Camera Time

I've been wanting a new camera for a long time. I've blogged it before, but my old camera bit the dust almost 6 months ago. Kenny got me an upgrade to my old camera, so no, it's not a DSLR but it's an affordable replacement to my old camera. I thought it would work almost identically but it didn't... It's shorter in width than my old camera which gives me less room to rest my palm on... actually no room to rest my palm on, I have to hold it weird, like those people with the super thin cameras. There are fewer settings than the last powershot (maybe they're trying to appeal more to the point and shoot market) But other than that I thought that my camera would be much better than the old one, then I took a picture. It took, as Nic would say, FOR..EV..ER to save the image to the flash card. The images are great though! It did however suprise me when I had to empty my flash card after only 9 images. It made point and shoot photography kinda useless, since I point and shoot about 100 images each event.

But it's all in the flash card. Kenny got me a new card yesterday and I've fallen in love with my new camera, took me long enough eh? It saves the images quickly and stores like 700 images. Another great thing is this card is compatible with the Wii so I can now start using the Wii photo share program.

Watch for a lot more pictures, on the blog, on the Camp Fire blog, and maybe finally I can get back to my Bento Blog.

Kristina Tagged Me

Seems like I get these email tags all the time... at least this isn't a blog about forwarded emails I get from the family about Obama's "real" motives or burning the book "His Dark Materials". If you want to know what I'm really passionate about, you can't wait for that angry blog. Anyway, here is the much nicer to read, positive blog presentation "getting to know Erin more". I assume though that most of you know me anyway. I don't read much, I don't listen to music much but I do spend hours on end surfing the internet and playing games... I did my best! (I stole a few things from Kristina, we do have similar tastes) I'm adding 8 tv shows I can't miss.

8 things I am passionate about
My Family
Childbirth
Camp Fire USA
Equality/Human rights issues
Woodworking
Bento Lunches
Environmentalism
Finishing My Yard

8 Things I want to do before I die
Finish my back yard!
See the world (specifically the British isles)
Own a boat
Learn to play guitar (I have one, just not focused enough to learn it... yet!)
See my kids grow into the people they will be
Work for a Non-Profit Agency, like United Way or American Red Cross
Volunteer at the hospital or shelter
Be a foster mom, even just one time.


8 Things I say often
You can get water yourself, you're a big boy/girl.
I love you!
Are you cutting paper into little pieces again, that looks messy.
Can I get some help with the dishes
Can I get some help with the laundry
You've been playing video games too much today
I wonder what we're going to have for dinner
Have you finished your chores


8 books I have read recently
I don't really read... HypnoBirthing by Marie Mongan, The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin, Joy of Thai Cooking by Ravadi Quinn (I know a cook book, but I read it more than any other book) Rediscovering Birth by Sheila Kitzinger, Thinking Womans Guide to a Better Birth by Henci Goer, and the only fiction books I've read in my adult years... Harry Potter series. Most of my other reading is done through the internet.

8 songs I could listen to over and over again
Henrietta - Fratellis
Flathead - Fratellis
The world is new - Save Ferris
Come on Eilene - Save Ferris
The Distance - Cake
Short Skirt - Cake
Stickshifts and safetybelts - Cake
For the most part I like Cake and can listen to them for hours on end
For cleaning the house I listen to Black Eye Peas... Heavy beat helps pass the time.
Get Retarded - Black Eyed Peas
Hey Mama - Black Eyed Peas
Shut Up - Black Eyed Peas

8 Things that attract me to my best friends
Sense of fun
Quick Wit
Intelligence
Sense of humor
I like a good board game every now and challenging people to play with
Quick to get sarcasm
Quick to use sarcasm
Interest in helping people or in programs that help people

8 TV shows I can't miss
Dr. Who
Torchwood
Psych
Monk
Stargate: Atlantis
Chuck
Bionic Woman
Heros

ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T BOAST ITSELF TO BE A REALITY BASED TV SHOW! THEY NEED TO GO AWAY!

Little Miss January

January is Ainsley's month. With her 6th birthday on the 16th... and she lost her first tooth too, she's having a pretty good month so far.

We had a small party for her on Saturday. She requested a beach boys theme party. So we listened to all her favorite songs which happen to be by the beach boys and played some beach theme games like... musical beach blankets and limbo. She got new beach boys albums and she got a Monkee's album collection as well (she's starting to like their music as well). She's asked me to get her a CD player so she can listen to her new tunes, I'll have to see what I can find. She got a beach boys poster so now she can have her favorite 'boy band' decorating her room.