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Boxing Day

The day after Christmas is one of my favorite days... everyone is still enamored with their new stuff, the kids are happy and content to play, the sales are on in full force and I can start looking ahead to the new year...

Santa brought me my dream camera - the Pentax istDL. I haven't really been able to play with it much - it's been raining all day and I've taken enough pictures of the Christmas tree to last me awhile. Hopefully it'll clear up soon and I'll be able to get out and shoot some other pictures. I've got lots to learn - the user manual is HUGE. I'm thrilled to be able to use my lens collection from my Pentax film SLR again.

We went and saw Narnia on Saturday. Wow. Loved it. I had to choke back tears repeatedly. It was SO well done. I am in love with little Lucy. What a great little actress.

The kids are home for another week. Tomorrow is going to be a deep cleaning day - our basement is SO disorganized right now - we're going to roll up our sleeves and dig out. It'll be good.

Oh, and this. I think FLARP is one of the funniest inventions ever made. I laugh out loud when I play with it.

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  1. Anonymous6:31 PM

    Hi Hi! How are you friend? We are in NY so I probably wont be able to post much on my blog but I did want to say hi! Hope you are doing well! I bet you are thrilled with your new camera! how fun! My husband got me a new lends for my Canon! THRILLED! Hugs! Cant wait to catch up again!

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  2. Anonymous8:23 AM

    OK Cath
    Someone has to ask.
    Explain "flarp"

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  3. Cathy9:55 AM

    Mom - flarp is this stuff in a plastic cup that you press down on... as it compresses in the cup, it makes a sound like a certain bodily function... I could play with it for hours.

    Silly, silly stuff.

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