Busy today

Trying to cram everything in before John’s surgery on Tuesday. Not going to be easy, and not going to happen, but I’m still gonna try.

Had a photoshoot this morning for some "extra" christening pictures. That should be on the blog later this week. Be on the lookout.

Hit the stupidmarket to get in the shopping for the week. Still need to go to the deli and CVS tommorrow, as well as the pediatrician to drop off forms, scrapbook class, Timmy’s first evaluation. Usually there is religion tommorrow too, but it was thankfully cancelled. One less thing and all.

Spent over an hour in the camera store yesterday afternoon (had to escape the house for a little bit. I so need winter to be over-getting cabin fever and so are all the boys). John said some people escape to a bar, but I go to the camera shop. That’s pretty accurate. I’m really not feeling the improvement in my photography that I think I should- on the focus end of things mostly. So I went in there for a little encouragment and advice. I got both and am going to be doing some additional practicing with some new ideas and tools. Which I’m soooo sure the boys will just be thrilled about. It’s all me-not the camera, not the lenses. Just me. Focus, focus.

I worked for a few hours this afternoon. It’s an on again/off again gig at a Test prep place. I give practice SAT’s or ACT’s and the like to the students and grade them. It’s really a great little job. Very convenient and easy. And I’ve been working on and off for the Professor who owns and runs the place for almost 10 years now. He’s a great boss and brilliant beyond brilliant. He will be tutoring my boys for their SAT’s eventually, even if I can’t afford him.

Drove John’s new car all day today and I really liked it. Can you say LUXURY vehicle? My favorite parts are the way it drives (tight, quiet, and cush), the ipod direct hookup (you know I was blasting Amy Winehouse!), and the way the trunk opens and closes with a touch of a button. Plus the fact that it’s a Mercedes is pretty cool in itself. And best of all, I didn’t crash it.

Leaving you with some pictures I took of Timmy last weekend. Found this cool grey wall/stairs and the red & green doors over by a party that Timmy went to. Always on the lookout for some good new locations. He wasn’t particularly thrilled with the balloons but Uncle Nelson met us there and really helped out. He even made a really good save once and caught the balloons just as Timmy let go. Used some textures and frames from Pink Ink Studios that my friend Maureen bought me back on my birthday. The pictures were of him turning 3, although a few weeks late.