10 Things I couldn't live without!!!

I have been tagged! However, I am excited about this tag.

10 things I couldn't live without...


1. My Love, Nicholas Page. We have been married for almost 5 years and I have loved every minute of it.

2. My family. I absolutely LOVE my family! We have so much fun together, we play together and we work together. I anyone has a project, it is not just one persons project but the whole family's.

3. Diet Dr. Pepper (or Diet Coke if that is all I can get). The Holiday Oil by my house has the best mix on their fountain, it is my favorite. How ironic that my favorite drink shares my initials, DDP!

4. M&M's! Of all the candy bars out there M&M's are my favorite. If I am having a bad day, bring me a fresh fountain Diet Dr. Pepper and a bag of M&M's and everything will be better.

5. Books. I LOVE to read. I prefer reading to almost any other activity. I am rarely without a book (in fact, I have three in my purse right now). Fantasy and Sci-fi are my favorites. These are my current favorites.

6. My Camera(s). I am an amateur photographer and without my cameras I would be lost. One is always in my purse. I have a Nikon D300 and a Nikon S7c. I love them.

7. My computer. I am an avid digital scrapbooker and without my Pink Dell Laptop (yes it is pink) I wouldn't know what to do.

8. Flip-Flops/Slippers. Why both? It depends on the season. I live in my flip-flops three seasons of the years (and sometimes after the snow has been shoveled) and my slippers all winter. If I could I would wear them to work. Nick even bought my a pair of furry Crocs so I could have my outside slippers.

9. My phone. It is strange that I would need my phone. I hardly ever talk on it, however, it is my modem. We don't have wireless at home, so it is my link to the internet.

10. Strange as it may seems, Ponytail Holders! They save my live at work. My hair is getting long enough that I can only make it about halfway through the day before my hair is in a ponytail, and if I don't have one at work, the it is the first thing that happens when I get home.

Those are the 10 things that I could not live without!
I tag anyone that has not done this. It really is fun!

Merry Christmas All

Here is the front of our Christmas Card, for those I forgot (sorry:)) or just for the rest of the world. Have a wonderful Christmas and the Happiest New Year!!!

Christmas Card Time!

I can't believe that Christmas is already here. Most years I am highly anticipating Christmas, however this year it took the snow to bring me around. Down side, I suddenly realized that Christmas WAS almost here and I had not yet done my Christmas cards. So what do I do? I drag my love out in the freezing cold to get a cute shot of us. Of course, being a photographer, I wanted to do my own. I had my remote all ready, or so I thought, when we got there it wouldn't work. So ta-da, self-timer, push the button and run. Here is what we came up with...

New York at Christmas Time!

This December I was lucky enough to travel to New York City with my mom. She had to work and I just went along for the ride. It was so much fun to go, just my mom and me!

On the first day we decided to see as much of New York as possible. To do that we hitched a ride on the Greyline Tour Bus that runs all over New York. We saw much of downtown New York. I even made my mom ride on the top just so i could take pictures.





This is how we saw Downtown New York, all bundled up on the top of a double-decker bus.

The Bus was cool because you could get off and then back on all over the city. We stopped at Macy's to get warm and discovered that they had 2, yes TWO floors of womens shoes. We also stopped in Times Square, where we went to the M&M store. There we discovered what color M&M we were.



















I was RED and my mom was ORANGE!

Later that night we were able to go to Radio City Hall and see the Rockettes in their Christmas Spectacular. It was a lot of fun to see how precise they are in their moves. There was also the coolest Nativity at the end of the show, complete with live camels, donkeys and sheep. The angel during "Angels We Have Heard On High" was one of the coolest angels I have ever seen!

The next day we explored Uptown with some of my mom's colleagues. We got to see how the other side lives, shopping in the expensive stores, with $400 dog collars. We walked through Central Park and ate at yummy bakery's. The Whitney Museum is gorgeous, I wanted to see the Warhol's, however all but one were in storage.View in Central Park.

On the way back to our hotel in Times Square, we walked past Rockefeller Plaza and saw the Christmas tree.

That night we went to dinner at the famous Sardie's and then went to see the musical Jersey Boys. I thought the play was incredible. I had never realized how many songs were by the Four Seasons.

The next day there we decided to go on an adventure to Canal Street. I loved Canal Street! There are so many purses and sunglasses to buy (knock offs of course). We had a blast. Later that night we had the opportunity to see another show, Bing Crosby's White Christmas. If you weren't in the Christmas Spirit before, you were when you left this musical. It was fun and light, and the tap dancing was great.

On the last day there, I was able to have breakfast with my cousin Minde and her son Chase. It was so much fun to see them and explore New York with someone who lives there. We stopped by the Manhattan Temple and walked past Julliard. After my mom's meetings we decided to go to Bryant Park and see the boutique-y shops they have set up for Christmas. When we were done there, we were wandering around the area and stumbled upon the coolest trim shop. My dad makes the neatest custom full-size Santa Clauses and Witches and the trim shop had the perfect things for the finish off the details.

How many pictures can we have of the two of us holding the camera out as far as we can? Not enough. Walking through Bergdorf's, pretending we could shop there, people watching in Times Square, walking for miles, or seeing the shows, I had so much fun with my mom. I am so fortunate to have her, and to be able to spend time with her. We had a blast together and I will be able to do something like that again with her. She is my hero and I happy that I can get to know her better.

I am FINALLY blogging!

So I have had a blog for a very long time, but have never posted on it. The time has finally come for me to join the world of blogging. As with MySpace, I gave in to the peer pressure of blogging and now will hopefully be able to keep it up-to-date. Yes Erin, I have finally joined you!