planning on doing 9 holes of golf followed by a couple of cocktails at Shanghai Red's and then maybe....boomchickawaawaa....I'll have to keep the level of alcohol consumption at a minimum for that. We might also visit another BM at workk for some cherry bombs. When Ava and I got home from our playdate this afternoon..DH had beautiful red roses waiting for me on the table. My favorite! He is so thoughtful.

Off I go to dust the cobwebs off of the golf clubs......

Crystal Beach

The month of July was very exciting for us as we rented a cottage in Crystal Beach. I brought my camera along and just took some random shots of the beach and some of my darling lovey. I also took some of lovey #2 (Kellman).

I was sitting on the beach looking up at the sky:

The main picture on my blog was so fun and exciting for me to take, but something was on my lens and I dont know how to retouch anything. Anyway, all I had to do for inspiration was step out of the cottage and walk down to the beach. Speaking of cottage, this was our "place" for the week:

Ok, so the Kellman is only allowed on the beach before 10am and after 6pm and let me tell you that dog knew when it was time to go. Our neighbor two cottages down had this ball thrower called the "chuckit" which you put a tennis ball in and flung it. Kellman loved it and I think I could see him smiling and saying "do it again mom" everytime he dropped it at my feet:

Here is Lovey's first bucket and shovel:

And last but not least, what would a beach vacation be without your feet in the sand?

This is one of my favorite pics of lovey. She is so sweet and innocent although I know she wont stay that way for long! She actually ate the whole piece of watermelon herself , except most of it was on her instead of in her mouth. This summer has been very exciting with her and I think we have learned alot about each other. This pic was taken July 5, 2008 and lets just say that her first "real experience" with fireworks didnt go over as well as this piece of watermelon!!