Photography...

So, now that we have a new camera, I had to sign up for a photography class... Our friend Kenny, told us about a class he took in Atlanta, so I'm now taking it. Last week focused on white balance and ISO light sensitivity. My favorite subject happened to be in town and I got this cute picture of her...

I got a lot of other great pics - more of Dilan and then some of Cora, Anne's adorable little girl...I'll definitely post them later (I'm currently on my laptop, pics are on the home computer).

I had my second class tonight and we focused on shutter speed and aperture. Not sure how well I understood it all, but I'll be taking pics this weeked to practice those techniques...

Calling all football fans...

i love UGA football. and as it turns out i've developed a love for college football as a whole. this is fun and all, but my husband doesn't like it. he humors me and yells "Go Dawgs" every once in a while, but honestly, he just doesn't care... he's Euro and all - watches 'soccer', but i really don't get it - we're in week 2 of the season, ranked #2 in the country - how can he not want to watch football all day on a saturday to see how the competition stacks up? and it's not like i make him sit at home and watch on our little tv - i offer to take him to a great sports bar (with good beer) or even to athens... he's just not that in to it...

so, i'm looking for a football friend. just someone who wants to watch football with me every saturday for the next 10 weeks (SEC championship and bowl games are optional). please let me know if you're interested... i make really good brownies and i don't ask too many dumb football questions...

blast from the past...

i just spent the last 2 hours of my life watching the new 90210, and i must say that it was 2 hours well spent. if you liked the old 90210 and the OC, you will love it! this will absolutely be my new guilty pleasure. i loved every second of it and the previews for next week make me wish that it was already tuesday.

for those of you who haven't seen it yet, set your tivo for next week. you won't be disappointed!

Weekend Events

so, one of oliver's friends spent the labor day weekend with us... Akbar... now, i've met him several times, but haven't had the pleasure of spending this much time with the guy - he is fun.

on sunday, we also celebrated my dad's birthday and his retirement from IBM. mom and i threw him a surprise party, which ended up really being a surprise to him. he seriously had no idea which was pretty impressive since there were 130 people at the party and we were pretty certain someone would blow the surprise...

This is dad after people have just yelled surprise - it took him a while to take it all in!

the fam...

Oliver and his friend Akbar...