kiva maebe wilsonstein, dog genius

After five years of (patient) waiting, I finally have a dog!!

 So far she's accomplished a lot for a little dog.  She already knows how not to pee in the house!  She learned that one less than 24 hours after coming home.  She's working on learning her name, she isn't so sure about going on walks but I think she'll learn to appreciate those, and she only has to get up once to go to the bathroom at night!

Snow dog!

 

Learning to love to sleep in her kennel:

Helping John cook dinner (he was making tuna sandwiches)!

fun with photoshop

Given that I've had six days off this week, I've had a lot of time to think about a lot of things.  While poking around on the internet I discovered a lot of awesome photographs that a lot of normal people took with a lot of normal (or slightly better than normal) digital cameras.  I wanted to know why my photos never look like theirs.  My trusty tiny Canon digital camera takes really good photos...but all the photos I looked at were better.  John's awesome new camera takes really really good photos...but all the photos I looked at were better.  After doing some more internet digging and digital experimentation...I discovered it wasn't me, or my camera, or John's camera...the secret is making a few (four at the most) simple adjustments in Photoshop.  Five extra minutes of my time makes my photos look amazing!  Here are a few samples:

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Edit #2:

pictures and stuff

John and I decided to use a new program to post our photos on the internets.  Check it out here.  The link can also be found to the right ("My Photos").  Enjoy!

of dogs and beds

I might not have a dog yet...or know which dog I'm getting, but he or she will definitely have a place to sleep!
I ordered it from Molly Mutt. I liked the idea because we have lots of extra sheets and towels taking up space in our linen closet...now they can be put to good use!!