Day 139

I discovered this really cool setting on the new point-and-shoot. I was playing around and found out that you can photograph all in black and white except for one color. I thought it would be fun to take just the blue of the denim of my little guy's overalls. He was enthralled with watching brother play soccer.

Day 130

I was playing around with the point and shoot camera in my mother-in-law's garden. Some of them turned out kind of neat. I liked this one, but I really debated on another one instead even though it wasn't perfect. It had kind of an ethereal look to it.

Day 127

My husband, brother-in-law, his wife, and I all have summer birthdays. A couple of years ago we had the idea to have one big celebration some time during the summer just the four of us instead of coming up with gifts for everyone. It didn't work out last year, but my sister-in-law noted that Third Day was coming to town and plans were formed.

We went to the concert tonight after grabbing a child-free meal. It was a fantastic show! I also had some fun trying to figure out how to make the point-and-shoot behave in the concert lighting. There were some interesting results. I like this one in particular with the lights.

Day 113

I was able to install the new case I bought for my iPhone from one of my favorite techy, gadget shops tonight, and I love this new case!

The reason I bought it is because it has this lens in the case that allows you to take clear macro photos. And it works awesome! I generally stick to the one-photo-per-day rule but today it just wouldn't make any sense without two photos.

This is without the macro lens

This is with the macro lens

Sorry I didn't manage to figure out anything more creative to take a picture of, but this little dime was on my desk. (Not sure how it got there, and I'm pretty sure it will not last there much longer.)

Aside from the cool macro lens, the case also comes with a touch screen protective film, which I've wanted since I bought the phone. With two small children, and well, my complete lack of coordination, it's a must have. I can't even begin to understand why the touch screen still works with the film, but it's still great.

And probably the best thing about this case is that it was $5 less than my first case, which had absolutely no features other silicon buttons that eventually pop out and go missing. Definitely a great buy.

Day 89

My husband is leaving in a few days for an eleven day trip to Europe. I couldn't imagine parting with my DSLR for that long and he couldn't imagine lugging it around. We have an old point-and-shoot from many years ago that seems to still work, but we had been talking about getting a compact digital for a while.

On Saturday we finally took the plunge. This is a cute little 10 megapixel Canon PowerShot. It fits in my purse and takes video too. I'm looking forward to always being able to carry a camera around with me that has much better quality than my iPhone. Of course, I have to part with it in a few days.

Day 75

I have a new favorite bag. My mom made this bag for me. I wanted to do it myself. I bought all the fabric back in June last year, and I was all ready to go, but then I went back to work. Somehow I thought I'd get a chance to do it, but it just wasn't going to happen. My mom was going to put it together as a Christmas present, but I had all the fabric packed away from the move. I recently located it and she made it just a few weeks ago.

I really like Amy Butler's Midwest Modern fabric. It's just the right mix of mod and modern for me, and the colors are fantastic! I've been using it to carry my paperwork to and from the office, and I've been toting my camera around in it too.