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I am updating from my new laptop!!!

I got my wireless router today and it took me forever to set it up!

I am talking to Lindsey on Skype... Everyone should get Skype because it is a FREE online phone service!!!

Gotta run!

FINALLY!

I got my computer yesterday, finally! But I have not received my bag or my wireless router. My bag is scheduled to be delivered tomorrow but my router has not even shipped yet. I did the initial set up last night and played around on it for a bit. It has Windows Vista, which I was unsure of, but I LOVE it. It is so modern looking.

Karmen and Matt and Ava came to dinner last night so Karmen could play with my lap top.

The phones are about to drive me insane today. It seems like everytime I start doing something important like ordering savings bonds or typing something for Mike the phone starts ringing off the hook.

Anyways, I need to go the phone is ringing, just wanted to let you know I got the computer!

Happy Birthday Amanda!

Today we went up to Madison for Amanda's birthday! We had a fabulous lunch courtesy of Troy and we got to hang out with some of Amanda's family... It was so much fun...

Amanda was so kind and let me borrow her internet. First, I looked up my camera online for her because she wants one. After I finished that I quickly checked the status of my laptop and the people at Dell have decided that there is no hope in teaching me patience so they FINALLY shipped it. My brand new laptop should arrive by DHL (yuck!) on Wednesday.

Well, I am posting from my phone in the backseat of the car between Nanny and Ava, both of them are asleep... I don't like being stuck in the middle.

The car sale at work went pretty well yesterday. When I left yesterday evening there were still 4 people in the loan department. Hopefully we sold more this year than last year.

Okie dokie, I am tired of typing on the phone so I am going end it right here...

Random Ramblings...

First, my computer is STILL in production... If someone at Dell is trying to teach me patience please stop, I am having serious internet withdrawals at home! Please just get UPS to pick it up and bring it to my house ASAP! Thanks, have a nice day!

Next, my cousin JoLynn had her baby this morning. Mallory Brooke joined the family a little before 12:30 am... she is a cutie! She was due May 8th I believe so she was not too early. From what Alline said mom and Mallory are doing great!

Next, I am working at the Mt. Laurel Spring Festival in the town of Mt. Laurel this weekend... I am so looking forward to it. Shari and Verona are working it also. It is going to be so much fun! Hopefully we can make some new contacts and maybe add some people to our team. Snow White is supposed to be making a special appearance if anyone is interested!

The Self Family Beach trip is 53 days from today! I am so ready. If I didn't need the clothes between now and then I would already be packed, that is how excited I am.

Ok, the photography business with Lindsey. Lindsey is the BEST photographer that I know. She has a great eye for a great scene... well pretty much everything else too. She thought that the pictures that I took of Ava were great! I was so honored that she thought they were good. She mentioned that we should open our own photography company. I had actually thought about doing it myself and then she mentioned doing it together... I thought it was a fabulous idea. Doing what I love with my best friend, what more could I ask for. We talked about it a little bit, as I know more I will let you know.

Check out the pictures of Ava that I took over at my photography blog, http://chickiesphotography.blogspot.com/

Share the photography blog with your family and friends and let us know what you think. I will try to get Lindsey to upload some of her work to the photography blog as well so you guys can see her work!

Well I am going to run and check the status of my computer yet again!

I am a very impatient person...

well, when it comes to certain things!

Let me start at the beginning. I turned on my computer about a week ago and the stupid thing was so messed up! I ran the virus and spy scanners and cleaned all of the spy stuff out... but it is still messed up. So I bought a new computer... a laptop with wireless internet. I ordered it on Monday and it is STILL in production. Their estimated ship date is April 25 which is Friday. normally Dell is pretty fast but not this time.

So I am posting from my cell phone. Not the easiest way to update but for you my loyal readers I will do it... ;-)

Anyways, Zach had to work yesterday and today. I went up to meet Lindsey's niece Abby yesterday. She is SO cute. I will have to post pictures when I get my new computer. Then last night we had a cookout at Karmen and Matt's house. Tonight we are going to Erika's house for dinner. We have to be there at 6 and Zach is not home yet.

My best friend Lindsey and I have toyed with the idea of starting our own photography business... we both are really excited about it. I will have to update you on that later, Zach is home.

Have a great evening!

Well, I had to do it.

My cell phone messed up AGAIN yesterday. I was talking to Kydie after work and my phone said no SIM so I turned it off and turned it back on and it still said no SIM. Usually when I would turn it off and then back on it would work, not yesterday. Luckily I had not made it home yesterday so I went to Gardendale to the AT&T store and he said that it must be a problem with my phone. So he pulled up my account and I had THREE days before the warranty on the phone expired so he sent me to Hoover to the device service center and I got a new phone. WOOHOO, still a BlackJack just new.

If it isn't raining on Saturday Karmen, Matt, Ava, and my self are going to the Botanical Gardens to take their family pictures. Zach is going to the A-Day game in Tuscaloosa so I told Karmen that I would take their picture if she wanted me to.

I am so excited about it, I LOVE taking pictures and what better subjects than family! I would love to have my own business taking pictures one day. I may post some pictures of our little session and maybe someone will see them and LOVE them and want me to take their pictures too! I guess I need to take my blog off of private then huh?

Maybe not, maybe I can create a "photography blog" and just put pictures that I have taken on there. I think I will do that. I will do it after I take the Hadley's picture on Saturday.

Anyways, I am at work so I guess I will go.

Have a great day! Oh Karmen started her blog again, go check it out!

Just some pictures

Pictures from our beach trip last year!

My beautiful niece!

All of these are pictures that I took at the Botanical Gardens

Cody and Rowdy

I took these pictures of Matt, Karmen and Ava at the Botanical Gardens.

Random pictures of me and Zach.