These are memories people!

You know how in the movie Can't Hardly Wait Melissa Joan Hart's character runs around with her year book getting indignant because people don't seem to grasp its importanc? "These are memories people!" she shouts at one point. Well, that's me. Sort of.

I love pictures. I always have. I was the first one of my friends to have a digital camera. Our teenage years are mainly immortalized in my photo albums. I still love taking pictures and think that they're a wonderful way to preserve memories. I take my camera almost everywhere and my phone is full of pictures of my family. (Especially my fur babies.)

When I was a kid my parents took us to get our pictures done professionally (usually at Sears) every year just before Christmas so they could mail out family photos with their Christmas cards. As my brother and I got older (and less cute) the pictures became infrequent. Now, every year, I drag my husband to get professional pictures taken.

He put up with the engagement photos and the wedding photos, but the next summer I decided I wanted a family photo that included the cat. Eventually he gave in and off we went to a studio downtown. The pictures turned out great but it was traumatic for all three of us. (Plus we paid a ridiculous amount for the pictures, and waited far too long to get them back.) The following year I searched for a photographer that would come to our house and I found Tammy.

We've now had photos done by Tammy five times now, and I've never been disappointed. Her prices are super reasonable and she is the least pretentious person you will ever meet. My husband hates having his picture taken, but you'd never be able to tell from looking at the finished product.  I always feel like more than a client with Tammy.

I highly recommend having portraits done professionally on regular basis. I don't think it's an investment you'll ever regret.

And those of you in the Halifax area should definitely consider having Tammy (http://infinitecreationsnaturally.weebly.com/) take your next family photos! (You can find her on Facebook too.)

Friday Phone Dump!

I'm one of those odd people who have a Blackberry not an iPhone but I thought taking part in a phone photo dump would be fun. I don't think I realized how many pictures of the cat and dog I take though...

Top Row, left to right:

1. The cash office at my new store. (I spend about 40% of my time here, and the rest on the floor with the cashiers.)
2. Sydney acting all cute. The bed in the spare room is one of her favourite places to sleep.
3. Daisy likes to lick the frosting off, then eat the cookie. Too cute.

Middle Row, left to right:

1. As soon as Jonathan gets home from work Daisy runs over to get her belly rubs. She doesn't even let him take off his boots and coat first. (She's daddy's girl.)
2. Okay, seriously, is there anything cuter than a beagle sleeping?

Bottom Row, left to right:

1. Sydney helping me do some work on the blog. I'm glad she didn't decide to curl up on top of the laptop.
2. That face. I just can't resist.
3. Daisy's bed is another of Sydney's favourite places to sleep. She definitely spends more time in it than Daisy does!

Apparently I a) need to get out more or b) need to have kids so there are pictures on my phone of things other than my cat and dog...

Happy Friday!

The View from my Window

 

 

 

Another snowy day here. Church services were cancelled this morning so Jonathan, Daisy, Sydney and I have been all curled up on the couch watching season two of Body of Proof on DVD. We're going to try and be a little productive this afternoon, but I don't see us getting much done except maybe a couple loads of laundry. But everyone needs a lazy day once in a while, right?

Sunday afternoon stroll

One of my favourite things about our house is the series of pathways that run behind and around it. We're in an older residential area that has two elementary schools and a junior high within walking distance. Rather than the kids walking on the road the geniuses who developed our neighbourhood included a series of connecting pathways to make the trip to school safer and shorter. Only a portion of the paths are maintained during the winter, but enough people use them on a day to day basis that they're pretty clear. The path is great for walking Daisy - lots of things to see and smell, and she's not doing her "business" on someone's front lawn.

I had really wanted to take Daisy and go on a bit of an adventure today. The weather is even mild enough that we wouldn't have had to bundle up too much. Unfortunately, the mild weather means everything is melting too and there's water everywhere. We decided to put our winter adventure on hold til next weekend. That meant I didn't get to play with my new camera alot, but I did snap a couple pictures to tide myself over.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

Super excited!

I'm super excited, I bought a new camera today! We bought a pretty nice camera about four years ago (well, we got one as a gift) but it's really big. It takes great pictures, but I found I would leave it home more often than not because I just felt silly pulling out a great big camera at family events or at parties. I take pictures with my Blackberry, but obviously they're not the same quality and I never get them printed.

So I got it in my head a couple months ago that I wanted a new, little camera. I did some research and shopped around a little bit and decided on a Sony Cybershot. Jonathan and I both worked some over-time this week, and the Future Shop has a bunch of their cameras on-sale so I decided just to go ahead and order it. We ordered it on-line and saved an extra 10% off. In the end I saved over $80! And, I am ridiculously happy.

I haven't had a chance to play with it yet. I'm hoping Jonathan, Daisy and I will be able to go on a bit of an adventure tomorrow so I can try it out. Even if we don't, I'm sure I'll take some shots of the furbabies tomorrow.