voted

I did early voting today. I had to wait a while. But it was ok. Probably a drop in the bucket compared to election day.. especially as hot as this election has become. I had a weird thought today. I wish McCain had'a picked Condi Rice. I like Palin, but Rice has sooo much more experience behind her.. and an impeccable record.

Yeah.. I know.. who asked me?

I approve

I got a new camera the other day. I mentioned it in the post below. We had an old digital camera.. our first one. It was a Sony and it had a tiny viewing screen on the back. At that time, we still wanted to look through the little hole like in the olden days. Anyway, we liked the camera o-kay, but we tended to get some blurry shots no matter how hard we tried otherwise. And with such a small screen, we didn't always catch it until it was too late. Fast forward a few years and the batteries in the old Sony were ca-put and we knew we either needed to buy new (expensive) batteries or start all over.

We decided to start all over.

I know somebody that has a Panasonic Lumix camera and I liked it so that's what we got. I played with it once and was amazed that I couldn't figure out how TO take a blurry picture. It has an image stabilization that other brands don't. Love. It. And a big screen and no viewing window thing. And it takes a zillion pictures on one charge. It's got a lot of buttons on it and at first I was a little stressed out about it since I'm a point and shoot girl. But I read the book. *gasp* I know. And figured out a few simple things and presto... it's pretty cool.

Nope.. nobody paid me to ooo and aaaahhh about this camera. I'm not one of those bloggers that gets cool stuff for free to tell how great it is to the masses. I don't have masses. I have few. So my few peeps... I like it.. a lot. I'm Kay and I approve this message.

and another

Boo lost another tooth last night. I think getting the two pulled kind of opened the flood gates so to speak. Actually, I think it gave the others a little wiggle room so they could do their thing. We did the Oragel ritual and Daddyman gave it a yank and out it came. She's a ninny. She can't do it herself. I remember HATING doing it myself when I was a kid. So glad he's willing to help a girl out.

She has her four top front teeth and then two spaces on either side of those. Her biggest comment last night....

I can do a buck tooth grin with nothing in the way. Nice.

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On a side note, I feel like I have nothing of value going on/to say lately. We bought a new camera the other day. LOVE. IT. Ya never know when you might need one. The hubby has commented that he's created a monster, since I've taken more pics recently that he has to download for me to post. I don't know how to do that. My techy-ness only goes so far.

wheeeere oh where can she beeeeee

There she is! In Boo's cabinet... trying to catch a snooze! This is one of those pics I never expected to take when I brought home my first kitty. I had no idea the work she would put into hiding in snug corners to nap. Cracks me up!

fun mug and something yummy to put in it

When I was a kid, I collected many things with mice. And that continued on when I married. Thankfully I 'outgrew' that phase and now I just have a select few tucked away for my private viewing. When the movie Ratatouille came out, I thought they were the cutest things ever. Yeah.. I know.. they're RATS.. but they're still cute. I saw these mugs at a Disney store in Amarillo while we were on vacation. I thought about getting them, but they were a bit pricey. Not long after returning home, Miss Boo and I were in the Disney outlet near us, and I found the same set of mugs on clearance! Much better. So I snatched them up. Each mug has a different pic and saying on it. This one is my favorite.

But what's a cute mug without something yummy to put in it. These are my faves.

YUM!!! And nice to drink on cool days too!

nippy morning

It's brisk.

A little slice of cooler weather.

And long sleeves.

And a hoodie.

I am sooo not a fan.

hand made calendars

Kisses of Sunshine is hosting a carnival today about crafty gift ideas and even though I'm not super crafty, I found a fun one... so fun, I keep one for myself too!


A few years ago I was really having a hard time coming up with an original gift for my IL's. And I got a fun idea. Calendars. Homemade calendars. Homemade scrapbook/personalized calendars. I made them the first year and waited for the reactions. It's been made known to me that I must make these every year. They went over very big! Each year the themes differ, of course. The first year I just used a hodge podge of pictures from the past. Last Christmas season, I used pics from our summer vacation to Colorado. Last year I included a travel guide of sorts with descriptions of each month's photos written out. It was a lot of fun. And of course, since it's scrapbooked, there really aren't any rules. Just have fun!

I will give these tips. I buy my blank scrapbook calendars at Current Catalog for cheap. And I use 8 1/2 by 11 paper turned on it's side and punch a hole in the top centered over the hole in the calendar. I also use some red scrapbook tape that comes on a roll that is the stickiest stuff you've ever seen to adhere my completed pages to the blank calendar page. Easy as pie!

So hop on over to Kisses of Sunshine for more fun ideas!