littledochy

So, it’s been two years since I got married and I still haven’t done my wedding scrapbook. I guess that’s not a huge surprise considering I’m not much of a scrapbook-er, but I still want to get it done. Part of my problem was that I didn’t like most of my wedding pictures.

Finally, I just sat down and went through the photo album my photographer gave me and pulled out the best pictures. It wasn’t until then that I realized there are actually a LOT of good shots. Reality is he took a TON of pictures and I was only looking at all of the bad ones instead of the really good ones.

On that note, Hubby bought me Photoshop Elements over a week ago (anniversary gift, believe it or not) and I love it! There are a couple of pics I liked but there were some flaws to them. One of them was so cute but the lighting was bad and turned the pic yellow. Photoshop fixed it in two clicks! Much, much better.

So, I’ve now got the pictures I want and I’ve layed them out on the pages in the order and groupings on want them. Now I’ve got to take it one page at a time and try to make it look presentable. (Take a deep breath. . . )

I’m looking forward to the 2008 election. I didn’t vote in the last presidential election (shame on me). In fact, I’ve never voted in any government election. But, that’s all going to change now. (I think I’ll register Republican.) I’m so excited about the 2008 election. There’s no doubt it’s going to be interesting. We’ve got a black person, a woman, and a Mormon all running for president. (On that note, I heard a joke which followed the previous statement with, “Why not just vote for Gladys Knight?”)

I think my interest in politics finally started to grow when I worked at an “opinion center” (good ol’ Western Wats). I had to do several surveys on the 2006 congressional election and it actually interested me to hear other people’s opinions. Then after I had Michael I started to follow current events and politics a bit. Not that having a baby had anything to do with politics, but when you’re waking up for night feedings at 2 am the only thing on TV is Fox News and CNN. So, I’ve been hearing a bit about the candidates.

I don’t know yet who I’m leaning towards. I’m still learning as much about the candidates as I can because I don’t want prejudices to rule my opinion. I want to know for myself what each candidates supports and stands for. All I know is whoever becomes the next president is in trouble no matter what. If the troops in Iraq are pulled out then the next president will get the blame and pressure of the consequences. If the troops stay, the next president will deal with a very angry America.

We’ll see what the future holds.

At Costco my husband found a book that was the Complete Novels of Jane Austen for only $12. Seven books for the price of one. Not bad.

I’ve read Pride and Prejudice (twice) and I just started Sense and Sensibility. It’s the first time I’ve known a character to be described as having “manly beauty” (Chapter 9, referring to Willoughby). I found that very amusing.