Almost

It's almost Memorial weekend and that's the kick off of our busy summer. I haven't even had time to log on to update my blog and I haven't had the chance to read all of my favorite blogs. I really hate being blocked at work! It's so inconvenient for me!

I finally rented the lens I'm thinking about getting and it just came in the mail today. I didn't have alot of time to play with it because I went to the gym and then I washed my car and helped David a little with the yard work.

Here are some of the pictures I was able to take. They are SOOC (straight out of the camera), no edits yet.





I could tell I really liked this lens from the first picture I took with it. It's a fixed 35mm f/1.8 Af-s Nikon lens and it's really good at shooting in low light. I have no problems taking indoor pictures without using the flash and I don't have to constantly search for the right setting to get the exposure right. I feel like it's so much easier to get good pictures with this lens.


I take all of my pictures in Manual Mode now that I understand it so much more. I feel like it's pretty simple now that I'm used to it and the pictures turn so out much better than shooting in auto mode.

Puppy Worries

Last night, when I got home from the gym (whoop whoop!), Peanut was acting really weird. He was moving around really slow and acting like it was hard for him to walk. At first it looked like his back legs were bothering him. He's 10 years old this year and I've always heard that when Min Pins get around 10 years old their joints start going bad and they could get wobbler's disease. So I've been dreading his 10th birthday for his whole life!

So I tried to feel around on his back legs to see if I could find something obvious or if his joints popped out of place or something. He didn't act like anything I was doing was bothering him so I felt around on his front legs and he whelped a little bit. I brought him inside and he went straight to his bed and was acting like a little old man trying to get in his bed very carefully. I knew something was wrong. He just wasn't acting normal for him and mommy's know when something is just not right!

I had 30 minutes until the puppy hospital at Petsmart closed to I rushed him up there. Even the car ride with him was not right. He usually jumps all around the car trying to see where we are, but he just laid down in my lap and didn't move and he was shaking a lot. But as soon as we got to Petsmart, he perked up a little bit. He still wasn't 100% so I went ahead and saw the vet. I just told her that something just isn't right and I just want to have him checked out. She told me that I'm not crazy or worrying for nothing and she listened to all of the symptoms I was telling her about. She started feeling all over him and when she got to his neck, she squeezed it and he let out a huge WHELP! It was his neck. He hurt it somehow and I think I have a pretty good idea that his little (big) brother Brutus had something to do with this since this is how they play...

She said that he might have a separated disk and that the only thing to do about it is treat it with steroids and put him on kennel rest. Poor baby! I knew something was wrong!

When we got home Brutus seemed like he was concerned about his bubba. He went up to Peanut and started giving him kisses on his face. It was really cute until Brutus started sniffing on Peanut's pecker to try to find out where he went. Boys are so gross!

He seems to be doing much better today.

Cut off

I've been cut off from my blog at work!!! I'm so upset about this. I can't even get on to look at my blog or anyone elses and I can't do any posts. They have blocked all blogs and "personal websites". And I never feel like logging on to my computer at night, but I'm going to try to be better and stay on top of this blog. I really enjoy doing it and I like to be able to go back and read old posts and see the pictures.

This week, my new photography friend Amanda sent me this...


It's a book of tips put together by a professional photographer. I love it! I found these tips extremely helpful and I love how she explained things in normal English instead of a weird photography language. It's just very simple and informative. I can't wait for the weather to get nicer so I can go out and practice.
Here are a few practice shots from the other day...


I'm feeling way more confident shooting without using the flash.





BTW...we haven't started our new hobby yet because of the weather. Hopefully this week will be nicer.