Aaron and I managed to clean out and close out the storage unit over the weekend.. It held the last bits of my former life. There were wedding photos, old clothes (mine, kids and James') kitchen supplies, decorations from two houses ago. It's amazing to me what a time machine a storage unit can be. It took three trips to clean out the unit, between Aaron's big truck and my SUV with all of the seats down. it filled my 2 car garage. He and I spent hours Saturday and Sunday sorting and throwing things away.. 80% of what was in storage went to goodwill.. 5% was garbage, 5% I put on Craigslist, 10% I kept.
The best thing that I found was a motorcycle trailer that James told me to Get rid of.. because he didn't want it..The dang thing sold for 550.00!! I've also sold an old 4 poster bed frame and a weight bench.. and managed to save 120.00 per month in not having a storage unit..
So,
I bought a really good camera. It's a Nikon 10.3 MP DSLR. It shoots in HD for both photos and video, and has a 28x zoom.. I swear, I was able to take a shot of a flower from a half mile away.. it was amazing.. the micro photos are beautiful as well.. The camera has more features than I could ever use.. But I really like the smart portrait setting.. It will "see" a smiling face and track it and get the photo.. Did I mention the 16 frames per second? Oh yes, this makes me happy since everyone in my family moves at the speed of light, and I always seem to get blurry shots.. I can't wait for Spring soccer now..
I can almost burst that I have an outlet again.. It has been so long!! The kiddos are already tired of me following them around and taking sneak shots while they are doing mundane things like homework (Piper) and Singing & dancing to the TV (McKenna), it was a fun night.. They even figured out how to turn on the night vision and take photos of me with "Spooky Eyes".
I think that the camera is going to be a good thing.. I want to have memories with my girls, and my old little 5MP camera just wasn't making the cut in my book.. McKenna was more than happy to inherit it. She took some great photos from the Baseball game yesterday with her class.. It's amazing to see her point of view in the photos.. there was only one image of the game.. All of the rest were of her friends, her teacher, and the activities of the day.. There was even a shot of her lunch.. Silly girl!.. The photos of the bus ride back to the school was the best..
What made me the happiest was that she was smiling in each and every photo.. She is a happy, healthy kid.. and Life is Good!!
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