oh rhonda oh rhonda ohhh pleaseee comeee homee!



So... in case you do not know... i have a name for my car.

and her name is....yes you guessed it....

RHONDA!

Well Rhonda the Honda has been in pmount for 2 weeks and is coming back to me on Saturday!

THANK GOODNESS!

Not that i do not like the red bullet.... i am very thankful i have had something to drive while Rhonda has had a good tuning!

Buttttttt my wallet is not liking the red bullet as much as i....

I am not use to filling my car up so many times with that oh so pricey gas..... gezzzzz.

my mom sent me this picture the other day......



from my sweet mother via the drivers seat of Rhonda.



make sure you check out the trip millage...and that bright idiot light.


and this is what i sent back!

to my mother via the red bullet!



OH RHONDA PLEASEEEEEEEE COME BACK TO ME!!!!!!

4 billion pictures. 3 days. 2 visitors. 1 city

Last week my mom & sister came down for a visit.

which you know if you follow this blog.

I was so excited because it was the first time my sister and my mother came for an extended period of time

where I actually got to show them around my town.

So I am going to break it down into days.....

Day 1.

These 2 arrived.

&

 then we and purchased 2 of these.

Oh how I love thee.

I am so excited to figure out and learn all of the settings on my new camera!

Ahhhh I am so thankful I have great parents who encourage my sister and I to explore our artistic side!

&& who purchased this for my graduation gift! =) It was so worth the wait!

We had an early dinner at

Oh I love this place... it was Courts first experience here and I do believe she will be heading back!

We then mad a quick stop by hobby lobby to pick up some fabric for our craft we had planned for the evening.

We also made our own camera straps =)

This is how mine turned out... (I will be posting a more about that later)

I was very pleased with the result considering this was the first thing I had ever sewn myself without the help of my mema threading the bobbin! haha

Day 2

was a rainy rainy rainy day.

much like day 1.

But we were off to make the best of it!

we went to Ikea and looked around since my parents are planning on redoing the kitchen to get some ideas!

I love Ikea such great price for such great stuff!

after we left ikea I took them to Berkdale Village.

Now I love Berkdale.  I love the area. I love the shops. I love the little town feel it has.

It is near the lake so it is just a great place & I would LOVE to move over that way!

On our way we found this super cute antique shop && being with my sister we HAD to stop in.

There was a lot of really cool things and the store just kept going and going and going.

Berkdale Village

On our way home we saw this rainbow & if you look closely you can see it ends right in the middle of the road! It was soo awesome!

We ended this day by just hanging out and

Day 3

We went downtown Charlotte and took a 4 billion pictures.

we had a great time and I am so glad that my sister chose to spend her spring break with mom and I in Charlotte instead of going somewhere else!

Thanks for a great 3 days!

& my wonderful new camera that I am working hard to figure out!

my right now obsession.

So there is this thing... that I have been wanting for a R E A L L Y long time.

You know... nothing big or anything...

except... well it kinda is!

Next week my sister and I are getting our NEW CAMERA'S!!!!!!

I love to take pictures!

But because I have a broken point and shoot & for the last 2 semesters of school I was loaded down with the max number of credit hours... My picture taking had been cut to a minimum

But now that I am not working and going to school I am SO excited to pick back up where i left off!

This is what I asked for for my graduation gift from my parents.

&&

Since my diploma is now sign sealed and delivered

ITS ABOUT THAT TIME!

Now When i was in high school (Freshman year) I asked for a camera for Christmas... I wanted a 35mm so bad I couldn't stand it.

So having the awesome parents I have.... this is what I got!

I love this camera and will forever love it because this was my FIRST camera I ever called my own.

I will always keep this camera because this was the start of me taking pictures!

It is awesome and I still use it from time to time. But the one major downfall is I have to buy film and then pay to get it developed so after a while it gets kinda pricey.

But sometimes you just cant beat a 35mm picture!

Moving along.....

Soooo since I am getting a new camera, who's identity will remain disclosed until it gets into my grateful hands, 

camera strap covers

have became my right now obsession.

I have been looking at them all day.... well ever since I told my mom and sister I had made my mind up as to which camera I felt was the one.     

I texted my sister with the GREAT idea of .......

making our own!!!

I found this website.... and I am SOOO excited about it!

I cannot wait to go to hobby lobby and pick out some awesome fabric.