I had two interesting things happen today. First, I got to see the pictures that the Princess took of the baby on her shoot yesterday. I saw them BEFORE she worked on correcting them and AFTER. They turned out amazing! I was very impressed with them, as were the parents from their comments on FB. She only put four or five of the pictures on there but had more that she supplied the parents on a CD. The nice thing is the parents can take them to many places and print out exactly the number they need and it's much cheaper than many photography places would charge.
The second thing was that the camera the Beast bought for me to replace my old one (it's very old) although he DID get me two new batteries for it plus a new charger. But the new one is fantastic. I am going to take pictures of the kids tomorrow (Chewlee and Gunner) to test it and see how they come out. I need to get familiar with it although the Beast has set up most of it for me but showed me how to access the various programs. I will have to read the booklet for it and find out how to get it into the movie mode...just in case I ever want to use that. It will take up to 60 minutes of movies! I think that's amazing for a digital camera. I don't know how they do it but isn't it wonderful?
I just realized that I leave in 12 days. My adopted brother-in-law was bragging their pool was 85 degrees and so was the outside temperature. Stinker! I am going to bring my bathing suit...just in case. Everyone says that summer, although it was late arriving, is hanging on in the Chicago area. I sure hope so. But I am bringing my coat...just in case it decides to leave suddenly. LOL!
I'm going to be limited in the money I will have to spend while up there but it really shouldn't matter. I only have the one day with the girls that I need to worry about and whatever I spend in the different air terminals while waiting for my flights. That's purely because of the cost of my plane flights and the car rental cost. THAT has soared unbelievably! It used to be $19 a day for unlimited mileage. It's going to cost me over $240 for just six days this time. *Gulp* But I don't want to be stuck at Kay's because no one can pick me up and take me where I need/want to go. I hope to be able to see my sister and brother and of course, some of my cousins. Most important of all, my aunt that is dying of breast cancer. She opted out of treatment for it, saying she had had a good life and she just wanted to enjoy what time she had with her grandkids and her sons. She has called in Hospice to ensure that she doesn't end up in a hospital. She feels the end is close now so I have to go see her. She is both my aunt and my godmother and I have many lovely memories of her and my uncle.
What's strange is that I usually feel compelled to write a letter to my loved ones when they are known to be dying to tell them how special they are to me and why. But I've become a bit superstitious about that because in every case, within a few days of receiving it, they have died. I just feel like it's unlucky for me to do that now. Weird, I know but true. So I haven't written my aunt about why I love her and some of the happy memories she gave me while I was growing up. I will tell her when I see her instead.
Well, it's late and I need to get to bed. I love you all dearly and I hope you're having a wonderful weekend so far. Have a fantastic Sunday and just enjoy your life. Stay away from negative people. You don't need that in your life. Be good. Be kind. ***Hugs***
The bad part of being away is that I won't be posting from the 8th until the 14th. I'll put up an *ON VACATION* notice so you will know when I am back. We finished up the Beast's spaghetti today. It was much better today than yesterday (of course!). I hope it's the same for the sauce we put in the freezer for next week. We'll cut up and fry some spicy Italian sausage then add it to the sauce before we eat it.
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