wiikends and so on...

phewf, it's hot!

two weekends ago my sister came up and we made jam. lots of jam. and it's yummy. she mentioned that she watched pride & prejudice (the new one) and is now reading the book so i (so kindly) got her started on the colin firth version straightaway.

last weekend my mom came up and we had a (not so lucrative) yardsale in my front yard. we still have lots of junk left. we rented three girly movies (dream girls- entertaining enough, because i said so- painfully annoying and not all that funny, and the queen- seemed more like a tv special but made me want to learn more about her). we've also been taking advantage, er, i mean, have graciously sacrificed our time to thoroughly check on the hamiltons' pool while they are away (florida again). after mom left, n & i thought we'd better give the hamiltons' new wii some attention too. let me tell you, i now have baseball, bowling, and tennis elbow. so sad.

and in lieu of paying me mucho cashola for photographing their wedding next may, joe & diana have secured my services through gifts... of photo gear! within the last couple weeks i've become the proud new owner of a tripod, flash, photoshop (elements), AND a new lens!!! lots of new toys to play with! they even gave me their wedding rings to photograph for their invites/program etc.

in other news, rebecca (friend since third grade!) is having a baby in august! and her little sister is due 6 weeks later! i've added their baby blog to the list at the right.