Busy weekend

Finally got a phone call from Blake. He says AF boot camp is going well. The recruits are all tired but getting into the groove of things. It was so good to hear from him, even if the phone call was limited to 5 minutes.

Husband and I had to make a trip to Lowe's today to get a new hot water heater. Ours was fried after just being worked on about a week ago. That repair was a total waste of money as it turns out. Apparently the heater had developed a leak that dripped onto the wiring and shorted it out. When we got in from our grocery buying trip, we both smelled a 'burning electrical' smell. God was certainly with us because it could have been alot worse. So now we have a new hot water heater and can't complain too much. The fried one lasted us 12 years.

Husband took me out riding around the countryside today so I could try out my new telephoto lens for my Canon Digital XT. I love this camera and the new lens is fantastic. I took a few shots just to get the feel of it. Some of these below are from a local garden center. Who knew they didn't 'allow' people to take photos of their flower inventory?! Now I know but I did get a few shots before I got 'warned'.

God Bless You and have a wonderful week!!

Surf City

Surfing the web is what I've been doing for hours today. I did work on a paper craft project and got 4 pages out of a probable 10 that I'll be doing to complete this gift. I say probable 10 pages because the gift is a made from scratch scrapbook that I'm making for a friend and the number of pages is entirely up to me. I'm creating all the pages and the covers and am having a great time working on it. I'm such a perfectionist that it takes quite a bit of time to get a page I'm happy with. I'm leaving spaces for the recipient to add their own 4x6 photos. So far the book is coming together well and I'm very pleased with it. I hope my creative streak continues for awhile so I can get some other things completed as well.

The husband and I went out driving for a couple of hours today and saw some really beautiful springtime sights. I got some great shots that I hope to get posted here tomorrow when I have more time to do some tweaking on the images. There are a couple of photos that I saw when reviewing thru the camera's viewer that look extremely promising as possible 'framing' shots.

Found this site today and I've already added it to my favorites list. The blog is Mermaids of the Lake and they're offering a chocolate giveaway. It appears that they have giveaways on a fairly regular basis. Go check it out and good luck!

God Bless You