I love afternoon rain showers. About 30 minutes ago, I heard a clap of thunder. I peered out of my living room window to see that it was about to storm. Of course, the thunderstorms up here are nothing compared to the thunderstorms I am used to back in Georgia but it is still rather nice!
I have spent most of the day comparing cameras - yes, I am finally going to get a new camera. I have spent the last few months using a horribly cheap camera, which only works when it feels like it wants to work and never works when I actually need it. It has been very frustrating to say the least. I have decided on the Olympus E410, after reading several reviews (it comes highly recommended) and viewing a lot of sample photos taken with it. I am pretty dern impressed and rather excited about my purchase.
I am also in the market for a laptop, which I hope to buy within the next couple of months. I figured it would be a good investment, if only for use during traveling!
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What is the silliest thing you've ever spent more than $30 bucks on?
Submitted by Terri.
On our first trip to Superstore here in Calgary, we decided we wanted to pick up something sweet - candy. I had never been to Superstore in my life before this and had no idea they had an entire section dedicated to candy and nuts. It was like being in sweet tooth heaven and probably wasn't the best idea to be shopping on an empty stomach either. My husband spotted some white chocolate covered almonds and quickly scooped up a few handfuls (with the scooper) into a bag. I wanted something "fruitier", so I opted for the Skittles - yes the kind you can but already packaged, only this was not packaged. I did a few scoops at about the same time my husband said he found some truffles (chocolate, not mushrooms). She he scooped up some of those into another bag. There we were, with 3 bags of candy that would surely satisfy our sweet cravings.
Now before you think "Ok, that's not silly", you need to know that we read the prices and weights wrong. My husband, who is normally great at these things, thought that they were per lb, so we thought we were getting these awesome deals. So would not be the case at the register. It was per 100 grams.
All in all, we had purchased over $40 worth of candies. LOL
Where do you consider home? Is it the place you grew up; the place you're currently living? Why is it home?
Submitted by uncagedbird.
There's a saying "Home is where the heart is.." and I truly believe in this. My heart is in Newfoundland. Sure, I miss the "home" I grew up in.. that being Georgia but my heart is currently back in Newfoundland, with my in-laws. This is where I'm hoping we'll move back to soon (I'm working on that anyway).
I've never felt more "in place" before visiting. My in-laws are amazing. I felt right at home there. You see.. I'm a huge nature buff and beach bum. Where we'll be, I'll be right on the Atlantic Coast, in fact, I could probably toss rocks into the ocean from our back yard, depending on where we live. We're surrounded by the ocean, wildlife, mountains/rock hills and tons of greenery. Between an amazing family, I also get the nature and beach thing.
