Hi,

Wanted to say Happy New Year!

I bought a camera for taking pictures of my paintings. This is so that I can then turn them into prints for sale. The reason I need a large camera is for resolution purposes. This Nikon D3200 has 24 mp. The 55 mm lens that it comes with is awesome. It has vibration resistance so that when you point and shoot, your hand and body movement don't ruin the picture! The problem is I need a 300 mm lens. This is because of the resolution end product too. The more mega pixels and higher resolution from a quality lens, the better outcome of a print one will have. This is like, for instance, when you think you have a great picture and want to make it bigger to print off. Even if you were to leave it alone and print it, the quality alone may just be terrible. Then enlargement would only make that worse. I think it is crazy how large the 55 mm lens is, and I need to get a larger one!

On a different note, I had a great trip out to see my dad. I couldn't have asked for it to have been better. I think it would have been fun for my husband to have been a part of it. A date night would have been nice! Things continually change with the birth of a child. The amazing Christmas my dad gave my daughter was phenomenal.
The change occurred when the house was not my home anymore. I wrote a few weeks ago about how it felt like that. I can still say it has the most familiarity and comfort than any other place I go to, but it just wasn't home. I think the cliche of "home is where the heart is" has always been a little bull. I think that maybe my home is where my daughters memories are taking place. Home is where she is comfortable. Home is where our lives go smoother.

I have to say I am disappointed in myself for not working out the last 9 day. I got ill and just could not run. I was really looking forward to it. I loved running my neighborhood in the past, and I wanted to do it again. I feel like now I am going to have to start from scratch again. I will head in tomorrow and try to run a few miles and lift for a bit. I still don't feel 100%. I have a 5k in a few weeks. I think it is funny now how last year at this time a 5k was daunting. Now, I look at it like a fun run to go enjoy! I like when things like that in life change, and it is something you can smile about and be proud of.

School starts back up for me on the seventh. I look forward to the Christmas break every year because it is the only one you get through online school. Unless you request it, but that just sets you back another month. I only have 6 classes left. Ugh, can you say finally!!!! Anyway, I am enjoying school break. I really needed it.