Tickets Are Here!

I finally made the trip to the local Ticketmaster and bought my tickets to see Hanson next weekend! Since I procrastinated on buying them, if I bought them online I had no choice except to print them off at home, do will call, or pay an insane amount for them to UPS them to me. Well, since I wanted a tangible ticket and am afraid of will-call losing my tickets, I decided to opt for the personal route and went to the grocery store and bought them. I was incredibly excited as now I have the actual, physical tickets in my hand! The only bummer was that before they would give them to me, I had to initial the actual ticket so that they would know I looked over the tickets and made sure it was the correct show. While I didnt want to mar up my beautiful ticket, I also needed them to give it to me, so I reluctantly signed. So although they aren't shiny and perfect, it is much better than a printout that the venue will take or paying double what the ticket costs to have it shipped.

Now I just have to wait a week! Eee!

Photo Love

Again I will mention how much I love Craigslist. Today while searching for random goodies, I came across a posting of someone giving away various darkroom equipment. Well, I know Adam likes darkroom photography, and I would like to learn how to develop film, so I emailed the people, and when I found out it was available, I was super excited.

Adam, not so much. He wasn't too thrilled to have to jump back in the car right after getting home from work, but I promised I would get him dinner, so he reluctantly joined me.

We ended up meeting one of the nicest ladies ever. She was an avid hobby photographer and had her own darkroom set up in her house. Well, she was moving, and in turn, was giving away 90% of her photo equipment. She gave us basically everything we could ever need to start our own darkroom, and also showed us a bunch of helpful tips and tricks for various photos.

Her house was gorgeous in that everything on her walls was done by her and personalized in some way. It was exactly how I want our home to be one day, and I was really inspired. She showed me how to do hand coloring, and I am really excited to get the opportunity to try that out one day. She is into digital now, but is still an avid supporter of always printing your pictures. She pointed out that in this day people take so many photos, but yet none of them actually get printed and they sit on a computer where no one can view them. She makes simple scrapbook photo albums and showcases her work. She prints and hangs prints. Anything to get the image off the computer screen and into a tangible format. I loved it. It made me want to sit down and just bring out all of my old pictures.

It also made me realize that I really, really need to start taking some time and just enjoy photography again. Don't get me wrong, I love taking pictures. But I find that I spend so much time capturing other people's moments and joys that I forget to take pictures of things that bring ME joy. I tend to put those aspirations and feelings to the side and have made photography solely a JOB instead of also something I just love to do. It reminded me that I need to take some time and not WORK. Just have fun taking pictures, and printing them and hanging them around the house.

So again, I am thankful for Craigslist. And we ended up with an entire car-ful of things. Adam was thrilled. Now, I just have to find a place to KEEP all of this stuff!

This is ALL paper. Yes, photo paper. All sizes. I am so excited. And the best part? It was ALL free!

Giant Fork

We went to visit my mom this weekend to pick up Annabelle and we FINALLY got to see the fork! Haha. Everyone always talked about this darn thing, but yet in as many times as I had been down there, I had never seen it! So we finally got to drive to it. My life is now complete that I have seen this giant piece of steel goodness.

Adam was so ashamed of the fork. He wouldn't even look up for a picture. Pooper.

We also had "game night" that turned into the World Longest Monopoly Game. Seriously, there are some competitive people in our household! And I found out that once Adam loses, he conspires with other people in order to bring down the people who once turned on him...but once they start winning, he conspires with someone else. So, basically, don't trust Adam. And I don't even care, but Kelsey and I have the best strategy for Monopoly, even though everyone else (*cough*Adam*cough*) hated it.

This Is What 216 Rolls of Film Looks Like...

You heard me.  216 rolls.  Did I mention just how amazing Craigslist is? 

Total cost?  $30.  Yeah, that's right.

Relief.

After 21 days in the heat, 3 different hotels, and numerous calls to our agitated landlord, we were finally given back our air on Wednesday.  It was definitely a welcome relief, seeing as we had been living in and out of a hotel for a week and the night before, a storm knocked out power to the hotel we were in, causing there to be no air (or lights) again for us...so much for paying to get a good nights' sleep.

After waiting most of the day Wed for the house to cool down, the thermostat FINALLY climbed down from the 97 or so it had been sitting at for days.

This weekend we are looking forward to picking up Annabelle, the house has been very quiet without her.  And we can finally celebrate her birthday!  That puppy IS getting a cake!

Love

My husband loves me. He brought home chocolate lava cakes. Yes, I had to take a bite even before the pictures was taken.

Happy Birthday Annabelle!! Oh yeah, and it's still hot....

Day number...16 now? I think that is how long it has been since we have had ac.  Landlord finally agreed to prorate the rent (although, only sine this past Friday and only through today, so 3 days...) so we used that money to book ourselves a cheap hotel for the weekend, since we have been under excessive heat warnings all weekend.  We got a really great deal on priceline for only $23 a night and ended up with a Holiday Inn which is actually pretty nice.  Mom drove halfway and picked up the cats and Annabelle since they cant stay in the hotel but I think were getting heat stroke.  I am really bummed though, because today is Annabelle's birthday and we had planned this big deal with a puppy cake and a steak and all.  Adam promises we can celebrate it next weekend but I am still bummed.  I know she is much happier though, mom said she got special food and hasnt been panting at all since getting there.

Hopefully they get the air fixed tomorrow, though my hopes are pretty low.  I would really like to get back to my normal routine and be able to work again and not sit in my house without breaking a sweat.  We shall see I guess...