hump day ramblings.

in the midst of unpacking this apartment, looking for a job, finding christopher a job, looking for a another apartment, and packing this apartment all up again, i just haven't taken many pictures. it's really sad.

but i do have a bunch of randoms for you!

i forgot to mention in the chicago auto show post that i rented a nikon 24mm 1.4 lens just to see how good it was. besides for the fact that the lens was not calibrated to my camera, so back focusing occurred, it was a beauty. i did some test shots first off.

mmm... m&m...





our beautiful new Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary pictures carved out of wood. i got that rosary in italy. each bead has the an image of the Immaculate Virgin Mary on it.

**update: christopher said it's not wood... how sad!!!! it's mass produced... so it's made out of plaster. depressing.



i couldn't resist taking a photo of him. he just looks too good to not.



i miss that lens. i can't wait until i save up enough money to buy more lenses! for now, it's just back to my regular lenses.

here's a picture of a very lovely lady by the name of linda. she owns a shop called fenton flowers and gifts. i went in there one day to try to spread the word of my photography services, and she was so kind and helpful! she's really the only person in fenton that cared enough to talk to us. it's so sad that we have to move away.



i found this picture just chilling in my photo archives. i'll miss our balcony view. so beautiful! i can't wait for summer!



and lastly, i have a couple of cuties sleeping. this first one is a picture of my cousin's baby, audrina, taken this past thanksgiving break. the second one is of christopher and macy taking a nap during my finals week down in manhattan, ks. o the beauty of little sleepies.





i hope these pictures brightened up your hump day! only a couple more days and it's the weekend!

Halfway Over

Two finals (and a final project) down and two to go!!! I think that my Building Electrical Systems final went well. I was so relieved after the final, that I went out and took some pictures with Macy. I still haven't gotten anything technical down, a lot of my pictures will probably look pretty off for a while until I figure it out. Feel free to leave any tips. I'm always open to constructive criticism and willing advice!

Our Macy is such a sweetheart!!! I could not ask for a better dog. She's only 14 weeks old and 3.4 lbs. I got her when she was only 9 weeks old and 2.2 lbs. She's grown so much! Not just in size though. She's still potty training, but she knows that going in the house is a bad move. She now knows to sit and stay. Now, we're trying to bell train her. Since she's a lap dog, it's hard to tell when she wants to go outside or when she just wants a warm lap to sleep in. If you have any advice on how to train her, that would be wonderful! She's also teething, so "no bite" is a tough command to learn. She's definitely a lover! When you laugh, she wants to jump all over your face and give you kisses, which only makes you laugh more, which means even more excitable kisses. It's an endless cycle!

Macy is such a trooper! She's just a tiny indoors puppy, but when we take her outside in -3 degree weather, she still stays outside until her business is done, and then plays some! I love my puppy so much! I have wanted a dog my whole life, and now I have one!