Happy Shooting!

Ebay used to have a slogan for their commercials: "shop victoriously." I love that saying because it describes so well the feeling of the bidding and buying someone out on a item that is pretty competitive. A couple of weeks ago, after vigorous research, I did shop victoriously and got a Canon Powershot 710 IS. It's just a point-and-shoot with manual settings, but I figured this would be a good starter camera before I moved on to an SLR.

So here are some pictures I have taken around my in-laws yard. Hope you like them!

Happy Anniversary!

Yesterday Brandt and I had our anniversary, and we have been married for two years now. We celebrated by going to a really nice Italian restaurant and saw the new Harry Potter movie.

It has been a crazy two years, and somehow time manages to go by so slow and so so fast at the same time. I feel as if I have known Brandt forever (three years), however I look to see where has all the time gone. I would have never imagined two years ago that I would be living here in Michigan, but I also couldn't imagine graduating from college. Then again, what college student does?

I'm reminded of the analogy President Hinckley gave about life as riding a train. We go through thrills and excitement and the dulls, but, in the end, we should grateful for the ride. This concept is something I'm learning and relearning all the time. That I need to enjoy more of the process of my life instead of the results. While Brandt and I had to do some not-so-glamorous things during our relationship and marriage, such as being apart for six months, practically living at a restaurant to earn money for school, going to school and working so much that we could only see each other for 15 minutes a day, and being jobless, Brandt and I have had many good times. For example, all the adventures we went on such as going to Disney Land, Jackson Hole, the countless trips to both of our parents' house, and going up to West Yellowstone many times. Also we had our mini adventures together such as getting snowcones next to Taco Bell, the numerous walks around Rexburg, and dates going to the cheap theater on center street. I miss those times and wish I could have savored them more.

Thanks, Brandt for letting me be with you on this train ride, I look forward to what's instore for us.

Because I have had some free time, I made a video montage and some fun Photoshop stuff on our wedding pictures.

Stupid People, Married People

Yesterday Brandt and I were off on our adventure to a local community college. Yes, that’s right, we both have a bachelor’s degree and yet Brandt has to go back to school. Brandt is studying to become an actuary, so he is going to take a calculus class as a refresher.

On the drive there, I saw the most irresponsible and stupid thing on the face of the earth. A woman with her stroller J-walked on a highway. Not just any high way, an extremely busy, very fast highway. The speed limit is 55 mph, but people drive at least five miles over. Did I mention that this highway has four lanes of traffic, and it’s busy?

Whenever I think I know the human race’s aptitude for idiocy, someone finds away to increase that aptitude. There must be a law somewhere saying people can’t do dumb things that put the child in danger. But hey, who am I to judge? Perhaps that child was misbehaving and needed a little scare in order for him/her to settle down.

Besides moronic people, I have been thinking of how there aren’t any books/movies (at least good ones) about married couples. It’s seems that we see stories of a couple falling in love or falling apart.

My theory is once you become married, you become terribly boring to other people. Most of my married life consisted of Friday nights going to the grocery store and sitting on the couch vegging from a long, hard week. Now that we are jobless, our adventures consist of finding pop bottles for spare change, teaching swimming lessons, and getting into water fights from washing my father-in-law’s car for $10. It’s exciting for us, but the rest of the world thinks it’s a yawn. What are your thoughts?

That’s all I cared about this Friday. Tune in for next post on existentialism (yeah, right).