Just an update
Hello All,
Killing time...Thought I'd make an update post. :-)
Things are going pretty well for me/us. Been busy with work again. Gotta love that. It always makes the day more bearable (this is one of the most difficult words for me to remember how to spell. I always have it right to begin with and then doubt myself because it looks strange...lol).
So, money is incredibly tight right now. We've always had a cushion and never really had to worry about making sure that we could cover all the bills. But now that we're in the house, I have to budget everything and lately there hasn't been much extra spending money. Chris got some back pay that was owed to him this week and already that money's gone. I need to get paid more, damnit!
That being said, Chris went out and got a Best Buy credit card last week. *eye roll* He finally got us out of our Sprint/Nextel contract, so he went to Best Buy and bought us both iphones. And then today he went back and the expension pack to an online computer game that we both play. I can't really say much about him getting a credit card, since I have a couple myself, but Christ. That's just another bill that we're going to have to pay. I can't wait for tax return time. This year oughta be a pretty big one, since we've got the house. And I think we're going to try to take advantage of this first-time homebuyer's program, that basically lets us borrow $7500 interest free for five years. We pay it back out of our tax returns for the next five years. It'll be nice to have some extra money...There are things that we'd like to do around the house that we just can't afford right now. Like a garage door opener and some sort of seating area in the backyard. We talked about a deck, but now I'm thinking maybe we just do pavers...? I'm not sure. We'll have to see.
I want to start doing some serious photography. We have this camera that we spent entirely too much money on. I loved taking portraits when I worked at Sears. I'd like to try to start building a portfolio. I have some portrait style photos of the cats (mainly Woofie..Bub isn't so photogenic). And I have some nice photos of flowers that we took at the Arboretum last year, but I would really like to do human subjects. My girlfriend at work wants me to take some birthday photos of her daughter and Chris's cousin has asked me to take some photos of her daughter, too. I don't have props or a background or anything, but I have unlimited shots until the battery runs out or until my memory is full. It would've been nice to try and do something outdoors while the weather was still nice. Anyone have any ideas of settings or ways that I could "create" a background if I went to someone's house? Maybe just a plain white or black sheet tacked up on a wall? I could always creative backgrounds later...Like, if I did do the white sheet, and then do some photo editing on the computer and put a sky background or a window background behind it...Hmmm...I'll have to try that out sometime. Mel, I'm gonna bring my camera next time I come see you guys. I'll have your babies be test subjects, too, if you don't mind. :-)
We have this gigantic community center in the subdivision. They've got a big bulletin board where people post signs for services or whatever. I should put a sign up there...I wouldn't charge anything - at least not to begin with. I really just want to get some practice and see what I can do. I've got the camera and the desire to do it. I'd give people a cd with the photos on it and then they can do what they like - get them developed or post them online or just have them for themselves. Now might be a good time to think about this...We're getting into the Christmas season and folks might not want to spend a bunch of extra money to have Christmas photos taken. Hmmmm...;-D
I'm trying to think of what else is going on with me. A couple more of my shows are being cancelled - Lipstick Jungle and My Own Worst Enemy. MOWE, yeah, I can see why they're cancelling that one. It's really hard to get into and frankly, it's hard to keep track of when it's supposed to be on. But Lipstick Jungle!?!? Come on! I never watched Sex and the City, but I imagine it's kinda similar. Three working women, trying to make it through the bullshit that is life. One was a movie producer, one a magazine editor and the other a fashion designer. They've all got their challenges and work together to get through them. Some very steamy sex scenes, especially for network tv. But, I read this morning that it's going to be canned. What a bummer.
A couple shows that I've recently started watching that I'm just obsessed with. Brothers & Sisters - I just finished the first season and WHOA! It's about a large close-knit family and the challenges that they go through together. There were a LOT of lies and deception - it seems this family strives on keeping and telling secrets. Some very funny moments and some very sad moments. Just one of those shows that totally sucks you in.
True Blood - I've never really been one for the whole vampire/gothic thing. It's just not my cup of tea. But I read a number of good reviews about this HBO show, so I decided to check it out. The general idea is that a synthetic blood has been created for vampires and they now have the ability to go 'mainstream'. Anna Paquin plays a human that has some special abilities of her own, and falls for a very gentlemanly vamp. More than a few people in the small Louisiana town are unhappy about this undead living in their town, let alone dating one of their own. While all the drama of Bill (the vampire) Compton is going down, a number of residents are turning up dead. Of course everyone thinks it's the vampires that are committing these murders, but Bill insists that it's not. There's a lot of comparison between the vamps and African Americans in the times of segregation...The humans are terrified of what they don't know. And many seem very unwilling to keep an open mind.
Anyway, time to go home for the day. Gonna install my new expansion pack and play World of Warcraft all night. What a nerd. ;-)
PS. Things to discuss tomorrow - soldiers, Obama & Halloween
Killing time...Thought I'd make an update post. :-)
Things are going pretty well for me/us. Been busy with work again. Gotta love that. It always makes the day more bearable (this is one of the most difficult words for me to remember how to spell. I always have it right to begin with and then doubt myself because it looks strange...lol).
So, money is incredibly tight right now. We've always had a cushion and never really had to worry about making sure that we could cover all the bills. But now that we're in the house, I have to budget everything and lately there hasn't been much extra spending money. Chris got some back pay that was owed to him this week and already that money's gone. I need to get paid more, damnit!
That being said, Chris went out and got a Best Buy credit card last week. *eye roll* He finally got us out of our Sprint/Nextel contract, so he went to Best Buy and bought us both iphones. And then today he went back and the expension pack to an online computer game that we both play. I can't really say much about him getting a credit card, since I have a couple myself, but Christ. That's just another bill that we're going to have to pay. I can't wait for tax return time. This year oughta be a pretty big one, since we've got the house. And I think we're going to try to take advantage of this first-time homebuyer's program, that basically lets us borrow $7500 interest free for five years. We pay it back out of our tax returns for the next five years. It'll be nice to have some extra money...There are things that we'd like to do around the house that we just can't afford right now. Like a garage door opener and some sort of seating area in the backyard. We talked about a deck, but now I'm thinking maybe we just do pavers...? I'm not sure. We'll have to see.
I want to start doing some serious photography. We have this camera that we spent entirely too much money on. I loved taking portraits when I worked at Sears. I'd like to try to start building a portfolio. I have some portrait style photos of the cats (mainly Woofie..Bub isn't so photogenic). And I have some nice photos of flowers that we took at the Arboretum last year, but I would really like to do human subjects. My girlfriend at work wants me to take some birthday photos of her daughter and Chris's cousin has asked me to take some photos of her daughter, too. I don't have props or a background or anything, but I have unlimited shots until the battery runs out or until my memory is full. It would've been nice to try and do something outdoors while the weather was still nice. Anyone have any ideas of settings or ways that I could "create" a background if I went to someone's house? Maybe just a plain white or black sheet tacked up on a wall? I could always creative backgrounds later...Like, if I did do the white sheet, and then do some photo editing on the computer and put a sky background or a window background behind it...Hmmm...I'll have to try that out sometime. Mel, I'm gonna bring my camera next time I come see you guys. I'll have your babies be test subjects, too, if you don't mind. :-)
We have this gigantic community center in the subdivision. They've got a big bulletin board where people post signs for services or whatever. I should put a sign up there...I wouldn't charge anything - at least not to begin with. I really just want to get some practice and see what I can do. I've got the camera and the desire to do it. I'd give people a cd with the photos on it and then they can do what they like - get them developed or post them online or just have them for themselves. Now might be a good time to think about this...We're getting into the Christmas season and folks might not want to spend a bunch of extra money to have Christmas photos taken. Hmmmm...;-D
I'm trying to think of what else is going on with me. A couple more of my shows are being cancelled - Lipstick Jungle and My Own Worst Enemy. MOWE, yeah, I can see why they're cancelling that one. It's really hard to get into and frankly, it's hard to keep track of when it's supposed to be on. But Lipstick Jungle!?!? Come on! I never watched Sex and the City, but I imagine it's kinda similar. Three working women, trying to make it through the bullshit that is life. One was a movie producer, one a magazine editor and the other a fashion designer. They've all got their challenges and work together to get through them. Some very steamy sex scenes, especially for network tv. But, I read this morning that it's going to be canned. What a bummer.
A couple shows that I've recently started watching that I'm just obsessed with. Brothers & Sisters - I just finished the first season and WHOA! It's about a large close-knit family and the challenges that they go through together. There were a LOT of lies and deception - it seems this family strives on keeping and telling secrets. Some very funny moments and some very sad moments. Just one of those shows that totally sucks you in.
True Blood - I've never really been one for the whole vampire/gothic thing. It's just not my cup of tea. But I read a number of good reviews about this HBO show, so I decided to check it out. The general idea is that a synthetic blood has been created for vampires and they now have the ability to go 'mainstream'. Anna Paquin plays a human that has some special abilities of her own, and falls for a very gentlemanly vamp. More than a few people in the small Louisiana town are unhappy about this undead living in their town, let alone dating one of their own. While all the drama of Bill (the vampire) Compton is going down, a number of residents are turning up dead. Of course everyone thinks it's the vampires that are committing these murders, but Bill insists that it's not. There's a lot of comparison between the vamps and African Americans in the times of segregation...The humans are terrified of what they don't know. And many seem very unwilling to keep an open mind.
Anyway, time to go home for the day. Gonna install my new expansion pack and play World of Warcraft all night. What a nerd. ;-)
PS. Things to discuss tomorrow - soldiers, Obama & Halloween