Canon or Nikon? The jury is still out.

So I took my photography call and loved it. But when I started, my teacher had a love for Nikon and introduced us to the Nikon d90 which is a professional camera that will make you drool. He has since upgraded to a Nikon d300 which, is so nice I can't even afford it in my dreams. Anyways, he also told me that my Canon Rebel was a nice consumer type camera. WTH. I wasn't going for consumer type, I want a Professional camera. So I discussed this with Ben , OK I talked and he pretended to agree with me, because when I talk, I basically inform you of what I am going to do and you can disagree and fight me; but I am just going to do what I want anyways. It's who I am, let it go. I have decided to get a different camera, when I get all the money saved up. Now because I already know how much I have to save and how long this is going to take, I have narrowed it down to a couple of choice cameras. I was going to go with the Canon 50d but have since decided that I would end up wanting more, so it is a decision between the Canon 7d or the Nikon D7000.

Pros's for the Canon, I already have three lenses, it has a higher mega pixel, 18 vs 16.2, I already know the brand and love it. Pros for the Nikon, more stores around here sell Nikon products rather than Canon products. The D7000 is less expensive than the Canon.

Either way they should both be good cameras. Whats your opinion?

OK, What happened to September?

Can you believe it's October!!! What happened to September? I know it was there because it comes after August, right?
Well I have made some progress in some things. I have lost 15 lbs and counting. I am really excited because I am fitting into jeans that I haven't worn in two years. I am getting to the point that I will have to replace undergarments, AND THAT IS GOOD!!!!! It is nice to get on the scale and watch the numbers go down. I have been maintaining but slowly increasing my weight for the last two years, but to see the reverse of this is great. Only 79 more lbs to go. Good heck, that's a kid.

As you know my Cat had kittens. She had 4 but we lost one on Wednesday. That little guy was pure white. It was very sad because I don't like to see anything die. I know and I'm a nurse.

I completed my first successful hat. It looks great. I am going to start of some for my kids. They have all picked out colors in yarn that I already have. So it will be back to YouTube  to get more patterns. YAY.

I need a vacation!

Some days it seems like I work ALL THE TIME. I guess I do. I get four days off this month. Count them. 4. Nope I am not kidding. But considering that I like my job most of the time, I guess it works.

Last weekend, Ben and I took the kids out west. It was a fun trip, mostly. We tried to go hiking and all I heard was " I'm tired, I'm Bored, I want to go back to the van" , then when we go back to the van, they wanted to stay.

I got to work with a nursing student today. It was interesting. I remember when I was a student. The nursing field was so scary. It still is.

Jams, hats and weight loss

Now that the kids are in school, I have some spare time. I should be cleaning my house, but whats the fun in that. I made jam instead. I felt like I accomplished something. I bought peaches and strawberries and life was good. Oh and the jam turned out good too! It may even last until spring this time. Peaches and pears are in season so I may try canning them as well.
After seeing Diana's cute hat on her blog, I decided to make one of my own. After watching hours of video on how to crochet a hat, ( thank you YouTube), I am pretty sure I can make one with limited mistakes. All I need is a bigger crochet needle, so it will be off to Walmart for me!
I have also been looking at more quilting and scrub top patterns.
Now you are probably asking where I am getting all this extra energy. Well I have decided to lose weight, Again! My plan is this, I am allowed 2000 calories a day. I am not cutting out any foods, just restricting myself to 2000 calories. Oh and strength training at the gym. I am not up for competitive speed Yoga quite yet. I have switched to diet soda since doing this. It is hard to justify a 250 Pepsi when I only get 2000 calories of food!. I am writing down everything I eat which helps me realize where my calories are coming from and have been using a website I found www.livestrong.com/myplate. It is free and all it is doing is helping me count my calories. That and I can tell it how much I weigh and how much I want to lose each week and It tells me how many calories I can have each day. So far I have lost three pounds, and I started this last Monday. Wish me luck!

School has begun!!!!!!

So yesterday was the most wonderful day of the year. It was like Christmas and the present was that I actually had no kids and no babysitter to worry about. This was the first time this has happened in 10 years. I mean I have had no kids before, but I always had to get home early or hustle with what I was doing because of a babysitter, or preschool got out, etc. This time not so much.

The morning started out with me waking up at 0530. Don't ask me why, I just did, and it frustrated me. I was not a little sleepy, I was AWAKE. It was one full hour before my alarm was set to go off. Very irritating. However; I was in no hurry to actually get out of bed, so I laid there until my alarm actually went off, Yes I know, I am lazy, but this is my story so hush.
I went and got the girls up, then went to get Brady up. This was the conversation that followed:

Me: Brady it's time to get up
Brady: No
Me : Brady you get to go to school today
Brady: Pushes the blanket off of him "No"
Me: Brady get up you are going to school today
Brady: throws one leg over the side of the bed "NO"
He did get up and got dressed. Then he bounced all over the house with his sisters.

As is tradition, I took the kids to school and walked all of them to their classes. Brady was first. As I handed the teacher the box of Kleenexes I had brought to donate she looked at me like I just handed her a bag of snot and said" Yeah, Kleenexes". I should have brought her a bag of snot! I gave him a hug and kiss, Embarrassing him thoroughly. Dani was next and her teacher was a little me excited about the Kleenexes. Skylar was last.
As I got home I just stood there in the doorway realizing that my house was quiet and for the first time in ten years, I had no kids. It was a strange yet peaceful feeling!

The kids made it home good and informed me of all their adventures of school. Apparently Brady dug a hole for Judd to fall in so that he would break his arm. Judd was the one who crashed in Skylar the end of school last year and caused her to fall, breaking her arm. Brady does try to be a good brother.

Wonderful Day!

So my husband surprised by recommending that we go somewhere and having a picnic. It was delightful! But first we had to go to Kent's where everywhere decided to get chicken at the same time that we did. It was funny to watch the old man get upset at the blond because " she was buying all the chicken". We got something else. I convinced my stepson to go with us, which is rare. We went up to spring hollow up Logan canyon.

After we ate I of course brought out the camera and started to take some pictures. I thought I would get one of all three kids. Well the little ones are cute. As soon as I can figure out how to switch Mad Skylar with Happy Skylar I will!

School

I used to be confused to why my mother used to love this time of year. It was hot, dry, and Oh ya, school started. As a kid, school starting was a time of mixed feelings. We got to get new clothes, but we HAD to go back to school. I couldn't wait until I was " All Grown Up" so I didn't have to go back to school and I could work for a living. In reality, I love working, but I do miss summer vacations. As I had children I have figured out why my mother loved this time of year. After one VERY,VERY long summer of my kids whining, crying , fighting and trying to be their entertainment committee, my children are finally going back to school. All of them. Yes my baby is going to ALL DAY KINDERGARTEN!!!!! This is just like Christmas. I have finished all the school shopping, I am now just waiting the 9 days for them to finally go back!!!