I’m feeling a little more normal, as long as I don’t over do it and just don’t talk. Apparently I sound like an old lady when I do talk, plus it just hurts. So instead of talking, I’ve been playing with my new gadget:

Yes, it’s a Nikon D60. Go ahead and drool, cause I am.  I’ve been wanting to upgrade our camera for a while, partly to enhance my interest and skills in photography, but mostly so that we could have super quality memories to store of Savannah. However, if you’ve ever looked at camera’s, you’d know that SLR’s aren’t the cheapest camera’s around so we’ve held off.  But, I saw some refurbished ones on ebay that were cheaper than the store and had a coupon for some % off and I talked hubby into allowing me to buy it now instead of waiting until September for my birthday present.

Funny story: I got so excited after he told me YES I could buy one, I starting bidding without paying close attention. I ended up buying just the camera body without a lens!  Not just that, but I accidentally bought TWO of them!  The same company was selling the same item and they were the same price at the time and I thought I was bidding again on the same thing. Doh! I was so mad at myself and probably never will bid again on ebay. But, the company was understanding and canceled the second order. However, that still left me having to buy a lens and accessories instead of being smart and buying a whole package together. Note to ebayers: Don’t get click happy without realizing what you are buying.

It’s worked out though. I got a refurbished lens and was able to buy a better one than it normally comes with and a super GB memory card to store thousands of pictures (all on ebay but with Buy It Now option). So I guess that’s the silver lining of not buying a package deal, I got to pick out exactly what I wanted.

That said, here’s some pictures I’ve taken the past few days as I’m learning what I can do with it:

This one I cropped and enhanced the color

This one is straight out the camera. I love it.

Doughnut faces!