Goodbye 2010...

As I sit here on the eve of a brand new year, I am reflecting on 2010 and how happy I am to see it go!  I think about the moments I remember most about the year.  The loss of a dear friend's baby at 10 days old.  The loss of hope that Paul would ever get a job and almost losing everything we had worked for.  Evicting our renter and wondering if we would ever recover emotionally and financially from the damage left behind. 

For the past few days all I have been able to think about was the gas leak explosion of a local furniture store.  I was at work when it happened and our office (2 miles away) felt the explosion.  At the time we didn't know what had happened and thought something happened to our building.  I watched the news and prayed that the three employees in the store when it happened would be found alive.  The owner was rescued and was in critical condition.  I checked the news website every few minutes throughout the day for updates.  When the last 2 victims bodies were removed from the building, I cried.  I think it has to be my most defining moment of 2010.  As I sat with tears running down my cheeks, I vowed to kiss my kids every morning and hold them extra tight.  The employees of the furniture store didn't know that that would be saying goodbye for the last time. 

I want to remember the good times, but as I sit here I can only remember the sad ones.  Here's hoping that when I look back at 2011 I will remember the happy moments first.

Wishing you the best in the new year...

HAPPY 2011

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Trying out the Canon 24-70

A few weeks ago I sent in my camera and lens in for repair.  It was a new issue with the lens, but not with the camera.  I was excited to see the box from UPS that meant my equipment was back, but much to my dismay, the lens was not in the box.  It is a long complicated story, but in short my lens was "misplaced" when it arrived at the repair facility.  As a mommarazzi, I am never without my camera.  It was already a hard 10 days without my camera.  I decided to rent a lens that I had always admired to turn this horrible situation around. As with previous rentals, I checked out http://www.borrowlenses.com/.  I ended up renting a Canon 24-70.  The thing is a MONSTER!  I think it should come with asprin since I wasn't used to how heavy and bulky the darn thing would be!!!  I am still not sure how I feel about the lens even after a week of shooting with it.  I am not in the market for a new lens though (luckily my 28-135 was found), so I guess I have some time to decide!!

I do have to admit that I did get my new favorite pic of Parker with it though :-)

Jumping In To The Blogging World

There.  I did it.  I jumped into the blogging world!  I will be the first to admit that I am a stalker.  I want to know what is happening in everyone's life.  I check Facebook 9,000 times a day.  Recently I started reading all of the  wonderful blogs that my friends write and I think "I have Facebook.  Why should I blog?"  That being said, I am going to use this as an outlet to my world as a mommy, wife, and photographer.  A place where I can look back on things that happened and smile (or laugh or cry).

Here I am...