At Holiday House this year my Mom bought me a one of a kind, made by hand Santa and he is beautiful. I especially love the hanging lantern he has. He is already sitting out, I just couldn't bear to put him away.
In other news, when I went home to Texas to visit my family a few months ago I had come to the decision that I wanted to find my Mom's old Minolta camera to start taking pictures with it again. I hadn't played with it since high school and I was kind of feeling the urge to take manual focus 35mm pictures again. After several days of searching (and the finding of my great grandmother's coffee grinder that I decided was mine and would return to Arkansas with me) we couldn't find it. My Mom is a pack rat to the fullest so I was confused about where it could have gone to. We checked the garage, every closet, and I made her promise to have my cousin check the attic when he came over to mow the lawn. No sign of it. Imagine my surprise when she texted me a few days ago to tell me she had found it!! I am so thrilled. I just hope I can find a flash for it somewhere out there so I can have it ready for indoor Christmas pics. We'll have two new babies at Christmas this year and it will probably be one of our dear friend's last Christmas which is heart breaking to everyone. All the more reasons to take more pictures this year than ususal. I'm picking it up next week during Thanksgiving and I'll be brushing up my skills in the mean time. Prepare for lots of postings of my attempts at photography.
This is what the camera looks like, although I'm not sure if this image matches the exact make and model. It also has an awesome 70s retro-ish neck strap that I cannot wait to use.
Oh and by the way New Moon was everything we thought it would be and more. It is so refreshing when a director actually follows the book plotline rather than trying to put their own spin on it and changing things. We all even cried a few times. I know its crazy but what can I say, we love it. See ya'll later!
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