new year!

so one of my new year resolutions was to update this blog on a more regular basis. obviously i haven't been sticking to that one. another one was to walk with laila for 40-50 mins 4x per week. haven't done that yet either. so i'm failing miserably so far this year. but i'll keep trying.

so what's new with us? we survived the road trip and even had fun! we got home and had two days to recoup before going back to work. we're both glad we did that. and then a short week at work -- which was also planned well.

went shopping with my baby sis this weekend and found a dress! yipee! bought it and everything. will be in sometime in april. i can't believe it. and we booked the caterer already for the wedding, and everyone's mailing in deposits for house rentals, things are moving right along.

and so that gets us to this week. my music man's brother - the film maker - is in town for 4 days and staying with us. gave me an excuse to clean up the study and the guest room. he leaves on thursday, but it's been fun having him around. next time, we get him to bring the whole family with him.

my big purchase with christmas money was a new lens (50mm f/1.8). for those of you that don't know what that means, it means that i can take pictures in low light without a flash. it's pretty cool. i showed my baby sis and my aunt when i went over for a visit, and when you see it in action, it's pretty sweet. i'll work on getting some photos up that i've taken with it, so you can get the full feel of it over the internet ;)

ok, first post of the year is done. happy new year all!