January in Charleston

books: The Story of Beautiful Girl

I recently finished "The Story of Beautiful Girl" by Rachel Simon. I hadn't heard anything about it, but decided to check it out when I noticed it had already been bought on our kindle account. (Sharing an amazon account with your mom and sister was the BEST IDEA EVER)

The story is about a girl that was raised in a hospital for mentally disabled. It was set in the 50s, so it was really one of those terrible places that people put their kids in because they didn't know how to deal with autism or ADHD. It's a great story of love, compassion and family.

The book was very easy to read and the story was easy to follow. It was a great quick read, or travel read because I was able to put it down and pick it back up weeks later without having to thumb back through. While I don't predict this will be one of my top three for the year, I'm glad I took the short time to pick it up.

camera wish list

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Telephoto Lens

 

Scott Kelby Digital Photgraphy Volume 1

Life after wedding..

I'd heard people warn that after the wedding there may be this let down period full of boredom. But let me tell you, it felt awesome to get past the wedding. Since the end of October, the holidays have kept us busy. Preston's been travelling a bit for work, so our first months of being married haven't been perfectly normal, but what's normal anyway?!

P got me a DSLR for Christmas so there have been LOTS of pictures of the dogs. (I seriously have nothing else to photograph.) If you have any book or blog recommendations on "how the hell to use your DSLR" please share. (Especially if it's how to use your DSLR at night, inside, without the flash.)

P ran into Newt at the airport bar in South Carolina

OBSESSED with his new ball

Playing with the nieghbor

Registering with your sister isn't nearly as fun as registering for yourself.

Tucker playing suicide with his duck.

Lots of Christmas break naps..