I'm So Excited!

Ty is the best husband ever! Remember a few posts ago, I started complaining about how my camera had crapped out? Well, on Saturday, after the kids' last game, Ty said out of the blue, "Hey, let's go look at cameras." Ummm... okay. He decided that we should go to Farr's, a high-end jewelry/electronics/collectibles store, to check out their cameras. We had Zach with us, so it was a little nerve-wracking for me. You know, expensive merchandise, active 5 year old, not a good mix. Anyway, Ty was talking to the guy behind the counter and I was half-listening as I also kept an eye on Zach who was hanging out on a bean bag in the television department. Behind the camera bar was two shelves with several cameras. The bottom shelf had lots of the small, point-and-shoot, credit card sized cameras with two or three of the nicer cameras. The top shelf was filled with high-end, fancy big lens cameras. To my surprise, Ty asked Mike (my new friend from Farr's) to give him the run-down on the prices on the top shelf. I absently thought it was kinda rude to get the guy's hopes up for a big sale when all Ty would really want to buy was one of the small cameras, while I run over to tell Zachary to quit jumping on the bean bag. When I came back, Ty had one of the really nice cameras in his hands and is checking out the features. Before I knew it, Ty said, "We'll take it!" Wha? Then, he decided to take the extra lens because if we bought them at the same time, we got it for half-price. Mike also threw in a 2 gig SD card and gave us a discount on a bag to hold all my nice, new stuff. I couldn't believe it! My recently tight husband just bought me a very expensive camera. The great thing about it is, it's idiot proof. Sure, there are a lot of awesome features, but they are easy to use and give great results. Here, let me give you some examples:

Indoor portrait:

Action shots:
My cute dog:
Outdoor portraits:
Can you believe how great this camera is? I LOVE it!!!

My Wednesday Surprise

Picture it! Wednesday afternoon. A cute little house in North Las Vegas. I was sitting on the couch, attempting to watch Dr. Phil while the kids run in and out of the room. I hear the garage door open, and call, "Hi Honey!" Ty grunts his normal response and I hear shuffling in the little alcove. All of a sudden, Samantha starts screaming and freaking out. She keeps darting glances as me and borderline starts to cry. It's been a long day, so my patience is non-existent. I half yell, "Knock it off!" while getting up to see what the commotion is. Exasperated, Ty says, "You were supposed to let her walk into the room and surprise her!" That's when I see her.

The cutest ball of fur I have ever seen! "Oh my gosh!!!" I virtually scream while I rush to relieve her from my husband's arms. Ty was grinning like a goofball, quite pleased with himself.

So, may I introduce you to the newest member of our family? We've named her Maizee (though I am not set on the spelling yet.) She's a silky terrier and she's 9 weeks old. She is 2.1 pounds and won't get much bigger than 5-6 pounds. She is very shy, but she's starting to warm up. Poor thing had a rough day: Flew in from Missouri, watched her sister get adopted out, drove all the way across Las Vegas with my husband - in rush hour, no less - and was introduced to an hysterical family. Poor baby. As I type this, she is curled up in a ball in that little hole that gets made when you sit cross-legged with her head on my thigh, just sleepin' away. She is just the sweetest thing ever. She has grown quite attached to me and our brown couch. Go figure. She follows me around like... well, like a little puppy. If I am in the kitchen doing dishes or whatever, (she hates to walk on linoleum) she will whimper and howl at the brown couch, begging to get up. We laugh at her a lot.

So, Ty is getting lots of extra-special attention and is on my REALLY good list. At least until he ticks me off. *Tee hee*