The kids had a snow day yesterday. It was only an inch or so. I'm sure that's pretty laughable to you New Englanders and Mid-Westerners. Yeah, we can't handle the snow around these parts. But I got to sleep in yesterday, so who's laughing now?
The school didn't cancel the homecoming festivities for last night. Which was fine with me. The roads were nice and clear by time we headed out. I actually remembered the camera. I was excited to take my first sporting event pictures since Steve gave me my new flash, a Speedlight SB-900. Sadly, I couldn't seem to get it to do what I wanted it to do and ended up taking most pictures without a flash at all. I really need to start looking for classes. I'm frustrated with having equipment that should take awesome pictures, only to take mediocre ones because I don't know what I'm doing. Steve did buy me these books....
It would be nice if I knew someone that used a Nikon too. It seems most of my photographer friends use Canons. But I'm going to figure this thing out this year. At least I remembered to change the ISO last night. One of my biggest mistakes, or one of the ones I'm actually aware of, is having the ISO on the wrong setting.
Anyway, the pictures from homecoming are ok. It is nice being closely involved with Yearbook. I know exactly what I need pictures of, and how they need to be taken.
As far as today, I stayed in bed til 11. I never picked up the 12 hour Delsym, so I would wake up every 4 hours needing to take more meds. But at least with the meds I was sleeping a good 3 hour stretch without coughing.
Of course, a sinkful of dishes was waiting for me when I got out to the kitchen. I stayed in my donut jammies most of the afternoon. Washing dishes and thinking about how much I am going to appreciate my dishwasher when it is working again.
I made a batch of these cookies after reading about them on Hannah's blog yesterday. I had been thinking about making them ever since I read about them. I love shortbread. I separated the dough and made half with just chocolate chips and the other half with pecans. Ridiculous. They just melt in your mouth. Pretty good straight out of the oven, and even better if you can wait long enough to let them cool down.
Now I'm just sitting on the couch with my favorite quilt, blogging and listening to our newest musical discovery, The Khrusty Brothers with Tori. Steve's at the mall with Alex, Sophie, and Ashley. I suspect we'll wrap up the evening with a little snuggling and an episode of Mad Men after he gets home. Not a bad way to end a lazy Saturday.
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