Archive for January, 2010

1. My HTC Droid Eris.  I’ve had it for a few months and I am now one of those annoying people who is constantly looking at their phone.  But I can’t help it!  The phone is awesome.  I didn’t have to leave Verizon to get all the cool functionality of the iPhone – it’s small, it’s sleek, it has tons of Apps.  Just what I always wanted.  (And all those new games helped me survive Jury Duty!)

2.  And speaking of Apps, my favorite of the moment is JogTracker.  It tracks you via GPS and tells you how many minutes you’ve been jogging (or walking), how many miles you have gone, and how fast you are moving.  Then you can upload your best times to www.jogtracker.com to keep track of your workouts.  Combine this with Pandora internet radio and it actually makes running tolerable!

3.  Texting donations! Makes it very simple to help the victims in Haiti, for instance.  All you gotta do is text the word “Haiti” to 90999 and it $10 will be donated to the Red Cross relief fund.  Or to donate $5 to Wyclef Jean’s Haitian Yele charity,  text the word “Yele” to 501501.  You’ll see that 5-10 bucks on your next phone bill.  Doesn’t sound like much, but you all know every little bit helps.  So simple to do something so good.

4. The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.  If this goes away, I cannot express how upset I will be!!!  I’m with Coco!

5. Disneyland.  This is always on my love list, but especially now.  It’s the perfect time to go!  Hit the parks mid-week during the month of January and the weather is nice and cool, there are no long lines to deal with, and you may catch the tail-end of It’s a Small World, Christmas style.  (I did!)

This pretty gal is turning sixteen!  Aaaah, remember how exciting that was?  You get to drive, you get to date…Now that I’m almost double that age, it’s a faint memory.  But makes me wonder, what was your Sweet 16 party like?  Back then, mine was dinner with 5 friends at Olive Garden.  FANCY!  Haha…  It was nothing compared to what the girls are doing now-a-days.  (Yeah, I know I sound old.)

Anyway, it was so much fun taking pictures of Jackie – she was so cute and comfortable in front of the camera.  I’m especially looking forward to her big party on Saturday!  Woo!

Love,

1. These gloves from Target.  Not that I need them in sunny Southern California, but I could not have survived my Utah shoots without them.  The tips of the thumb and forefinger fold down so they keep your hands toasty while your finger is free to click that shutter and make manual adjustments to your camera – so perfect for chilly sessions!

2. Disney’s “Give a Day Get a Day” volunteer program.  If you volunteer for a charitable organization, you get a free 1-Day ticket to Disneyland.  And if you’re an Annual Passport holder like myself, you can trade that free ticket for Fast Passes or donate it to someone who wouldn’t normally get to go.

3. The Fuji Instax Mini Instant Camera sold at Photojojo.  This is soooo on my wishlist.

4. TV shows are getting back to their normally scheduled programming.  As much as I love the holidays, there has been NOTHING ON the last couple weeks.  Snoozefest.

5. The Office Depot Desktop Calendar.  No matter how many other calendars I have around me (i.e. a planner in my purse, my wall calendar, and even the calendar in my phone) I cannot survive without this thing.