Playing with the camera

It has finally warmed up outside so I ventured out to take a few pics. I got a book on digital photography for Christmas and wanted to try out some of the tips from it. Aperture settings looked like fun so I gave it a try. This is from the fence along our road to the house. We live down in the creek valley, so often the snow stays on the fences cause it is protected by the wind. Which, oh by the way, is supposed to blow 100 km/h tonight. You know it is bad when the water in the toilet bowl is moving!!

Yeah it is here

My camera came in a week and a half ago, but I've just been too busy with basketball to get around to using it much, I took some pics of Rylan's game and I am pretty happy with the job it did indoors. This is one of the reasons I went with this camera and it seems to live up to the billing. Now that Christmas holidays have officially begun I can finally find some time to take some more pictures. I haven't done any shopping yet for Christmas so Monday is the day to get everything done. I hope that it is not too crazy in Lethbridge (yeah right), my intentions are to get an early start. The big shopping news for us is that Wal-Mart is now open 24/7. I don't think I have it in me though, to go shopping at 3 in the morning.

A Win

The high school basketball season has finally started and our first game was last night. The girls played really well. I've been coaching some of these girls since they were in grade 8 and now they are in grade 12, so it is fun to watch them playing ball in their senior year. It is going to be a fun season!!

Trying to Relive the Old Days

This past weekend was our annual alumni weekend basketball tournament. This is a weekend that on one hand I look forward to and on the other hand I dread. The reason I like it is because I still enjoy playing basketball and believe it or not our games do have flashes of the old days (once in a while). The reason I dread it is because on Sunday I usually feel like I've been run over by a truck and it makes me a little sad because it means next year I will be a year older. The competitive side of me makes my try hard to keep up with the young kids and there were several times on the weekend when my mind told me I could get to the ball before somebody else, but the body doesn't quite react that fast. But it was a fun time and all the bruises and the sore muscles today are worth it.

A Lesson in Patience

My last post was quite a while ago and I am still waiting for my camera to come in!! So apparently Christmas is not going to come too early for me. I am trying to be patient but really... how long should it take? I am going to have to make another phone call soon. On another note I guess since it is December now I can start to think about Christmas for the hubby and the kids (since I've already taken care of myself). There are so many people in town who put up their trees the beginning of November, I swear it is becoming a friendly competition to see who can get their decorations and trees up first. I refuse to even consider it till after November is long gone.

Christmas is coming early

Since I sent my camera with Kevin on his road trip, I figured that I needed to buy myself a new one. Okay, any little excuse will do to find a reason to buy myself a new toy. So I asked around, did a little research and settled on a Nikdon D90. I've wanted a SLR for a loooong time now and made enough at my other part time job to buy it in two months. See I am trying to be fiscally responsible, I earned the money first!! I almost talked myself out of it a few weeks ago and then I saw some of the video of "The Last Lecture" and decided to live for today and not worry about what more practical things I could buy with the $$$. Then I go to church today and someone talks about food storage and of course I am feeling guilty for spending money on something we can't eat in an emergency. But then again now I can take some really good pictures of food. Anyways it is too late now, it is ordered and on the way. Now I can't wait, I am hoping it gets here before Colton's last volleyball tournament so I can experiment with it.

Road Trip

Well it has been nearly two weeks since Kevin has been gone on his road trip. Their furthest point south was down to Woodbury, Georgia. He took our youngest son with him and Kevin's brother is also driving down there too. They took cattle to some of our customers in Kansas, Missouri, and Alabama. I had to stay home and hold down the fort, so to speak. I sent my camera with them and am hoping they bring back lots of pictures. Shane has missed two weeks of school but I am sure there is some educational value in a road trip with his dad. He really is the cowboy out of our 3 kids and enjoys it more than the other boys. I have survived fairly well in his absence. Some issues with the feed truck one morning that almost made me late for school, and a calf that was stuck in the feeder made for a frustrating morning. But thank goodness for a father-in-law that is just a phone call away. When I ran home at lunch the calf was out and all was well. Good thing I like the country living!!