days 5 and 6

and 7?
i haven't taken today's picture yet, so, i don't know

day 5-
as i was driving home, i saw our christmas tree out on our porch...poor thing...so i took some pictures of it, and i was surprised to see some green leaves up in there still...i mean, its still in its stand, and all that rain and such...

 see?? green needles up in there!
poor thing...our town doesn't pick up trees from the side of the road, and this thing sheds needles like you wouldn't believe (so much so, it clogged up our dyson! dyson ball! all clogged!!!!!!!!!) so we didn't want to put it in either of our cars...our tree from '08 was still hanging around for a while until we had some landscapers come and they took it away...so...we'll either cut it up and put it in our fire pit (which i think is illegal?) or maybe cut it up and put it in the garbage to be hauled away or just take it to the drop off place....only 3 months after the fact...ohwell...

day 6-

work
this is my laptop, my ipod (touch!) and my blackberry and some random crumb
which apparently i focused on without realizing it
i was reading my dummies book during lunch yesterday, and had the camera out and took this picture..


i need to take a picture today
i was going to take one from my parent's house since i was near there this morning for my dentist appointment, but, i headed back to work...
and my mouth is still numb :(
ohwell

i've been reading the book, and i'm at the part that describes the aperture and the shutter speed and i'm lost...i'm a smart girl, i should be able to figure this out, right? i'll have to read and re-read the chapter a couple of times....i tried playing with the settings and my pictures came out black or too dark
i thought the bigger the aperture the more light was let in? maybe my shutter speed was too slow? did i need the flash? i do not want to keep using the automatic settings all the time though.  i want to figure this out and take super awesome pictures

so that one day, lou and i can be a husband and wife wedding photographer and videographer!
not likely, the last thing he wants to do is tape more weddings....

off to think about what my picture for today will be!