Day 144

Learning how to use a grey card and Custom White Balance

50mm, ISO 800, SS 1/640, f/2.0

Day 143

50mm, ISO 100, SS 1/500, f/2.8

Day 142

World Famous Serendipity Frozen Hot Chocolate

50mm, ISO 1600, SS 1/60, f/1.8



Day 141

Late night PBj at Serebdipity

50mm, ISO 800, SS 1/60, f/2.0



Day 140

50mm, ISO 200, SS 1/6400, f/3.2

Day 139

50mm, ISO 200, SS 1/1000, f/4.0

Day 138

After Blue Man group on Wednesday, we (my boss, her husband, and I) took the gondola ride at the Venetian.  This was our gondolier.

50mm, ISO: 1600, SS: 60, f/2.5

Day 137

At Caesar's Palace.  These are some of Cher's Bob Mackey outfits.

50mm, ISO: 1250, SS: 50, f/3.2

Day 136

This was my tasty pina colada martini at dinner.  Yum!

50mm, ISO: 3200, SS: 40, f/2.50

Day 135

Obviously, I am in the photo and therefore did not take it.  Since I am hardly ever even IN a photo, I thought I would just post it.

50mm, ISO 100, SS 80, f/2.8

Day 134

From Sara and Seth's birthday...these were the two biggest kids at the party.

50mm, ISO 100, SS 800, f/7.1

Day 133

My first photo with the new camera

50mm, ISO 800, SS 125, f/3.5

Day 132

Good news.  Taris took pity on me and my circumstances as of late...I blame deployment sympathy...and I will take it!  He told me that if I was serious about learning how to use a camera, maybe I should take this opportunity to upgrade to a new camera and get my current one fixed and let it be a back-up.  Well, after feeling guilty about jumping (kind of) off of my debt diet, I took the plunge and made an emergency purchase.  (I could hear Dave Ramsey in my head telling me I better be paying cash for my purchase.)  So, while I wait on my camera to show up I thought I would post the four pictures that I had to settle on using do to my lack of picture ability.  Here we go...

Low light
ISO: 1600; SS: 1/32; f/1.8

Window Light

ISO: 400; SS: 1/100; f/2.8

Outside Sun
ISO: 100; SS: 1/3200; f/1.8

Choice
ISO: 200; SS: 1/200; f/1.8

Frustrated

So, here I am in the Rock Your Camera class and what should happen?  I am sure you can guess...my camera is broken!  Yes.  Thank goodness I decided to jump on the wagon and get my first assignment done...kind of.  I spent the evening on the phone with Canon.  My camera kept giving me this error message about my battery.  I did some research, to discover that I needed to update my firmware.  So, I did.  Now, my camera will not take a picture, turn on, nothing.  I was informed by the nice man at tech support that I could send it in and get it fixed for a starting price of $190 or just go straight to the customer loyalty department and upgrade my current digs.  I decided to do what Dave Ramsey would want (and Taris) and pay the small fee to hopefully get it back and working.  I am just praying to have it back in a week so that I don't really miss any of my class.  The problem is that I am going to be out of town all next week and really wanted to take my camera with me to complete my assignment.  Oh well.  Here is hoping that the issue is an easy fix.

Day 130

ISO: 800  f/1.8  SS: 1/800

Do you see a pattern?  Apparently I have an issue with using f/1.8.  I am working on breaking this cycle...I promise.

Day 129

ISO: 400  f/2.8  SS: 1/100

Day 128

Now that I am taking the Rock Your Camera class with Clickin Moms, I am going to be posting the info on my photos in hopes of some pointers of things to change as I learn all about the triangle.  Feel free to jump in and comment...they are always greatly appreciated.

ISO: 400  f/1.8  SS: 1/160

Sorry

Oh my!  I have been trying to figure out why in the world the computer kept yelling at that the server was rejecting all of the pictures that I keep trying to upload.  Well, I finally have some time to do some research and apparently I am out of storage space on Picasa.  It would be nice if they actually sent you an email or something about it!  Anyway, paid for the 200MB upgrade...I don't want to have this problem for a while and now it could take up to 24 hours to update.  I am just glad that I figured this out before my Rock Your Camera 101 class starts tomorrow!  Hope to have plenty of pictures to post then.  Hope to have everything loaded sometime this afternoon...fingers crossed!

Day 118

Taris and I are gearing up to start our family through adoption.  Wow!  The investigation alone is enough to make your head spin!  So many choices you have to make before you even settle on a company to use.  We are so ready for this new adventure.

Day 117

Day 116

I am officially in water aerobics...and loving it.  Did I mention how HOT it is here!

Day 115

I got a craving and made cookies.  These are my favorites!

Day 114

Went to the movies this evening.  Saw The Switch.  It was very funny!

Day 113

These are Kacey's killer claws.  The one thing that we were not blessed with (from all three of our girls) is the ability to cut their nails.  It is so bad that we actually have to take them to the vet and have them sedated!

Day 112

You can't tell, but this photo is actually in focus.  It is raining SO hard outside.  You can see the wind moving the rain as it hits the pavement.

Day 111

Abbie has been in such a playful mood.  I blame it on the crazy monsoon like weather lately.

Day 110

It has been raining a lot these days.  Kacey is pouting because I won't let her chase the squirrels in the rain.

Day 109

I did not take this picture today, but poor Tucker didn't make the cut from my weekend visit.  He is such a cutie and I thought deserved a spot...so I am breaking the rules.

Day 108

Ashley and Alexis have a dog.  Her name is Cassie and she is a sweet heart.  One of the best dogs I have ever met.

Day 107

Kendall loves her bear.  She is such a happy little girl and is always on the go.

Day 106

I had such a great time visiting my niece and nephews.  Mason is 2 1/2 and loves his giraffe tunnel.

Day 105

A nice surprise in Alexis' backyard today.  Bonus...I actually caught it on film!

Day 104

While waiting on my luggage to arrive, Alexis took me to her preschool to check out her classroom.  I will give you one guess on the room theme...frogs.

Day 103

The Credit Union is doing our part to help our community bounce back from the gulf oil spill.

Day 102

This is where I spent my afternoon after work.  I thought my ears were going to explode.  They had such pressure build up.

Day 101

The girls love their squeaky toys.  I love that these toys last longer than a couple of weeks.

Day 100

We had another teen checking class at work on Saturday.  Even after confirming with all of those that RSVP ed, no one actually showed.  It was a great way to spend my day off.

Day 99

Always keep the members happy on a Friday.

Day 98

The office threw a baby shower for a fellow employee.  It was so much fun!  I always love games and cake.  And I can't WAIT to meet this little baby boy.

Day 97

Bassinets have come a long way.  This thing is nifty...it has glide action.

Day 96

The accounting training continues...

Day 95

We are training someone new in the accounting department.  I am so excied to get a break.

Day 94

I have been spending sometime at Taris' favorite store lately.  Lots of things to fix and upgrade on the house before we put it on the market.

Day 93

Went to the movies with a friend.  Taris LOVES watching movies.

Day 92

Roxanne loves the sprinkler!  She actually loves to "eat" the water shooting out of the sprinkler head.  What can I say...she is a nut.

Day 91

It is SO hot outside.  It is becoming quite a struggle to keep the grass healthy and green!

Day 90

Woo hoo!!  I have hit 90 days!  This year just seams to be crawling right now.  Anyway, this is one of my neighbor's dogs.  She is the calmest dog.

Day 89

I had my first canning lesson.  It was very exciting!  I can't wait to put into practice what I learned...apparently Taris can't wait either.

Day 88

Doesn't she just look guilty??